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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-02-08
Take Notice.
A. W.oEstes s. Co.
Q Real Estate Dealers

y" Homestead and timber
claims, dairy and fruit land.
Apples, berries and cher ries a
speciality. Also some bar
gains in timber land. Office
over drug store, Jewett ave,
White Salmon, Washington.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-02-08

Continued on page 81
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-11-01
HIS TURTLESHIP.

! Mr.. j. w. Stranahan, Of Fort Lau-
derdale, who is in the city, tells of a
novel sport which is being indulged
and enjoyed there by Captain Han
cock and Tommie Tiger, a Seminole
Indian. Several days ago the men
captured very large loggerhead tur-
tie. About it they fastened har-
ness. To the harness they tied the
painter of a canoe To each of the
front fiippers ropes, rein fashion, are
rugged and the monster put in the
water 1t swims rapidly and tows
the canoe about with ease. BY pull
ing on the ropes attached to the flip
pers, the turtle is steered about much
the same as a horse. Yesterday Mr..
Turtle took notion he would give
the occupants of the canoe a sea ride
and headed out to the inlet unmind-
full of all the attempts to guide it,
and according to the informant an
anchor had to be put out to bring it
to q check. After numerous attempts
it was induced to go back inside the
inlet to more calm waters and the
pleasure of the day was brought to a
close Mr.. Stranahan declares that
quite a sum has already been offered
for his turtlcship, but he is not fe
sale.-Miami (Fla.) Metropolis.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-11-01
Petroleum..

The crude petroleum of the United
States is largely converted into illum-
mating oil. Besides, over 200 differ
ent products are now made from it.
Rhigolene, used as a local anaes-
thetic; petroleum ether, employed as
solvent for caoutchoue, fatty oils
and plant principles and for carburet-
ting air in gas machines; gasolene,
employed in the extraction of oil from
oil seeds, in carburetting coal gas,
in gasolene lamps, stoves and plumb
ers' lamps; naphthas in general, en-
ployed as solvents for resins in var
nish making and in the manufacture
of oilcloth, Boulevard gas fluid is
product of 0.6S specific gravity used
in street lamps, while benzoline is
deodorized naphtha Of 0.7O specific
gravity. Benzine is employed for dry
cleaning, as substitute for and adul-
terant of turpentine for cleaning
printers type, and for dyers' and
painters use Astral oil and mineral
sperm oil are special illuminating
oils of high flashing points. Crude
petroleum is much used for fuel pur-
poses in engines. Paraffine residue Is
placed on the market for medicinal
purposes, under the name of vaseline,
petroleum ointment and cosmoline.
1t Is also used in the manufacture of
chewing gum, and for insulating pur-
poses in electric work.-New York
Tribune.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-11-01
THURMONT. FREDERICK COUNTY, Md.
THE SIZE OF OCEAN WAVES.
Their Extreme Height Seldom More
Than Fifty Feet.

A we'll known French naval expert,
M. Bertin, believes that both the
length and height Of waves at sea
are often overestimated. He goes on
to argue that the length of waves
can be computed from the time which
elapses between the passage of two OF
them. From summary of his opin-
ions which Engineering prints it ap-
pears that the greatest distance
which he has estimated between crest
and crest is $500 feet, or about half a
mile, and the period on which his
reckoning was based was twenty
three seconds.
Such long waves, he states, are
never very high. In deep water the
height of wave half milo long will
not, at most, be more than fifty-two
feet, or one-fiftieth it's length. Much
greater heights than this have, ne
says, been recorded, particularly from
small craft, but the observations were
quite unreliable. The error arises
mainly from the fact that the oh.
server has failed to take into account
the fact that the vessel he is in floats
with its deck parallel to the surface
of the wave, and not to true hori-
zontal plane. With the water sur
face thus tilted. grossly exaggerated
estimates of the true height of the
waves become possible.
Where care has been taken to
avoid this source Of error, the highest
wave recorded in open water has
measured forty-twO and one-half feet
from hollow to crest; but M. Bertin
believes that height of fifty-two feet
may perhaps be met with in the
southern seas. On entering shoai
water waves become higher and
shorter, so that a wave that has
height of thirteen metres in open
water may attain sixteen metres on
striking a shoal; while if it meets
more or less vertical obstacle it may
shoot up to double this height, and at
the Eddystone Light, he states, solid
green seas have been known to reach
a height of los feet.
Waves half g. mile long are, ne
continues, very rare, rincc period Of
ten seconds is not often exceeded,
which corresponds to a length of $50
metres (about $40 feet). More COM
monty the period is six to eight Sec
onds, and the length $50 to 800 feet.
Heights of over ten metres (thirty-
three feet) are rare, but short waves
are relatively higher than long ones,
a wave 100 feet long being commonly
eight to sixteen feet high. M. Berth
further points out that there appears
to be minimum to the size of ocean
waves, as well as a maximum, since
there is a connection between the
size and the velocity of the wind pro-
ducing them. Thus waves measuring
three-fourths inch from crest to crest
would correspond to wind moving
about two feet second; and he ques-
tions whether a wind moving more
slowly than this would have power
to raise waves at all.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-11-01
The Greatest Gem Mine in the World.

The Greatest TEN Mlnc I'll tHe N"'i"'
The sapphire workings at Yogo
Gulch, Mont, are being gradually
developed into great and perna'
nent mining industry, says Mr. Geo
F. Kunz in a forthcoming report on
precious stones, published by the
United States Geological Survey
Taken as whole the Yogo dixie IS
perhaps the greatest gem mine In the
world. 1t is about four miles long
on the surface, and being true ig-
neous dixie, descends to an indefinite
depth. 1t is estimated that the en-
tire content of workable sapphire
bearing rock would approximate TO-
100000 cubic yards. A mining plant
is now being erected here which will
uuadruple the previous output and
make Montana sapphire mining
very important factor in American
gem production.
The stones obtained are not OF
large size. They range from "culls, y
used for watch jewels and other me-
chanical purposes, to gems averaging
when cut from half carat to two or
three carats and rarely up to five or
six. AS gems they are brilliant, free
from flaws and of good color, rang
ing from light shades to the rich,
deep blue of Oriental sapphires. The
Yogo crystals have an advantage for
mechanical uses over East Indian
stones in their form, which is largely
short prismatic or rhombohedral with
fiat basal examinations, and hence
they need much less cutting for such
purposes as watch jewels. The gems
are sent to Amsterdam for cutting,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-11-01

Steel Tiidrves with concrete piers
will be butt at Manila by the United
States Government. There will be two
of these; one ESQ feet long and 40
feet wide, and the other 600 feet
long and seventy feet wide. Trans
verse plate girders will rest on the
piers and carry between their webs
longitudinal lines of eighteen-inch
rolled steel joists for the floor franz
ing. The floor will be Of reinforced
concrete in the form of slab four
and half inches thick, with expand
ed metal or wire nettin~ embedded
in 1t.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-11-01
CHAPTER w.

Long and profound repose effected
little toward bunting the keen edge
of the Rittmeister's curiosity and in
terest.
After the first moments of waking,
with their puzzled wonder as to where
he was and how he got there, he
sprang up, alert, and eager to get
through his duties and resume his in
vestigations.
The rigid and punctual Karl pre-
sented himself with an unmistakable
expression of Importance on his
wooden face, but Steinhausen nearly
finished dressing in silence.
At last, after answering some trivial
question, he found an opportunity OF
displaying his zeal and intelligence.
"Himmel. Herr Rittmeister. Folks
here are short-spoken and gruff; they
have no manners at all. So soon as
the gnadiger Herr had to supper gone
I went to the kitchen, and says l to
the cook:
"'You have a good, kindly Herr
schaften here, and beautiful house,
and excellent eating. 1t is heavenly to
bide here after the hardships yOnder.'
II thought it best to speak the 'alte
HeXe' fair"--here he delivered such a
rusty wink Gf such an expression be
permitted) at his master that Stein.
hausen thought he would never recover
"eyes right" again.
with that, Frau Kochin gave sort
of a grunt and says:
""That l believe; and 1 wish our
own poor fellows were having the good
Of it instead of you"
"Well," began Steinhausen, intend
ing to stop the flow Of his eloquence;
but it was not every day that the
string of Karls tongue was loosed,
and, besides, he thought his master
was only eager for more information.
"Mit Erlaubniss, Herr Rittmeister,"
he went on.
II then said how 'schon' the young
Frauleins were, and asked If the eld.
est was not married, but not word
did she answer-no more than IL she
were stone deaf-just looking as sour
and yellow as the 'Gurken' she was
laying in dish.
presently she dropped big spoon,
so with much politeness picked it up
for her; then she did grunt CIT
'Danke.'
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-11-01
Maid, Wife or Widow?
= W0D FROM the FneD2. E
Bv MR9. ALEXANDER,
TuulIuuIlrlIln5nrullI

be discussed in mixed society; and
small as it is, ours is very mixed So
ciety, 'nicht wahr?
$50 permit me to touch on more per-
sonal matters.
"You have some very dear to you
with the army?"
II have-many; my brother, and
others, relatives-friends."
She spoke slowly, hesitatingly.
"Dare 1 further conjecture dearer
tie?" suggested Steinhausen, his heart
beating in an extraordinary manner.
"Your-your husband"
"This is a subject on which l can
not-must not-speak; it is quite for
biddenw
She spoke with much agitation, and
letting her work case fall, stopped to
pick up the contents.
II dare not infringe your order,
gnadige Frau" said Steinhausen. with
profound respect, while he built up a
little mental historiette of an unhappy
marriage, separation, a possible di-
vorce, and deriving an odd sort of sat-
isfaction from the idea.
"Your words suggest strange, pain
full ideas. Prussian foe though be,
and rugged, perhaps, by nature, there
is something in your voice, your eyes,
your whole being, that touches rarely
awakened cord of feeling in my in
nermost soul, that compels me with a
force l cannot resist
Herr Rittmeister," said the CHEEKY.
kindly voice of the Gerichtsamtmann,
II am but this moment free; will you
not ioin YOUR comrades and myself on
the veranda?
LET us do our best to heal old
wounds and drink to the prosperity OF
the great 'Deutscher Vaterland.'
He waved his hand toward Bur-
chardt and Won Plantiz, who might be
seen very comfortably seated by the
table above mentioned.
"Well said my good sir" returned
the Rittmeister. heartily; yours is
true patriotism"
He looked at Lies as he spoke; she
courtesied slightly and walked toward
the door.
Steinhausen moved quickly and
opened it for her, and, while the active
little magistrate was occupied in turn
ing down the lamp, whispered:
MAY l rfever hope to have the mys-
terry which interests, distracts me,
solved"
Perhaps" was the reply, with q
sweet smile and downcast eyes.
"Some day-when l am presented at
Berlin" and she passed away down
the corridor.
Does the Herr Rittmeister play
whist?" asked Herr Cheering, who had
rummaged out and was dexterously
shufiiing a pack of cards.
"Yes, it is good game" he replied.
mechanically, while he repeated to
himself: Berlin! then probably the
husband is Prussian? That may ac-
count for her hatred Of us. But no, he
has a Saxon uniform"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-11-01
His by Right.

The editor of the Cory Gulch Vim
dicator had just been elected to the
Office of coroner.
I'm fairly entitled to it," he said.
1--WE furnished my predecessor many
q fat fee."
Placing his rifle in readiness for
instant use and sharpening pencil.
he sat down to wait for business in
both his capacities. s.-Chicago Tri'
bune.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-11-01
AN UNFORTUNATE MOMENT.

'Bingley is too fastidious for any
reasonable use."
II heard he was to be married"
'He was. But it's all off. Lovely
girl, too. Bingley would certainly
have married her If he hadn't seen
her when she looked her very worst"
what was she doing?"
Eating corn off the cob. ."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-04-06
-
NJ ushrOOIns in Rrirka

The work of the Plant Bureau is II
character almost infinitely varied
Take for example the successful ex.
periments recently made in the grow.
ing of improved varieties Of mush-
rooms. If you will visit the town OF
Columbia, Mo-, you will find there q
great establishment with surroundings
which suggest a brickyard in full op-
GRAFTON. 1t is, in fact, a brick factory,
but the bricks which are stacked in
huge piles out-of-doors, are not Of clay,
but Of mushroom spawn-spawn, that
is to say, of a superior quality, guar
anteed to produce much finer mush-
rooms than those hitherto purchasable
in the markets.
This industry is the outcome of a dis
covery, made by one of the Plant Blu
reau's experts, that it was practicable
to introduce small bits of mushroom
into sterilized manure, and, when the
thread-like vegetation Of the fungus
had run all through the manure, to use
the latter for the seeding Of mushroom
beds. Inasmuch as only the largest
and finest mushrooms are chosen for
the purpose, the spawn obtained is of
a superior variety and yields mush-
rooms of corresponding quality. By
mixing it with heaps of compost the
latter is soon converted into spawn Of
like high grade, which, made into
bricks, finds a ready market at a very
remunerative price.-Rene Bache, in
the Outing Magazine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-04-06
"A SILLY TOY"
Toothbrush Experiences in It's Pioneer
Days

Colonial diaries and letters make it
plain that our unfortunate ancestors
suffered much from jumping tooth
aches, Swelled faces and the early loss
or forcible extraction of teeth which
at a later period might have been
saved to render their owners many
years Of further service. No wonder,
since the care of the teeth was little
understood, and that little often but
negligently practiced.
Toothpicks were known; the tooth
brush was not, although rough substi-
tutes were employed, made of iattened
sticks, split and pounded at one end to
a stiff, fibrous fringe. Toothbrushes,
when first introduced, were regarded
as by no means important accessories
to the toilet, but rather as minor lux
uries, and suitable for women only,
says the Youths Companion.
The diary of a London merchant
trading in the colonies has this entry:
Bought a Toothbrush for my wife,
which, used together with salte water,
very strong, and a wasshe of Herbs,
she is told will keep her Teethe from
falling out or getting hollowe. The
Salte and Herbes may we'll prove
Strengthening to her GUINNESS, web are
tender, but for the brush it scenes but
a silly Toy, harly like to ware the
worth of its price and scarce cleanley
save when new. Butt she must have
it, being a new thing late from
France"
In the famous collection of the let
tiers of the Verney family, as well, the
toothbrush is referred to as San elegant
trife, now used by the ladies of
France"
But when Sally Annis, a Colonial
belle, wrote of it to her sister, she had,
like the London merchants wife, good
hopes of it's proving of more than
trifing value. Her s~eafaring father
had just brought her one, along with
other gifts.
Besides these, and We smalle combe,
he brit. m a new mouth-brush made of
eyvory," she wrote, "the back parte
inlayed very pretty with silver; and We
brissles long and stiffe and sett very
firme; web he is assured will help me
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-04-06

Thomas B. Shoaf, a well-known poll
tician of Southern Illinois, while in
Chicago recently, deplored the changes
in school books since he was a boy.
when l was a boy" he said, 81
read my first reader in school some
thing like this:
"'I see a cow. She is a nice COW.
Can the COW run? No, the COW cannot
u as fast as a horse
NOW, that sounds all right. But
how is it nowadays? The up-to-date
first reader has it something like this:
"'Gee, get next to the COW. Amt
she a peach? She's a corker. Can the
COW get a move on herself? Well, can
she? You bet she kin hike. Nope, she
can't hump herself like the hoss.'"-
Milwaukee Wisconsin,
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-04-06
Other Side of the Wo.'

Japan's disbursement this year for
ship subsidies will be about the same
as last year-$1. 400. 000.
New Zealand's fire insurance COM
panies have abandoned the special
higher ratings on a number of large
risks.
New Zea.aEd shipping legislation IS
to requiring second mates is seriously
hindering the export trade of the islarI
colony.
New Zealand's proposed South Afri-
can steamship service is not favored.
end were few and unsatisfa ctory.
None was accepted.
India, at last advice. had 1913 600 per-
sons on its famine relief roll.
New South Wales had a mineral pro-
duction in 1905 of $50. 0S9, 700. an in
crease of So, 130,SS0 over 1904. and the
largest yearly production i'll the history
of the State.
Manila S new sewer system will cost
Sl,Oo0,000. The two other bids were
Sl,G6l, 900 and 81. Goa, 900, respectively.
nat is remarkably close figuring OH
so large a job.
Manila is angry because it is pro-
posed to station the additional regi-
ments of soldiers now arriving in the
philippines Mt Camp S~totscnhefg, IN
Aos WOODS, instead OF IN Manl'a.
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-04-06
Gov. Gilrnore,s SIGNATURE Good.

A story is told of how the late ex-
Governor Joseph A. Gilmore, of New
Hampshire, when he was superintend-
ent of the Concord and Claremont Rail-
road, once wrote a letter to one of his
section bosses who had done some
thing to displease him. All the man
could make out was the date and Su-
p~erintendent Gilmore's signature.
Some time afterward, being in Con-
cord, the man went to call on the su-
perintendent at his Office.
Hello, John, how do you do?" said
Mr.. Gilmore. well, what are you
doing now?"
"Why, I'm up here at the same place
on the section, Mr.. Gilmore" replied
John.
"What?!' said Mr.. Gilmore; didn't
you get a letter from me?' naming the
date.
"why, yes, certainly" answered
John.
"Well, didn't you know that was a
letter of dismissal:'
Letter of dismissalr' cried the as
tonished John. mo! I couldn't make
it out, except that it was from head
quarters and signed by you, sir. But
after some study 1 concluded it vas a
pass. As none of the conductors on the
road could read it, they all accepted
my statement that it was a pass from
Nh. Gilmore, and I have been riding
on it ever since"
John kept his place on the section.-
Boston Herald.
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-04-06

Blessed is he who desires nothing,
for everybody will be willing to let
him have it.
Blessed is he who does nothing no.
ticeable, for he will escape the ham,
mers.
Blessed is he who is wrapped in self
conceit, for no "slings and arrows Of
outrageous fortune" shall jar it.
Blessed are We when men shall say
all manner of evil against you false
ly," for it proves that they consider
you worth the ammunition.
Blessed is fashion. for it gives some
women an object in life.
Blessed is the man who always
knows he is right, for the truth that
looks in another direction shall not
shake him.-San Francisco Call.
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-04-06
How He Rem embercd 1t.

When they met on Chestnut street,
after some months in which they
hadn't seer each other, the one chap
told the other he had taken a little
house in Germantown, and was there
with his lares. penates. and coal bill.
"COme mp and sec Inc some evening
any evening; we're rarely out. you
know, and, then, we have a telephone,
so you can let us know when you're
coming"
Il suppose your name is in the tele-
phone directory" Queried the the
other.
well, 10: not yet. as we've just got
The telephone; but our number isis
really; it's funny, but iust this minute
I can't-it's something like-Ding it
all; itG strange 1 forget that number,
for just on purpose 1 multiplied it by
two and divided toe rasE!t by four.
so as to enable me to remember it, and
l can't recall The frat thing about it.
Ever know tie Ike? I'll write you the
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-04-06
AN APPALLING. SITUATION.

I know we need the suns bright rayg
To beam around the sky;
10 shine down here on wa~shing-daY
And make the clothes get dry
And just by flashing out his light
10 make a daytime out of night.
Of such a good and noble sun
It's awful to believe
A wicked trick! But he has one
That makes my mother grieve;
He will poke through the blind, and fade
Her parlor chairs Of blue brocade!
She's moved those chairs all round tn.
room,
She bought the darkest shades;
And yet he wriggles through the gloom,
And fades and fades and fades!
My heart is full of deep despairs
About my mothers par1or chairs!
Carolyn Wells. in Harper's Magazine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-04-06
Strange Fires.

Dust is a wonderful producer Of
fires. There have been instances in
postoffices where the dust Of the mail
bags suspended in the real Of a close
room exploded with terrific force. Dust
explosions are of frequent occurrence
in flour and drug mills. The origin of
many fires in tailor shops may be
traced to the so-called dry cleaning of
clothes. A rag dipped in naphtha is
frequently used in removing grease
spots from garments. The rag soaked
with ~infammable fluid is thrown upon
the floor. When the shop is closed up
and the air is confined, the naphtha-
soaked material will of itself generate
fire. Bales of cotton placed in the hold
of a ship are often the cause Of disas-
trous fires. Frequently a spark from a
cigar finds a resting place in a cotton
bale, where it shoulders for weeks.
The dark hall in tenement houses is
the indirect originator of fires. Greasy
mating or small heaps of paper lie
about. A match not extinguished or a
cigarette stub is thrown down and a
blaze results.-Fire and Water.