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ASTORIA. OREGON;
SUNDAY MAY 7, 15S2
j. r. haixokax iMiior.
An Old Complaint.
'The Simple Cobbler of Aga
warn," in 1017, says: "My heart
hatrrnaturaily detested four things
the standing of the Apocrypha
in thS'Bibleforeignere dwelling
in my country to crowd our native
subjects into the corner of the
earth; alchemized coins; toleratiun
of divers religions, or one religion
in segregate shape." It is curious
says the St Louis Globe-Democrat,
to find tbo first generation
born on the soil discussing the
same problems that still torture us.
The author is evidently sound on
tho currency question, and likes
good money. But if he felt
crowded in 1017, what a pinch
would there be now for him.
Youn& America ha always been
I'ond of s-nreadinir herself. But
think of the airs put on by the
2,000 or 3,000 native-horn citizens,
that they could not tolerate immi
gration. The colonies were hardly
in communication with eaeh other.
Plymouth Colony wa- not yet
fifty years old. Tht Indiaus
hemmed them in k the very coast.
They did not know the land as far
as the great lakes, except through
French report. The wholo white
population of the land would
have found abundant elbow room
on Long Island. We have twen
ty cities to-day that each one. out
numbers the whole nation of that
day or rather the common wealth-.
Yet the people were intolerant of
foreigners. We can easily imag
ino the line of argument. Thre
was little or no voting oxr-ept as
pertained to town meeting.-. There
couid t!.'Tfore Imvi- been little
trouble about -ull'rag.. But tho
moral eiuractt'r of thes-- interlop
ers w.t's a v pry eriou affair. It
is not to b.- supposed that tho
jjuTr'-sons "t Puritans' wished to
be contaminated with their second
and third i'ot!in brought up in
tho darkness of England and Hol
land. Tim religious difficulty was
oven moro serious for many of
the new-comeri were QuakeiP,
Catholic5, Anabaptists, and New
Lights. Religion and morality
being all one, it was a trial that
overtasked even the pious Pottoti
Mather to ondurn this frotli of the
old countries Witi'hes and
Quakers and Catholic, hid a hard
time of it. some of tiu-m wut
up in liery i:Jnrirs like- Elijah,
others tl"l into the wilderness.
Mortt betook tliemselvj-s m the
chelicr of Lord Baltimore and
William P-nn. We tu.iy suppose
that the wage- question to have
also interfered with the welcome
of foreigners. If there were few
to do tho work, tlieie was little
work to do; and to have wages
lowered then wis quite as serious
an evil as in these time. Many,
if not the majority, were adven
turers who came over to bettor
their fortunes in some way and
then return to their own countries
across tho eis. They did not
bring their families, but came to
live ofT tho land and exis-t as a
threatagatnt pure morals and the
honor of Puritan households. Who
knew to what enormous propor
tions this influx might extend?
The crowded cities, the strong
holds of crime would pour their
tide upon the land to the utter
overwhelming of its institutions.
In those days the ancestors of
Jamei G. Blaine, not hiving cotnn
in the Mayfiower, were among tho
dreaded new-rnmor?. The prophe
cies of 4,The Cobbler'' and tho
pathetic diatribes of Mather were
fulfilled to the letter. New Eng
land i now in the possession of
foreigner:), lta farms a'nd factories
are run by those "who crowd the
native into the corners of the
earth." But this does not to-day
eem a good reason for tndearor
ing to stay immigration. We
look with considerable pleasure
and a good deal of hope to a vast
increase of forigners in 1890. "We
shall be-glad-if all the starving
Europoans and religionists of all
sects and no sects come, wo shall
bo glad to welcome thorn. Tho
more production tho more com
fort. We have moved forward in
spite of dangers. We are more
free, more stable in our institutions
than eTcr before.
Unhappy Slaves.
The system of selling convicts
into servitude creates a most un
happy class of slaves, for to their
case tho care which anowner takes
forthe preservation of his property
does not apply. The interest of
their master is solely to get as
much work out of them as possi
ble.
The state of Kentucky has been
trying the system of leasing out
convicts, under stipulations which
were intended to s-ecure proper
treatment. A joint committee of
the legislature have made an in
vestigation of tho condition 'f
several hundred convicts sent
from the penitentiary iu .rune,
1880, under lease to contractors
building the Big Sandy Railroad.
TThev found that tho men slept
twenty to a room, upon bunks ai- j
ranged in two tiers. The only
light came through a grated open-!
ins eight inches wide and four
feet long, and it was too dark to
see anything distinctly. A half
barrel of water and a tin basin to
a room were the sole provision
for cleanliness. While by law the
convicts are only required to work
ten hours a day from April 1 to
Nov. 1, and eigiit hours a day the
remainder of the year, the prac
tice was to work them twelve
hours a day, one gang going on at
6 in the morning, and not being
relieved until (! at night, the gang
going on then laboring until 0 in
the morning, even on Sunday.
Tho contractor? declared that iliy
paid the men fur their extra time,
but it was found that the amount
allowed them was only 121 rents
a day, paid iu orders on the ecu
tractor's store. Moreover, all
time consumed in waiting for
blast-, to explode or lost by siek
ness was deducted. The com
mittee found men working in a
tunnel, standing in mud and wa
ter, in 'almost total darkness.
Dinner vra brought to tlietni n
tin cans, and they ato it without
knife or fork, standing where they
worked, chilly and with wet feet.
The ccrniiiitteo m&v that tlie
food was coarse and iusufriVi-nr
in quantity. The commit!, v
found the atmosphere ot the t-m-
nels stifling, and so painful to the
eyes and no.ie front tho smok. of
giant powder, that they could not
endure it more than a few min
utes at a time. The men suffered
a great deal from fevers and pneu
monia, and the nick were neglected
to such an extent that the mor
tality amounted to twenty p'.-r"
cent. Punishment was frequent,
cruel, and often brutal. Men
were driven by force into a sav
ing tunnel, there to be maimed or
killod by falling rocks. The dead
were placed in boxes and laid
where earth wa- dumped iu the
course of building tho road.
The committer instance the
case of ono convict, too weak nd
ill to labor, who, according to
testimony, was beaten to the
point of death. Any person in
charge of a gang could inflict
punishment at discretion, and tho
swab stick used in blasting was
tho favorite instrument for the
purpose. The committee declare
that tho testimony was an un
broken record of cruelty, and con
clude that civilization and human
ity demand the immediate repeal
of the law establishing the leas
ing system.
NEW TO-DAY.
Notice.
rilHE BUITtSII BAKK W.VNI.OCK IS aovr
JLtoadinc on tho berth for London direct,
l'orrrelelits and particulars, opplv to
V.L.C1IERKV.
(Oier Wells, F.tn:o & Co.)
.iSTOUIl. May 6, 1S52. mj-T 2w
Steuhans Varieties !
GRAND OPENIWQ.
A LIVELY ESTRBTAIXMKXT
Have a nw bonUng aUev. the largest cad
best la town. Admlttanctree.
rtjwijyj.iwjiajaTgxwiJtLaBJi.'gxjjta
MISCELLANEOUS.
GO 3?0
THE "BOSS"
-IS
Men's, Youths' and Boys'
Clothing!
Tin: boss i.
CENTS' FURNISHING GOODS!
TIIK BOSS IX mo Late-lSt)l(S
HATS AND GAPS!
Tin: iiiiss i.
BOOTS AND SHOES!
TUK BOSH I.
Clolhs, Cassiioeres and TwbbBs!
TUB JiGKS
MERCHANT TAILOR!
You will liml the Finest and Largest
Abutment, the Host Quality, and tlie
LO WESTof PRICES.
M. D. 'KANT,
The Clothier.
CLOTIli4!
MEW'S, YOUTHS' AND BOYS'.
FINE DRESS SCITS.
SXYUSH BUSINESS SUITS.
SOF'J'l STJFE JUTS,
In tti,' l.atc- ?tliv.. A! a rirw-f'lavi
UlUi of
CENTS' FURNISHING GOODS!
The Ciiiiciiii jMart.ii. nt odihru r itic
Nmiit lMltpriu in Tt:j:. I'A'jSl-
jii:ki:s. Aoit.sint, n..-. -nit, n.ni :
oidorlu the
JLATr.vr m: vicic ! -.stuois
D. A. Mcintosh
Miuh.tnt Tuihr Clithici an J Hutiar,
x;cioi:Nr iu.ock
rjitvii t: iv
New and Choice
MILLINERY,
Ilfslrc t.) call ttio att mlnn or the l.:idus cf
.lsturla m tlio fact tlmt slio ims i.-prft'.!
a largo assoitmont ot the
L.tTKST STVLKS tV
Hats. Bonnets. Trimmings,
AM.
Comer Mala and Aqujr.oq1ie Slref-K
Notice.
lilt. Iu K..Sr;UG IS XOW DLMVrillXG
-" School Aicsiment HUinks for .School
DKtrict So. l. lmles will please nil said
Wanks and return t ihe imderalgned. In tf-n
dajs after th-ir receipt.
j.k.iil'.stm:k.
May3,USZ. Clcrl; School DMi let Xo. l
Notice.
THE DELINQUENT TAX KOI.L I'Oli
the j ear ISsl. together with a warrant
from the County Court for the collection of
the same, is In my hand-. Delinquent tax
payers III pleasi- ett!e at once and sae
cots. A.M. TWOJ1BLV.
my- Sheriff.
Valuable Lot for Sale at Auction,
Tuctdny. May flth 11 a. in.
UOR ACCOUNT OK WHOM IT MA
X concern. I am instructed by the Trust
ees of the ESTATE OK 31.. KINNKY.
Esq., to sell at Public Auction, at mj sale-
1.NMU, lor accuuuioi wnoin u inav concelii :
I-ot four (l), ig Block fortv-four(it) inMc
Clurc's Astoria, as laid out byCjrus Olney,
to the hli;licit bidder lor cash,
raya-td i: C. IIOLDLX. Aiictionetr.
Home Mutual Iusurauce Co,
OF CALIFORNIA.
J. r. tluL'imiox .. ..
Chas. tr. Sroav.......
Or.o. L Stov.. ....
'.McMunf
.Sccretarv
.Agent for 0?on
Capital paid up In C. 8. sold
coin S S COO 10
I. TV. CASE, Agent,
Caenanvcs street, Astoria, Oregon.
i fgjw 9ssxiEvsjxfXMvaurjjuJi.ijmzJnuMJi.vsssBsi
MISCELLANEOUS.
en.H
vi
' 7 I
M'tXT.MOK TO I'ACE it A.K.N.)
Wbirte-jiesiid relfdl dealer u
P?avt$iOns,
Glass and Plated Ware.
iitot'iCAJ ANnnoMnnr
FRUITS AND YEGErABLES.
lljJ'fttliT Kith
Vte.LipK.TotaMfllCiiiais
-. . .
3 )n Ltrgt'tt anil aio,t ou:.'.'-ti. m.icIj e.i
pol in ttieir line to bo found u. the lly.
r.-riirr ..f Cue and !t.-)iiemoe,;l;e Sti. .?-
.vsToitiA. oi:i:no.N.
CLEAKIK& and REPAmifIG
M:aT. IIK.W AMI li l i.. l:
U.iili Stie.H. i -.!tf N Jj.'!.".,
.. . IS. SSfZT BC.
liniHatoi ami Wiiiii-.r.le tii-.i -i m
Cigars and Tobacco, Smoker's Ar
ticles, Playing Cards, Cut
lery, Etc., Etc ,
The l-ine-.r Mid nnet -iwk uf Mm rsrti.i.n.t
a:iUAi!iiier);oia'. in uii'cuv. raiii-ai.u-Kl-teiition
julii tn i nlus fr.'-iri H o-.itr ,m.l
(".-.el's.
l'hi':unia slrcct, .t4i.t. . s-
IIIEO. l!l:. l.fi:, M:m.i,ir
BUOKIKfiHilffl
iiEl'li'i
-AXD-
SS?
pngacgff?y,
ARE THE BEST.
And eo-t no more than otliu- hian.l , :md if
the Merchant with whom jou trade does
not Keep our Good', it is bteauo it pav
beltrrtost-Ilapalrof l!oot- orsi-ocs eury
ttto niontlu than eierv four 01 fiw. AVE
fiUAK.VXTlX EVEKV I'AIl! WE MAKi:.
Ail Merchants In gooil credit ran procure
these Goods at our Warehouses iu Portland
or San Francisco.
Try our "HERCULES'' Patent Boots
HECHT BROS. & CO.
THE ANNUAL WEETiNG
OF THE
Pioxr.i:u ANDiiisroiticAi. mjoicty
dOrCKOU vill bo held at the Hill f.t
Krseue Kngine Co. Xo. 2 on TIHTRSDAY.
the lltli ilav cf May, lSJ,commeneiiKat a
o'clock P.M. for the purpoxeof i.e..iiug
reports of oflieers, coinmunleiitioiis addres
e". etc.. :md for the election of oilicers for the
ensuing year, and the transaction of -uch
other buIne-s as inav pioperly come before
the society.
All arc respectfully in lted to attend.
S. T. McICuw. .Sec'.
Astoria, April 29. 1S3. id
L. li. HOHL,
Pli tCl'IC.lT. TTATCnUlKi:!:
xxn JEHX.r.r.R.
Si;. I'aing penaanenlly located
&ij.l-J Jfi "i the city, would solicit the
iSiv? jX? general patronage t the
3isJbiK'e public.
Repairinq Watches, Clocks unci Jewelry
A Sl'ECIALn.
CD-ALL WORK WARHANILD.-en
On S'niemocqha Street, west of UcUTourr
W.XU IN IEC'1j.K1 WtTIHH'T
rniTiiii!: sothk
,pd no tenns of peace unsi!
man In Astoria has a i.ew
uf clothf
'ss.jSrn
3i.vf: v jjtii.w.
I -ii-.-i'
JSl'
-:
r
i Ixok3t tl'n inlrei -
I'.ints to order from
si to
12 50
23C0
ranis, uenume x reach ca?-.tmi'
Suits from ....
The finest lino of sample on the coast to
select from. V. J. MEAN V,
Cass street, nest to Hansen's Jewelry store
Jt
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gjjajf.AUUj
JIISCELLANEOUF.
eo.W.Mnme;
itSf
Wholesale and Retail Dealer i
IN
i GROCERIES,
!
Provisions, Lumber,
KTC.,
ETC..
E'IC.1
i- ,. .. i . , i
r LSIit.'I'lIH'lJS WWW .-WWVA"$
s o r p l i m
A St'ECIALTI .
tiKNT VOW THE
San Juse Fruit Packing Company.
anl thi:
San Fniijcisco Ohwnical
ast(ji:ia - - - onr.ooi
MA1C1IN I)Vt:i J.. i. ,toki:s
F0AE1) & STOKES,
I V hyl. -:il. :i.il i-ui i!tl.Kr-. m
Wood and Willow-ware,
G H 0 G E R 1 E S.
Tfibacco, Citjars. Vinea,and Liquors
no:r.ir,. lh i)Mr-Hi
Fruits and 'uiiehihlcs.
COfJXTliY
itoni.'CE.
Gcneral Gommissiou Merchants
Asror.i.v, t:Kaiv.
New t . 0:i-.m !:aiiw;i a: Xav. ( o's Dock
Asm
Oamiery - Supplies
i Inip.iited and forsdebv
AMDUIA, - - oBECOS.
' Sim- lniipt't.
1 r.ixTjH.o! suit.
Isgcs Oai, etc.
Ajieiit fur HjrluCkN Soldcnrg jtfacli.as;
(ihiiitonN lmpimed Soldering apparatus;
lotarv t.-Jle ir srilderins
net anafs.
-eai.n : Wood's
LObYB & GO.
joi;i;i.i:s in
WINES,
LXQUO&B,
.M)
OIG-ARS.
a;i:xts run the
Bost San'Francisoo Houses and
Eastern Distillories.
I2T-AI1 s..nd? sold at San rranclvo I'rices.
MAIN brnnri.
Opiiosllf TaiKcr House, Astoria, Oresnti.
J. 5. D. GrKAX
V.ho'.es:le and leLill d.nlei in,
FLOUR,
all jcrxns or feud,
Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc.
tleneral storage and Wharfajro on reason
able tenns. hvottd ISentonMreet. Astoria,
Oregon.
A. G. STiNSON & CO.,
BLACKSllllTHING,
At Capt. RoKew old stand, corner of Cass
and Court Streets.
Ship and Cannery v.-oil:. Horseshoelncr.
Unions made and repaired, (lood work
cnaranteed.
HANSEN BROTHERS,
Architects and Builders,
All Kind nt House irork done nt
Mliortest not lee.
Shop Corner of Cass and Astor Street,
ASTORIA, - - - - OREGON
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vAMS, .T.r--jr --a
".JS g&z&f ,
jf3i"S? SP-FK"
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iSSligMIr
1MK.1SOI.S. VTorth. I'rlcc.
Large size, all silk Parasols, - - - $3 00 $1 25
Large size, all silk, fancy border, - - 5 00 3 00
Large size, all silk, 3 5 r5
Medium size, all silk, twilled, - - - 3 00 1 25
Medium size, cotton, suitable for children, 1 00 50
CLOAKS.
Misses light-colored school coats, - - 7 00
Misses' dark-colored school coats, - - 7 00
Misses' plush school coats, - - - 10 00
These arc Spring Styles, and all wool.
aiiscETXAxrous.
Marseilles Spreads, large size,
All-linen Towels, " "
Ladies' Hose, all colors
Ladies' Balmoral Skirts, -
Unbleached Table Linen, per
Unbleached Table Linen,cxtra wide.p'r y'd, 50
Ladies' Corsets, all sizes, .... 1 25
A!m a few more l.cniaaiits Dress
iremr in'oer. tlic-se Bargains ire Limited in Quantity, so come early and secure then..
CAI.IFOUXIA bl OltE,
V. 1). B.
21?.
TheBossGofiee and Tea Pot
gsL .
&Zx au &&. &
TWO DOOUS EAST OF OCCIDENT,
AirSCELIAXEOUS.
9Ci
s
RsiHi hmimwg
Sr -'&5s2SiESSJ
Wo. 40 J2-Ply
J DL'ALKHS IN
vSALMON TWINE ! I rcn' Sleel- Coa! Anchors, Chains,
TAR, PITCH, OAKUM,
BOHR MI) LEiliS L!iES,pm,CCi,IT AND c" ca-jzeo
SEINE TJWII N E S I " cppcp h, ana b,
Shelf Hardware, Paints and Oils
A Fllll StOCk NOW 011 Hand.l ?&& and IkmpPackinq of all Kinds.
PROVJSlONS
HENRY DOYLE & CO.. rtoim axd miix feed.
Sit aini-Uet Street, Sau I'rancNro , Agents for Salem nomin? Mills.
Solo Agents for the Pacific Coast. j Corn(,r chcnamiu and Hamilton Street
ASTORIA, OREGOX.
MIL'S lAR I E T IB S.
G1.0.IIILL, -WALTER
TALKS
- TKOI'filETOK
STACK MANAOER
Now Stars in Rnpia Succrsslon 1 1
Engagement cf
SUSS I-JITA EARLE. ,
run Qi'F.nx of soxg and dance i.
Opcu :i!l Hie i'enr, 1'crlnrnianec i:itj .
Mslil. Cutiro Clinnse or Pro-
srmiinic Once, n Week.
f onjprising all tho latest
SOKCS, DANCES AND ACTS.,
We give the Best .
Variety Entertainment
la the West.
The thcatv. 1-, crowded nightly, and all
nounre It to be euual to any KU en elscw here.
Mr. Hill as a caterer for Ihe public's
amusement cm not be excelled. Ambodvi
uMilupc to spend a pleasant cieuinp: and
Ss-ipusiSrft
The company eompri-cs ihe following well
" laiqwn ArtUts-.
MM I'VSME ffALTOX. I
Mis I.ouisr. Cook, i
I Mi:. Cn vr.Lrs KottLn;. '
Mi:. Jolts Cook,'
Mi:. .Ioski'JI rrrrrr,
me. Wai.tek Parks, j
' All of w hich will pppcar nightly in (heir dif- ,
lorent specialties. '
! Open air concert every evening: perform -
ance coiniaencin at 8 ; cntianee to uieaire
; Slwet : ,,rlVate 'mCS U "
' T .i, ,, fn, ty ciorn
IiDOK OUt lor Our btars,
.aggp -
S!S5
- lT - tlr
aiged:
??
3 00
3 50
5 00
- -
3 50
37
25
1 5
2 00
25
10
1 00
25
35
75
yard,
40
Goods at 10 and 20 cents a yard.
Corner opposite rostoulce, Astoria, Oregon.
MAY BE HAD OF
AIm. Aent for the celebrated
iliti'UN latfut Cook Ntorr.
IKDAIiLI0N RiLGrE,
sn:AM iTTTixas- a spkclvlty.
None but tho be?t worlvmen employed.
AH worKltiranteed'ornoIcharse.-
ASTORIA, OREGOJS'
3IISCELLANEOTJS.
Wilsox & Fisher.
:
j roscoevs first class
oyster saloon, vtA'
CnENAMIS STREET, ASTORIA.
miiE fNDcnsioxEi) 13 rL&iEi to
A announce to the public that lie Is mar
ine; the
Boston Crystal Ice Cream !
The finest Ice Cream ever dished up to the
American public. Try It, and be convinced.
He also funiWics, in ilrst-class stjle,
OYSTERS, HOT COITEE TEA, ETC.
AT THE
Ladies' and Gent's Oyster Saloon,
CIIEXAMUS STREET.
TMimci mio men eflil.
1
KOSCOK DIXON, Proprietor
Leinenweber & Co.,
I,.T,...,rPt,r,.
If. BKOWT.
CSTAELlSnCD 1303.
ASTORIA, OREGON,
yiriBig AID CDBBIKRS,
Manufacturers and Importers ot
IX KINDS OF
LEATHER
AND FINDINGS
Wholesale Dealers in
OIL AND TALLOW.
j ea'HI
ftaHIghest cash price paid for Hides end
i niumr.
LETTERHEAD PAPER.
PRINTED OR PLAIN, OH THE BEST
JT quaUryat Tdb AaroRiAKoffico.
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