KbATURDAY. AUGUST 22
31
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(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
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AUGUST, 1008.
Low Water.
Date.
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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 .
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All Material at Close Prices
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