The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-24


II know n man who In 10 awfulIy
ahrewd." said n well known Insurance
man yesterday, that during the last ten
years no has cheated himself out Of
eyery decent trait OF character hs ever
possessed.
II IL claimed that the perfume Of now.
ers disappears nH 500 as thu starch IN
the petals IN exhausted. and II mas, II IL
said, be restored by placing the flower In
a solution Of sugar, when the formation
Of starch and the emission Of fragrance
will be- NJ once resumed,
Btrawberriha nre beginning 20 come In
larger quantities ana prices are getting
down 10 an average mans pocket book
A few baby niea are walking on the win
dow panes and people feel that spring IN
here. oven though their teeth chatter
when arising In the morning.
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Tho funeral Of tho late BAN Russell
Will take place today at clRisop Gem
stsry. Mr. Russell was ~ the time OF
his death n member In good standing OF
Aston Lodge. No. &. K.of r., this city.
Members OF that lodge will 20 down on
this mornings boat 20 attend the funeral
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Inquiry among the Chinese reveals the
fact that they knew all about X rays
aReH ago. but their reiioonoe on the sub.
teot has been equal 60 a pressure Of a
ton 10 the square inch. II Ia WONDERFUL
row much some people know, and how
successful they are In keeping II 20
themselves.
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NaHHen. tho North Pole man, was dis.
covered yesterday to DO on Corey Bros
pay roll. and that no worked twenty-five
days In April PaymaHter Jones left for
The ramps last night with His check book,
will ascertain when Ehnnen loft tho
North Pole, and what kind Of q contract
ho made there for a railroad.
A leak In the old reservoir yesterday
morning nsceanitatcd tho shutting on OF
water for an hour or no untIl the service
could be connected with the new rrner-
voir During the draining Of the pipes.
an old sewer on Fifteenth and Grand
avenue. burst lts bounds. and a large
stream Of water poured down the street.
Tho last issue OF the American Econ
omist. published In New York. contains
as n frontispicce. a me photograph OF
Senator George W Mcbride. The Econ
omlst II dcvotcd 10 tho protection OF
American industry and labor. and recog-
nlE"s N orcson'2. new senator. an able
exponent Of the tenotS OF the American
Tartn League.
Residents on tho hills LIST night enjoy.
ed a most beautiful picture. A mnEnin-
cant HFHAugE In VA. sF.wf saA - .aN.N.v.
In the eastern sky. made a combination
Of eolors not often witnessed. The old
adagc runs. ~ rainbow AT night IL
the sailors dsllEht" Possibly last even.
.nE's illumination was a %forerunner Of
good fortune 10 follow,
The steamer Electric yesterday went
10 Tongue Point with the new AcoW
which has just been taken on the grid
iron. and later in tho day. made u trip
10 TanHy Creek. for an empty barge, Men
and supplies are being taken 10 all Of the
camps daily. The bridge across Tansy
Greek II almost finished. and work will
commence In a day or two on the Alder
creek bridge.
NJ. 3, r. wiileti has Jusl completed
hlS contract for the biHmhiug Of the
Erickson building. .Thts IA probably the
most olabdfats ana expensive plumbing
contract ever let In the city. and the
splendid manner IN which the work is
don 10 u credit TO Mr.. Winett. and II
IL a credit also to the city that the con-
tract was let TO n resident instead OF a
foreign plumber.
IaAalN...AN "a. aaaWE l. .aNa. faw..wN L.
wArrcntoh. Mosprs. y. W. Preston and
Mr. Dawson arc building new cottages.
while the frame work OF MT, Warrcn's
new two-story building n just been
completed. Three nat cars were loaded
yesterday with ties. which will be used
In repairing the seaShore road. Those
who visited warrcnton yesterday stated
that prosperity was In the air over there
from the word 10,
The program for this evenings enter
tainment al the congregational church
Is u very interesting one: Miss Watkins,
known as Blind Josic." will rccitc sew
crnl selections, as well as render "a vocal
and instrumental solo, The Elite" or
chcstra OF this city will also furnish sew
eral selections. the whole rendering the
evening most enjoyable, No regular
price OF admission has been set. each one
paying whatever sum he chooses,
No change can be chronlcled In the
position OF fishermen or packers. Sew
orl Informal meetings have been held,
hut apparently neither side Is yet ready
for an understanding The packers de-
clare that even at four cents they would
lose money on some grades OF fish, while
the men think that they cannot work for
less than Ave cents per pound No re-
ports were received yesterday OF any
change In the situation up the river or
at Sand Island. amongst the trappcrA
Mr.. u. J. Ingalls,, OF the Lewis and
Clarke, IL In the city. on politics bent.
lie says he Is trying 10 solve the prob
lem OF n standard bearer at the coming
convention, Mr.. Ingalls, says that now
the farmers are only receiving four and
onc-half cents per pound for dressed
pork. while u ear or two ago, under
Republican rule, they got seven and
eight cents. lie says Il II argued by the
Democrats that these low prices are a
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