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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07

The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen gained 3,7O0 new members in
the past year.
Laborers are so scarce in Switzerland
that they have to be imported not only
from Italy, but from Bohemia and
Silesia.
The new United States census will
show that nearly 100000 females are
employed in the factories of the United
States.
Edison's plan to cheaper electric
power by abolishing dynamos will
throw hundreds of mechanics out Of
employment.
fffty-two thousand five hundred dol
lars has been spent by the United Hat
ters' Union in the past two years in ad-
vertising its label.
The 100 local unions Of the textile
workers in the South are about to start
movement for a ten-hour day in all
the Southern mills.
Judge Halloran, of Des Moines, Iowa.
recently rendered a decision that a
trades union Is pool or trust, and In
violation of the laws of that State.
It Is stated that 1OO,O0O,OOO of the
population Of China, or one fourth of
the people, are connected with the vari-
GUS branches Of raising and marketing
tea.
The average daily compensation Of
the general officers Of the various rail
ways In the United States is STAT per
day, while the average of the working
employees is SLIGO.
Kansas City, Mo-, is now the second
fiour-making city in the United States,
having made 4S,420 barrels in one day
recently, and eclipsing all records ex-
cept that Of Minneapolis, MINI.
The Minneapolis -four mills in the
past year surpassed all previous per-
formances In the history of the city's
great industry with an output of a.
100000 barrels of -four. The mills used
up between 100000 and 65,O00,0O0
bushels of wheat during the year.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works.
Philadelphia, has received an order
for twenty-five heavy freight locomo-
tiyes for use on the Government rail-
roads In New Zealand. The first Amer
ican-made locomotive to be used in Ire
land was shipped by the same company
a few days ago.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07

several occasions thought yageulv Of
having the device patented, but | dis.
missed the scheme as mot worth while.
Nearly two years afterward more in
teiligent gentleman up in New England
did what | wouldn't do, and today he
Is rolling in riches. have been Obliged
TO buy one of his cases since, and new
er mated to give up money SO badly In
my life, Several other instances In the
same line have come under my personal
observation.
4 have a friend, for instance, who
stumbled upon the principle of the Bell
telephone long before the war. He was
at college at the time, and he and
FELLOW student actually went so far as
to construct an experimental line. over
half mile long. They had 1t in sue
cessful operation for several weeks
when 1t was discovered and DESTROYED
Dy a cantankerous professor and thus
vanished what might have been one
OF the biggest fortunes in the world
Inc incident had almost faded from nv
friends mind when Prof. Bell launched
his invention on the public.
Another gentleman, who was for.
merly client Of mine, ANTICIPATED tbe
pneumatic tire years before somebody
else patented 1t. He is fond of borsas
and away back in the 70's he had light
road cart made that was almost tba
exact counterpart Of the modern nnau.
matte sulky. The big, clumsy-lookinv
tres excited great merriment among
MS friends. They dubbed them .sausa 90
wheels and he has told me more Than
once that that foolish Joke was tbo
thing that caused him to abandon tba
experiment Pneumatic tires have since
made half a dozen big syndicates rich
"still another acquaintance fienrad
out the exact mechanism of the sals
binding reaper nearly ten years before
the machine was covered by patants
Not being farmer. he failed to annra.
eiate the Importance of the thing II
impressed him as being chimericaI. ana |
he pigeon-holed his drawings to gather |
DUST until he awakened to the fact that
he had fortune by the throat. only 70
let go again. bis comments on the Inc,
dent wouldn't sound well at a nravar
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07

available means. The fragments Of
logs blown apart In this way are no'
only often Of wasteful shapes, but un'
less very nice judgment is exercised III
preparing the blast great deal OF
wood itself is scattered in useless SPIN
ters."
"At the MILL where waste Is the rule
in the manufacture Of lumber In the
United States, the big tree makes no
exception. This waste, added as 1t is
to the other sources Of loss already men
toned, makes a total probably often
considerably in excess of half the total
volume of the standing tree, and this is
only one side of the matter.
"The big tree stands as a rule In q
mixed forest, composed Of many spe-
cies. TIE result of sequoia numbering
upon this forest is almost ruinous. The
destruction caused by the fall OF enor-
nous trees is In itself great but the
principal sourse of damage ls the I'M
mense amount of debris left on the
ground-the certain source Of future
fires. This mass of broken branches,
trunks and bark, is often five or six or
more feet In thickness and necessarily
gives rise to fires Of great destructive
power, even though the big tree wood is
not specially infiammable. The devas-
tatlon which follows this numbering is
as complete and deplorable as the un-
touched forest is. unparalleled, beautl-
full and worthy of preservation. AS
rule 1t has not even had the advantage
of being profitable. Very much of this
appalling destruction has been done
without leaving the owners Of the big
tree as well off as they were before 1t
began"
Series of Pamphlets to Be Issued.
The pamphlet which was published
by the forestry division Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture is one Of series
which will be issued In behalf Of the
big trees. The report was prepared for
the information Of the Senate Commit
tee on Public Lands, which was at the
time considering the preservation Of the
Calaveras and Stanislaus big tree
groves. 1t is the first document on the
subject which has ever been published
by the government, strange as the fact
may seem. Prof. w. Il. Dudley, of
Stanford University, who aided with
the work, is now preparing more de-
tailed account Of the big trees and the
big tree groves, which will be published
by the government forestry office. The
pamphlet now out contains an excellent
map of the forests of California, con-
tanning big trees, together with a de-
.ailed account of each of the larger
groves.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
RUSHING INTO THE CITIES.

Young Men Invite Failure by Essay
ing Untrie Fields.
Some published fragments OF the new
census statistics are very depressing to
the old-fashioned, yet very sensible,
people who have been hoping that the
movement Of villagers and country peo-
.ple to the large cities had been checked.
What is the meaning Of the continu-
GUS rush to the cities? The old expla-
nation was that farmers sons and
daughters wearied Of work that was
never finished; they had heard of city
demands for labor ana of city wages,
payable always in cash and at stated
dates. They had also heard of city
pleasures, some of which were said to
cost nothing, while others were very
cheap. But young people do not con-
stltute the whole body of people who
are crowdlng into the cities, for me-.
chanlcs and artisans Of all kinds are In
the throng, for in the villages and coun-
try districts employment is irregular
and pay uncertain. The more aspir-
Ing OF them hope for the larger oppor-
tunlties and recognition that the coun-
try dares not promise; they know, too,
that such of their children as incline to
study may become fairly, even highly,
educated in the city without special
cost to their parents. OF the "seamy"
side OF city life they know nothing,
for their acQuaintances who went to
town" have not returned to tell of Il;
few of them could return II they would.
The few who go back to the old home
steads are the men who have succeed
ed, ana In any village such a man In
effect resembles gold-laden miner
from Cape Nome or the Klondike-his
example threatens to depopulatc the
town.
Nevertheless the rural districts are
not going to be depopulated, except
when their soil Is very poor and their
malaria overrlch.- A countryward
movement started In some cities few
years ago and 1t has been increasing In |
volume, II may be almost Invisible In |
some localities, for 100000 square
miles is an area so great that any city's
overflow might be lost In II. The men
who are trying scientific farming are
all from the cities and they have car
rled their city ideas with them. AS
rule. city brain and city money are
suggesting and backing the rural at
tempts to have good roads, pure wat
er, perfect drainage, high farming,
schools, free libraries and
many other amellorations OF old-tIme
conditions. Yet In one respect the city
man In the country is disappointment
TO all classes of the dissatisfied, for
when they talk Of going to the city he
says. Don't" and he sup
ports his advice with dismal array
Of facts and figures. Even
ing Post. {
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
them, are owned by people who have
every right and in many cases every
Intention, TO cut them into lumber"

them, are owned by people who have
every right and in many cases every
Intention, TO cut them into lumber
cientiflc Value of Big Trees.
Further along these same lines the
value of the big tree is thus considered
"The big trees are unique In the world
the grandest, the oldest, the most ma,
jestically graceful trees and if it were
not enough to be all this, they are
among the scarcest of known tree spe-
cies and have the extreme scientific val
ue of being the best living representa-
tives of former geologic age. They
are trees which have come down to us
through the yiclssitudes of many CEN
turies solely because Of their superb
qualifications. The bark of the big tree
Is often two feet thick and almost non.
combustible. The oldest specimens
felled are still sound at the heart and
fungus is an enemy unknown to 1t. Yet
with all these means of maintenance
the big trees have apparently not in
creased their range since the glacial
epoch They have only Just managed
to hold their own ON a little strip of
country where the climate is locally fa.
vorable."
Everyone who Is interested In the big
trees, as everyone must be either from
curiosity. a natural love of the forest
or for scientific reasons, must deplore
the destruction Of these forests. Every
one who has visited a forest in any part
of the world will regret the destruction
Of these jungles Of beauty. Every
thoughtful American is waking to
realization Of the criminal carelessness
with which the forests of this country
have been wiped out. The numbering
of the big trees, with Its accompanying
waste and devastation. seems partic-
ularly unnecessary and almost immoral
proceeding.
Forester Pinchot says of 1t: "The
numbering Of the big tree is destructive
to most unusual degree. In the first
place, the enormous size and weight of
the trees necessarily entails very con-
siderable breakage when one of them
falls. Such tree strikes the ground
with force of many hundreds or even
thousands of tons, so that even slight
inequalities are sufficient to smash the
brittle trunk at its upper extremity into
almost useless fragments. The loss
from this cause is great, but it Is only
one OF the sources Of waste. The great
diameter of the logs. and. in spite of the
Iightness of the wood, their enormous
weight make it impossible TO handle
hem without breaking them up. For
his nurnnSa runno,,-.x.. a., a.. -.s
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
MISSING oF GREAT THINGS.


People Who Have Stubbed Their Toes
Against Big Fortunes Unawares.
81 dare say every great invention, be-
fore 1t is finally hit upon," remarked a
New Orleans lawyer to Times-D
crat man, has been within a hands
reach Of dozens of men who were un-
aware how near they stood to fortune.
There is nothing more singular In fact
than the way people can skate around
some huge idea without seeing It,
Il had an experience of that kind
once myself. 1t occurred to me that a
revolving bookcase would be handy
thing for Office use, and had one built
to order. 1t proved a success, and on
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
Reunited After Awful Exne,a,., I

Though separated by the storm and
washed In different directions, all the
members of the Stubs family al Gal
weston were rescued. Father mother
and two children were on a floating
roof that broke in pieces. The father
with one child, went one way. The
mother went another and the remain
ing child went in still third direction
A day or two later all four were re-
united.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
DESTROY BIG TREES.
CALIFORNIA GIANTS ARE RUTH.
LESSLY CUT DOWN. p
Necessary Waste Of Laundering Mann
moths Over Fifty Per cent-Forestry
Dep 4rtment Deman That Efforts Be
Made to Save Few Remaining Groves.

Clifford Plnchot, United States fores-
ter, has issued pamphlet concerning
the big trees Of California which has
created no little comment through its
endeayors to state clearly and emphat-
ically the necessity for the preservation
of the California mammoths. The
writer protests against the rate at
which the big trees are being destroyed
by private owners, pointing out clearly
that the chances of a renewal of the
wonder growths are to be little consid-
cred.
Most of the scattered groves Of big
trees are privately owned and, there
fore, in danger of destruction" he
writes. LAUNDERING is rapidly sweep
Ing them off; forty mills and logging
companies are now at work wholly or
In part upon big tree timber. The
southern groves show some reproduc-
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07


II only sweetest bells wee rung
How we should miss the minor chimes
Il only grandest poets sung,
There'd be no simple little rhymes;
The modest clinging vine adds grace
To all the forests giant oaks,
And mid earth's mighty is a place q
To people with just common folks.
Not they the warriors who shall win
Upon the battlefield a name
To sound the awful din;
Not theirs the painters deathless fame;
not theirs the poets muse that rings
The rhythmic gift his soul invokes;
Theirs but to do the simple things
That duty gives just common folks.
Fate, has not lifted them above
The level Of the human plane;
They share with men fellow love
In touch with pleasure and with pain.
One great, far-reaching brotherhood,
With common burdens, common yokes,
And common wrongs and common good
Gods army Of just common folks.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
Near Enoueh

Got that job o cards done fur Doc
PillemY asked the Jayville editor.
"Yes. it's DONE" replied his foreman
"Joey made leetle mistake a-settin,
1t up, Mebbe doc'll kick. but 1 reckon
it amt so fur wrong"
what is it?''
Joey made it Prescriptions Careful,
ly Confounded.' "-Philadelnh;o D.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
A Discerning Woman

on' yes, said young Mr.. Blackstone
! have been admitted to the bar. but !
am not practicing regularly at It.
=, indeed murmured Miss Gooph, 81
thought you practiced very often"
And the young man wished that :.
had not placed SO much ral,anao Ne ,e
those cloves.-Baltimore American
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
Key to the workine-Cirrs s,,oa...

Aey TO the Working-Giri's Success
Whatever vocation the girl wage
worker settles upon she may as wall
accept the fact, first as last, thar sltn.
shod performance and inadeouate
equipment will win no favor. viii NOT
even secure foothold," writes Marco
ret Il. Sangster In the Ladies' Homa
Journal. "The ranks are everywbare
crowded, and the second-rate WORT
must go to the wall. In most fields tba
supply Is well In excess of the demand
and only the capable. the efficient tha
competent and the Trustworthy NAV
hope to find their niche. AS grain or
satisfaction let it be added that thoSa
possessed of these desirable qualities
those who are ready for service ana
are responsible In their work. are snrs
to be appreciated and will never cease
to be wanted"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
In the narkesf son.h

But there was no evidence aeains,
the man who was lynched," protested
the stranger.
mo evidence y said the citizen
why, he was as black as the ace Of
spadesT
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07

Il should like to subscribe to vopr
paper. Would you be willing to take
II out in trader"
Country Editor-Guess so; what's
your business?
I'm the undertaken. BROOKLYN Life
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
White House Ia Ris.ketr.

I'm the plan for building 4 new house
for the President elsewberelthan on the
present site 1t has been proposed to
utilize the present mansion Tor offices. !"
writes Col. Theodore A Bingham. u.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
An Enitanh f,r Rns,rin

The London Academy has awarded a
prize OF one guinea to j. II. Anderson,
Lairbeck, Keswick, for the best in
scrlption suitable for the proposed me-
dallion Of John Ruskin in Westminster
Abbey. Mr.. Anderson's epitaph is as
follows:
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
Citles that Grow Most Rani.llr

The census bulletins confirm the
truth of the statement that the growing
American cities are those where mann.
featuring can be carried on economl.
cally,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
Guards on Euronean Rov.,,,

Every royal palace in Europe has irs
special private police. who. in one guIse
or another, are always ON the lookout
Tor suspicious persons.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07

Reported the Lincoln-Douglas debates
Reported the first Lincoln campaign.
War correspondent, the Civil War.
Foreign correspondent OF American
newspapers.
In 1861 owned New York Evening
Post and Nation.
In 1875 president Oregon Steamship
Company.
Receiver Of Kansas Pacific Railroad
Company.
Completed in 1888 the Northern Pacific
Railroad.
President Northern Pacific Railroad
Company.
President Edison ;s:.,,s..i Electric COM
pany.
Chairman in 1889 of the Northern Pa
cifc directory
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
He Taught Us
TO Hold
In Loving Reverence
Poor Men and Their Work
Great Men and Their Work
God and His Work.

NeN"e hAVl anu lUeIF NDfk
God and His Work.
In connection with this competition II
Is Interesting to quote what Ruskin
himself said on epitaphs: "Take care
that some memorial Is kept of men who
deserve memory In a distinct statement
on the stone or brass of their tombs
either that they were true men or ras-
Gals wise men or fools. How beautI-
ful the variety of sepulchral architec-
ture might be, in any extensive place
OF burial, IL the public would meet the
small expense of thus expressing its
opinions In a verify instructive manner
ana II some of the tombstones accord
lngly terminated In fools caps, and 9th
ers, instead Of crosses and cherubs
bore engravings of cats-o'- -nine-tails as
typical OF the probable methods of en-
tertainment In the next world of the
persons not, It is to be hoped, reposing
below.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07

Marcus ito
repoter railroad
president Napoleon Of lost fortunes and died
q millionaire. t
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
Tea in Ciho--

sioerians as rule are not great con.
sunlers OF lemons, nor do they use them
IN tea as much as may be the cns.s.. s.e..
N central Russia. cream having come
INTO general use By the importation ~
condensed milk from the United statsa -
France and Switzerland. A'ss'
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
Phonographic Reminder.

An ingenious Austrian inventor has
Just patented speaking clock which
he claims will be of the greatest value
to persons of forgetful and irregular
habits. 1t consists of a clock phono-
graph combination. In place of the
usual striking attachment is phono-
graph, which can be set to speak SEN
tence at any time desired, thus becom-
ing an unfailing reminder to its owner
OF the duties of each successive hour.
Somehow, 1t always shocks people 70
see woman smile while wearing
mourning.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
English Public Builiinrs

The public buildings of England alone
are valued at q sum approaching
Sl.25O. zoe. 600.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07

I'VE must all agree that the American
has beyond other men an innate respect
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07

Many a mans originality is due to /.
effective memory. " =
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07

Every man works at a lot Of schemes
he knows there Is nothing In.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-07
MAR, US DALY's MONEY.

Capital represented by him. 800, 100000
His personal wealth ....... 22,OOO,OOO
Copper interests represented 100000
First price paid for his cop
per mine ............... $4,000
His annual wage roll paid. 100000
His horses cost. ......... 1,OOO,OOo
His works of art cost....... 3OO.OOO
His private car cost. ....... 10000
His hotel cost. 100000,
His personal living cost per
annum ................ b,OOU,
His annual income was APP
prOximately ............. 2,5Oo,OOo,
The true Democrat., 1900-03-10

1t is very hard to stand idly by
and .aee our dear ones suffer while
awaiting tho arrival of the doctor
An Albany N. Y. dairyman called
at a drug store there for o doctor
to come and see his child, then very
aslek with Group. Not finding the
doctor in, he left word for him to
come at once on his return. He
also bought a bottle of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, which he
hoped would give some relief until
the dector should arriye. In a few
hours he returned, saying the doc.
tor need not come, as the child was
anReh better. Tile druggist, Mr..
Otto Scholz, says the family has
since recommended Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy to their neighbors
and fliends until he has a constant
demand for it from that part of the
country. For sale by Kilbourae
d Forester st. Francisvihe, Vii.
eret e. ARain, Bayou Sara.
The true Democrat., 1900-03-10
Story Of a Slave.
lIayseed.

10 be bOsnd hand and foot by tlhe
chain of disease is tho worst form
OF slavery. Geo. d. Williams, OF
Maneaesta, Mich, tells how sucl,
a slave was made free. He saws
My wife has been SO helpless for five
years that ahe cculd not turn over
in bed alone. After using two bot.
ties of Electric Bitters she is won.
derfHlly improved and able to do
her OWN work. This supreme rem
edy for female diseases quickly
cures nervousness, sleepleness, mel
.ancholy, headache, backacl,e, faint.
ing and dizzy spells. This miracle
working machine is q godsend to
weak, sickly, run down people. Ev.
cry bottle guaranteed. Only SOC.
Sold by all druggists.
The true Democrat., 1900-03-10
Prevented A Tragedy.

Timely information given Mrs,
George Long, of New Straitsville,
Ohio, prevented a dreadful tragedy
and saved two lives. A frigbtfuI
cough had longke her awake eS.
cry night She had tried many
remedies and doctors but steadily
grew worse until urged to t%y Dr..
&iag's New Discovery, One bot
tleThofly eured her, and 4he writes
ahis marvellous medicine &lse cured
Mr.. Long of a severe attack of
pne'lmonia. &Rea cures are posi-
tive proof of the matelaless aRsrit
Of this grand remedy for curing all
throat, chest and lung troubles.
Only SOC and a1.OO. Every bottle
guaranteed. Trial bottles free at
all drug stores.
The true Democrat., 1900-03-10

We have saved many doctor bills
since we began using Chamberlain's
Coagh Remedy in our home. We
keep a bottle open all the time and
whenever any of my family or my.
self begin to catch cold we begin to
use the Cough Remedy, and as a
result we never have to send away
for a doctor and incur large doc.
tor bill, for Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy never fails to cure. 1t is
certainly q medicine Of great merit
and worth.-D. s.. Mearkle, General
Merchant and Farmer, Matte,
Bedford County, Pa. For sale..by
'Dleret 4 Allan, Bayou Sara, Kill.
bourne d Forester st. Fra,eisyille.