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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
Frog Showers in Arizona.

Every once In q while stories are
brought out about extraordinary show.
ers of fish, of bloody snow, ETC., the
latest being of ship captain far out
on the Atlantic who ran into q dust
shower so heavy he had to set his crew
shOveling the dust from the decks
when the weight began to get dan
gerous. To this be there added tale:
1T rains frogs in Arizona. The old
timers believe there Is no doubt of it,
though they can not explain from
whence the frogs were originally lift
ed But this much is straight-let there
be summer rain along the line of the
Southern Pacific in southwestern Ari-
zona, and behold, the next morning
every little pool has myriad of little
lean green frogs, with marvellous
croaking powers. They don't wait for
nightfall like their more civilized
brethren elsewhere, but keep up the
music by day as by night. They live
where water comes only about once
year.
'"rhey can't live over the interim un-
der the sun-baked rocks; they assur-
edly haven't hoped from the Colorado
River, and they are all of a size, to
boot. If they didn't come from the
ground or from the river. they must
have come from the skies. And that's
what the Hassayampers firmly be-
lieve. e."-Arizona Graphic.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04

from the electrodes on the front Of the
machine was a copper bar. four feet
long. One end Of II rested on the wood
en- floor Of the table upon which the
patient sits. The patient then placed
his foot upon the end Of the bar and
held 1t there, making the connection for
the current. Ii was not necessary for
him TO remove his shoes or any part OF
his clothing. When the current was
turned into him the only sensation he
had consisted In the hair becoming
erect and rigid. This was caused by
the exit Of the current which. passing
through the cells OF the hair and filling
them, stiffens them until they looked
like tiny bars Of iron. In the case of
a woman her hair would have stood
straight out after this fashion, even
though II be four feet In length. II
made a photograph the other day of
woman whose hair is twenty inches
long while she was sitting in this cur
rent" said DIR. Roberts. "If the hair Is
wet while the patient is in the pool, and
the room is darkened, it will glow with
a brilliant blue fame. The other day
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
Herb Farms.

There are several kinds of farms,
profitable ones, too, of which little
mention Is made to the public. Many
herbs are grown on farms devoted to
them. and they are a product not over
done by growers. In New York are
acres devoted to the growth Of pepper
mint. In Illinois are farms where the
castor bean is raised for the castor oil
that 1t contains. Many farms which
have lost their productiveness could be
made to grow sage. catnip, thorough
wort, and the other vegetable necessi-
ties of the pharmacopoeia. The business
is one of the few that are not ruined by
competition. Rose farms are to be
found In different sections Of the coun-
try, and there is a sweetness In this
method Of earning a livelihood, al
though that Is not all there Is In it by
good deal. In California some rose
farms are carried on to raise roses for
rose jelly.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
Soldiers on stills.

Improbable as 1t may seem, says the
Paris Messenger, the French army has
lately been making experiments with
the view Of testing the value Of stilt-
walking. The result appears to be
such as to render their adoption by the
French army for special purposes high
ly probable. They are found to be SER
viceable not only in placing telegraph
wires in very rough country, but also
as a means of quickly ascertaining
where river can be safely forded by
troops. The stilt man, by the aid OF
his heightened legs, can measure the
depth Of the water with great ease
and precision. He can feel about for
the shallow places and thus lead the
way.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
German Progress.

During the last thirty years ther
has been nothing like the urban AM
Industrial development of rustic Ger
many except that of America. BerliI
has increased In population faster thai
New York. Hamburg, In the last quar-
ter of a century, has tripled the nun
Der OF its inhabitants. Between 1SS
and 1890 Cologne doubled itself. LeiF
zig has grown more rapidly than Sa1
Francisco. The agricultural populatiOl
OF eastern Germany has swarmed inc
the great Industrial districts of th'
west and still these are so far froD
being glutted that the employer hobs
out yet higher temptations to the peas
ant to come to the city and leave fed
work to Russians and Poles. Wage
are rising, and hours are becoming
shorter. The emigration which for
merly streamed fast from Germany n
diminishing from year to year. So fS
is Germany from being crushed 81
conscription that the splendor and efl
pense of municipal Improvements 2
hand-in-hand with the extraordinan
increase of the towns in mere point .
population.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
SITUATION is FAVORABLE.
There Are Bad Features, But they Are
in the Minority.

Bradstreet's Gays: Evidences Of the
fact that there are now two sides Of the
general trade situation, where for a
year past there was but one, come to
sight this week. Different sections Of
the country and lines OF business return
different reports, but that the situa-
ton as a whole Is favorable one and
suffers merely by commisseration with
the enormous and almost feVrish ac-
tiyity OF some time ago, is also evident.
Excluding the great speculative CEN
ters, the aggregate of business is un-
doubtedly larger than year ago, and
the business done in several industries
reporting reduced activity would seem
very large even TO those bearishly in
cliDed had it not been for the enormous
aggregate done some short time ago.
Crop prospects, except IN the wheat
area of the Central West, and in some
flooded sections Of the South, remain
all that might be wished for. Retail
demand is improving and nothing Of a
definitely depressing character has yet
developed.
In the abrupt readjustment Of steel
and wire prices, the iron and steel in
dustries received notable shock, but
have stood the ordeal very we'll.
In agricultural products the situa-
tion is generally one of sustained
strength. Some slight shading in
wheat prices Ia largely the result Of
flattering winter wheat crop pros.
poets in the sections west of the
Mississippi.
Wheat, including -four shipments,
for the week aggregate 1853, ,683 bush
els, against &, 1893, ,451 last week.
Failures for the week in the United
States are well down to the minimum,
numbering only 1872, an increase Of 81
over last week.
Canadian failures for the week mum
Der Is, as compared with 10 last week.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04

/ placed man on the table and turned
the current into him. He had previous
ly stripped to the waist, and wet the
hair upon his face, head and chest.
When the current began its passage
through him he became ghostly in ap-
pearance. His beard, head and chest
were wreathed In blue fame. Yet he
did not feel the slightest disagreeable
sensation. Another peculiar feature
about this static current is that when
ever it finds point for exit 1t becomes
blue fame, One-half inch in length.
1t has heat, yet it does not burn the
person from whom it passes" The
discovery Of DR.. Roberts should be
very valuable in the application of elec,
tricity to therapeutics.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Commercial and Financial Happenings
of Interest in the Growing
Western States.



In the country surrounding Stella,
Cowlitz county, Wash, it has been
known for number Of years that crop
pings Of coal have been discovered, and
some prospecting and development
work have been done. The coal assay
ed well, and 1t was comparatively easy
OF access, but for some reason it was
found difficult 10 interest capital suffi-
cient TO mine and ship the coal on a
large enough scale to make it profta-
BILE, and the man who owned the most
valuable properties in that locality had
not the means to do 30 himself. About
six months ago the following capital.
lists Of The Dalles became interested in
the property: Hon. Malcolm A.
Moody, J. NJ. French, ]. b. McInerny
and ]. Nicholas. They employed q
practical mining engineer who had had
experience in this character of work,
and had a thorough inspection Of the
properties made. The result was that
they formed a company giving the
owner OF the land a half interest in
paid.up, nor-assessable stock, while
they agreed TO furnish all the money
necessary. They purchased machinery
Of the latest design in the East, and
most OF it has arrived and been set up.
II is the expectation OF the company
10 have coal from its mine on the
market within 90 days Of a quality
equal to any that is now used in the
Northwest, and at a price very much
below that at which it is now sold.
In carrying out their present plans
they will build railroad from Stella.
four miles up Cold creek TO where the
mine is located.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
San Francisco Market.

Wool-Spring-Neyada, lac Ice pei
pound; Eastern Oregon, l2@ Ice; Val
ley, 20@22o; Northern, 10@l2c.
Hops-lS99 crop, l1@1So pei
pound.
Butter - Fancy creamery lSc;
do seconds, l79l7lEc; fancy dairy,
lie; do seconds, $50 Ice per pound.
Eggs-Store, l5c; fancy ranch,
lie.
Millstuffs Middlings, $l7.00 a
1000; bran, $l2.6O@lS.50.
Hay-Wheat$ SO, 500 $50; wheat and
cat $6.00@9.00; best barley 5000
100; alfalfa, $5.00@6.5O per ton;
straw, ESQ 40c per bale.
Potatoes-Early Rose, Goa 65c; Ore
gon Burbanks, 70c@$l. 90; river Bur.
banks, 40@75o; Salinas Burbanks,
S0c@l. 10 per sack.
Citrus Fruit-Oranges, Valencia,
$2.76@S.25; Mexican lines, $4.00@
500; California lemons 75c@$l. so;
do choice si.75@2.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas. $1.50@
$50 per bunch; pineapples. nom.
inal; Persian dates. e@6hc per
pound.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
MARVEL AMONG MEN.
PASSES 600, 900 VOLTS OF eLEc.
TRIcITY THROUGH HIS BODY.
Before a Gathering Of Medical Men a
st. Louis Doctor Proves that High
Voltage Currents Are Not Necessa-
rily Death Dealing.

DIR. Heber Roberts, Of st. Louis, be-
fore a gathering Of medical men In that
city recently, proved that 100000 volts
Of electricity could be passed through
the human body without injury to 1t.
and that the popular belief that high
voltage currents were death dealing
is fallacy. According to DR.. Roberts,
the injurious possibilities Of a current
depends upon its amperage, and the
voltage when properly handled is with
out the power to kill or even injure
any one. The experimenter attracted
much interest among professional men
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
The Big Buffalo Sold.

One Of the most important mining
deals ever made in the Northwest,
whereby the former Big Buffalo mine
at Buffalo Hump becomes the property
Of Charles Sweeney, the Spokane capi.
talist, has been consumated at Grange
Vile, Idaho. The sale embraces the
Bert Rigley, Young and Robbins inter.
ests, representing one-half Of the mine,
for $126, 900 cash. Sweeney had pre-.
yiously secured the other interests for
which he paid about $4,000. The
deal or the property has been pending
many months.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
Northwest Notes.

Fred Z. Wilmarth has purchased al
interest In the Burns, Or. News.
A new saw mill will soon begir
operations at Alba, Umatilla county.
The material for the Fossil, Or,
waterworks, weighing 100 tons, will bs
hauled from Arlington by team.
The new bridge crossing the Coquill.
river at Myrtle Point has been com.
pleted and opened to traffic. Ii Is the
best bridge in Coos county.
The Sugar Leaf Creamery, Coos
county, has resumed operations. Il
will handle 10000 TO $4,000 pounds ol
milk daily as soon as the roads are
good. and will make cheese principally.
George snodderlY, a pioneer OF Grant
county, Or. died at Long Creek. He
was 80 years OF age, and went to the
Canyon creek mines In 1850. The
body was taken to Susanville for
burial.
Field Superintendent Larson, OF the
La Grande beet sugar factory, reports
that there Is total of 700 acres OF
beets planted and the ground is pre-
pared for seeding 500 acres more.
]. +. Birney, OF Everett, Wash, has
gone to Snohomish to survey logging
camp for Campbell Bros, ON Bait s
slough, where 700 acres OF timber will
bo handled.
At a Port Townsend custom house
sale of seized goods, consisting Of silks,
cigars and opium, the principal bidders
were Chinese, and the opium brought
$l0.50 a pound, the regular market
price.
Over 500, 900 shingles were floating
in the bay and strewn along the beach
at Port Townsend as result of the
capsizing OF the scow towed from Dan
geness with 100000 shingles ON.
board. Many have been recovered, but
the loss will be heavy.
A cattle buyer was ON the Lower CO.
guile river the past week buying and
contracting for calves and young stock
for parties in Fresno county, Caliior-
MIA. lie made contracts for some 600
head OF calves at $S per head, to be de-
livered the first of September.
The Republic company has SO teams,
many of them six horses. on the road
freighting from Republic to Columbia,
b. G. A six horse outfit hauls 5000
pounds, and makes the round trip in
five days.
There are 219 national banks in
operation In Illinois.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
To Plant Tonntoaa.

The Davidson Fruit Company, al
Hood River, Or, has furnished about
$4,000 tomato plants to farmers who
are going into the business Of growing
tomatoes for the cannery. P. +. Brad.
ford has the supervision OF the growing
Of the plants. and has visited the farm
ers and given instructions about setting
the plants. The plants are furnished
free and the farmers have engaged tc
plant about 30 acres for the fruit com.
pany. Next season II 100 acres OF peas
can be secured, the company will put
In machinery to hull and can green
meas,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
Comprehensive.

On tombstone in an old New d
gland churchyard there is an epitap
which never fails to bring smile
the fact of the reader: '"To the men
ory of Ann Sophia and Julia Hattie, b
two wives, this stone is erected by the
grateful widower, James B. Rollin
They made home pleasant Woman
Journal.
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Both Vegetarian and Cvc,;a,

Count Tolstol is an enthusiastic cy-
cllst. He declares that he has to thank
his bicycle and his vegetarian diet for
the robust health which he has so long
enjoyed. Twenty years ago his ply
sician advised Tolstoi to avoid too
much muscular exercise, but the pa
tient was obstinate. and did exactly the
contrary; In fact, he has ever been a
lover of sports of different kinds.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
What a kOnie ls.

No one who has not seen an African
kopje can easily realize 1t. 1t is not q
bill so much as the stump of hill
what is left of it after ages of denuda-
ton, but the special feature of it Is
that 1t is almost invariably covered
with a breastwork of powders. Trop-
lcal torrents have washed away the
earth and all the soluble components
Of the rock and what is left consists Of
heaps and lines of detached masses of
sandstone, ironstone or granite. The
kopjes are the Beers fortitica tions
and he has any number of them.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
Great Schemes.

I'm going to write great poems some day,
Exactly when l will not say,
Just now some things are in the way;
I'll begin-well, a week from Tuesday.
There are pictures, too, mean to paint;
My plans, as yet, are little faint,
But my notions are really new and quaint,
AS you'll see a week from Wednesday,
A drama great have In mind,
AS soon as plot can find,
striking, original, refined,
Perhaps week from Thursday.
| hope to form a stock concern,
Enormous dividends I'll earn,
Till coupon bonds l have Ito burn,'
About year from Friday.
Or, no-I'll just invent toy,
Some simple gimcrack to give joy
To each enraptured girl or boy
I'll work on that next Saturday.
l can't decide which scheme to choose,
Each idea seems too good to lose;
Meanwhile III take my Sunday snooze--
To-morrow's only Monday.
-Woman's Home Companion.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
ave you any occupation?"
Metric System Adopted In Ru.

By decree Of the Czar, the metric
system Of weights and measures has
been adopted for use throughout the
Russian Empire, and a commission has
also been organized to consider the re-
form of the Russian calendar so as to
harmonize with that prevailing in the
other civilized countries.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
nfohair Pool Sold,

A pool comprising 1881 feeces ol
mohair has been sold at Corvallis, Or.
The purchasers were F. L. Miller and
s. l.. Kline, merchants OF that place,
and the price paid was 28 cents per
pound. The total weight OF the lot
would be about 10000. The pool ia
the second of the kind sold there this
season. A former lot OF almost the
same number OF ileeces sold recently at
28k cents per pound.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
New Blue Rirsr Ladrs.

The newly discovered quartz pros.
poets On the Blue river, Or, reported
about two weeks ago, are attracting a
great deal Of attention. Miners and
prospectors are heading that way from
oil directions, and already a lively
mining camp is there. The discovery
is in the vicinity OF Blue river falls,
several miles northwest OF the old Blue
river mining camp. 1t is easily access
sible by horse trail from the main
road up the McKinzie. and no difficult
ty is experienced by miners taking in
supplies.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
The Man with the Kodak.

0 what great difference in history,
What rich absolution from mystery,
We moderns would know
or events long ago,
II only a man with a kodak had been
At the following events, just to snap
shot the scene:
When the Red sea was divided,
When Che bald-headed man derided
Called out bears to eat the children,
When the brazen serpent healed them,
When the Gorgon's head CONCEALED them,
When Horatio held the crossing;
When st. Patrick drove the snakes out,
(There are many just such fakes outJ,
When young Jeanne dare led the army;
When old Barbra Frietchie dared them
Shoot her gray hairs, and they spared
them
When King Arthur's knights sat ring
style;
When Columbus struck our borders
Bearing Isabella's orders,
When the Pilgrim Fathers landed
o II some good man with a kodak had
been
On hand with his dinky to picture the
scene,
0 what very great difference in historyl
What full absolution from mystery!
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
The Roadside idea.

Hungry Higgins-What is these her
progressive dinners" the swell .arlst
Gratis is havin'?
Weary Watkins-W'y, you git you
soup at one place, your fish at the ne,
place, your meat at the next place
"An' dog-bit at the next place"-II
dlanapolis Press.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
Tho O,d Cane Pole.

oh. the old cane pole-how my heart beat
high
When used TO swing it in the days gone
by
Where the bending rushes and the long
lake grass
Furnished hiding places for the hungry
bass.
When great big lunker that was tempt
ing fate
TeIegraphed a message that he had the
bait
Twas a sweet sensation that'd stir the
soul
Spattin' in the rushes with an old cane
pole.
Ny whole anatomy with laughter thrills
To see rod and reel and the other frills
The hifalutin artist brings into play
To snake out bass in a scientific way.
He'll look around with plying smile
At the fellow fishing in the good old style,
But in every case | will bet my roll
That he won't be in it with the old cane
pole.
Oh. the old cane pole-there's nothing SO
fine
As to feel a bass tug on a good stout
line.
For if you've got your nerve and you
work it right
You are sure to land him in a good square
fight;
And when you're going home you won't
have to guess
Where your fish are coming from-you'n
have a mess.
30 let the fancy fishermen cast and troll,
But ! will spat the rushes with an old
cane pole.
Chicago Record.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
A worked-Out Min.

i am the gas meter inspector" an
nounced the caller.
Come in," replied the man of tba
mousse but | don't think you'll find
much left The plumber has lust left
ana we were visited by burglars dur
ing the night"-Philadelphia North
American -
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
Strategy.

What is in that box you are SO care.
ful about, If l may ask?" inquired the
man who had secured the lower berth
In the sleeper.
That's collection Of rare snakes I
am taking to a museum. They are too
valuable to be trusted out of my sight, /"
replied the man. who was preparing to
climb to the upper shelf.
Say, I'll trade berths with you"
"All right. I'm not particular where
sleep."-Chicago Tribune.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
UuaniabIe,

81 see those friends of yours, til
Rustlers, have their names in the pa
per again." said the lady who is inteI
ested in social topics.
Have they, indeed?" responded Mis-
Cayenne, languidly. 81 didn't knoy
the delinquent tax list had been pull
lished again!-Washington Star.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
He Had to Good Reason.

"I've nothing to give you, my poor
man, except piece of pie"
"That'll do, ma'am. kin eat a pie
Thanky."
Have you any occupation"
"Yes'm. I'm snow shoveler."
'You didn't expect to get any oppor-
tunity to shovel snow In this part Of
the country, did your"
'Nome. That's why l come down
here. There was too blamed much of It
up in Michigan. Tribune.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
Portland Market.

Wheat Walla Walla. 52@5 53c;
Valley, 53c; Bluestem, 56c per bushel.
Flour-Best grades, SO. 90; graham,
$3.50; superfne, $2.l0 per barrel.
Oats-Choice white, 35c; choice
gray, 84c per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $14@14.5O;
brewing, $l7.00@17.50 per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, $l3 per ton; mid.
dlings, $40; shorts, $l5; chop, $l4 per
ton.
Hay-Timothy, 5000; clover, $40
7.60; Oregon wild hay, $6@7 per ton.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 35@4Oc;
seconds, 45c; dairy, 25@30c;
store, 20@25c.
Eggs-l4c per dozen.
Cheese--Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, lac; new cheese 10c
per pound.
Poultry--Chickens, mixed, $500
400 per dozen; hens, $500; springs,
so. so; geese, SO. 50@8.O0 for old;
$4.60@6.50; ducks, $5.50@6.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live. 10@11c per
pound.
Potatoes-40@70c per sack; sweets,
2@2Ac per pound.
Vegetables-Beets, 81; turnips, 75c;
per sack; garlic, 70 per pound; cab
bage, l 40 per pound; parsnips, 75;
onions, $9.60@S.00; carrots, 5Oc.
Hops-8@Sc per pound
Wool-Valley, l2@13c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, LOG l5c; mohair, 27@
SOC per pound.
Mutton--Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, sac; dressed mutton, TO
71ec per pound; lambs, So. so each.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, $500;
light and feeders, $3.50; dressed,
So, 6,00@6.b0 per 100 pounds.
Beef--Gross, top steers, $4.00@4.50;
cows, $3.50@4,00; dressed beef, CSC
74c per pound
veal-Large, 619@7hc; small, SO
Slec per pound
Tallow-5@5hc; No. . and grease,
slS Gao per pound.