The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-08-16
AN OLD HENS cAcK1E,

Perhaps some ot the readers ot the
AstOrian-espeeially those. and their
name is legion-who asve been SO for
tunate as 10 1--we for = part q their
career in "MiEEouri' paradise q
eorn-fsd. yelloW-legsed chickens and
fat turSeys-win recall the peculiar
antics an ol3 hen Is won't to cut Up on
finding mouse OF some other such IN
trUder in the ecOpg How many hearty
lsughs have been caused by the "fuSs'
and feathers the old hen viii kick
I'd over such a small cause. She win
take immediate steps. and lots q them.
to arPriSe tbs ~hole nsisahorhOoa thar
sOmething wonderful has happened.
All -hsa, wssz STE has gathered Aer
eonp&aiOns around the COOP how she
sass Oa uish the tale q her harrow
sseapes Ths more she eackies about
Il the eiggsr the matter gets. until she
Cults from sheer lack q breath Or
sympathy.
ne oregoniaR has found another
nOuse. II last Mondays edition q
that pSpsr the announcement IS made.
under a scare head. that British o.
srer has ee@n permitted TO Inspect
e1r dessnses At the mouth o. the Co
luzhia river and that he Ein probably
use the informstion 50 obtained TO our
utter ds<uuetioa n case ~A- o-saSs
S11 esS~sea MS government and ours
What an outrage this Is on tie part
q she McKinley administration, What
a spectacle il presents q the not Ct
AisersSa and C0rslals.a In the EAr de-
perSs,zat, Ar 50 the o-esoaian goz
0n. II is s7aSzS q rage over the peril
Gai ia1gziry this vro1ghS 10 the
AR@-ic1z Gzsoa
II al Scasr ezrnsSJasSs. he chances
q var With GreGr Britain are 50 re-
z0se i SENS r5EcuioUs 70 azy think
ing mind that a paper q ihe Oregon
hn's ssass sh5lla carry a. thus about
a Ez2ttsr o 10 o0asalueaes- What
sho1A ne care whaf 4 B-1rishsr
Ind especially snch an one as
cos0asi Le@-knoES Abozt Our Kill
it&ry Affairs Let Coloael Lee.
and as @A7y other rsPrsseztz-
tiyes Ot to-siga governments Ike
him as plsAss. sxazins or ssrs,gth
to their hearts content We have
nO;hing 70 los= We are : people who Z
viii stand close .nzpecsso7-she closer
ths vSsw an5 z0-e eApzsls tie e-f-sc. I
the better. Il nay cause Cosonsl Lee
and 0Shsr foreign spiss-Ea Which cat (,
sgory the OreEozizn ev13satiy would
Place this szRAnI friend and co-hero
q our brave n=z a, b3oody z Carney
1t NAY cause y1eh sp5es 70 have
more care Agw thsy encourage their
gVy=rrE~n,s 70 1=c31e szh-o1sa
Wit us, All E1os- 70 Colonsl L@e and
his loures: Nay Il oozs 70 tie
noutA q th= Colu-bsz -ivs- again.
Everything we've gu 69-u tbs way
< hls Hs zzy Sc anything and Do
zuyyhing he ulsA=s whils a-g-g tas
AMERICANS in this neck 4 Unelst (
Sans uoots
But it turns 0u,- as = matter of fact /
q tie testimony q army nsa whoss
loyalty and patriotism ever the Ore
g0aian will not deny. that Co!9ael Lee
dl nos find cut anything in his b-tsf
ard formal vtzi, to Fl Sssvens that
woGid be dangerous 10 rs IN ths slight
est degree in time Of actual var. He
learned nothing that he did not knoE
q might not have learned months and
years sgc. II IS not about tie ulodel
q the gun nor its carriage that seere-
CT IS usually observed These mat
tiers are fully described in the ordi-
Rance reports accessible 70 all It is
the Position. geographically considered.
which constitutes the importance in
the eyss Of foreign enemy Of a na-
tion's defsnsss. As to our fortideations