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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1905)
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1909 THB MORKIKO ASTORIAK, ASTOKIA, OREGON.- v ma mm w Jiajrairia ia m a awi N v o o o DUCKS IN CHINA. Calendars i4 for 1906 OF The J. S. Dellinger Co, Astoria Oregon. Line of -Samples Now Ready. Wo furuish all tho latest designs at prices lower .than Eastern Houses and save you the freight, hau '3 COltf E AND SEE US PRAELO COOK TRANSFER CO. "1 Telephone 22L Praying and Expressing All goods shipped toourcar will receive special attention. 709-713 Ccsaerclal Street. o o o o o o o o o 000000000OHO00!JO000(100(I!0 o MM EMM CIGARtS, PIPES. TOBACCO. ETC. I WILL MADISON iu:eleyentu sf. t-t O A30 ''OMMFItClALlST. ODO00000000000000000 ft War Tfcer Ar RaU4 mmi Hw rThr AM Oaf ( Makt. ; What would an American dock farm er thick of swimming bla flock to mit ketT ' That la the1 regular method era ployed by the poultrymen who lire along the great waterway, of China The Chinese art very fond of dock. Nearly every farmer keep, a few to hi own dm, but aloog the rlf era rate log tbeta for market la a profitable boalne.. la American ducka ralaed for market bare vary little water In which tt swim and play. The poultrymen do not think It la good for them to bare much exerdae. It harden their mus cle, and make, their fleab tough and not ao good to eat j So Instead of swimming all day la ponda or lake, or stream, the dock, are kept, abut op la email pens, where they have no room to waddle about and can only atand Mill and eat and grow fat Then, when they are In prime condi tlon, they are killed and dreescd and ahlpped to market In barrela, and their feathera make an additional source of income to the poultryman. ' The Chinaman, however, la quite coo- tent to let hi dock, hare aa mock ox erdae aa they like, ud they get a great deal bunting for their food, of which they receive only amall auppllea from the poultryman. vr i i On. result la that the Chlneae duck la a good, atron awlmver, and that la . fortunate circumstance for the poul tryman when It cornea time to go to market : He doea not lire on a railroad. If he did, he would not be likely to use it for to him It la a newfangled derice for the spread of eril. lie know., too,' a more economical method than putting his duck. In crate, and paying freight on one of the river boats. Time doea not mean much to him, and be can af ford to spend a few days, If necessary, to going to market - When be pick out the ducka be means to tell, the Chine, farmer dee the leg of one to that of another with a stout cord and continue, the process until the whole lot la bound together. Sometime there are hundrede thus fastened In one flock; ' " It la not easy to make such . flock swim together or follow the direction desired..- The farmer, take, bla boat and starts to drive them, sculling be hind or drifting on the current and, boating the water with long bamboo pole to tnake them swim along and the right way. If the farmer has large, family and two or three boats, ao (hat bla sons can help, his can usual ly manage to get his ducks to market without outside aid, tut If be Is not ao fortunate he will Join with other duck raisers and nerd the flock In combine Thua It not Infrequently happens that thousand, of ducka wllf be swimming along down the Tangtee, apparently la one flock, with ' A 6orm or more earn pans drifting behind them, filled wit!; men, women and boys, thrashing the water with bamboos to hurry on the ducks. It is hard enough to make a flock of hungry, foolish ducka swim on about their business when there la plenty of room and no Interference, but that, sel dom hnppena on a Chinese river. Usual ly these streams swarm with clumsy, unwieldy Junks, and on the Tangtae there la a great deal of steamer traffic. The friendly Junkmen will almost al ways belp the duck herders to keep the flocks clear of the boats by beating the water with bamboos, but .teamen have neither time nor Inclination for auch bother, and ao It sometimes hap pens that a flock la cut In two by steamer. Then there la a great deal of trouble and excited talk before the flock can be reunited and got peacefully on its way again. Sometime, also It happens that docks of one flock get mxed up with those of another, and then there la a dreadful tangle and anarL - But the patient Chi neae get them aepa rated Into the proper nocks again at last and all so cheer fully together to market-Youth'. Com panlon. COAL HOD hat won't Jspill coal all over at w. -a; laws bl coibfe ' ' " " .We sell Stoves also. mEssV : Originally buccaneer, were peaceful English, French and Dutch settlers In the 8panlah West Indies, and they re ceived their name on account of their custom of drying their meat In the In dian fashion, on a buccan, or hurdle. The Spaniard, resented strongly the intrusion of these foreigners and mndtj many attempts to oust them, but the buccaneer were a hardy set of men and crack shots , with the musket' so they successfully resisted all the Span lards' attacks and obstinately remained In the Islands. What It wos that caus ed the buccaneers to abaudon their comparatively peaceful mode of living and take to piracy it Is hard to say. Possibly the constant harrying ' to which they were subjected by the Spaniards prompted them to retaliate: but whatever the reason, their depre- dntious soon rendered the passage of the Caribbean sea' an undertaking of extreme danger to merchantmen, and the word buccaneer has come down as a synonym for robbery, murder and all the rleee ' - " BTiTniiinimiiiniixxixuiiumiiiiiriTnxmrr Staple and Fancy Groceries . FLOUR, FEED, PROVISIONS, TOBACCO AND 0IOAR& , , , Supplies o( all kinds at lowest prices for Fishermen, Farmer. and'Loggers Branch Uniontown, Phones, 711,. Uniontowo, 713 A.V.ALLEN,v Tenth and Commercial Street. .,- . JASTORIA, OREGON. trfTTTTTTTIlIlIlIlIIir.XtIlAlllllllilltlTrWTyTTTTM 7 Caanlbaltam. Tolack relates an argument with a Whangaroa chief on the subject of can nibalism. "If I do not eat my enemy when I catch him," argued the Maori, "he will not show the same self denial when he catchee me.. In short, what in nature la there that la alive that will not eat. readily of its kind? There," continued the subtle dignitary, point ing to a hawk, "the kahu will eat other blrda, and the larger species will de vour him." A hog passing by ' closed the argument ."Would you eat that pigr I nodded significantly In the af firmative. "WjlL" wntinuedthe -iPftlff- gut for cannibalura,' "bait bita aDd i If be will refuse a piece of rounetf.' xuckiand Newa. -DESERT 8HEEP HERDERS. DHva Tkaa Crssr. ' Do yon reallx. what it ' means to watch 5,000 abeep alone In the desert? Ton bar. read weird, grewsome atorie. of the horror of the solitary lighthouse keeper life, but compared to the day. af the Mexican shepherd those of the average keeper of the light are filled with gayety and noiae. Even with their one or two dog. the shepherd eften go inaane, and were it not for the company of their shaggy collie, the lunacy among them would rise to an almost Incredible percentage, if we are to believe those who hare followed the (beep In the desert and therefore may be supposed to know. Once In old Santa Fe, N. I met man who for twelve year, bad follow ed the sheep. Hi. work wa. done. All day long be aat In a chair in the rear of . little dob store, crouched over, gibbering to himself, bleatlng-n Idiot Be Mill .aw hi. .beep swaying like a great white ware among the sage brush, and ever In hi ear. sounded the killing monotone of their bleat.. One boy, though fifteen year, of age, 1 mentally no further advanced than the average child of fire. III. father 1 a shepherd, bis mother died when be wa four yean old, and hi father took him out upon the range. All bla life baa been spent among the sheep. He la one with them todsy. Flow Is It possible, then, you ask, that men are to be found willing to watch them? 'It is very easy. Sheep herding is a lazy Job at best end the "greased 1 the laziest creature on earth. For $20 a month he la willing to ait in the Band and lltten to the never ending bleating until the little mind be ha. gives way and they fetch him in from the range insane. He la glad to take the chance for $20 a month. The greaser Is not the only shepherd la the west On the vast range, of Ne vada and Wyoming you may run across an occasional college man tending the sheep. Once, Indeed, a college professor, 111 of consumption, undertook to follow 3,000 bleatera for the summer. In au tumn tbey found him insane, on his hand, and knees among the abeep, bleating with them. Day after day bis eye. behold only a brilliant turquoise sky, In which hangs a aun of brass; an ocean sweep of aage flecked sand and a slowly moving. . compact mass of sheep. Ills ears iear no sound save the steady "Haa, baar day. aud night af fecting him as the Chinese criminal of ancieni nays was aneciea oy me regu lar tap, tafl of a tidden drum. "''W And yet so long as the. deaert contin ue to provide food for jthe, "bleatera' so long will shepherd go mad among the flocks, and for ten years the desert s greatest value to man has been the food it has offered the sheep, nor yet Is the store depleted. rilgrtm. " CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING. RATES t First Insertion, One Cent t Word. One Week, Each Line, 30c. Tw Weeks, Each Line, 45c- ...M Oie Mnth, Each Liae, 75c. M ' Astorian Free Want Ada. Anyone Desiring a Situation can Insert an Advertisement in this Column i inree unes I wo Times res of Charje. ; , , v ' . . HtLP WANTED. - F0R RENT ROOMS. WANTED GIRL OB WOMAN TO FOR BENT FOUR NICE SUNNT do general housework; .mall family, room. Inquire at Star theater. 12S 4th etreet ; - . 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But happily, we have three defenses, which are invulnerable. If we use them we shall die young If we live to be a bun area. They are: Sympathy progress, tolerance. The first la the hardest to most of us, because our own little prison of the actual Is so Immensely Important to us. There la no denying the fact that when you have a toothache yourself it la hard to have to consider other peo ple', aches. But it can be done, though It generally involve, physical effort, for we must bestir ourselves and act The mere feeling of sympathy expressed by action Is a poor, useless thing, but the souL determined not to crow old. run force the body to auch physical effort, PfeCHS 245I. tnougu mere is no denying that it is hard work. Harper's Bazar. OISCONTCHT"- ' vart3. Isthersdnyrscsanfornot having a mcdera asla?l, Laundry In your home? If you thInkrhecostbigh,consultusand you will be agreeably surprised. J. A. MONTGOMERY, Astoria, Or. Hi Scow Bay Iron 8 Brass VMs KsnafactEfers cf ' i .-. , . .' . . Iron, Steel, Brass and Bronze Castings. General Foundrymen and Patternmakers. Absolutely firstclass work. Prices lowest Comer Eighteenth tzi FrcsiKa. Smlch4 Him. ine uon. ratrick A. Collin some year, ago waa presiding over a Demo cratic convention In Massachusetts, in which was an Irish delegate from his own end of Boston, the proprietor of half a dozen saloons and a thick, old fashioned brogue. He was very anx ious, for some reason, to get the floor and Jumped up every time he-thought be aaw a chance for it until be bad become a nuisance to the whole con vention. At last Just as a committee was about to report, be Jumped up again right In front "Mr. rresldlnf he shouted, Mr. Presldinf Collins rapped sternly with his gavel, but did not otherwise recoimlae him. "Mr. Presldlnt" he continued. "Mr. Presl- dint." Again Collins rapped vigorously, this Hme turning his keen eyes upon the obstreperous .delegate with a wither ing glance. , But instead of withering It 60 exasperated the delepite that he shook his fist at the presiding officer and yelled, "You, Tat Collins, I want the flare!" Collins leaned right over the table at that, shook his gavel at the disturber and ivky but fiercely said. "Sit down, you terrier:" The "terrier" promptly tooit his scat, while the con ventlon boi led with dalisht. - The MORNING ASTORIAN 60 CTS. PER MONTH Astoria Best Newspaper Guarantees to its Advertisers a a Larger Circulation than any Paper Published in Astoria. Our Boobs are Open to Inspection by Our Advertisers. Whrn to Cut Wri-iK She Wheu should a young widow' discard her weeds? lie Olu I don't know, but 1 suppose she should cut them out just as soon as she wants to raise a second crop of orange blossoms. Baltimore Herald. THB LOUVRE - - Finestl Resort In The City ADMISSION FREE A. 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