The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-04-29

SputiC vi TIA lbAtAAdtS'A iSo~1S4s -
the case may be; nothing to de6aatiy
repeat or mcehiy take back; then 1t is
that Ne make break for the nearest
cannery, and straightway all troubles
vanish III looking at the agile Mon
golian as he dispoaes Of the salmon
that the Caucasian captured tho day
before. II We allow one barrel Of
our imagination 10 remain stationary,
an3 permit the ether 10 rey0lve. we
must see good deal Of simplicity in
these gentle gazslies th&t remove the
piscatoriai intestines and carve the
fish into convenient chunks for can
ming. There is a sublime Indifference
on their patient faces as though they
little rec5ea whether salmon was ten
cents eau Cr ten cents a tcn, and they
seem as innocent as SO many onions.
Man, III the abstract, is good deallii.e
an onion. We all are. Ther3 is in our
natures little c,ngeHitai bulb IF eav-
agery-an impulse to run wild and
fling away the trammels If life and
life's daily round. Wrapped around
this little central germ Of h.rharous-
ness are The cUnyolutions and wind
ings of scciai organization. This bulb
is compressed and held tj4ht by the
conventionalitics of everyday life.
Our neighbour, our friends ami &C
suaintaIcsz, ihe iods. we tvlong 10,
aud the church Sc ga t. % Sunday.
the memory 81 aaai has been sal ia Z
hope ot win, may b., ali these things,
wind arcu4d thai buiu "f safa.cTy and
tend to keep It uaT . siyut. OGcasIou-
ally the aa9ago within gives i wil"up,
he llngs If III ;aa coverings and wrap
pings and Juias isy5r Irr d Sea."n.
y hen g"na many human onions have
simultaneous kicking II: of secictg 5
bed-c.o.hes tnere is generally ,nusic 10
the air ipr while. THIS savage bulb
is III all natures oscar Wilde, lisp
ing soft Mornings in a lady's bowel
and toying gently with ianguishin2
lily, has it in common with the EsgUi.
maux that drinks his pint Of train oil
and eats mess oi tallow and raw
flesh before startiog OF the hunt.
Social surroundings and obsrryances
have much to do with the fostering ol
repressiag of these little bulls Of law
leGsness III our natUres. These human
insects, the Chinese, with their hoTri
BILE rat-iike thrift, with their capacity
for economizipg in inverse ratio /,
their productive powers, seem 81
though the germs, that wou,d in other'
apiae TO potent lie, are IL them a
dead as eyer Egyptiau mummy Was
and that they have been crystaiizsd
by ages OF wan: and abject peoaa2e Il
be ,uore automatic than human, Thel
act as though they were wound up t
run z certain nUmberOf hours, andtha
one need not be astoniahed 70 hear
whizzing sound in any one Of them a
the machinery ran down snd brough
to a stony stand-still ghe form befor
him.
! Rag ali this IS not germane to II,
doings at the cannegiys The packer
all report an increased run, aud thin
: that the pack this year will i3e fully II
to that Of last season ?robsbIy excee
it. In some Of tho Establishments "
notice several Improvements. notahl
5 at Leiaenweber's, where a steam clutc
is SO rigged in connection with th
knives for cutting the fish that the
are chopped up by machinery; and a
Wm. Bume's, where an ingenious al
rangenent of endless chain and soldsl
bath rolls the completed cana down a
inclined plane through = ,nolten streaI
Of solder and drops them into baske
perfectly sealed up.
i We alsc note q huge ra,ort whic
has just BEEN completed at the vi
lamette iron works Tor Badollett's cal
" merry. ii resembles in appearance
e large steam boiler with d door al ol
1t end, at which cars loaded with cans
d snimou are run ia and co1ked |
.e steam at high pressure greas ii
ie prcvemsnt and saving in 'ime over Il
J. old method Of lowering them in
lie boilers,
ie 1t is the Intention this year TO 10.
is more vessels direct from Astoria th;
sr were sent last season, and the grown
lg demand for the article of canned 5;
mon jussites the amount OF capital i