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THE MORNING ASTOUIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 190 (5. 'A DECK ANN DOCK NEWS No Insurance Held on the Lost Schooner Volunteer. TWO OIL TANKERS ARRIVES Breakwater Departs for San Francisco Jordan Quits the River Run Irene Down and Ready for Sea Waterfront Notes. Hie Calender steamer Jordan yester day ceased to be the regular packet be tween this city and Cathlamet. Skamo kawa and intermediate points on the river and will be put in the towing fleet of the Callender Navigation Company. The R. Milor will take her place on the old run early in the coming week. This is one result of the agreement reached by the competing mill men. loggers and local transportation companies and acts as a (inanity in the reaction of cut rate on towing etc.. that lias bothered all hands hereabout for some time past. A uniform schedule has been adopted and all friction has disappeared. The fine schooner Volunteer which was wrecked on Tuesday last at Point Arenas just north of the Golden (late, was uninsured and is a total loss, a serious mischance in these days of heavy demand and high rat, for schooner transportation. Captain Bob Bressen and his wife, who were rescued with her crew of ten people, were well known in this city. The Volunteer was built at Hoquiam. Wash., in 1S87, and was of 585 gross tonnage, and 542 net; she was 128.4 feet long, 3S.9 feet leam and drew 12 feet. The Spreckles tug Sea Rover, towing the oil-tanker Fullerton. arrived in this port yesterday. The tug was in com mand of Captain Dan Thompson, well known here, as one of the ex-bar cap- J tains at this port, and he was greeted most cordially on all sides by his old I shipmates in this city. The big four-masted schooner Irene arrived down from Stella on the haw sers of the Harvest Queen yesterday afternoon, with an immense load of square timbers and tie, foi' Redondo. She will leave out taday. The steamer Lurline came down in good season yesterday and left up at 7 p. m. with the following people on her register: J. 0. Tyberg, Mrs. V. B. Har ven and Thomas Me-erve. The steamship Breakwater arrived from San Francisco yesterday morning with a good load of freight and a large numbt-r of passengers and proceeded directly to Portland. The Telegraph came down a fraction ahead of time yesterday, with some freight for the Fisher dock, and left up on time, for Portland, with several pas sengers. Among the dates for the outgoing fleet of steamers are the following: The steamships Roanoke and Breakwater, on Friday morning, and the steamer Al liance, on Saturday morning. The schooner A. F. Coates left up on the tow lines of the Harvest Queen yes dav afternoon. Cheese and Cream Specials Tillamook Cream Cheese, per pound Young American Cheese, 7 pound average Tillamook Brick Cheese Imported Swiss Cheese .... Edam Cheese for cooking, each Economy Cream I FOARD i STOKES GO, I VilMMB I 111 ' WU J ' 1 ' " ""' " 1 " " 0 0 000000000000000 0 FLOTSAM AMD JETSAM. 0 0 0 000000000000000 The borkontine Echo is expected in here daily from San Francisco. The British steamship Kilburn made it to sea yesterday morning. The oil-tanker Monterey, in tow of the sea-tug Dauntless, was duo to enter port last night. The steamer Cruiser left up for Port land late vesterdav afternoon, in com m ind of Captain Moran. The steamer Alliance arrived in from Eureka and Coos Bay yesterday after noon and went on to the metropolis at once. The schooner William H. Smith arriv ed in vesterdav afternoon from San Pedro and will load lumber outward for San Francisco. The four-masted Italian bark F.ramo. from Nagasaki, in Imllast, arrived in port and is at anchor in the lower har bor" awaiting towage to the luetropolK The schooner Omega is ready loaded, at the Simpson mills at Knappton, and will sail with her 700,000 feet of lumber, for San Francisco, as soon as she can get away. The steamer Despatch is tied up in San Francisco, along with fifteen or twenty other steam schooners, pending the issue of the sailors' strike for a hve dollar1 increase in wages. ELKS AT IT AGAIN. In conversation with a jolly frater of the B. P. 0. E, yesterday, he spoke very enthusiastically of the magnificent prep arations leing made at Denver for the entertainment of the FJks of the coun try in July next, and among other things said: "Although the police regulations of the city of Denver forbid any operations on the part of the two highwaymen, known as 'the tall man and the short man,' these two worthies will be in that city next -July when the Elks congregate these. The tall man and the short man are both F.iks. Thev are from llohnrt, Indian Territory, ami will lioth attend the annual reunion of Elks in July. Robert L. Schurman is 3 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 112 pounds, while his companion, Roliert Hayden, is 6 feet 7 inches high and weighs 136 pounds, less than two pounds to the inch. Both of the-e will stand a chance for receiving substantial reward for coming to the reunion. There is a prize for the small est man and a prize for the tallest man. The first in the midget clasgets a beautiful elk tooth charm set with dia monds, and the tallest man will receive a gold watch, beautifully engraved with the emblems of the oilier. "The Elks of the city of Denver have a fund of $100,000, which they will -pend for the purpose of entertaining the visiting Elks, and costly and elabo rate prizes amounting to .1.",000 in all have been offered to attract a great crowd. One of the mo-t beautiful prizes is a massive silver elk given by Fred ('. Shaffer, a wealthy mining man of Colorado, for the lodge bringing the largest attendance of ladies. It is ex pected that the attendance at this meet ing of the reunion will be unusually large, as the weather is delightfully cool during the month of July in Colo rado, and tourists flock to the state in large numbers. The railroad rates are verv low. and everywhere I have been this season on my trips Elks are very enthusiastic over Denver." ; .15 :1G .20 .35 1.10 4 tins 95 cents, 95c doz SUBLIME BRAVERY. "Wfco West Oows With Tfcal kips Without rilnehU. Hie sinking of the Japanese cruiser Takasago durlug the kusao-JiipaueM war waa ft heart touching proof of ths heroic possibilities of huinuu uatur. In the teeth of n freealug gale the cruis er struck a mine, which blew a six foot hole lu Its bull. The water rushed lu with tremendous force. No help was In sight. The captain summoned the crew. "No one must leave the ship." he sal.l quietly, "until she sinks. We will share the fate of the vessel to gether." There was no flinching. They saug their national anthem, cheered their em peror and calmly, ilrawu up lu due or der, waited minute by minute until ths ship went down. Nearly 400 lives wert lost. In 1852 the Birkenhead, a British troop steamer, was wrecked off ths Cape of flood Hone. After putting tu women and children Into the boats the men formed on deck, and In full dress uniform, with colors flying, went dowu at their posts, 400 of them. The "Birk enhead drill" has become a watchword In the British nary. Not many years ago the crew of the American Vandalla faced death In the same splendid spirit. Of all the ships gathered tn the bottle shaped harbor of Samoa the English Calliope was the only one able to force Its way out In the face of the hurricane which swept the waters. As she crept past the Van dalla, lying shattered on a reef, the Yankee crew manned the sides, the baud played "The Star Spangled Ban ner," and the brave men about to die saluted the brave men who were fight ing their way to life and safety. There Is a quality of courage lu such encounters with Inevitable death that must be ranked above the bravery shown In the excitement of active bat tie with a human foe. He Is not the bravest man who has no fear, but rather he who. feeling It all the time, yet overcomes the Impulse to cowardice and moves steadily forward to what ever fatal duty awaits hlni. When the British warship Camper down accidentally rammed the Vic toria the men on the doomed vessel kept steadily at work without panic or disorder until admiral and all went down together. It was to this catas trophe Kipling referred when he wrote: It makes you think better o' you an" your friends nn' the work you may have to do When you think o' the plnkln' Vlctorter"! Jollies soldi? an' sailors too! Youth's Companion. Prosretalve Pickling. I know you will say Just the same thing that I said when the cucumbers for pickling came in at the rate of three, four or perhaps a dozen a day. "What, stop work and pickle those few paltry things each day? Never! The game Is not worth the candle." Bnt try this method: The work is done a little at a time; thus It Is hardly appreciated Take a stone crock, cover the bottom with cucumbers and cover these with one-quarter of an Inch of coarse salt; then put In another layer of cucumbers another of salt, and so on until the cu cumbers are used up. On top place a round board Just a trifle smaller than the crock and a good sized stone to hold It down snugly. The next pickles that come to the house are added to the Jar. By the time the crock Is full a little water is poured In If the brine does not cover the cucumbers. A cloth Is laid over the top, the board replaced with Its weight nnd the outfit stored awav until a convenient time for pickling comes. A few horseradish leaves placed under the cloth prevent molding, and the pickles will keep thus for months, even for years. When the psychological moment ar rives you may pickle all your hoard of cucumbers or only a part of them, as you wish. Garden Magazine. The War of Look Twilight. On first thought It seems to be a rather paradoxical statement that the nearer we approach to the equator the shorter Is that Intermediate stage or transition from day to night and from night to day which we call "twilight." This being the case, however, the pe rlod of duration of "the dim, uncertain light" In all tropical countries Is very short when compared with that of countries of high northern or southern latitude. The explanation Is this: On the equator the sun's path Is at exad right angles with the horizon. The last beam of light fades from view when tbe sun is at 18 degrees below the horl on. Tills 18 degree mark Is quickly reached at the equator for reasons giv en In the first sentence of this explana tlon: The farther from the equator we get the less become the angles whli.'b the sun's course makes with the horizon and the longer the time required for him to reach the 18 degree mark; bene the longer the period of twilight. A Ship's Speed. A ship's sliced Is reckoned by knots, a knot belug a geographical mile, or one-slxtleth of a degree. Six geograph ical miles are about equal to seven statute miles, and u ship that sails 12 knots therefore Is really moving at the rate of fourteen statute miles an hour It should be remembered that It Is In correct to say so many "knots an hour," simply so many knots, for a kuot means "one mile an hour." "HtrlaKlnir" lllm. A smart young fellow called out to t farmer who was sowing soil In hi field: "Well done, old fellow. You sow, I reap tba fruits," 'Maybe you will," said the farmer, for I'm sowing hemp," Harper" Weekly. If If FRANCE AND FRANKLIN. he flonor I'atd to an Allea Cltlact bjr Her People. To the sight of the world Frankltl came as the agent of certain revolted colonies of England to si-ek materia' il to sustain the hard pushed rebel lion, but to the cullghtciHtl eye of bU tory ho Is nil envoy r.-om the pew world to th" old, addressing t Its half a wak ened heart and conscience the son! stirring Invitation to be Tree. No titles choice was ercr made by any nation In nv age. There was too heavy a running to have any Incompetence on the quarter hvk. All Interest which we cull scarce. comprehend was taken In that day in natural science. Franklin was by uni versal consent the greatest natural philosopher of his time. He was hailed as the contldant of nature, tne play mate of lightning, a Prometheus un punished. The brightest constructive and critical energies of the Pem luimu wen; devoted to the solution of politi cal problems, and here, they said, was a man who had founded many states up on the principles of, abstract Justice und had consolidated them at last Into a superb model republic, for this hasty generalization had seized the for eign mind, always too apt to regard leaders instead of masses, and it was long before the millions of Americans got their due abroad. Thus It came that the great neiin or lllieral France went out at once In a quick rush of welcome to Franklin. IlC was the point that attracted the over charged elcutrlclty of that vast aim storm v mass of active thought. He be came the talk of the town. They made songs about him. They published more than l.0 engravings of him, so mat ins Cur cap and spectacles became as fa miliar as the face of the king on tin louls d'or. The pit rose when he en tered u theater. These are not trivial details. Those spontaneous honors paid to an alien citizen by a people so long the victims of degrading tutelage show ed the progress they had made toward liberty. In honoring him they honored themselves. They vaguely felt he was fighting their battle. They read lu hl erene and noble countenance the promise of better tiines.-John Hay's "Franklin In Fri nee ' In Century. OUR June Time SALE of White Goods is at its height Our unexhaustible stock of good things to choose from. Be one of our lucky Summer Shoppers X3hc L . u:lh - m v rr.v CRAVENETTES for rainy days THAT'S HEALTHFUL TOP COATS for cloudy days THAT'S DRESSY UMMER SUITS for hot days THAT'S COOLER P. A STOKES for good clothes every day THAT'S CHEAPER 6ALT METHODS. a the Marshes of th Koaao aa at llah'n Ureal Lake, One of the sights of the (Jreat Salt hike of I'tah. developed by the prog ress of scientific Industry, Is the syo tern of Immense salt making Hnd ou the shore of the lake. At Nnltnlr the hike water is pumped Into n greut set tling tiiisin, where the Impurities fall to the iHittom and, containing much Iron, form a reddish deposit. From this basin the water Is drawn off Into "harvesting ponds'' averaging KO.WJO sqtinre yards lu area and six Inches lu depth. The ponds are kept supplied with water, as the evaporation goes ou from May to Scptcmlcr, when the suit harvest begins. The water having dis appeared, a danling layer of salt two or three Inches thick l found coverlug the IHittom of the (Minds, which Is bro ken up with plows U'fore Mug con veyed to the mills, when' the dual crushing and winnowing are done. In general the salt marshes of the Kongo region represent a kind of pock et or rift lu Ihe soil. They are to be found In considerable iiuiiiIkts lu the district of Sambnlt, and there are also many of these marshes on the left bunk of the river Lufubu. The walls of the rift show tlrst a layer of black ish cluv mixed wlili sand mid contain ing numerous quartz and sllex peb bles or more exceptionally Mack ami white shells, fragments of oyster und mussel. Then comes a layer of strati fied uiul gray blue schist. The soil of the depression also contains schist as the grci.rer constituent and Is covered by a lawT of sandy clay, lu order to collect the suit the natives dig a fun nel shaped hole from six to ten feet deep. The cavity soon tills up with a warm ami clear witter, which is strongly charged with suit. It comes up with considerable pressure, and the Mould seems to boll. The salt Is partly precipitated at the bottom of the cav- lii- unit mires wllli t be so to form a blackish mud. The latter is washed out with hot water to extract the salt, which is thin crystallized from the so lution. The product which Is thus ob tained is of a sully gray color, and Its taste Is more alkaline than that of Lu rupcan salt. FRANKING. The War the Privilege llaa Beea AhunVil In Kngland. American legislators are not the only ones who abuse their franking privi leges. Itecent history In England has caused the London Chronicle to say: "Franking had Its birth, honestly enough, lu HMO, In the desire to relieve members of parliament of the expense Incurred In the discharge of their na tional duties, but Hie practice rapidly widened until It Imcame possible for members to transmit their household goods at the public charge, as the fol lowing extract from old postofflce rec ords testifies: 'Fifteen couple of bounds galng to the king of Itomans with a free pass, two maidservants going as laundresses to my Lord Ambassador Methuen, Dr. Crlchton, carrying with him a cow ami divers necessaries; three suits of dollies for some noble man's lady at the court of Portugal, two bales of stockings for the use of the ambassador to the crown of Portu gal, a deal case wllh four flitches of bacon for Mr. Pennington of .Rotter dam.' "This form of abuse died when the postolltce stable underwent a purifica tion, but It speedily gave place to an other variety. Members signed packets of letters wholesale, gavo them away to their friends and sometime! paid their servants' wages lu franked en velopes. In fact, they became a valua ble form of currency, subject to the art of the forger, who did a roaring trade. In 171.1 IIN.OOO worth of free corre spondence, passed through the postof flce, "Fifty years later the nation was staggered lo discover tlmt the amount bud Increased to 1170,000, and strin gent luws were passed In mitigate the Immoral tendencies of the houses of psrllHinciit, Jtul all was In valu until Hlr Jlowlaiid Hill illumined In JH30 to abrogate Urn privileges KltojreiW." SCHILLING'S Best Bailing Powder is always the best. Not high in price but high In quality. Try a can with your nsxt order. Ewy pound guauntscd. nan Your monsy back if It don't suit. Salt t Astoria Grocery. n n n Fresh itnwbsrriet arriving daily. All kinds of fresh fruits and vegetable. ASTORIA GROCERY Phone Main 68i. j3 Commercial St. WOMAN GETS VERDICT. AI.IIAN V. N. V .lune II. The .-.nut of appeals yesterday iiflirmcd that the nt mid judgment of in favor of Anna T. Fngo of Wynmiiig omnly, again"! tin1 Supreme Tent f the Knight of the Muccahce. of I he World, II fraternal uig.ilii.al ion. The case i of iiileict, iii view of the fact that plain (id's husband, who lu-ld a policy in the oigaiiiatioii committed suicide and de spite the fact that the by laws state that no bclicllU -ball be paid to the hfiicliciaricH nf a member who coiumiM suicide, the lower courts a winded the plaint iir a verdict and the highest court in the .talc has aHiiuied the judgment. ATTACK NOT SERIOUS. I'lKTKItMAUITZIiriti;. Natal, lune (I. A rcmrt was. in circulation yester day that Il'lll natives employed on a rail way extension had attacked their Ital- ' y jan overseers and murdered several of I hem but later rcxirts show that the all'air was of a trivial nature, having to natives und that no Kurop"iins were injured. INSURANCE INQUIRY. Jsroms Summons Another Witness to Come and Give Testimony. XKAV YORK, dune (I. District At torney .lerome, has, according to a morn ing paper, summoned Congressman do eph W. Habcoek of Wisconsin to appear before the special grand jury which ill investigating insurance cases. The pal adds: , I Mr. .IcHinie telegraphed representative Ikbcock on Monday but Mr, Habcoek did not get the telegram until yesterday. Mr. .Jerome would like to have him be fore the grand jury tomorrow, but It is a (piewtion whether Mr. Habcoek will he able to appear on that. day. Krom Wash ington last night came word that Mr. Habcoek was vciy busy with his legisla tive work, nnd while ho would answer the summons and appear, as a witness, he might not be able to get here until Saturday. SCORES ROOSEVELT. HALT I.AKK CITV. June 0. -The Herald tomorrow will publish a letter ll'oiii I'lesiihul I'rauk I. IliigciiharUi of the National Livestock Association ill which I'li'siileiil. Ilooscvcll is scored for pormitliiig I he publication of Ihe N'eill lleynolds lepoit oil pmiillg house V modes, Th Morning Aetoriwi 05 cut par