The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-19

antiquity and associated in our minds
with sacred things, recall the lines OF
Tom Hood on "The Impudencs of Steam
written 80 years ago.
quite a feet was reported at date OF
last review and since then eleven vessels
have been added to the list safely in port.
The arrivals for September, exclusive of
coastwise vessels and packets engaged
regularly in the Pacific trade add TO
the tonnage of last month SS,4O9 tons
register divided up among n vessels.
This in ordinary times would not be ex-
cessive, for with an active wheat mar
ket abroad the dispatch of two ships a
day would be simply good business.
But the Bngiish market this year has
not favored the exporters, the olsen
gagged ships in port, eighteen in number,
have not been needed, as the engaged
arrivals were all sufficient for exporters
needs. One ship, which arrived free in
August unable to get a satisfactory offer,
is loading for account of owners, and
that is the nearest approach to spot busi-
ness that can be reported for the week.
An advance abroad in the grain market
would help materially, for a very fair
proportion of the spot wheat here is
controIed by exporters, but the day OF
high freights, for this season at least,
Is past. Too much tonnage is heading
this way to admit of rates returning to
the highest figure of the present season.
Outside business calls for no COMMENT
Commercial News.
Capt. S. Jeisen and j. M. McLane, who
are In the county Jail on the charge of
cruelty on the high seas, have fallen out,
and things are becoming complicated as
to the Chilean vessel Alacama, which is
owned at Valparaiso but which is now
at Port Gamble. Up to the present time
no libel or other proceedings that could
detain the vessel pending the outcome
of the trial have been commenced, but
she cannot go without a captain. Her
owners are anxious to have her get under
way, it is said, and have telegraphed
here to that effect. Yesterday afternoon
British Vice Consul Klocker and Mrs.
McLane were at the county jail trying
to get Captain Jeison to resign, so that
a new captain could be appointed Jeison
thought he smelled rat and decided that
If he resigned new captain wolld be
placed in charge McLane would give
bonds, and in the end, he, Jeison, would
come out of the little end of the
horn"
81 will not resign" said Jeison
"Pn discharge you If you don't" re-
piled McLane.
Eyes, discharge him. put in Mrs Nc
Lane.
you can't do It," said Jeson.
II can do it," retorted McLane. "Tve
got the power of attorney from the own
ers"
II won't be discharged insisted Jesen
well, you are discharged" said Nc
Lane.
mo, I amt" said Jeisen, and there
the case Observation-Disclosures
The Boston Globe says: During the
season that has just closed we have
matched 75,O00,0OO Holsters, 45,OOOOOO cod
fish and 100000 flatfish or founders
stated Superintendent John Maxwell, of
the United States fish hatchery station
at Woods Hole. The lobster eggs are
put into glass jars, each of which holds
seventy-five ounces; they are placed upon
a table very similar to the one used to
hold the cod catching boxes. There are
two glass tubes which enter the Jars at
the top, which is closed with a porce-
lain cap. One of these tubes goes to
within an inch of the bottom of the jar,
while the other enters only a short dis
tance from the top and just above the
eggs of the lobster. The one which goes
nearly to the bottom keeps the eggs
moving ait a lively rate, and it is this
moving about that matches them. As
soon as an egg is Matched the young lob
ster, swimming about, rises to the top
of the jar, and by the siphon is drawn
into the receiving jar, which is covered
with linen scrim which allows the water
to escape when it becomes filed and
still holds the young lobster captive. The
eggs are still kept stirred up by the fresh
supply of water until all that are alive
have been matched and drawn into the
big jar 1t depends upon the temperature
of the water, the same as with cod egg
The required temperature Is So degrees,
and the time usually required is from
two to four days. We begin to hatch
the lobster eggs on April l. Several years
ago an experiment in Matching eggs
received during the winter months was
tried at this station Eggs were received
on December IL and continued to De taken
until January 25. During this period AS
Holsters were stripped, yielding 1,7177
eggs, which were placed in the Matching
jars, the temperature Of the water being
45 degrees None of these eggs, how
ever, began Matching until May 25 fol-
lowing, the water being "a degrees, and
on the 9th and 7th of June, S5650O fry
were released in local waters. The period
of incubation, therefore, ranged from
about five and one-half to four and one.
hhlf months, the loss being over fifty
per cent"