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Ci") Cto a$ls stostoH. ASTORIA, OREGON: FRIDAY APRIL 20, 18S3 English 'ail XaKcrs and TItcIr Wretchedness. Those who are so apt to jump at the conclusion in the abstract that machinery and invention throw manual labor out of employ ment, and so encourage pauper ism, would do well to take a lesson from some o the industries which are carried on by hand work, and study the phases which they pre sent. One of these pictures, which quite eclipses the "Song of the Shirt" for squalor and wretch edness, has just been drawn by Mr. Robert P. Porter, in the Trib une. Mr. Porter was a member of the late Tariff Commission, and is clearly a close observer of mat ters concerninjr industrial labor. The country which Mr. Porter visited was the "Lye "Waste" re gion in the Back Country a dis trict located partly in Stafford and partly in Worcester, England. In this district, situated seven miles from the great manufacturing in dustries of Birmington, and dismal beyond description, is to bo found an army of 24,000 persons engag ed in making nails and rivets by hand. A place where only wreck and ruin, squalor, filth, and wretch edness abound, it is yet peopled 4v some of the most industrious people in England. The work of nail and rivet making is done in little smithies attacked to the hovels, which are filthy und horri ble beyond description. The father, mother, and children all engage in the industry, while the wages of two parents and a daugh ter, say of fourteen, are barely sufficient to keep the family from starving. Mr. Porter puts it in this wise: An expert nailer, working steadily from Monday morning to Frida' night, can only make two and a half bundles of iron rods into nails, for which he gets Gs. 7-A-d. per bundle, or for his week's work, lGs. 8d., exactly $4. Now, his wife, by working every moment of her spare time and late into the night neglecting the wretched little children can make a bundle of commoner nails, for which she is paid 3s. Id., and the little half starved, stunted girl of twelve, with her brown arms and steady, unerring aim, will hammer out "half a bundle. Is. Gid. Total earnings of an industrious and hard worlcing family, three at the forge, for the entire week: English United States money. money. Father 10s. 8d. $4 00 Mother 3sv Id. 74 Daughter is. 7J$d. 39 fJrnQcn.irtiinrsnf family per weck.Sls. 4d. and wretched lives, with no hope before them but a life of wicked ness and vice." It goes without saying that the remedy for such a state of slavery is emigration. The United States mav not be a paradise where gold grows in the streets and diamonds crystalize on trees; but it at least is a country where such squalor and wretched ness are comparatively unknown. S Ssew y-oods FIRST GRAND earance BAHKIHQ AHDJHSURAHCE STATURES REMEDY. Pointers. The new state mortgage tax law will be tested in the courts. A member of the Baltimore BROKER, A JLJBjI Liver, Kidney, and Skin Diseases Malaria. Dyspepsia, Biliousness, 3Sw sls T HP " AT EMPIRE STOES PRIOR TO STOCK TAKING. ASTOJUA. .s. H "S-F" TM 5T? x 1 TH 1 T X DUUJL dlUAB. -ad- , - , . A'buBJS. Antrra;i and Photograph an siz iuciid a lint a near Pains m the Back aB 111S' i ' 1Vra-Novcl to WrtwP r,1:i;rWf ! NpW ,,. Pimples anil morses on ice a.n, j Also the Key to Heaven. Whether Hm.llt.rv. I Per an Marine - : Denting Mt Ir " t0 3M0 a Set Or Ca,d W. .or E, wir uTine . -Iprices before goin Can Only be Cured by the Use of AMeSLT 1,1.. sevens &co.. city Rook store. OREGON The Best Store VnThecViy tc get your Money's Worth. ilbuBJS. Antra;iIiaHaiiioiosrap an. ai.o . i"- . rciry iuiu juuutj i minus er Books aud Hymnals, FiiOil 9 O'CLOCK A. M. UNTIL S O'CLOCK P.M. a Mutual liiraice Co., ' W ' ill OF CALIFORNIA. jigiwaiaiULigwiAgaMWJayw i S3 13 But out of this pittance must come 3d. for carriage of iron from the "forger's" and returning the nails, Is. for the smithy fire, 3s. for the wear of tools. Net earn ings, $4v7 cents per week the united earnings of three industri ous, sober persons. The saddest feature of this busi ness is that the young women should be allowed to work at the machines called "alives," heavy machines made of iron and worked with a treadle, employed in flat tening the heads of the large eight inch bolts. Hundreds of women work at these machines, aud do not earn over $125 per week, and this work has been done in this way for a century. The poor operatives scarcely have an ad ditional comfort over what was obtained a hundred years ago. The effect of such work and surroundings upon the morals of the community are what might be expected. We have no reason to believe the picture at all over drawn which describes the young women as living most wretchedly. . Not only do they marry early several girls not over seventeen being pointed out to Mr. Porter as mothers of children two and three years of age but the Lou don Standard tells a story appall ing for its wretchedness. Ac cording to that journal, "women within a few days of their confine ment have been known to work in the agony of exhaustion, in order to earn a few pence at the 'hearth' not the 'hearth' of home, but the hearth of the 'forge' ;they have been known to return to work in a day or two after childbirth, emaciated in constitution, weak and weary for the want of simple nourish ment. Their children, ragged and school board has done the English language a service in adding a new word "fus'sation." No dictionary is required to learn its meaning. The statistics, as given by the Detroit Free Press, show that a California stage robber saved :, 581 in ten months, but in nine months a Niagara hackmin sacd $5,265. Arthur Boyle, of New Mexico, claims to have discovered a Pu eblo Indian at Algondones who, himself over one hundred years years old, is earning his own living working at a loom over two hun dred years old. The Canadian newspapers are discussing commercial independ ence of England. The finance minister lately said, xn an official document, that Canada ought to make her own treaties, "without interference on the part of those who do uot understand her wants, and may not be very careful of her wishes." The Rochester Post sets itself against the proposed reduction of two cents a gallon on whisky. "What good would it do?" asks the JPost. "If our lawmakers want to popularize themselves they should reduce the tax on the drink and let the price per gallon remain where it is. It has come about that statesmen do not grasp the live issues of the day with huf ficient comprehensiveness." The Washington Republican as serts that it has information to the effect that hundreds of evil-disposed Irishmen go about in Lon don drinking gallons of kerosene and threaten to set fire to them selves in order to destroy the city. A large organisation has been dis covered of Irishmen whose sole food is dynamite, and the' are sworn to jump up at a signal and explode themselves in the heart of London when they light. The Oregon Transcontinental company negotiated the sale of bonds required to build the Ore gon and California line before the agreement between the two com panies was made public. As yet we have heard nothing of the meet ing of the stockholders which took place in Portland on the 10th inst We offer SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS in our line of Dress Goods. Silks, Volvots, Flushes, Caslnneros and Armnres. Luces. Hosiery, Corsets, Cloaks, Dolmans. Etc.. otc. .t. v. riminitTON . Pre CHA5. It. STORY sect. -hi y Gko. L. Stort Atfi-M Ur o-.m Capital paid up in U. S. sola! coin .. ............ j Larnest Sale and Most Satisfaction K-j otuuy "lt-ili ,jts vjh H I. v. cass'. .gum, . Chenrunus street. AtorLt. Orcirou. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF FLANNEL COMFORTERS, Blankets, Etc. 67,000,000 CAPITAL. LIVERPOOL, AND LOON AND , GLOBE, j NORTH BRITISn AND MEUCAN- j TILE OP LONDON aSD EDINBURGH. j OLD CONNECTICUT OF HAKT-' FORD, AND CraiUERCIAIi OF CALIFORNIA j FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES, j Representing a capital of SC7.OtlO.OliO. A. VAN DUSEN. AS?nt. nil. v .vt. ' Sold bv ,U Dingers .nH ifc !' !ne Dealers. I $1.0!) prr SlottSe G, lor $5.Ct. U I I J V If i Q I? W 1 VJ liiliSi & Vjililft 1 liL'W. GF.O.HU.U - - I'KOPltTETOK AVAI.TKK lWRKS, - STAGE MANAKEK I BilSSBrt TER applv M the Ciptain. or to STEADIER CLARA PARKER Eben P. Parker, Master. Stock Complete in Every Branch. Praol Brothers- HAVE YOU SEEK G3MMHM3EBMS""HS""X"CBSiSK, OUR SPLENDID STOCK OF carpets, : ! upholstery, WALL PAPER, j ..M.Lf. . AND Vcwe.st Styles In Furniture. ED. D. CURTIS & CO. (M "V. Hallick's OM Uuh1.) n.tw some decant designs 5n the above mentioned goods which they wHl bo pleased to Miow the public. Everything new and tasteful. Engititenient of an entire TxEIV TROUPE MISS HELENA RICHMAN. The German Nightingale. MISS SUSiE LEE, Soiik and Dance Artist. ffiISS KINKiE VILLIAffiS, Serio-cotnio Queen. MISS KITTY FRANKLIN, Foubrette. Also 3LE. GEO. HENDERSON, Etiiiopian Comedian. Together with a now Under the management of I'ROF. CHARLES ltlCKAKDS. ites Retained. Open alS tle Yt-ar IVrfonnance Every lgl iiUIlre CI aiiiCOi i unt..iixi: j-.very .Mgni, vniprcsiii . SOKCSt DANCES AND ACTS. Stationery and Optical Goods, We rive the Best WEI. EDGAR, ASTORIA. Dealer iu OREGON. I I Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes! the 0,fd fvof 31 J I Open alS the Yt-ar-lV' . f vl1 l"ttt Im ! un ri Meerschaum and Brier Pipes, For TOWING, FREIGHT orCHAR H. Jl. EARKEB. .SUCCESSOR TO JACKIXS & JIOSTG05IEKY.) DEALER IX Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware. A Geceral Assortment of HOUSEHOLD GOODS. v Agents for Magee Stoves and Kanges The Best in the market. l'mmblng goods of all kind on band. Job work done in a workmanlike manner. JPLUHB1NG, 6A3 FITTING, AND CANNERY WORK Attended io Promptly on Reasonable Terms. CZSSSS.A5ICS3 HTKEIvr. Xext to C. - Parker's Store. Joseph Rodgcrs and Y"oten!Hnt GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLER Revolvers and Cartridges. WAT.TH.WI ASO X2r.SS" Gold and Silver Watches and Chain Barbour's No. 40 I2-Ply SALMON TWINE! CORE AND LEAD LINES, SEINE TWINES. A Full Stock Now on Hand. HENRY DOYLE & CO., Bit Market Street, Han Frannlnro Sole Agents for the Paciilc Coast The Oregon Improvement Go. Arc now prepared to trtl COAL 3?or Domestic or Steam Use From their NEW COAL BUNKERS, Situated cm the 0. R. & X. Co.'s Dock, at mces, delivered on trucks or vessels, as fol- Seatt'le, clean coal for Domestic mc per ton of 2210 lbs S7.2. Cttln nnmi nrw! fnr ;te:iin Hie perto'n ol22lblus c 2s Seattle, screenings, for stcatntise. per inr. ..T VI(n1lC .U. All orders sent to E. A. Xoycs. AKcnt. will be prompllv filled. Ttnif. slricUy cash on delivery at fiunken. it. Ilb&IA It. uoni -ii;ciit. Variety Entertainment I la the West. I r. . a....l. tm AMJdil nl.vlltl4 Ti1 k!f wioliacitiued tne entertainment pro nounce it to be euttal to any jdven ebewliere. ! T K.'l r a MAnr fiT ttlM IMIllt! S aiiiteHiiit vau not be eelld. Anybody viMiniK to SxtU a p!i"vm evenins ""'i o5 spSrklh wit anti !); without vul sarity. ?hm!1 ip.iprv tin opportunity aHl eontel Th eoniny comprises the foliowiug weil kuowu Artbfc): . iiss Fasnjk AValtox. illSSJlAMlKGOOUUlCK. II :t. W'Ai.TKit 1ai:k. MK.CUAS. ttAIMlOWS. , Jilt. WM. 3IOBTOX. All of which will appear nightly in their dif, ferent specialties. Open air concert every evemng ; perform ance commencing at 8 ; entrance to theatre on BentAn street ; private boxes on Clicna- mus street. NEW MODEL Nctt Str in Rapiil Sncetssion ! THE UnSWy.. - --f-?-rSS F ? MSa-u.rr'f , --r mv?m ' L3 rsstssijf,c. .!. ssaf:S23iir r RAXGE CAN BE HAD IN AS TORIA OXLY OF AGENT CATJ. AND EXAMINE IT, YOU YTLL BE P.LEASED. E.R.HAWTE3 is also agent for the Biol patent CooMi Stove lm CLATSOP MILL COMPANY GEO. VT. IIL'ME SAV MILL. .VSK FOR- Union India Eubber Co's Tnro Para Gum CRACK PROOF RUBBER BOOTS. BEWARE OF 12UTATIOXS ! Be sure the Boots are stamped CRACK PROOF on the heels, and have the PURE fnr opr?rvo5 m tfu. fwir ami insten. I which prevent their cracking pr breaking. liVD ASBESTOS Soles v.hich will make them last more than twice as long as any Rubber boots made. FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS. ALL KINDS KURBRR BELTING. PACK ING, HOSE. SPRINGS. CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES. Etc. GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. R. II. PEASE. Jr. I Agents. S. 31. RUNYON, f San Eraneisco. E.5STJf55- Sir,- .xl-tiJ. &&sZZM ' iJ .-i i i.a. nif.Alica stnTM AUU UlUU ilij.-v.. uw w-. Furnace "Work, Steam Fit tings, etc., a spooialty. STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND. es- 3Et- isij.'srsjs, wnw Two doors cast of Occident Iloteu .' '' ' 'J CHAS. HEILBORN, ATATOrACTURER OF yURNITURB S BEDDING AND DEALER IN NEW TO-DAY County Treasurer's Notice. mHERE IS MONEY IN THE COUNTY X Treasury- to pay all County Orders pre sented prior to August 31, 18S2. All such or ders will cease to draw Interest after this date. CHAS. HEILBORN. April 20, 18S3. Treas. Clatsop Co. Notice. A MEETING OF THE TAXPAYERS OF School District No. 1, Clatsop county, Oreeon, is hereby called for Monday. April 30, 1683, at 7 :30 p. M.. at the school house on Main street ior tne purpose oi levying a tax for the maintenance of the public schools in said district, and to defray the expense of erecting a new school building, if thought necessary, also to consider other matters In connection with said proposed building, and such other business as may come .before the meeting. By order of the Board. J. O. BOZORTH. Clerk School DIst. No. 1. WILL LEAVE. The Itesular Tillamook Packet. A. B. FIELD, BARRAGE, Master. XTTILL LEAVE THE MAIN STREET TT Wharf at c o'clock, on Thursday, tlic 2itli inst. Willi freight and passengers for Tillamook. C. LE1NENWEBER, 19-lwk Agent. To All Whom It May Concern. ON AND AFTER THIS DATE THE TinirclmHmn nf Atnrh In llll ftvpnt of any vessel loading or discharging at any point on the Columbia river from walkers Island to the mouth of the Columbia river bar shall not help to load or discharge said vessel or vessels unless Astoria Longshore men are employed. By order of the presi dent. P.HOGE, PHIL. CARROLL. Sec'ty. Astoria. Oreg on, Mar. 20th. 1833. d lm HOUSEKEEPERS ATTENTION ! Hereafter all our Pure Coffees will be put up under our own private label HONE OEHUIHE Unless bought of A. M. JOHNSON & CO. N. B. All goods bearing our label are guaranteed to be strictly Pure and of Best quality, and are sold by no other House. EC- 33. E j5LS:12 33:, PKAI.KK IN Hay, Oats, Straw. Lime, Brick, Cement and Sand Wood Delivered to Order, Graying, Teaming and Express Business. Horses ana Carriages for Hire. DEALER IX WINES, LIQUORS AHD C1CARS. FJLItST CliASS MANUFACTURERS $ DEALERS IX LUMBER, SALMON BOXES, TRAYS, ETC. Office and 3Iill CORXUR OK WF.ST 9TU AX1 VTATKK STS Carpets, Oil Cloth, Wall Paper, Mirrors, ;adcs, Lace Curtains, Picmre frames ano momuinys z t naov Dt WINDOW CORNICES AND CUETAIN POLES Complete in every branch. Offi PEICE SHOE STORE. P. J. GOODrVIAN Wishes to announce that he has .IL'ST RECEIVED FROM THE EAST Alinestook of well selected, latest styles LADIES'. MISSES', CHILDRKNV. MEN'S, BOY'S. IUU lll'S At BOOTS AND SHOES, moderate prieoi. GBAHD CLEMNCE SALE! to make room formoic Mi are anil SMp HaMlerj A. VAN DUSEN & GO. Will soil at cost their entire stock of HATS AND CAPS! BOOTS AHD SHOES. Tiieac goods must be disposed or as we are wm to receive another large lot of Hardware and Ship Chandlery And must have room to storo it. r j I Drugs and Chemicals MARTIN OLSEN DEALER IN 5 FURIsriTURE so BEDDING. Corner 3Ian anil Squciaoqua Streets. Astoria, Oreson. WINDOW SHADES AHD TRIMMIHGS; WALL PAPER ETG A Complete Stock. PRICES AS CHEAP AS QUALITY WILL AFFORD. AT.F. K23IS OF rrXHSITlTRE KEPAIKEI XKT VARNISHED. F0AE3) & STOKSS,; J. H. D. GRAY, Notice. 1 G. ROSS DOESN'T PROPOSE TO BE I underbid by anyone. From date meals will be served In the best style procurable at tin. PinNFF.Tl tinsTATTRA NT. for twentv- uve ccnies. J. G, ROSS. Astoria, April 1", 1SS3. lwk Musical. I HAVE THE AGENCY OF THE BEATTY Organs and Pianos, and will sell the same very low for cash, or on time v ith the proper security. Persons desiring to purchase an org-in for either church or family use will find it greatly to their interest to call at my residence aud ascertain prices. Five years guarantee given if desired. C. II. BAIN. Leiiienweber & Co., C. l.KIJfKNWKHER. K. MtOWh. K.-rrABUSurD l?5. ASTORIA. OREGON, TAMEBS All GBERSES, Manufacturers and Importers of A LL KINDS OF AND FINDINGS "Wholesale Dealers In OIL AtfD TALLOW. esrHighest cash price paid for Hides and Tallow. tf. J. E. THOMAS 1 TviTTr!aTc:rn ? AND f 9 Pharmacist. $astoria.c? . . 33 I in Sz C3 GROCERIES -AND- PROVISIONS-! AKCHOES. HOPE AND COEDAGE. HARNESS AT SAH FRANCISCO) . PRICES. A Eull Line of House Furnishing Goods. o AT THE O. K. &. N. DOCK. Proscriptions carefully compounded Day or Xight. Hardware ani Ship Cliaialery. A. VAH DUSEN & CO.- Wanted. A DISITWASnER AND A CHAMBER xjl maid, uooa wages giren Weston Hotel. Apply at ii Furnished Rooms to Let. AT MRS. GEO. IHLLER'S, NEXT TO Weston Hotel. tf Lost. T5ETWEEN TONGUE POINT AND ASTO- rt in th mXArtlp rlinnnel. VRSterdav morning, about 200 fathoms new net. No marks except one buoy marked C Timmins uouu liiai uuuuiuu) mcuauu KUO. X'lnaer win ue iiueiauj icniuucu uj ii r j i i. a 4. i a - ut taking same to White Star Packing Co.. Up. ill fed, have had to lead miserable per Astoria. l"st Public Reading. ASTORLY IS TO HAVE ANOTHER LIT erarv treat. The Justly celebrated lady elocutionist Miss A. R. Luse. will give one of her nonular nubile readintrs on Fridaj' Evening. April 20th. Admission Fifty cents. Children half price. Tickets for sale at the drug stores and F B Elberson's bakery. Spring Opening. MRS. MALCOLM HAS RETURNED from San Francisco, and on next ThurHilay and. Friday, The 19th and 20th Inst., will have an opening of the Choicest Styles of Millinery Ever exhibited in Astoria. Ladles contem plating procuring something really fine should not fail to attend. DKALnns i Hardware and Ship Chandlery, Pure Oil. Bright Varnish, Binnacle Oil, Cotton Canvas, Hemp Sail Twine.. Cotton Sail Twine, Lard Oil, Wrought Iron Spikes, Galvanized Cut Nails. Agricultural Implements, Sen-ill Machines, Paints; aud Oils, Groecrie. otc. Wilson & Fisher, SHIP CHANDLERS. DEALEKS IN iron, Steel, Coal, Anchors, Ghains, TAR, PITCH, OAKUM, WROUGHT AND OCT GALVANIZED I ISaiis. Copyer PTailf. and ISurr., ! j Shelf Hardware, Faints and Oils Rubber and Hemp Packing of all Kinds. Wholesale and rotall dealer In. ALL KIKDS OF FEED, Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. General storage and Wharfage on reason able terras. Foot of Benton street. Astoria, Oregon. OOK HERE ! We respectfully Inform the public that we will always keep on hand the best quality or Fresh and. Cur ed Meats SOLID GOLD JBWBI ?c- a. fY."F 4.J-F- -w. i---" I Choice Family Groceries, jR Y ' Fresii Fruits, Vegetables, Crockery and " ; Glass-ware. iito TTntPi's nnil Boardhii Houses sup I plied on liberal terms. ! A share of the public patronage is respect- Scarf Pins, Chains, Watches, Sir0"'""1- WARREN & THOMPSON. PROV1SSOP35, Agents for Salem Flouring nib. Coninr Cheuainus aud Hamilton Street ASTOKIA, OHEGOX. Of every description. The finest stbek of Jewelry in Astori:u I E-All goods warrantedasreprcsented GUSTAV HANSEN, JEWELER, j j YGUB PATBOMGKE. j Is most respectfully solicited for the i r Anti Chines: (stem) Mrx Commencing MONDAY, April a, 13S3. ThU Laundry wfll be run without China help if it never mattes a ccm. y.B. On account of all the machinery not beius ilnishe d. we will not be able to tako family work before the first of May. war. Mccormick, iTopnetor. j Plumbing and Gas Fitting. LOKIEl BROS. I Plumbers, Gas, and Steam Fitters. J Jobbing Promptly Attended to- A Full Supply of G S FIXTURES, COCKS, STEAM PH- 1 TINGS, ETC., ALWAYS ON HAND. m ! All Work Guaranteed. Charges Moderate. Chcnamus street, opposite Dcment's Drug Store, Astoria, Oregon. i RUDDOCK & LEVAKL 'practical plumbers, Uas and Steam Fitters. Have constantly on hand a general asrort ment of goods In our line. Jobbing prompt ly attended to. Estimates given. Shop nearly opposittO. R, K. Co's dock.