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ASTORIA. OREGON:
SUNDAY.
,JCLY 3. 1887
THE STARS AND STRIPES.
Eaely in the struggle for Amer
ican independence the need of
a national flag was insisted on by
Franklin. The result of a confer
ence on the subject was the reten
tion of the Union Jack, represent
ing the still recognized sovereign
ity of EDgland, but coupled with
thirteen stripes, alternate red and
white, emblematic of the union of
the thirteen colonies, in place of
the royal ensign. This was the
"new striped flag" which was
hoisted in January. 1776.
The following theories of the
origin of these stripes have been
assigned: 1. They were derived
from the national flag of the
Netherlands, which then and now
consisted of three equal horizontal
stripes, symbolic of the rise of the
Dutch republic from the union
at Utreoht. To the example of
Holland the American colonies
were indebted for the idea of fed
eral union, and emigrants from
Holland had planted the seeds of
civil and religious liberty and ed
ucation. 2. The army in 1775
was without uniform, the different
grades being only distinguished by
stripes of ribbons. The daily
sight of these, the only marks of
rank would naturally suggest the
game device for representing the
united colonies. 3. The stripes
from Washington's coat-of-arms
may have suggested those for the
flag. They were certainly one of
the devices on the flag of the troop
of light horse which accompanied
Washington to New York when
proceeding to assume the com
mand of the army at Cambridge,
where they were first shown.
And it is thought that these afford
ed a simple and inexpensive meth
od of converting the red ensign of
the mother country into a new flag
denoting the union of the colonies
against ministerial oppression,
while they were unwilling to give
up their loyalty to the "king's
colors," which were retained on
the new ensign. It required the
addition of the "new constellation"
to render the stripes significant,
and give a new poetic life and na
tional character to the flag.
The origin of the stars has also
been disputed. The earliest sug
gestion of the stars as a device,
previous to their adoption in 1777,
is found in the Massachusetts Spy
for March 10, 1774, in a song writ
ten to commemorate the massacre
at Boston. In a flight of fancy
the writer foretells the triumph of
the American flag:
"ATay of bright glory now beams from
afar,
The American ensign now Bparkles a star,
"Which will shortly flame wide through
the skies."
In June, 1777, the congress re
solved that the flag of the thirteen
united colonies should be thirteen
stripes, alternate red and white;
and that the union should be thir
teen stars, white, in a blue field,
representing a new constellation.
The arms of Washington con
tained both stars and stripes, and
the device may be due to this
source. It may have been used
out of respect to the commander-in-chief.
However, Washington
nowhere alludes to the connection,
and none of his contemporaries
seem to have mentioned the fact.
Th,e blue ground has been derived
from the blue standard of the old
Soottish covenanters. Beyond a
doubt the thirteen stripes and thir
teen stars were unfurled at the bat
tle of Brandywine, September,
1777, and at Germantown in Oc
tober; they witnessed the opera
tions against and the surrender of
Burgoyne after the battle of Sara
toga; and the sight of their flag
helped to cheer the army amid
their sufferings around the camp
fires at Valley Forge in the ensu
ing winter. They waved triumph
ant at the surrender of Cornwallis
at Yorktown, September, 1781,
and looked down upon the evacu
ation of New York in 1783, and
shared in the triumphs of the latter
tfajsof thQesplution. The ad
mission of Vermont and Kentucky
caused a change in the flag, and
from 1795 till 1818 it consisted of
fifteen stars and fifteen stripes.
The admission of five new states
made another change desirable and
in 1816 a committee was appointed
to consider the matter. Captain
Reid, a well-known sailor, made a
suggestion, which was adopted, to
reduce the flag to the original
thirteen, representing the number
of states which contended for and
achieved their independence, and
to increase the stars to correspond
with the number of states in the
union, and .hereafter to add one
star to the flag whenever a new
state should be admitted. Each
addition takes place on the 4th of
July next succeeding the admission
of the state. At present there are
thirty-eight stars, and have been
ever since Colorado was admitted
in 1876. National justice demands
that Washington and Dakota be
admitted and that there be forty
stars on the flag.
Tiie mayoress of a northern
Kansas town, says the Wichita
Eagle, who was elected under the
new woman suffrage law last week,
came down to her office the other
day with a Mother Hubbard on,
and as she sat cross-legged in the
mayor's chair the city clerk noticed
that she had a hole in the heel of
her stocking and that her bustle
was to one side. He leported the
fact to his wife, his wife told the
hired girl, the hired girl told her
fellow, her fellow told the city
marshal, the city marshal told the
mayoress, whereupon the city clerk
got fired and the town is scandal
ized. The mayoress said she would
wear her bustle in front, behind or
sideways, and it was nobody's bus
iness. Dickens wrote, "There is noth
ing, no, noining, oeauuiui ana
good that is forgotten. An infant,
a prattling child dying in its
cradle will live again in the better
thoughts of those who loved it,
and play its part, though its body
be burned to ashes or drowned in
the deepest sea. There is not an
angel added to the ho3t of heaven
but does its blessed work on earth
in those that loved it here. Dead.
Oh, if the good deeds of human
creatures could be traced to their
source,
how beautiful could even
death appear, for how
much
charity, mercy, and purified affec
tion would be seen to have their
growth in dusty graves."
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Greatly Excited.
Not a few of the citizens of Astoria
have recently become creatlv excited
over the astounding facts, that seeral
of their friends who had been pro
nounced by their physicians as Incur
able and beyond all hope suffering
with that dreaded monster Consump
tionhave been completely cured by
Dr. King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, the only remedy that does
positively cure all throat and lung dis
eases, Coughs, Colds, Asthma and Bron
chitis. Trial bottles free at W. K. De
ment & Co.'s Drug Store, largo bottles Si
DoYoHWwit YoHrFlHe Cleaned!
If you do, T. Clifton & J. Lavallee
will do the job neatly and cheaply.
Leave orders at The Astorian office.
Prices, from SI to S3.
Eastern oysters fresh every steamer at
JefFs restaurant.
A Suany Room
With the comforts of a home, library,
etc Apply at Holden House.
For the best photographs and tintypes
go to Crow's Gallery.
Yanillalce Cream at Fabre's to-day.
Gambrinas Beer
And Free Lunch at the Telephone Sa
loon, 5 cents.
All the patent medicines advertised
in this paper, together with the choicest
perfumery, and toilet articles, etc-can
be bought at the lowest prices, at J. W.
uonn's drug store, opposite uc.iaem
hotel, Astoria.
A New Aad Enlarged Stock
Cheice Brands ef Cigars.
of
Imported Key "West and domestic. All
tastes can be satisfied and all pockets
suited as to price. Tansiirsmnch and
Junior's hr full supply as usual at
D. L.Beck & Sokb.
Tkos. M airs
The merchant tailor has left town to
be absent about two weeks. He will
bring back a full line of fine suitings
and trouserings for the fall trade.
PrlT&tc Rooms
At Frank Fabre's for suppers, par
ties, etc. The best cooked to order.
AkTkere!!
Private parties, Fourth of July, etc.
Ice cream, fine quality supplied at
short notice by Frank Fabre, any part
of the -city; $2Q a gallon.
NEW TO-DAY.
Grand Excursion!
STEAMSHIP
TO
Portland Return.
WILL LEAVE
0. R. & N. Dock
-AT-
2:30 This Afternoon.
Willamette University.
DEFAKTMENTS.
I-College of liberal arts. II College of
medicine. Dr. E. r. Eraser, dean, ill
College of law, Judge "Win. ltamser. dean.
IV "Woman's college. Mrs. C. C.llawlev,
dean. V Coaservatorv of music Z, M.
Tan in, director. VI Chherslty academy.
VII Art department, Miss Marie Craig,
instructor.
360 Students. 400 Craduatos.
Thirty Teachers.
Day board for joung men Sl,5u per week.
Ladles' board in Woman's college hall,
S2J0O with unfurnished room. Flist term be
gins September 5. Catalogues and informa
tion sent free. Address
THOS. VAX SCOY, PreMdent, Salem, Or.
Regular Excursion
To Fort Canby and llwaco.
Tho steamer Gen. Canby v, 111 leave Graj ':
wharf on
Sunday, July 3, 1887,
At 9 A. sr. for Fort Canby. landing excur
sionists who wish to lslt the Light House
and Fort, then proceeding to llwaco. Ite
turnlng again to Fort Canby, will take those
excursionists to llwaco who ha e bited the
Fort and Light House. IleturnlnK w ill leave
11 w aco for Astoria at 4 r, m.
Fare For Tho Round Trip $1.
J. II. D. GllW.
Agent.
To Portland and Return.
THE
Str. Telephone
Will Sell Round Trip Tickets For
$1.50
Good from Saturday, July a. to Saturday,
July 9th. inclushe.
Notice.
A LL PERSONS ARE HEREBY RE-
Jtx. quested to remote from the street In
iront of their respective residences, cord
wood, boxes. &c before the 4th of July
cord
July
next. Especially on the line
of march of
me procession,
COMMTTTKK OX IlE.ll.Tn IND POLICE.
Notice.
NOTICE 13 HEREBY GIVEN' THAT THE
bill of sale, now on record in the Custom
House at Astoria. Oregon, of th steamer
Favorite to Louis Wilson Is not an absolute
bill of sale, but was cl en to Louis Wilson as
security for money I owe M r. Wilson.
W. T, DILLON.
Astoria, Or. June 29th. 1S37.
Boat Building.
MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN
building boats on the Columbia rier
and hundreds of line boats of my build
make my guaranteet for good w ork. Head
quarters at the old Astoria Iron Works
building. Will build boats at any point on
the Columbia rher where my sen lees may
be required.
WM. HOWE.
Notice to Stockholders, Astoria
Building & Loan Association.
TnE NEXT REGULAR MONTHLY
meeting will be held at the office of the
Association in the building on Cass St. net
to Odd Fellows Hall, on Wednesday cen
ening, July Oth, '87. All dues not paid In
before 9 P. r, of abo e date are f ublect to
fine.
. s. JtEKD,
Secretary.
Astoria, June 23, 'ST,
MURRAY & CO.,
GROCERS
And Dealers in
Special Attention Given to Filling
Of Orders.
A FULL LINE CARRIED
And Supples furnished at Satis
factory Terms.
rurchases delivered In any part or the city.
Office and "Warehouse
In Hume's New Building on Water Street
P. O. Box 153. Telephone No, 37.
ASTO BIA, OREG O W.
ASTORIA
Planing Mill.
HOLT & CO. Proprietors.
Manufacture? of
MOLDINGS,
SASH DOORS,
BLINDS. RAILS.
BALUSTERS,
NEWEL POSTS.
BRACKETS.
Scroll and Turned Balustrades,
Boat Material, etc,
Orders solicited and Promptly attended to.
Satisfaction Guaranteed as to StylcIQuali
ty and Prices.
Mill and Office cor. Polk nnd Concomly
streets, Astoria, Oregon.
Cannery
Slip
FIREWORKS
Of All Descriptions and Nationalities.
Bunting, Trimmings, Shields, Firecrackers and Torpedoes. A general
stock of 4th of July goods in large variety at bottom
prices at
The Crystal Palace
C&RXi ADZiER, Manager.
A. V. AILEN,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Fine Groceries, Provisions and Mill Feed.
o
Crockery, Glass g Plated Ware.
o
Tuo Largest and finest assortment of
Fresh. Fruits and Vegetables.
Ileccivcd fresh
CITY BOOK STORE.
UNXLD FIREWORKS
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Flags, Bunting, Balloons, Lanterns,
Pistols, Firecrackers Torpedoes, Etc.
CELEBRATE THE 4th OF JULY
xsn pimciiASE srorit decorations and fireworks at
GRIFFIN & REED'S.
The Long and Short of it.
Is. I Toll
JEFF
Of the U. S. Restaurant gives
to he had on the Coast. His Regular Dinner with
Tea, Coffee, Wine, Beer .or Milk for 25cts.
. Cannot he Beat.
Meals Cooked to Order on Short Notice
Oysters In Any Style and Always Fresh.
First Class Saloon And.
LODGING
In Connection With
H. EKSTROM.
WATCHMAKER.
Just received a large stock of Watches
and Clocks. Chains, Tickets, etc. Also
ennlne Seth Thomas Boat Clocks. pro ed to
e tho best. Ail w hlch i III be sold at very
low prices. "Watct and Clock repalrinK a
specialty, and done at reasonable prices.
Shop next to Aug. Danielson's sample
Boom, on the roadway,
tV
every Steamer.
"5TO-U. T!ltt
the hest Meal for the money
HOUSE:
The Restaurant.
Are You Insured?
J. O. Bozorth
Writes Insurance Policies In Bellable Fire
Insurance companies that give Absolute
Protection In case ot Fire .
EMPIRE
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Bargains in Ready Made Clothing,
25 Men's and Youths' odd suits marked down from $16 and f 18
to $11 and $ 1 3, and are all wool desirable suits.
We carry a full line of Ulack Dres suits which are sold for the lowest cash
prices.
Our Line of Dry Fancy Goods
IS COMPLETE.
Cotton, Woolen and Muslin Underwear," Shetland and Embroidered New
port Shawls in all colore. Ladies short Wrap3, Calico Wrappers, Fancv, Ging
ham and Calico Aprons, Silk Embroidered stand covers.
A fine lot of Embroideries just opened.
We,hae the largest and finest lot of Silk Thrrad and Twist. Km broidery and
Knitting Silk in all shades and colors, to he found in Astoria.
EMPIRE STORE,
W. T. F&HEEE, Manager.
BOOTS and SHOES
Genuine English Porpoise Shoes Tor Gents.
Ladies Flexible Sole Shoes in French, Kangaroo and Dongola
Boys and Youths Shoes of all Kind3, Misses and Chlldrens and Infant lieels,
Spring heels. WE JDEAI, IN BOOTS AH D SHOES ONLY.
P. J. GOODMAN.
H. B. PARKER,
DEALER IN
Hay, Oats, ani Straw, Lime, Brift, Cement, Sand' anil Plaster
Wood Dellrered to Order. Drajln?, Teaming and Express ButUess.
FljMjBjgggBMBgMslBJaogCTBMaEaMflsg'BBMMgM
TER apply to the Captain, or to
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DO TSTSi CEliEBBJLTS? XULT22SR.
The 111th Anniversary of America's Independence will be celebrated
at Astoria, on the 4th day of July, 18S7. And don't
you forget that the
New York Novelty Store
Carries the largest and finest assortment of Flags of all Nations,
Bunting, Trimmings, Silks, Sky Rockets, Bombs, Torpedoes, Colored
Lights, and a general assortment of
Together with a full line of all kinds of 4th of July Goods ever
brought to Astoria. Give us a call.
XTSCT YOHE CTOTEX.TT STOXtSi
Opposite Parker House, Main St., Astoria, Oregon-
Just Opening
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A Large Stock
AT
Phil. A, Stokes Gos.
(First door east ot Foard & Stokes7).
Dress Suits ; Summer Suits ; Underwear ; A Fine Line of Hats. The Latest Patina
and Styles In Men's Clothing ; Casslmeres. Cutaways, Worsteds, Frocks. Jost Bectrred
and to do sold at Remarkably Low Prices.
STORE
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STEADIES
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