The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-12

toria railroad With reference TO noods,
stated that Il would bc impossible 20
build the line SO hish AS to DC absolutely
out nf reach of possible hlgh water, No
sud that Il the Snake and Upper Column
hia rivers should both bring away the
SHOWS at the same time. the water would
40 over the top " i-td1s bank IN Port
land This condition 81 anairs Il liable
TO happen any year,
An old-umer and one who has closely
watched Oregon weather .or many years,
predicts that there will be Hood OF the
Columbia river this summer which viii
probably reach higher mark than that
OF 1871 Al tho present umr the stage OF
water In the Uppvr Columbia and snake
rivers IL lower by several inches than
ever bctorc known NJ thts season OF the
year Therc mas been no gradual descent
of water and white the snow on the
mountain ranges Is not as dccp as u Is
some years. yet the tIyt remains that
what there Is must now melt all at once,
Que should have a great deal u sympa-
Thy for the poor fellows who have gone
To Alaska with he hope OF stumbling on
a gold mine and becoming mlllionaires
Ot course. they meet with disappnlnt-
mrnts and are wrecked They have fol-
lowed "A mere Jack o. Lantern, and end
hy failing into Il ditch, There Is lots
OF gold In Alaska. put Il Is a Mt trou-
blcsome TO md u. In the meantime one
must eat, and II the shrvwd natives are
Charitable enough 10 sell potatoes at ten
cents each, and all other provisions At u
propOrttonate rate. why, Il would hc
cheaper TO put up AZ "A hrst-rl1ss New
York hotel As a consequence there Isn't
any spot on the globe where there is, at
the present moment. more suffering than
In Alaska.
There Is prospect that quite II start
In the business OF canning, or rather box
Ing, sarNilnes will be started on the coast
this season, It is we'll known that dc-
llcious species OF cardlnrs Is found In
the estuary OF the Columbia. and the vA-
rous bays and harbors along the coast
OF Oregon and Washington. which will
BE- much better. when put up. than tho
so-called sapiInes put - In the East.
which are nothing but young herring.
and lack the richness and flavor of the
red sardinc At the East. the young
herrlngs are put up for sardlnes I'LL they
grow too big, and then they are put up MS
brook trout To those who cannot tell
the dlfernce, II makes no odds. "A rose
by any other name" etc.
one OF Astoria's merchants who made
a trip out on the Wallusk road Sunday.
gays that with the exception Of strip
OF road In front u Nurnburg's and
little piece az the WalusK bridge. the
entire road Is IN fairly good condition.
The bad places which need repairing at
once ara about thousand feet In length
all together. and the settlers In that
vicinity have lgreai 20 do all they can
towards making .he repairs. They need
some aid from the county. Those active
ly interested in the improvements nre
Messrs Gamble, Boyle. Carr Bartoldus
and Rasmussen The energetic people OF
the Upper Nehalem are determined TO
have decent means OF transportation be-
tween their country and the city, and
the county authorities. II Is thought,
should meet them part way.
The favorite flower OF the coming sea-
son IL the many colored and delIghtfully
scented sweet pea" IL is TO be the cor
sage bouquet, and artilcially the hat and
bonnet favorite Society has made the
sweet pea the dower OF fashion this
year. Big sleeves are TO blame for u,
as they played sad havoc with roses. for
every time the wearer moved or became
excited. they would knock the leaves on
the flowers. Helen Gould OF New York
city, Is responsible for the adoption OF
the sweet pea as fashions flower. and
this summer II will reign as the favorite.
II will be all the rage. and the language
OF flowers has been revised to meet the
exlRencles Of the hour A sweet pea,
worn in the lapel signifies innocence; the
light pink one with white stripe. love- the
red one, II am lying to zee you" Min
gle all these varieties in one cluster on
the lapel OF your coat, and they will ex-
press a great deal.
During the var | often noticed that
the Indians would never attack white
man whose reason had been dcthrone1,"
sal an old soldier the other evri iGe
when the rclBkins would come In con-
tact with crazy man they would lnva-
rlably go through a series Of peculiar
motions at a signal from the chief. Then
a strange dance would be executed, and
the unfortunate pale face would go un-
mOested no matter now hot n fight was
waging at the time. This Is a matter Of
history. and II has often caused much
talk among the soldiers. My attention
was first drawn to this Characteristic
Of the Indian at a fight on the frontier,
In which a large number Of men were
killed. There we're three men whose rea-
son became dethronad during the battle,
but they were not injured and they
were in the thlckets OF the fight. The
Indians would go out OF their way to
keep from hurting The demented men,,
and even some Of their number were In