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KbATURDAY. AUGUST 22 31 is (THE MORNING ASTOltlAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. The Daily Market Report f PORTLAND, Aug, 21rDealcrs to day . announced fractionally liltfher pricei on hen and chickens, with the demand strong and the supply tfner ally a little short c( actual require merit. Fancy hen moved readily at 14 to 14ft cents a pound, broiler and fryers at IS cent and mixed loti at 14 centi. There wag a limited call (or duck and turkeyi but offering! In both line were light, with price the ame a yesterday, There were ,no change In the egg lituation. The price of standard city creamery butter wai put up 1) cent to 31) a pound today, and the market at that figure i firm with he prospect for I further advance In the near future. Production hat fallen,, off materially within the past few week, but the demand continue atrong. The lead- ihort clean, smoked, 121c; do un amoked, Me; Un. B 1013c lb.; imoked, 1013c; unsmoked, 12c; clear bellies unsmoked, 131c; imok ed, 141c; shoulders, Uc , JOBBERS' QUOTATIONS. Sugar, Coffee, Etc D. G., $6.25; beet, $6.0$; Golden C, $5.65; extra C, 575; powdered, $6.35; fruit or berry lugar, $625; boxei, 55c. Sugar (tack DaniaJ-D.' G., $6.25; cwt, advance over lack baiii leu c If paid for l;i Is aaysj. Coffee Mocha, 2428c; Java, fancy, 2528c; Java, good, 20(ffi24c; Java, ordinary, 1720c; Costa Rica, fancy, 1820c; Coita Rica, good, 16 18c; Arbuckle, $16.50 cwt.; Lion, iC9t . . rv.t.i.:. .r.. a. iu . Ing brand of country creamery were Sllvtdor 11,4C at the same time raised to city cream- . ... . . Southern Japan, $S75!&6.00; broken, plui in the 4c. heid( f4ncy mm ery price, and dcalcri in make lay there I no lur market. Floor, Orain and Feed. Wheat-Track price! : Club, 88c; red, Ruian, 87c; bluett em, 92c; Val ley, 87c. Barley-Feed, $24.50; rolled, $7 28; brewing, $26. Oati-No. 1 white, $26.50; gray, $26.00. , iw , Flour ratenti, $4.85; itraightt, $405 g4.55; export, $3.70; Valley $4.45; 1-4 tack graham, $4.40; whole wheat, $4.65; rye, $5.50. MilUtuffi Bran, $26.00; middling!, $30.50; ahortt, country, $28.50; ahorti, city, $28; chop, $2227.50. j Hay Timothy: Willamette Valley, fancy, $14.00; do, ordinary, $11.00; Salt-Balei of 75-2i, bale, $2i5; balei of 60-3i, bale, $2.25; balea of 40-4i, bale, $2.25; bale of 15-10, bale, $2.25; bag, 50, Ine, ton, $15; bag, 50c; genuine Liverpool ton, $17; bag, 50i, 1 -ground, $13.50; 100a, ton, $13; R. S. V., 20 5-lb carton, $225; R. S V. P., 3-lb eartoni, $175; Liverpool, lump, per ton, $20. Raiiint Loose muscatels, 3-crown, 7 cent; 4-crown, 7Jc; bleached, seedless bultanai, yicMuc; un bleached leedleii Sultana, 6 cents; , London layeri, 3-crown, whole boxes of 20 jounds, $2.00; 2-crown, $1.75. Nuts Walnuti, 1517c pound; filberts, 16 ; Brazils, 16c; pecans, 14 (a 20c; hickory, 10c; Virginia row pea- Truth and . - -Qualify appeal to the Well-Informed la every walk of life and are essential to permanent success and creditable standing. Aceor ingly, It Is not claimed that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of 8onna is the only remedy of known value, but one of many reasons why it Is the best of personal and family laxatives Is the fact that It cleanses, sweetens and relieves th$ Internal organs on which it acta without any debilitating after effects and without having to increase the quantity from time to time. It acts pleasantly and naturally and truly as a laxative, and its component parte are known to and approved by physicians, as It la free from all objection able substances. To get Its beneficial effects always purchase the genuine manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug gists. .... about to drop it mux looked as tnoug. he did not know what to do with hV leg. He gnped, bis eye wa lacklus-j tored, and ho said nothing. It Is al most Impossible to believe he wrote; the work which pass under hi name.! His wife snys be did not write thera.! He has a great none like Fltzball m Bardolph, but not to red as tbe lat-i tor's. He has cut off his beard, and the hairs are scanty and scrnbby down' bis lank Don Qulxot Jaws. 1 expect-1 ed a flue gentleman, perhaps a fop like! his own Deveroux or like Bollngbroke, and I saw a crapulous fowU. He took Mrs. Round down to dinner, but nevei apoke a word to ber, remaining allcnt or mumbling to himself. I think Cock-1 1 wire was asuamea or mm. and, al though be asked him especially to meet me, he did not venture to solicit my opinion or mm. But I told it to hint. And he was ashamed of bis guest," Eaitern Oregon, $16.50; mixed, $13; 'nuts, 8 cents; chestnuts, Ital alfalfa, $11. Butter, Egp and Poultry. Jutter Extra, 31ic; fancy,-27Jc; choice, 25c; store, 18c. ' ,' Cheeie Full cream twini, 14ic; full , cream triplet, 141c; Young Amreica, 151c; cream brick, 20c; Swin block, 18c; Limburger, 20c. Fouttry Mixed chickens, 14c; fancy hen, 14141c; rooster, old, 10c; broilers, 15c; dreited, lc per lb. higher; ducks, 1214c; geeie, old, 8 10c; turkeys, alive, 18S20C. Eggs Extra, 26c; firsts, 23 25c; seconds, 2122c; third, 1520c Fruits and Vegetables. ; Potatoes New , Oregon, $1.00 $1.25; sweet, 4c. Fresh Fruits Oranges, $3.754.25; lemons, $4.506.50; blackberries, $1 $1.25 crate; cherries, 57c per lb.; new figs, $2 per crate; peaches, 40 90c per crate; plum, 60c$1.00 crate; watermelons, Hf'llc per lb.; grapes, $1.001.50 crate. ; Vegetables Turnips, $125 sack; beets, $1.75; parsnips, $1.25; cabbage, $1.50(22.00; head lettuce, 2025c; cucumbers, 75c85c per box; celery, 50275c per dozen; artichokes, 60c dozen; beans, 8c pound; egg-plant, $2.00 per crate; tomatoes, 75c$1.00 per crate; cantaloupes, $1.50(31.75 per crate; corn, $2.00 sack. - Onion California red, $1.25; Varlic, 12l5c. Apples California new, $1.00 $1.S5; Oregon, 75c(&$1.25. N Meata and Provisions, Dressed Meati Hogs, fancy, 7 71c; ordinary, 661c; .large, 5c; veal, extra, 8c8ic; ordinary, 67c; heavy, 5c;' mutton, fancy, 89c. Lard Kettle leaf 10s, 14c; do 5s, 141c; do 50-lb. tins, 131c; ateam ren dered 10c, 121c do 5s, 121c; com pound 10s, 91c. . Hams-10-12 lbs.. 17c; 14-16 lbs., 161c; 18-20 lbi., 16c. , , Bacon Breakfast, 16123c; pic nics, fOic; cottage roll, 12c; regular Ian 10c, Ohio 25c; cocoanttts, dozen, 90c$l; pine nuts, 10 12c pound. Dried Fruits Applies, 81c per lb; peaches, 1012c; pears, lli14c; Italian prunes, 56c; California figs, white, in sacks, 71c per pound; black, 67c; bricks, 75c2.25 per box; Smyrna, 16 171c, per pound; date, Persian, 67c pound. Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc Hops 1907 crop, 45c pound. Wool Valley, 14151c lb.; coare, 1213c; Eastern Oregon, 8 16c, as to shrinkage. Mohair Choice, 1819c pound. Cascara Sagrada (chittitm bark) 314lc per pound. Oregon Graperoot Per 100 pounds $35. r'. Hides Dry hides, No. 1, 141c lb dry kip, No. 1, 131c; dry salted, one- third less; dry calf, 151c lb.; salted steers, 78c lb.; salted cows, 61c lb.; stags and bulls, 41c lb.; kip, 61c lb ; calf, 10llc lb; green stock, lc less; sheepskins; shearlings, 1025c; short wool, 30 40c; medium and long wool, according to quality, 5090c; dry horses, 50c$1.50; dry colt, 25c; angora, 80c$l; goat, common, 10 20c. Oysters, Game and Fish. Oysters Shoalwater Bay, per gat Ion, $2.25; per sack, $4.50; Toke Point, $1.60 per 100; Oiympiaa (120 lbs.), $6; Oiympiaa, per gallon, $125. Fish Halibut, 5c lb; black cod, 8c; black bass, 20c; striped bass, 18c; herring, 51c; flounders, 6c; catfish, 11c; shrimp, 121c; perch, 7c; aturgeon, 121c; sea trout, 15c; torn cod, 10c; sal mon, fresh, 79c Canned Salmon cotumoia River, 1 pound tails, $2.10; 2-lb. tails, $3.00; fancy, Mb. flats, $225; 1-lb. flats, $1.40; fancy, 1-lb. ovals, $2.75; Alaska talis, pink, 95c; red, $1.40; nominal, 2a, 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 atar, cases, 21c; headlight oil, cues, 19ic jiron barrels, 121c; elaine, cases, ZBc Lead Strictly pure white lead, in ton lots, 71c; 500-lb. lots, 8c lesa; less than 500c lbs., 8tc; red lead and lith arge, lc higher than white. Linseed Oil Raw, 5-barrel lots, 50c; 1-barrel lota, 51c; in case, 57c; boiled, 5-barrel lots, 52c: 1-barrel lots, 53c; in cases, 59c Gasoline Union and Red Crown, bbls., 151c; caies, 221c Motor, bbls., 151c; caies, 221c. 86 degrees, bbls 30c; cases, 371c Enghi Distillate, bbls., 9c; cases, 16c Turpentine In cases, 63c; in wood barrels, 611c; in iron barrels, 591c; in 10-case lots, 62c MARVELOUS MACHINES. August Official Tide Tables Compiled by the U. S. Government for Astoria and Vicinity, AUGUST, 1908. - High Water. Date. Ruturday 1 2:50 SUNDAY 2 8:21 Monday S 4:16 Tuesday 41 6:08 Wednesday ..... 61 8:14 Thursday ....... 6 7:84 Friday 7 8:68 Saturday 810:10 SUNDAY 811:10 Monday 101... Monday ...,.,.,.10 ... 1 Tuesday ..11 ... i iiiuivuni tia At J.V Friday 14 1:68 Saturday 16 2:60 SUNDAY 18 8:44 ; Monday 17 4:40! Tuesday ........181 6:48 "Wednesday 19 7:05 Thursday 20 8: rlday 21 9:48 'Saturday , 2210:48 SUNDAY 2311:86 Monday ,,,.24 ..... Monday 24 ..... Tuesday ........25 .... . Wednesday .....28 0:16 Thursday .......87 0:60 Friday ,,..28 1:24 Saturday .......29 8:00 SUNDAY ......80 2:84 A. M. h.m. ft. P. M. h.m. ft 7.4j 7.1 8 8.4 6.9 6.7 6.8 8.2 8.8 9.8 9.8 8.1 8.7 8.0 7.6 6.8 8.8 8.2 8.4 6.71 7.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.8 8:40 4:10 4:46 6:88 6:26 7:20 8:22 9:27 10:2 12:02 11:14 12:48 1:80 8:12 2:66 8:86 4:16 6:051 6:55 6:68 7:65 9:00 10:00 10:50 12:12 11:84 12:48 1:18 1:42 2:08 2:85 8:02 8:80 7.8 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.2 8.5 8.8 7.8 8.1 7.8 8.8 8.6 8.6 8.9 8.8 8.6 8.8 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.1 7.4 8.2 7.6 7.8 7.8 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.0 AUGUST, 1008. Low Water. Date. Saturday SUNDAY ..... Monday ........ Tuesday ....... Wednesday .... Wednesday .... Thursday : Friday Saturday CTTKTT A V kuniiii ..... Monday ........ 'Tuesday , Wednesday .... Thursday Friday Saturday SUNDAY Monday Tuesday Wednesday ,,,, Thursday r nutty ......... Saturday ...... SUNDAY Monday ........ Tuesday Wednesday . ... Thursday , Friday Saturday SUNDAY ..... MOnday ........ 1 8 4 5 61 6 7, 8 . 9 .10 .11 .12 :S .15 .18 .17 .18 .19 .20 .21 .22 .28 .24 .25) .26 .27 .28 .291 .80 .81 AM, P. M. h.m. ft I h.m. 9:15 9:40 10:18J 10:68 0:08 11:45 1:14 2 8:85 4:86 10:02 10:60 11:48 7:65 8:18 8:42 0:10 0.8 1 1.8 2.8 1.7 2 1.4 0.9 0.8 0.8 0 1.8 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.1. 0 1.5 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.9 1.8 1.8 9:44 10:24 11:15 12:44 8:00 8:15 4:80 6:80 6: 7:25; 8:16 9:08 9:621 10:48i 11:46 12:48 1:56 8:10 4:18 5:16 6:051 6:45, 7:20; 7:60 8:16 8:40 9:16 9:64 ft 2.7 2.8 2.0 8.2 8.8 8.8 8.7 8,8 1.2 0.1 1.0 s!o 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.4 2.2 2.1 2.7 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.4 Some of (he Wonderful. Instruments Man Has Invented. The sensitiveness of tbe human or ganlstu la gross Indeed compared with that of tuo marvelous machines mou tins made. A photographic plate cou pled with a teltwcope discovers millions of stars whose light tbe retina of the eye does nut appreciate. The micro phone makes the luuudlblo tread of n fl.r sound IIUo the trauip of cavalry men. The human heat sense cannot rcolljw a dllTercuce of temperature be yond one-fifth of a degree, but the ba rometer, no Instrument 200,000 times aa sensitive as tbo ak"), notes a differ (at e of a millionth of a degree. A gal vanometer flexes Ita finger at a current generated by simply deforming a drop of mercury so aa to press It out of a spherical shape Into that of an egg. The amount of work doue by the wluk of an eye equals 100,000,000,000 of the wluka marked on the scale of a delicate Instrument, but even this performance Is surpassed by the coherers of Branley of Taria by which the Ilerta waves of wlrolesa telegraphy are caught la their pulsings through space. Tbe range ot Impressions which we get from lifting an object la exceedingly small An or dinary chemist's balance la some mil lion times ns sensitive and weights down the two btfhdredth part of a mil ligram. Without such instruments as these we should know far less about the world than they place within our reach. They make It evident that our He Ask.d. H had been courting glrf for a long time. It happened on Sunday night after church. They were sitting on the aofa, and she looked with In effable tenderness Into bis noble- blue eyes. . . ( .Tom," she murmured, with a tremor In ber rolce, "didn't, you tell me once yon would be willing to do any act of heroism for my aakeT "Yea, Mary, and I gladly reiterate that atatement now," he replied in con fident tones. "Well, Tom, I want you to do some thing really heroic for me." ' "Speak, darling! What Is ltr "Ask me to be your wife. We've been fooling long enough." i; Scandinavian Sangerfest During Astoria's Fourteenth Annual REGATTA AUGUST 29-30. 1908 Saturday Evening s Sunday Afternoon ' 1 ' ' J ' 1 ' i ' ' f .' j A Great Musical Event In which noted artists will appear , for the first time in Astoria SOLOISTS DR. EMIL ENNA....... ; . Conductor MISS MARY CONYERS Mezio-Soprano MR. MUSGRAVE ROBARTS, ...Baritone MISS BESSIE MICKEY..... .......... . .......Pianist TICKETS can be had at Whitman's . Book Store, S. I Nanthnip's Grocery Store and E. Hauke & Co. ReducedlRates Granted on All Rail and 'it Steamboat Lines - MHtmMMUHHIIMMMmtllMHMIMMtMrt Beys and Qirls of Arabia. . A .traveler in Arabia who passed a year among the people tells that be did not see a single doll In the bands of a girl nor observe one playing at "keep ing bouse" in any way. Neither did the traveler notice an Arabian ' boy playing at ball or marbles. 8peaklng with a grave ahelk on the subject, tbe latter said to tbe stranger, loa must be queer people In tbe west to let your young folks get their bands dirtied in sportr The Arabian lads, it seems, walk about trying to look like little men as much as they can wben not enraged In acts of duty or In learning essential things. Attracting Attention. "Remember, a book play needs boom ing." ... ; "I'm getting some of the .best dtl- teus to say a good word for oar pro duction." . "Bah! You'll never make a press agent What yon want to do Is to get 'em to denounce It" Louisville Courier-Journal. The London Baeholor. The married man lives scientific ally. He never paya a bill twice or thrice over because he has lost the re ceipt Tbe bachelor lives unscientific ally. He Is robbed right and left He Is the prey of every footpad that lorks behind counters. London Sketch. 4 Paint Paint Paint ..D01IT THIS FALL... . . - Andhave it done by workmen wlio know what are the best materials and how to do the work so it lasts. , Allen Wall Paper and Paint Co. Cor.lllth and Bond Sts. Ignoraneo. Teacher-1 am surprised that yon should bav such a bad lesson, George. expected better things of yon. Pu- pll-My pa says It Is the unexpected that always happens. Funny a teach er didn't know thatl--Boston Transcript STEEL & EWART Electrical Contractors Phone Main 3881 .... 426 Bond Street OUR TIME STANDARDS, The Four 8sctions That Divide the United 8tates. Every nation has Its own time stand ard, but the United States has four. These time sections, as they are called, were Introduced In , the year 1883, chiefly for the benefit of the railroads, and nra knnn-n an thA onatorn Mmtral souse organs give us reports of but a mountain nd raclflc. .The eastern vumpuruuruiy smaii nuiuuer or com paratlvely Tribune. gross stimuli. Chicago BULWER I VTTAS! hill Ul. He Was a Grotesquo Figurt According to This Picture. The late Dr. Edward Vaughan Ke- nealy, who appeared as counsel foi the Tlchborne claimant, was well ac quainted with many of the celebrities of his time. In the memoirs which his daughter una published there are some piquant passages. Here la what he had to any In his diary about Bui wer Lytton: "Dined tonight with the lord chiel Justice, Lord Houghton, Bulwer Lyt- ion ana other senators and ladles, Bulwer Lytton is a clown. He was shabbily dressed, and sidled Into the room with slouching air and salt He Hold his, hat In his hand as though section extends from the Atlantic coast to. an Irregular line drawn from De troit to Charleston, S. C; the central Includes all between this line and an other extending from Bismarck, N. D., to the mouth of tbe Rio Grande river; the mountain extends from here to the western boundary of Montana, Idaho, Utah and Arizona, and the Pacific in cludes all the remainder of the coun try to the Pacific coast The difference in time between ad joining sections Is one hour, so that when It la 12 o'clock in New York city It Is 11 o'clock at Chicago, 10 o'clock at Denver autl 0 o'clock at San Francisco. The true local time of any place Is slower or faster than the standard time, according as the place Is west or east of the time meridian. Thus the local time at Boston Is sixteen minutes faster thnu eastern standard time, while at Buffalo it Is sixteen minutes slower. Harpes Weekly. PHOENIX PURE PAINT We guarantee Phoenix Pure Paint to be composed of rioneer vyniie v.eaut uxiuc oi Ainc, Linseed un, Dryers and Coloring Pigments and to contain -no adul teration. We will repaint free of charge any structure.up on which Phoenix Pure PaJnt h as been used and not found as herein represented. , The Foard & Stokes Hardware Co. (THE TRENTON First-Class Liquors and Cigars 102 Commercial Street ; ; Corner Commercial and 14th. . ASTORIA, OREGON a m Ml 111 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 Pad&. 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, Qen'I Agent 12th St, near Commercial St ASTORIA, OREGON. THE OEM C. F. WISE. Prop. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars ASTORIA, Corner Eleventh and Commercial. OREOOV John Fox, Pres. F. L. Bishop, Sec, Astoria Savings Bank, Tress. Nelson Troyer, 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 Fourth Street WISSSISJSJSJ . . amimini for the if ... I .. t i i Li -u- Z2 All Material at Close Prices WIIITCIAin OOOil ST0E1E foi lc3 IA1 13 V: Monday 31 8:14
