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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-02-11
PURELY Personal.
Mrs. Stanford's Passion for Shoes-Mme.
Modjeska's Recipe for Retaining
Youthful Appearance.

The silver wedding OF the King and
".
More people recognize Colonel Robert
q. lngersoll at sight than any other citi-
zen who walks or rides about New York
city.
Lord Wolseley, who 10 now Command.
er-ln-chief in Ireland, would not be
averse TO taking the Governor General
ship Of Canada.
Mrs. Leland Stanford has a passion
for shoes, and she probably has more
pairs at time than Queen Elizabeth
ever dreamed Of possessing.
Mrs. Whiteaw Reid will soon be the
possessor OF one Of the largest diamonds
in the world. IL Ia now being cut for
her by famous Dutch lapidary.
Nine. Mod djeska's recipe for retaining
a youthful appearance: Take warm
bath every night before going TO bed, get
plenty OF sleep and don't eat too much.
The Khan OF Khiva, now visiting some
Of his fellow rulers in Europe, travels
with his mollak (or priest) and his own
cook. He feels tolerably safe, not mat
ter what turns up.
Mrs. Proctor, widow OF the late Rich
ard A. Proctor, the famous astronomer,
and his principal assistant in his profess
sional work, has been appointed curator
OF the Proctor Observatory at San Diego,
Cal.
j. Montgomery Sears, the richest man
in Boston, reputed TO be worth about
$4,000, 900, has been doing service in
the Superior Civil Court jury OF Suffolk
county, and will receive $3.50 mileage
for his twenty-seven days work.
Will Carleton surprised the people OF
Kansas City by going about the streets
during a recent cold snap there without
an overcoat and asserting that he felt
comfortable. The venerable Richard
Vaux astonished his Philadelphia friends
the other day by performing similar
feat.
Miss Florence Bascom OF Williams
town, who will take the title OF "Ph. d. !"
next June from Johns Hopkins Univer
city, will be the first woman to receive
such an honor from that institution.
She has been studyin in the geological
pdi III DdlbilllOiC lOt lhO
and has been similarly engaged for three
more in the University of Wisconsin.
The Mexican Consulate at st. Louis,
which John F. Cahill has occupied for
several years without salary and with
very small fees, is about to be closed.
Mr.. Cahill, however, refused to send the
archives of the Office to the Consul Gem
eral in New York, as requested, unless
the Mexican government honors his
claims for services rendered heretofore.
One of the many achievements OF the
late Prof. Hereford of Harvard was the
invention of an army ration, which
should be light but nutritious, to dimin.
ish the burden of transportation when
troops were on the march, and General
Grant had 100000 prepared for use.
Prof. Horsford took out no fewer than
thirty patents, mostly for chemical prep
arations, during his life.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-02-11
Tho Sailors Memory.

A grizzled old seadog sat on the
stringpiece of a Delaware avenue
wharf one evening recently and dis
coursed wisely upon maritime top
les. Pilots have kind O one sided
kind o memories" he said. ''You
know they get paid SO much per foot
draft, and SO when they pick up a
nice big deep water vessel with a
full cargo why she pays 'em hand
some. And yet they hardly ever re-
member the names of the vessels
they take up and down the river and
bay, and you'll hear 'em yarnin to-
gether and tallzin about that 11-foot
brig or that 15-foot 6-inch ship
or that four masted schooner the
the-the, oh, hang it, the one that
drew about twenty-one foot and
steered so all fired hard
Why, l know one old pilot who'll
spin good yarns all day long and all
night right on top of that, and tell of
what happened to him on fifty YES
sells, from sloop yachts to whalin big
clipper ships, and he'll never men
ton 'em by any mark except what
water they drew when he had EN- in
charge. Pilots is mighty important
men, but their memories is awful
warped for names. "-Philadelphia
Record
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-02-11
Trout as Mice Eaters.

Trout have been caught in the up
per Annandale streams which have
been feeding on the mice, or field
voles, with which our pastures are
plagued. A Moffat lady who had
got present of trout from friend
living near Evan water was the other
day surprised to hear her domestic
scream, and on inquiring the cause
found it was due to the presence of a
vole in the stomach of half pound
trout. A gentleman angling in Mof
fat water caught a pound trout nea,'
Bodesback, and on cutting UP the
fish found a whole vole in its stom-
ach. The voles run to the streams
in dry weather, and many of them
are drowned. 1t will be strange if
the trout has to be classed with the
hawk, the owl and the weasel as a
natural enemy. "-Durnfries Courier
Correspondence.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-02-11
INDUSTRIAL BREVITIES.
An Estimate of the Gold and Silver Yield
in Montana During Last Year
Horses Cheap in Idaho.

The Suez canal cost $l00,000,000.
American ice cream Is now sent to
London.
America mines 2O,0O0,0OO barrels OF
salt year.
Aluminium horseshoes are now made
for record breakers.
France only uses 4,55S,0O0 bottles of
champagne per annum.
Kansas has progressed up to the point
OF producing, reeled silk.
About $50, 900 persons are employed
by the AmePican railroads.
Fine solder is an alloy of two parts
block tin and one part lead.
Alexandria, Ind, is to have glass
works that will employ 1000.
The estimated fire losses of the coun-
try during 1892 are $l3S, l54, ,164.
Over 12,O0) 100000 postage stamps
were used in this country last year.
The latest whaleback steamer Pills
bury is lighted throughout by electricity.
Over 81 900 yards of carpet were woven
in 1892 by Berks county (Pa.l Jail birds.
Many coffee planters in Mexico make
a profit of 250 per cent. on money in
vested.
There are $4,000 policemen in Great
Britain-about the number of the Amer
lean army.
The West Side Street. Bar Company OF
Chicago shows net earnings for the past
year of $1,932,9l4.
The largest cannon manufactured by
the great German gunmaker, Krupp,
weighs 270,0 900 pounds.
The mineral production of Idaho for
1892 was $l3, ,075, 900, a falling off of near
ly so per cent. from 1891.
Cotton receipts for 1892 in Arkansas
and Indian Territory show go per cent.
decrease from 1S91's figures.
The production of the iron mines of
the Lake Superior district for the year
1892 is placed at 9,025, ,000 tons.
The people of mary of the South Sea
Islands manufacture their entire suits
from the products of the palm trees.
Horses are a drug on the Idaho mar
ket. The other day $500 good young
animals we're sold in bunch for $24 q
head.
Railroads in Europe are fenced in,
with gates and tenders at all the cross.
ings of country roads, as well as at street
crossings in cities.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-02-11
A GOOD DAY FOR BEANS
why = Young Man sympathizes with
the Bakers Wife.

the Bakers VIE.
How much do you ask for beansH"
inquired a small boy Of the bakers
wife.
Twenty cents a pan; give you
back five cents when you return the
pan, answered the woman without
looking up from the squashy matter
that she was stufing into cream cake
shells 1t took her about half o SEQ
Ond to make her answer.
The boy had hardly gone before q
young woman in a blazer suit came
in.
will you please tell me-" said
this woman, ''the price of your
beansr
Twenty cents pan; give you
back FIVE cents when you return the
pan" answered the bakers wife as
she scooped a heaping spoonful of
slush and drove it spitefully into one
of the shells.
What's them beans worthT de-
manded a hungry looking man, whose
appearance indicated that he was In
tbs furniture van business.
Twenty cents a pan; give you
back five cents when you return the
pan, answered the bakers wife.
Good morning, madam" said an
old chap with a white choker; beau
tiful day, madam"
YES" said the bakers wife, mice
air today"
Kind of air to give man an
appetite" suggested the parson.
"Yes, should think so" assented
the bakers wife.
The old man looked about the store
a minute, and then going up in front
of the bakers wife he asked, Mad
am, will you kindly tell me the
price of those appetizing beans in the
Window
A shade of sadness passed over the
fair face of the bakers wife, but she
answered as before, and without q
seconds loss of time, Twenty cents
a pan give you back five cents when
you return the pan
"Ishould think you'd go crazy over
those blamed beans" said a young
man who was having coffee and cakes
at little table in the rear of the shop.
What's that2" demanded the bak-
er's wife sharply.
II said that should go crazy if I
had to fool with those old beans as
you do, y said the young man.
80 would | if it kept up like
this all the time" the bakers wife
said But it don't. Beans go in
streaks just as everything else does.
| may not have another inquiry for
beans this whole forenoon"
She had though. Before the young
man had finished paying for the coffee
and cakes tall, lank creature, in a
faded calico wrapper, had been there
asking, How much's your beans7"
and the bakers wife had told her:
Twenty cents pan; give you
back five cents when you return the
pan. New York Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-05-20
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

The new story that Chicago's young nov,
elist, Henry B. Fuller. is to bring out serially
will be called "The Cliff Dwellers."
DR.. EGGLEsToy, 1t is reported, will remain
ct Madison. Ind, until he completes his
present task OF rewriting his "Hoosier
Schoolmaster.
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS has completed his
series of illustrated articles on the shores Of
the Mediterranean, and the Harpers will soon
print them. 'sThe Rock of Gibraltar" Is the
title of the first one
W. d. HowELLs denies the report that he
is going abroad for few years. Mr. How
els says that he finds an abundance of
charming characters in American life, In
whom he Is chiefly interested, and about
whom to write, and that he has no neoi to
20 abroad to stuiy European models
STEPHEN BoNsAL, who is appointed secre-
tary of legation at China, wantei to go as
secretary to Rome. He is a well-known New
York newspaper man, and was foreign cor
respondent for both the World and Herald.
He also made name for himself on his trip
to Morocco with the English envoy, and has
Just published book of his experiences.
THE two composite figures, IMPLYING the
American student OF both sexes, were ex-
hibited in the studio Of the Boston sculptor,
Henry KitsoH, last week. They were modelled
after the averaged data gathered by DR..
Dudley A. Sargent, OF Harvard, who caused
measurements to bo taken of several thou
sand young men and women. DIR. Sargent
knows as much about anthropometry as any
body in the country.
FoR some time the Harvard and Prineeton
debating societies have been corresponding
with the Yale Union in an endeavor to induce
the Va men to form triangular debating
league between Yale, Harvard, and Prince
ton. Yale, however, holds back. The
scheme is to have six big debates next year,
two IL each Of the three cities-New York,
Cambridge, and New Haven-and to have
championship awarded, tast as in athletic
sports.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-05-20

The plan is simple, and is invariably
successful when diligently pursued.
Clothe as warmly as possible with fam
nels next the skin, and sealskins outer
most from November to the beginning
of March. Then on the first clear
sunny day in March, when the wind is
in the north or northeast, take off all
outer wraps, mantles, capes, sealskins
and the like; wear gowns of light and
thin material, and go for walk in the
park or other open and unprotected
place Sit down full in the wind on a
convenient seat, and sit for half an
hour. Then go home and wake with
a successful attack of rheumatism next
morning.
If perchance the rheumatism should
fail, it is probable that pleurisy or
pneumonia may be the reward. But
if, by miracle, neither the one nor
the other repays the trouble taken,
then go out and repeat the same tao
tics the next day, and the next, and the
next, until success is assured. The
recipe is warranted never to fail if
persevered in for a sufficient length of
time. A plan almost equally good is
the one followed by two young ladies
last week. They had both had rheu'
matte fever previously yet, because the
sun happened TO shine brightly in al
the dining-room window for few
hours, they allowed the fire to go out.
They sat without fire the remainder of
the day and evening. The following
being bright morning, they did not
have the fire lighted at ell. They were
both extremely surprised when they
were attacked by rheumatic pains in
all their limbs, and blamed the neigh
borhood. London Hospital.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-05-20

Says the Atlanta Constitution: I'm
an opinion just rendered by the United
States Supreme Court Mr.. Justice Field
corrects a District Attorney for hay
ing, in his pleading, referred to the
United States in the singular number
Mr. Justice Field justifies this criticism
by pointing out that both before and
since the Civil War the Constitution
designates the United States in the
plural number. Article 3, section 3,
declares that treason against the
United States shall consist only in levy
ing war against them. or in adhering
to their enemies giving them aid, and
comfort, and article 10, adopted since
the Civil War, declares that neither
slavery nor involuntary servitude. ex-
cept as a punishment for crime, where
Of the party shall have been duly CON
victed, shall exist in the United States.
OF in any place subject to their juris-
1iction Here is an interesting lesson
in grammar, expounded by comps
tent authority"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-05-20
q .tting the Fair in Shape.

In point of weather an l attendance, the
third week OF tie Exposition did not open
as ausp c.ously as the second week Closed.
The wind again blew strong and cold from
the lake, cl uds hung over the White City,
and occasionally made way for glimpse OF
the sun to o seen, but no rain fell. Very
little remains to lie done to give the EXPOSE
ton full-Gress appearance, and, consider
in that the offieia have no control over the
state and foreign comm issioners, and exhibits
are in the buildings, althou n not installed,
no blame can be attached TO the directors for
e tardine in that dir ction. The foreign
ers, espec ally in the Liberal Arts Build ng,
are waiting for the dust and dirt to be re-
moved from incomplete sessions be'o.e they
wi expose Il cir costly works OF art, and
some exhibitors have Iemov their goods
from the cas- 9 and boo hs t. mporar ly e.
cause of the dus and dit which aceumu-
lates.
For the first time in many weeks, the two
railroad tracks leading to The Manufac es,
Elect .ity and Min and Mining Buildings
are unoccupied. T ain after train, loaded
with ex ihits, hive be n pushed in n these
tracks in never-endiDg rush. AMI the empty
ira Il eem to indicate that the EXHIBITS d .
about all in the uildin s. TIE racks, how
ever. will be kept in position ios some time,
In order - facilitate the delivery of rny late
arrivals.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-05-20

The statistics of immigration into
this country for the first quarter of
1898 show falling off OF more than
one-quarter from the record for the
same period of 1882, the totals being
%, 004 last year and 70,03s this. The
falling of is most marked, declares the
New York Post, from those Nations
which furnish the least desirable con
tributions, Russia sending only 1868,
against Is, 500; Hungary 3O77, against
10, 40 and Poland but $3.50, against
6246. Sweden and Norway, England
and Wales show scarcely any change,
but Ireland has increased her contin-
gent from 1905 to 1929. Germany is
nearly quarter behind her record
year ago, while Italy shows slight in
crease
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-05-20
GABLE SPARKS.

lrALY's grain crop will be short 113, 0o0, 600
bushels.
An actor in an Austrian theatre committed
suicide on the stage.
ARcHDuKE EUGENE YVES badly hurt by be-
ing thrown from his horse at Budapest.
The Bank of Victoria. OF Melbourne, has
failed The deposits amount to e., ooo,oO0.
The British Imperial Institute was dedi-
Gated by Queen Victoria with imposing eere-
mony.
s DROUGHT of two months duration 10
.,slag great damage in the south OF Eng
land.
ARGUMENTS upon England's side of the
Boring sea case was begun before the court
of arbitration.
HENRY A. ALEXANDER, OF the New York
bar. has been appointed counsel to the en-
eassy of the United States in Paris.
IT is officially stated tina. the Earl of Aber,,
.een has been appointed governor genera
OF Canada in the place OF the Earl OF Derby.
LOUIS KossU1H, according TO London in
Ieryiewer, says that be believes Gladstone
will not be able to secure home rule for Ire
land.
Two persons have been arrested In Dublin
on suspicion OF having been concerned in ak
ploding dynamite bomb in the quadrangis
Of the Four Courts
EMPEROR WILLIAMS address to his officers
continues to be the absorbing topic of dis
cussion throughout Germany. Preparations
for the election are going actively forward
THE King of Greece has requested NJ So
tisopoulos, who was formerly minister Of
finance when N. Comoundonros was presi-
dent OF the conncii, to form a new ministry.
THk Prussiah government has expressed
its SUNRISE to the Vatican that the Pope
should have departed from his usual pru-
dence in the political remarks he made TO the
German pilgrims.
The famine in Central and Southeastern
Russia has been followed by fever which 10
deeimating the population. Great suffering
prevails. In Toooisk the cholera is inereas-
Ing so rapidly that a corps of medical stu
dents has been sent from ST. Petersburg to
assist the physicians.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-05-20
WORK AND WORKERS.

ALL the freight handlers OF the Grand
Trunk Railway in Chicago struck for an In
crease OF wages.
The Boss Horseshoers Association, Of Chi
cage, granted the demands OF the horse
shoers, and 800 men returned 10 wors.
The eight annual convention Of the Ma
tional League Of Musicians was opened in
st. Louis, Missouri. Delegates from all
pa Is ofthe United States are In attendance.
TEE National League Of Musicians at De-
troit, adopted resolution demanding the
repeal Of the Mckinley bill. and especially
that portion OF Il placing duty upon musi-
cal instruments and supplies.
THE Joliet Rolling Mil, branch of the
Illinois Steel Company, which employed
Z, 800 men, Is closed. "Ths officers declare
IT would be impossible TO resume at tbs
preseft prices Of steel and iron, which ars
lower than in the past twenty years.
TIE $50 brotherhood iinsmen and inspoc-
tors employed by the New York and New
Jersey Telephone Company In New Jersey,
struck for ian increase In wages Of 20 cents
per day, union hours, legal holidays to be
paid for In full, and no lost time for rainy
weather or othes fneoRyenieaees."
Ar mass % citing OF the Taiiors and Gar
ment Cutter In st. Louis resolutions were
adopted denouneing President Gompers, OF
the American Federation Of Labor, a. 9
traitor 10 organized labor. Prior 10 tbs
adoption Of the resolution Gonpers endeay-
ored 10 make speech, but was Kissed down
and compelled 70 leaye the ball
THE International Machinists' Union, In
session at Indianapolis, approved a proposed
strike of 1t 100 maehinists employed at the
Grant Locomotive worss In Caicago. The
caies grievance b q recruitment Of the Com
pany that each m In ons OF the depart
menfs to run tive machines Indianapolis
was chosen by the Union as It's headquar-
ters.
Ina report to the Treasury Department
as to the via ati0n Of the Alien Contract law,
Immigrant Inspector Con lin says: The
pa rone system Is the moet damna le, out
rageous and Injurious u American working
men Of any syste u that was CIV practiceJ
In the Uaitsd States, AMI thsrs b no denying
the fact that il exs-s In almost every CITY Of
tbis country where thsr, i an Italian
colony
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-05-20
Have Snakes the Power Of Scent !

In a sensational story in recent
issue Of "The Idler" a man, to cure his
wife of her fear of snakes, places dead
python in his study. On entering the
room the wife is attacked by living
python, which unobserved, had en-
tered therein. In view of discussion
that has arisen as to whether the APP
pearance of the second snake was n
mere coincidence invented by the
author, or whether il was in keeping
with reptilian habits, the following I'm
rident may be of interest TO your read-
ers:
/ had brought home one evening
large but harmless snake which had
killed while crossing the road about
half mile from my huts. On my ar
rival the coohe cook at once said,
Him she-snake, sar No good you
bring him hereby and by, to-mor-
row, next day, father snake; he come
here and stay. On the following after
moon monkey, chained up outside the
hut into which / had taken the dead
reptile, appeared very excited. / en-
tered and found somewhat similarly
marked snake lying almost on the very
spot whereon ] had placed the slain one
The evening before. After fight and
struggle / killed the second reptile,
which proved TO be male Of the same
species. Under ordinary circumstance
y should have regarded the appearance
Iof the male as curious coincidence I;
but the prophecy Of the cook, based
upon his traditional and practical
knowledge, testified to the recognized
habit of snakes in thus following upl
their mates. As carried the slain
female on stick the whole way from
where had killed her to my home. Z
was anxious to find out by what faculty
whether by scent or otherwise, tho
male had tracked her TO my hut The
coolie, however, was unable 10 give any
information on this point, nor could
he explain why the male had come 10
the hut where the female had only been
momentarily placed, instead Of going
TO the rubbish-heap few yards Oh
where she was buried.-London Specl
fator