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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1885)
w 7t liiiilu teforiun. ASTOKIA, OREGON: SVTUKDAV. ... -MAitcii :, :s- ISSUED EVERY MOUNING. Qlouilay cvccpted) J. K. HALLO RAN & COMPANY, iTiti.i.i;Kits ani ri:oi'i:ixTOi:, ASTOKlAMSriI.DI.NO. - - CAJSShTKKEl loci. - Ittfls. Term uf SuliscripJioa. Served by ("jurir, per week ..... ent ly Mail. prr nion'h.. ...... " " ime ear .. . l'ree of ost:uro to MilKcribrrs. syAdvcriisemer.t.s inserted by tlie your at The rate or $2 per square per month. Tran sient advertising fifty cents per square, each inertWn. Notice To Adrertf sops. Thk Astop.ian guarantees to Au ad vertisers the largest circulation of any newspaper published on thf Columbia river. The Telephone comes down to-morrow. The John Nicholson went to f ea yester day. 31. J. Kinney i3 a pnsseuqer on the in coming steamer. The Columbia is due f mm San Fran cisco this morning. The stock and fixtures of J. K. Thoui ai" drug store will b& pold to-day. The. si 'fa discharged T0 tons of coal at the bunkers on the (). K. A, N. dock. Miss Amiie Kelloi.'", of l'orllaud, is visiting her sister. Mrs. J. O. Hanihorn. Heavy gales andconiilc-raMe dumage to shipping is reporied iT I'.ic Itr"liJh Co lumbia coast. C. H. Cooper's window.- present a :uost attractive appearance; some, fine sprins goods are displayed. The U. 1". A X. Co. ha? reduced the fare from Seattle to Victoria or anv point on the Sound to one dollar. Tnu A3TOBIAS acl.no vvltdges its obliga tions to Major Jones, of the corps of en gineers. for Captain i'owelPs rejKirt on the improvement of the Columbia liver, and other valuable documents. A new steamboat the Midt.uonah, de signed for the Portland-Washougai trade was launched at Hast Portland last Thursda3. It is H'i feel long. iS foot beam, and cost, complete, .Jl'l.ihit). Nelson Benneil, contractor on the Cas cade branch of the Northern i'aeifie rail road, says he likes a white man better than a Chinaman, and can make more money by working white men. He has 500 men now grading on each side of the Cascade range, and wants three times ns many more. The superintendent of the penitentiary at Salem, has put u force ol convicts to work digging dirt to be madu into brick for the additions to the penitentiary and the building of a stockade. Four mill ion brick will be needed to do this, '.,000, 000 of which will lie manufactured during the coming summer. Free skilled workmen will be employed on the stock ade. At the annual meeting of the Y. M. C. A. last evening the following oftieers were elected for the ensuing year: President, (. A. Hanson; vice president, Y. Anstin son; secretary and treasurer, D. A. Mcln toshievecutive committee, A. "W.McKen zie, W. R. Mcintosh, Charlton Fox, John T. Boss. The public anniversary exer cises will be held at the M. 11. church on the evening of Sunday, the lf.th inst. A San Francisco dispatch says: Coast ing sailors are out on a strike. They re fuse to work at the present rate of wages. $25 a month, and ask an increase to $30. A body of strikers visited several vessels ready to sail and persuaded the crews to join thorn. All coasting vessels will re ceive the same attention. Owners of ves sels assert that at present business is ex ceedingly dull for coasters, and it is an unfavorable time for sailors to strike. The work of improving the Columbia bar virtually begins this morning. Holt Bros, begin to drive piles to-day for the framework bf the foundation of the trestle of the wharf of the approach to the railroad for the stone for the jetty to bo built from the spit to narrow the mouth to scour tlie channel to let deep draught ships in to load wheat at Asto ria for the nations across the sea to get cheap bread and salmon to eat to Ught El Mahdi and whip the Turk on the shores of the Ited pea. Every one remembers the little Gtdd Dust that used to run between here and Westport. Last Thursday in the United States court an order was "made directing the sale of the steamer. A difference of opinion existed among the five owners of the steamer ns to her employment and management. H. Ji. Borthwick and Wal ter Frame, owners of a one-fourth inter est, did not agree with James Cox, J. N. Martin and. A. J. .bellows, owners of the remainder, and the vessel was libeled by tho first two. Sho will be sold and the proceeds divided among the disagreeing owners. Judge Taylor has solved some nice questions of law since his elevation to the bench, but thero is a little question of fact that kind o stumps him. The last legislature, in its wisdom, saw fit to cut out two new counties; one of them, Gilliam, was tacked on to his district, and the terms of court were set for Feb ruary and September. The fact that the September term in Gilliam county and September term in Clatsop county both begin on the same day makes it embar rassing to the judge', an the places are f00 miles apart, and he is obliged by law to be in the court house at Gilliam and the court house at Astoria on the first Monday of next September. Ho doesn't mind holding court in seven different counties, scattered all over creation, but when it comes to dividing himself up it doesn't seem altogether fair. In the meantime it is an interesting question to solve. Many remarkable stories have been told concerning the sagacity of tho sturgeon, one of which have been hard to believe. That these fish are endowed with a heap of savey is shown, says the Oregonian, by the follewing: Yesterday afternoon a number of representatives from the fish markets of this city embarked on board the steamer Calliope to see the launch of the Multnomah. They were standing in a row along the rail when a philosoph ical old sturgeon leaped out of the river on the guard of the boat, as if to get a better view of the launch. Happening to lookup he saw a row of fish-dealers with their eyes fixed upon him, evidently calculating how much he would weigh when made into sea bass. With a fright ened snort the astute fish leaped back into his native element, went down and a minute later came to the surface half mile off, looking back to sec if he was pursued. Seeing the fish men still stand mg in a row and looking disconsolate, he put his tail to the end of his nose and gently waved it, like a long bony hand, at them and then went below to re sume his regular business of catching suckers. r.ot. A gold-quartz, fan-shaped Pin lost. A suitable reward will be paid for the return of same to tlie New York Novel ty. Store. THKS11.M0X Bt'.SINK. A Vlw tit? Kctrne of fi.f I'AarrJ I'laH injr the Stam f"i. The activity in the sulumn business UHUal at this time of year is almost whol ly wanting this spring. The wluntion appears lifciev. A few the Cutting Packing company, tho Washington. Jno. A. Devlin, the Scandinavian Packing company, and perhaps, another are making cuis, a few more have given out some twine for knitting, but the great majority of the canneries show no pres ent signs of life. The outlook is not a roseate one, and caution bids nearly ev ery ono in tho business to pause, lest worse future complications cut up a busi ness seriously embarrassed in the past. Generally in March, every cannery has thousands of pounds of new twine out, a large force of Chinese making caus, teams busy hauling supplies, scows com ing with wood and charcoal, boats being built or repaired, mnchines put up or overhauled, and an army of workers era plo'ed in different lines. The general apathy is remarkable, and in writing of the present state of the business nothing but the demands of truth compel tin ad mission of such universal dullness. Turning from the outside npjxsarnnce of affnirs which is mainifest to all wh miss tho usual hum of preparation, inquiry among the k'aiiiutf cuner.s develops the fact that liie probability of success in packing even what is :.ckuowled:ed to be a suieriorarticle, nmke.s :t almost a mat ter of iudiileretiif to mauy as to whether they wiil vuti thi. season or not. fit foimer years it was no uncommon thing for a p'arker of Columbia salmon to sell his entire puck at a handsome fig ure long before the first boat had been put in the water. Even last year, bad as it was at this time, nearly l.'iU.OCO cases had been sold at prices ranging from 1.10 to $1.:10. lp to date Tm: Astohian hears of but one sale, of 10,000 casas by a prominent upjier Astoria canuerymau, said to be at 1 a dozen. SwlME OI THE lll'al'J. To enumerate the causes of the decline hi prices which have in the last three years run from $1.J. a doxen on the riv er to $l.t!0 delivered in New York, and four sliiUuig-j in Iitverpool, would tran scend tho bounds of this article. The principal cause is manifestly overpro duction. Of course it may bo argued that you canT produce too much of a good "thing: that there is no such thing as ''overproduction;' that whenever a largo quantity of wheat or salmon or sugar or any other staple article isthrown on the market, it goes down in price, but the very fact that it becomes cheaper en ables people to buy it that couldn't afford it before, thus extending the market, cre ating a greater deataiui, and disposing or the alleged "overproduction." Well, that is all right jit theory, but, somehow it doesn't work a s regards salmon. Men who make a specialty of it, and who write against their own interests in saying it. write from Liverpool and Lon do'n that England has enough salmon to last two years; men who have bought salmon in New York and Philadelphia say that there is plenty of salmon still on their shelves. Other places, Pitts burg, for example, send similar reports. Pittsburg used to be a first rate market for oar salmon, but the men that used to work in the iron mills and take a can of salmon for lunch are idle now. The iron mills of Pittsburg are silent, the furnaces black and desolate, which fur nishes a good instance of how mutually dependent we are upon each other, and how hard times in the iron and coal dis tricts of Pennsylvania affect tho salmon industry of the Columbia. The very su periority of our Columbia fish, in this re gard, works against its consumption, for the cost and labor bestowed upon its maufaclure makes it impossible to sell it except at a loss to consumers who can buy steelheads, Sacramento salmon, do overs, etc., at five cents a can les3, and havinc never tasted a genuine Chinook salmon in their lives, illustrate how where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be otherwise. A wholesale jobber "iu New York with salmon on his shelves that cost him $1.30 a dozen cannot compete with the man across the street who has a lot of truck that would be thrown off an Astoria dock, but which is worked off at what it will fetch by men who are iu the business elsewhere for what they can make out of it, regardless of business rep utation or future credit. Another causo of the present sluggish ness is one regarding which, there is con siderable difference of opinion. Time was when such firms as Pelling, Stanley & Co., Rogers A Meyer, Leggett A Co., Balfour, Guthrie fcCo.f in San Francisco, Liverpool and New York, bought 100,000 cases at a lump and sold them in job lots to the wholesalers. This plan had its merit, for a canncr could draw for $20,009 or $30,000, and tho transaction left some margin to operate on beside being defi nite and complete. But of late the fash ion has prevailed of attempting to dispense with the custom and of making little sales; working off tho pack among retailers and making the business of effecting salts a petty matter of fiOO, 300 100, W), or even 10 cases. The result is that the canneries that practise this, or or upon which it is practised are virtual ly compelled to hold their pack through tho entire season and like a man who is paid a dollar at a time on a hundred dol lar debt, and who "never knows when he is paid," they never get tho benefit of using a good round sum. There is no intention to decry one system, or uphold another. There is, indeed, no need. Tho present situation speaks for itself quite as forcibly as any exposition of facts could. When the system prevailed of selling iu lota of 50,000 and 100,000 cases there were men who thought and said that that was bad for the cauner; now that the habit of peddling the pack in little jags seems to be coming in the benefits of the old way are apparent. "Blessing brighten as they vanish.' Anothor reason for the sluggish move ment of the stream is alleged to be due to the butchering of the entire business by what an old cauner yesterday called "amateur packers," men who go iu to "show people how a thing should be done, and who succeed only in ruining themselves and destroying any chance that anybody else in the business might have to make a decent profit on the capi tal aud time invested. On the other hand are those who "go for all that's in sight" and worry over the $1,000 that their neighbor made more than they re joice over the $."i,000 they themselves have pulled in. The business, like all other businesses, has its limits, and while healthy compe titition, conducted on busineas princi ples, can hurt no industry, an indiscrim inate, bull-headed way of slashing right and left and cutting on all sides can only have one result. pnonAciLrriKH of 'Bo. It is thought by those who are usually well informed that twenty-eight canner ies will run thi3 seasen: of these there is yet some doubt regarding two or three; there are some changes regarding agen cies, etc.; the Aberdeen will be under the management of Win. T. Coleman Co., -ud probably the Columbia, Fishermen s, P. J. McGowan. Sim'l. Elmore, Jas. Williams, and Wm. Hume: D. L. Beck A Sons, contemplate somo changes; and also Allen & Lewis, the latter probably extending their list of canneries. Tho price of fish tho coming season is iu just the same fix as it always is at th:s time of year. Low prices are talked and a sort of tacit understanding exists that no ono is to exceed 45 cents. Probably when tho run begins there will bo a rep etition of last year's experience when one man bought 15,378 fish and another 1CJ13 at 75 cents apiece, and when the July run came refused fhem by tho boat load at twenty-five cents. There seems to be a general agreemout that the num ber of boats (which was estimated last year at 1-100) shall be largely reduced, some saying that there will not be over y."9 boats in the water, and that little or no fishing will be done in April. The moon is full on April '"3th. and about that time net fishing Oa the river wiil THIS KTK51XC. Sataru is now evening star and lakes his turn in coming to the front on tho March records. This evening. a note worthy event occurs in his course as viewed from this planet. On the 7th, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, he is iu quad rature with the sun on the eastern side. On thnt occasion, when tho tolar orb lcoks below the western horizon, Sat urn looks down front the zenith, 00 east of the great luminary. "Soon as the cveuing shades preiuil. aud the xtars peep from their hiding place;, in the fathomless depths, the plane!, sxsrcmd in size of tho sun's family, and by- far ite mo3t wonderful member, may be seen beam ins radiantly from the celestial heights aud commencing his westward descent. He is indeed a shining light prooawy Degin. .... , ,,,,. ,:. n.?Rant Mndirionq. and mav The amount received jay the nnermen r"",,i;iv rSiwcni hvthe -2nitT and ston. Some pay that it js nonsense to in- h t diti0guishes him from the duceaswarm of reckless men to como , jg .- arroandin ,binl. Were here every summer whose only idea is to , " "liti,i". .,. i? ,,,i,J nr.i make asuch and spend as .little as pos- SJS&JSS for "ulli "" n.v ..,u. .. ..... ., .. ,sy"" place to make money where; they argue to discourage such men who have some interest would take less aud spend in permanent improvements vidin ' homes for themselves and their fam ih-uit; iuai u ikkuiv iuuji uuiue iub ijiu- .... ... . - , . , 4. .it;,,! '!. -.,nlcl"U uuu mill hu.u, ucuu iuc u-reaiiu . ttlrtinrt Ina nnnrf trnnl t ! nnit ! rwrH. . ? be .3.P?nt. eIae r,;a ,,1 1,ph in nnnilmttin' I'nr. that :t would be better "-.-,- ., ' u7 ,.. lI7 Vu" .' i ".:;i arrivals and prefer f"1?1."".. -"." " ";.sri "C,:.""V":: kh&r S&lSS I !to "oeil brilliant galaxy of stars the and in wo-1 ueaeilJi i"ny uioi" muu. vn I IUC J-lunu. .iicii.i luima urn uuui k"'". A GREAT IXTKjriIOX. luts oiharg lSd ter; that if plenly men come the com- ' "" f . $ tJ ", S petition will be greater, etc. are manifest: One is that hard times and low wages elsewhere will send as many men to the Columbia this spring as will be wanted, probably more; another is, that the more men that fish next sum mer the less each one will make. Last year the river was whits with sails: each boat averaged 1,000 fish; each fish aver aged CT cents; 050 for the season's werk: from this tnke" 2!0 for wear and tear of boat and net nnd there is left $400 for three months' hard work for two men not a very encouraging prospr ct. There are just so mnny fish to bo caught; three fourths tho number employed iu catch ing the fish would have just as much to be divided among them and would come out iu better financial shape at the cud of the season. It ii also to bo remembered that the trajw and seines are to cut no inconsiderable figure. The trap men propos& to furnish their own canneries, at least as far as practicable, and it will be remembered last year how boat load after boat load of fish were brought up from the traps till those that wore caught in nets couldn't be sold at two bits apiece. uusnciss uki.ition'5. Theologians and men who havo given j ine maiier consiuerame inougui assen that there is a hell, and that hell ia bossed ,. . , .. ... ,, ,.. ;. nill;, or dominated bv a head devil who sort of II " xvr-v ,am tUllt etr-v aa,ult runs things. N'ow it is evident thnt if Jed to the columns ot Ihk AsroauN. this is the caso (and we are not prepared because the strain on the compositors is to dispute it ), even hell has to have some t tlmt it incaiKlc;tates the entire sort of system about it; somo harmonv.l K , A, ... .. must exist even there: if "it didn't the in- offi for otber nml raver d"11"- lhe stitution would break up, and unless j following, however, on "The Death of au some sort of business relations existed Or'' is no purely simple, so exquisitely between Satan and his myrmidons, that touching, nnd appeate so powerfully to useful place of objurgation would go out I the imagination that it is given place, of business aud go into liquidation, a I It is written by a prominent resident of sort of infernal failure, or "assignment' j this city and is original. We havo never as we call it in Oregon. On the same 'seen anything like it in .tuv book of principle in running a wheelbarrow, or a J poems that we ever read. The ox, to newspaper, or a bank, or h cannery, or a ! whose sad demise fitting tribute isren barber shop, or a co-operativo establish- I dered, died suddeuly at Deep Biver, W. ment, somo one has to sort of take hold j T., a short time ago The fact that iu and look after the gearing. If, in the J one line he is called an ox, and subse salmon business, an agency tries to see quently a steer is accounted forou the just how much of a ciuch a cannery can j theory of poetic ncens; path with starry feet, stretching his vast bulk over the equator, and dotting the skv with a starry glory visible all over the globe. Sirius, member of the highest order of suns in space, glows in tho southeast. On the west, the clustsring Pleiades softly shine. On the east, the starry Sickle comes into view, while, crowning the scene, "Jupiter rises toward the meridian in the plenitude of his power, and iu the regal aspect he as sumes on his nearest approach to earthly domain. Tho observer who beholds Saturn un der these conditions gazes upon a mag nificent picture of stnrlit beaut v. Every star that has been mentioned may be leadilv traced with the aid of a chart. The moon will not dim the luster of the stars, and, choosing the whole year through, no more brilliant page of the celestial book will be thrown open to tho upturned eye thau this, when Saturn soon after suuse't looks down from the high heavens above upon this little planet plowing her way through space and turn ing on her axis as she spins on in hpr course. I'OKTBY. Saccmrnllr S'tlin:; Tjpn hj Jidrhiafrj. Wasuisotok. March t". The machine type-setter, as it is called it should be termed a stercotpye machine is being visited by many people nt Chamberlin's, where it has remained on exhibition since last night's dinner. It is a wonderful piece of mechanism, and de.stined to revolutionize the busi ness. A small gas engine operates a number of these machines, ono of which occupies a space 4xG feet, aud does the work of ten compositors. In appearance it resembles a mammoth typewriter, the keyboard being arranged" in exactly a similar manner. The operator sits at the board, and with the copy in front, plays the keys. The dies, instead of stamping paper, are impressed on heated type metal, which, as fast as sach line is completed, is cut off and automatically passed ont in a galley. The operator, working leisure ly, can turn out n column of minion of the Washington Post every hour. This machine obviates the use of type in the printing business, and does away with the compositor of to-day. The work ceases to tie laborious anil un healthy, and tht cost to the business is reuureu uiont so percem. .uacumes are made for different sizes of impriut. and the plan of the company is to lease the machines, not ttisell them, at rates which will guarantee this reduction of expense. The pro.-pectns states that the coat of tvpe-setting in the I'uited States comes Co $00,000,000 ier annum, and that the substitution of this mnchiv.e will reduce the cost to 10,000.000. When it is considered that, in addition to this, the outlay for purchasing type is entirely obviated", one can form an esti mate of the.intlnence the machine will exert upon the printing business. The capital stock of the company is to be in creased to $10,000,000, and factories are being established to supply the trade. The machines space both lines and col umns, nnd are made for all kinds of type, so as to furnish the newspaper complete. KIXAM'IAL STATEMENT. RS CLOTHING, FOMSHIHG S;hal UlitrKt ). 18 ilarch : -For the Year tnilin? !, 1S35. stand In the matter ox commissions brokerages, reclamations, and so on, and a cannery tries to see how many pledges and contracts it can crawfish out of, i! ! rather destroys confidence; business har mony and a propar feeling, and makes ' thenipn that has the money very shy j about taking hold of a cannery or taking i any chances on ndvancing money, and makes the cannery man, especially' if he can't understand a business proposition, . equally shy about going to work with a " possibility of finding at tho end of the season that "expenses" have swallowed . np all likelihood of profit. So, purely as ; a matter of cold business policy, it is thought by more than a few that unless ' the game of grab is to be universal that a due regard for tho rights of the other " liarly would suggest a style of doing bus iness iu which less blood is drawn. Both sides have been blamed; the truth lies between. There is money to be made in the business provided it is handled , likoany other legitimato business, but n ! repetition of '83 and '81 will only deepen i tho mirb into which the salmon industry has fallen. It is not to bo forgotten that outside rivers look with complacency on the disorganization and lack of confi dence and mutual trust that exists on the Columbia. Thero is Alaska, and on the Frnser is expected this year the "big run" that every third year is said to bring, nnd while ourCoIumbin salmon are un approachable in quality nnd superior flavor and though the process of prepar ing the fish on this river is unrivalod for cleanliness and thoroughness, yet it is not to be forgotten that the present con dition of affair points to a possible six bits a dozen as the price for even Colum bia salmon next Hammer. It is the opin ion of many that a pack of at tho out side 250,000 cases, would bo the best thing that could happen the busineas this season. This places the Columbia salmon pack er in a bad position, for though the sea son of activity is short, his expenses go on the vear round. The money invested in buildings nnd machinery alone, if in vested nt 3 per cent, would produce a comfortable mcomo to the owner, and to bo handicapped at the start by an over stocked market and the probability of an extremely low prioe is cause for serious thought. The question that agitates a good many at present is "At a probable six bits a dozen what can I afford to pay for fish, or is it best to run at all?" a question that time alonocan answer. Siiocr.ss. The sale of Syrup of Figs is simply itmuei'de. Everyone is taking it, and all admit that it is the best mediciueeveT used. Children cry for it on account of its pleasant taste, and grown people ho have used it once never take any thing else. Unlike other remedies for biliousness and constipation it never loses its power to aet. aim it always leaves the organs on which it aetsstrong er than before. Besides, one feels fresh and bright aud realizes that it is Nat ure's own true laxative. VY. rlDeineut A Co. are agents for Astoria, Oregon. Hric-lt Store Tor ICeut. The commodious Brick Store now occupied by Adler'a Book Store, for rent. Apply to W.S. Kix.vev. Lion is dead, that ancient ox. And he can work no more. Had it not been for eating gra3. He would have died b9tore. He'd been n faithful, steady nx For morrt'u a score of years. And stood his share of thumps and knocks Yoked up with other steers. He long had roamed the pasture free, Aud did just as he pleased Till now so old he couldn't see, So thin ho liked to freezed, So deaf he couldn't hear the call To know the time for dinner. He couldn't nibble grass at all. And a j kept growing thinner. Of r.ll good steers he was the best I've owned, beyond compare. Now, 'neath the sod we'll let him rest, Nor touch his hide or hair. M. Ituclttcu'.N Arnlt'tt S:tli. Receipts: Balance on hand previous report, $1C2.3G; outside scholars, $12; gias.s. $1; state apportionment, $1,433.4S; countv annortionment, $207.52; district taxes," $1,577.08: borrowed on three year's time, ?2,50U. Total, So,lH2.y4. Disbursements: 'leachers, $i,4..u; janitor. 90; wood, $60; inqidentals, 13; clerk, 83.99; insurance, $50; printing, 13; interest, 174.SG; improvements, 432.75; new building, 2,850: cash on hand. 727.81. Total, 5,918.01. Comuitnt I'nnfCfoary. f-W0ff;t cloaks, -"rsi fancy mm 1 1 Kiplltoliii ' g00DS-'S11Ih Etc., Etc. dysfe Tlie Leaflinff Dry (loocls Clotliing fl GOODS, AND GAPS, Boots and Shoes. ouse XJST THE CIX1T- Old Blunderer Grant, who wan report -as ou his death bed before he was placed on the retired lit, on the 4th, began im proving immediately afterward, so a3 to be able to attend a bull pup fight in the evening. Portland Standard. It is stated, says tha Seattle Post In Mligenerr, that the Queen of the Pacijic will succeed the steamship Mexico on the San Francisco and 1'uget sound route, aud that tho present is the last trip of the latter vessel to this port under her present charter. The Mexico was built for the southern trade, and is owned by private parties in San Francisco, but for more than a year past has been chartered by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company for 200 per day. Tuk Bkt Sai.vi: in the world for Cuts, BruwvSjSorcs.rieers.Salt Khetiiu. Fever Sore-. Tetter, Chapped Hands. Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures 1'iles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect tntisfnclion. or money tefumled. Price 25 cents per bov. Fora!ely V. r. Dement A Co. what: r I Vwn Tltiuk thnt -Jefl The Chop House Gives vmi a meal for nothing, and a glass of something m drink? -'Not much !" hut lie ghes a better meal and more of it than any place iu town for 2." cents. He buys oy tlie wholesale and paws cash. "That fettles it. Sleepless "Nights made miserable by that terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure is the remedy for you. Sold by W. K. De ment & Co. AH the patent medicines advertised In this paper, together with the choicest perfumery, ainl fnllel articles, etccan he bough, a! the lowest prices, at. I. V. Conn's drug bre. opposite OrMden hotel. Anuria. Buy otir I.ime prices. of Grav at Portland ftst Your BaHng Powder Td-Bay 1 fcran J adrert'ted as absolutely pur THE TEST: Plirp a can top down on & hot flora nntll rratni.then remot e the coTernnd -mell. A chem 1 i win not be required ta detect thu ptvMnua of .Ammonia. CUSTOMERS while purchasing' their 'Wearing' Apparel, fiml their greatest difficulty in obtaining Style, Fit, and Value, ia their BOOTS or SIIOES. Knowing this, we have studied the different points about these goods of the best manufacturers and are now in a position to show the public a First-class Article in every way, and at prices as low as is often paid for inferior makes. The following are-a few lines of the Large Stock made to SPECIAL ORDER, and just received. LADIES' SHOES. 1st Is a fine FRENCH KID SHOE, medium high cut, neat shaped heel, medium and point toes, and come in different widths must be seen to be appreciated. 2nd Ts a PATENT LEATHER SHOE with Glove kid tops, beau- tilullv finished, and very Stylish, 3rd Tsa KANGAROO" SHOE, which is made of the leather of Kangaroo and Cameleopard Skins aud is of a nature adapted to a wet climate, while retaining the softness of the finest kid. It is made in the Common Sense style. 4th Ts a No. 1 quality of AMERICAN KID SHOE, made in same styles as the French Kid, and is often taken for the same. oth Is a Fine FRENCH CALF BUTTON SHOE, with Kanga roo tops, and made with a Separate Sole of Cork placed between the main sole ard upper, which prevents dampness to the foot, from the wet planks. TWe also have for ladies, a fine assortment of New, LOW CUT SHOES, and FRENCH KID SLIPPERS, besides Misses' and Chil dren's SIIOES OF ALL KINDS. GENTS' SHOES. lt Is lhe ENGLISH WALKING SflOK. made of calf, will) Kangaroo lops. Cap Toes, heavy Sole, and hand sewed, anil is ma-le on tin WALKENPU AUsT LAST, a last designed by a man of that name, iu Kurope, from the outlines ot" lhe human foot, made upon a sheet of paper with a pencil. This Shoe Is giving' great satisfaction. 2nd r? the KANGAHOO SHOE, made on the Walkenphanst Last, but with a Light Sole, wliich makes a very Dressy and Comfortable Shoe. The merits of the leather used iu this shoe, are spoken of in Description No. .". of Ladles' Shoes. "rd IsaCAIKDUESSSHOE. the Latest Style and Shape- box, cap, and medium Toe. and a Solid Yamp Sole. 4th-Lsthe HKAVYGKAIN LEATHER CORK SOLE SHOE. ThUSlrae is made with neat can Toes broad Stile, and the Cork Sole, put on the .vanicas in Ladies' No..'. Want of space propibits in this announcement, mention of the numerous other lines of Low, and other Cut Shoes; also the fine DRESS BOOTS, ia French Calf, and Kangaroo. larRUBBKR BOOTS aud SHOES of all kinds constantly in stock. C. H. COOPER, - Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon. CITY BOOK STOR F t Fine Stationery, Blank Books, School Books, Music Books, Agents for Steck's Little Giant, and Kranich and Bach's Pianos, Taber, and Western Cottage Organs, SHEET 30JSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. GRIFFIN & REED. enow Does not make any second-class Pic tures alius iew uaiiery, io. r.ix,nn lhe Roadway. Syrup of Fix. Nature's own true Laxative. Pleas ant to the palate, acceptable lotheStoni ach, harmless iu its nature, painless in its action, t tires tiaiuiuai Constipation. Uiliousness, Indigestion anil kindred ills. Clcanes the system, purifies the blood, regulates the Liver and acts on the Uowels. Breaks up Colds. Chills and Fever, etc. Strengthens tlie organs on which it acts. Jlctter thau bitter, nauseous Liver medicines, pills, salts and draughts. Sample not lies free, and Inrse bottles for sale bv V. ". Dement A Co., A9torIa. Hot f.imcli, at the TVIcplnmc Mnloon From 11 to every day. Afinelutirh with drink or cigar, 2.i eeuts. No charge after two o'clock, .fUFF. DOES K0T CONTAIN AMMONIA. Il UnllfcfrlatM 111 NEVER B Q.Um1. In million bomea for a quarter of a century t Lai Hood tuo consumer's reliable tett, THE TEST OF THE OYEH. Price "Bating Powder Co., riciTJO? Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Extracts, 'i Le strosgest, most dell(ous and natural flavor tnon, and Z: Price's Lupulin Yeast Gems i orU6ht.HMllbyL'read.TbeEstnry Hop Ycat lu too world. FOR SALE BY GROCERS, CHICACO. - ST. LOUIS- Light Healthy Bheid, $Ap SALE. mkm WMJff J. YSMIGEMS. The oo9t dry hop yeast In the world. Bread raised bythlsyeoatiq llRht.whlta and wholesome like our grandmother's ASSIGNEE OF J. Pilger's Stock Commences Friday, Feb. 13th at 9 A. M. AND WILL CONTINUE EVERY DAY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Special Price List: Cloaks and Suits. 50 Ladies' Bendy-Made Suits, Eeduced from 318 to $7.50. Black and Col ored Ulsters, Marked down from Slo to So. Ladies' "Walking Jackets, Former Price $10 rednced to $4.50. The Entire Stock Will be Sacrificed Without Reserve. delicious breod, CROCER3 SELL THEM. PREPAfttD B InC Price Baking Powder Co., MTrs el Dr. Piics's special FUtoiIbz Eitract". Chicago, III. St. Louis, Mo. For sa hy Cuitixo.Mf.ki.k & Co., Agents rortlaml, Oregon Pre KuHteru aad Bheat water Bay Oymer-B Constantly on hand, cooked to any style at Frank Fabres. Don't pay 2j to CO cents for dinner when you ean get a better one at the Telephone for 15 cents from 11 to 2. Sheet Music and Music of all ileserip tions at cost at Adler Adier's closing out sale dou't suit cer tain parties ; he Is sorry for them, but there is one thins sure: He leads bnt never follows. It is too bad; but the public at large appreciate his terrible low prices. Just look at the bundles leaving his store every day! For a Neat Fitting Boot Or Shoe, go to P. J. Goodmans, on Che namus street, next door to 1. W. Case. All goods of the best make and guaran teed quality. A full stock; new goods constantly arriving. Custom work. One of the Gnest billiard tables on the const at Jeff's "Telplione." That Uacking Cough can be so quickly cured by Shiloh's Cure. We 1 guarantee It. Sold by V E. Dement. d, a. Mcintosh Keeps constantly on hand a full stock of the best made READY-MADE CLOTHING, In Business Suits and Dress Suits. Also tlie largpst stock anil t he newest patterns in French and American Cassinieres, Worsteds, Cloths, Scotch and English Tweeds. ' Which will be made up to order in the very latest styles and at the low ptiees. FIT GUARANTEED. HATS in all the Latest and Standard Shapes. A complete line of Gents' Furnishing Goods. D. JL. 2&CX2TTOS2:, The Leading Clothier, Hatter and Gents' Furnisher,