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THE MORNING ASTOHIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 The Daily Market Report PORTLAND, Auir. 20, -Higher biiltrr prices will in all probability be announced wlthjn a few days, and the chance are that the advance "will come thin week, The market has for week back, been 'a very strong; one, but KaMern price and the condition of the Sound markets have been re straining factor, otherwise price lo cally would hove been put up before thirt. " : ' .. Late report from Seattle Indicate a itiflf market there, with higher price expected, shortly, and the Portland market will not be low to rexpond.ln the event of an advance on the Sound, Production ha been on the decline in thi Mate for more than a month, while at the tame time there has been no material weakening in the demand, There ha been a ready market for all the butter made and within the pat few day tome of the creamery men have complained of scarcity. " """' ' In the country creamery trade the situation, is even stronger. 1 For a month the upply of the leading coun try brand ha been short of the de mand, largely due to the fact that considerable quantities of butter have been required in the country on ac count of harventing and haying opera tion. The bet brand , of country make are held firmly at city creamery price. Flour. Grain and, Feed. Wheat Track price: Club, 88c; red, Russian, 87c; blueitem, 92c; Val ley. 87c. ''.v.' ' ' , Parley-Feed. 12450; rolled. $7(3 28; brewing, $26. Oats-No. 1 white, $26.50; gray, $26.00. ; t .-:: : Flour Patents, $4.85; straights, $405 4.S5; exports, $3.70;' Valley $4.45; M sack graham, $4.40; whole wheat, $4 65; rye, $5.50. Millstuffs-Bran, $26.00; middlings, $30.50; short, country, $28.50; shorts, city, $28; chop, 12227.50. Hay Timothy: Willamette Valley, fancy, $14.0Q; do, ordinary, $11.00; Eastern Oregon, $16.50; mixed, $13; alfalfa, $11. Butter, Kggs and Poultry. Cutter Extras, 30c; fancy, 271c; choice, 25c; store, 18c. Cheese Full cream twins,' 141c; full cream triplets, 141c; Young Amreica, 151c; cream brick,' 20c; Swis block, 18c; Limburger, 20c. Poultry Mixed chickens, 131c; fancy hen, 131 14c; roosters, old. 10c; broilers, 15c; dressed, lc per lb. higher; duck, 1214c; geese, old, 8 10c; turkey, alive, 18820c. Egg Extra, 26c; first, 2325c; seconds, 21f22c; thirds, 1520c. Fruits and Vegetable Potatoes New Oregon, $1.00 $1.25; sweet, 41e. Fresh Fruit Oranges, $3.75(34.25; lemons, $4.506.50; blackberries, $16! $1.25 crate; cherries, 5(ftl0c per lb.; new fig, $2 per crate; peaches, 40g) 90c per crate; plums, 60cfi$l.00 crate; watermelons, Htfilfc per lb.; grapes, $1.001.50 crate. Vegetables-Turnips, $1.25 sack; beets, $1,75; parsnips, $1.25; cabbage, $1.50(32.00; head lettuce, 2025c; cucumbers, 75c85c per box; celery, 5075c per dozen; artichokes, 60c dozen; beans, 8c pound; egg-plant, $2,00 per crate; tomatoes, 75c(2$l.O0 per crate; cantaloupes, $1.50(31.75 per crate; corn, $2.00 sack. Onion California , red, $1.25; garlic, 12815c. Apples California new, $1.00 $1.75; Oregon, 75c$1.25. Meats and Provisions. Dressed Meats-Hogs fancy, 7i'S8c; ordinary, 6!7c; large, 6c; veal, extra Wc; ordinary C7c; heavy, 5c; mutton, fancy, 8S9c. Lard-Kettle leaf 10. 14c; do 5s, 141c; do 50 lb. tin, 131c; steam ren dered 10c, 121c do 5, 121c; com pound 10, 9Jc. Hams-10-12 lb.. 17c; 14-16 lb 163c; 18-20 lbs, 16c. Bacon -Breakfast, 16!23c; pic nic,' 101c; cottage roll, 12c; regular short clears, smoked, J21c; do un smoked, Hlc; Un. B 10013c lb.; smoked, 1013c; unsmoked, 12c; clear bellies, unimoked, 131c; smok ed, 141c; shoulders, Uc. ,; JOBBERS' QUOTATIONS. Sugar, Coffee, Etc I D. O; $6.25; beet, $6.05; Golden C, $5,65; extra C, 5.75; powdered, $6.35; fruit or berry sugar, $625j(boxes, 55c. Sugar (sack oasis) D. C, $625; !cwt. advance over sack bai less ic if paid for lit Is aays). Coffee Mocha, 24(28c; Java, fancy, 2528c; Java, good, 2024;; Java, ordinary, 1720c; Coita Rica, fancy, 18820c; Cota Rica, good, 16 18c; Arbuckle, $16.50 cwt.j Lion, $15.75 cwt.; Colombia coffee, 14c lb.; Salvador, lll141c. Rice Imperial Japan, No. 1, $6.35; Southern Japan, $5.7585O0; , broken, 41c; head, fancy, $787.75. Salt-Bale of 75-2. bale, $25; bales of 60-3, bale, $2.25; bales of 40.4s, bale, $2.25; bales of 15-10. bale, $2.25; bags, SOs, ine, ton, $15; bags, 50c; genuine Liverpool ton, $17; bags. SOs, 1-ground, $13.50; 100s, ton, $13; R. S. V., 20 5-lb cartons, $2.25; R. S. V. P, 3-lb cartons, $175; Liverpool, lump, per ton, $20, Raisins Loose muscatels, 3-crown, 7 cents; 4-crown, 71c; bleached, seedless Sultanas, 9ic12c; un bleached seedless Sultanas, 61 cents; London layer, 3-crown, whole boxes of 20 ounds, $2.00; 2-crown, $1.75. Nuts Walnuts, 1517c pound; filberts, lfi ; Brazils, 16c; pecans, 14 820c ; hickory, 10c; Virginia row pea nuts, , 8 cents; chestnuts, Ital ian 10c, Ohio 25c; cocoanuts, dozen, 90c8$l; pine nut. 10812c pound. Dried Fruits Applies, 81c per Jb; peaches, 10812c; pears, 111814c; Italian prunes, 586c; California figs, white, in sacks, 71c per pound; black, 687c; bricks, 75c2.25 per box; Smyrna, 168171c per pound; dates, Persian, 6187c pound. Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc Hop 1907 crop, 485c pound. Wool Valley, 148151c lb.; coare, 12813c; Eastern Oregon, 8816c, as to shrinkage. Mohair Choice, 1819c pound. Cascara Sagrada (chittitm bark) 31841c per pound. Oregon Graperoot Per 100 pounds $385. Hides-Dry hides, No. 1, 141c lb.; dry kip, No. 1, 131c; dry salted, one third less; dry calf, 151c lb.; salted steers, 788c lb.; salted cows,. 61c lb.; stags and bulls, 4k lb.; kip, 6k lb.; calf, 10811c H: green stock, lc less; sheepskins; shearlings, 1025c; short wool, 30840c; medium and long wool, according to quality, 50890c; dry horses, 50c8$1.50; dry colt, 25c; angora, 80c$l; goat, common, 108 20c. Oysters, Clams and Fish. Oysters Shoalwater Bay, per gal lon, $2.25; per sack, $4.50; Toke August Official Tide Tables Compiled by the U. S. Government for . ' 8 ; Astoria and Vicinity. AUGUST, 1908. High Water. Date. Saturday (SUNDAY , Monday .... Tuesday . . , WfldneHday Thursday ,, Friday Saturday ,. SUNDAY . Monday .... Monday .... Tuesday ... Wednesday Thursday ,, Friday Saturday SUNDAY , Monday .... Tuesday ... Wednesday Thursday .. Friday Saturday .. SUNDAY . Monday .. .. Monday . . . Tuesday ... Wednesday Thursday . Friday Saturday .. SUNDAY , Monday .... 1 2 S ..... ..... 6 7 8 10 .....10 " 12 13 14, .....15 16 17 18 19 20 21 .....12' 28 .....2 24 .....2f, .....18 27 28 29 80 .....81 A. M. h.m. 2:50 8:21 4:15 5:08 6:14 7:84 8:661 10:10 11:10 0:1 1:10 1:68 2:60 8:44 4:40 6:48 7:05 8:26 9:48 10:46 11:36 0:15 0:60 1:24 2:00 2:34 8:14 ft. 7.4 7.1 6 6.4 5.9 5.7 6.8 6.2 6.8 8.3 9.3 9.1 8.7 8.0 7.5 6.8 6.8 6.2 6.4 6.7 7.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.8 P. M. h.m. ft 8:40 4:10 4:45 5:88 6:26 7:20 8:22 9:27 10: 2H 12:02 11:24 12:48 1:80 2:12 2:65 8:86 4:16 5:05 6:66 6:58 7:66 9:00, 10:00 10:50 12:12 11:84 12:46 U16 1:42 2:08 2:85 3:02i 8:80 7.8 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.2 8.6 8.8 7.8 9.1 7.8 8.3 8.6 8.8 8.9 8.8 8.6 8.8 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.0 S.l 7.4 8.2 7.6 7.8 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.0 AUGUST, ,1908. Low Water. Date. Saturday SUNDAY Monday Tuesday , Wednesday ... Wednesday Thursday , Friday , Saturday SUNDAY Monday 'Tuesday ',, Wednesday (Thursday ..v... Friday Saturday SUNDAY Monday Tuesday , Wednesday .... Thursday Friday ......... Saturday ...... SUNDAY Monday ........ Tuesday Wednesday Thursday ...... Friday , Saturday SUNDAY Monday , . ll . 2 . 3 . 4 . 6 , 5 . 6 . 7 .. 8 . 9 .10 .11 .12 .13 .14 .15 .16 .17 .18 .19 .20 .21 .22 .23 .24 .251 .26 .27 .28 .29: .80 .81 A. M. h.m. 15 401 68 08 451 14 26 85 86 80 22 08 64 87 18 02 60 48 65 06 14 15 06 50 28, 02 28 56 18 42 10 ft. 0.8 1.2 1.8 2.3 1.7 2.8 1.4 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.1 -0.8 9.1 0.6 1.6 2.3 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.2! 0.0 0.2 9.2 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.9 1.8 1.8 P. M. h.m.ft. 9:44 10:24 11:15 12:44 2:00 3:15 4:80 5:80 6:82 7:25 8:15 9:06 9:521 10:48 11:46 12:48 1:66 8:10 4:18 5:16 6:05 6:45 7:20 7:60 8:16 8:40 9:16' 9:64 Point, $1.60 per 100; Olymplas (120 lbs.), $6; Olymplas, per gallon, $2.25. Fish-Halibut, 5c lb; black cod, 8c; black bass, 20c; striped bass, 18c; herring, 5ic; flounders, 6c; catfish, lie; shrimp, 12k; perch, 7c; sturgeon, 12k; sea trout, 15c; torn cod, 10c; sal mon, fresh, 79c, Canned Salmoncoiumoia River, 1 pound tails, $2.10; 2-lb. tails, $100; J tancy, l-lD. flats, $2.Z5; Mb. flats, $1.40; fancy, Mb. ovals, $2.75; Alaska tails, pink, 95c; red, $1,40; nominal, 2s, talis, $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, 19k; Iron barre's, 12k.'. ' ' Coal Oil Union and pearl and as tral oil, cases, 18c per gallon; water white, iron barrels, 10k; eocene and extra star, cases, 21c; headlight oil, cases, 19ic ;iron barrels, 12k; claine, cases, 28c. Lead-Strictly pure white lead, in ton lots, 71c; 500-lb. lots, 8c less; less than 500c lbs., 8k; red lead and lith arge, lc higher than white. Lkiseed Oil Raw, S-barrel lots, 50c; 1-barrel lots, 51c; la case, 57c; boiled, S-barrel lots, 52c; 1-barrel lots, 53c; in cases, 59c. Gasoline Union and Red Crown, bb!s 15k; cases, 221c. Motor, bbls., 15k; cases, 22k. 86 degrees, bbls., 30c; cases, 37k. Engine Distillate, bbls., 9c; cases, 16c Turpentine In cases, 63c; in wood barrels, 611c; in iron barrels, 59k; In 10-case lots, 62c THE FOREHEAD. 2.7 2.3 2.0 8.2 8.6 3.8 3.7 3.8 2.8 2.S 1.8 1.4 1.2 0.1 1.0 s!o 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.4 8.2 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.4 lhat Its 8iz and 8hap Are Said to Indicata. A high forehead to be very good should be well developed about tbe eyebrows. rireadtu of forehead Is always favor able. It Is distinctly connected with breadth of character. A forehead that curves back reveals a poetic temperament, fondness for the arts and a talent for either music or palutlni;. Of course a broud forehead may be part of a weak face, and a weak chin and mouth will naturally give a truer Ininmurion of character than even a combination of a narrow forehead with an otherwise strong face. If there Is quite a perceptible bulge of the eyebrows, combined with a high forehead, the sign is of a calm, cool, deliberate thinker. , ' If with tbi-se eyebrows is combined a forehead that slopes gradually back, a seusltlvc, poetic temperament is dis closed. If, again, tbey are combined with a short, narrow forehead, the subject will be successful In business and In everything connected with worldly matters, but be will be In capable of appreciating to any extent or of creating anything connected with tbe arts. New York American. oowirrus nuu oie xu scavenged of the city. It Is said that scores of people are bitten dally by the dogs of Cou stantlnople, but that a cam of hydro phobia was never known tbcro. Three centuries ago Nasuf Fasba, grand vizier to Achmet III., transported all tbe dogs to Asia and would have had them destroyed there, but th sultan, on consulting the mufti, was told that every dog bad a son! and .consequently forbade such wnolesa! destruction. After tbe slaughter of the Janizaries Mahmoud intended to get rid of them, for be caused an Immense number of sn wages (!) to be mads and, having poisoned them, gave the dogs a feast. Many thousands were thus killed la one day, but tbe people murmured no much that he was afraid to begin n second day'a work. lie therefore order ed them to bo expelled to Asia, but tbo order was very Indifferently executed, and In a short time tbe dog were as numerous as during the time of the Janizaries. The Dog Morland Painted. Of the many stories of tbe seemingly unconscious heroism of Newfoundland dogs none is more Interesting than the one concerning tbe noble dog wbicb Morland afterward painted. ' When William Phillips, bathing at Portsmouth, ventured beyond bis depth and was drowning, two boatmen, In stead of setting ont to bis rescue, hag gled about a reward from the bystand ers, who were urging tbem to go to rhilllpar rescue. In the midst of the controversy a Newfoundland Hog leaped Into the water and brought the exhausted bather to shore. Mr, Phil lips bought tbe dog from its owner, a butcher, and yearly gave a festival in honor of his rescuer. . It was for Mr. Phillips that norland painted tbe dog's picture, and Barto lozzi engraved it jj Scandinavian Sangerfest j During Astoria's Fourteenth Annual REGATTA I AUGUST 29-30. 19081 Saturday Evening Sunday Afternoon A Dream Warning. A strange story comes from Calabria. One Braccala, a resident of Plzzo, had a dream in which he saw bis son, twenty years of age, being attacked by two men, who were stabbing bio with knives. Braccala awoke and, anoslng his wife, told her what b bid seen. She tried to calm him, bat walls they were still discussing the matter a noise was beard In front of the house, and, hastening down, Ume. Braccala opened the door Just In time to catch her son In ber arms as be fell swoon ing to the ground. Be had been at tacked and stabbed and died shortly afterward. Too Easy For Him. "Sir. I want work." "Here's a penny. Buy yourself a newspaper." ' "But I know nothln' about rnnnln' a newspaper." protested Tired Tiffins, who really wanted alms-Loolsville Courier-Journal. - To thine own self be true, sad tt must follow, as tbe night tbe day, thosa I canst not then be false to toy man. j Shakespeare. SAW IT IN A DREAM. WHICH WAS RIGHT? A Lost Chock and tho Peculiar Way It Was found. , A wealthy New York lawyer sat up late one night writing letters be had not been able to finish during the day. It was past midnight when be went out to mail them, and when he returned and was undressing he paused in dis may, missing a check for a large sum received during the day and taken home with him. In vain was the house ransacked at that late hour. He weal to bed convinced thttt the lost check must be in tbe bouse. An hour later he fell into uneasy slumber and beheld as with bis eyes of the flesh the pink check curled about an area railing four or five doors from bla own house. So real was tbe dream that the tron bled man woke up, dressed and, slip plug down the stairs into the street walked along tbe sidewalk to a spot still seen vividly in his mind, and there, sura enough, standing edge upward and partly curled about the iron, was the missing check. "I think," he reported to the Psychical Research society, "my subconaclousness unist have noticed it fall from my pocket as I walked to tbe mall box and my subliminal self point ed It out to me In 6leep."-WUliam G. Fltz-Gcrald In New York Tribune. Tho Dogs of Constantinople. There nee at least 235,000 dogs In Constantinople, which bns a population of 1,150,000. They are the vile; ..." leo if You Can UntangU thi Knott In This PrebUm. k young man named Enathlns de sired to learn eloquence and art ot pleading, and he bargained wltb Pro tagoras, the ancient Greek sophist, foi Instructions, agreeing to pay one ball of the fee down and the other half on tbe first day be gained a case. It took the young man so long to learn that his tutor came to the conclusion that he was delaying his start In business to avoid paying the other half of th fee, so Protagoras sued him for tht money. When the case came up for trial Pro tagoras said to the young man: "Yon act most absurdly, young man, be cause in either case you must pay me If the judges decide against you, you must pay, and if they decide for you you must pay, for you will then have gained your case." ' "You are wrong." replied the young man. "I will win either way. If the Judges ore for me. 1 will not have tc pay, and if they are against me I will not have to pay, for this last was the very bargain between us-namely, if 1 did not win my case." , . The Judges considered the case inex plicable, uud as they could not see their way to any decision they ad journed tbe case to "a day that neve: came for any of the principals. On Protagoras' side it was a case of los ing when he won and on the young student's side wlnnintr when he lost PHOENIX PURE PAINT We guarantee Phoenix Pure Paint to be composed of Pioneer White Lead, Oxide of Zinc, Linseed Oil, Dryers and Coloring Pigments and to contain no adul teration. We will repaint free of charge any structurelup- on which Phoenix Pure Paint has been used and not found as herein represented. ' The Foard & Stokes Hardware Co. THE TRENTON J First-Class Liquors and Cigars C02 Commercial Street. 1 Corner Commercial and 14th. . ASTORIA, OSEGON WHtHMHMHMMHWtMHHWWHMWlWHM I A Great Musical Event i In which noted artists will appear for the first time in Astoria SOLOISTS DR. EMIL ENNA. . Conductor MISS MARY CONyEkS..... ...Meszo-Soprano MR. MUSGRAVE ROBARTS,. . .................Baritone 2 MISS BESSIE MICKEY ....Pianist t. r . ... . . jl T TICKETS can be had at Whitman's Book Store, S. L Nanthrop'e urocery store ana c. nauice a u. J Reduced Rates Granted on All Rail and oieamooai Linesj HMMmMIUtmMnilMMtHHIHMMHMMtH Paint Paint Paint I DOilT THIS FALL Andpiave it done by workmen who know what are the best materials and how to do the work so it lasts. Allen Wall Paper and Paint Go. J Cor.5llthand Bond Sts. ! STEEL & EWART Electrical Contractors Phone Main 3881 . ... 426 Bond Street pi i in THROUGH TICKETS sold and baggage checked through to all points via the Northern Pacific Great Northern, O. R. & N. O. S. L. and Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. Steamship Tickets Via. All Ocean Lines at Lowest Rates. THROUGH TICKETS ON SALE For Rates, Steamship and Sleeping Car Reservations, call on or address Q. B. JOHNSON, Gen'I Agent 12th St, near Commercial St ASTORIA, OREGON. THE GEM C. F. WISE. Prop. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars ASTORIA, Corner Eleventh and Commercial. OREGON John Fox, Pres. . F. L. Bishop, Sec. Astoria Savings Bank, Trcaa. t i Nelson Troyer, Vice-Pres. and Supt ASTdRIA IRON WORKS DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS . "OF THE LATEST IMPROVED . . . Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. Correspondence Solicited. Foot of Fourth Street Astoria NEW Itreet Director Juft issued; enables you to find lo lation of any street number instant ly. Complete guide to the city and public places. PRICE 10c EACH. UIIITMAtn BOOK STORE