The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-06-04
MATTERS MARINE.
Movements OF Nsaseis ~ tome
nud Elsewhere.

Movements Of Nssaeis ~ IIou,o
aud Elsewhere.
Tho steamer State Ia due from san
Franoluco today
The steamer Empire sailed Tuesday
from Han Francisco for Astoria ana way
points
Tho achonar dem arrived yenlsrdny af.
tornooH from Han FranolaoO Hhc viii
load lumber
There ara eighteen yoancla On route for
Astoria, with total registered tonnage
OF a. sl There arc ton vessels al Port.
hand, with tonnage Of ii1eL
aas--aa--
There ern nye ypAagls due at this port
~ In In expected two-tho rulwood ana
chrlmHforda arrive shortly both
have railroad iron Tor the Astoria ana
Columbia River Railroad.
Tho bnfkenllns tinole John, Captain Il
Mutchlsun, 80 tons. arrived yesterday
from Nan FtanrlHco, IN hallaat Hhe will
leave w the fivpr IN fuw days fOr
FANANfANf hNAAN WV VIII lNNfl lNlillNIH
sssatsss
The American bark ilarsfayo. gg t0nH.
hailrd from M0lundo Tor this port May
~ Hho WAS chartered by Han Francisco
parties 10 load lumber ON the Columbia
HNvf Tor Shanghai for iia 6d, The vessel
IL nov one, aud this viii bo her ffBt
TRIP 10 this port Bhe VIII probably load
at hkamokaNa
The cargo of the Oriental liner Allmore,
which sAiioi TUESDAY. was very valuable.
HE had merchandise fpr iiuuEknnR. Ya.
kuhhma. kobr, Honolulu, Shanghai ana
London Her cargo was compoaud prin-
olpallY uf npur. uf which she had gi.tr
huHhois. valued al tgup The total value
of hrr cafEu wap igi iH@
Tho following Interesting story iH from
rho Tacoma NvNu. ana goes 10 demon.
utrato that Captain fullrrt0n can hold
up hla end ot skppvrs hVoHto paalime.
Captain Fullerton. OF the American ship
Yosemite which arrived hrFo this morn.
ins 10 take coal Tor Ran frHneis,o. Was
az Wull'knoWp water front iounging
placo thla morning whore hc repeated
a sketch ~ Pacific coast marlno history
that held The attention ol tho DID thru
and ambitious younEplors like charm,
De told how the nrklr Winds 81 the old
Pacific pftaa favor one craft and sllsht
nnolher hio Eayr several valuable point
ors for peonls who might some day bo
lsyond the Fearh Of the customary con-
yenirhrcs of civilization while al ura, ANA
carried a moral strain through the talk.
which wound w IN tho suggestion that
a ahip which goes 20 sea without los
may have tho number af days az sra
registered on tho masters hchrd pro-
Nided he d0ea no, shave upon the trip.
The captain has hrcn tnasIrr Of the No'
ssmiie for nine year, AMI can speak with
the FEELING Of an authority on farinc
coast marine matters This morning he
uaiat ''one me day ton years ago
sailed through tho Golden Gate In tho
Kooi nhip ofrloih There was n'lr
west st.norgnxest wind blowing and u was
necessary 60 put out southwark OF the
FaFailonsa The day after No ieit Han
Francisco the ship Daahing Wave put
90 sea and fell IN with us hA W. were
heating up the coast Two days later
ths Ola coaster Two nrothera pushed out
into the paeine nj her customary slow
speed and wu wuru al one time all close
together, Somehow tho Two brothers
struck favorahls hfvvao and hauled
away and made the souni In nine days
We crowded all canvas on the oFiolla
and ild everything possible 60 hurry her
over tho course but the sheets only
Mapped and the craft moved m u under
The spell of an oypr-awinE hoodoo. After
twenty.tour days wo appeared on Cape
Flatlery and ihcFv saw the paahlnE
Wave being iowed IN by a tus hho
had experienced no better luck than tho
oFloiia. hut ! thought she had made
round trip and was returning TO the
Sound for = second cargo. This din-
ruNted me with Father Neptune and al
tho ara Hada In general 20 when 'ho
wave spoko us and advised me 10 take
u tow I shouted IN my anguish. VIII
nan every inch af tho way to Tacoma u
/, tak.s a month And did We had
hash enough aboard TO last six weeks,
and We trlt safe on tina, score. Tho
trip from Fiattcry TO TacomR was made
IN the remarkably quick iimc OF ten days
or a total Of lhlrty.four days from San
Francisco 10 tho GUY Of pvstiny There
was no ruzor aboard the ship during tho
massage, and oycry man ON tho craft
mad whiHkora a yard long, with tho cx-
ecption OF myself. whose beard stretched
thirty.iour inches from my chin. When
tho boys asked how long | had been to
sea simply held tho cSutrrant alfalfa
nj arms lrng,h and said It grew an Inch
a day All whinkcra that We saved after
rhsaTing furnished busters of all shades
and eoiorn. and now have ono OF deli
cate ribcncent hue from the face OF an
irlahmnn which preserve m me-
mcnto OF tho trip II n the mascot ot
tho Yosemite and my luck IL none but
th,, heat "