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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-10

Two more of our townsmen pur-
chased pianos this week, at Soule
Bros, Hood River store. Mr.. s. b.
Bartmess, the popular furniture deal
or, bought Strobber the Doth GEN.
tury piano, and Mr.. Fred Howe, the
we'll known contractor, purchased a
Hua Howard
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-10

Strayed- A small, light colored COW. One
horn of and teats are double. II. 8. COhoOn,
Menominee, Oregon. mill
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-10
SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of the state Of Oregon
for Masco county.
Theodore Gillispie, plaintiff

Anna Gillispie. defendant
To Anna Glllispie; In the name of the state
of Oregon you are hereby commanded to sp-
pear in the above entitled court and cause on
or before ! thursday the 2lst day of June, 1905,
and answer the complaint filed against you
In said court and cause and for want Of such
answer the plaintiff will apply TO the court
for the relief demanded la the complaint,
tO-wit: For decree dissolving the bonds Of
matrimony between plaintiff and defendant
granting an absolute divorce to the plaintiff,
This summons Is published by order OF
Hon. W. l.. Bradshaw, Judge OF the above en-
titled court made and entered on the llth day
of May, 1906
Date OF first publication, May 10th, 1905.
Jay II. Upton,
ml0jal Attorney for plaintiff,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-10

For Rent--9-rOOm house, three blocks from
the City Hall, modern Improvements. S. f.
Blythe. mai
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-10

For Sale-A lew apple trees left over nom
Odell HI5.imO.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-10
REAL ESTATE.

only, few more OF those splendid lO-at re
tracts un>oid on the NJ. b. Potter farm In
Hood River valley, near the city. Suitable
Tor apples and strawberries. Prices are
placed below regular rates on similar prop
erty in this vicinity. No better apple land
can be found. Look at It personally for ths
Pootland, or see Mrs. NJ. b. Potter on the
farm. mIOtf
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-10

For Rent-i-room cottage In Blowers addl-
ton: Free water. s. per month. Mrs. H. j.
Frederick. mStf
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-10
For Sale
MIsCELLANE EouS.

For Sale-Go0d two-seated hack for sale or
trade for cows, Call OF write Penry Stamm,
DavenpOrt's Lower Planer. m24
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-10

A snap-FOur room house, pantry and loset,
OF b0x135 nice lawn and city water. Price
5 80. $500 down balance on terms. Inquire of
Roy +. Dean. ni2s
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-10
Acnldnnt nd Minnns.

The families Of II. Ii. Wallace and
Mr.. Sargent, accompanied by Mr.,
Wallace's nephew, went to the falls at
Winans Sunday for an outing. The
young man was riding Mr., Sargent's
horse, with only a halter to guide
him, when the horse became un-
manageable and ran down the hill
towards the bridge at Winans. At
that point he threw the young man
off to one side of bridge, the horse
rolling oft the other side into the
river and breaking his neck. The
body of the horse flosted down the
stream. The young man was not seri
ously injured, aud was brought back
to the ranch. A physician was sum-
moned and sewed up the wounds in
his head.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-10

For Sale CheHI--Gent's easy running coaster
brake wheel. q incl frame. Bernard Mrr.
Ger, r. +, ID. :. MA
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-10

For Stle--Investgate this. am obliged to
sell, and will sell at your own price piece, of
land with house and other improvements 9
miles from Hood River, II you want to buy
at your own price address Box S53. Hood
River, oregon. al2-m3
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-10

can proftably farm, viii sell from Ave to %
acres at II bargain II taken now. Located ~
miles from town OF Hood River. All under
cultivation Address owner, box 2g7, Port
land, Ore. al2-m3
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-10
EDWARD COOK,

JOHN LELAND HENDERSON.
Attorney for said Estate. mlu
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-10

For Sale--A room hnus,; pantry and closet.
Nice lawn and city water. Price, $3.50 on easy
terms. a good buy, Inquire OF onthank &
Utten. ml7
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-10

For Sale-S75 per acre. Twenty.four acres, a
few rods from the Barrett school house. In
quire off. NJ. Camp, Hood River. ore, or b.
G. Hlll Corvallis, Ore. MIS-
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-10

To lease, rent or sll-a saw mill. B. r.
Tucker. ml7
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29

lar can with water, and putting them into it,
ny some accident l did not see them for
| day or two, and was very much surprised to
find that they were dead.
There are many places where swimming
baths are constructed in the open air, and IN
them are mostly to be found a number OF
dead frogs, which have jumped into the wa
ter and have, been. drowned because they
could not climb up the smooth sides.
Yet, in its earliest stages of life, the frog is
wholly aquatic, and breathes by means OF
gils, as do fishes, and would die il placed on
land How this very remarkable change is
wrought in the frog we will now see.
Like many other land-inhabiting creatures.
the frog deposits its eggs in the water, where
they are tamiliarly knoWn as frog spawn.
The spawn resembles great masses of jelly,
sprinkled thickly with little black specks,
about as large as No. 6 shot. If it be exam
ined as it lies in the water. it will be seen to
consist of vast number of gelatinous globes,
about as large as peas, and adhering so close.
ly together that they can be lifted out of
tae water without separation.
As one Of these egg masses will more than
MI the largest pail, few persons would think
that it could be deposited by single frog:
Such, however, is the case, and this part OF
frog history is very curious.
When first dropped into the water the eggs
are exceedingly minute, scarcely so large as
surrounded by an almost invisible membrane,
possessing the wel[known property of "endos-
mosis" ii. e., of permitting fluids to pass into
but not out Of it.
No sooner, then, are they submerged than
endosmosis takes place, and the water passes
into the membraneous sac, swelling it so as to
give room for each egg to be developed inde-
pendently of the others. Sometimes sluggish
bitches and ponds will be so filed with spawn
that the water is almost wholly absorbed by
it.
The eggs of the toad are laid somewhat SIM
ilarly to those of the frog, except that instead
Of forming shapeless masses they are laid in
long strings The strings are between three
and four feet in length, and there is double
row of eggs to each string.
In process of time the young frog is Matched
within the envelope, and when it emerges
from the egg is that quaint, large-headed, fat
tailed creature which we know by the popular
name of tadpole.
This is an abbreviation of tailed-poll and
recalls Tom Hoods witty title for new book,
"Tadpole; or, Tales Out of My Own Head"
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effort. Gulp after gulp is made by the toad,
the paws being always ready to tuck in leg
or wing that may project from the mouth.
AT last the final gulp is made, and, as the
insect passes down the throat the toad's eyes
seem to disappear altogether, reappearing
when the insect is safely lodged in the stom-
ach, where it may be seen through the skin
to kick for. some time. Difficult as is the
task OF swallowing powerful insect, l have
never known one to escape when once seized.
| Another curious point in the nsecteating
habits OF the toad is the fact that it is never
stung by its prey. | have tested my toads
with hive-bees, humble-bees, hornets, wasps
and ants, and never saw the animals affected
by stings.
Ihis is the more extraordinary because
there are many known instances where human
beings have swallowed wasps, concealed in ripe
fruit, and have nearly lost their lives through
The sting.
Some persons. have thought that the toad
owes its immunity to some property inherent
in the saliva, which paralyzes the insect, and
prevents it from using its sting. This theory,
however, is quite untenable, as the insect is
seen to be alive for some time after it has
been swallowed. Moreover, the mere pressure
to which it is subjected between the jaws of
the toad would force out the sting and COM
press the poison-bag.
We, are therefore obliged to take refuge in
The theory that the poison Of the sting has
strengthened by. the fact that the toad will
freely eat small pieces of glowing charcoal
and suffer no harm though similar pieces of
red-hot iron will kill it.
There is popular idea that frogs and toads
are aquatic animals while many people really
believe them to be amphibious-i. e., crea-
lures that can live and breathe under water
as well as on land. Now, as we shall soon
see, amphibia do exist, but neither frogs nor
toads are amphibious.
1t is true that frog can swim well. and
that its webbed feet are expressly made for
swimming. 1t is equally true that the frog
cannot exist if deprived entirely of water,
and that if kept in the hot sunbeams it will
soon die
But it cannot live wholly in the water. In
the first place, it obtains its food almost en-
tirely upon land, feeding upon insects of va
rious kinds, worms and similar creatures, espe-
cially those that only venture abroad at
night.
In the next place, it cannot breathe when
submerged, and frog, if held under water,
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the back of the throat and the tip is directed
forward.
Exactly the reverse is the case with the
toad. the base of the tongue being fixed to
the front of the lower jaw, and the tip point
ing down the throat.
adhesive secretion, and when the toad wishes
to catch an insect, it filings its tongue at it,
catches it on the tip, and, with a movement
Us rapid as the crack Of whip, withdraws
the tongue, carrying the insect to the back OF
the throat, whence there is no escape.
1t is very amusing to watch toad eat any
prev which is too large to be swallowed at
once A blue-bottle, for example, is gone in
an instant; but large beetle, humblebee or
worm will give the animal vast amount OF
trouble
10 swallow worms some two or three inches
III length Is always hard task. The toad
always manages to catch the worm by the
middle, but finds it so long that the head and
tail project at either side of the mouth, and
prevent the middle from going down the rep
tiles throat.
Then ensues a battle, the worm trying to
escape, and the toad trying to swallow it,
making repeated and futile gulps at the strug-
Cling victim. The frantic wriggles of The
worm against the angles of the jaws appear to
annoy the toad exceedingly.
AT last, however, the fore-feet are brought
into requisition, and, with their aid, the ends
of the worm are gathered up and pushed COM
pletely into the mouth, when the tongue COM
pletes the task which had been left unfn-
shed.
Few persons know how deftly the toad can
use its fore-paws. and how curiousy they re-
semble hands. One singular mode of employ
ing these paws is worthy of mention.
In common with many reptiles, the toad
changes its skin at certain intervals. Now,
the cast skin of snake is quite common
object in the country, but no one ever found
H., 81 fnaA a,1 For fbo faIIn
son:
When a toad is about to change its clothes,
the old skin splits longitudinally both above
and below. With its paws, the toad strips
and rolls it into bali, pushes It into it's
mouth, and then swallows it.
powerful beetle, such as cockchafer, or
one of the large ground beetles, is nearly as
troublesome as a worm and fullsized hum
ble-bee. is not to be swallowed without much
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29

Some frogs, such as the qrunting frog of the
West Indies, have been known to leap clear
over five-foot wall.
Still, they can crawl by means of the short
fore-legs, and the toads generally prefer crawl
ing to leaping. They are admirable swim
mers, the broad webs of the hind feet acting
as paddles; and there is one species of frog
found in Borneo which has the toes of both
pairs of feet enormously long, and connected
with web so wide and fine that the frog
can sweep through the air for some distance,
supported by the webs of it's feet, as are the
flying fishes by those of their pectoral fins.
Perhaps some one may want to know the
distinction between frog and toad. 1t Is
very much like the distinction between a croc-
odile and an alligator, or, as some wicked peo-
pie say, between an attorney and solicitor.
A glance at the mouth, however, will settle
all difficulties, for the toads are toothless,
while the frogs have a row of little teeth
round the upper jaw.
Then the skins of frogs are smooth, while
those of toads are more or less covered with
wartike protuberances, containing a whitish
secretion.
This is the so-called poison of the toad, and
is chiefly furnished by pair of very large
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29

At this period of life there is not yestige
OF limbs; but, on either side of the back Of
the head is a compound tuft of short, slender
flaments. These are the gills, and by their
means the tadpole extracts oxygen from the
water, Just as is done by fishes.
If the gills be examined with powerful
magnifying lens the blood can plainly be seen
as it eirculates through their delicate tissues.
AS yet there. are neither limbs nor lungs;
but after while pair of tiny legs are seen
to project just behind the gils, and before for,
very long they assume a shape which denotes
their future Office as the hind legs of frog
The front legs soon follow.
In proportion as the limbs are develoned
externally, the lungs are developed internally,
and the creature is then really amphibions
being able to breathe the water with its oiiis'
or the air with its lungs. e''
Some animals remain in this stage of ax;st
ence all their lives. The best known Of them
is the axolotl, of Mexico (axolotolus piscifor.
mis) 1t H ls almost ten inches in length, and
looks just like very large tadpole, hayin9. fwo
pairs of very small and almost useless 1e"s
and tail externally, and pair of lungs IN.
ternally.
have bred these cretures from the earliest
stage, and found that, as rule, they preferred
home ON the land. They can be acclimaf;zsJ al
to live wholly in either element; but in snch
cases the gills or the lungs become attenrate5
in proportion to their disuse.
By degrees tne lmDs increase, the o;lls
shrink the now needless tail is absorbed into into
the body, and the little creature becomes :
perfect frog with two large lungs not vos "
tige of gills and with only little point where
the long tail had once been.
Here / may remark that frogs are far more
sensitive to pain than is generally thought
If only for the fact that the delicate merry.
Gus system of the frog gave GalEani the clue
to that wonderful science which has been So
largely developed under the name of Galvan-
ism, the creature deserves our respectful graft
tude, and ought to be exempt from injury.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
ADSelrp, the Boy BLACKSMITH

but the brave young knight held his ground
81 forbid you to lay the body of William
the Norman in that grave. This abbey was
founded on wrong, and it's stones were raised
by robbery. The land is mine. 1t belonged
to my father i have not sold it nor forfeited
it, nor pledged it nor given it away 1t is
mine by right, and 1 claim it. In the name
of God, l forbid you to put the body of the
spoiler there, OF cover him with my ground"
For moment there was deep silence after
Anselm ceased to speak, which was broken
by the murmur:
"It is the heir of the Fitz ArthurD who has
spoken"
Yes, 1 am the Fitz Arthur, the lord Of
this land" continued Anselm, "and I claim
my patrimony. When my right has been pur-
chased, then the duke can rest in his grave
and not till then"
Then there was conferring apart, which ter.
minated by Prince Henry paying into fbe
hands of Sir Anselm the price that he de-.
lnanded for the site on which the abbey stood
After that the funeral ceremonies were allowed
to go on.
Anselm could now restore his mother and
sister to their former rank. Sir Anselm won
additional fame, and left conspicuous name
in the annals of Norman nobility. He lived to
see all the sons Of the conqueror dead and q
stranger on the throne that had been won by
fraud and conquest.
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humble cottage from which he went forth.
Night was settling down when he drew near
the familiar spot. Where the gray towers of
his father had stood rose the white spires and
stately arches of the new abbey of st. Ste
phens in solemn splendor. Tears sprang into
his eyes at the thought of the spoliation.
While he was passing the abbey bells began
to toll the death-knell. AS he wondered at
this he saw long train of horsemen, clothed
in black, approaching with lighted torches,
whose red glare cleaned wide over bush and
field, and reflected itself in the still waters
of the 0rne.
Preceding them marched a procession of
monks. bearing in their midst plumed and
canopied bier, which they were conveying to
the abbey, as they chanted Latin dirge.
Presently he heard the bells of Caen ringing
solemnly in the night.
''It is the funeral of our duke" said an old
peasant, in reply to Anselm's question. 'They
are going to bury him in the great abbey that
he founded"
at shall never be, cried Fitz Arthur, gal
looping forward, and dismounting. "The bones
of the conqueror shall never rest in the soil
that he wrested by violence from me-"
The cortege was a stately one. Princes and
great mobiles and mitred bishops stood around,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
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warts, one on either side of the back of the
head. No danger, however, attaches itself to
this secretion, and although it is so acrid that
dog who has carelessly seized toad will be
glad to drop it at once, it will do no harm to
human beings.
Both toads and frogs are mighty insect eat
ers, and are consequently very useful inhabi-
tants of gardens. They will not eat an insect
which remains quiet, but if it should move but
leg, or bend its body, it will be caught and
swallowed.
By the way although toads are useful in gar
dens. as far as vegetables and flowers go, the
bee-keeper will do we'll to exclude them from
his premises. They are by no means devoid
of intelligence, and not only know that bees
are good to eat, but where to find them; 80
when, as often hapens, heavily-laden bee
comes to the. ground, il is snapped up in a
moment by the watchful toad.
| have kept many toads for the purpose of
observing their habits, and generally employed
for the purpose disused aquarium, made of
glass, and having glass cover.
Feeding the inmates was an easy process
We all know how evasive is a blue-bottle when
we try to catch it, and might naturally fancy
that so apparently sluggish being as the
toad would. have no chance of securing it;
vet, let bluebottle be put into the aquarium,
and, no matter how lively the fly might be,
the toad would be sure to have it in a very
few minutes.
OF course, it cannot catch the fly on the
wing, nor does it try; but, as soon as the fly
is in the aquarium, the toad is on the watch.
putting on an air OF intelligent alertness which
is really surprising, When the fly settles the
toad crawls after it, and if it can come within
reach, it gives a quick and sudden Click"
with its long tongue. and the fly is gone.
The height to which toad can stretch it.
self when in pursuit Of fly is really astonish-
ing. and it develops powers of climbing of
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which its ungainly form gives little promise.
Worms, grubs, beetles, etc, will be devour-
ed in the same manner, and, in all cases, the
toad must see its prey move before seizing it..
/ have mentioned that toads have no teeth,
and they need none, for they swallow their
prey alive and their tongues convey it to the
back of the throat as soon as it is seized.
When next you find toad open its mouth
and look at its tongue. In most animals, as
with ourselves, the root of the tongue is at
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
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viii be drowned as certainly as if it were a
kitten, though it will endure longer INNER
sion.
When quite child learned this fact from.
practical experience. My parents had moved
into house to which large garden was at
tached, and in that garden / found some
frogs. Knowing little of their habits and
nothing of their structure, 1 thought that
was doing them a kindness by half-flling
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
Copyright by James Elverson.,

Copyright by James Elverson)
frogs and toads form very distinct
portion of section of the reptiles,
and are called batrachians, from the
EFtS'8I Greek word Batrachos, which signi-
fes frog
They have no tails, and, although
belonging to the reptiles, or creeping animals,
they usually leap instead OF crawl, being aided
by their long and powerful hind legs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-27
WILL OPERATE TO SOUTH.
EASTERN ALASKAN PORTS
AND SEATTLE WILL NOT Dc
ON TAG ROUTE.

Through apparently reliable chan-
nrts genres ths stefY that there VIII
BE- rev iims - steamers on she
southeastern AiA~hau rem newt year
The Plan u % euefals from Tacoma.
custinx nus Seattle. and 10 make
specially 81 handing Portland and
TseofsA business Portland ana
Tacoma business men are said 70
b behind TIE uoYe
u h said thr rev company Pre-.
i.sssss 10 uss tee steamers
Tbs present plan 10 e. make a
combination with the Huinhoift
Steamship company and 70 operate
ths Humboldt As one 81 ths two
iiusfs Tns other steamer. asrorf-
Ina 10 pF.seui Intentions. wiii be IN.
GepsTs " Esaer. sofus - the pro-
meters ~ the sutsFrfise 4 IL saia.
are sssriiesi ahatit the practicable
IL % hayinE the Elder - running
mate for the Humboldt They eiaisn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-27
new STEAMER LINE
TO ALASKA PLANNED

that the Alaskan people now de-
niand passenger steamers 81 the
xafr best kiua and they fear the
Eidsf - 81 too aueiegi orisin ard
los soon risen from the bottom of
10 Columbia 60 permit ~ her max
ink q proper impression upon the
travelling public n IL asserted. how
ever. that Il the Elder shall be
placed on the run Hhs vii be re-
Paired 20 meet whsfsYef require
nsestgs the people maY demand
n q sxus<ted that the Satsheru
Pacific wiii make a los rate on
snruuxh Alaska freight from Port
lard o. Tacoma and the steamship
company alli absorb whatever u
msshs be. giving Portland the same
shroaxh rats 90 Alaskan ard 1ukou
pulnts - that ohtaialng from Seat
he ard Vancouver The plan 70 20
have the new lius W fuli operation
h~fsfe the hesianinE ~ shs busy
s~e~sn ~ 1851.
Mas Kaiisfs. managing owner -
shs Humboldt. would not make any
statement to-day. ne u az present
bcss.d 90 with the Pacific Coast
Htnamatip company for the remain
der az this rear.
4 have not made any alliance for
neat year hs said this afternoon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-27
COAST EXTENSION
Is REAL PLAIN

Prominent railroad men are Civ
ing out the statement that the Chi
cage a Northwestern viii build into
Seattle within the next 10 months.
This improvmeent IL To be carried on
with the sioe.e00. 600 extra stock re-
Gently voted by the directors ~ the
company. At the time the refprt
was given ont that this stock was
20 be used for building short lines
az feeders 10 the main line, the Wall
street Journal published a decided
statement that this stock was voted
for tho purpose Of extending the
main line 90 the Pacific coast.
The western terminus OF the
Northwestern IL 1t present at Lam
der. Wye. the line having been COM
pleted through to that point within
the past few weeks. The line is now
surveyed through 10 Boise Idaho.
and the question nov T. whether It
will strike towards the Puget sound
basin direct or make Portland be-
fore coming TO Seattle.
The mysterious North Coast IL
said by some 20 be in reality the
Northwestcrn's proposed main line
across the Cascades.