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.? - ' - - w ' ' w.' . y afe. VOL. XX, KO. 138. WOMAN IN EUEOPE. A Comparison or the Women of Two Continents. The United States Unlike any Other Country -Some Disadvantages of the Euro pean Sf stem. Many points in the condition of women in Europe are strange to an American, but their examination will not diminish "his pride in his own country, if he has any. Generally it may be said that woman is and has ever been a drug in the markets of the Old World. In our century this continent has probably not lost one half so many men, relatively, in war as it did in the Eighteenth, nor one third so many as it did in the Six teenth, and yet the slaughter in bat tle has contributed materially to give the woman a large majority in the re cent tables ok population, and to leave a considerable number of them without the possibility of finding hus brnds. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN. The surplus of the fair sex, exist ing from the remotest times for the deeper the barbarism the greater the destruction of masculine life in war, as a general rule has diminished their social value, and led to the ac ceptance of prejudices and the adopt ion of rules which discriminate against her in many respects. This discrimination seems to Europeans, as a class, to be a necessary result of the physiological differences between the sexes, but to m American, bred in a cjmtryhfcrawoman are in a minon''- wESre'-rthe two sexes are equal "inWeif cTjiiimon school educa tion and their rights of inheritance, and where custom, accepted by gen eration after generation, has granted to the better half of humanity advan tages, privileges .and deferences un known elsewhere,, it appears crueL In no other respect is the American Be public more characteristically differ ent from all other nations tban in its treatment of women. The generosity shown to them and the trust grteu to them are considered by the English and Germans, as well .as by the French, Spaniards and Italians, as injudicious and pernicious, as well as unexampled and wonderful. UNEQUAL SUPPLIES IN TIIE MARKET. Breadwinning is the business of men atf- a class,., but unfortunately many .of them select occupations not adapted to their capacities, or for other reasons, they do not attain any noteworthy success until after they have Teached middle life, thus mak ing themselves undesirable in the matrimonial market for many years. Besides, the persons not in demand as mates, on account of migratory habits such as soldiers, sailors, ped dlers and commercial travelers and by gross dissipation are more numer ous among men than among women. The proportion of women suitable to be good wives is larger than of men to be good husbands, and from these facts the deduction may be drawn that that condition of society is the best, other things being equal, in which the males are in the majority. That is not the situation in any part of Europe. I have not the statistics at hand, but they would probably show thatthere,are ten per cent more women than men? and in many dis tricts twenty or even thiity per cent more. This is a serious evil in itself a much greater evil than an equ.il excess of men would be and it is aggravated by the exceeding density of the population, the hereditary character of poverty among the peo ple generally, the low wages, the im passable lines separating different classes of society, the inelastic condi tions of business, and the hopeless ness of poverty. TOIL AND WAGES. The. hardship in the life of the men reacts with double force on the women, and they must bear much more than an equal share of the bur den. 'The women in Europe gener ally work much more than in Amer ica. An American wno nas resiuea for years in Munich says the Bavarian women of the middle class "work like slaves," not that Jbey love toil, but thai iheir husbands demand it. In the country the women are field laborers; in the cities, shop-v.'omen, hucksters, wood sawyers, wood car riers, hod carriers and street cleaners. SincQteach family usually occupies only-a single floor, or part of a floor, and the bouses are high, much wood and coalJJnust be carried to the upper stories? and women do a considerable part of this work. The female servant toils fourteen hours a day for monthly wages that range from $2 to S5 the latter figure for the best in Southern Germany, and a little more in France and Belgium, and yet a little more in England. There is no eight-hour movsmentr for her benefit; she has no trade union; she never strikes she cannot afford it The proportion ol shopwomen and of women working for wages is much larger in Europe than in. America,ibut here, as there, site liasilittle -opportunity of reaching thepositions -which command the highest honors and profits. WORSHIP OF MONEY. TbelsuperiorTalue of money here adds much to the hardship in the'eon dition of European women. Many travelers have written about the excessive-worship of the almighty dol lar in the United States, and espec ially in California, but instead of stating the truth, they have asserted its direct reverse.- As you travel west ward from Constantinople to San Francisco the dollar gradually dimin ishes in sacredness and apparent size. It is an object of chase with Ameri cans, and of idolatry with Europeans. Wealth- is chiefly valued among us for the pursuit, and among them for the possession. The cockney snub is disgusted by finding that, in our country, the millionaire still adheres to"his sbopf whereas in England the merchant must withdraw from de grading traffic before he can become pjErivbf the upper crust. In the old world, but not in the new, mercantile business is a disgrace. It excludes from'presentation at court; it is in consistent with the character of a (fa&imen." I-am told that one of J Murray's handbooks relating to Lon- ! don has a passage somewhat like this: , "The houses on this street are very spacious and elegant; though owned and occupied by merchants, are quite good enough for gentlemen." The merchant, no matter how rich, is excluded from the highest social I rank: but money is, nevertheless, in Europe, the basis of all the chief social distinctions; and if poor people of aristocratic descent, professors, artists or authors are received into the best of society, it is partly be cause it is supposed that by marriage or their talents they may command large incomes. The division of the people into six or more distinct social grades, with strict lines of sep aration, prevalent throughout Europe, caubes many petty oppressions and annoyances of which women are the chief victims, since they are dependent much more than men on society for their enjoyments. COIN FIRST, LOVE SECOND. Money is the first consideration here in a marriage; first in time and first in importance. If the parties have property there is a written con tract, thi terms of which are settled before any engagement or love-making. Tho matches are frequently ar ranged by the parents and sometimes they haggle for months before they agree how much each shall give the couple. It often happens that bar gains of this kind are made for two who have never seen each other, sub ject to their approval after a brief meeting in the presence of the mother or a lady relative of the girl. The latter is not to s:iy much on such occasions. It is expected that each shall contribute an equal amount in capital or its equivalent of business income, and tho cases in which one party is rich and the other poor, or in which both, possessing money, unite without stipulation in regard to the pecuniary basis of the contract, are relatively very rare. BRIDE AND GP.OOM. They do not meet alone until they marry, and it is not considered desir able that tho girl should have an in timate acquaintance with any gentle man before the engagement. The wife takes the husband as a stranger under a purchase: with her property, which passes under his control, she pays for him. The girl who has no money has little chance of getting a husband; if she has much, she and and her relatives state the sum pub licly and request their friends to find a good match for her. The father tells his circle that his daughter is to have so much for a dowry, and young men who, on account of their wealth or official position, are considered de sirable catches, not unfrequei t y have written lists of all the dowries within the circle of their hopes. AMERICAN WTVE3 IN EUEOPE. Law and custom require from the wife far more obedience, attendance and subjection in Europe than in America, and this is the one reason why the matches made here by Amer ican girls are generally unhappy. Statistics were kept in two German cities by American consult of the re sults of such ventures. In one place, out of thirty matches every one was notoriously and scandalously dis cordant; in the other place, twenty e:ght out of thirty-two were not made in heaven. An intelligent Ger man, ex pi essing an opinion common among his countrymen, asserts that the American girls are spoiled; and an American, long resident in Ger many, anil having access to the best society, says the German husbands expect their wives to attend on them and work like slaves. Marrying among strangers or among people who have distasteful customs, is not considered a sign of much prudence anywhere, and perhaps the European men who marry Amerioan wives and the American girls, who, away from home, aeeept European husbands, are not generally the best representatives of thsir respective classes. AMERICAN GIRLS IN EUROPE. The American girls who travel in Europe are marvels to the natives. How they can travel without mother or sister, though in company of friends, how they can go about alone in the cities, how they can visit tho theatres or make excursions with no escort save a young man, how they can respond to intelligent remarks by men recently introduced, with up lifted eyes, confidence, easy grace,aud ready judgment and wit, and how they can abash insolence by quiet dignity, or punish it by crushing re proof, are matters of common won der. The American girls in Europe include many giddy flirts, but as a class their conduct is considered as tonishingly correct under the absence of restrictions. This is true, not only of those in private life, but also of those on the stage. The American operatic singers in France are, as a class, regarded as patterns of pro priety. INDEPENDENCE OF THE AMERICAN GIRL. Since coming to Europe, I do not see so much objection as I did before to the American custom of allowing young ladies to receive visits of gei. tlemen, and go out alone with them to balls and picnics as well as to the-, aters and the houses of friends. The idea of allowing such freedom to girls astonishes and shocks German and French mothers. But the differ ence does not stop there. The Euro pean -young man is. not only not per mitted to see the girl alone in her own house, but he must not call on her, nor must he make frequent vis its to her family circle. Thiit acquaint ance which, in San Francisco, would permit a young man to pay a visit of an hour once a month to a girl, with out suggesting any idea, save that of friendly attention, will not in Ger many permit more than half an hour once in three months, and then the visit is made to the mother. The daughter here rarely goes to any place of amusement without the mother, and then the male escort, if any, is usually father or brother. THE SEXES LIVING SEP ABATE LIVES. This may b9 very safe for the girl, Tiut consider the effect on the man, and through him on his later life. He is practically excluded from the society of la.die3, except those of his ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDy; MARCH J 5, I8rt4. own family. He may have occasional invitations to dancing parties in tho houses of relatives and friends, but then he meets girls whose education and circumstances make them shy and uninteresting in conversation Previous to marriage each sex leads a separate existence, and after marri age the husband often retains the habits of bachelorhood The club, the coffee house, the beer shop take up most of his evenings. Our saloons may connine as much money, but not so much time. I do not imagine that the average American husband is near perfection, but now I appre ciate some of his merits better than I did so long as I had seen nothing of foreign parts." Whenl first went to the opera at Munich and I heard no equal to it elsewhere I was astonished to see numerous ladies coming in singly or in couples without male escorts and taking reserved seats, and not speak ing to the occupants of the adjacent seats. In response to my inquiries for an explanation, 1 was told that probabl. half the ladies in the best park of the house went in that way, and that the average husband escorts his wife to a beer garden here a very respectable resort or to a promenade on Sunday afternoon, but seldom takes her ill the evening to a place of public amusement She goes to the thcrare with a servant girl, who re turns to the house, and before the performance closes goes to meet her mistress in the lobby. The latter may be old rnd ps ugly as sin much more repulsive than some sins are and the servant may be young and pretty, but propriety has its demands, you know. John o'. ffiitell, in Par is writinj to S. F. Bulletin. P? THF niJFAT RFRMAH REMEDY FOR PMl Relieves and cure EIIEU3IATIS3I, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbsgo, BACKACHE, IZ1D1CEE, iwTHicn; SORE THROAT, QCI.VSr. SWELLIX03. SPHAIXS, Scrtness, Cats, Erelsa, FROSTBITES, nrrtxs, scalds, Anil all other twill iceef uidifclut. nnr crsra i bothx. SoMbj all Drnirttrt, nl Dealer. Direction iu 11 Th6CJurijsA.V5el5:C5. (Seomwn M A. VejtUt ft Ca.) lUlliaurt, EiL, C. S. A. King of the Blood Is not a "cure all," It is a blood-purifier and tonic. Impurity of the Mood poisons tlie svs teiu. deranges the circulation, and thus In duces many disorders, known bv different nanirt. to distinjiuMi them according to ef fects, but twin; reallv branches or phases of that e.roat generic disorder, Impurity or IS t cod. Sucli are Dytjwla, Itllltoiume, Liixi CoiiwlainL&Hutilnatlim.Xcmiujt Ds- orrtcr. Houliche, Backache, General Weak- Ac. Cvitiir of the Illnoit prevents aiid preparation for the purpose." Sold by DniR- l'ims. .- per iouie. see testimonials, direction-,, to-., m tiainphlet, "Treatise on Diseases t the I'.UmaV vraimed around each bottle. J. iCA.NSOM. SOX & Co.. Props Buffalo. X. V. TUTT'S PILLS TO RPEkJwELsT DISORDERED LIVER, and MALARIA. fTomtueso sources arise three-fonrtha ortuo diseases of tho human ruco. These symptoms indicate their cxistence: J," of Appetite, Bo wtlii costive, Mck Ilesdache, fullne nttcr eat ET nverslon to exertionof body or mind. Eructation offood, Irrltabll ltyortemperfXioxr spirit, Afcellng or navlngnrglccted mme duty,DIx zluess,FluttcrIngattheHeart,Dots before the eyes, highly colored Urine, COXSTlPATIO.Y.and demand the use ora remedy that acts directly on the Liver. AsaLiYcrwedicineTCTT'S 1IIif'S have no equal. Their action on the Lidneys and Skm is also prompt; removing all impurities through these three "scavengers or tho system," produclm; nppnite, sound digestion, regular stools, a clear skin and a vig orous bodv. TDTT'S PILLS cause no nausea or griping nor int nero vrixh daily work and are a perfect ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA. bold every wiirre253. Officer -.nrmvS-.N V. TUTT'S HAIR DYE, onATHAra OR"WniKKEES changed in stantly to a GLnssr Ulaoc by a singlo application of :iiis Dye Sold by Drng Tl3ts,or sent by fxpress on receipt of $L Office, ilurrav Street. Xew York. iTZTQ lHUAIi OP USSHIL 2XCSIPT3 T&XX. B. F. STEVENS & CO., CITY BOOK STORE, Haxv just received a mammoth stock or Books. The young and old, rich aud poor can all be accommodated. AGENK FOB THE Kranlrh & Itarh and Mandnfeldt & Xotnl PiaNomand Western Cottage Organs. Orders Tor all kinds of Music or Instru ments will be promptly filled. B.F. STEVEN'S & CO. Copper Paint. IN HALF GALLON TINS. At WILSON & FISHER'S, s-A Liberal Discount to the Trsde.-i rK,,,,-: HmML r lIL fli Sr iHartae an i Slip GiMlerj t A. VAN DUSEH &"C0, DEALERS IN n '$? Hardware and Ship CKnndlsry. Pure Oil, Bright Yafnish, Binaclc Oil, CottoriCanvas. Hemp Sail Twiiie Cotton Sail Twine Lard Oil, y& Wrought Iron Spikes, Galvanized Cut Nails, Agricultural Implements, Sewing 31ucliiiis, Paints nml Oils. Groceries, vtv. Wilson & Fisher, SHIP CHANDLERS. DKA.I.KIW IN' Iron, Steel, Coal. Anchors, Chains, TAR, PITCH, OAKUM, NAILS AND SPIKES, Shelf Hardware, Paints and Oil STEAM PApKING, 5' Ff.OriS t."V! .IZJI.I. FKKIK Agents for Salem Flturing Mills, ani Capital! Flour. FAIRBANKS STANDARD SCALES. AH sizes, sit IVitlaiiiQPricfS, In Stock. Comer ChMiiimtfe and'jlainilto!! Mrn-i? nTiK!A.vueOX. Ed. D. Curtis & Co. Cants, liolstery UNSUUPaSSED IN STYLE AND FINISH. NEW FURNITURE, A COMPLETE STOCK: W. E. DEMENT & CO. DRUGGISTS. ASTORIA, - - - OKECOX Carry In Stock. DRUGS, CHEMICALS, TOILET and FANGY ARTICLES Prescription-. rnfiiM Compounded GERMANiA BEER HALL AXD- BOTTLED BEER DEPOT, Chenamus Street. Astoria, The Best of Lager 5 Cts. a Glass. Ordc'rs fur tile (Vlebratd Columbia Bivwery Beer Left at this place will ' promptly attended to itfj-No cheap ai Fninci-co Ileer so'd at this place. .. , Wji. HOCK. Proprietor. C. H. BALM & CO. PK.XI.KICS IN Doors, Vindows, Blinds. Transoms Turning. Bracket Work. Slio Work Aspecaltj.andall worK guaranteed. Oak, AMi. Bay, and Walnut lumber ; Ore gon and Port Otford Cedar. All kiud of ho.it material on hand. C. H. BA1.V & CO. THE LATEST STYLES WALL "PAPER AT B. B. FRANKLIN'S, NEXT DOOR TO ASTORIAX OFFICE. A very large Stock from which to select. Window cuitains made to order. S7My patent Trimmer to rut Wall Paper will be lound convenient to tny patrons. For Rent. A LARGE. FINE STORE ROOM AD.TOTN A. injr mv plare or Imsliirew ; alv part of the entire upp r flo- r It desired. For fur therPartIcuWsiuqidreDofLpFTBxRTHf Comer Olney and Squemoqua streets. r7TI , EiMH (HUME'S BUILDING.) A.GEXCY Bed Crown Flour. Uuarauteed a Superior Article. DEALERS GRAIff, MILL PEED, POTATOES. Country Produce, Ktc r-ConsInments So'Mted. and Advances made oil same. 5. ARNDT & FERCUEN, ASTORIA. - ORWJON. - The Pioneer Machine Shop ItLACKSMITH K O P Soiler Shop lOSSr Ali kinds of SNSI2JE, CAHKEEY, AND STEAMBOAT "WOES Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repoiriiig CANNERY DIES, Foul OF LAFAYETTE STREET. ARRDT & FERCHEN, Agents for Ore'cn, xx'nslilngton T rritorv, Hi;d Alaska fjr 11. W. 'I!I1$S ' Special Cannery Machinery ! Engines Soldering Machines, Improved AciJ Buth and Crimping Machines, Power Presses, Foot Presses, Squaring theirs, And all hther ma 'Iiiuery used in canneries, includine; the iitv COMBINATION DIES. Working without ma 1 ;priiijs constantly on nan. i. We reipecifu'ly invite :-ll ennuerx iwn to rail and e.aiiin tl.e :ib ve luacii n-rv as i( fc,i:iei!l Mip ri- r to aiv h.-re ofure'iutio duced on th.s coast. Unlets Mtlicited. A2CVDT & K:itCHK.V. Foot of Laf.ijettu street, Astoria, Oregon. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Bkntox Stkkkt, Nkak Pakkki: HnirsK. ASTORIA. - ORECOX. GENERAL MACHINISTS AHD BOILER MAKERS. o- LAllBailAMEffl&TJES BoilerWork, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. Ofull Descriptions made to Order tit Short Notice. A. I). Vas. Pro-ident. .1. U IlllsTLKlt, Secretary, I. XV. Casi .TrriiMircr. John Fox.Suporiiitcmlent. BAEBOTJR'S Salffloa Net Threads HAVE HIO EUUAL. TIIK The London Fisheries Exhibition HAVE vWARDEDTIIE GOLD MEDAL -TO- The Barbour Broilers Company v FOR THE SUPERIORITY OK TIIEItt FLAX NET THREADS. T. G. RAWLINGS. "Who'e-ale aud Retail Dealer In Tropical, Domestic. Green and Dried FRUITS. UFS. CADDIES, DRIED MEATS, ETC. Fine Cigars ami Tolacco. Xext door to I J. Arrows. Squeinnqua .gt. Boat Building. JOS P. LEATHERS Formerly over Aindt A Firchon'a Midline Sho r HUILDIVG FIRT-CI.AS BOATS IN the imp formerly occupied by M. .Tohn n on C nco'nlv ntreet, one" block west of II mn Brox' Mill. Model, Material aud Finish. Flrt-clais. TON HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. PARKER HOUSE, H, B. PARKER. Prop., ASTORIA, --- OREGON Al. CROSBY, - - - D.xyClerk I'hil. BOWERS, - - Night Clerk. Jas. DUFFY his the Bar and Billiard room. First Class in all Respects, FREE COACn TO THE IIOUSE. IT ISA FACT!! -TIIT JEFFS CHOP HOUSE On Concomly Street I IS THE BEST IN TOWN That he h-s always on hand FRESH SHOALWATER BAY AND EASTERN OYSTS.RS. TIIAT- MEFF" IS THE BOSS CATERER. THAT He lias been Proprietor or tlie "Aurora Holer" iu Kiiniiplon !.eeii.icnr. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. A Good Cup of Coffee AND OYSTERS AT Mrs. Poweirs Coffee House, On M .iu Stre.t next to Oregon Bukery. Campi Restaurant. XKW AXI) lVF.Lt EQUIPPED THROUGHOUT, L. Horn has rebuilt hit poinhlialunont r, .1 is pn paitd to aecuinniodate the trav liny pub Ic. A good meal furnished at any hour of the day uriiixlit. he fl e..t Liquors and Cipars at the bar. Two doois west of Ike roster's. l28 cm LU1GI SERRA. Figures Irar Lie ! XSD JEFF OF THE CHOP HOUSE Can pi ore by his books that he Is doin? the hij::et buMiittv of any RESTAURANT in tlie city, and he will juanuitee to yive 'lit- best meal forca-Ji. MARKETS. OESTRiL MARKET, General assortment of table stock constantly on nand. such as Canned Fruits and Jelly, Bacon, Hams, Shoulders, Lard, Eggs, Butter, Cheese, Fresh Fru ts and Vegetables Fish.. Poultry, and Game, In the season. Cigars and Tobacco, Best of Wines and Liquors. AH cheap Tor CASH. Goods sold on com mission. Opposite I. W. Case's store. J. ItODGERS. WASIII,GTOi M.1RKET, .ttnin Mice!, Astoria, Oieson. i:ki:;u i.n a ni:itttY. ritoritiETOR. OEPECTFDLI.V CUJ. TIIE AlTEN IV tlnn of the rmhlie to the f:ipf Hint ill tion of the nnblic to the fact that he abore Market will always be supplied with a FULL VYRIETY AND BEST QUALITY FRESH AND CURED MEATS I ! Whleh w ill be sold at lowest rates, whole a;ca d retail, t Special attention giren to supplying dllp. STAR MARKET. WHERRY & COMPANY, Fresli and Curftd Meats, . VegetalDles, FRUITS, BUTTER, and EGGS. OPPOSITE OCCIDENT HOTEL, i:iIE.A3IUS Street. Antoria, rg WYATT & THOMPSON. DEALERS IN FRESH AND CURED MEATS, CHOICE GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, Crockery and Glassware. Mill ec3L, Etc, GEORGE LOVETT, Tailoring, CleaniDi, Repairini, NEAT.CHELVP AND QUICK. Mala St., opposite N.locb', Astoria, Or. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. BCS1KESS CARDS. OKO. A. DOltHlS, GEO. XOLAXD rVOLAIVD & DOKK1S, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office in Kinney's Block, rpposite City Hall, AMoria, Oregon. Q B. T110310i, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Itoora No. 6, orer White House, ASTOKIA, OREGON, C. W. FULTOX. O. C. FULTON'. TVIlOTi BliOTIlEiJS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Rooms 5 and 6, Odd Fellows Building. T Q.A. BO HLBV, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Chenamus tret, - - AS10RIA, OREGON JOSEPH A. GILL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. -0ffice with J. Q- A. Bowlhy, ASTORIA, - - - - Oregon. pt J. CU11TIS. ATTY AT LAW. . Notarj- Tub Ic, Coninii-vsiauer of Deeds foi Cali.or..la, New York and WiishUmtou Ter ritory Rooms 3 and 4. Odd Fellows Building, As tora urruou N B -Claims at Washington. D. a, and collections ;i3pecia!t. 4 V. ALLKX, Astoria Acent Hamburg-Magdeburg and German-American FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. I,1 C. liOLlK., NOTARY PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION ANl IN SURANCE AGENT. C. W. JLE1CK. ARCUITECT AND DRAUGUTSilAN. Scholars received for Course of Draughting CSOlUce over White House Store. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop Couniy.and City orA.storla Ullice :-Cheuainus street, Y. M. C. A. hall Room No. 8. JK. A. C. HOAT3IAX, Physician and Surgeon. Rooms 9 and to. Odd Fellows Building. ASTORIA, OREGON. TAY TUTTLE. 31. 1. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Offjck Roonii 1, 2, and 3 l"j-tliiaii Huild- lnr. Uksiiiknpk ('n Cdar Street, back of St Ma 5 '3 Hoapl.a . F. P. HICKS. A. E. SHAW. hicks & sniw, DENTISTS. Rooms in Alien's Building, up stairs, cor ner Ca s and Squem qua streets. Astoria Oregon. J. RISBERC Practical Tailor. On Genevieve street, opposite Bozorth & Johns. jiu-ain OKO T. WIIEET.ER. Notary Public. "W. L. ROBB. WHEELER & ROBB. GENERAL Eeal Estate I tame Apts. We have very desirable property in As toria and Upper A.storia for sa e. Also, line farms throughout the county. Accounts carefully adjusted and collec tions made. We represent the Itoynl. Xorwlrh Umn untl fiaiiea Kliire lii.Nurnnee "'.s With a combined capital of 835,000,000. THE Travelorji LlfV and Acefilent Insur- aure Co. of Hait ford, and the Man hattan Li IV liiurunee Co., of New York. We are azenU for the Daily and Weekln Northwest iVeira, and the Orcjoii Vidette. 1I business entrusted to our care will re ceive prompt attention. Bozorth & Johns, Real Estate and Insurance Agents, and Brokers. ASTORIA, Oregon. Buy and sell all kinds of Heal Estate and repre-.ent the following Fire Insuiiuce Coiip.iiiiea : Scott'sh Union anil Na tional, riicenixor Hartford Horn of New York, Hamburg and Bremen, Western. lMieiiix of Brooklyn, Oakiai d II. me, assets $3300,000 4 CO i.OOu ".OOi'.iioo 2.1H0.0U) :ux, 00 4.l0y.C(n 300,000 Policies wn ten by us in the Phoenix and Home and Scot'ish Union and National at iqiiiiabii- r.its. GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY. Biiis of Exchange on any Part oi Europe. 1AM AGENT FOR THE FOLLOWING well known and commodious steamship lues, STATE LINE. RED STAR, WHITE.STAR. HAMBliGAlRICAN. DlaifNION LINE, NATIONAL, atIERIpAN LINE. Trepald tfd orfrora&ny European nort. jf&i For fuUAinfojWPnon as to rates of fare. "h HVis. i uppiy w nr I.W.CAE2. S j