WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1907.
TIIE MORNING ASTOWAN, ASTORIA. OREGON
" FREAK OF THE TIDES.
. At the Mouth of St. John River, Where
... Water Flow Up Hill.
Speaking of fwiks of tho tide, there
In nothing In thlx world to ciimI tli
iibonoinuiioii at the mouth of tbo HI
John rlvur, where water flown tip bill
and do wd twice ilulljr. These rovers
lncr foil nra In a class by tliomstilves
In tlio world's uaturnl cnrhwltloa.
The rlno of the tide In tlio lwy of
Fundy, which ranges up to sixty fwt,
vvrnRia at Ht, John bttrbor twenty
eight or thirty font.
' At tlm mouth of tlm fit John river
tlm gtvut body of wntor in furml
through n deep it narrow gorge, On
tlm. onn Ditto of thin gorge tlm harbor
immn; above It tlm Ht. John rlvor,
nearly Mu mile long, atietchea away
into tlm province of Utipliw,
When thii thlo In the Ixiy of Fundy
in on the (low, tlio miters rise with
itirh rapidity Unit the level In tha bar
Ixtt uwmv In lea thnn tin hour con
alilornlily hljjher tlm it the level In the
: river.
alio water In forced throiiRtt the
gorge at auch a rate thut It literally
full up Into tlm river, tlio ht'lght of
thU rail rcmtiluic at times fourteen
feet. So Bleat la the area of the river,
0 front la tha amount of wntor rising
la the hnrlHir andao narrow la tlm
gorge that It would tnk hoar longer
thnn tha Interval of any tldo to bring
the rlvor level up to that of tha harbor
t btgh water.
Aa a consequence, after tbo tld baa
turned and la on tbo ebb In the harbor,
tno level la aim o much higher than
the river tlint tha tide in the river con
tlnuee to rt for two or throe boure.
tbo water atill falling upward.
The aatno foree worka In the flow.
Alter the water in the' harbor baa
fallen uttiil the level lu the barter and
In tbo river are the aame tbo fall
downward begin. During the next
few boure the harbor recedes until tbo
drop from the rlvor to the harbor la aa
much aa atxteon or aovonteen feet at
tb very lowoat tldo. Once more the
tide turn Inward and cornea ud Quirk
ly. but over three hour olapae before
It la sufficiently high to counteract tbo
downward flow from tbe rlvor.
At bair tldo there la period of
aomethlng leaa than an bonr when
navigation la Impossible. Boston
Globe.
1 WORTHLESS TESTIMONY.
The Way a Kssa Irish Lawyer Wor
, Hod Anthony Trollopo.
Among the atorlea in "Pages From
n Adventurous Life." by J. E. Pre
ton-Muddw-k, la one that Lord Alvor
atone waa wont to toll wiili apprecia
tion. In a (HMtoinco proaocutlon at
Hertford assists a clever Irian bar
. rUtor appeared for tbe dofeudant, wbo
waa a poor letter carrier guilty of eome
Irregularity. Among tbe wltnraoea waa
Antbony Trollopo, then a government
postotllt'o Inspector. After ho bad glr
en hla testimony be waa handed over
to the lawyer for the defenao for cross
examination.
"What ore you?" demanded tbe keen
Irishman in a eevere and command'
tng tone aonorotie with a rich brogno.
''An ofllclnl In the poatolflce," an-
. awered Trollojte, aomowhot astonished
by the lawyer's bnutqueneaa. '
"Anything elue 7" demanded the cross
examiner, with a aunp. :
"Yea: an author." Tbla little
proudly. .
"Wbnt la tbe name of your last
bookr
" 'Barcheoter Towera.' "
"Now, tell mo, la there a word of
truth In that book?"
"Well, It la what la generally called
a work of Action."
"Fiction!" with ecornful curl of
tbe Up. ."Fiction! That la to aay,
there Isn't a word of truth In It from
beginning to end?"
: "I-I am afraid If you put It that
way there Isn't," stammered Trollopo
In an embarrassed way.
With a triumphant atr, the lawyer
turned to the jury.
"Gentlemen." he exclaimed, "bow
can you possibly convict a man on
tbo evidence of a witness like tbla,
who boro In thla court of justice un
bluahlngly coufossca that be haa writ
ton a book lu which there la not one
word of truth!' , .
Trollopo bod fallen squarely Into tbe
pit digged for him by bis unscrupulous
cross examiner.
- this week; bnds it alli
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The Great
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A Grateful Lion.
A lieutenant of an English reglmont
stationed In Africa waa bunting for
big game. lie waa fearless, but for
some reason ho hesitated to shoot at
the great lioness, that approached,
Nearer and nearer, she canto and was
limping. The big hearted soldier took
out the thorn that he saw was In her
foot, and she limped away gratefully,
And the Britisher forgot tho Incident
Not so with her ladyship. She return
ed tbe next night, looked over the ros
tor of the regiment and ate every offl
cor that ranked the lieutenant, wbo, of
course, by her act of gratitude was
made a colonel, ,
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Astoria's Greatest Clothiers.
Corner Commercial and Eleventh Sts.
Coupled With Big (Eastern Manufactuim
. Have combined to raise a certain amount of cash in order to assist the
Eastern concerns to carry on their usual business on a cash basis.
Over 55,000 Cash Reduction on S14
worth of Men's and Boys' Fine Clothing, Hats and Furnishing
Give the people of this community the grandest, greatest and best oppor
tunity to buy the world's best goods at prices that behoove every thnftv
. person'to lay in their supplies
Bargain Tables Arc Spread Throughout the Big
lEacli loaded with something that is heiog sold at prices so phehomioally low
j .uivmui a vuat 19 lusi algnt oi. , :
Don't Forget Saturday, January 18th, at lO P. M.
even
M0KZ7 HEEDED.
Stag Carloaturos.
The comedians supposed to be broad
ly humorous lu our travesties are ei
ther made up as Irishmen wltb green
whiskers or Germ ana verging on Im
becility. In France the stage butt Is
a caricature of the English globe trot
ter; In Germany, a freak Imitation of
our depictions of Undo Bam. Travel
Magnalno. , . , . ., ,
spy ..-')i "-'"" i '' i" -n
All Ha Wanted. -
j '.'Well, what do you want?" aaked
tho aeronaut of his assistant, who bad
begun to whimper. . . ,,
"I want the earth," walled the young
Must Raise 11,635,000 to Pay For 65,000
Snares Terminal Stock.
CllICAOO, Jan, M. One- month more
has been granted to the Baltimore and
Ohio lUilroad Company la which : to
raise $1,025,000 and buy tha 05,000
shares In tbo Chicago Terminal Transfer
Company held by the minority stock
holders. This decision was reached at
tho adjourned meoting of stockholders
ht tho terminal company yesterday.
Another adjournment was accordingly
taken to February 17.
If the Baltimore and Ohio manage
ment is unable to mise the money tho
minority interets may carry out their
threat and attack the legality of he
company's lease. Under it the Baltimore
and Ohio pays (100,000 per year for the
use of the Grand Central station. The
minority stockholders claim It Is ade
quate, The possesion of tho Terminal
Tmmrfor property has been one of tlio
points of controversy between the Mor-
gan-IIill and the llitrrlnmn interests.
Tha company is now in the hands of a
receiver, with judgments and costs ag
gregating $19,000,000 standing against
it. The minority stockholders claim It
is easily worth $27,000,000 and would
bring that sum if sold at auction were
it not for the Baltimore and Ohio lease.
This would mean an equity of $3,000,000
op $28 a shore. .; .
The management of the Baltimore and
Ohio Anally offered the minority stock
holders $25 a share 'for thoir holdings
and tho offer was accepted. The option
expired on January I, but by tho action
at the meeting yesterday, the JTarrlman
Interests are given until February 15
to make the purchase. It is sad if this
can be done, the Torgan-Hill Interests
will not seek to dislodge tha Baltimore
and Ohio but will oonsont to joint own
ershlp,
ARTIST IS ROBBED.
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-V!hen a care
taker visited the residence of Frederick
Pinney Earlo, the artist, at Monroe.
Orange county, yesterday, ho discovered
that burglars had paid tho place A visit,
stealing or ruining pictures, china, tugs
and brio a-brao valued at more than
$25,000. Mi. Earlo left about, throe
months ago for Italy, following domestio
complications, which gained wide pub
licity at the' time.
LANCDOIf STILL SILENT.
SAX niAJTCISCO, Jan. K-iate to
night District Attorney Langdon refused
to deny' the otatement which has gone
about that Abraham Ituef has) been
granted immunity from prosecution and
in return for tho favor haa promised to
tell oa tho witness stand aU he knows
about tho bribery charges against the
"higher ups."
The Chronicle will say tomorrow
Langdon's manner and his words left no
doubt in the minds of his hearers that
Immunity had been granted to Ruef.
His hopeful demeanor the manifest sat
isfaction with which ho regarded the
successful termination of tho negotia
tions left no room for doubt.
Whatever promises Ruef made are not
to be learned from him, for he is, if
possible, more non-committal than tho
district attorney. ' .
He was in a very hnppy frame of mind
however. He was told that Lanedon
had refused to divulge tho results of tht
conference and remarked that "he was
obliged to follow tlta very excellent
sample set by the district attorney, ITe
was anxious to learn whether the dis
trict attorney had not let some little
intimation slip. When told that Lang
don hud let a very broad intimation
slip and just the nature of it, he said1
that he would neither affirm, deny nor
comment on it." ' i
MAIL IN DANGER.
KAXSAS CITY, Jan, 14. At 4:13 A.
M., the Union Depot Annex, In which
are located the ofllccs of the Government
Mall Transfer Station, and all express
companies, is on fire and the loss is ex
pected . to bo very, heavy, entailing a
loss of mail matter and express, which
is stored there. . No further particulars
at this time.
At St 15 a. m.. the fire is believed toi
be under control and that the main
building will be saved but the loss to
the express companies, Pacific Wells
Fargo, Adams, United States, and the
Government Mall Transfer Station, is
thought to be total. No estimates of
damage are as yet obtainable. ' 1
GRAIN CLEARINGS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14.-ffhe total
grain clearings ' for tho week ending
January 11 from Faciflo Coast ports
amounted to 343,277 bushels of wheat,
all of which Is consigned to the United
Kingdom from Portland, Or.
Our
nsurance narfmeaf
WANTED
the name and address of
the man who asserts that a
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Standard Equitable Policy
would be . of no value to .
him.
That is the man who
needs to be seen by an
enlightening EQUITABLE
Agent
9TH STREET.
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ASTORIA, OREGON
'l Will cure any case of Kidney or Bladder Disease nnt Bright's Disco
4S beypnd the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. or DiabetfT"
F, T. Laurin, Owl Drug Store.