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Why Short Girls Are Preferred.

my PAOAb IN EAAC EGltEEGus
1t is an undeniable fact that the ma.
jorlty Of men prefer short women to
tall ones Perhaps this is because they
like to be looked up to-at all events
by the fair sex-and it is only natural
for them to prefer the girl who, in her
little caressings and fascinating, lover
like ways, has, on account of her short
ness, to look up at him for the purpose
of peering into his love-lit eyes.
Tall women are usually dignitied,
and appear to scorn kittenlsh ways,
and although they manage to draw ad-
miration it is rather of the awe-insplr-
ing kind.
No doubt, owing to the smallness of
stature, and pretty, playful ways, men
give to little women more petting than
the tall, dlgnifed woman demands. The
lovers oft-repeated expression. "You
little darling" could hardly be applied
to the very tall girl without tickling
the risibilties of those who overheard
II.
This is certainly very hard and looks
like a punishment for being tall, but
who can help her stature2 1t is fact.
too, that men are rather shy about ap.
preaching tall women because of the
restraint which they feel but cannot
explain.
They are under the impression-why
1t is hard to tell-that tall women are
built to be commanders. and they are
in their natural element when left
alone in their reserved dignity and
musings In their lonely wanderings.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18

the road. He must have been hit by
the 6anking party, for he lay just by
the wall"
Suddenly l heard the sound Of a
horses feet coming up the road at a
furious pace. sat up and listened.
Somebody is riding on an important
errand." said to myself. Nearer and
nearer came the sound, and the rider,
whoever he was, drew rein at our door.
Then there were a murmur of voices
and an opening and shutting of doors,
and then my mothers voice calling to
me: MARY, Mary; child, come down.
Henry is here! He's come!"
Scarcely believing that heard Alright,
got up and ran downstairs and into
the kitchen, and there before me, his
face pale as death, with blood-stained
bandage bound about his forehead,
stood your grandfather.
MARY" he cried, holding out his
hands to me, 81 am In time! The clock
has not struck yet! We have beaten
the enemy at every point, and won a
great victory l am hit, but not serl-
ously hurt"
Then Parson Elder, who had come
over to hear the news from Arthur,
came forward and said: "Shall | per-
form the ceremony nowF'
SO right then and there your grand
father, in his working clothes, all stain
ed with dust and blood and |, in my
morning calico, were married.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18
eLAss-EYE HUMoR.
Rather Grim Fun Indulged In by the
OSsaasOr of ltv1a

Rather Grim Fun lndulged In by the
assessor of One.
"There Is a certain resident Of a city
not 800 miles from the HUB" said l..
A. Goodwin, of Boston, at the Hotel
Manhattan, reports the New York Trib-
une, 'who in addition to a somewhat
highly developed sense of humor is also
the possessor of a glass eye. 1t is a
wonderfully natural creation and did
not its owner publish the fact of his
proprietorship far and wide few would
there be who would not suppose him
still to be the possessor of both the op-
tics with which nature originally en-
dowed him. @
Some time ago the eye-shy man was
at that particular kind of dinner pop
ularly termed stag. His sneighbor, II
must be confessed, in a reprehenslble
spirit of pride, turned to him With
What do you think of that for a
scratch, BlankY at the same time scalp
ing himself and revealing a pate as
bald as that of the man whom the late
lamented Travers once advised to sugar
his head and go to certain ball in the
character Of a pill. Blank glanced at
the shining surface thus revealed and
then his hand stole to his face. And
what do you think of that for an eye?
was the response he made. and from
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Max Pemberton has in contemplation
novel dealing with Cambridge uni
yersity life. He is a graduate of Caius
college.
The latest volume In which jeanette
Glider has discovered material for a
drama is Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield's
new story, THE Archbishop and the
Lady"
1t is pleasing to note that the author
Of "The Love Affairs of An Old Maid"
has dedicated her new novel, THE Ex-
patrlates," to her husband, Arthur Hoyt
Bogue. Mrs. Bogue, who is at present
living in New York, intends to continue
her literary work and her authors read
ings.
Miss LYDIA harrington Krause, better
known as Barbara Yechton, has pub
lished through Houghton Miffiin & Co.
Fortunes Boats" The story has been
running serially in the Churchman.
Miss Krause never fails to give one a
pleasing picture of the freshness and
the purity of girlhood.
Amelia e. Barr has completed a
novel called Souls of Passage" story
based upon the doctrines Of reincar-
nation, which Dodd, Mead & Co. pub
lish. She is at present planning a novel
centering around Cromwell, in which
she will endeavor to illustrate the do
nestle side of his character.
"The English-Amerlcan," a novel of
love and adventure the scenes of which
are laid in England and America, is a
book by Emma Homan Thayer, pre-
sented by the Continental Publishing
Company. Mrs, Thayer, it will be re-
called, is the author Of "Wild Flowers
Of the Rocky Mountains" and "Wild
Flowers of the Pacific Coast"
A story of Jane Austen's dealings
with her Bath publisher relates how,
like Milton, she sold her first book for
$50 outright. The publisher allowed
'Northanger Abbey" to lie on his desk
for fifteen years, when Miss Austen
bought back her manuscript at its orig
lnal figure. She had become famous
during the time, but obviously this had
not affected the Bath publisher
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18

the center of the other mans plate Of
soup the eye unblushlngly challenged
his opinion. The owner of the scratch
did not give 1t. He simply howled aloud
for trapped air.
"At another time a poker game was
in progress and the entire party were
casting about for a buck And how
will this do for a buckY was the re-
mark that accompanied the eye to the
center of the table
'Its last individual appearance was
brought about by golf. Its owner had
golf aspirations and hired a high priced
professional to perfect him in the game
Keep your h'eye on the ball, Mr.
Blank, was the burden of the cry that
wore out that persons patience. FL.
nally, unable to stand it longer, and at
about the twentieth singsong reitera.
ton of Keep your h'eye on the ball
sirv Blank deposited the glass sphere
and with the query, is my eye sufti-
ciently on the ball nowT started in to
make long drive as his coach started
hurrledIy for home"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18
TO BRIDGE THE BosPHoRUs.

Fine Structure Will BE Constructed
by a Railway Company.
The scheme of bridging the Bospho-
rus has been revived and 1t is an
nounced that magnificent structure
will span the river ere the lapse of an
other year and will bear the name of
the Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid.
1t is to be constructed by the Bosphorus
Railway Company, which designs a
junction between the railways of Eu-
rope and the Trans Atlantic railway Of
Bagdad. Naturally the narrowest di'
viding line of sea has been chosen for
the point of connection A military
bridge, erected by a Corinthian long
before the Christian era, once spanned
these 600 yards of water at the same
spot and over 1t marched King Darius
and his 100000 Persian braves. Lord
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18

l hastened down the path to meet
him.
bad news, my child; bad news!' he
exclaimed. There has been an encoun-
ter with the kings troops" And then,
reading the question in my eyes, he con
tinued But they brought no news Of
our men,"
The hour set for the wedding was s
O'Clock, but it began to look as If there
would be no weaving, for it was now
after O'clock, and none of our men
had returned home.
At last we heard steps outside, and
then my brother Arthur, who was
among the first to reach home, stagger-
ed into the room. | sprang up and ran
to him. He sank into the nearest chair,
and his gun fell to the floor with thud.
Arthur was only boy of IS, you must
remember and the day had been a ter
rible one.
When he had recovered a little, my
father spoke. "What news do you
bring, my sOnT' he asked.
arthur" said, 'is it Henry"
Listen" he said, speaking rapidly.
''The kings troops were in full retreat
when we reached the road. We did not
keep with our companies, but each one
found shelter as he was able behind
trees, walls or fences. | met Henry as
| was crossing a field, and we took
shelter together and awaited the COM
ing of the troops We had just got set
tied when Henry caught sight of a
fianking party coming right down on
us. He called to the men near us to
run for their lives, and at the same time
we both jumped the wall and ran for a
house which stood in the field just Op-
posite. reached the opposite wall In
safety and turned round to look for
Henry, but he was not with me. At
that moment the troops came round a
sudden turn In the road and sent some
shots In our direction. At the risk Of
being shot, stood up and looked across
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18
Why He Loved Her.

Are you proud of your baking pow
der biscuitT he asked.
II should think not" she replied.
"I've tried dozens of times, but never
could equal those made by the cook. y
Has any one ever told you that your
pie crust excels anything in that line
ever before nader
"Never. My pie crust is worse than
my biscuit"
Are you an adept at preparing dain-
ty little desserts p
"Oh, I've done something in that
way, of course" she answered, but
never would think of doing the cooking
for any one for whom | reallv cared" "
He gave sigh of relief,
"Will you marry meT he asked
London Answers.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18
San francisco Market.

Wool-spring-Nevada, II 013c per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 10@14c; Val.
ley, 15@17c; Northern. 9@lOc.
Hops-Crop, 1900, 131a@l7hc.
Butter Fancy creamery 23c;
do seconds, zoe; fancy dairy, l9
do seconds, 1Sc per pound.
Eggs-Store, 25c; fancy ranch,
soc.
Millstuffs - Middlings, $500 "a
20.00 bran, $14.00@14.50.
Hay-Wheat S9@l31a; wheat and
oat S9.00@12.50; best barley SO. so
alfalfa, $7.0O@1O.0O per ton; straw.
S5@471ac per bale.
Potatoes-Oregon Burbanks, 60 a 95c;
Salinas Burbanks, S5e@$I.15; river
Burbanks, 40@ i5c; sweets. s5@s5c.
Citrus, Fruit-Oranges, Valencia.
S2.75@3.25; Mexican lines, $4. .Oo@
800; California lemons 75c@S1. 80:
do choice $l.75@2.OO per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas. S15oa
400 per bunch; pineapplesI nom.
inal; Persian dates. 6@61&c per
pound.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18
An Easy-Going State.

Bishop Thompson of Mississippi said
the other day: Il suppose there is a
larger percentage OF old men in Mis-
sissippi than in any other State-at
least, it seems so to me, and | have
been in good many. By old men [
mean from so to 90 They are not
decrepit old men, who hug the fireside,
but are quite lively old fellows" How
do you account, bishop, for this large
proportion of old men in Mississippi?"
asked someone. WELL" said the
bishop, there is no chance to become
rich in Mississippi Everybody knows
1t and does not worry himself into an
early grave trying to-"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18
WIDESPREAD CONFIDENCE.
improvement in Cereal Markets Active De-
mand in Iron and Steal.

Bradstreet's says: Business is still
NJ a between. season character in most
lines, but liyening up OF interest IN
several trades has been noted TINS
eek. Relatively best reports come
from the iron and steel, lumber, leath-
er and rug trades, but there has been
some enlargement OF wholesale distri'
butiye trade on spring account In the
South and West. Spring trade in dry
goods is jpst opening up, and it Is
noted that heavy shipping movement
on orders is now proceeding at the
West. Some gain in wool sales IS
noted at Eastern markets, but weather
conditions have not been favorable as
whole, except in stimulating the retail
trade in shoss and rubber goods. A
special feature is the generally good
tenor OF reports as to collections IRON
all Western and Southern points, from
which it is inferred that trade rela-
tions to retailers must have been quite
good. Summed up briefly, the situa-
tion is one Of widespread confidence in
the general business outlook.
Corn is slightly higher, in sympathy
with wheat and small receipts of con-
tract.
Inquiry rather than active demand
is leading feature in iron and steel,
but quite an increase of activity IS
noted in Bessemer pig iron and billets
at Pittsburg and in plates at Chicago.
Iron production is increasing, but mas
not yet overtaken consumption, and
stocks are reported smaller taan
month ago.
Wheat, including flour, shipments
for the week aggregate 5,96l, ,095 BUSH
els.
Business failures in the United
States for the week number 322,
against 1868 last week.
Canadian failures for the week num-
Der 36, against % last week.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18
Her Distinct Advanoe.

British Museum Newton, the archae-
ologist, was capital story teller, and
Mr. Hare has preserved two or three of
his tales. One is spiritualistic seance,
where an old cockney was Informed
that the spirit manifested was his de-
ceased wife, whereupOn the following
dialogue took place:
''Is that you, ArrietY
"Yes, IT is me-"
"Are you 'appy, "ArrietP"
"Yes, very 'appy."
"Appler than you was with me, AR
riet?"
Eyes, much 'appier."
"Where are you, 'Arriet?"
"In ella. ]. Hare's STORY of My
Life"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18
THE CHURCH BACK HOME.


When the big pipe organs swellin' an
the city choir sings,
An you almost hear the swishin' Of the
lovin' angels wings,
An the congregations musin' on the
proneness for to sin.
Sort O leanin' listless. waitin' for the
preacher to begin;
In that holy hush 1t happens that clean
forget the place,
An again I'm meek an lowiy fore
throne OF savin' grace;
A throne that wasn't nestlin' meath
spire or a dome.
But the sinners sought their Savior in
o that little church back home.
When we had protracted meetin's, why,
twould done you good to hear
The congregation singin' with blend o
voices clear,
How the Rock Of Ages" lowered like
shelt'rin' sort O. wall,
An our souls scared up to glory since
the Rock was cleft for ALL
Ey'ry face was wreathed with sweetness,
an we always had a smile
For the stranger, saint or sinner, in the
pew across the aisle;
For a diamonds often gathered from the
c0mm0nest of loan.
An we didn't mind the settin' in the little
church back home.
There were weddin's where the neigh
bors gathered in from far an wide,
An the boys looked on in envy while
their sisters kissed the bride;
There were fun'rals, too, where neigh
bors didn't feel ashamed to cry
When they laid to rest the sleeper in the
little yard close by.
Each pew seems sort o sacred, an the
lowly pulpit there
Pears like a holy gateway to a frma-
ment that's fair;
Where the sweet, supernal sunshine soft
ly scattered sorrows gloom
An let's us enter heaven from the little
church back home.
The city choir's voices rise in cadences
so sweet
AS they sing about the river where the
sainted ones shall meet
An the preachers coice is pleadin' as he
asks us, soft and low,
To treat all men as brothers in this
weary vale of woe.
This city church is handsome, an the
congregations large,
The preachers doin' noby with his heav-
en- seekin' charge.
The choir's swellin anthems soar to
heaven through the DOME
But my old heart is sighin' for the little
church back home.
Roy Farrell Greene, in Leslie's Week
ly.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18

that sconed and dsed disease
microbes used making the oest and beautiful light imaginable
brilliant
light
would that the difficulty making this light
collecting bac But Raphael Du Bos Of the Unyer
that mi lamps emnenty practicable The
phohon bacteria those containing salt ernary com
For
purposes Of bacterial placed bottle shaped
shades which direct the light
clear delicate
makes the dulest complex
ion brilliant
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18
TAKING SHOTS AT HORSES.
Photographer Must Employ Tricks t'
Get ODD Pictures.

Photographer Must Employ Tricks to
Get { ODD Pictures,
1T is no easy matter to make a good
horse picture" said Alfred ]. Meyer OF
Pach Brothers. although every anna,
teur thinks himself equal to the task
A horse must be taken from the proper
point or his owner will not recognize
the picture. If the camera is too near
the subject certain points will be eN-
aggerated in the photograph. The best
results are obtained by placing the
horse on a slight incline, SO that the
fore feet are a trihe higher than the
hind feet. This position throws the
head up. Then swapping the fingers
or making any slight noise will cause
the animal to prick up his ears, and at
the moment when he Is in this position
Of attention the photographer makes the
picture.
"When horses In harness are to be
photographed they must be posed on
level ground or on a slight incline. To
make them look alive hat or card Is
sometimes scaled in front Of them,
and at the moment when they look up
the snap shot is made. When pictures
of horses in action are made we usual
ly place the camera near the ground,
and by that means we get the best hoof
position, which cannot be secured when
the camera is held or placed at the or
binary height. To make pictures of
jumping horses the same method Is em-
ployed, and the height Of the jump is
sometimes exaggerated by placing the
camera below the track level. An ex-
cavatlon is made in the ground for that
purpose, and pictures made from there
increase the apparent height of hurdles
and make a small jump look something
remarkable."- York Tribune.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18

Byron, impatient of bridges as of many
things, swan the flood and as a result
was addressed In much minor verse as
Leander. The new bridge is to be
erected on lasting lines. Massive gran
ite pillars are to be built and these will
support the steel cables on which the
bridge depends. They will provide ac.
commodation for artillery and orna
ments will not be wanting in the shape
of minarets and cupolas, decorated
with tiles and arabesques.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18
LAW AS INTERPRETED.

Policies Of insurance made in another
state where the applicant resides and
where the policies are delivered to him
are held, in Mutual Life Insurance
Company VS.. Dingley &C. G. App. 9th
CD 40 L. r. A. 1872, to be subject to
the statues of New York, when they
are made, executed and payable in that
state, and the premiums are to be paid
there, and they contain a waiver of the
service of notices required by statute.
Constitutional amendment giving the
Supreme Court jurisdiction in all cases,
both of the law and the facts, is held,
in Cassel VS.. Tracy Oa.), 40 L. r. A
272, to require the remanding of a case
which was pending on appeal when the
amendment was adopted, but in which
the record did not present the evidence
or an agreed statement of facts. This
was done in order that on a second trial
the testimony could be reduced to writ
ing and give opportunity for the Su.
preme Court to discharge its constitu.
tional duty of judging the facts as well
as the law of the case.
Liability of bank directors for de
posits received after they knew the
bank to be insolvent or in failing cir
cumstances is held, in Utley VS.. Hill
(Mo), 40 L. r. A. 323, not to extend to
deposits received when they actually
believed it to be solvent, merely be-
cause they neglected to investigate or
keep posted as to its affairs. The case
also holds that false statements in a
report to the State Department would
not make the directors liable to a com
mon-law action for deceit in favor of
one who deposited in reliance on the re-
port, If the statements were made in
good faith, believing them to be true.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18
New Golf Stick.

81 see that you have added to your
collection of golf sticks, Miss Frocks, y
said young Postlethwaite.
Il do not understand you, Mr.. Postle-
thwaite," rejoined Miss Frocks. my
collection of golf sticks has been COM
plete, so far as 1 know"
perhaps, but | saw Cholly Goslin on
the course with you this morning.
HarDer's Bazaar.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18
Coffee IntoxicatIon.

A visitor recently returned from Bra
zil, says that the whole country is per
petually intoxicated by coffee. 1t is
brought to the bedside the moment one
awakes and just before he drops
asleep, at meals and between meals
on going out and coming in. Men
women and children drink it with the
same llberallty and it is fed to babies
in arms. The effect is apparent il
trembling hands, twitching eyelids, vel
low, dry skin and a chronic excitabillty
worse than that produced by whisky.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18

You don't send me any more violets
or American beauties or boxes of can
dy," she murmured.
NO" answered Mr. Blykins, "But
that is no sign am not as attentive as
ever. If you would rather have violets
and roses and boxes of candy than the
cabbages and potatoes and sirlon
steaks that | send around say the word.
Your slightest wish shall be gratifed
even if have to eat at dairy lunch
room"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18
A Matter oe Confidence.

"How did he acquire the reputation
of being such a brilliant manr In
quired one voter
BY means of his convincing man
ner," answered the other. HE got peo-
pie to believing that he thoroughly m-
derstood his own arguments, and they
regarded him as a genius. Washing
ton Star
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18
Jnstifiably Postponed.

What's the matter, John
ME?
Johnnie-BOo- hOo-oo! yesterday | fell
down and hurt myself.
Mamma-Well, what are you crying
to-day for?
Johnnie-You weren't home yester-
day.-Columbus Dispatch.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18
Childhood RecolIections.

Admiring SOn-Were you the smart
est boy in school, pa, when you were as
old as | am?
Reminiscent Father-If I wasn't 1t
wasn't the teachers fault. He did his
best to make me smart-Louisville
Journal.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18
He Wanted Tew Know.

Ticket-seller Qn theater box Office
Seats in the parquet are SO and in the
dress circle 81.
Uncle Pumpkinduster (of Swamp
Junction)-Say, be that your "askin
price or what you expect tew get?-
Puck.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18
Her efnition.

Yes" said Miss Cayenne, he is un.
doubtedly a cynic."
What is your Idea of a cynic?"
"He is a person who keeps you con.
tinually in doubt whether he is unusu-
ally clever or unusually disagreeable." "
Washington Star