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ff9 T ?. t y vsv it' t,Tr;'x" 2Tf :-- erv v " J8?' tvm.tr "X F - -,' w "... r -- t-rfL " s X -" T gM41 V '-W "" IT "" VOL. XXXI V, NO. IS). ASTORTA, OREGON, THURSSDAY, JANUARY 23. JH!M. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ?nfT 3F mjpl 1 t, ijUR.f ILL LLI l-isfniMr vLXl LIU 1L LILiLJl La I C. P. Upshur, Shipping and Commission Merchant Ialn St. Wharf, Astoria. Orecon. SPECIALTIES : Cannery Supplies Barbour's Salmon Net Twines. NEPTUNE Brand Salmon Twine, WOODBERUY Cotton Lines and Twines SEINES and NETTING or all Description Furnished at Factory Trices. FIRE INSURANCE I tTected in First Class Companies. KepicsentinR 13.00,01M riKF.MX, IIOXE, .Hartford, Conn .New York, Apcnry Pacific Kxprcsn and Weill, Fargo Co. TMeta, Lester & Anita, CIVIL ENGINEERS, Surveyors and Architects. Okkick, Room 9, Fi.Avr.r.'s Bld'o, SECOND STREET I'. (). Rex 8KI. ASTOKI A, OK. & X& Y& WO art' sx d Arc' hite cts. CV M, on Engnee'- UI'C " , fitfOAftl And Hy dro" ro AdC Sr ...ttA SttOS y vu- ks Win. B. Adair, REAL ESTATE AGENT. X. E. Cor. Olney and Third Sts. P. O. Box 436. Particular attention Rhen to Properties In Upper Astoria ; also to purchase of Tim ber Lands. Abstracts of Title, C. R. THOMSON Keeps a full -set of Abstract Books and will examine the litletoany Keal Ks tatc In the county and furnish au Abstrac of Title to the samo. Terms reasonable. Work guaranteed. Garnahan & Co. SUCCESSORS TO T. W. CASE, IMPOKTKllS AND WHOLESALE AND HHTAIL DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Corner Clicnamus and Cass streets. ASTCKIA - - oi:foon BOOTS AND SHOES! Of Best Quality, and at LOWEST PRICES, AT THE SIGH OF THEJOLDEH SHOE. O-CIBClXr TTAECMT, H. W. Strickler, M. D. DEALER IN Pure Drugs, Toilet Articles, Etc. Trescrlptlon Clerk speaks Four different Languages. General practice of Medicine attended to by the Doctor. Second Street, near Postoffice. SEALANO The terminus of the Ilwaco and Shoalwater Bay Railroad. THE GRrAT EST SUMMER RESORT ON THE NORTHWEST COAST. Lies at the head of the Bay, at deep water, and only twelve miles from the bar. The coming County Seat and Commercial Metropolis of Pacific county. Now laid out. Lois on the market from 550, and upwards. Kor particulars and fuli information, call on or address . B. A. 4Bi, n Mat tiV&SVUWV-'iJ. Tins Delightful Suburban Property is Now on the Market and Selling Rapidly. It is Inside Property Compared with all Other Additions to Astoria. Situated on the Water Front is Clear and Level and as an Investment Has no Equal j Best of All Cough medicines, Ayer's Cherry Pec toral i3 in greater demanil than ever 2so prcparatioa for Tliroat and Luuj Troubles is so prompt in its effects. Ft agreeable to the taste, and so widely known, as this. It is the family medi cine in thousands of households. "I have (suffered for years from a bronchial trouLlc that, whenever I take cold or am exposed to inclement weath er, shows itself by a very annoying tickling sensation in the throat and by difficulty m breathing. I hae tried a great many remedies, but none does so well as Ajcr's Cherry lVttoral which always gives prompt relief iu returns ol my old complaint." Ernest A. ITepler, Inspector of Public Koads, Parish Tor re 1'orinc, La. " I consider Ayer's Cherry Pectoral a most important remedy For Home Use- I have tested it.i curative power, in my family, many times during the past thirty years, and hao never known it to fail. It will relieve the most serious affections of the throat and lungs, whether in children or adults." Mrs. 12. G. Edgerly, Council Bluffs, Iowa. "Twenty jcars ago I was troubled nith a disease of the lungs. Doctors afforded me no relief and considered my case hopeless. I then began to uso Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and, before I had finished one bottle, found relief. I continued to take this medicine until a cure was effected. I believe that Aj er's Cherry Pectoral saved inv life." Samuel Griggs, "Waukcgan, 111. " Six years ago I contracted a severe cold, which settled on my lungs aud soon developed all the alarming symp toms of Consumption. I had a cough, night sweats, bleeding of the lungs, pains in chest and sides, and was so prostrated as to be confined to my bed most of the time. After trying various prescriptions, -without benefit, my physician finallv determined to give mo Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I took it, and the effect was magical. I seemed to rally from the first dose of this medicine, and, after using only threo bottles, am as well and sound as ever." Kodney Johnson, Springfield, 111. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, rHEPACED BY Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. 3old by all Druggists. Trice $1; eiz bottles, f 5 -THE- DIAMOND PALACE GUSTAV HANSEN, Trop'r. A Large and Well Selected Stock or Fine Diamonfls i Jewelry At Extremely Low Trices. All Goods Bongbt at Thin LM!libHient Warranted Genuine. Wafch and ' Clnrlc Repairing A SPECIALTY Corner Cass aud Squeiiiojua Streets. Thompson & Ross Carry a Pull Line of Choice Staple and Fancy Groceries. Give Us a Call and Be Convinced. A NEW ENTERPRISE. City Express Transfer Company. H. D. Thing and C. E. Miller, TKOTHIETOKS. Headquarters ut Main Street uliarf. TELEPHONE NO. 43. A General Express and Delh cry Iliibiness transacted. Your patronage is solicited. The Oregon Bakery A. A. CLEVELAND, I'rop'r. Good Bread, Cab and Pastry None but the Rest Material; Used. Satisfaction Guaranteed Customers Itread delivered In any part of tin cltv. A- B. Steinbach & Co. THE HATTERS and CLOTHIERS. MEN'S AND ROYS' Clothing and Furnishing Goods. HATS TRUNKS AND VALISES. Comer First aud Morrison Streets, Portland, OREGON. Country Orders Solicited, and Promptly Executed. SEABORGV XlTOTAOO, Tft7ula.. -. iVi.S!. POWELL'S WORKING WOMEN IX ENGLAND. How Tlicy Toil in the 'Klack Country" A Yoang Woman who Worked Like a Tigre-s. Public attention has been directed within the past few years to the fact that in what is known as the "Black Country' in England a district em bracing part of South Staffordshire and East "Worcestershire, women and girls are very numerously employed in occupations usually confined to men, and notably in the making of nails aud chains. The Eev. Harold Rylett has contributed to the December number of the Euglish Illustrated Magazine an extremely interesting article on this subject, from which facts and fijmres will be drawn to J llustrate the condition of theso Eng lish working-women. It needs no argument to show that (his kind of work the working of nails and chains by hand is terribly hard and exhausting. Any black smith's shop will supply all the testi mony that can be required as to me character of the work. It may be assumed, then, that no harder kind of manual labor could be fouud than is performed by the women and girls of the Black Country; and now let us see under what conditions it is performed aud what pav is received for it Mr. Bylett's paper is founded on his per sonal inquiries and observations, so there will be no chance for any accus tion of misrepresentation or exagger ation if wo follow him. In a small building about 9 feet square and as many high, which he calls a typical nail shop, Mr. Bylett found two generations of the same family at work the man and three women grandfather and grand mother, daughter and granddaughter. They were idl engaged in making hob nails, and by their united labor they were able to earn 18s lid per week, equal to about LG0. Bnt, says the writer, this was not the entire income of the family, for in the small house adjacent to the shop there lived ten persons, in three small rooms, and there were two more wage earners among them, so that the total weekly income of the ten was T3S shillings, from which, however, 7 shillings had to be deducted for rent, firing and re uair of tools. Says Mr. Bylett: "This family, though over crowded, is cer tainly better off in the matter of in come than multitudes of others, but as their week's earning of 38 shillings represents a good average, taking the year round, it will be seen that it is a comparatively small sum when it is remembered that it required six adult persons to earn it" only think of it! Six adults working at least ten hours for six consecutive days, to earn only about $9,50 all told; and their income is more than that of multitudes of others. But it is with the working women that we are chiefly concerned, so we must cull here and there from Mr. Bylett's Large collection of instances. He says: "One young woman I know works from o in tue niorningumu v at night whenever she can get work to do, but in a full week her earnings are Is Gd." Of another he says: "No. 3, a particular strong and remarkably healthy-looking girl, 18 or 19 years of age, worked ten hours on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and five hours of Friday and earned 3s 3d." Thirty-five hours of terribly hard work and less than 85c to show for it. Nor is it alone the hardness of the work which makes it so terrible. There are conditions and surroundings which are totally destructive of all the finer feelings of a woman's nature. The 'heading" of spike nails is the hardest branch of the trade, for iu addition to striking with a hand-hammer as vig orously as any blacksmith would beat a horseshoe, the girl has to work a sledge-hammer with her foot Says Mr. Bylett, "It is humiliating to see a girl thus occupied, but I have seen a girl of 18 'heading' as well as 'point ing.' I shall never forget the sight Suddenly turning into a well-known yard in Halesowen I saw tliis young woman, with arms and bosom bare, grimy, profusely perspiring and work ing like a tigress. It was simply re volting. Yet 1 was assured by an old and exjieriencedman lliat though such sights were not as common now as formerly they were still more frequent ly to be met with than they should be." This girl for a full week's work of this revolting and degrading sort would earn about 5 shillings. One more quotation from onr writer must suffice. He savs: "When the mother of a family is compelled to go into the shop to make nails and chains she must needs take some of her chil dren with her, aud one of the most frequent sights to be met with is that of a mother making nails or chains with her children about her -one perched on the hearth, fearless of the sparks, another fixed in a box sus pended from the roof, and perhaps another sleeping on the bellows. "Would it not pay such a woman bet ter to do without the pittance she can earn at ' nail or chain making and spend more of her time in the house? I was once asked. The answer is that the pittance this woman earns proba bly pajs the rent, and the few shillings the husband may bring home suffices to keep body and soul together. It is a pity that it should bo so, but the remedy is for statesmen to seek." Mr. Bylett says: "If wo turn now to the chain trade we shall find simply a change in the kind of work. "With the exception of the pointing of the spike nails I think chain making is harder work for women than nailing, J because every link has to bs welded, j ana it is oi course or tne greatest im portance that the weld should be com plete and sound." At chain making a strong young woman, working hard and fast a whole week, will earn in clear wages perhaps 10s,. if at work upon chain of one size, and from 7s to 7s 6d if atlwork on other sizes; but Mr. Bylett admits that only the strongest, smartest, most industrious worn on can earn as much as that What a grim commentary such dis closures as these form upon the gos pel of cheapness which the Cobden school of economists insist upon, and which the United States were asked last year to accept. They contradict the assertion that the condition oi the laborer is something with which the lawmaker has no concern, and lends to bring the lime honored doc trine of awseWre into complete cou tempt. It is tho first and highest duty of every government to legis late for the welfare of its citi zens, and while tho s. of supply and demand may be entitled to a great deal of respect, the people of tho United States will not agreelo the adoption of a policy which may make a repetition of these black coun try scenes possible in America. Pro tection does protect, and most of all it protects tho workingman and tho working woiiian against the undue competition of just such ill paid Hbor as lias been s.) graphicallv described bvMr.Bxlett. AN ENGLISH SYNDICATE Triii;c to Get C.iutr.d f Saw Iil? n The Qimnd. Tacoha, Jan. 21, Tho appearance in Tacoma yesterday of a gentleman representing an English syndicate with a capital of 59,090,000 and anx ious to invest it in some of the heavy lumber manufacturing plants hero and at other points on the Sound, created a decided sensation in certain circles, and it was at once recognized as an attempt to get absolute control of the standing fir and lumber pro duct or else to make an investment in a good paving business. Colojiel C. W. Griggs, president of the St. Paid x Tacoma .Lumber company, says: "A gentleman called on me, saying that he was from Iiondon, Epgland repre senting a syndicate controlling 50, 000,000 of capital. He rcxpresses a desire to enter into negotiations for the purchase of our plant, but wq de clined to entertain any proposition. The gentleman told our vice presi dent that the syndicate purposes extending similar propositions to all the mills on tho Sound." George Atkinson, iuperinten3ent of the Gig Harbor Lumber company, said he had not seen tho gentleman who was reported to be in town as tho representative of the English syn dicate, bnt he had no doubt it was correct. "In fact," said Mr. Atkinson, "we received a proposition somo three weeks ago through a San Francisco hottse for the sale of our mill prop erty, but as I had just been down and closed a contract for tho year's sav ing, we were simply compelled to say that we were not in a position to even entertain a proposition to sell. They simply wanted to purchase a majority of the stock and haw me manage the business for them. All they wautcd Aras a good f-rir interest on their in vestment.' The agent of the syndicate is re ported to have gone to Seattle. rt.srr!i Cm id. A clergyman, aftr j :v.r- uf si.fil-r-iug from !:il loa'hsmse tlise.!.. Ca tarrh, and vainly Irinu ever, known remedy, at last found a roei; t which completely cn:cdai:l iwe.1 him froiri death. An suf:Vrer from this dread ful disease iendiug :i elf addressed sttimped ruvelope to Prof. J. A. Law rence, SS Warren St., New York" City, will receive the rceipe free of charge. If there is an thing that diognsls a io xot sifs's i: t f.x;'t:. Knowing that a cotih can hi- check ed in a l:t. and the lir?t stages or con iruinpliou broken in n week, v.e herein nuaranta-Ir. A'ker. Kngli-.li Cough lleniedy, and wdl refund the minify lo all who bu. lake it as j-ei dir ctions, and do not find our sinicuient em reel. Sold b J. V.'. Conn. Late quotations on potatoes from the San Francisco market show that Oregon spuds bring the highest price. Burbanksare quoted at SI. 50 S1.83; Pcarlcss, S1.5U H Sl.o; Currents, 81.73 S1.S5. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria WThen Baby vras sick, vro favo her Castoria. tVfcea she tras a. Child, she cried for Castoria, iVhca she became Hiss, sho clunf to Castoria, Vbea shohau Children, she gave them Castori woodsman it Is to sawfiKfeetlhrongh ffTT$ i& 0058 &H a fir tree that will not fall off the L0 t& 1 I slump artcr tho sawiuus through, "a ri vk fiff However, Jow:i men are not bothered f ? Tacr.fr ri'4-5 iv.ovd that way, esccpt when they move into bff this country. Xik&W' rev 2'iarfeiSEL. I SAN FRANCISCO CONCURS. In Akiu an Appropriation for Mr.ath of the Columbia. Tfae Sax Fkaxcisco, Jan. 21. At the an nual meeting of the chamber f com merce to-day, retiring President Ban kin submitted his report for the past year. The report after stating that the ultimate completion of the Nicar agua canal seemed beyond a doubt and referring to the great consequent benefit to Una coast, spoke of the fish ery and navigation interests in the North Pacific, which if properly de-1 veioped would give employment to many men and boys now l)ecoming criminals in San Francisco. The pres idcntalso stated that co'mmercial en terprise seemed wanting in this city. Merchants had failed to take proper advantage of foreign trade, especially with .Mexico and Central America. The incoming president, ex-Governor Perkins, then spoke of tho bright fu ture of California and the Pacific coast. The following resolutions concerning the Columbia river bar were read be fore the meeting and adepted: iUsolved, That tho chamber of commerce of San Francisco, with full appreciation of the importance of the Columbia river to the maritime com merce of tho Pacific coast, respect fully concurs in the memorial of the clnuubcr of Astoria, Or., to congress, urging an increased appropria tion for the improvement iu process of construction at the Columbia river bar. Resolved, That a copy of said memorial be appended to these reso lutions and herewith forwarded to the California delegation in congress, re questing that the Oregon delegation may receivo its active aid and influ ence in obtaiuing the necessary leg islation. Hesolced, That tho chamber of commerce of San Francisco, recogniz ing tho mutual interest of the compar atively few first class seaports on the Pacific coast of tho United States, invitcj tho friendly co-operation . of commercial organizations therefore in securing the necessary expenditure by the government to facilitate maritime commerce, which will in so great a degree contribute to their prosperity. A letter from secretary Blaine up on tho importance of interoceanic communication via the Nicaragua ca nal, and expressing a belief that it wotdd be completed was read, as were also letters from President Sarcasa, of Nicaragua, and President Soto, of Costa Rica, to the same effect The following is a portion of Secre tary Blame's letter: Tho importance of inter-oceauic communication to the interest of the government and people of the United States has been care fully comprehended, and-this govern ment has heretofore had occasion to express its concern that an amicable adjustment of tho pending" questions between Nicaragua and Costa Rica might be reached with tho friendly aid of the United States. Our latest ad vices indicate a gratifying agreement upon a course of action which permits continuances of operations of tho canal, and it is-not doubted that auy remaining questions will yield to just and honorable modes of settlement The following was also adepted: Resolved, That while we are striy ing to protect our Pacific shores from the ndvent or the undesirable immi gration of Chinese, we urge our east ern fellow citizens to pursue the same policy on tho shores of the Atlantic A CilILO kim.k:. Another child hilfi'd by the iw of ophite given in Ihr fo m of Soothing .sjrup. Whj in liii'p give tlieii child ren Mich deadly pni-on is surprising, when luey can reHee the child of its peculiar troubles by lining Dr. Acker's Baby mother. It contains no opium or morphine. fl I b3 .1. W. Co:x". During tho lato storin3 there has been a great loss of cattle in Nevada. The price of beef is expected by cattle men to bo greatly increased boforo spring. : r .. "t Bf.tftL ! ft? Sr SWlEOYfl coisrQXJZsris PAIN. Relieves and cures BHEU2JAK3M, NEUKAX.OIA, Sciatica, Lumbago. HEADACHE. Toothache, Sprains, IIRUTSES, Burns and Scalds. At PnrcdisTs and Dealers, THE CHARLES A.VOGELEn CO., Baltimore. Hd. Gained 15 Folds. "Ihavobcona great sufferer from Torpid liver and Dyspepsia. Every thing I ate disagreed with, mo until '1 began taking Tutt's Pills I can now digest any kind of food, never nave a headache, aud hat e gain ed fifteen pounds in freight. IV. C. bCHULTZE, Columbia, S. C. SOLD EVERYWHERE. Office, 44 Murray St., Hew York. PAIN XT ADDITION! pom m& POWDER Absolutely Purea This po . der never ran es, A marvel ol , urity, strength and wliolesomenesj. More efon mleril than the onlin iry kln&s.and can ui.t tit- mM hi competition with the multi tude of low test, -thi.rt et;ht, alum or h03 iVi!e jkiwdcrs. f!di'i.bi meant. KoYAt it kino Pnv. iki: 'o. JOG V'all-st.. N. V. Lkwis M. Johnson' & Co., Agents, Port land, Oregon. I In consequence of I he demand for those brattliiul level lots, Mr. P. C. Warren has been induced to jilatntnety-sixlots Adjoining Warrcnton on the East. Which will be known and sold as ! East Warrenton ! THE RAILROAD runs through tho plat, which is only 200 yards from the Warrenton depot. For further information call at once on the ASTORIA REAL ESTATE CO. For Sale ! The West One-Half of Block 71, McClure's Astoria. Only three blocks south of Hie Odd Fel lows' building. There is a fine dwelling on this choico property that will rent at top ngures tue year round. For further particulars inquire of ASTORIA REAL ESTATE CO. I. W. Case, HANKER ESTABLISHED - - 1870. Transacts a General Bankin? Business. I'rafts rfra'Ui nv.ula'olr in an pari ot ilir U. S. -tinl Kum'it'. and on Hon,; Kon, Cliuia I'rui k llouif :-u; . m. hi.i i v. Oiin I'FitOfts lU'ii.ntM. Anttirla. ( ircgou. IeKHR The only xnadicina -which dertroys tho znnn- of Catarrh, Bheomatitm, Female Complaiats, Consumption (if not too far zon-v. Dyspepsia. Malarial and all Blood inn wim Diseases. It i s a safe and post tiro wre for LOSS of Manhood and nn srrhea. Is pleasant to drLik. Giro it a trial Prico, 73 cento and S1.2S. PACIFIC SLOPE MEDICINE CO., Spokane Falls, Wash. J. C Dement, Sole Agent. Astoria Marshall & Co., Salmon Net Twines MANUFACTUHKD BY GEO. A. CLARK & BROS., NEW JERSEY. Fer Sale by I. SMITH, Agent, OQlce at Wherry & Co's. EAT m HTON ALDERBR00K Joins Astoria on the East and will be the terminus of the two Transconti nental Railways. Young's Addition to Alderbrook ! Is the only inside addition on the market, and prices of lots will treble in value within three months. Buy now, while lots are selling for $75; 20 down and 1 0 per month. Wingate c& Stone, PARIS TAILOR. Leading Tailor of Astoria. Great Reduction in Prices. IMPORTER OF English, French and Scotch Woolens. NEW GOODS BY EVERY STEAMER. First-class work, and no garment will bo allowed to go out of tho store unless it gives satisfaction. Fino Business Suits made to order for ?35. Genuine Imported Tweed Cheviot and Cashmero Suits from $"!S to 45. Broad Wail Overcoats at 30 and upwards. This gives every gentleman in Astoria a chance to get a Fino Fitting Suit. Como aronnd and satisfv yourself. J. N. KLOSTEB. BARBOUR'S Irish Flax Threads HAVE NO EQUAL! BMEifffaSKfLifeSSftsSKMBMBASSBSMBflHttSMHL HBBKSfBHSlBPiVBHHH H- .r:7"BBHK! ! VBBMWB3BBBBy:'??yBCHrS5flL'-- gj SHffBBBBBSS (Jl'xYND PlllX PARIS 1878. AXD GRAND CROSS OF THE LEGION D'JIONNEUIL Tbey lo'oivcd Hie ONLY GOLD MEDAL For FLAX Til HEADS at the London Fisheries Exhibition 1883. And have been awarded HIGHER I'ltlZES at the various INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS, Than the goods of any other IN TilK WORLD, Quality Can Always be Depended on. ExDeriencefl mm HENRY DOYLE & CO.. 5 1 7 and 5 1 9 Market Street. SAN FRANCISCO. AGENTS FOR PACIFIC COAST WOODBEBBY SEINE TWINE, B0FE and NET TING Constantly on Hand. SEINES, FOUNDS and TBAFS Furnished to order at Lowest Factory Prices. TBtftiWrfryfr use i uiner. MEnziEKasaaassixsisHiauMsusHnMMMMai sn - a in the Northwest. Lots, $75. and $85. 79i Astoria. Oregon. R0B6 & PARKER, Agents, " s i -I, I.-- S I'L & vV f3" j?. ,!ag Tt-T,.; uc ..