SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1008.
THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
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By BENJAMIN NICHOLSON.
Copyrliililnil, Itw. by AnwiolateJ
Literary lrM.
"Don't tell tun you can't make him
propone I" snorted Mr. l'oole, turning a
fowling face on one of his daughters,
who win primping before a mirror.
"You don't ku ut It right. Out film In
a corner and then look at blm Just a
fiiucli as to ssy, 'What or your Inlen
loner
' "Hut bow art you going to get him
In a corner?"
"There are hundred of way. Aak
Slim what ho built his new houso for
stud keep on asking quotations about It
tilt you get Li I in In a place be can't
Kjulrin out of. 1 know men are dull
ml mighty provoking at time, but
you've got to bo patient and help tbem
long."
' "ttlnre you think It la so terribly eaay
ito corner him I'll Just give yon a
rhanco to do It," snapped Mum Leah.
"I aee blm coming through the gate
now. I'm going to run upxtalra. Tell
Im I haven't finished dressing."
hi a.. . j r 4 .
i - uowuy, Air. ivingr inmo rigiu in,
!Tko off your vereont, draw n clmlr
hip to the fire ami make yourself coin
jfortahle, I-nli will bo down shortly.
(Khu's not quite through fritting her
ilialr. Jtlgbt cold today, In n't it? IIow'n
tho folks?"
' "About iia well a common. Ilow're
O'ou all?"
"We're all ablo to be up and stirring
erouiul. Ma's complaining, as uaunl,
tint not much the matter with her, 1
:gtuH. I ace you got the last coat of
ipntut on your new bouse. Must have
Iwen pretty cold up on tho top of that
jliuMor, waaii't It? Says I to Leah the
jollier day when I gut home, 'If Mr.
'King doesn't catch bla death of cold
it'll bo a wonder to mef "
"Would you Mleve It? 8he got that
Iadly scared about you that she bad
tier ma nuike up a batch of her cele
brated cold cure and then asked me
wn.ii loo citi ni to hi oh ht imf
to Ulie It over to you. But I told her
that most folks had tbelr own cold curt
and wouldn't think of taking any
body else's."
"But I didn't get cold."
"Leah will be mighty glad to hear
that 'Pa,' says she the very last thing
got a cold holler up and tell me, be
cause I'm so worried about blm.' "
iiui i uiun v get a com.
"That's too bad er I mean, ot
course, It's too bad that I went and
scared Leah so. But we were talking
about your new house. What waa
your terrible ruah to get that last coat
cf paint on? Something unusual go
ing to happen?"
"Not that I know of. I just wanted
to get through. And now at last I'm
beginning to feel as if 1 were ready to
live."
"Don't you need something besides a
(house? Bee If you can't think of some
thing you're still short of."
"I can't say that I can."
"Something that stays In the house."
"Well, I got my ma to make out a Hat
ot the things she thought I'd need, and
I turned It over to Burckey and had
him fill It out"
"Maybe the thing I have In mind Is
not to be bad at Burckey's."
"I must say If It can't be bought at
Burckey's It must be something un
usual. But don't tell me what It 1b.
I'm a terrible fellow for guessing rid
dles and solving puzzles and such like.
I never heard tell of a riddle that I
couldn't guess."
"Well, a lot of men have got gray
trying to solve this one. But dive in;
nmybe you can. I don't want to dis
courage you." I
"Is It found In most houses?"
, "No, not all. N01d bachelors seem to
Ihlnk that tlyjy cnn.go.t a.ong. without
TH
C. F. WISE. Prop.
Choice Wines, Liquors Merchants Lunch Frsm
and Cigara 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 s m.
, , Hot Lunch at All Houra. aj Cents
Corner Eleventh and CommerclaL v '
ASTORIA, . . OREGON
them. Whenever" lhe'd ha 1t ono
around It's an ugly old thing. I al
most said secondhand, but caught my
self Just In time."
"I reckon you have one?"
"Oh, yes, four. I got 0114 before I
started housekeeping."
"Now, that's Interesting! Which
room do you keep It in?"
"For twenty years I tried to keep It
In the kitchen, but as I didn't seem to
make any headway I gave up trying.
I'm just as liable to find mine la the
parlor as anywhere else."
"Is It a bootjack? I don't think
Uurckey keeps bootjacks."
"Well, If a bootjack Is supposed to
rauke life easier for man, then It's
like ont In that respect, but It's not
bootjack nor a cook stove, though It to
supposed to stand around a stove
good deal and is like one In that It
gets pretty warm at times."
"I, reckon It couldn't be a coffeepot,
for Burckey keeps them, I believe you
said It made life easier for a man?"
"No, I didn't I said It wos sup.
posed to. But jNe thing I said that
was most to the point was that I got
ono before I started housekeeping and
that now I've got four. Do you know,
I've been expecting for some time that
you were going to ask me If I wouldn't
give you one so that you could begin
housekeeping right."
"That's another good point It's
something that you'd give away, so 1
rockon It can't be worth so very much.
I'll gtiess It yetl Now, you see if I
on't!"
"Just to encourage you a little, I
don't mind saying that, while I
wouldn't sell It for any money, I'll give
It to you just as soon as ever you ask
me for It"
"Is it a stove lifter?"
Mr. Poole punned a good sized hand
ful of whlxkers Into bis mouth and be
gan to chew them angrily.
"Now, let me put all these points to
gether," said Mr. King. "It's some
thing that can't be bought at Burck
ey's, yet It's found In most every
bouse. It's supposed to make life
easier for a man and is like a boot
jack In this respect You tried for
twenty years to keep yours In the
kitchen, but couldn't do it, though It
does stand sround tbe stove a beap.
Ifs something you won't sell, yet you'll
give it to me just as quick as ever 1
ask you for It, and you've been think
ing I was going to ask you for It.
Now, If that's not a corker I'm no
judge of riddles!"
'And you don't know what It la?"
growled Mr. Poole.
'Give me another minute or two.
I've got Hi It's a coal scuttle!"
"Not by a darned sight! A wife,
you blankety blank fool!"
"Oh, oh. and you'll give me Miss
Leah? Will you, Mr. Poole? Will you
give her to me for my wife?
ITS ALWAYS BAD.
The Best of Backs Are Bad When
They Ache, and Astoria People
Know It
A bad back is always bad.
Bad at night when bedtime comes,
Just as bad in the morning.
Ever try Doan's Kidney Pills for it?
Know they cure backache cure
every kidney ill?
William McLarty, living at 16th and
Washington streets, Oregon City,
Ore., says: "I had persistent back
ache and pain through the loins that
seemed to never let up. At night I
could not find a comfortable position
or get any restful sleep on account of
the continual aching and as a result,
I lost energy. I learned of Doan's
Kidney Pills curing others of similar
troubles and I procured a box. By
the time I had used half of one box,
there was so much improvement that
it seemed almost unnecessary to take
any more, but I finished the box to
make sure of a permanent cure."
For sale by all dealers. Price50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co,, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other. .
When tTie doctor Is esfted he asksi
"How axe the bowels!" They are gen
erally wrong. His visit might have
been saved by a timely dose of Lane's
Family MedM'.e.
Would you give twenty-five cents to
stop your cough t Then get a bottle
of Kemp's Balsam nd you will havo
enough for the whole family. It costi
drupglsts 25c.
Lane's Family Medicine is a tonic
laxative. It does not depress or weak
en, but imparts a feeling of buoyancy
and strength that Is delightful. At all
druggglsU 26o.
E GEM
The Daily Market Report
POttTLAVn Till 17 IfalihiiC
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dropped to 5 cent a pound in the
local 'filth market today. Other fish
frier, wen, unrhnn.f.d Salmon U
! plentiful, espccialy stcclheads, 0f c; peanuts, 68c; chestnuts, Ital
(which the present run in the Co.um- SKS SpT
oia river is neavy. aenr.mp is very.
scarce and there are few crabs now in
the market. The latter sell at $1.50
to $1.75 a dozen. Frozen lobsters are
available at 2U cents a pound. ,
Supplies were of good size in all.
fruit lines today, especially in cher
ries, peaches and loganberries, and
there were no important changes from
the prices that prevailed yesterday.)
Cantaloupes and watermelon's were
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- There were no changes in the egg
market, candled stock moving at4 24
to 25 cents.
Flour. Grain and Feed.
Wheat Track prices: Club, 85c
red Russian, 83c; bluesteam, 87c; Val-
ley 85c. I
Barley-Feed, $24.50; rolled, $25.50
26.50; brewing, $26.
Oats-No. 1 white, $26.50; gray,
$26.00.
Flour Patents, $4,85; straights,
$405 (34.55; exports, $3.70; Valley
$4.45; 14 sack graham, $4.40; whole
wheat, $4.65; rye, $5.50. '
Millstuflfs Bran, $26.00; middlings,
$30,50; shorts, country, $28.50; shorts,
city, $28; chop, $27.50.
Hay Timothy: Willamette Valley,
fancy, $15.00; do, ordinary, $12;
Eastern Oregon, $17.50; mixed, $15;
alfalfa. $12.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter Extras, 25c; fancy, 24c;
choice, 20c; store, 16c
Cheese Full cream twins, 14c; full
cream triplets, 14c; Young America,
15c; cream brick, 20c; Swiss block,
18c; Limburger, 20c.
Poultry Mixed chickens, 12113c;
fancy hens, 13Jc; roosters, old, 9(&10;
friers ,20c; broilers, 1819c; dressed,
lc per pound higher; ducks, 1214c;
geese, old, 89c; turkeys, alive,!
18c; do, dressed, 1920c.
Egg Candled, 2425c.
Fruita and Vegetables. x
Potatoes Select old Orcgons, 60
65c per 100; new Oregon, $1.25
$1.40; new California, $1.30 per 100.
Freh Fruits Oranges, $3.25(24.00;
lemons, $3.50(34.75 : strawberries,
75c(a$125 per crate; respberries, $1
1.25 per crate; cherries, 47c pound;
apircots, $1.25&1.75 per crateffi goose
berries, 5c tt; peaches, 6090c crate;'
plums, 5075c crate; watermelons, 2c
pound; loganberries, 75c(g$1.00 crate.
Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 sack;
beets, $1.75; parsnips, $1.25; cabbage,
$1.502.00; cauliflower, $2.50, crate;
head lettuce, 2025c; cucumbers, $1.25
fc f. rA,rv R5 rnt? nrtirVinlfe
. 7. hMn
8c; eggplant, 20c pound; . tomatoes,
$1.25(31.75 crate; cantaloupe, $22.25
per crate.
Onions Bermudas, 21c lb; Califor
nia red, $1.40(31.50; garlic, 12(a)l5c
Apples Select, $3.00 box; fancy,
$2.00; choice, $2.00; California new,
$125.
Meats and Provisions.
Dressed Meats Hogs, fey., 718c;
ordinary, 61c, large 6c; veal, extra
8c, ordinary 67c, heavy 5c;
mutton, fncy, 89c
Lard Kettle leaf 10s, 131c; do 5s,
132c; do 50-lb. tins, 13ic; steam ren
dered 10s, 121c; do 5s, 121c; com
pound 10s, 91c.
Hams-10-12 lbs., 161c; 14-16 lbs.,
16c; 18-20 lbs., 16c.
Bacon Breakfast, 1623c; pic
nics, He; cottage roll, 12c; regular
short clears, smoked, 121c; do un
smoked, llic; Un. B., 10O13c lb.;
smoked, 1013c; unsmoked, 12c;
clear bellies, unsmoked, 131c; smok
ed, 14c; shoulders, 12c.
JOBBERS' QUOTATIONS.
Sugar, Coffee, Etc
D. G., $6.25; beef, $6.05; Golden C,
$5.65; extra C, 5.75; powdered, $6.35;
fruit or berry sugar, $625; boxes, 55c.
Sugar (sack oasis) D. G., $6.25;
cwt. advance over sack basis less ic
if paid for ia 15 days).
Coffee Mocha, 2428c; Java,
fancy, 2528c; Java, good, 2024c;
Java, ordinary, 1720c; Costa Rica,
fancy, 1820c; Costa Rica, good, 16
18c; Arbuckle, $16.50 cwt.; Lion,
$15.75 cwt.; Colombia coffee, 14c lb.;
Salvador, lll141c.
Rice Imperial Japan, No. 1 . $6.35;
Southern Japan, $5.75(6.00; broken,
41c; head, fancy, $77.75.
Salt-Bales of 75-2s, bale, $2.25;
bales of 60-3s, bale, $2.25; bales of
40-4s, bale, $2.25; bales of 15-10s, bale,
$2.25; bags, 50s, Ine, ton, $15; bags,
50c; genuine Liverpool ton, $17; bags,
50s, 1-ground, $13.50; 100s, ton, $13;
R. S. V., 20 5-tb cartons, $2.25; R. S.
V. P., 3-tt cartons, $175; Liverpool,
lump, per ton, $20.
Raisins Loose muscatels, 3-cjjOwn,
6 cents; 4-crown, 7!8c; bleached,
seedless Sultanas, 91cl2c; un
bleached seedless Sultanas, 61 cents;
London layers, 3-crown, whole boxes
of 20 1 ounrtY 2m- l.crnwn 1 7
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tf Iff m s-- m t
' un-wainuts, I3'&ic pound;
filberts, 16'j Brazils,' 16c; pecans, 14
$20c: hickory, lOc; Virginia peanuts,
Dried Fruits-Applies, 81c per lt;
peachei( mi2c. pearl( njHc;
Italian prunes, 56c; aWornia figs,
white, in sacks, 71c per pound; black,
67c; bricks, 75cGs2.23 per box;
Smyrna, 16tfjl7ic per pound; dates,
Persian, 6(g7c pound
Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc.
Hops 1907 crop, S 61c pound.
Wool alley, 1414Jc lb; coarse,
1213c; Eastern Oregon, 816c, at
L
t0 shrinkage.
Mohair Choice, I8l9c pound.
Cascara Sagrada (chittitm bark)
3i(34ic per pound.
Oregon Graperoot Per 100 pounds
$35.
Hides Dry hides, No. 1, 14c lt;
dry kip, No. 1, 13c lb; dry salted, one
third less; dry calf, 15c it; salted
steers, 7&8C lb; salted cows, 6c lb;
stags and bulls, 4c tb; kip, 6c lb;
calf, 10(1 lc lb; green stock, lc less;
sheepskins; shearlings, 1025c; short
wool, 30( 40c; medium and long
wool, according to quality, 5090c;
dry horses, 50c(&$1.50; dry colt, 25c;
gon, 80c(5$l; goat, common, 10
20c.
Oysters, Clams and Fish.
Oysters Shoalwater Bay, per gal
lon, $2.25; per sack, $4.50; Toke
Point, $1.60 per 100; Olympias (120
lbs.), $6; Olympias, per gallon, $2.25.
Fish Halibut, 5c lb; black cod,
8c; black bass, 20c; striped bass, 18c;
herring, Sic; flounders, 6c; catfish,
He; shrimp, 121c; perch, 7c; sturgeon,
12c; sea trout, 15c; torn cod, 10c; sal
mon, fresh, 8S9c; smelt, "7c; shad,
3i4c.
Canned Salmon Columbia River, 1
pound tails, $2.10; 2-lb. tails, $3.00;
fancy, Mb. flats, $2.25; Mb. flats,
$1.40; fancy, 1-Ib. ovals, $2.75; Alaska
talis, pink, 95c; red, $1.40; nominal,
2s, tails, $2.10.
Clams Little neck, per box, $2.50;
razor clams, $2 per box.
Oils, Lead, Etc
Benzine V. M. and P. and Union
Naphtha, cases, 191c; iron barre's,
121c.
Coal Oil Union and pearl and as
tral oil, cases, 18c per gallon; water
white, iron barrels, 101c; eocene and
extra star, cases, 21c; headlight oil,
cases, 191c ;iron barrels, 121c; elaine,
cases, 28c -
Lead Strictly pure white lead, in
ton lots, 71c; 500-lb. lots, 8c less; less
than 500c lbs., 81c; red lead and lith
arge, lc higher than white.
Linseed Oil Raw, 5-barrel lots,
50c; 1-barrel lots, 51c; in case, 57c;
boiled, 5-barrel lots, 52c; 1-barrel
lots, 53c; in cases, 59c.
Gasoline Union and Red Crown,
bbls., 151c; cases, 22k. Motor, bbls.,
1 DDIS.,
i We; cases, .221c 86 degrees, bbls.
30c; cases, 371c. Engine Distillate,
bbls., 9c: cases, 16c
TJbfeartine In cases, 63c; in wood
barrels, 011c; in iron barrels, 59ic; in
10-case lots, 62c.
It Can't Be Beat
The best of all teachers is exper
ience. C. M. Harden, of Silver City,
North Carina, says: "I find Elec
tric Bitters does all that's claimed for
it. For stomach, Liver and Kidney
troubles it can't be beat. I have tried
it and find it a most excellent medi
cine." Mr. .Harden is right; it's the
best of all medicines also for weak
ness, lame back, and all run-down
conditions. Best too for chills and
malaria. Sold under guarantee at
Charles Rogers & Son's drug store.
50c.
Just Exactly Right
"I have used Dr. King's New Life
Pills for several years, and find them
just exactly right," ays Mr. A. A. Fel
ton, of Harrisville. N. Y. New Life
Pills relieve without the least discom
fort. Best remedy for constipation,
biliousness and malaria. 25c at Chas.
Ragers & Son's drug store.
Subscribe to the Morning Astoria,
A few doses of this remedy will in
variably cure an ordinary attack of
diarrhoea.
It can always be depended v,pon,
even In the more severe attacks of
cramp colic and cholera morbus.
It is equally successful for summer
diarrhoea aud cholera infantum in
children, and ia the means of saving
the lives of many children each year.
When reduced with water and
sweetened it is pleasant to take.
Every man of a family should keep
this remedy in his home. Buy it now.
Price, 25c. Large Sizk, 00c.
A SUMIBE WEI
Unfermented Grape Juice
absolutely non-alcoholic
Concord 5oc quart
Catawba ,6oc quart
AMERICAN IMPORTING CO.
589 Commercial Street
Fisher Brothers Company
SOLSAGENTl
Barbour and Finla son Salmon Twins and Netting
McCormick Harvesting Machines
Oliver Chilled Ploughs
Malthoid Roofing
Sharpies Cream Separators
Raecolith Flooring Stoicett's Tools
Hardware, Groceries, Ship
Chandlery
Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatic Add, Welch CoaL Tar,
Ash Qars, Oak Lumber, Pipe and Fittings, Brass
Goods, Paints, Oils tad Glass
Fiahben'a Para Manilla Rope, Cotton Twin and 8Im Wsb
We Wont Your Trade
FISHER BROS.
BOND STREET
ShermanlTranster Co.
HENRY SHERMAN, Managw.
Hacks, Carriages Baggage Checked and Transferred Trucks tad Fanitart
Wagons Pianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped.
413 Commercial Street. . . Msia Pheasj 121
STEEL & EWART
Electrical Contractors
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Phone Main 3881 .... 426 BondJStreet
SCOW-' BAT BRASS & IRON
ASTORIA,
m AND BRASS FOUNDERS
Up-to-Date Sawmill Machinery.
ISth and Franklin Ave.
John Fox, Pres. P. L. Bishop, Sec Astoria Savings Bank, Trees.
Nelson Trover, Vice-Pres. and Supt
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS
OF THE LATEST IMPROVED . . .
Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers
COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED.
Correspondence Solicited. - . Foot of Fonrth Street
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THE TRENTON I
: First-Class Liquors andOCigars
Corner Commercial and 14th.
1 1 1 1 1 1
Astoria & Columbia River R. R. Co.
HAS ON SALE DAILY ROUND TRIP TICKETS FROM ALL
CLATSOP BEACH POINTS (GLENWOQD TO HOLLADAY
INC.), TO ALL SOUTH BEACH POINTS REACHED VIA THE
ILWACO RAILROAD COMPANY AT RATE OF $1.75. . LIMIT
30 DAYS FROM DATE OF SALE. CONTINUOUS PASSAGE ON
GOING TRIP. STOP-OVERS ALLOWED WITHIN LIMIT ON
RETURN JOURNEY. -
G. B. JOHNSON, General Agent
ins
OREGON
LAND AND JARINL ENGINEERS
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602 Commercii) Street
. ASTORIA, OREGON
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