The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-11-01


Der for San francisco.
The schooner Falcon came do yn from
Portland and passed out 10 sea in tow
of the Relief at 2:SO p. m. yesterday.
The State of California left out for San
Francisco yesterday morning with a large
miscellaneous cargo and 10 passengers.
The steamer Geo. W. Elder arrived in
from San Francisco yesterday morning
with the cittle Lucero I'm tow. She pro-
ceeded up the river to Portland before
noon.
The British bark Mobile Bay came in
yesterday in ballast from Rio Janeiro
She made the passage in IS days without
special incident, experiencing light winds
the whole way.
1t is rumored that the charter of one
of the ships now due expired last night.
There lis a strong soutserly wind blowing
outside, and the probabilities are that q
large number of ships will arrive in, IS
there is quite Il fleet now due.
The Sydney Commercial News Of Sep
TENDER 10Th says: After a record pass
dBG " u uCtJS IAl0 <1Ilhc lCdh phI htulliiC
Willie r. Hume arrived yesterday from
Port BGakeCey. Her average speed
throughout was LAG mdses a day, ard the
best days rum was 225 miles.
IN Washington pilots are beginning to
admit they will be forced to allow an
opposition tug a bonus of Is per cent,
unless the Spreckles tug confines herself
to the towing Of vessels, and not that of
transferring pilots TO ships and pilot
~schooners, as 1t makes an uphill game
for them.
The two spot charters on Saturday left
only two free ships in port, for which 3Gs
10 asked. Five of the thirty-five vessels
alluded to on Saturday as due at this
port arrived in the So hours ending at
midnight on THE 9th. These were all UNI
der charter to load wheat at rates vary
ing from 23s Sd TO 33s. The spot rate is
30s, and most of them are sllgLltly above
that figure.-Bulcetin.
Q Greenland must be a very good country
to keep away from, judging from the ex-
perience of some of the Gloucester fish
ermen. A report comes from there that
the schooner Carrie w. Babson had %
barrels of salt, which she lad funded,
dumped into the sea and the barrels
burned by a Danish man-of-war. The
schooner Mary e.. had the same expert
ence. A vessel is not allowed to land
anything, and only allowed shelter in
severe storms.
An honest granger In the late 7Gs,
when ~freights were very high, COM
pgained that the freight ring in this city
sent grain ships to Europe so that They
arrived a fleet at O time, and quoted The
press dispatches 10 show that in one
day some six or eight ships from this
port reached Cork or Liverpool. HIS
remedy was to have the farmers charter
the ships themselves, and dispatch the
same a few days apart so that arriving
Same a few days apart, so that arriving
at no time would be gfutted. His idea
was not adopted, and seldom since these
halcyon freight days have shirs run
evenly on the long voyage around she
cape of storms. One exception to the
rule was csb.ed Saturday. The ships
Hollywood and Kinross-shire zach sailed
from this port June 18th, bound for Fall
mouth. and e1ch arrived there October
25Uh, in a passage Of 1874 days. 1t is not
often sucn cases can be recorded.-Com-
mercial News.
A peculiar custom prevails among the
shippers and fishermen in Australian
waters. These hardy mariners are often
for months at a time away from their
homes, cruising to and fro in search Of
FISH, shells, coral or epouges. Away
from all communication with The civil
lied world they have erected on points
Of vantage Situated near much frequent
ed ocean highways high stones, to which
they attach an empty barrel mt a con-
venient height. Here they deposit an
1etters they wish to mali, with money
for the postage, and a pearl or a hit OF
coral ais a reward for the one collecting
this mail. In fact It Is nothing less
than a letter box on the corner of the
street. Regular steamers passing week.
ly call at those Of the silent stations that
are most ~patronized. and a system has
been found to leave some mail there.
Al that Is required Is the previous an
notrncement at what mailpost letters are
to beleft, and the heart OF the Lonesome
mariner may be ~ecaddened with news
from nome every week. A special fax
Is now coxected for calling at ouch
points.
There are now on exhibition in the
American Museum Of Natural History
Nre-size models OF q gquid, or deviihsh,
and an octopus. both o. gigantic size.
These models are made OF papiermache,
and hang from the ceEang in the room
devoted TO the lower Invertebrates. Taey
are exact representations Of Inc original
and present a very formidable appear
ance in their present position. tine huge
squid stretching its enormous f~entacles
nearly across the room. Scientifically
ct1ese creatures are known as the ccpha-