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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05

train for Greenville, where the station
agent told him Pelzer was about twenty
miles distant.
"Never been there myself" he re-
marked, "but I've been told it's quite a
place. Queer folks. but they're all
right"
The lecturer settled back In his seat.
He believed he was in for dismal talk
to forty or fifty persons; a dingy hall
with a smoky lamp and rlckety chairs;
badly paved streets and no cab at the
depot to take him to a wretched hotel.
He made mp his mind that he would
have something unpleasant to say to
that advance agent when he saw him
again. When he reached Pelzer he
thought he had made mistake. There
was a roomy. well-lighted railroad sta
tion, and gentleman who introduced
himself as the Democratic postmaster
of the city was there to meet him.
How does 1t look for an audience ?"
inquired the lecturer, with an anxious
eye to business.
"Oh, very good. think you will have
at least 600 persons out to hear YOU"
"Wh-wh-a-t? How large is your
town."
"M-m. About 1000. More, perhaps"
Night had come ON and the lecturer
looked around on well-lighted and well.
paved streets, He saw no corner loiter
ers. In fact, most of the shops were
shut. He had comfortable meal at the
hotel The postmaster left him to him
self, as he had to go home to take his
folks to the lecture. An hour later the
lecture hall-roomy, bright and cheerful
as the usual Y. NJ. G. A. halls he had
been speaking In elsewhere-was well
filled with attentive and appreclative
listeners. What the lecturer did say
to his advance agent when he caught
up with him was that 1t was one Of the
most charming stopping places on his
route. and that he wanted to go there
again.
There were no reporters at the lee
ture to take the synopsis that the
speaker had prepared for them, and
there was no newspaper account Of it
next morning because Ruler Smythe
will not have newspaper published
In the town. Editors and reporters are
forbidden to live there.
I'VE have no mayor" said resident |
OF the town. NO necessity for one.
We have no aldermen, no courts, no
municipal councils. no police. The
residents keep the peace and get along
comfortably without any buncombe of
that sort We have no drunkenness
because we don't permit liquor within
the city limits, and drunkenness fur.
nishes more than half the business of
police force"
'What is your objection to newspa.
persg
Nothing personal, only the residents
seem to think we get along better with
out them. Local papers publish lot
81 local gossip, and gossip Is always
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05
why Fishes Ara slinnerx.

Fish Of almost every sort are, when
fresh caught, slippery and hard to hold.
This slipperiness is due to sort Of
mucus exuded through the scale, and
is of the greatest importance to all
Shiny creatures.
Oneof the important functions of the
fish's Shiny coating is to protect it from
the attacks of fungus, form of plant
life found In all waters, salt and fresh,
foul and pure. If the fish is so injured
that some spot becomes uncovered by
The slime, barely visible fungus will
be likely to lodge there, and when it is
once lodged the process of reproduction
is very rapid. 1t soon extends over the
gills and kills the fish.
The primary purpose Of the slime Of
the fish is to reduce its friction when in
motion through the water and Increase
its speed. 1t also serves as a cushion to
the scales, which it thus protects from
many injuries.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05
BRApsrREET's REVIEW.


Bradstreet's says: Holiday influence
and stock-taking impart an appearance
Of dullness to generGl distributiye trade,
broken, however, by fair activity in
recorder business to fill up stocks de.
pleted by the heaviest holiday trade
that has ever been experienced.
Anticipation of spring trade wants
has given more than ordinarily ac.
tive appearance to business in dry
goods at New York, while in industrial
lines the efforts OF manufacturers tc
keep up with filed order-books is re-
sulting in unusually active operations
Following the furry in money, stocks
and in some lines Of speculative com
modities noted last week, has come, al
was expected, more cheerful tone
and firming up in quotations is noted
in such staples as cotton, which wal
effected by last weeks money develop
ments, and also in hog products, cof
fee, copper, tin and lead. The strength
Of textiles is still feature which finds
justification in current statistics o.
larger seasons receipts and sales o.
wool, and in reports Of enlarged ole
and heavily increased new capacity in
manufacturing lines.
In iron and steel, seasonable quiet al
regards new business is observable, but
undated activity ON earlier booked
orders is reported. In some cases, nc
shutdown was made for the holidays
by mills and furnaces.
Wheat (including four) shipments
for the week aggregate 8,610,5 557 bush
els, agaist 2,813,7l bushels last week,
6,392, ,625 bushels in the corresponding
week Of 1893. 5j495,0 06l bushels in
1895.
For the year, failures are the smallest
In number for II years past, and were
1t not for few heavy flancial suspen.
sions In December, liabilities, which
will exceed those Of 1892 slightly,
would have been smallest for II yeaii
mast
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05
Grand Opera.

"Yez needn't be taken on sich airs,
Missus Mulvaney, jist beycuz yer mans
bin made a jigger on tn perleesh force.
Me man went t. tn gran opphra N
sthyle."
Gran opphra nuttin'. 1t 'ud be
takin' months villages whurkin' loike
yer man docs, Missus O'Hoolihan, t. get
dough ernuff t go t gran opphraT
"But e wint jhust tn same, yez
desateful creathur. e tauld me iyry-
thin consarnin' tn perphormence."
'Oh, did e, yez bhloomin' parphari-
katur2 An how did e injhoy tn songs
in tn Dago linguageY
"Dago? 1t wuz good Amerikhan
Ooirish, begorrah, that they spuk, fur
me man tould me sum O. the jhokes."
"JhokesY
''Yis. jhokes, yez haythen. They
alluz hez jhokes whin tn gran opphra
Gums t tn Capital Shquare The-a-ter."
Detroit Free Press.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05
GERMAN COLONY IN BRAZIL.
Twenty Per Cent. of the Population In
Certain Parts of the Republic.

Twenty Per Cent. of the Population In
Certain Parts of the Republic.
Consular reports of recent date de.
scribe the German colony In southern
Brazil-in Parana, Santa Catherina and
Rio Grande do Sul where the climate is
bracing and the conditions favorable to
the vigorous growth of Europeans. The
Germans here number 100000 out of a
total population Of 100000 They do
not intermarry with the other inhabit-
ants, or take any part In national
politics, or, In anything emanating from
the surrounding native element" In
financial and commercial Importance
the German element is strong out of
proportion to it's numbers, but it prefers
to live apart.
'They thus" says the consular report,
create for themselves a condition of
isolation which has often given rise to
the suspicion that they were endeavor-
Ing to establish political common
wealth for themselves. Nothing could
be more erroneous than this supposi-
tion. The great difficulty of mastering
the Portuguese tongue, in sound and
construction so utterly different from
their own. and of assimilating with peo,
pie of the Latin race. with whom they
have so little In common, is the cause
Of their isolation, so often commented
upon. They have great difficulty in
Increasing their ranks from the old
country, inasmuch as. for economic and
military reasons, the German govern
ment does not favor emigration, and
there are at present very few Germans |
desirous of emlgratlng" Southern Bra.
zil has become large field for the in.
vestmentof German capitaL-Baltimore
Sun.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05
Society for Sock-DArnipe.

In neighboring Long Island village
the young men have a new privilege.
On paying ten cents week they can
have their socks darncd by the bellies
OF the village. who have organized
themselves into the "Glddy Girls Darn.
ing Club" One of the young ladies' no
ticed hole In the hose of a young man
who was paying her a social visit the
other night and, on comparing notes
1t was found that many of the other
girls Of the village had been impressed
by the fact that the beaux of the place
needed help in keeping their socks in
order. The young man who was adj
mitted to the privileges of the club
must not be in the habit of smoking
drinking, playing cards, or doing any.
thing real naughty. All he has TO do
then Is to pay ten cents a week and
wear his socks into as many holes as
pleases him.-New York Cor. Pittsburr
Dispatch.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05
ena Waldo on whIle pasa.

News of big snowslide on the
Write Pass g. Yukon railroad was
brought to Victoria by the steamer
Tees. A rotary and two engines were
buried by the slide,a and after they were
shoveled out, the rotary ran into q
rock, knocking out 13 OF its 20 knives.
The train which was behind the snow
bucking outfit was not injured.
7. O'Regan, one Of those who en-
deavored to walk to Skagway from the
snowbound train, was found uncon-
scious, with his face and hands frozen.
The operator at Glacier reported to
Skagway that the track there was COW
cred for distance of $50 feet depth
Of five to 20 feet. Telegraph wires be-.
yond Glacier are down.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05

An opera house is one OF Albany
needs for 1900.
Mule-buyers from California are in
Southern Oregon counties.
A Burns paper reports a sale of 2,70C
stock sheep ut $500 per head.
1t Is estimated that the call for war.
rants recently made by the county
treasurer Of Whatoom county covers
about $l70, 900 Of county indebtedness.
Figures Of real estate transfers re.
corded in King county .(Seattle) since
July | show total OF 495 transfers, OF
an aggregate value of SO, ,sse. .6s5, not
including, of course, the value of the
transfers for nominal sums.
In Umatllla county, wheat farms are
advertised for sale at prices from $40
to $40 an acre. A farm on the foot
hills east of Milton sold for $500
spot cash.
The old mill, ON Chambers creek,
near Fort Steilacoom, was recently de.
/. stroyed by fire. Ii was one of the old
landmarks of that part Of the country,
having been built in 1859.
The convention OF the Linn county
Christian Endeavorers is TO be held in
Brownsville ON January IL, Is, and Ii.
The Bellingham Bay g. Eastern
Railroad Company cannot find laborers
enough to work on road construction at
20 cents an hour. and is getting i
some Japs for that purpose. The ia
labor is not so satisfactory as white Ia.
bor, but enough OF the latter cannot be
found.
Among the experiments in progress
az the puyallup experiment stations is
series of spraying tests for black
spots, or canker, in hops, which is be-
coming so prevalent In that vicinity.
Over $4,000 was spent In Lakeview |
In building Improvements during 1899. |
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05
A Remarkable Shawl.

The Duchess of Northumberland pos
sesses a shawl given her by Charles x.
of France, which cost a fabulous sum.
It is manufactured from the fur Of q
species of Persian cat, the hair OF
which Is so fine that one strand is hard
" visible to the naked eye. The spin
ming, weaving, and fashioning Of the
meterial required several years Of labor
and thousands Of cat skins
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05

Charles Christopher, who has ncgo-
tiated more large At1in mining deals
than any other man in the country dur
ing the season recently closed, is au.
thority for the statement that there
will be no less than half a dozen large
hydraulic plants put in operation in
Atlin with the opening OF spring. He
says the output Of gold in that country
will exceed $5,O00,000. The gold com
missioner collected royalty on about
S700.000 this summer, but he failed to
collect ON more than half the output.
There was at least $1,000, 900 taken
out OF the Atlin gold fields this year,
and next year tlse output will exceed
$4,000, 900. Last summer the great
majority Of the miners did not get to
work before August |, and they all
worked small claims and handled most
d the dirt with shovels. Next year
Iis all handle 1t by the hydraulic
ngeaeads 7ssrt4s.a.. ifr'a-A.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05
TO List All the Hons.

Directors of the Oregon Hopgrowers
Association met in Salem Tuesday at,
ternoon, and were in secret session foul
hours. The chief business transacted
was to require every local representa-.
tive of the association to obtain a com.
plete list OF hopgrowers and the amount
OF hops now on hand in their respect.
i've districts, The board also an.
nounced that it is now ready for bust.
ness.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05
Heather Chinese Threw a nomh.

At Victoria, B. c., dastardly at,
tempt was made TO wreck Chinese
Methodist mission church. While the
congregation, principally Chinese, was
Eorshipping, bomb made OF lead pipe
and filed with gundpower was ex.
ploded. No one was injured. The
deed is ascribed to heathen Chinese
jealous of the introduction OF Christi
anity among their countrymen,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05
THE NURSERY.

Some of the Things that the Children
Need.
The room selected for the nursery
should be If possible large and lofty.
with south aspect. says the st. Louis
Star. The walls should be prettily
papered and let the pictures and photo
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05

throughout the country and the doctors mail
Inquiries about his wonderful machine coming all the
by
going
to Of
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05

Helm what month were you born? +?
she-oh, you needn't be afraid. The
diamond Is appropriate. = Jewellers
Weekly.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05
Portland Market.

Wheat Walla Walla, 51@52c
Valley, b2c; Bluestem, 54c per bushel
Flour-Best grades, $8.00 graham,
$3.50; superfne, $e.I5 per barrel.
Oats--Choice white, 84@35c; choice
gray, Sac per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $15@16.00;
brewing, $ls.00@18.50 per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, $17 per ton; mid.
dlings, S22i shorts, $l8; chop, SIC per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $9@1O50; clover,
$7@s; Oregon wild hay, $8@7 per ton.
Butter--Fancy creamery, 500 800;
seconds, 42k @45c; dairy, 371S @4Oc;
store, 25@85c.
Eggs-lS@l9c per dozen.
Cheese--Oregon full cream, 18c;
Young America, l4c; new cheese 1Oc
per pound.
Poultry--Chickens, mixed, $2.50@
$3.50 per dozen; hens $4,00; springs,
30. 80 @8, 80; geese, $7.00@9.00 for old;
$4.50@6,b0 for young; ducks, 81. 90
per dozen; turkeys, live, l216@lSc
per pound.
Potatoes--55@ a zoe per sack; sweets,
2@2Ac per pound.
Vegetables-Beets, 81; turnips, 90c;
per sack; garlic, 7c per pound; cauli-
flower, 75c per dozen; parsnips, ST.:
beans, b@6c per pound; celery, roo
100 per dozen; cucumbers, SOC per
box; peas, 3@4c per pound; tomatoes,
100 per box; green corn, 12h@
l5c per dozen.
Hops-S@llc; 1898 crop, 5@6c.
Wool-Valley, ls@l3o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, S@14c; mohair, 27@
300 per pound.
Mutton--Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 81Sc; dressed mutton, ESQ
70 per pound; lambs, 71sc per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, $500;
light and feeders, $3.50; dressed,
VS.. 100000 per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross, top steers, $S. 500 4. 90;
COWS, $s@a.50; dressed beef, 6H@
74o per pound.
Veal-IIarge, 6h@7Hc; small, S@
8lSc per pound.
San Francisco Market.
Wool-Spring-Nevada, 1a@15c PEI
pound; Eastern Oregon, la@l6c; Val.
ley, a0@2ac; Northern, l0@1sc.
Hops-1s9s crop, l1@lsc per
pound,
Onions-Yellow, 75@s6c per sack.
Butter-Faney creamery 24@25c;
do seconds, ss@aSc; fancy dairy, 90
Gale; do seconds, 100 per pound.
Eggs-store, s5@s7 nc; fancy ranch,
$40.
Millstuffs - Middlings, $1,000 e |
1900; bran, $ls@14.00,
Hg-wheat $7.oO@9; wheat and |
cat $7.50@s00; best barley $4,000 |
7.oo; alfalfa, s5.0O@L5O per ton;
straw, $50 s6c per bale.
Potatoes-Early Rose, $l.O0; Ore.
son Burbanks, 65o@l.l0; river Bur.
banks, 4S@76o; Salinas Burbanks,
81. 0o@l,25 per sack.
Citrus Fruit-Oranges, Valencia,
Ss. 76@S.26; Mexican lines, S4.0oa
1905 California lemons Y6o@$1. 90;
10 choice $l.76@s.00 per box.
3 Tropical Fruits--Bananas, $I.50@
$50 per bunch; pineapples, nom.
nal; Persian dates, 60ekc per
'ound.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05

1t Is all right for a woman of 80 to
say she feels as young as she did at Is
but she never looks It.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Commercial and Financial Happenings
OF Interest to the Growing
Western States.

Since the first of July the people OF
Alaska have contributed to the federal
treasury in license money the magnif-
cent sum Of $l5S, 276.4O for the privi-
lege of doing business in Alaska and
developing the territory, says the skag-
way Alaskan. This is in addition to
the tariff duties paid, internal revenues,
taxes and all other taxes common to
the country at large. 1t is special
tax levied upon business in Alaska
alone, such as no other citizens Of the
United States are required to pay; In
fact 1t is tax that was never before in
the history OF the United States levied
sgainst any Of its people.
Plenty OF Supplies Mt Dawson.
d. w. Bullock, lately arrived from
Dawson, said to an Alaskan reporter:
Dawson is supplied with everything
needed there for the winter. The re-
port as to great shortage Of oats is
not true. There is plenty of oats along
the river and in Dawson to supply the
interior. When we got away from
Dawson, November z, oats we're sell
Ing for 20 cents a pound and hay at
10 cents. Last winter oats went 10 40
and 45 cents, and hay to 85 to so cents.
Tobacco sells in Dawson today for 81
to $1.25 a pouId less than it brings in
Bennett. The Bennett price Is $1.50 a
pound. Flour that sold for SO in Daw-
son year ago is worth only $4.75
there today. There will be plenty OF
beef In Dawson throughout the winter.
Dumbolton had four scows loaded with
beef on the way In, one of which is at
Sellxirk and one at Stewart river. do
noklSnow where the others are. Dunn
bolton will take the meas through to
Dawson over the ice after the river
freezes. McDougall g. Burns have 80
tons below selkirk and will take 1t in
over the ice. The labor market OF
Dawson is glutted. There were 1000
to ! 900 idle men in the town when
left, and more were rushing In from up
thp rfvnr ~
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05

1t Is said that many a model woman
earns q living by trying on eloaks
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05
HAPPENINGS OF 1899.
SUMMARY OF A YEARS I'M.
PORTANT EVENTS.

War In Philippine Islands and South
Africa, the Dreyfus Trial, Political
Difficulties in Samoa, Death and De-
struction by Fire, Wind and Flood.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-02-09
Fire at Blacksburg.

The administration building of the vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute. at BIacksburg,
was destroyed by fire. In this building were
the offices of the president, his secretary,
the treasurer and the commandant. Tn"
fire occurred about l o'clock, aud although
the students and faculty endeavored to ex-
tlnguish the fire and save the building, their
efforts were unavailing and the structure
was totally destroyed. This building was
west of the academy building and was con-
structed OF stone. Nothing was saved but
the furniture and papers from the comman
dant's office. The fine library and all tho
station records were destroyed by the fire.
the origin of which is supposed to have been
in the basement from an overheated or de-
fectiye heater. The loss OF this building
embarrasses the faculty greatly. rs they arc
deprived of their offices, and the loss OF the
papers and other valuable articles and docu-
ments will likelycause trouble. TIE amount
OF insurance on the building does not cover
the loss. and money could not. perhaps, IL
any amount replace some of the losses.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-02-09
Orange Free States Arms.

The coat Of al ms of the Orange Free
State shows an orange tree in the
middle of the field; on one side stands
a lion, on the other lamb. The
motto beneath is Freedom, 1mmigra-
ton, Patience, Courage" The en-
blem of the lion and lamb has scrip
tural reference to the peace and har.
mony within it's borders, and does not
glance at the geographical position OF
the republic between the domain of
the British lion and the pastoral
Beers of the Transvaal, as an Ameri-
can joker might assume.-Philadel.
phia Record,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-02-09
THE OLD DOMINION.
LATEST NEWS CLEANED FROM VARI-
Gus PARTS OF VIRGINIA.
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY ACT
The Bill Passes the Legislature by AZ to
fO--May Not Pass the Senate-The Cues
ton of Calling a Constitutional Conven-
ton to be Voted on i'm May. 10Oi-Build-
ing of Polytechnic Institute Burned.

The proceedings of the two branches OF
the Legislature were unusually interesting
the past week. The House, by the close
vote of AZ to 49, passed the Parks Employers
Liability bill. This measure, which was
passed by that body at the last session, was
fought at every step by the friends OF the
railroads. AS the vote shows, it had
mighty close shave in even getting through
the lower branch of the Legislature. The
bill makes the railroads responsible for in
luries done to employees, even when such are
the result of the conduct Of fellow-servants.
The narrow margin by which the measure
was passed by the House shows pretty plainly
that 1t can hardly get through the Senate,
where similar measure was defeated two
years ago. In the Senate Mr.. Floods bill to
submit to the voters, on the fourth Thursday
In May, 1901, the question OF calling con-
stitutional convention would have passed,
but it was thought best to recommit 1t, In
order to make some necessary revision. The
Democratic caucus has already Endorsed this
proposition. That body fixed the fourth
Thursday in May next as the time for voting
upon 1t. The Senate recommitted the bill In
order to make its provisions conform to the
time selected by the party conference
point raised, too, was whether, at the special
election at which the calling Of the cOnycn-
ton is to be submitted, the Walton or the old
Mccormick Anderson election law will be
operative. Mr.. Flood showed TO the Senate
what seemed to be conclusive evidence that
the Walton law will apply to this contest.
Should there be any doubt in the minds OF
the committee the bill will be amended so as
to make that law applicable. The LeCato
resolution to submit to the people the ques-
ton OF making the payment of the capitatioD
tax prerequisite to the right to vote is de-
feated for this session. While this question
was not voted on in the Democratic caucus.
for the want Of a quorum, tho sentiment OF
that body was decidedly against it. The
Senate, by close vote, indefinitely post
poned the consideration OF the LeCato reso.
luton. The people now will vote upon tho
question of calling constitutional conyen.
ton without being hampered with PROPOSE.
ton to disfranchise all who fail to pay theii
head tax. Many leaders thought 1t would
be impolitic to go into the convention cam
paign with the party committed in advance
to this wholesale DISTINGUISHING Of delin-
quents.