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How to Choose Cood Mea,

Let us Imagine ourselves before q
butchers block having on II four pieces
of beef presenting faces from the round
or sirloin. One is dull red, the lean
being close-grained and the fat very
white; the next is dark-red, the lean
loose-grained and sinewy and the fat
white and shining; the third is dull red,
the lean lo0se-grained and slnewy and
the fat yellow; the fourth. is bright
cherry-red, the lean smooth and me-
dium-g grained. with hecks of white
through 1t, and the fat creamy-neither
white nor yellow. The first of these, is
COW beef; the second, bull beef; the
third, beef from an old or ill-condi-
TONED animal; and the last is OK beef.
Ok heef-that from a steer-ls the
juciest, finest favored, sweetest and
most economical to buy of all beef. 1t
is'ealled prime" when the lean is very
much mottled with the white fat-fecks,
and when it is from a heavy, young
animal (about years old. stall-fed on
corn Beef from a young COW that has
been well fed and fattened is next In
merit to OK beef. Beef from an un-
matured animal is never satisfactory.
being tough and juiceless. 1t may be
easily recognized, as its color Is pale
and its bones small. Woman's Home
Companion.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-11-02

er are physical causes for breakdown.
Most often sucl speakers have been
regular In all Their habits Of life. They
cannot adjust themselves at once to
bolted food and irregular hours for eat
ing. Food is not dlgested as II should
be and the body lacks its usual nour-
ishment.
"Aboye all this, as IN the case of Mr..
Bryan especially, the weight of Icing
the head Of a party's machinery has
been distressing. He has had more
than the details of his own tour upon
him. kilograms, letters, and all the
machinery Of modern correspondence
have bound him to his partys manage
ment and have obtruded upon him
when he should have been resting.
Nothing In athletics, in prize-fght-
ing, running, riding, wheeling, or phys
ical record breakings Of any kind In its
physical aspect can compare with the
campaign work of William Jennings
Bryan. His performance, In the light
Of mere physical effort and endurance,
has been wonderful. In the matter Of
training and experience, of course, he
has had the advantage of Governor
Roosevelt, but he has been taxed as
Roosevelt has not been. His cam
paign stands out as marvel of phys
ical endurance"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-11-02
The Practical Side oft.

There is SO little money in litera.
ture," said the wife, that think you
would be wise to choose some other
profession. Why, the man who runs
the ice wagon makes more than you do
the butcher goes out driving every Sun
day; the baker wears a beaver and a
linen collar, and the real estate man
has three diamonds in a white shirt, to
say nothing of the coal man, who goes
to sleep in church on velvet pillow
every Sunday the Lord sendsr'
"But-Molly, think of Genius; what
am to do with that?"
The Lord only knows, John! But
how nice 1t would be if you could only
split it-into k'ndling wood at so much
cord. or swap it off for barrel of
ur and a sugar-cured hamr'-Atlanta
Institution.
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o,thoroh n. ID not made Of gold, II

although II, Is not made of gold, II
means more to the Africans OF the Cold
Coast than the ancient scone stone
which forms the support of the corona
tion chair of England signifies to the
loyal Briton. This symbol of authority,
on which the kings Of the Ashantees
have been crowned for nearly 100 years.
is doubly priced as a piece OF remark
able workmanship and as spoil OF
conquest. 1t was captured from the
Sultan of Jamin early In the century.
Its base is an oblong piece OF wood,
heavily gilded. In the center OF this
il a gilt support, resembling a char
coal brazier; on each side, are square
pillars. These, with the brazier. sup
mort n concaye seat. The stool Is not
the only article in the regalla. There Is
state umbrella and there are golden
axes and euriously carved scimitars.
After his enforcement the king oc-
cupies the golden stool only once
year. The rest of the time 1t Is put on
one Of the richly carved arm chairs
for which the natives are famous ana
kept near his usual seat. When Cen
eral Wolseley captured Coomassie, the
Ashantee capital, in 1874, the stool had
been secretly removed and 1t has re-
malned ever since in the possession OF
the tribesmen. The last time a white
man saw it was seven years ago. King
Prempeh had not been able to afford
the coronation ceremonies, so he sought
a loan of So, 900 from the British for the
purpose. When the commissioners sent
to negotiate the affair were ushered
into the monarch's presence band OF
musicians played on elephants tusks.
"Under a large and gorgeous canopy"
says DR.. Freeman, one OF the commits
sioners, "stood roomy chair of native
manufacture, studded with bright-head-
ed nails and enriched with silver orna-
ments and on this reposed the cele-
brated royal stool. Prempeh was seat
ed on similar chair under his own um-
brella and not under the canopy"
Early in 1900 the astute Ashantees de-
clared they could not pay taxes to a
governor who had never sat upon the
golden stool. To be able to satisfy
their scruples Sir Frederic Hodgson be-
gan the search for the royal emblem
which resulted in the recent war.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-11-02
NEVER SAW AN UMBRELLA.

How the Irish Peasant Proposed to
Get t out of lis Hut.
Old Mike and his wife lived in little
cabin on the mountain, one of a type
which is happily every day becoming
more and more rare. The walls were
of mud and the floor of the same use
full material, with gutter running
down the middle to divide the family
apartments from that of the domestic
animals. To this mansion came his
reverence once cold, snowy morning in
March to hold station. His umbrella
was wet and dripping, SO, being care
full man, he placed it, open, in the space
vacated by the animals, who were graz
ing outside. After the usual devotions.
when the congregation had dispersed.
he went for stroll, while MORA pre-
pared breakfast, for to entertain his
reverence afterward is the crowning
honor of station. He had not gone
far when heavy shower obliged him
to take shelter under a tree and send a
little gossoon running back for his UNI
brella.
His reverence is afther sending me
to bring his ombrell," said the boy.
bursting into the cabin.
"The saints preserve usw said Mike.
Maybe it's the thing he left beyant in
the corner and seizing the umbrella
he tried to pass through the door, but
the entrance was low and narrow and
the umbrella large and wide. Without
a moments hesitation he caught up n
spade and began shoveling down the
wall at either side of the door.
Man alive" said the priest, appear
ing on the scene, what are We atW
"Shure, it's maxim way | am for yer
riverence's ombrell," said old Mike.
"divil a bit of it'll go through at all. at
ALL" "Ah, nonsense, man." said his
reverence, laughing, and stepping in
side he took the umbrella out Of Moira's
hand and closed it before them.
Old Mike stared at it aghast. Then
he turned to his wife. GLORY be to
God, Moira," he said, sis there anv.
thing beyant the power of the priest ?"
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much In hoodeos and signs and thai
sort OF thing. and | don't put much
faith in luck, but | was pretty nearly
converted on this trip. A blonde-mus'
tached Yirginian named Mack Hardy
was a steady loser for the first two
hours. He played 'em well. but when
ever he had big hand somebody else
always had one just bit bigger, and
ON a bluff some fellow with more Gu
rioslty than nerve or judgment would
call him down. At just IL o'clock he
got up from his chair and walked back
ward around the table thirteen times,
offering no explanation for his strange
conduct. On the next. deal he had
a pair of treys, raised II when 1t came
his say. stood two raises from other
players and set 1t back the limit Both
the others stayed in, holding up an ace
--and didn't improve; each of the 9th
ers drew only one card. Hardy put
up a magnificent bluff never saw
a low hand played better, with all the
felnts of assured nervousness, frequent
gIances at his hand, etc.
HE drove one man out who had
aces up and had the other on the run,
when gust of wind through the open
door scattered the third players hand,
one card getting mixed up with the
dlscards. OF course, that hand was
dead-the four remnants of what had
been queen stralght-and Hardy
swept something like 1915 into his hat.
He didn't even have to show his treys.
for his opponent had not put up on the
last raise, although just about to do
so when the wind killed his hand. Now.
wasn't that luckY Or what do you
think about the thirteen walk-around
queerlng the other fellows hand?
IAN hour later Hardy took a fresh |
pack, pinned the ace of diamonds from
1t on walters shirt front. tore up
the other fifty-one cards and then
marked skull and crossbones In
creme de menthe on the walters shirt
bosom just above the ace. On the
very next deal, with only three mines
on one-card draw. he bluffed a $3.50
pot out of fellow who held deuce
full! Now what do you think of
that%
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-11-02
THE HOG IN HISTORY,
REFLECTIONS ON PORK AS AN
ARTICLE OF DIET.
Many Contentious Have Arisen over
Its Use as Food = Much Maiigned
Animal that Resem bles Man in More
than One Respect.

The hog of to-day constitutes no less
han $40 different articles of commerce
and next to cotton and wheat furnishes
the largest values in exports from the
United States Its name has become
an epitbet. Its application to man
means greed and brutishness. 1t Is com
monty supposed to be scayenger' Ike
the puddle duck. 1t takes mud baths
So do men. There is much virtue IL
mud. The hog bathes in pools OF 1t tc
coat his skin against attacks of insects
man dips his festered hide In 1t to I'M
prove his circulation and draw out MS
gOut and rheumatism. The hog Is
pachydermatous; so is man-notWitn'
standing Cuvier's classification. have
seen men, know men to-day, with skins
thicker than the hide of the rhinoceros'
The hog is omnivorous-so is man. The
hog is carnivOrous by chOice-so Is man.
The hog is herbivorous, granlvorous,
Eramnivorous and phytiyorous by edu-
tation-so Is man.
These reflections are induced by the
lndignitles offered a useful animal.
The hog was the cleanest of beasts until
man built a sty and imprisoned him
in filth, fattened him on filth, killed
him in filth and ate him In filth. No
animal, wild or domestic, is so clean
about its bed as the hog. 1t wants pure,
sweet, fresh straw every time. The
hog has brains. 1t has been known to
excel the pointer in scenting quail. An
authentic instance is mentioned by
Bingley in Memoirs of British Quad
:upeds" of a keen-scented SOW that
would stand at birds which the dogs
lad missed. Whoever heard of an edu-
,ated OK or sheep? Yet We have had
IN our stage educated hogs that could
spell and play cards, count and tell the
line. Hogs make docile pets. Many a
poor family has its pet pig sleeping on
the pallet beside the children, priv
legged to the best in the house.
The hog caused the biggest mutiny
ever known In the history of the world,
and was responsible for men being
blown from the muzzles of cannon.
When Great Britain shipped cartridges
to India for the native troops she reck-
)ned without her host, for the ammuni-
lion was creased with lard, which so
offended the religious scruples of the
sepoys that they arose as one man in
,ebellion. The American hog nearly
caused war between Germany and the
United States and only the diplomacy
Of Whitelaw Reid obtained for the ami
NAL admission into France.
Moses and Mohammed were opposed
to the hog because, while'it divides the
hoof and is cloven-footed, yet 1t chews
not the .cud. The camel Is not eaten
for opposite reasons-it chews the cud,
but is not cloven-footed. The hare is
also unclean, because while 1t chews
The cud it divides not the hoof. All civ
lized nations lave passed and repassed
laws governing what a man shall eat
and how much 1t shall cost him, but the
1nly sumptuary measure that ever
stood the test of time is the law of
Moses concerning the hog. 1t has been
IN the statute book for $500 years.
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Toms and other oldtime authorizations
OF boys front names are disappearing
from among the youths of the present
generation, together with the diminu-
tive Jimmy, Sammy, Billy, ETC., which
time out of mind prevailed among mas
culine youngsters? For some reason
the boys have largely discarded the free
and easy way of addressing one an
other that comes natural to ingenious
youth, substituting for the more ro.l.ck
Ing Tom, Dick and Harry, sanctioned
by immortal usage, a sitter form of ad-
dress which does not match we'll with
the freshness Of boyhood. The same
appears 10 be the case with the female
juveniles. Even among little girls play
ing 'ring-aroundrosy,' the Bessies
Maggies and Katies are disappearing,
giving place to the stilted substitution
Of Elizabeth, Margaret, Catherine and
the like. This change has not had its
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-11-02
most subtle relation between the nerY.

most subtle relation between the nery-
GUS system and the voice.
"As basic proposition" he said,
you may trace every 'impedment in
speech to nervous influences. Starting
with this, the effect of depleted nerv-
GUS system OH the voice is plain. The
mechanlsms Of the vocal organs are in
trlcate Of themselves, and the nerves
which control these organs multiply
their complexities. In falling voice,
then, one must always look to the con-
dltion Of the nervous system. In the
cases of Bryan and Roosevelt. the
things most calculated to derange their
nerves are those which react upon these
nervous systems. Unquestionably the
two things which most do this are ex-
element and the sense of opposition in
an audience which every political
speaker has to face"
Gets Little Rest.
Physically, too, the work Of a great
campaign on the railroads tells upon
speaker, There is loss of sleep al
ways. Towns through which train
may pass in dead of night often turn
out crowds who at least awaken the
candidate. Then the exlgencles of an
itinerary force him to get up early and
go to bed late.
But even If man sleeps soundly
the night through on railroad train he
is not rested as he would have been had
he slept in stationary bed. There is
reason to believe that in the soundest
sleep possible In fast-movlng train
the muscles are making unconscious
efforts to neutrallze the movements of
the body caused by swayIngs and jolt
ings of the train. The nerves prompt
this, and to the extent that they are
kept awake the whole system is af
fected. As the nerves are affected.
too, the tendency toward impairment
OF the voice is increased. In many
ways they tend to this, chiefly by dis
concerting the speaker and causing him
to waste lung power
irregular meals and exposure to
night air and to changes in the wealth
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-11-02

There isn't much use talking religion
to a man when he has got boil on
his neck.
The only husbands that are ever
managed" are the ones that women
talk about, that they don't have.
You can get the truth out of a woman
by fattering her, but to get it out OF q
man you have to get him scared.
Every fat woman thinks the Turks
are not so bad after all, because she
has heard that they think thin women
are ugly.
Whenever man and woman get
married, at least one of them doesh y
do as well as he or she might have done
for himself.
Every woman whose husband can
never pay his debts believes the world
VIII realize some time what grea'
man she married.
Lots of women go through r. think
inS tnat all the other people tnlllk lhes
are artistic simply because they Keep
their hair mussed up.
The only difference between mar
ried man and man sitting in fresh
paint Is that the man sitting In ths
paint generally doesn't know 1t.
Every woman imagines that some
thing about her is awonderful." Either
she has wonderful" hair or eyes, or
Else she has wonderful talent lor
something.
The only advantage there is In 'he
fainy-day skirt is that the average wv.
man hasn't the nerve to wear 1t WIN
the old shoes she wears when she na'
got long skirt on.-New York Press
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SACRED RELIC OF AsHANTEE.

Golden Stool Has Been the Cause of
Many Wars with England.
The golden stool of Ashantee's mon-
archs has for many years been the
cause of contention between the ma
tives and the British. Descriptions of
It have been conspicuously wanting
and it has remained as mythical as the
golden fleece which Jason and the Ar
gonauts stole from the sacred oak of
Colchis or the three golden apples which
hung in the garden of the Hesperides.
The announcement that the recent up
rising was the result of attempts of the
governor, Sir Frederic Hodgson, to re-
cover the sacred relic was generally in
terpreted in two ways by Americans:
Either the British were attempting to
rob the tribesmen of large nugget of
precious metal or the account had some
meaning not understood, as would be
the case. foT instance, with the news
of the crowning of King Ki Ki of the
Kansas City carnival.
But the golden stool is q real stool,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-11-02

In the trails which William Jennings
Bryan and Theodore Roosevelt have
left upon the map of the United States
are evidences Of the intricate civiliza-
tion which each would represent. These
itineraries are only the evolution OF
the methods which in early days
prompted candidate to saddle his
horse, throw a pair of saddlebags in
front Of him, and to ride into neigh
boring county to feel the pulse OF the
people. To-day the horse has become
120-ton locomotive; the saddle bags
are baggage, library and buffet cars;
the crossroads inn is palace sleeping
car that Is home to the candidate in all
weathers, times, and places; the scores
OF miles of muddy or dusty roads have
become the thousands of miles of steel
bound road-bed over which these palace
trains thunder with the swiftness OF a
carrier pigeon.
That there were giants in those
days" has become accepted Of the past,
but that the old-fashioned orator Of the
clrcult-ridlng days of Lincoln and
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-11-02
HOW TO MAKE A FL rre

Here Are Two That Are serv,.
and Easily Constructed ea0ls
Two inexpensive filters. wh,o.
easily be made by any handy na,'a ~
are shown in the accompanying vp NV
trations. Fig. shows a filter .a ,aus
out of two stonepots or jars. The lo"ie 1aue
one has a hole drilled at the sIde NV ~
the bottom, in which faucet is ing. asa'
ed to draw off the filtered water o. =
sired; or, If this cannot be done J. ~
top jar can be removed and the v,. ,us
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-11-02
Oysters Have ManYFoes.

rhe oyster appears to be the most
rfectly protected creature in the sea.
1t falls victim to the soft and ap-
rently helpless starfish. The method
attack is curious but effective. The
irish clasps the oyster in its five
MS and quietly waits. Presently the
ster opens its shell in order to get
3D. This is the chance that the star.
b has been waiting for and il
prompt injects into the shell little red
dish fluid.
This acts as a poison, paralyzing the
muscles of the oyster and thus making
it impossible for the creature to close
its shell. The startish does not take
the trouble even to remove the oyster
from its shell, but eats it in its own
home and eventually crawls away,
leaving behind the gaping, empty shell.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-11-02

&.S.&.s.s.s&.as.s

,oon nen the United States spring
tue attending
@ Nashville the vessel that had
OF Waters the
lence the interest attending
ran excursion trains and
gaze upon the pioneer from Old depths.
the city amid the accmaions
e bands the gunhoat proceeded down the the gulf
the
since been IN Chinese nigh
Just as well have carried merchandise implements
that the destiny OF ST. Louis Il dee water port
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-11-02

Weeds, if they are pulled out OF lns
lawn at the time when they are run VI
seed, will evince a degree of care lol
the seeds which is almost touching
They vii curl their leaves upward as
far as each can go to cover the seeus
and protect them from the sun till tne.
end, and often one will find weeds tha'
are quite dead, sun-killed, whose leaves
still are wrapped firmly around tne
seed pods. No mother could show more
striking devotion in death than do these
'despised plants.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-11-02
DRIVING OUT THE HooDoo.

Marcus naiy's Story of How a Southern.
er Changed His Poker Luck.
Marcus DAILY, the Montana million.
aire, tells of a poker game with some
peculiar features. The game" said
Mr. DAILY. "was in progress the second
night after we sailed. don't believe
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-11-02

receptions ................... ~
Visitors 600
Persons addressed ........... 100000
Bouquets received. ed............. 80
Speakers on train. n............ 90
Newspaper men .......s...... b
Words by telegraph. ......... $4,000
Words spoken .............. 9S,OO0
Governor Roosevelts train followed
almost the same route as this in Indi-
ana, touching twenty,four places for
set speeches. About the same general
experience was his. Indiana being
considered most important state, the
work was In excess of the general
Western average, but even with that
allowance the figures are significant OF
the demands made upon the physical
and mental sides Of these men.
Voc Al Exertion.
In considering the campaign work of
a man, the voice is the one thing that
gives uneaslness 10 the speaker and his
friends. With voice gone, his work
is at an end, and II is known that the
voice is more likely to give away than
any other physical necessity In a cam
paign. II hand-shaking be thrust upon
candidate until the bone and tissue
Of the hand are pulp, the public win
still come and will respect the fact that
the mans right forearm is In sling. But
II he cannot talk, most Of the attractive
ness Of the candidate takes wing.
Nerve tax and the consequent loss OF
tone In the system are regarded as hav-
ing direct and vital influence on the
voice. Dr. Oscar A. King, neurologlst
and professor In the medical school in
the University of Illinois, has found
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-11-02
Cheering Him n

Mr.. Newiywed-I saw your old ,o
on the street to-day looking awfully
blue.
Mrs Newlywed-I hope you tried ia
cheer him up. u !"
"oh. yes. | showed him NV h,,+..
less shirt and that new tie you bonSb,
me."-Judge. usn'
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-11-02

c'rl eaten II. rnIs Is as automatically
as correct as the other form and colo
quially preferable, while devoid Of the
stiffness unsuited to youthful express
sion. Philadelphia Record.