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About The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1883)
a gfe nalrj gst0rlim ASTORIA, OREGON: TUESDAY APRIL 24, 1883 Almost a Revelation. J. B. McMaster has published a History of the people of the Uni ted States from the revolution to the civil tear, "which will attract wide spread attention. The prevailing impression is that all noteworthy facts in our domestic history as a nation have long ago been collected and placed before the public in standard his tories, by the ablest writers, and nothing remains to be said that canliave any flavor of importance or permanent interest. But this impression, will be removed from the mind by reading the "work. The volume is full of historical in formation of interest; he presents a picture of the home life of a cen tury ago, its occupations, amuse ments, laws, manners and customs, that will be whollv new to the great majority ol readers. Those who have prided themselves on knowing American history will wonder how it is that such a mass of interesting matter as this book presents could so long have re mained hidden from view. Here are a few extracts, showing the condition of some of our institu tions as they were conducted only about a hundred years age: THE CONDITION' OF AMKlllCAN WORK ING PEOrLK IN 1784. A wonderful amelioration has taken place since that day in the condition of the poor. Their houses were meaner, their food was coarser, their clothing was of commoner stuff, their wages were, despite the depreciation that has gone on in the value of the mon ey, lower by one-half than at present. A man who performed what would now be called unskilled la bor, who sawed wood, who dug ditches, who mended the roads, who mixed the mortar, who carried boards to the carpenter, and bricks to the mason, or helped to cut hay in the harvest time, usually re ceived as the fruit of his daily toil, thirty-three cents. Sometimes, when the laborers were few, he was paid more and became the envy of his fellows if at the end of the week he took home to his family a sum less than four dol lars. On such a pittance it was only by the strictest economy that a mechanic kept his children from starvation and himself from fail. In the low and dingy rooms which is called his home were wanting many articles of adornment and of use now to be found in the dwell ings of the poorest of his class. Sand sprinkled on the floor did duty as a carpet. There was no glass on his table, there was no china in his cupboard. There were no prints on his wall. "What a stove was he did not know, coal he had never seen, matches he never heard of. Over a fire of fragments of boxes and barrels which he lit with the sparks struck from a flint, or with live coals brought from a neighbor's hearth, his wife cooked up a rude meal and served it ki pewter dishes. He rarely tasted fresh meats as often as once a week, and paid for it a much higher price than his posterity. Everything indeed which ranked as a staple of life was very costly. Corn stood at three shillings the bushel, wheat at eight and sixpence, an assize of bread was fourpence, a pound of salt pork was tenpence. Many other commodities now to be seen on the tables of the poor were either quite unknown, or far be yond the reach of his scanty means. If the food of an artisan would not be thought coarse, his clothes would be thought abominable. A pair of yellow buckskin or leathern breeches, a checked shirt, a red flannel jacket, a rusty felt hat cocked up at the corners, shoes of neat skin set off with huo-e buckles of brass, and a leathern apron comprised his scantj' ward robe. . The leather he smeared with grease to keep it soft and flexible. His sons followed in his footsteps, or were apprenticed to neighboring tradesmen. His daughters went out to service. She performed indeed all the duties at present exacted from women of her class, but with them were completed many others rendered useless by the great im provement that lias taken place in the conveniences of 'life. She mended the clothes, she did up the ruffs, she ran on errands from one end of the town to the other, she milked the cows, made the butter, walked ton blocks for a pail of water, spun flax for the family linen, and when the year was up, received ten pounds for her wages. Yet small as was her pay she had, before bestowing herself in marri age on the footman or the gardncr, laid away in her stocking enough guineas and joes to buy a few chairs, a table and a bed. But there is one other change which has, it must be admitted, done far more to increase the physical comfort of the poorest class than better food, higher wages, finer clothes. Men are no longer imprisoned for debt. No crime known to the law brought so many to the jails and prisons as the crime of debt, and the most likely to get into debt was the most defenseless and dependent, the great bo ly of .ser vants, of artisans, and of laborers, j those in short who depended on their daily wages for their daily bread. One hundred years ago the laborer who fell from a scaf fold or lay sick of a fever was sure to be seized by the sheriff the moment he recovered, and be carried off to jail for the bill of a few dollars which had been run up during his illness at the huck ster's or the tavern. For more than fifty years after the peace, there was in Connecti cnt an underground prison which surpassed in horrors the Black Hole of Calcutta. This den, known as the Newgate pris on, was in an old worked out cop per mine in the hills near Gran by. The only entrance to it was by means of a ladder down a shaft which led to the cavern under ground. There, in little pens of wood, from thirty to one hundred culprits were immured, their feet made fast to iron bars, and their necks chained to beams in the roof. The darkness was intense, the caves reeked with filth, vermin abounded; water trickled from the roof and oozed from the sides of the caverns; huge masses of earth were perpetually falling off. In the dampness and the filth, the clothing of the prisoners grew moldy and rotted away, and their limbs became stiff with rheuma matism. The Newgate prison was perhaps the worst in the country, yet in every country jails such as now would be thought un fit places of habitation for the vilest and most loathsome of beasts. At Northampton the cells were scarce four feet high, and filled with noxious gases of the privy vaults through which the' were supposed to be ventilated. Light came iu from two chinks in the wall. At the Worcester prison were a number of like cells, four feet high by eleven long, without a window or a chim ney, or even a hole in the wall.. Not a ray of light ever pen etrated them. In other jails in Massachusettes the cells were so small that the prisoners were lodg ed in hammocks swung one over the other. In Philadelphia the keeps were eighteen feet by twenty feet, and so crowded that at night each prisoner had a space six feet by two to lie down in. Into such pits and dungeons all classes of offenders of both sexes were indiscriminately thrust. Modes of punishment long since driven from the prisons -with exe crations as worthy of an African kraal were looked upon by society with a profound indifference. The tread mill was always going. The pillory and the stocks were never empty. The shears, the branding iron, and the lash were never idle for a day. A wretch so hardened as to be recommitted was branded on the arm. Keep ers knew no other mode of silenc ing the ravings of a madman than tying him up by the thumbs and Egging him till he was too ex hausted to'utler a groan. NEW TO-DAY Notice piIBltEKY GIVEN THAT THE IJ0AUD JL of Pilot Commissioners for the Columbia and A illamette rivers will hold their semi annual meeting at Astoria on the 1st of May dink J. A. BKOW2J. President. British Bark LOMBARDIAN. MCDONALD, MASTER, from Liverpool. Neither the Captain nor tne undersiinied Agents will be responsible for any debts con tracted by tho crew of the abovo named vessel. d3t MEYER, SMITH & CO. British Bark Lombardian. THE ABOVE VESSEL COMMENCES discharging at Flavel's Dock Mondav. 23d inst. rarties having goods on board, will please take Immediate delivery of same as they will be at their risk and expense .when discharged from ship. d9t MEYER, TTCLSDX& CO., Agents. SEW TO-DAY. Third and Last Call ! THE CITY ASSESSOR HEREBY GIVES notice that the assessment book must be made up without furttier delay. Tax payers who do not hand In their own returns within the next three days will find their property assessed at its full value ahd no in debtedness deducted, which may pcrhajis cause the parties interested to lose consid erable time In maklncgood an appeal before the board of equalization. K. C. HOLDEN, City Assessor. Astoria, April 23d . St Furnished Rooms to Let. J K T MRS. CEO. MILLER'S, NEXT TO tf X3L Wcaton Hotel. Anyone Wishing REBATE BLANKS CAN GET THEM BY applying to VT. S. J EV ETT. Citv Auditor's Offlce. Notice. THE ASTORIA GAS LIGHT To.. OX OR about May L-t, 18S3. will furnish Gas to consumers at the following rates : Up to 5 M j feet per month, at the rate of $4.15 per I M S cubic feet. From 5 M to 10 M feet peruioutli at the rate ot S4.25 per i ji icet. less 10 per cent, rebate. Overtoil leet per month, and to all manufacturers who use ess for heat ing or mechanical iurwse, at the rate of S4.23 per l M leet. less 20 per cent, rebate. All bills will be payable monthly miles, spe cial contracts are made. CHAS. S.WRIGHT, President. C. II. PAGE. Scct'v. Astoria, Oregon,, April Htli. IbSS. tf Musical. I HAVE THE AGENCY OF THE HE ATT Y Organs and hianos. and will ell the same very low for cash, or on time w ith the proper security. Persons desiring to purchase an organ for either church or family u-e will find it greatly to their Interest to call at my residence and ascertain prices. Five years guarantee given if desired. C.H.BA1N. WILL LEAVE. The. Itcsnlnr Tillamook I'nckct. A. B. FIELD, II ABB AUK, Master. W'l-l- LEAVE THE MAIN STREET T T Wharf at 0 o'clock, on Thursday, flic 21th in.f. With freight and passensew for Tillamook C. LEINENWKBEK, 19-lwk Agent. THE LARGEST AND BEST SELECTED STOCK -01- Books and Stationery, Yankee Notions. Toys, etc. PIA3STOS 9 O 3E3. CS- -l. jKT S, Watches. Clocks. Jewelry, -AND- SILVERWARE. Baby Carriages, Velocipedes and Pancy Goods of all Descriptions at Prices that Defy Competition, at CARL ADLER'S Hemeniher that on account of enlargement of my premises, I have reduced the piicc or everything to make room. SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LEVER loss of Appetite, Bowels costive, Pain in the Send, -with a dull sen sation in tho back port, Pain "under tho Shoulder blade, fullness after catiner, -with a disinclination to ex ertion of body or mind, Irritability of temper, Iow spirits, "with a fed ing of havinRr neglected soa.3 duty, weariness, Dizzineas, Plutterinc at the heart, Dots before the cye3, Vcl- jow ssi;: the: ful and TTJTT'S PII,XiS are csrrlally adapted to inch cases, one iIqjc ef fects kiicii a change or lesilutr n to uiitonisli the sufferer. They Increase the Appetite, ami cf.UM the body to Take on. 1 J cell, thu5tNTt tcm Is nourished, and bv their Tonic Action on tho Digestive Organs. Ji e ular Stools are produced, l2lre&ci-it. 15 Murray St.. 17. Y. J Goat Hats oa 'Wmsinais chanpo to a Glossy Bulck Ijy a slnsle application ot tfr I Drn. U Imparts a natural color. Actslntar -. . jr. Sold by Draprtsts,crtcntbycsp.- i.. recflp: of.. .81.00. OFFICE. 35 MUKKAT ST., JT. V. r Br.TCTT-SOAKrALorTklinUoUbru ij. -. v lEtafid ItMttpU will be Ktlltt! rUKX m h-... 2 Hardware mil Ship Ghanfllery. A. VAN DUSEH & CO., HEALERS I!f 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, Sewing UladilHcs, ;Paits ajtd Oils, Groceries, etc, PILLS BANKING ANDJNSURANCE. BROKER. BANKER A2"D INSURANCE AQEiiT. ASTOltlA, - - - OREGON OFFICE IIOU1U5: PllOU 9 O'CLOCK A. M. UNTIL 3 O'CLOCK P. M. Horns Mil Inerance Co.,; OF CALIFORNIA. J. F. HoccnTON Chas. R. Stoky.. Geo. L. Stout... ...Prr.Uleni Sf ntar .Aj:i"il for i - son Capital paid up tn U. S. goiof com . . .. .... -Mil llkt U I L IV. CASK. Agent, Cheuamus street. Aston; 867,000,000 CAPITAL. LIVERPOOL AND LOnoN AND GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH XSV MKUCAK- TILE OF LONDON AND EDINBUEGH. OLD CONNECTICUT OF fJAKT FORD, AND COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES Rei.rcaentinc a capital of S07.00O.00O. A. VAN DUSFV. Auent F1SST GRAND q , AT EMFZK.E &5l!I0!&3.ij j PRIOR TO STOCK TAKING. I We offer SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS in our line of Dress Goods, Silks, Velvets. Plushes. Cashmeres and Armiires. Laces. Hosiery, Corsets, Cloaks, Dolmans, Etc.. etc. A FINE ASSOimiCNT OK FLANNEL COMFORTERS, Blankets, Etc. Stock Complete in Every Eranch. Parael Brothers. WH. EDGAR, Dealer ia Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes Meerschaum and Brier Pipes, GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY Revolvers and Cartridges. The Oregon Improvement Co. Are now prepared to soli COAL For Domestic or Steam Use From their NEW COAL BUNKERS Situated on the 0. 1L & X. Co.'s Dock. :it Prices, delivered on trucks or vessels, a- fol lows : Seattle, clean coal for Domestic iw per ton of 2210 lbs .. 67.M5 Seattle, average coal, for .steam ue ler ton of 2210 lbs G '5 Seattle, screenings, for steam um per ton of 2210 lbs . . 4." AH orders sent to li. A. Xoyes. Aj;ent. will be prumptlv filled. Ternv strictly cash on delivcrv at ilniil:e. K. HITSBAXU. lm Coal Agent. ONE PRICE SHOE STORE. P. J. COCDfftAft "Wishes to announce that he has JUST ItECKIVlin FKOSl, TIIK KAST A fine stock of well selected, latest styles LADIES', MISSES'. CHILDREN'S, MEN'S, BOY'S, YOUTH'S BOOTS AND SHOES, moderate prices. At FOARD & STOKES, FZXTS GROCERIES AND- PROVISIONS. ANCHOES. EOPE AND CORDAGE. HARHESS AT SAH FRANCISCO PRICES. A Full Line of House Furnishing Goods. o . AT THE-O.- R. or. . DOCK. 1 l.F.tl Ky BL ma MJ MTUEE'S REMEDY. Liver, Kidney, and Skin Diseases.. Malaria. Dyspepsia, Biliousness. Pains in the Back and Loins, Pimples and Blotches on the Skin, Whither IIereiiian. OrC.i.ivMM 'iK'i-v ori've. Can Only be Cured by the Use of ; Largest Sale and ftiost Satisfaction Of..i M.r.t reu" li "I'u..-'. Sold l all Dils.-' ml Mean i no Dee crs. ." ! ....- lie u. wi WAU. iliiiLL'$ VARIETIES.1 gko.iull. - - - iKori:iETOK WALTER PARKS, - STAGE MANAGER Ei'gagement of an entire 7SKV TISOLII MISS HELENA RlCHMffN. The German Nightingale. HISS SUSIE LEE, Song and lUncc Artist. MISS MINNIE WILLIAMS.. Serm-tfouiie Queui. HISS KITTY FRANKLIN, Soubrette. Also 3IK. GEO. IDEXDEttSON. Ethiopian Comedian. Together "w itii a new Under the management of l'KOK. CHARLES RICKARDS. All the Old Favorites Retained. Open all Hit Year Performance Every Night Entire Chaiiseuf I'mcraunne Ever Nigiit, Cihmpiimxk GOHCS, DANCES APJD We give the Best ACT Variety Entertainment In the West. The thentri" H crowded nightly, and all whohaxe witnessed tiu: entertainment nro naiiite it to be tnu! to any given elsewhere. amusement sn not be eeede.I. Anvbodv s,;! t,iSary 5S32S SSI ga.iity, should iHirnv tin opportunity and mt. ism as a eatervr ior me Miuitc'a come. The eompHiiy ctMiipnses the fmwitiif well- kiown .Vrtist-; : MlSs Kanxik "Waltox. M l- MA3IIK (lOOtiHK'H. 51 1:. AValtku I'auics. Mil Chas. Bakkowa Jlu. Wii. Morton. All of which will appear nightly In their tlif, ferent -iccitilt ies. Oien air concert every evening ; perfonn ance commcitcini; at 8; cutnuice to theatre on Benton street ; private wxos on Chena mus street. Uew Stars in Hanid Sacoe.siou ! -ASK FOR- Union India Rubber Go's Pure ram Cum ORAOK PROOF RUBBER BOOTS. IIKWAIZK OF IMIT.VTIOXS ! J'esurethp Loots arc stamped CRACK PROOF on the heels, and liavo tho PURE GUM SPRIXGS on the foot and instep, hvhich prevent their cracking or hrcakinp. Yc are now innkins them Aith RUBBER AND ASBESTOS Sol which will make them last more than twice as long as anv Rubber boots made. FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS. ALL KINDS RUBBER BELTING. PACK- 1N, HOSE. SPRINGS, CLOTniNC, BOOTS AND SHOES. Etc. COODYEAR RUBBER CO. lt.il. PEASE. Jr. I Agents. S. 21. BUNYON, y San Eranciseo. &EAND CLEARANCE SALE! to make room for more Hartee mil Slilp Clandlerf A. VAH DUSEH & 00. Will s.ll at eost their entire stock or HATS AHD GAPS! Axn BOOTS AND SHOES. Tliese good must be disposed of as we arc soon to receive another large lot of Hardware and Ship Chandlery And must have room to store it. f Drugs and Chemicals I A J. E. THOIAS J g ,v I DRUGGIST - A Ireacriptions carefully comiouniled Day or Night. Wilsois & Fisher, SHIP CHANDLERS. DKAI.EItS IN Iron. Sieel, Cos!, Anchors, Chains., TAR, FITCH, OAKUM, WKOFOHT AND CUT GALVANIZED iVnils. Copiifi Nails rmsI Kurrs, Shelf Hardware, Paints and Oils Rubber and Hemp Packinq of al! Kinds. PRQV25ION3, FX.OUSI AND ttlZX. FES. Agents for Salem Flounny JIHIs. Corner Chenamus and Ilnrallton Streets ASTORIA, OREGON. 3 i-vn rMAST0R!A.c5 Xr5 bsTew dc :s! nrrr.-xr XJ ,!L JL. The Best Store in the City to get your Money's Worth. ASIiuin-. Asitosrrnpli ami Ph. olograph all Sizes and. lances. UooJv from a Dime Novel to Webser's Unabridged ; Gent Jewelry and Cutlery ; Writing Desks of nil sizes ; Mark Twain's Scrap Books ; Bibles Prayer Rooks and Hymnals, Afco the Key to Heaven. 1 Opera an Marine GIaw : Draughting Instruments from 40 cents to 00.00 a set Blank Rooks, And nm thing ytm could want in ourlJn. Examine our goods and prices before goin el-w!iere. I. F. STEVENS & Co., City Book Store. C4i : ' -: T? F 'hZ j-MH-LlfjiL1 TEi: apply to the Captain, or to (SrccESSOIl TO .TACKINS & MONTGOMERY.) PLUMBING. GAS FITTING, AND CANNERY WORK Attended to Promptly on Reasonable Terms. ?ISt:?.A31L"S STREET. A'oxt to C. J., barker's Store. THE Two door? cast of Occident Hijtel. ASTORIA, OREGON. CHAS. HEILBORN, MANUFACTURER OF FLTBNITUB.B 3? BEDDING AND DEALER IN Carpets, Oil Cloth, Wall Paper, Mirrors, Window Shades, Lacs Curtains, Picture Frames and Mouldings "WINDOW CORNICES AND CURTAIN POLES Complete in every branch. MARTIN OLSEN DEALKK IN KB&M FURNITITBB S5 BEDDING. i'wrr.t'f IZain and Miiiejnoqna Streets, Astoria, Oregon. WINDOW SHADES AND TRIMMINGS; WALL PAPER ETC A Complete Stock. PRICES AS CHEAP AS QUALITY WILL AFFORD. AT.. II2!S OF FCJ5ZKIXUR32 REPAIRED A3SD TARlXISnEI). SOLID GOLD JBYfBLET, Scarf Pins, Chains, Watchesj x xr s; 5S. rjE5wSs.ss, I Of every deseription. Tlie finest stock of Jewelry in Astcrisi. J3PAH gootls warrantedasreprcsentcd 6USTAV HANSEN, JEWELER. TOUE, PATRONAGE. Is most respectfully solicited for the Aiii CM (stem) Laniiflry, CommenciDK JIOXDAY, April 9, 1833. This Laundry will he run without China I help if it never makes a cent. ; N. B. On account of all the machinery not bciiis finished, we will not be able to taka family wort before the first of JIay. AV.M. McCORJIICK. Proprietor. HAVE YOU SEEN i:acaesss3SX327ss;3i:s3:3scsi:2S3:::ssa:a3:i OUR SPLENDID STOCK OF CARPETS, UPHOLSTERY, WALL PAPER, AND Xcirc&t Styles in Furniture? PRACTICAL PLUMBERS, ED- D. GU8TJS & CO. j as nnd Stcnra fitters. (M. W.Gallick'sOld Stand.) Have constanUy on hand a ceneral assort- Have some fcle?ant designs in the above I ment ;of goods In our line. Jobbing prompt mentioned goods which they will be pleased 1 attended to. Estimates given. to show the public Everything new and tasteful, T STEADIER CLARA PARKER E ben P. Parker, Master. For TOWING, FREIGHT orCHAR II. 15. PARKER smfgomery, DEALER, IX Tin, Sheet. Iron and Copper Ware. A General Assortment ot HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Agents lor Magee Stoves and .Ranges The Best in the market. Piumbing goods of all kinds on hand. Job work done in a workmanlike manner. NEW MODEL RANGE CAN BE HAD IN AS TORIA ONLY OF E. R. I1AWE8, AGENT CALL AND EXAJHNE IT, YOU WILL BE PIJiASED. E. R. IIAVES is also agent lor the Buck patent CooMej Stove And other first-class stoves. Fnrnnco "Work, Steam Pit tings, etc., a specialty. STOCK AIiWAYS OK HAND. 3Et- TFTA AJbi!S J. H. D. GRAY, WuolQsolo and retail dealer In. ATjL KIXBS OF FEED, 3ay, Oafs, Straw, Wood! Etc. General storage and Wharfage on reason able terms, loot of Benton street. Astoria Oregon. LOOK HERE ! AVe respectfully Inform the public that we will always keep on hand the best quality of Fresh and Cur ed Meats Choice Pamily Groceries, , Fres" Fruits, Vegetables, Crockery and uiaaa-ware. Ships. Hotels and Boardinjr Houses suo plied on liberal terras. A share of the public patronage is respect fully solicited, dtf, WARREN & THOMPSON'. Plumbing and Gas Fitting. lORluEA BROS. Plumbers, Gas, and Steam Fitters. JoDbing Promptly Attended to. A Full Supply of OAS FIXTURES, COCKS, STEAM FIT TINGS, ETC., ALWAYS ON" HAND. All Work Guaranteed. Charges Moderate. Cheuamus street, opposite Demcnt's Drug Store, Astoria, Oregon. RUDDOCK & LEVAKL X. B. W guarantee our worJ:.- Shop nearly opposite. R. S: JT. Co'sdoclc