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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-06
Kite Draws Sparks from snow.


William A. Eddy, at Bayonne, on a
recent occasion made his first electric
test in a blizzard, by sending aloft
six-foot single plane kite during the
heavy gale and dense snowfall, sustain
ing in this way a steel wire at consid-
cradle height So severe was the gale
that the kite was repeatedly borne
down to within about fifty feet of the
earth, but it always recovered its posi-
ton aloft. The falling snow dimmed
the kite, but did not overweight it. At
. p. m. the electric connection with the
steel wire was severed from the
grounding rod, when the kissing sound
of the brush discharge could be plainly
heard, followed by a one-inch spark
Mr.. Eddy says that the electrical activ-
ity with the kite at so moderate an alu-
tude was the greatest he has ever ex-
perienced. 1t was as powerful as if 3
thunderstorm were near by. At the
time the steel was paid out it was made
to run through an iron snaphook teth-
cred by a chain to rod driven into the
ground. This was done by Mr.. Eddy
to lessen the danger from severe elee
tric shocks.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-06

900. The Anaconda, with its mines at
Butte, its smelters at Anaconda, Its
Gawmills In the western part Of the
State and It's coal In the eastern and
northern portions, Is the largest en-
ployer of labor In the State, employing
10000 people out of total population
Of 2500O0. 1t reduces 1000 tons Of ore
every day and during 1893 cut more
lumber than any other establishment In
the United States.
DAILY is not a remarkable man except
as a money maker, nor has bis career
been eventful. His diversion Is the
breeding of horses and raising fruits.
He has the second largest apple or
chard In the country and his horses
have won fame on the race track. Prob
ably the happiest days Of his busy life
are spent on his Bitter Root ranch.
Each summer he Is there with his fam
lily. He always has friends there. They
are not, as rule, people who have fine
places of their own. Boys and girls Of
the age of his own children are the
principal visitors, and to see DAILY with
the youngsters one would not suppose
he was carrying the burdens Of one Of
the biggest enterprises In the North
wast
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-06
Speculate Only ON Paper.

The story is told in an article in ''The
Anecdotal Side of Mr.. Beecher," in the
Ladies' Home Journal, of member Of
Plymouth Church who had lost heavily
in Wall street speculation and failed
In business and who went to the great
preacher one day and voluntarily prom
ised that he would not speculate for one
year. At the end of six months, how
ever, he went to his pastor and asked
be released from his promise. 81
an make more In one week than am
low making In year." he said.
Mr.. Beecher refused to release him.
Do your specializing on paper" he
aid, "and at the end of the year tell
he how you would have come out had
let you CO."
At the end Of the year the weuld-be
peculator reported to Mr.. Beecher: If
had actually made those deals |
would have failed three times in the six
months"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-06
LAW AS INTERPRETED.

Power of the governor or military
officer In command to suspend the writ
of habeas corpus, or disregard 1t II Is
sued, for the purpose Of suppressng
an lnsurrection or rebellion, is sus-
tained In re Boyle udaho), Do l.. r. A.
$50, and on application for such writ
the truth of recitals In the governors
proclamation is held not to be open to
question.
Acts done pursuant to a subslsting
Judgment which is afterward reversed
are held, In Bridges vs.. McAllister
(Ky.), 45 L. r. A. 800, to constitute no
basis for an action Of tort. The case
was one of damages by filling up a
ditch in pursuance Of a judgment
which was afterward reversed. In
connection with this case Is note pre-
sentIng the other authorities on the
question of liability for tort In doing
acts authorized by subslsting judg-
ment which is afterward reversed.
Liability of sleeping car company
for theft of passengers effects while
he is asleep is denied In Pullman's Pal
ace Car Company VS.. Adams (Ala.), 45
L. r. A. 767, IL the company has exer-
cised reasonable diligence; but the
mere fact that the porter did not go to
sleep during his watch is not deemed
sufficient proof of such diligence. The
theft of ring carried in pocketbook,
and which Is not capable of being used
on the journey, is held not to make the
company liable, even If its loss was due
to the companys negligence.
A Torrens registration law which
provides for the registration of land
titles after they are established In
court of equity is upheld in people ex
rel. Deneen VS.. Simon (Ill.), Al L. r. A.
sol; and 1t is held that judicial power
is not conferred upon the registrar by
recurring him to make entries when 1t
appears to him that person intending
to create charge on property "has the
title and right to create such CHARGE"
and that the person In whose favor 1t Is
to be made "is entitled by the terms of
the act to have the same registered
especially when party aggrieved can
apply to court of equity. provision
that the registrar shall record a trans
fer of land held in trust, upon the writ
ten opinion of two examiners that the
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-06
Onick Work.

Rome was not built In day, but then
Rome was very much behind the tires
Things are done more quickly now. On
the outskirts of Chicago feat was &C
complished not long ago that would
have astonlshed Rome. 1t may be a
little astonishing even to present-day
readers.
contract was signed on Friday for
the building of church. The document
stipulated that the church should be
ready for dedication on the following
Sunday. Just one clear day was left
for the erection of the building. which
was to accommodate three thousand
persons.
At four o'clock on the morning OF
Saturday the work was begun, and at
seven o'clock that evening the men
were putting In windows, hanging
doors, and getting In the electric lights,
which were especially provided for In
the contract. No floor was laid, and
there was no time to gather up the
shavings, but by twelve o'clock that
night all else was done, and the dedica-
ton services were held on the follow
ing day.
Almost as wonderful a feat, and one
In which haste was more justifable.
was the building of a field hospital, and
having 1t ready for patients in exactly
one hour from the time when 1t was
begun.
DR.. Hofgraeff, an army surgeon, I'M
dertook to demonstrate to the Austrian
military authorities that eight men
could build hospital fifty by twenty
feet In an hour.
All materials were ready, and no tools
were required. Sleepers, panels, bolts,
rods, waterproof packing, all were pre-
pared beforehand, every plug for Its
hole, and every groove for its setting.
There was nothing to do but to pat the
building together. "
The value of hospital that can be
erected on the spot at such short no.
tide needs no demonstration.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-06
The Income of a Naval Officer.

On about the salary Of young clerk
an ensign of our navy must dress well,
his wife and children must; they must
live in presentable part Of any city;
tie children must be educated, and
well. somehow. The very nomadlsm Of
their lives is great source of expense,
and there is no escape from unpaid
bills, no living on from year to year il
debt. as do a recognizable number of
people in civil life; for a tradesman
has but to send his authenticated bill
to the Navy Department, and the de-
llnquent will be curtly reminded Of 1t
through official channels; resulting in q
cOurt-martlal II his shortcoming is so
often repeated as to be "unbecoming to
an officer and a gentleman" But even
all this sordid counting Of dollars and
debts seldom succeeds in subduing, GER
tainly not in breaking, the spirit OF
people naval. Everybody knows what
everybody has," and this fact at once
lifts off a social burden which Is re-
sponsible for half the misery Of power
ty Of the "genteep degree. Then, too,
to have even a little, If that little comes
regularly and with absolute certainty,
is rest in country where leisure 10
still looked at askance. In return how
ever, an officer gives up his whole life,
very often smothers his talents and
ambitions, and Is ION guard" every
hour of his existence. Politically he Is
practically dlsfranchised, must always
be for the government and remain dis
creetly silent in a land given over to
"oratory" and In time Of extreme in
dividualism of opinion. - Woman's
Home Companion.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-06
Italy has enacted an old-age pension

italy has enacted an old-age pension
law.
Philadelphia, Pa, has 1913 trades
unions.
st. Paul (Minn.) employing painters
favor the shorter work day.
indianapolis pattern makers have re-
ceived an advance of 20 per cent.
A needle factory at Redditch, Eng
land, turns out 100000 needles every
week.
There are COOS separate pieces Of
material in the modern high-grade loco
motive.
At Columbus, Ca, both white and
colored BARRIERS have formed local
unions.
The Russian workers in the great in
dustrial centers are organizing into
trades unions.
The Buffalo Express has unionized
its plant after two years controversy
with the printers.
Louisville Ky) union carpenters Sc
cured an advance of 30 cents per day
for the year 1900
The railway workers of England are
preparing to inaugurate movement
for the eight-hour day.
Twenty-Five thousand labels of the
Broommakers' Union are used monthly
in Chicago and vicinity.
In Liverpool, England, the death rate
in the slum districts is three times the
average of the whole city.
Admiral Dewey's former flagship, the
Olympia, is to be repaired and dstrength-
ened at cost of $500,000.
Joplin (N1o) building mechanics have
formed Building Trades Council, in
which all crafts are represented.
An increase of 12 per cent. In the
wages of 400 weavers in the lace mills
at Wilkesbarre, Pa, is announced.
The building trades of the Northeast
are making preparations to demand in
creases of wages, and strikes are ex-
pected.
Tokyo, Japan, has labor newspaper
issued semi-monthly, and labor unions
are rapidly forming throughout that
country.
The Berwind-White Coal Company of
Eastern Pennsylvania has announced
an increase in the wages of it's 10000
employees.
BY a law enacted during the past
year eight hours work is the limit now
allowed on any kind of public work in
California.
Louisville (KyD cigarmakers have
levied an assessment of so cents per
month for six months to boom the
union label.
1t is stated the Choctaw Railway
Company has decided its intention of
employing colored firemen exclusively,
and that no white men need apply.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-06
What n Pa1atabIe DishI

"Will you have oysters?" asked the
man, glancing over the bill of fare.
"Yes," said the short little woman, as
she tried in vain to touch the floor with
her toes. "And, John, want has
SOCK"
John nodded, and, as he handed his
order to the waiter, he said: Eyes, and
bring a hassock for the lady,"
zone hassockY" asked the waiter,
with what John thought more than or
dinary interest, as he nodded in the
affirmative. Still the waiter did not
go, but brushed the table cloth with a
towel and rearranged the articles on 1t
several times, while his face got very
red.
Then he came around to Johns side,
and speaking soto voce, said: "Say,
mister, l haven't been here long, and
I'm not up to all these things. VIII the
lady have the hassock broiled or friedT
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-06
sRADsTREET's REVIEW.
Quiet Week in the Dry-Goods Distrib :
utive Trade,

utive TRADE,
Bradstreet's says: 1t has been q
quiet week in distributive trade, except
at some few Western centers, this being
especially true of the dry-goods busi-
ness. Wholesale trade in this line has
been generally completed, and, pend
ing the effect OF the spring demand up
on the retail trade, the markets are IN
waiting stage. As regards prices,
the feature OF the week has been the
strength manifested in agricultural pro-
ducts and provisions. The advances in
the latter, in fact, are regarded as fore
shadowing an upward movement in hog
products, long predicted, but only par
TALLY realized.
Winter wheat crop adyices have
been, on the whole, good, and have
acted as balance to the stories OF
French damage.
Wool has been more active, but con-
siderable business has been done az
concessions.
The Generalization in the sugar mar
ket is clearly confined to the refining
branch.
Manufacturers and jobbers in carpets
and upholstery report heavy seasons
business booked.
Wheat, including -four. shipments
for the week aggregate 2,962, $40 bush
els, against 2,903, ,495 last week.
Business failures in the United
States for the week number 178, as
compared with 192 last week.
Business failures in the Dominion OF
Canada for the week number %, as
against 23 last week.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-06
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Markets.

Onions, new, $2.0O@2.75 per sack.
Lettuce, hot house, 45c per doz.
Potatoes, new, $17@18.
Beets, per sack, 75@85c.
Turnips, per sack, 60c.
Carrots, per sack, 75c.
Parsnips, per sack, 75@85c.
Cauliflower, 75c@$l per dozen.
Cabbage, native and California,
$l.00@1.25 per 100 pounds.
Apples, $3.50 1.50 per box.
Prunes, 60c per box.
Butter--Creamery, 28c per pound;
dairy, l7@22c; ranch, 17c per pound.
Eggs-15@ Ice.
Cheese-Native. 15c.
Poultry-13@1 14c; dressed. lac 16c;
spring, So.
Hay-Puget Sound timothy, $780,;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$18.00@19.0O
Corn-Whole, $4,000; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton,
$40;
Flour-Patent, per barrel, 1926;
blended straights, $500; California,
1925; buckwheat flour, $500; gra.
ham, per barrel, $500; whole wheat
-four, $500; rye -four, $3.S0@4.00.
Millstuffs-Bran, per ton, $500;
shorts, per ton, $500.
Feed-Chopped feed, $1,000 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $40; oil cake meal,
per ton, $4,000.
Fresh Meats-Choice dressed beef
steers, 71a@Sc; cows, &c; mutton &c;
pork, &c; trimmed, &c; veal, 81 @
10c.
Hams-Large, 13c; small, 13A;
breakfast bacon, 121ac; dry salt sides,
&c.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-06
San Francisco Market.

Wool-Spring-Nevada, 12@ l5c per
pound Eastern Oregon, l2@16c; Val.
ley, s0@22c; Northern, l0@l2c.
Hops-lS99 crop, l2@1So per
pound
Butter Fancy creamery lSc;
do seconds, l6la Ollie; fancy dairy, Is
@l6kc:do seconds, lac l5c per pound.
Eggs-Store, lSkc; fancy ranch,
15hc.
Millstuffs - Middlings, $500 a
20.00; bran, $l2.50@lS.50.
Hsy-Wheat SO. 500 6. 80; wheat and
oat $6,00@9.00; best barley 5000
700; alfalfa, $5.00@6.50 per ton;
straw, 25@ 40c per bale.
Potatoes-Early Rose, 609 zoe; Ore
gon Burbanks, 65c Isl 90; river Bur.
banks, 40@75c; Salinas Burbanks,
S0e@l.l0 per sack.
Citrus Fruit~-0ranges, Valencia,
$2.75@S.25; Mexican lines, $4.0O@
500; California lemons 75c@$l. so;
do choice $l,75@s.OO per box.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas, si.50@
$50 per bunch; pineapples. nom.
inal; Persian dates. 6@6hc per
pound.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-06
Portland Market.

Wheat - Walla Walla. 53@54c;
Valley, 53c; Bluestem, 56c per bushel.
Flour-Best grades, $500; graham,
$3.50; superfne, sale per barrel.
Oats-Choice white, 36@37c; choice
gray, S4c per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $14@14.5O;
brewing, $17.00@17.5 80 per ton.
Millstutfs-Bran, $l3 per ton; mid.
dlings, sic; shorts, $l5; chop, $l4 per
ton.
Hay-Timothy, 5000; clover, $40
750; Oregon wild hay, $8@7 per ton.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 45@50c;
seconds, 40c; dairy, 30@37hc;
store, 25@321ac.
Eggs-1l 1ac per dozen.
Cheese--Oregon full cream, 19c;
Young America, lac; new cheese 10c
per pound.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, $500
450 per dozen; hens, $3.50; springs,
$s.5O@3.50; geese, SO. 50@S.00 for old;
$4.b0@6.b0; ducks, $5.50@6.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, l0@1lc per
pound.
Potatoes-40@55c per sack; sweets,
2@2Ac per pound.
Vegetables--Beets, 81; turnips, 60c;
per sack; garlic, 70 per pound; cab
bage, &c per pound; parsnips, 81;
onions, $2.00@2.50; carrots, 81.
Hops-3@sc per pound
Wool-Valley, l6@l8o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, l0@ 15c; mohair, 27@
SOC per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 4Ac; dressed mutton, TO
&c per pound; lambs, 716c per pound.
Hogs--Gross, choice heavy, $500;
light and feeders, $3.50; dressed,
$6,00@6,60 per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross, top steers, $4.00@4.50;
cows, $S.50@4.00; dressed beef, 618@
7Ac per pound.
Veal--Large, 6k@7hc; small. SO
90 per pound.
Tallow-5@5kc; No. Q and grease,
3ls 4c per pound.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-06
SINGULAR FRUIT FOR A TREE.
Chinese Product that Bears Tailow
Brought to South Carolina.

Chinese Product that Bears TalloW
Brought to South Carolina.
The people of China are emlnently
practical and have added much to the
civilization of mankind by their habits
of industry, of which the method OF OBJ
tanning vegetable tallow is an excellent
example. The tree producing this
tallow is called Stlllingla Sebifera, and
the words remind us of the dropping
product and its soapy nature. The
Chinese pick the seeds of this tree In
autumn and first place them In wood
en- cylinder, open at the top and per-
forated at the bottom. After being
steamed over a fire for ten or fifteen
minutes the tallow is softened and Is
then more readily separated. The seeds
are transferred from the steamlng cyl
lnder to a stone mortar, In which they
are gently beaten. They are then
thrown on sieve, heated over the fire
and slfted, by which process the tallow
Is separated and resembles coarse In
dian meal.
In this state the tallow Is put be-
tween circles Of twisted straw and
these placed In press, by which the
tallow Is forced out and falls into a
tub. Freed from all impurities, 1t Is
then a semi-fuid of beautiful white
color Candles made of it easily melt
In hot weather, and on this account
they are dipped In melted wax of vari-
Gus colors-red, green or yellow-and
are exposed for sale by tallow chan
dlers and other shopkeepers. This re-
markable tree Is found on the banks Of
the Min, In SZechuen. 1t also grows
near Soochow and has been transplant
ed to North and South Carolina. 1t is
tree with shining leaves and small
yellow flowers at the end Of the
branches. They are succeeded by dark
colored seeds and vessels containing
delicate white seeds. In late autumn,
on the banks of the Tsien-tang River,
in Chokiang. south of Hangchow, this
tree is striking object The leaves
are then Of bloOd-red color instead of
light green. When the tallow has
been squeezed out of the seeds the re-
mainder is preserved to be used as fuel
Or to enrich the land.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-06
MARCUS DAY, COPPER KING.
Who Has Attracted Attention by His
Efghf Aoafnaf Sauator Clark.

Who Has Attracted Attention by HIS
Fight Against Senator Clark.
Marcus A. DAILY. the Montana copper
king, has attracted attention by his
fight against Senator William A. Clark.
both In the Montana Legislature, and
since Clark's arrival at Washington.
He is worth $2O,000,0O0-al acquired
within twenty years. Born in New
York, of Irish parentage, he drifted
West at an early age and worked In
the mines. One Of his employers In the
latter '70s was George Il. Hearst, who
recognized Days shrewdness and his
magnetic influence over other men and
sent him to Montana In 1880. as the
representative of a syndicate Of which
Hearst was member, to develop some
property there. DAILY was given a
working interest. This was the foun-
dation Of his fortune. He took hold
Of the Anaconda copper properties Of
his principals and developed them to
such an extent that his interests have
amounted In twenty years to $20,000.'
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-06
LIVESTOCK CENSUS.
Animals VIII Be n Part OF
Twelfth Census.

An enumeration Of the pure-blood OF
pure-bred farm animals In the United
States will be a part of the twelfth cen.
sus. The main schedule for agriculture
provides for returning the number,
June /, 1900, Of all pure.blooded ami
mails recorded or eligible to record, on
the farm"
While the treasury department, in
administering the tariff laws relative To
pure-bred animals, does not accept the
verbal statements Of owners or agents,
but requires certified evidence in writ
ing Of the pedigree claimed, the census
enumerator will be compelled to rely
pretty generally, II not wholly. upon
verbal replies as to whether stock is
pure-bred.
As several months must elapse before
the census OF live stock will be taken,
Director Merriam requests that all who
are not certain whether their unregis'
tered animals are grade, or pure-bred
and "eligible to record" take steps
definitely TO settle the mooted point,
and thus be prepared without hesitation
to give the enumerator accurate infor.
nation relative to this interesting
inquiry.
Sheep may be recorded by focks
but other animals are recorded by indi'
viduals. The herd books show that
about 750, 900 cattle have been regis
tered in the United States and it is
estimated that about 100000 are liv.
ing. If breeders will make accurate
returns of their pure-bred animals to
the census enumerators next June, q
correct basis will be secured for show
ing future expansion in high grade live
stock. Otherwise the efforts of the
census officers will be of small value.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-06
Sale of shsan.

NJ. Fitzgerald, Of Mitchell, Or, sold
ON the goth inst, to Montana buyer,
1900 head of yearling ewes and weth.
ers at $2.5 80 for wethers and $2.75 for
ewes. to be delivered after shearing.
As the sheep will shear 10 pounds, and
Fitzgerald expects to get l8 cents a
pound for it, it will be seen that he
figures on his yearlings bringing him
an average Of "a. AZ per head.