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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13
'Elsie and Her Loved ones;" by Martha

'Elsie and Her Loved Ones;" by Martha
 Finley. Dodd, Mead & Company.
 A new story in the "Elsie Book" series. which now ranks next to the Little Men" and Little Women" series in pop ularity, is Elsie and Her Loved Ones," by Martha Finley. There has already ap- peared so many popular books by Mrs. Finley, who is one of the best-known and best-loved writers of juvenile litera- ture. that a new work from her pen needs only an announcement of it's Issue. Elsie and Her Loved Ones" bearing the imprint of 1903, is fully up to the standard of her former works.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13

was as sweet rendition as ever heard in Birmingham.
 Miss Lottie Coffin was the accompanist Mrs. Solon Jacobs the soloist and MT Fabrion the violinist
 The orchestra did splendid work, the musical programme being brilliant. The entire entertainment from the slumber song to the cake walk by Miss Aurelia Sewall was an artistic success, and no more picturesque little drama could have been presented than that se- | lected by Mrs Clark. It combines all the clements that appeal to the audience and that gave the cast an opportunity Tor a pretty dialogue and picturesque costum- | ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13
Miss Kinney Attends
 The Century C0fiiiOn.

Miss Lestra Kinney has arrived from New York to spend the holidays with her parents. Mir. and Mrs. F. G. Kinney. She
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13
"Rips and Raps;' by

"KiDS and RapS, Dy ID V.
 man. Frederick A. Stokes Company
 I often wonder why publishers spend so much money on the illustrations of cer- tain books, when a concensus Of opin- ion on the part of readers would in many instances declare them not only valueless, but detrimental to the text. If they do not illuminate the text, they certainly can have no other raison detre.
 Rips and Raps," however, is one nota- ble instance In which the illustrations contribute the greater part of the charm of the book, and the text would be lack ing in esprit and piquancy without them Inasmuch as the bright thought Of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13

Continued on Twentieth Paee)
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14
BETTER THAN PILLS.
The Gymnasium Has Cured Many
Nmas n.R nnrnnnnla

The Gymnasium Has Cured Many .
Case of Dyspepsia.
William H. Evarts used to boast that
he had never even looked into a gym
nasium, which was his way of saying
that in his opinion gymnastics were all
nonsense. People say to me, Mr..
Evarts, you're hale and hearty when
you ought to be thinking of your
grave and they wonder how do it."
OF course the secret of the haleness
and the heartiness was temperance
moderation, says the New York News.
No man who goes to bed on supper
of minee pie and Welsh rabbit and
wakes up for breakfast of sausage
and buckwheat cakes and then spends
most of the day twisting from one side
of a desk to the other can long avoid
the prescription of hot water thrice a
day before meals. Temperance" is
one of the words that are ridiculed un-
til they impress themselves upon giddy
humanity with the effect of branding
iron.
Some happy mortals like Mr.. Evarts
have no use for gymnasium, for they
find gymnastic apparatus everywhere.
The street is their half mile track; the
two flights of steps-or maybe ten
fiights-are the lung developers; the
free and vigorous swing of the arms
and the throwing out of the chest are
as good as parallel bars.
There are men somewhat intemper-
ate in their temperance, displaying too
much Of the good thing. They crack
your knuckles when they take you by
the hand; they pound you on the back,
as II a fishbone were stuck in your
throat, and say, "Brace up, old man;
you'll be round shouldered If you don't
take care"
But there is this to be said in favor
of the gymnaslum-it has cured many
a case of dyspepsia and to that extent
has made the world sweeter.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14
Ten Helpless Liars.
Baltimore Herald.

Rev. Sam Jones on one occasion de-
livered his sermon called "Wives and
Husbands" before an immense gather
ing in Birmingham, Ala He dwelt
particularly on the beauty and utility
of mutual forbearance between hus-
bands aud wives, and then, as though
desirons of showing the rarity of that
quality, said:
''If there is woman in this vast
gathering who has never said an un-
kind word to her husband, she will
please stand up"
woman arose, as though she had
been challenged, and Jones, beckening
her with both arms, called out:
"Come here, sister! Come right up
to the platformW
The woman did as hidden. aud when
she reached the preachers side was pre-
sented to the throng us the "mOst
beautiful woman in Birmingham. y
Jones, continuing his address, asked
any man who had never spoken an un"
kind word to his wife to make himself
known. Promptly arose ten big strap
ping, self-c0nsci0as chaps, who started
for the platform without further bid
ding and with an air that suggested
the anticipation of praise from the
preacher, who, as they neared him,
said:
That's right, my men! Come right
up! want every ybody here TO gaze on
ten of the most helpless liars In the
United States"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14
All Happens In a Second.

A second is the smallest division Of
time in general use, and when we con-
slider that in one year there are about
31,558,000 of these periods 1t would
certainly seem as if 1t was enough for
all practical purposes. But after all,
a good deal can happen in the fraction
of a second.
A light wave, for instance, passes
through a distance of about $4,000
miles In this length Of time. A current
of electricity has probably an even
greater speed. The earth in itself
moves in Its orbit at a rate of about
twenty miles a second.
A tuning fork Of the French standard
vibrates $40 times per second to pro
duce the note A on the treble star.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14
A SMALL LIBRARY.
The Principle of Selection on Which
II Should BE Based.

The Principle of Selection on Which
1t Should BE Based.
think that limit Of three books
will usually allow very fair repre-
sentation of a novelist For instance,
Thackeray is very fairly represented
by VANITY Fair" Henry Esmond"
and "Pendennis" and Dickens by
'Pickwick," "David Copperheld" and
Martin Chuzzlewit." Walter Scott
would not suffer by one choosing
"Ivanhoe," "The Bride of Lammer-
moor and "The Heart of Midlothian"
"Tom Jones" would suffice for Field
ing and pride and Prejudice" for Jane
Austen, "The Mill on the Floss" for
George Eliot and "The Ordeal of Rich
ard Feverel" for George Meredith.
Taking only the great outstanding fig
ures, Tolstoi need only be present with
"Anna Aarenina" and "War and
Peace and Emile Zola with, say,
"Drink" and "The Dream" 'The Three
Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte
Christie" would suffice for Alexandra
Dumas and LES Miserables" and mo
tre Dame de Paris" for Victor Hugo.
1t is harder to say of the vast mountain
range Of Balzac on what particular
peaks our choice should fall but prob
ably here again the most popular books
will prove the most typical-"Le Pere
Goriot," Eugene Grandet" and "The
ASS Skin"
/ am not, 1t must be understood, max
ing list Of books without which," as
the booksellers say, mo gentleman's
library is complete" am only taking
a few standard authors for the purpose
of illustrating a principle of selection
which must perforce operate in a small
library. If our library does not or can
not contain the best books, it must GER
tainly contain some of them, and, how
ever idiosyncratic Of its owner, 1t must
bear the stamp Of general distinc-
tion.-Richard lie Gallienne in Success.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14
Don't be a KnOcker.

A well-known Portland merchant is do
ing some much needed missionary work
among the knockers this spring and
summer by getting out several thousand
"anti-knock" cards, says the 0regonian
note and comment man. He keeps a
supply OF the cards on his counter, and
as the opportunity occurs, he passes
them out to people with hammers. The
cards bear his advertisement on one
side and the following pertinent advice
on the other:
Don't Knock--If there is chance to
boom business, boom it. Don't be a
knocker. Don't pull long face and get
sour on your stomach. Hope bit. Get
smile on you. Hold up your head.
Get hold with both hands. Then pull.
Bury your hatchet. Drop your toma-
hawk. Hide your little hammer. When
a stranger drops in tell him this is the
greatest town on earth. 1t is. Don't
get mulish. Don't roast. Be Jolly. Get
popular It's dead easy. Help yourself
along. Push your friend with you.
Soon you'll have whole procession. Be
good fellow
mo man ever hel ped himself by knock
ing other people down. No man ever
got rich trying to make people believe
that he was the only good man on earth.
You can't climb the ladder of fame by
stepping on other peoples corns. They're
their corns not yours. And
they're tender. Keep off the corns.
''All men are not alike. Once in a
while you may find one who is very
much alike. But some are different.
You're not the only shirt in the wash.
II you don't like their style let 'em
alone. Don't knock. You'll get used to
it, There's no end of fun in minding
your own business. And it makes other
people like you better. Better have 9th.
ers get stuck on you than get stuck on
yourself. Nobody gets stuck on a
knocker. Don't be one. Be good"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14
Mosier Items.

Mosier, May 12.-- Captain Minnie
McGregor of Walla Walia is the guest
of her father this week.
The Misses Ethel and Lois Tavlor 81
The Dalles are visiting their grand
mother, Mrs. M. ]. Mosier.
The Friday Night club gave its final
hop at the residence of A. Root, on Fri.
day night.
Charles Stark was passenger on Fri
day for The Dalles.
Pete Henningsen and wife returned.
Saturday, from Portland via The Dalles'
They spent the past month in the met
ropolis.
Mrs. E. Cobb returned from Hood
River Saturday evening.
The Mosier base ball nine spent Sat
urday afternoon in general athletic
practice preparatory for match game.
J. n. Mosier was a Dalles visitor
Saturday.
Mrs. e. G. Shaw visited in Hood
River the last Of the week, returning
Sunday.
George Smith, who has been the
guest Of his sister, Mrs. W. A. Vroman,
Tor some time past, has returned to
Hood River.
Mrs +. w, Phillips and daughters of
Portland are the guests of relatives.
Mrs. e. a. Gilbert returned home from
Pine Flat, Monday, after an absence of
several weeks.
Fred Evans has returned from a brief
visit in The Dalles.
Alice Cunning of The DalIes is visit
ing at the home of her grandmother,
Mrs. /. j. Davenport.
The Regulator company has force
of men at work on their dock, which is
being built at the mouth of Rock creek.
Miss Maybelle Boorman spent Satur-
day with her parents at Hood River.
Mrs. w. Long of Portland is the
guest of her mother this week.
Mr.. and Mrs, f. NJ Hunter have re-
turned from Portland after an absence
of several weeks.
Mrs. Robert Densmore and son Clar-
ence were Dalles visitors during the
week.
Mrs. M. ]. AIosier visited relatives at
The Dalles during last week.
G. l.. Davenport of the Davenport
Thompson company spent Sunday at
home, returning to Portland Monday
morning.
b. Eben, sr., returned from Portland,
where he has been under medical treat
ment.
Mrs. d. A. Sturgiss returned from
Portland, and will make brief stay at
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Dichtenmuller of
The Dalles were guests of friends on
Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Dichtenmuller
were former residents of Mosier.
Mrs. A. Watt returned from Portland
on Sunday. Mrs. Watt has been pa
tient at st. Vineent's hospital for the
past month, and returned much i'm
proved.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14
Dukes Valley Items.

May live are having dry, warm
weather for this time OF year and would
all rejoice to see a good rain.
The farmers are all about done with
their spring work.
There has been about 50acres of clover
sown this spring in our little valley.
Our school is progressing nicely under
the watchful care of Miss Norman.
j. f. Dodson and j. S. Carnahan are
still tearing out the grubs, although the
ground is getting dry.
There will be basket social at the
Dukes valley school house Saturday
night, May 10, and all are invited to at
tend and enjoy the evening with us.
There will be a short programme and as
fine supper as Dukes valley can afford.
The proceeds are to 90 toward library
for the school.
Last Sunday the good people of Dukes
valley met at the school house and or
ganlzed u Sunday school, and next Sun
day will be our first attempt to hold a
Sunday school in this place. We would
like to see the house full OF both young
and old. | here Is enough here to have
a good school and every body is invited
out next sunday at 2:30 p. NJ. Come
and join with us. L. X. Il.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14
Pine Grove GIeaningS.

II. D. Slater IS expected home today
from Portland, where he has been Wis
iting with his son Charles and family
Miss Church of Belmont is visiting al
Mrs. Hunts and also with the Sproat
families.
A son of regulation weight was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Thorn. All are
getting along nicely.
Mrs. McCulloh and children have re-
turned to their home at Regina, Can.
ada, after spending the winter here
Mrs. McCulloh is sister of Mrs. Boyd
Sproat. Her brother went with hel
and will remain during the summer
w. V. Johnson has let the contract
for building his new house to E. A
Soule. He is going to build on his 40
acre ranch, opposite Peter Mohr's, and
will occupy the house as soon as com
pIeted.
Mr.. Sieverkrop has hauled severa
loads Of apples from DR.. Watts orchard
to the Schaetzle place aud is having
them made into cider for vinegar,
MIR. Brock, ST., and family expect tC
move upon the place recently pur
chased of S. II. Harrison. They viii
try camping until house can be built
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14
Chenoweth News.

MIR and Mrs. Charles Tubbs desire to
thank their kind neighbors " ho gave aid
and sympathy in their recent bereave-
nent, in the death OF their child Delbert
Merril.
A. J, Haynes, the Chenoweth mail
carrier, was called to Portland Saturday
night by telegram stating that his
father, l.. S. Haynes, was very low with
heart trouble and other complications.
During his absence, Will Underwood is
carrying the mail from Hood River.
Arrangements are being made for a
dance and supper at the mill camp on
the night OF May 80.
Mrs Earl Keys arrived last week from
the East to join her husband.
1t is current report here that the Wash
ington Lumber company has bought out
the Oregon Lumber company. The
facts in the case are not Obtainable al
present, but it is the general belief that
the transaction has been made.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14
ForeteIIs Death by Sense of Smell.

FOretells Death by Sense of Smell.
There's an old superstition that a
bowling dog in front of the house of
an Ill person portends death. One
prominent physician believes absolute
ly in It. This physician has wonder
fully acute sense Of SMELL Frequent
ly, he says, he can foretell the coming
of death within forty-eight hours of
patients demise. Within two days of
death, he says, peculiar earthly odor
becomes noticeable about a person
about to die. He tells of one case
where he became aware Of the Pc
culiar odor while talking to an ap-
parently healthy man. That night the
man dropped dead Of heart disease.
The physician is far from attrlbuting
the peculiar manifestation to other
than physiological reasons. His own
sense of smell is abnormally acute
New York Press.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14
DOING A GREAT DEED.
How Phillips Brooks SObered Down
n Too Asufrfug Vouth

How Phillips Brooks SObered Down
y Too Aspiring Youth.
When Boston's great preacher, Phil
lips Brooks, was a student at college,
he decided to enter the ministry. His
instructors advised him against this
step because of an impediment in
speech. "The professors had all the
argument on their side" said the fa-
nous clergyman years after when by
patient effort he had gained control Of
his voice, but naturally l could not
protest, for words failed me-"
To this preachers study there came
one day a youth, physically perfect,
ambitious for honor and looking for a
short cut up the road to success. He
intimated that he wished to do some
great thing better than it could be done
by any one else.
Phillips Brooks wrote rapidly upon a
piece Of paper while his visitor was
speaking. sealed It in an envelope and
then sugrssted that the note be read
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14
AIways the Mode.

"You don't care much for displayT
"Not much" replied the very wealthy
man.
"Yet there is some satisfaction in not
being wholly out Of style"
THAT is the point exactly. The
things that money buys 50 out Of fash
ION in a few months. but the money It.
self becomes more stylish every cen
tury."-wash.ngton Star.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14
May and December.

Our great-grandfathers had way OF
announcing marriage ceremonies which
would hardly find favor nowadays
The following cases in point have been
unearthed:
"On Aug. %, 1882, at Bath, Captain
Hamilton, aged twenty-eight, married
Mrs. Monson, an aged lady of eighty
six, but possessing rank and much
wealth."
Robert Judge Of Cooksborough, Ire
land, aged ninety-flve, to Miss Annie
Nugent, aged fifteen. Robert Judge
was an officer in King Williams army
and was wounded in the nose."-Lon'
don Express.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14
a JAPANESE GARDEN.


Have One Complete.
The classical garden, like sonnet, ia
governed by special laws Of harmony
and rhythm. 1t must have its five
hills, its ten trees and its fourteen
stones. You can get along without the
hills, and you can get along without
the trees, but you cannot get along
without stones. Indeed the perfect
type of the fiat garden is nothing but
an archipelago Of rocks in sea Of
white pebbles. The stones must be
the foundation; the rest are mere ac-
cessories. Speaking stones are what
is wanted-stones that suggest moods
and passions-for the Japanese recog-
nize that there are sermons in stones.
Each stone has its name and relative
place in the composition. There is
the guardian stone in the center and
opposite 1t the belleview stone. Across
the cascade is the moonshade stone
and so on.
The hills unmask each other by rule.
The principal hill has its two foothills,
its spur hills, Its distant peak, seen
through a valley, and the low hill that
must stand on the opposite side of the
lake.
AS there are principal stone and a
principal hill, so must there be "prin-
cipal tree" the shojin boku, around
which the Tree Of Perfection, the Tree
Of Evil, the Tree Of the Setting Sun,
the Tree Of Science and the Tree of
Solitude bow their lesser heads.
These are the essentials. Now, add
one pond, one island, two stone Ian
terms, three bridges and mix thorough
ly, garnish with lotus and serve with
goldfish and mandarin duck. There is
a recipe for japanese garden.-Wil-
liam Verbeck in Country Life.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14

The author of Portugal Old and
New" finds fault with English hotel
keepers for using a printed form of bill
on which the plain requirements of
simple traveller are lost amid multi
tude of items The result is that when
a guest pays for a days and nights
lodging he is positively almost ashamed
at finding due registry of his having
wanted neither liquors nor stationery
nor warm baths nor douche baths nor
shower baths nor pots of jam nor the
hotel hairdresser and is apt to reflect
what a poor shufiing impostor of q
guest he is to have had so few require
mpnts
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14

ons and much improvement is manifest
here. A fine barn is Just about com.
pieted on the Charles Ehrck place. a
half-mile southwest of Odell. The
work was done by Belieu & Rea OF Hood
River. James Eggert has five-year
lease on this place.
The new bridge which is being built
AZ Wlnans' across Hood river, groves tc
pc substantial structure. The lumber
IS being furnished by Davenport Bros.
from their mill near Odell.
A small wing was added to the little
white store last week. Another wing
VIII soon be built on, and then ii it does
not ny 1t will not be for a lack OF wings,
Rev. G. A. Wyman's lectures on the
Sabbath are we'll attended, and are the
subject of much discussion. To the
writer it matters not SO much what day
Is observed, as how each day is lived.
1t is fruit we need, not professions nor
promises.
w Sears has recently done excellent
work on Tucker hill. He will take up the
work again tomorrow and when compIet-
ed II will reflect credit on Will as super
visor and prove a comfort to those passing
that way. The grader should have
been put on the roads month sooner.
There are clouds of dust now, because
1T was too dry when the roads were
worked. But that was not the fault OF
Sears, but on account of the grader
being in use elsewhere.
A picnic will be given at the park at
the little white store one day next week.
See posters.
Many clover fields have recently been
sown here and the work of irrigation is
now on. The recent demand and good
prices for hay has prompted this. Clio
yer meadows pay.
@. l.. Rogers has sold 20 acres OF land
on Willow Flat to a gentleman from
Spokane, SO report has it. Willow Flat
is far-famed and much development is
going on there.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14
nden Notes.

An entertainment and basket social
will be given by the Dukes valley school
Saturday evening, May Is, at the Dukes
valley school house, proceeds to be APP
piled toward purchasing school library.
Everybody cordially invited.
A camp has been established at the
old James English place by the Idaho
ditch people A small force is engaged
in clearing the right Of way, preparatory
to putting on a large force Of men on the
ditch work.
DIR. Whitney, who is connected with
the Portland Sanitarium, is at present
the guest of G. A. .Wyman. She is accom-
panied by lady friend.
Mrs. Levi d Wis, daughter Of Mr.. aud
Mrs. .Wyman, ! also soiOurning at Odell
The roads are lined with lumber wag-
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14

wnen rne man reached home. The let
ter read: 'Stand in the moonlight and
you will cast a shadow No man can
cast shadow Just like It,"
The young man realized that the
preacher had made his honest ambi-
ton seem ridiculous, but made another
attempt. On the original letter he
wrote. Possible, but desire that the
deed l do be of benefit to my fellow
men"
Back came the original letter, with
these words added: "Then stand in the
sunlight and permit the workingman
to eat his lunch in your shadow"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14
Ami Adreriising Pointer.
San Jose Gal Mercury.

A few years ago it was said that 40,
000,C00 advertising calendars had been
given away in single year at a cost OF
81 900, 600 This year, it is stated, most
of the leading establishments will not
distribute calendars, prelerring to add
the sum they would cost to their news
paper advertising appropriations. Nearly
all schemes for publicity are worth
something, but il is undeniable that the
very best is newspaper advertising.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-14
Fo,Iowed the Example Of Cato.

In the first year Of the last century
London affected great admiration for
Cato's suicide, the feeling being arous-
ed by Addison's play. A gentleman
named Budgell, after witnessing Its
performance, threw himself into the
Thames on his way home. His body
was recovered, and on it was found a
scrap of paper with these words: "What
Cato did and Addison approved must
needs be right"