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every throat Is hushed, the forward end
of the line dips q few degrees and the
whole, with stiff set wings, slides gently
down the air, now winding to the right,
now to the left, or perhaps in nearly q
straight line with scarcely note from
the longest line. With ease quite
wondrous for bodies so large, that look
so clumsy on the ground and have so
much weight in proportion to their
spread, they drift slowly down without
motion of the wing until near the sur
face, when they often range up in line,
moving sideways, float q few rods along
the face of the water and drop into 1t as
softly as so many flakes of snow.
The snow goose comes heralded afar
by its clamorous notes, less musical
than those of the honlSer. but making up
in quantity for what is lost in quality.
They, too, sail with grace quite puz-
zling for so clumsy a bird as it appears
to be on land, float around a few times
in large punches having any kind of
shape instead of the strings in which the
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dangerous cackle and every bird starts
out for himself in the most reckless
abandon. Head over heels. head up,
head down, turning somersaults, roll.
ing over sideways. in every conceivable
twist and turn that ingenuity can de-
wise, all apparently by accident yet
with each bird retaining perfect con-
troll over himself, they dart, roll, dive,
twist, gyrate and tumble in all manner
Of lines and curves outward or inward,
backward or forward. down to the water
with apparently every throat in full
chorus. A hundred yards and more
from the center of the column dozens
Whirl outward, tumbling and rolling at
the same time, yet with marvellous GER
tainty they all gravitate to nearly the
same point by the time they reach the
water. Into this they sometimes fall
singly, but is gently as descending this
tie down, but more often they catch
themselves and sail slowly along until
all the flock has fallen to the same level
and joined the line, then moving forward
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warmers ranch it was a common thing
Tor country "jakes" with the old single
barrel muzzle, leaders to get q wagon
Load in day. mostly by pot shooting
around the lagunas on which they could
sneak from behind the tules.
BY day and by night the mellow honk
'of the Canada goose fell from the sky
where he was drifting. the cackle of the
white-fronted goose or gray brant"
could be heard on almost every breeze.
while the clamor of the snow goose
or white brant" often drowned them
both. Thousands of the latter. robed in
pure white with black tipped wings.
streamed along the mountain sides in
single flock, making, against the SOM
Der shade of the chaparrel that then
covered most of the hills, contrast
that had few equals in the sights of the
field.
Scarcely anything in natural history
is more curious than the charming SIGHT
of geese alighting in water, and scarcely
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, HlUDYNM 3

The marvellous remedio-treatment that II
used at the Hudson Medical Institute the
great white building at the corner of Ellis,
Market and Stockton streets. San Fran
cisco, Cal, has saved thousands upon thou
sands from all the horrors that you are af-
ficted with, and your case is by no means
too far gone. Go there or write and ask
for circulars and testimonials about this
grand remedy. Why, in thirty days you
won't know yourself, and no matter wheth-
or you have got kidney. liver or bladder
trouble; whether you have had a bad case
Of blood poisoning and have a face and a
body covered with bad pimples ard biotch~
es, or whether you are run down and unable
to perform the big functions of nature--it
will be all the same to those wonderful
physicians. You ask what they will do for
you! They will cure you and make whole
man of you.
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Until one tries to Interview the wild
goose one Is apt TO have an impression
that he is a slow bird and somewhat
stupid. Many who have never shot at
one have declared that 1t was not a
game bird and not worthy of the
sportsman's attention. One who has
seen only the easy march Of travelling
geese along the zenith is quite likely ia
think them slow of wing. and the con-
fidence with which such a one will try
to sneak on. flock on very open ground
shows he thinks them easy victims but
on account OF their size, worth adding
to the bag where it is not matter of
too much effort.
All such have in store a grand sur
prise, for, although like all other wild
game the ,5oose may sometimes be
caught off guard there are very few
birds so hard to bag today by any fair
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way with any amount OF care unless the
cut in the ground is quite deep.
The wild goose was once more abund-
ant on this coast than in any other part
of the union, and twenty years ago were
found on almost all of the open plains
of this section in quantities that today
seem quite incredible. After the bare
hills and rolling plains had become
tinged with green from the rains they
could be seen, not by the dozen but by
the thousand, waddling over the grass
or standing in the distance with heads
up like rows Of tenpins. Often they were
in bands almost as large as those Of the
sheep, while fiocks of hundreds were a
common sight. On the San joaquin
plains in Orange county and on parts
of Santa Margarita, in the San Jacinto
country and about Temecula they were
found In astonishing numbers. At
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to feed in the middle of the afternoon
and returning at night to roost in the
water The big grey geese called the
Canada goose, but more commonly
"honkers," rise in long dotted lines
above the distant horizon, their deep
"honk," like soft note from a silver
horn' reaching across the. landscape
miies IN advance. High into the sky
they mount until near the lake. where
they often circle several times If there is
prospect of danger. To the music of
tneir melodious "honk-onk honk" they
wind IN narrowing spiral with but
shght descent until suddenly almost
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antics would they cut in reaching earth?
Figure them all up and the "brant" can
beat them all. He, too, sings to earth
and sky of his coming, but when he has
reached a point thousand feet, per-
haps, and often more, above the edge
of the lake the whole flock-generally
very large for they travel in large com
panies-suddenly becomes silent. 1t
moves up in 81 long line two or three deep
of semicircular form, though sometimes
of different shape, and sails, perhaps,
once or twice around over the center,
all in profound silence. Then suddenly
every throat is opened in their wild
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larger goose more often flies. then
gather up in masses, raise their heads
and drop their tails gradually until they
stand at an angle of nearly sixty de-
grees with the plane OF the horizon, with
wings all set forward and downward.
One would think it quite impossible foY
a bird of any size to hold that position
minute, but it is mere play to the
snow goose. Forward and downward he
slowly settles, gradually ceasing the
ringing call until the whole flock sinks
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anything has been mentioned less II
80 qui,e oiHefent from their allghting on
the ground, and is sNnething that few
today have the opporeunitv to see as II
could once be seen.
About the middle Of the morninp tho
geese that have been Oft feading o, tho
grassy plains come into he la rger oords
and lakes to spend q fes . bo,,rs duri,,s
u Inc Jay seoing out again
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gently into the water, when all is silent.
The white-fronted goose is the great
master of the art of descent, and the
tumbler pigeon and the woodcock in
mating time are the only birds that ap-
proach his style. And they are SO far
behind him that the comparison is
ridiculous Imagine several hundred
shingles tossed out of balloon a thous-
and feet from the ground. How many
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they would whirl and scatter in every
sort of way to the right and left as we
dashed at breakneck speed through the
place where they had been sitting, CIV
ing a good chance for q double shot
from either side. And sometimes they
would rise high while we banged di-
| rectly under them so fast that holding
oneself in place and shooting at a goose
only forty feet away at the same time
was quite problem. Once / was whirled
through the whole combination with
| out getting a shot at anything, though
the air was full of geese not fifty feet
above; while shooting both barrels and
| getting nothing was quite within the
possibilities if one was not used to shoot
| ing from wagon or running horse.
Even then clumsy gun was liable to
| impair ones bliss, for there was no
time to take sight on anything, and
| the whole had to be the quickest kind
of shooting or the more geese the less
game. Nothing of this sort is possible
now, for they know all about wagons
| 1t is not at all improbable that in the
very early days a good rider on swift
| horse could run into flock close enough
| to hit one by throwing a club if he had
the wind just right.
| When the railroad first ran through
Santa Margarita In 1881 geese were so
plenty along the track below the ranch
| house that general fusillade was opened
up along the whole train. The travel to
San Diego then averaged about a
drummer a week, and he was in no
hurry, knowing that no one else would
get there, so they stopped the train
every time anything dropped. On one
occasion l saw an Englishman shoot two
geese from the baggage car. Without
being requested the conductor stopped
the train while the Englishman bagged
the game. Another time the engineer
empted one of the old time Jim Grow"
pistols at a flock of white geese and
hit a "honker" several yards on one
side. He pulled up the train and walked
deliberately over and got it.
But these times were nothing to what
they were ten or fifteen years before.
Geese are pretty thick here this year,
amt they?" I remarked to an old
granger in Temecula in '7S.
"Well, there's quite some, but moth
ing to what they was. Why, when 1 first
come here "a 1 was out here raking
hay and all of a sudden 1t got kind of
dark, and l looked up and seen a cloud
| of geese right over my head. 1 just
reached UP with the rake and ralled
down nine. That was pretty good, con-
| sidern' that there was only ten teeth
in the rake"
"Quite fair, but the teeth of a hay
rake are pretty far apart to hold
goose by the neck, amt they?" l VEN
tured to ask mildly. thinking had him
cornered, if he was granger.
"We-l-l-l-l-it was a dry year, that
was, and the burned hay was so fine
/ had to use the garden rake to gather
it," r. S. VAN DYKE
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paper bicycle has now invaded the
field. One OF them owned by a bicycle
agent, is in use in London. Paper fiber
similar to that sometimes used in the
manufacture of railway carriage wheels,
is employed for tubing. and IS as strong as
any in use. a factory is said to be contem-
plated for the production of bicycles of this
Gel
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Ike Your Choice
WILL YOU BE

Now, it has to be one thing or the other
with you, and no one is to be blamed II
you choose foolishly. Poor mortal that
you are. why do you keep on and on in your
folly? That lassitude, that shaking-which
sometimes almost amounts to paralysis;
those fears of death; that bashful and
weakened way that you have of getting
around, and that knowledge that you have
that you get no JOY out of life that is worth
speaking about-all these things are signs
that you are suffering from that danger
Gus disease, Nervous Prostration. Get rid
of 1t! Yes, get rid Of 1t and start in at once.
There's life and strength and manhood and
virility and vigor ahead for you If you
want them.
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SPAIN ACCEPTS
TERMS IMPOSED
econtlnusd from nrst paEsl

bahs and those Spanlards who are not NJ
attarhs-i TO she mother country that they
will bs impcllod 10 abandon Cuba aud re-
turn % the poninSular.
"if We can grl chance" said mom-
bcr - tho cabinet ''to assure the people
OF Cuba. Cuban Or spanish. that al We
care 10 do Is 10 giye all classes a chance
20 live without being rotboi and porae.
cutsd and ground down. that VIZ hope 10
see upesn successful beyond any dream
thsy have ever had OF progress and prVs'
parity. that they shah not oontinuo 20
AlAughtor and ki,i each Other because u
relations and conditions incidental 20 the
system Of m!sgoycrnment Imposed upon
them by Spain. there can bc no doubt
about the eventual acceptance by the p,o-
pie Of our good Offices toward them. II
they succeed N settling up a government
Cor t,unnelyra or md thas they arc not
abie % DO 10 without further help. We
shall be- delighted In the one ease and re-
signed. perhaps. TO tho other and Us
significance should the cubans Indicate a
plain deslrc to be- associated as a nation
with tho Tinted states"
I'VE have disayowoi all desire 10 con
qucr AID hold thcm. We may not be -
positive when Cuba Expresses desire
10 be ANNEXED"
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who would oner to produce the highest

who would ofer TO produce the hlghes,
| speed.
| II II now proposed. and the proposal
/ was discussed at length at a meeting OF
the board OF construction this afternoon. 4.
20 design tho new ships on a basis OF
heavier displacement and greater cost
than tiie present law permits. with the idea
tia, Il will take until about December TO
complete the nsw plans and that by that
time congress WIN be In sersion and can
De depended on In view OF the showing
made by uho navy In this war 10 vote the
increased appropriation asked for and
amend the act ~ 40 10 iegalize the heav-
lur displacement.
The proposition now under consldefa-
tion Is to give the proposed ships a dis
placement OF l5.OOO tons instead OF II 30.
and 20 nI their minimum speed at IS
knots Instead OF i5 knots. Chlcf Engineer
Melville has been asked 10 submit designs
Of the newer improved machinery. includ-
ing wafer tube boilers. which he proposes
10 install with a view 10 developing an IS
knot speed. These designs ready. chief
Constructor Hlciiborn will set his bureau
% construction and repair 20 work on de-
signs on a hun 10 accommodate that ma
chlnery with the requisite coal space and
tho desired batteries.
Tho new scheme also oontemTiates a
main battery of i2-inoh and s-inch guns
instead Of i3-inch and e.inch. as In the
present designs. this change being
prompted also by the lessons learned from
tho Santiago engagement.
A further and a most important change
proposed 10 be made In the new ships Is
the addition Of copper shea,ing. At
meetlng yesterday afternoon the board
voted unanimously 70 have the new battle
ships Sheathed with a view to preventing
the fouling Of their bottoms and the loss
Of speed Insulting therefrom. THIS Is a
reversal OF the boards position on the
Shcathlng question II has stood hereto
fore throa 90 one against sheathing the
bottoms Of battlcshlps. Commodore Hich-
born being the only advocate OF the re-
form.
The experience OF the fleet In south wat /
ers during tho present war when the bat !
ueshlps and cruisers have steadily lost |
what speed they started with. as the re
suit OF marine growth on thetr hulis. has I
convinced the board that costly as the !
the sheating is 1t will be economical in the
long run. since II will enable the ships to ,
retain their speed for an indefinite period
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THE NEW BATTLEsHlP.
Important Changes Made In Their Plans
Growing ou, Of the Wars Experience,

Important Changes Made In Their Plans
Growing GU, Of the wars Experience,
| So~ York. Auguf, "A special to the
Tribune from Washington. says;
, The question Of spced % the three bat
( tlUshlps provided by the new naval pro-
gram. hAa bcen reopenod again. II was
supposed the matter had been settled
when Secretary OF the Navy Long an
cnee would be given to the bidders who
offered guarantees Of tho highest speed,
retaining general characteristics OF de-
slsn AZ set forth In the department.
circular.
II Is proposed now TO change these de-
slgns completely; to drop everything that
has been done, AMI TO start an over again
wth the intention Of making the new VS.
sells larger than was intended and speed
Ter and consequently costlicr. To do this
viii require an amendment TO the law
providing Tor the building OF tho three
battlcshlps
That law says that they shall De OF a
displacement OF about il.OoO tons and
shah not cost more than 10000 each. D."
The board OF construction had decided 20
make the displacement II 800 tons, which
II considers was as far as Il could go and
keep within the law. when the plans
wore under discussion the board unan-
mously agreed to make the ships practical
rcNetltions OF the Illinois type with such
improvements that could be added with
out materially modifying that type. The |
speed was to be l6 knots
The chief engineer advocated the sub
stl,uton OF water tube boilers for the
Scotch boilers adopted for the Illinois. but
as Il was shown that It was not proposed
By such substitution TO increase the
speed the board voted down the PROPOSE
ton,
Later, when tho experience derived
from the Santiago sea light showed the
importance OF speed In naval warfare, the
subject was rcopened. but II was demon
strated that with the Limitation as to dis
placement and cost imposed by the law
and tho restriction as to depth Of draught
imposed by the shaNowness OF most OF
our harbors It was impossible to Increase
the speed OF the ships without either re-
duclng their armor protection or lessen
Ing their armament. II chen was deter
mined to adhere TO the general designs
laid down, but to give preference In
awarding the contracts 10 the bidders
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JOHN L. GLEN. C. Q. M.

Office c. Q. NJ. Vancouver Barracks,
Wash. July ., 1898. Sealed proposals. in
trlplIcate. will be received here or at
Fort Stevens, oregon. until II o'clock a.
M, Aug. ., 1898, and there opened, for
furnishing fuel at that Post for fiscal
year commencing July 1st. 1898. Informa-
tlon furnished here or by Quartermaster
Fort Stevens. U. s. reserves the right TO
reject or accept any proposal or part
thereof. Envelopes containing proposals
should be marked: Proposals for Fuel
at Fort Stevens and addressed to under
slgneo or to Quartermaster Fort Stevens.
JNo. L. GLEN. C. Q. NJ.
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THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF figs

Is due not only 10 the originality and
simplicity OF the combination, but also
70 the care and skill with which It is
manufactured by scientific processes
known TO the CALrFoRSTA Flo SYRUP
70. only, and we wish TO impress upon
all the Importance Of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup Of Figs Is manufactured
by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co.
only, knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
limitations manufactured by other par.
ties. The high standing Of the CALI.
FoRSIA FIe SYRUP Co. with the medi.
cal profession. and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions OF families, makes
the name OF the Company a guaranty
OF the excellence of its remedy. II Is
far 10 advance Of all other laxati7es.
as II acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken.
Ing them, and IL does not gripe nor
nauseate. In order TO get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
san FRANCISCO. Cal
boUIs'ILLE KJ. NEW YORK. MT.
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TO CLEANSE THE SYSTEM.

Efectually yet gently, when costive or
bilious. to permanently overcome habltual
constipation. to awaken the kidneys and
liver TO healthy activity, without irri-
tatlng or weakening them, to dispel head
aches. colds, or fevers, use Syrup Of Figs,
made by the California Fig Syrup Co,
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ALASKA STEAMER WRECKED.

Seattle, Aug, 2.-News came today in a
letter from Charles Thornton announcing
the wreck OF the schooner Moonlight. July
., at the etrance OF the Kawayak river.
Her passengers and outfits were all saved.
The vessel was wrecked on one Of the
Islands that lie IN the entrance OF KotEe-
bue sound The skipper. who was unfa-
millar with the coast. refused to take on
an Indian pilot She carried IS passengers.
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LUMBER RAFT ARRIVES.

San Francisco, Aug. 1.-The steamer
Mackinaw arrived In port from Astoria to-
day. She has In tow the large lumber ratt
built on the Columbia river
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CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.

To loaf In hammock Is absolutely de-
lightful. but when that loafing Is done af-
ter sunset. there Is danger OF malaria In
the cool breeze and seductive idleness Of
that hour
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There is nothing that makes a woman
happier than 10 have her realize that
there are Others" TO care for her, even
though one has decided negatively on
that question.
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And now many good woman is posi-
lively stewing herslt TO death in her en-
deavor to save penny a can on peaches
and other fruit that she thinks she Is do
ing up. but which in reality is doug her
nm
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It is so easy for a man to tell woman
that she can depend upon him. but things
are different when It comes the time Of
her depending,
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II your feet hurt you cannot unless you
are great actress. walk along with an
air OF one who reveis In the fact thar he
or she Is aliVe
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A stufry room in summer resort hotel
and twelve hours Illness convinces the
most ardent vacation tourist that there is
no place like home.
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H. 7. CROSBY, ATToRNEY-AT-LAw
46S Commercial street.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT Law.
ofilce. Bond Street. Astoria. Or.
PROPOSALS WANTED.

OFFICE c. Q. NJ, VANCOUVER BAR
racks, WASH, July q, 1898 Sealed pro-
posals in tripllcate, viii be received here
or at offices of Quartermasters at
Boise Barracks and Fort Sherman, Ida,
Forts Candy, Spokane, Walla Walla and
vancouver Barracks, Wash, until II
o'clock a. m, August 20, 1898, and then
opened for furnishing forage and bed
ding therefor for fiscal year commenc-
ing July /, 1895. Information furnished
here or by said quartermasters u. s.
reserves right to reject or accept any
or all proposals or any part thereof.
Envelopes containing proposals should
be marked. proposal for Forage ana
Bedding at -" and addressed to un-
derslgned or to respective Quartermast-
ers.
JOHN L. GLEN, C. Q. M.
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Love may be blind. but It seldom sees
its finish.
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GRADERS AND EXCAvAToRs.

GIVEN ON ALL KINDS
Of grading; work done with neatness
and dispatch. Apply Eleventh street and
NELSON & GooDIN.
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WHEN YOU WANT FINE TEA, GOOD
coffee and spices, try Foard & Stokes
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WILD BLACRBERRIES-LEAVE YOUR
orders for wild blackberr1es with Ross.
Higgins * Co.
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CREAM 70 AND Bc PER PINT. PAR
lor Candy Store.
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LARGE CONSIGNMENT OF PEACH
plums at De Yo's.
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AsToRlANS AT THE SEASIDE WILL
Palace Restaurant at that place.
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SWEET CREAM iOc A PINT AT THE
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HOTELS.

STOP AT "THE MURRAY,"THE ONLY
hotel in Astoria having every mod
ern improvement, Strictly first class