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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1889-06-29
Foreign Missions.

WASHINGTON, June 22.-The follow
ing appointments were announced this
morning:
John L. Stevens, Of Maine, minister
to the Hawaiian islands.
George Money, of Tennessee, minister
to Paraguay and Uruguay.
John Martin Crawford, OF Ohio, con-
sui general at st. Petersburg.
SPECIAL AGENT OF THE TREASURY.
WASHINGTON, June 22.-Secretarv
Window today appointed j. T. Evans,
of California, special agent of the treas
urV
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1889-06-29

TInVENC To and from principal points in the
IluAhlN United States, Canada and Europe.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1889-06-29
General Cams4On's Condition.

LANCASTER, Pa, June PA report
from Donegal Springs says that General
Cameron still lives, but is believed to
be growing weaker.
LANCASTER Pa, June 24.-This eve-
nings report from General Cameron
states that he is growing weaker hourly.
He still retains consciousness.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1889-06-29

ctions at Portland for San Franci SEQ and
Puget Sound points.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1889-06-29
VOL. |.
Blood River Glacier.
prprrsnyp EVERY SATURDAY MORNING By
The Glacier Publishing Company.
s1lnscRIPTroN PRICE.

M George T. Prather is authorized torecelVe ana
receipt for all subscriptions and b transact any
bi,siness for the GLACIER.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1889-06-29

No freight will be received on morning of sailing,
except Fruit and Vegetables and these will not be
taker after A. NJ
Rates Of passage Including meals and
berths), cabin, $1,000; steerage, $500; /;
round trip, unlimited, $4,000.
The Company reserves the right to change Steamers
Sailing Days.
&C. J. SMITH, A. L. MAXWELL,
Genl Manager. G. 2. & I. A.
S, F. GROVE, AGENT, HOOD RIVER.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
JOiner's MOlasses.

A man sat in the pantry of an out
ward-bound steamer, so busily engaged
in stirring some thick brown stuff in a
large pot that he never noticed the
eager eyes which were watching him
from small, round face that peered
down through the slSylight overhead.
Willie Markham was good sort Of
boy, as boys go, but he had one slight
fa1llng-he thought that all kinds Of
sweets belonged to him Just because
they were sweets, and hel ped himself
as freely, whenever he got the chance,
as any Of the bold buccaneers" about
whom he was so fond of reading.
The sight of the pantry mans occu-
patton drew him like a magnet. for il
seemed to him that this rich. brown
liquid must be molasses, the very thing
OF which he was most especially fond.
just then one of the stewards came
bustllng into the pantry for something
that he wanted, and the pantry-man
holding up trimming spoonful of the
liquid, called out to him:
"Joiner's molasses, Bill! Have a
toothful?"
"Thankee, Sam-not jist at present, /"
answered the other, with grin, as he
hurried out again.
Willie Markham licked his lips. He
had never heard OF "joiner's moIasses, I"
but Of course it must be something es-
pecially good, and he determined to
have taste OF it, come what might.
At that moment there was heard
a distant shout of "Sam!" and away
ran the pantryman to answer it, leay-
ing the coast clear.
The instant he was gone, Willie
came flying down the stairs, rushed
into the pantry, and took huge
spoonful Of the "joiner's molasses."
Ugh! what poison could this be?
No molasses could we'll be stickier;
but surely no molasses ever had such
a horrid, sickening taste.
Poor Willie spluttered out all that
he had not swallowed, and ran up
and down the room, roaring with pain,
the liquid being quite hot enough to
burn his tongue pretty severely.
His cries brought in Sam and two or
three passengers, who, seeing how mat
tiers stood, burst into roar Of laughter
that made the very glasses rattle on
the shelves.
well, that beats ALT" cried Sam,
holding his sides. "It's real sweet,
amt it, Master Willie? And it'll keep
your mouth shut quite nicely, once it
gets dry"
"You-you said it was joiner's mo-
lasses," spluttered the discomfitted
marauder."
well, that's what zoe calls it,
chuckled Sam, "but folks ashore gin
orally gives it the name O glue.
Golden DdUs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
Unfortunate Ami Around.

An Austin man was going North with
his wife last week, and the train started
off very suddenly while he was talking
with his friends. He grabbed hold of q
woman, chucked her on the train,
jumped after her, and away they went,
fifty miles an hour, with his wife Shrek
ing and tearing her hair on the plat
form, and woman he never saw before
going into high pressure Mysteries in
the car, and calling him monster and
yelling, Save mel
BY terrible mistake he had got hold
OF the wrong woman, or he was the
wrong man. At any rate the conductor,
refusing to listen to his explanations,
kicked him out of the car, the brake
man chucked him into the ditch, the
Sheriff met him before he was half way
back to town and put handouts on him,
and when at last he got home torn and
bleeding his oldest son met him at the
gate and threatened to lick him for
abusing mother. He entered his house
at length and found his business part
ner holding his wife on his lap trying to
dry her tears and console her, and tell
ing her that there were men in the
world who loved her much better than
her faithless husband ever did. A great
deal OF explanation was necessary on all
sldes.-TeGGS SiftiuqS.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
AYalallclleS.

Only moderate amount of snow fell
IN the autumn and early winter of 1887
So III the canton Of Grubunden; about
New Year there was considerably less
than the average quantity. On the
heights of the mountains this coating
Of scanty snow hardened, under the ac-
ton of the sun, wind, and intense frost.
into a smooth, solid, and icy crust,
Therefore, when heavy snowfall be-
gan in February, which lasted without
intermission for six days and nights,
accumulating an average of five OF six
feet on the crust of earlier snow I have
described, this new deposit was every
where insecure. 1t slipped in immense
masses from the polished surface of the
old snow, having no support, no rough
ness to which it could adhere, and
rushed by it's own weight into the val
leys at points where ordinary and more
slowly acting causes are not wont to
launch the thunderbolts of winter.
For the same reason successive ava
lanches descended upon the same
tracks. AS soon as one deposit had
glided from its slippery ice foundation
and another snowfall happened, the
phenomenon was repeated, the crust
OF old snow still remaining treacher
onsly firm and smooth upon the steep
declivities. A position, who drove the
post all this winter over the Fluela
Pass (the highest in Grubunden, and
the highest which is open for regular
winter traffic in Europe), told me that
he had counted between fifty and sixty
avalanches, which traversed the actual
post road, and some of these were re-
peated half dozen times. AS the same
conditions affected all the other passes
Of Grubunden, Bernina, Albula, Jul
Ter. Splugen, and Bernhardin, it will
readily be conceived that traffic was
occasionally suspended for several days
together, that the arrivals and depart
ures of the post were irregular, and
that many lives were sacrificed. Sin
gularly enough, no fatal accidents hap
pened to the Swiss post service. Those
who suffered were men employed to
mend the roads, carriers, and peasants
engaged in telling wood. Few valleys
in the canton escaped without the loss
of some lives, and the tale is still in
complete; for the most remote regions
were entirely shut off for months to-
gether from the outer world by enor-
nous avalanches, which interrupted
all communications. We do not yet
know, and unless an official report be
published on the subject we shall
probably never know how many human
beings fell victims to the fury of the
elements this winter. -Cor7ehiN Maya
si12e
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09

looking elsewhere, I returned to NV
suburban home without my compan-
ion, and sorrowful, yet hoping that he
might find his way back.
in about two hours after nv arrival
a handsom cab drove up to the door,
and out jumped Scott. The cabman
rang for his fare, and, thinking he had
somehow captured the runaway. I in
CURED how and where he found him.
oh, SIR said the cabby, Il didn't
hail him at all. He hailed me. Twas
standing close by st. James Church,
as-looking out for fare, when in Jumps
the dog Like his impudence,' says
|. So I shouts through the window:
but he wouldn't stir. So 1 gets down
and tries to pull him out, and shows
him my whip; but he sits still and
barks, as much as to say, Go on. old
man. As seizes him by the collar, 1
reads his name and address.
All right, my fine gentleman, says
l., I'll drive you where you're a-want-
ed, 1 dare say! So 1 shuts to the door.
and my gentleman settles hisself with
his head jest a-lool1ing out, and 1 drives
on till stops at this here gate, when
out jumps my passenger, a-clearing
the door, and walks in as calm az
though he'd been regular fare.'"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
Cat.Tail Down for Burns.

A correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Record vouches for the wonderful eff
cacy of the common cat-tail as a rem
edy for burns. He says: Take the
down, and with just enough lard to
hold it together make plaster and lay
upon any burn, and it soothes and
heals SO soon that it seems a miracle.
Put upon fresh burn, and in less than
half an hour the smart is gone; if it is
old burn, the healing will commence
Az twentyfour hours. "Cat-tail" is
also the Indian remedy for scrofllous
sores or ulcers Age does not destroy
its healing virtues. 1t can be laid away
and kept for years without losing any
of its remedial properties.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
How the Dog Got Home.

A story is told of dog which lived
on a ship. The vessel was anchored in
the harbor Of foreign port. The dog
often went ashore with the officers, and.
being occupied with various dog gish
amusements, often was left behind
when the officers returned in their boat
to the ship. The first time this oc-
Cured the poor dog knew not what to
do when he found the ships boat gone.
He ran up and down the wharf bark
ing and whining.
A boat was lying at the wharf in
which native was sitting. The dog
suddenly stopped, jumped into the
boat, and gave several short banks. as
if to say, II want to go to that ship out
there"
The man knew the dog, took in the
situation, and. doubtless thinking of a
fee, he rowed the dog to the ships side.
The man got his fee, for the officers
were glad to have their pet returned to
them. After that the dog often cot
back to the ship in the same manner.
The following anecdote is somewhat
similar in character, and speaks we'll
for the dogs intelligence:
"You know how much I rush about
in hanson cabs" said the narrator.
"and Scott, my collie dog, always goes
with me-we travel many miles in a
week together in this way; but on one
occasion I was walking AID missed
him.
Search was in vain. The crowd was
great, traffic drowned the sound of nv
whistle; and, after waiting awhile and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
A Remarkable Accident.
Help! Help! Take it off. -

Ielp! lclp Lake IL OH.
The above cry startled Principal
Huber of the Evangelical Lutheran
School.
He rushed from the school-house and
was surprised to see one of his pupils,
pretty 11-year-old Pauline Arndt, come
toward him with flat tin coffee can
protruding from her mouth Pauline
carries her dinner in basket. Her
coffee she carries in flat tin caa, the
cover OF which is screwed on. After
eating her dinner and drinking her
coffee Tuesday noon she playfully stuck
her tongue into the small hole on top,
and when she attempted to Withdraw
that useful member SIZE found she could
not do so.
She ran screaming to the school-house
and Mr.. Huber tried to relieve her, but
found he could not do so. The i'm
prisoned tongue had rapidly swollen.
making it impossible to draw it back
again. Picking her up in his arms, the
teacher took her to his home, 70 Mitchell
avenue. DIR. j. Siefert was summoned
and put the suffering little one to sleep
by means of chloroform. Piece by
piece the can was cut away, but when
the small band around the tongue was
reached the physician was baked.
Only for moment, however. A file
was procured and the band carefully
filed away. When this was done the
child was brought back to conscious
ness and taken home. Pauline was all
right again in few hours, and her
tongue once more resumed its normal
state.-DeNvey SIM.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Boys Will BE Boys.
BY VIRGINIA R. LAWS.

H..
Boys will be boys. SO runs the well-known
For me, I'm glad it's true
like the hearty laugh and merry word
And so, I'm sure, do YOU.
know they make the most unheard of rackets,
Wear out their hose;
And as for pantaloons and caps, and jackets,
You'd never think they had been decent
I'd rather 'twouId be boys than girls out-wear
That's really so;
1 always have been fond of bows Won know,
don't know why-perhaps you think I'm
But give me Jack and Tom and little Willie,
And baby Sam.
mat dreadful noise that to your ears is chatter
And noisy shout,
10 nm mine is music. Nothing is the matter
me boys are only having fun without
You wonder I'm not deaf? Ears must be open
To every sound,
And lips be quick to answer every question,
With boys around.
MY lnhuence--you rather seem to scoutit.
VINO manages the boys in rainy weather.?
DO y think your tone implies you doubt it
Inc TACT il that we manage all together,
AND do ever find a time for quiet
And rest like yonp
Yes, when the boys are tired of running riot
They share it, too
And when they gather round the little mother.
With merry faces,
What matter if do Just nearly smother s
In fond embraces?
l IKE 1.-THE dear, warm, rough boyish kisses,
From tender hearts;
IKE TO near their funny and strange wishes
Their merry larks.
And who at school were losers or were VIM
1lers ~A
In the days place:
10 ma, alas too oft my own young sinners
We're in disgrace.
I love, when bedtime comes and ,o,,toss
them, 1-@s'
Dear, naughty scamps,
and, with goodnight kiss, in nv heart bless
them ~ otoo
The little trampsl
You seem to think it's no end of O bother
The fuss and noises
But II instead, YOU We're the little mother
You'd pray, WITH mo, "God bless the boysln
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
The Weight of individuals.

The average weight of a boy at birth
in seven and that of girl little more
than six pounds When they have at
tanned the full development of man OF
womanhood they should weigh 20 times
as much as they did at birth. This
would make mans average weight
40 and a woman's about l25. The
height of male at birth is l foot 8
inches, and that of a female l foot s
inches. Fully grown, mans height
should be about three and half times
greater than at birth, OF 5 feet inches,
While i, woman should be 5 feet 3
inches. The weight Of individuals
who are fully developed and we'll
formed, however, varies within ex-
tremes, which are as nearly one to two,
while their height varies within limits
which at most are as one to one-thlrd:
Taking 200 pounds as the maximum OF
mans weight and IS as the minimum,
we would have the average OF ~
pounds. Placing the maximum weight
Of woman at 1856 pounds and the MINI
mum at 70 pounds; and we get az
average of 1871! pounds. -PhtladelpAsa
Record.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
Going to Washington.

Three Philadelphia card sharpers en-
tered train in that city, and succeeded
in getting seats beside green looking
young fellow, whom they knew had a
big wallet. They were very polite, he
was genial. He explained that he was
going to Washington, they were, too, so
lucky, ETC., etc.
A little game was proposed and
started. The countryman played awk-
wardly, but was evidently enjoying the
fun. High stakes followed, very high.
They let the countryman win, Of course.
Suddenly he started up.
l must get off here" he said; II am
On the wrong train
"Eh! What?" they calculated; you
said you were going to Washington"
Yes, 1 am" he replied, to Wash
ington, Pennsylvania. Good-day."
The green countryman was not as
ve1dant as he looked, and was not going
to Washington, Pennsylvania. He
took the next train to the capital.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
A Boys Ingenuity.

Groton, Conn.,, can boast Of boy
who is full OF pure Yankee ingenuity.
In the past he has been obliged to rise
in the morning about five o'clock and
feed horse which is kept in the barn
near his place Of residence. Find
ing this little too monotonous and
irksome, he invented a way in which
he could fulfill his mission and enjoy
blissful rest simultaneously. He ar
ranged small box in the upper part
Vt the barn directly over the manager
III such a way that by pulling cord
the box was tipped OF dumped, de-
posting the grain in the feed box. The
other end of the cord was carried
through the window Of his room and
attached to the bedstead.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
The Boat Raised Itself.

Speaking Of remarkable incidents,
can tell you one that [ have never seen
equaled, although it occurred more
than half century ago. The steam
boat Charleston was on trip from
Louisville to st. Louis with big
cargo Of salt in barrels. When just
below Grand Tower, on the MISSISSIPPI
pi, she came in contact with hidden
obstruction. While they were prepar-
ing to put her atioat again, after being
at the bottom of the river day and
night, she popped up with surprising
sllddenness, with her deck to the top
of the water. The salt in the barrels
.tored on her melted when it came in
contact with the water, and the buoy
ancy of the barrels raised the boat to
the surface.--St. Louis Globe Demo-
c9-0f
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
, mat Old Hepsy Trotwood was cruel and

unjust. Woo VI "el anu
/, Days, weeks, months, years rolled
py without bringing RECONCILIATION
' he'ty was the mother of a second
paoy. The young woman frequently
passed her aunt's house, and the ]ittla
one Who was beginning to talk. would
ask her who lived in "the pretty house .
referring to the deacon's. On learnino
u was ",grandma's," she would long6
with delight.
one day in early June, Hettv hnsv
s Ml'h her household cares, forgot to
closely watch baby, who wandered
Gown the road in the direction of the
deacon's house. Mrs. Trotwood sat bv
the open window. 1t was her sixtietI
birthday. ''NN ''--> 'i''n
Dear mel" she sighed. How old I
am getting-sixty-and the deacon
Is five years older; time to be-
gin to think of passing away.
II the Lord calls the deacon
first, / shall be left alone-alone!n
And the woman bent her head in sor-
row IF Hetty had only married to
suit me-and yet Dick seems to be q
clever fellow, after all. How cruel I
have been, after all these years! Will
Hetty forgive me now? Yet she
bhghted my fondest hopes" she MUIR
INJURED, while the old stern look stole
over her face.
Suddenly the patter Of little feet was
heard, and Mrs. Trotwood saw stand
ing in the open doorway little child.
lovely, laughing baby, with hair like
spun gold and eyes as blue as blue
hyacinths-eyes that she had seen the
counterpart Of many time, and which
left no room for doubling that before
her stood Hetty's baby.
is you grandma ?" asked the child
in sweet, isping tone.
Grandma. The word was like
magic to the childless heart. Then
Hepsy Trotwood did what she had not
done for years-cried as if her heart
would break. One cannot close the
doorway of his heart against the plead
ings of little child. Hepsy Trotwood
had heart, after all.
Five years have passed. The dea~
cons family and Hetty are reunited.
Prosperity has come to the young folks.
Dicks hopes are realized. On the front
door OF one of the most substantial
dwellings of the town is glistening
door-plate bearing the name, Richard
Barry, NJ. d.
Mrs. Trotwood has made new will.
by which she will leave her entire for
time to Hetty's baby.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
Texan Debts of Gratitude.

To the heroes OF Texas the people are
indebted for the broad, fertile valleys
of the Pacific slope and the great
wealth-producing hills of the Rocky
Mountains, an expanse Of country capa-
BILE of supporting untold millions of peo-
pie and destined to be the homes of
their posterity for centuries to come.
70 their successful resistance to Mexi-
can dictation is directly due the addi.
ton Of all the great territory of the
West to the domain of the American
Union. Many people have, with he
role efforts, accomplished noble deeds
which eventuated much that was great
and grand, but the heroes of Texas laid
the foundation Of an empire, the growth
and development Of which no human
foresight can prophesy. philadelphia
Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
An Illustration,

Jack Handy learned the word ditto
at school one day, and recited the def
milton three times, in chorus with the
others: Ditto, the same; ditto, the
same; ditto, the same" Then the
teacher told the class that she should
expect sentence from each one the
next day, in which the new word
should be introduced correctly.
Jack toiled for a long time over his
sentence that evening, and just before
going to bed, he showed his paper to
his family with great pride, as they all
sat around the sitting-room table. This
was the result of his efforts:
"Ditto-the same. 1 bought ME
a new nife last Saturday, and another
boy bought him one ditto day.
Youths COnlpd7aiora.