The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-12-27

thoroughly for Ave minutes, season with
pepper and salt and a pinch Of ground
mace or nutmeg. Add to this the yolks
Of three eggs and a spoonful OF liquor
from the salmon Continue to mix for
ten minutes longer, thsn mold into four
large quenelles or rolls. which dip into
beaten egg and then in bread crumbs
Fry in boiling hot lard-enough to feat
them. Remove carefully and lay upon
buttered toast Garnish the dish with
scallOps of mushrooms and serve with
Italian sauce"
The vessels In harbor celebrated Christ
mas day In fine style. The Bedfordshire
and Mowhan were profusely decorated
with flags, and all the crews were treated
to excellent fare, with an abundance OF
fresh meat poultry and fruit. Jack sang
songs, spun yarns and danced all day
long, and the forecastle was the home OF
merriment till far into the night. More
than one of the shippers was remembered
by shore friends, and several presents
found their way aboard the ships. Cap
tain Patey of the Mowhan, was especially
lucky. In addition to the flags that were
strung to every available stick on the
Bedfordshlre, her crew managed, with
considerable difficulty, to place big nr
trees at the head of each of her masts.
The Tacoma News of Tuesday says:
"The big steamer Aladdin, Captain Hut
ter, was put on the Puget Sound dry
dock today, with 100000 feet OF lumber
in her hold, that weighed fully 2zOO IONS
The Aladdin is one OF the largest tramp
steamers that ever came to Puget Sound,
and her own weight, together win that Oh
the cargo. makes the heaviest load ever
lifted by the Quartermaster harbor dry
dock. The great machine did the work
as easily as ii It were lifting small
Yacht instead of one of the heaviest IRON
ships, and its cargo, that floats. The
lumber now aboard the Aladdin was
taken aboard at Port Hadlock. AS soon
as the hull of the ship is cleaned she
will come to Tacoma TO load SVO,OOO feet
of lumber and several hundred tons Oh
flour. The entire cargo will be taken 10
South Africa"
Mrs. Nansen, wife of the Arctic eX-
plorer, appears in an interview as fol-
lows: II asked her If she had no de-
sire to accompany her husband. She an
swered promptly: No, indeed. That
would be outside the sphere Of woman
That would not be the proper thing Tor
me to do l ventured to mention that
Mrs. Peary accompanied her husband on
an Arctic trip. Yes she said, and so
much worse for the expedition Clever
Mrs. Nansen may have an excellent idea
of exploration, but she certainly does not
extend her knowledge to a fair belief In
her own sex. She might make bril-
liant hit while her husband is hunting for
the North Pole, endeavoring to get ac-
ouainted with few of the nice billion OF
women in the other parts of the globe
AS a matter of fact the expedition oil
which Mrs. Peary was a part was the
most successful one ever sent out to the
North or any other pole!
The London Produce Markets Review
saws: Canned Goods.-There has been
a considerable improvement in the de-
mand generally, and quite heavy busi-
ness has been done in salmon for forward
delivery. The conviction that higher prices
will be obtained for Alaska salmon when
the season commences is gaining ground,
and there is little doubt but that the best
brands will, as was the case this year, be
speedily cleared. Fine quality of Column
bia and Fraser river fish in fiat tins has
again become scarce, and higher prices
have been paid for immediate delivery.
Lobsters have been slow of sale. There
will be an exceedingly small supply OF
reliable fish for next year, and stocks
will probably be exhausted long before
the arrival of new pack at the end of July
or the beginning of August. This Is not
a matter for much regret, the sale of this
fish, except the very finest brands, having
given little satisfaction of late years; the
deficiency will be made up by an in
creased sale of salmon"
The old trick of forging bill Of lading
is being practiced in the Northwest and
business men of this section need to be
on their guard to avoid being victimzed,
says the Seattle P.-I. 1t has come to the
knowledge of the Great Northern that
the name of II. R. Saunderson, agent for
that company at Burlington, on the
Coast line, has been attached to large
numbers of bills of lading. It is said
that SO many of these papers, with the
forged signature, have been set afloat
that the chances are that a bill of lad
ing bearing the name of Agent Saunder-
son is fraudulent. On this account the
officers of the company advise that
parties negotiating bills of lading exam
inc the signatures with great care to
learn If 1t is genuine, and further to stop
payment on any checks already issued.
The bills of lading have been given forI
most part on consignments of shingles, as
Burlington is a shipping point for that
No intimation has been con-
veyed as to who the guilty parties are,
but by prompt action the railroad officials
hope to circumvent the schemers