The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-05-04

into the sky above faded INTO gray and
duskv hues that blended with the blue
Of night. and have thought that it
could not be excelled. But an April !
afternoon on the Coinmbia river does, /;
think. show scenery that surpasses
in beauty ths, Of the Sacramento val |
ley.
The river here is seven miles side, !
sweeping with silent and majestic !
flow 10 the sea. On the north are
wooded heights that serve as fore
ground for massive mountains that
show their snow-capped cones ss the
fog wlcaths momentariy part. On
the river swayine scarf of ever
shifting yainb9ws contrasts 0ith the
dark green pines 20 the east, Hhlla the
white saiis of the liyer dec 20 dancln.
onward III the glitterins mist, now
radiaut with prismatic tints as they
cleaYa the rainbows that span the areh
of the Columbia, and now cleaning
IN ihe afternoon sunlight IS they
make the shore. The extraordinary
humidity Of this atmosphere aoea aJt
admit Of that blaze Of purple snd scar
| let that crowns the close of iay III the
canyons Of California. but the softer
tiats Of eyanescent color glenn, here
With pnrer hue and fairer luster than
n any other place ever saw.
! From the deck of Ehe ShuOrick,
commanded nv ihe gallant Gregory.
and bound for Tillamook, the scene is
a Grand Que. As we near the ocean
the sun SINKS toward the pf"montory
marked Cape Hancock; shadows
are moving shorewerd i'll the emerald
water; ships crossing out spread heir
white wings aud fly 10 sea, the black
smoke oE the steamers lies in lateral
| lines across the western sky, aud amid
| the screaming III the sGlis ami 5hn
shouts Of returning fishermen sc hold
our course for "thc bar where the
great breakers toss their white foam as
they curi and break ia flashing frag
ments back 10 the green water. Here
the river runs t. the shnreicss depths
Of ocean hotween banks oi crimson
fog that hany low on either side, ami
rising. change 10 cl9nds ot orange vap"r
that tioat away with creamy tr;nges Il
lace like drapery range around jha
, setting sun. Everything ar."ind aad
above is radian; Ia amhtr giua. the
, vessa! rises ua the s~ei! o. JhH Pacific,
the sunset 4un is fret from Ih- i"r' ou
e the h.i. "ur DAG gnasn ~. the great yeiioN
glare CLEANS out from tia lighthouse,
4 the giords rel! together. Il grly mist
= settles down upon the water and vi
\ head iur Tiilamook bnck, which IS !
, crag ui ha,alt ton miles away with ;
r lonely lighthouse thereon, "" &C
Il there and effect 4 stormy landing.
y :: =
just nuw We are engaged il the reg
uiar work II saving the couRgry. Ever!
little while this has 10 be done, am
about the present time the heNgag
sounded and the tom-tom is heaten.
D.. We elect = state ticket, cnuHt
tickets, legislative. etc, IN Jnue. aa'
to those for whom are sct ,he bowis q
party soup it i = season Of ;eryo
and exhcriatlon. ro the great mas
OF voters the occasion presents nu iea
, lures of enthusiasm. Rut little a
tention is paid TO party lines. and bu
little regard is evinced for the part
= whip that the political leaders hav
" long cracked over unwilling shoulder
People do their own thinking, moT
= and more every year, and Then ele'
ton day comes round vote for ths ma
whom they think hest titied for ii
place Of course. on general priuc
pies, those ii us who don't eare 10 /
forever kicking around among Il
sauIls. wansto seethe Republican tici.'
elected. la general. politics il "a
IS; neol, uf woods is-pinto.
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