0) t Vol. xvm. Astoria, Oregon. Friday Morning, March 16, L88-3. No. 142 . ... . . ' J8 Jv JrJlll' 4 HOW IT LOOKS. I arrived in the city of Port land, Oregon, on Saturday after noon, September 9th, at 3 o'clock. I wanted a ready-made suit of clothes for rough work on the mountains near Baker City, for which place I had to leave at 9 o'clock Monday morning. I found in one of the two large merchant tailoring establishments something that would do with a little altera tion to the coat and pantaloons. I returned to my hotel disappointed but half amused over the vain ef forts of the dealer to get a half hour's work done on the clothes in order to make them wearable. He first appealed to his regular tailors. -They answered from their Turk-like positions on the bench, in true Turk-like phrase, that they wouldn't draw a stitch more be yond their present stints. Then the merchant sent out to sundry women who did work for him. The answer came back that they would take in no more work that day. After every resource had been exhausted he gave it up, saying: "I must lose the sale of the clothes; I can't get any one to alter them, and I might have known it would be so on the start. You have no notion how independ ent labor is in this country. My folks work pretty well, but they arc not regular; will lay off with out warning, and work pretty' much as they rather than as I mind when they do work. They are all 'cultus.' I have tried as hard as I can for the past two months to find any lull journeyman tailor who will sit on the bench and be reliable to do odd jobs like this, and I can't get any one I have offered $3 a day, and I would give it right along, and steady work every day in the year, but it's no use. I can't get any one." The story of the discontented tailor was repeated in that of the hotel proprietor, the contractor, the boss mechanic indeed, almost every vocation with which I came in contact on that coast. The country itself is so inviting, and rewards so richly individual pro prietors, that every one who goes there is under constant temptation to forego the intention with which he came, of going into employ ment, and forthwith begins to set up for himself. The consequence is that hired labor in all depart ments is scarce and of poor qual ity. Those who hire out do so only for a short period, until the' can get into shape to work for themselves. The result is that competition, the great factor of good service, is almost utterly wanting. "Workingmen look upon their present service for owners as only temporary, and consequently are restless and anxious to adver tise the fact that they are really independent men, only doing this for the time being. For instance, once, after sitting awhile in si lence, waiting for the attendant to inform me what he bad for break fast, he also in silence, I ventured to break the solemn pause: "Well, sir, I would like my breakfast." ""Well, so would I, too! Here I've been working since six o'clock without any." Again, the porter, who gets in that country invariably twenty five cents a pair for blacking boots, answered my friend's re quest thus: "Well, I guess to-morrow morn ing I'll black them. I've blacked enough boots for to-day." Indeed, one of the most trying things out there, a thing that would have destroyed my temper -if I had not long since lost it, is the perpetual struggle to get out of the employes the service one has J to pay so liberally for. It requires so much ingenuity in putting your request, self-depreciation and half apology for making it at all, gen tle acceptance of rebuffs, and per sistence accompanied with the wis dom of the serpent to get (after a hard day's work driving around the country or inspecting the in choate enterprises on every side) even a satisfactory meal or clean bed upon one's return at night. The conscionsuess that one pays for everything, whether he gets it or not, and then has to wrestle, or as the expres sion there is, "rustle," to get it, is in some conditions of lassitude, dispiriting. I remem ber, crossing the Yellowstone, I had the dismal experience of see ing my new wagon sink out of sight in the water, all because I did not have the requisite knowl edge of western laborers' peculi arities to make my ferryman load it properly. Luckily I recoved it. Chinese labor, now that immi gration is stopped, is so inade quate to the demands of the situa tion that important railway exten sions have been at a standstill purely from this cause. Railroad building, ill supplied with labor as it is, has drained all that is avail able to so great an extent that farmers during August literally went begging for harvest hands. I could mention many localities where I know uot merely private residences but business blocks and public structures are waiting for workmen. Carpenters, brick layers and mechanics enough can not be found. The saw mills and logging camps offered high prices for men during July and August. The wages offered were good raised beyond the average that has heretofore been paid but few workmen presented themselves, and they would only work for a while and then lay off and spend their money. There are few drones out there, very few men longing about the depots and hotels, almost none of extra services, so that every one has to wait upon himself. No one of either sex need be idle, in deed can afford to be, when in dustry paj's so well. The need of good, serviceable women is as great as that of men. Take it in the matter of house servants. "I have a wife and three children, all my family," said a banker to me one day. "I will gladly pay 35 a month and board for a good cook and competent house servant." Said anether: "I positively can not find a nurso good for anything. I would pay $5 a week and board if I could have my wife relieved of the care of the children and drudgery of the nursery." Said a restaurant keeper: "We can't get women who will superintend the kitchen, much less wait on the table." The proprietor of the furnished rooms I occupied in Walla Walla was one day in the washtub wash ing out the linen of the house. I inquired: "Can't you get women to do the washing?" "No," was the answer; "I cannot get help, and, much as tlie business pays, I think I will quit. It is wearing me out; making the beds, doing the chamberwork; everything my self, with the help of one boy. I've got to quit or break down." "Can't you get a Chinaman?" "Well, no; not one that will stay; not one that will not get me so mad in a day I can't stand it. You know that a Chinaman will hire to do but one thing. If he is a chambermaid, he won't cook, or cut wood, or do au, errand, or oblige one in any way. And they are so shiftless and no-account I can't get along with them and their independent ways. They come at six in the morning, Sun day at eight, and they quit at five, and they cut a big hole out of the middle of the da when they go off to their den somewhere and smoke opium or tobacco. Then they ruin everything they touch. I could not afford to have a China man do my washing. These flannels, for instance, would be utterly spoiled. You should see how they rub , the buttons and ravels out of everything. They just destroy and don't care." In Portland alone 300 indus trious girls can find employment as house servants at wages aver aging 20 to 25 per month, I read in the morning paper this in the local celumn: "A girl wants a situation as per ad. elsewhere. Who speaks for her first?" Women are so universally re spected in that country that a girl could go there anywhere from the east without a chaperone. The trouble is she would, soon after she reached there, call some chap her own, and that is what is the trouble with female labor in that country. Cor. N. Y. livening Post. Acorns from America are in de mand in Europe for the propaga tion of oak forests. A special agent for the forestry department recent ly shipped 300 bushels of red oak acorns and 120 bushels of pig nuts to England and Germany, where they are to be planted next spring. Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, . strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in comn 'tltion with the mul titude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in can, ltovAL Baking Po wdek Co.. tec Wall-st. N.Y. w STOMACH Bitters Invalids who are recovering vital stamina, declare in grateful terms their appreciation of tho merits as a tonic, of llostctter's Stom ach Bitters. Not only doei it impart strength to tho weak, hat it also corrects an irregular acid stato of tho stomach, makes tho bowels act at proper intervals, gives ease to those who suffer from rheumatic and kidney troub les, and conquers as well as prevents fever and acue. For sale by all Drugrbts and Dealers generally. Plumbing and Gas Fitting. LORIEA BROS. Plumbers, Gas, and Steam Fitters. Jonting Promptly Attended to A Full Supply of GAS FIXTURES. COCKS, STEAM FIT TINGS, ETC., ALWAYS ON HAND. All Work Guaranteed. Charges Moderate. Chenamus street, opposite Dcmcnt's Drag Store, Astoria, Oregon. flsp i & WW && warn I If " CELEBRATED lX B3S5 :mmpo &!.JJ-!52J P ItV-.TE ERMAHREM OFOIfc RHEUMATISM 5 Neuralgia, Sciatica. Lumbago. Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell ings and Sprains, Burns and Scaids, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No Preparation on earth equtls Sr. Jacobs Oil u a safe, sure, simple and cheap External Bemedy. A trial entails tut tho coraparatiTcIy trifling ontUr of GO Cents, and every one ruffer Ing with pain can bare cheap and poJtivo proof of iU claims. Directions in Eleven Languages. B0LDBYALLDBUGGIST8AEDDEALEB3 IH MEDICINE. A. VOGELER & CO., HaUiviore,2ZL, U. S.A. SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. The countenance is pale and leaden colored, with occasional flushes of a cir cumscribed sjot on one or both cheeks; the eyes becomo dull; the pupils dilate; an azure semicircle runs along the lower eye-lid ; the nose is irritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds ; n swelling of the upper lip; occasional headache, with humming or tluohlnnK of the ears; an unusual se cretion of saliva; slimy or furred tongue; breath very foul, particularly In the moru Ins; apctite variable, .sometimes vora cious with a gnnwine sensation of the stomach; at others, entirely gone; fleeting pains in tho stomach; occasional nausea and vomiting; violent pains throughout the abdomen; bowels irregular, at times costive; stools slimy, not unfrequcntly tinged with blood ; belly swollen anil hard ; urine turbid ; roplrntlon occasionally dilll cult and accompanied by hiccough ; cough sometimes dry and convulsive; uneasy and disturbed sleep, with grinding of the teeth; temper variable, but generally irritable. Whenever the above symptoms nro found to exist, DK. C. XcLAXE'S VERMIFUGE will certainly effect a cure. Iu bnving Vermifuge bo suro you ec! the genuine DK. C. McLAXK'S VKKMI Fl'(iE, manufactured by Fleming ltros., tM Wood Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. The in irlcet Is full of counterfeits. You will be riuht if it 1ms the signature of l'loin ing Bros, and C. Mcl.niic. if your storekeeper doos not ha-.e the genuine, pleaso reort to us. Send us a three cent stamp for -I hanl some advertising cards. FIiE3lIXG BROS., Pittsburgh. ln. Flsliermen Attention! Sutton's Ciriimuc Cape nn Oilr.tl Clothing. Double Long Coats. Half Peas. Double suits. Fisherman .Tamper. FiHheruir.n Pants, Aprnns, Sleeves, Knbber Hon I, Blanket Shirts. Soelcv. etc. At San Francisco Prices. A Liberal Discount to the Trade. Ship Masters Supplied. II. 1VCIIA DUOUKNE. Agent. On the Roadway, near AY-ter Street. HEADQUARTERS Foster's Emporium. Most Complete Stock in Astoria JY ov elides of all Kinds FrnitIIoth Foreign and Domestic Wines and Liquors OI Superior Brand. FOSTER'S C0RXER, 0 It &X DOCK Street Extension Notice. NOTICE is hereby given that the Common CouncH of the City of Astoria, in Clatsop couifty. Oregon, intend to pass an ordinance to provide for extend ing Cedar street iu that portion of said city which was laid out and recorded by John M. Shivcly, to the c:ist line of 01 ney street in that portion of said city which was laid out and recorded by Joint McClure, the said Cedar street to be extended in a westward course to said Olney street at anoint bringing the north line of the extension to the south west corner of lot numbered one (1) of block numbered Sixty-six (IW) in said JlcClure's Astoria, and the portion ex tended to be sixty (GO) feet wide. By order of the Common Council. F. C. XORRI& Auditor and Clerk. Astoria. March 15, 1S83. 30d iTi r'Raeafr i "-' J&m A M. .IOHXSOX. C. H. STICKELS A. M. JOHNSON & Co., Dealen In 1 CROCKERY & CLASS WARE. Also Wholesale Dealers In Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Glass, Jntty. Artists Oil and "Water Colors, Paint ami Kalso- misic "Crushes. Constantly on hand a full and choice stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries Only tho Best kept. Our stork of Croekery nnd GlasH Ware is tlie Ijarsvnt and most Complete Stock ever opened in Astoria. CoasLstlng of Tea and Dinner Seta, Toilet Sets. Glass. Fruit, and Water t"ets. Bar Fixtures. Ale Mugs. Tonles. Rustic Bottles Goblets, Tum blers Len.onade Cups. &c, &c. Everything sold at Lowest Living Rates. equality Guaranteed. An Examination will more than repay you. Important ! ! Read Carefully 1 1 1 Hereafter all our Pure Coffees will be put up under our own private label NONE GENUINE Unless bought of A. M. JOHNSON & CO. N. 13. All goods bearing our label are guaranteed to be strictly Pure and of Best quality, and are soid "by no other House. , B. 5? J&. $. EC 3S X, DRAt.RU IX Hay, Oats, Straw. Lime, Brick, Cement and Sand Wootl !e!ivcrctl to Order, Draying, Teaming and Express Business. Horses ana Carriages for Hire. DEALER IX WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. "IKT 4'IjASM MAGNUS C. CROSBY, Dealer In EARDWABE, IRON, STEEL, Iron Pipe and Fittings, PLTJ MBERS AND STEAM FITTER? Goods and Tools, SHEET LEAD STRIP 1EAD SHEET IRON TIH AND COPPER, Cannery aiFlstaGDu Supplies Stoves, Tin Ware and House Furnishing Goods. JOBBING IN SHEET IRON, TIN. COP PER PLUMBING anil STEAM FITTING Done with r.eatnsss and dispatch, None but first class workmen employed. A large assortment of; S'C ALE? Constantly on nand LOEB & CO., JOBBEItS IN WINES. LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. AGENTS FOItTKE Best San Francisco HousesTand Eastern Distilleries. J-All goods wild at San Francisco Prices. MAIN STKEET, Opposite Parker House, Astoria, Oregon. W. E. DEMENT & CO. DRUGc(JIST3. ASTORIA, - - - OREGON Carry in Stock, DRUCS, CHEMICALS, TOILET and FANGY ARTICLES. Prescriptions carefully Compounded, Ship WILLIAM HOWE DEM.ER IN Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms, Lumber. All kinds of OAK LUMBER. GLASS, Boat Material, Etc. fSfiSllte I Boats of all IKinds Made to Order. "Orders from a distance promptly attended S.ARNDT &JFERCHEN, ASTORIA. - OREGON. The Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITH SHOP AND Boiler Shop All kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, AND STEAMBOAT WOEK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Benton Street, Near Pakkek IIouse, ASTORIA. - OREGON. CENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LANDifflARINE ENGINES Boiler Work, Steamboat Work, and Cannery Work a specialty. CASTING'S. or all Oesprlptlons made to Order at Short Xotloe. A. D. Wass. President. J. G. IIdstleb, Secretary. I.W. Case, Treasurer. John Fox, Superintendent WBI. EDGAR, ASTORIA. ... OREGON'. Dealer in Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes Meerschaum and Brier Pipe3, Stationery and Optical Goods, Joseph Rodgcra and Wostenholm GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLER Revolvers and Cartridges. WAI.TIIAM AND ELG1A Gold and Silver Watches and Chain Fine and Coarse Liverpool SALT. Tin Plate, Bleck: Tin, Caustic Soda. For sale ex "Warehouse at Portland or Astoria by BALFOUR, GITHRIE A CO. dtf Portland, Or. Barbour's No. 40 I2-Ply SALMON TWINE! CORE AND LEAD LINES, SEINE TWINES. A Full Stock Now on Hand. HENRY DOYLE & CO., 511 Market Street, 8an Francisco Sole Agents for tho Pacific Coast. MSlP1 AND Bracket Work A SPECIALTY. to, and satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. BUSINESS CABDS. in c. noiiUKX. NOTARY PUBLIC, AUCTIONEliR, COMMISSION AND IN SURANCE AGEN1. QELO V. PAJVELER. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop County, and City or Astoria Oiflce :-Chenaraus street, Y. M. C. A. hall Room No. 8. "P D. WISTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law. 83-0fflce in Pythian Building. Rooms 11, 12. ASTORIA, ... - OREGON. XJLY TUTTIiE, M. 3. PHYSICIAN AND SUKGEONi Offick Rooms 1,2, and 3, Pythian Build ing. Resiukxce Over J. & Thomas' Drag Store. "P P. IUCKS, PENTIST, ASTORIA, - OREGON Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, corner of Cass and Sqcmocqhe streets. J Q. A. BOWLBY. ATTORNEY AT LA"VV. Chenamus Street. - ASTORIA, OREGO 31. WHUTHniMEK. WKKTHHIMEK M. WERTHEIMER & BRO. MANUFACTURERS OF FINE Havana and Domestic Cigars No. 518.Fiont St. Son Franci&co Dressmaking. Plain and Fancy Sewing. Suits xnado in the nest Style and Guaranteed to Pit Mrs. T. S. Jewett. iCOOMSfA'tHt MRS. E. S. WARREN'3.1 G. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSM1THING, At Capt. Rogers old stand, corner of Casi and Court Streets. Ship and Cannery work. Horseshoeing. Wagons made and repaired. Good work juiarantced. T "W. CASE, LMl'ORTER AND WHOLESALE AND RE TAIL DEALER IN . &EHERAL MERCHANDISE ''onier Chenamus and Cass streets. ASTORIA - - - OREGON FOR SALE ! I offer for sale my ranch near Skipa non in this County; it consists of 160 ACRES, Eighty Acres improved, witli good dwelling House; Two Barns, Ont Houses, etc.; A Fine Orchard. Everything Is well improved and in good condition. A large assortment of Farming Implements, Three X'asscngcr Coaches. One Kuggr, IVIne Head Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Etc. This affords a rare chance for a man to gei a good home in the oldest settled section in the state. Terms favorable to one meaning busi ness. C. A. MACiriRK. Notice. STATE AND COUNTY TAXES FORTIIE year 18S2. are now duo and can be paid at my oflice at the Court House. u-wtt A. M, TWOAimYt inerui. Ne -J- -