The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-18


ucd at t5SLSe. were phppeI IRON AS.
toria, Nineteen vessels carried tho for
e,gn.bound grain
The oficers Of the Astoria Public II,
hrarv association wish 10 thank the
Iannc,ar and the Finnish residents ot
Astoria tor very handsomely nluae
trated volume. picturesque Finland"
published at Helslngtors, The beautiful
scenery Is described In six different lam
guagcs; Norwegian. Russian, German,
Finnish, French, and English. Every
one should call and see Il, other new
books Just received are Alaska" by A.
=. swincford. "a Little House In Pimu-
CO." by Margaret Bouvet and I'm TITS
sieps by Charles 5, sheldon,
C ", Cooper made another remarkable
scorc at the A, +. G. alleys last night,
setting - pins In the game, As usual
there ls a harJA.luck story 20 tell, lie
started on with two strikes. both ~
which he missed. and got but two pins
In the frame. Then followed a spare,
seven cOnsectlyo strikes and two pins, A
strike In the third frame would have
given him score of Ss Il IL confidently
expected by the bowlcrs ot the club that
Mr.. Cooper will succeed In reaching the
n mark before December /. Several bets
TO that eject were made last nisht.
Mfr. A. ]. Johnson. superintendent OF
the Oregon forestry exhibit at the oma-
Ia exposition. left last evening, TO be
present az the closing OF the exposltlon,
which takes place November /. A number
og Oregon exhibits will then be donated
TO colleges. universities aud parks
througnout the states. and Mr., Johnson
will personally SEE that each exhibit 30
sent IL properly described and labeled,
With the section OF the state from whlch
Il came. some OF the largest ana most
unique OF the forestry exhibits 0re from
ciatsop county. and the distribution Of
the exhibits In this way wal be great
advertisement, not only for this county,
but the entire state. Mr.. Johnson eS-
pects TO complete the entire work
BY November Is. and win return to AS
tOria the latter part Of the month.
II Is said that tho only way 10 beat q
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is TO let II
severely alone. A smooth operator who
is now In the city can demonstrate the
fallacy Of this saying. however. For the
past day or two ilushes have been num-
erous on the boxes around town, and In
vestScation diseloses the fact that the
operator has been getting more than
one mans share OF the blk hands, and
the cigars which are paid for them. He
has wonderful system, and has never
yet been detected In placing Il In effect.
Just what his system Is cannot be told.
for he Is smooth enough not 70 allow
Aealers 10 get on" Nearly n. the cigar
stores In town have been visited b. the
gentleman. and st Is estimated that he
has skinned" the cigar dealers out OF
si0 In me past few days Many OF the
stores nay money for winnings on ma
chimes. cigars being sold to dealers for
IA cents. The operator seems to be able
20 get a fiush whenever he wants TO. An
ordinary flush pays six cigars; a straSht
flush pays %: while royal flush pays
100 II the operator got but one royal
flush a day he would be In an independ-
ent position: but HIS desire to no up the
city In a short time has resulted In deal
ers getting onto him Il V thought he
uses a wire 10 beat the boxes.