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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1899)
v A crust of bread nml a corner to sleep In, A minute to smile und an hour to wp in, A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, And never to laugh tut the moaun come double; And thut is lift'! A crust and a corner thut love makes precious, " With the smile to warm and the tear to refresh us; And joys Heem sweeter when cares come ufter; And a moan is the finest of oil tor laugh ter; And that la life! THE WRONCr CARD. Tim attorney was In a reflective mood, us lie walked from the of fice to lila home. The afternoon had developed business of great Im portance, which would take hlin a thousand mlli'8 away during the next six mouths. The lawyer, however, was in love, and dreaded to leave the field free to bis many rivals. As he walked along, be pictured him self in a certain pretty home uptown, laylug his love and lucre at the feet of a charming womnn, who, long ago, had come to be an essential part of his ex istence. While he was thinking over the situ ation and hurrying homeward, he was hailed with a business like: "Ho, Furr; I want to speak to you a moment!" Turning about he faced the speaker, a friend of his Junior partner; and in a few minutes they were deeply engaged in a discussion of some abstruse ques tion, concerning a cuse which was then Interesting a great many lawyers. When the two parted, the one who bad hailed Fnrr handed the latter a card with a request that he would give it to Somerton, the junior partner of the firm of "Farr & Somerton." In the hurry of parting Farr took the card without looking at It, and only after he had reached his residence his mind still full of the matter they had dis cussed, did he think to glance at the bit of pasteboard. It should have borne certain memoranda which Somerton desired; ' but was, however, quite blank, save for the engraved name of the owner. With a slight smile at the other's carelessness he tucket the card in his pocket. Sunner over, he betook himself to pipe and slippers. Then, lounging com fortably In a big armchair before the Study tire, he gave himself up to the In terrupted rellections of the afternoon As a result of his cogitations, before he retired a letter had been written, ad dressed to "Miss Margaret Lamore." In it Miss Lamore was informed that he would call the following evening on an urgent mutter. The letter, perhaps, was a trifle stiff and business-like, but surely could not help being clear to a woman. So, at least, thought Farr, and he went to sleep that night to dream of a gracious woman ami a suc cessful suit. The business of the next day put an end to any further air castles for the time being, but when evening came he lost no time in hurrying whither the letter had gone. Arriving there, a ring brought the maid to the door a new maid Fai r noticed. With his thoughts on the coming Interview, it was only iu a mechanical way that he gave her his card and asked to see Miss Lamore, A few monlents' waiting, and then the girl returned to say. In a well-bred voice, that Miss Lamore had an Imme diate engagement and begged to be ex cused. Somewhat dazed by what he consld ered a rebuff, Farr left the house Once more In his own rooms lie con trived, within an hour or two, by the aid of his pipe, to put himself in mood which played havoc with senti ment. An early train the next day carried him rapidly away from his home and the woman who, a few hours earlier, had been all In all to him. Now, how- ever, he thought he had convinced him self that she was not worth the woo ing.. Yet every single day of the next half year had Its full measure of bit terness, souring even the great suc cesses he met with. Not a single night but found him wearily praying for sleep, to drive away the vision of a proud, sweet woman who so persist ently haunted him. Sometimes he wear led of both himself and the world, but he was obliged to live and meet his fellow-men, even If a woman had scorned his love. Time passed, and the conclusion of his mission allowed him to return home. But "little more than six mouths from the day when Margaret Lamore had made life seem so gloomy to him, he was once again In his native town. On the day of his return Somerton in sisted that he should dine with him at the earliest possible opportunity, and, of course, tired though he was, and de sirous of nothing beyond peace and melancholy quiet, he was compelled to acept the invitation so warmly pressed upon him. Accordingly that evening found hlui on the way to the Somertou home. He must have forgotten that Mrs. Somerton and Miss Lamore were the most intimate friends, or, perhaps, it was natural to start when he found himself face to face with the latter In the Somerton parlor. That he did start was a fact quickly detected by Miss Lamore a fact also which naturally Increased her embarrassment. "Judging from your abearance, Mr. Farr," said she, "your health has not lieeu much benefited by the Western trip." ' "I am afraid not," was his answer; "the work was hard, and I did not go to It in the best of spirits." This last with a glauce intended to be full of meaning. She saw the look, and, wondering at It, colored. "You look so worn, and ill," she cou- LtF. lf J 1141. 4 T 1 . n . llin Ylftfirt tfl iinueu, iiiiii nine wiv - scold as you deserve; yet you must have known how much I should re gret not seeing you before you took the trip." The seeming effrontery of this took the power of speech from Farr, and the astonishment depicted on his coun tenance brought a Hush once more to the face of his fair companion. Seeing that he was not disposed to speak, she resumed: You promised to call and then left without a word. I certainly did not ex pect It of you." Keeoverlng himself a little at this, Farr told her, with as much dignity as possible, that she must have been deeply engrossed that summer day to have forgotten the card he had sent up to her, and the fact that she had plead ed an Immediate engagement as an ex cuse for not seelug hi in. Then followed a period of polite and gentle contradiction. Miss Lamore firm ly insisted that he had not sent up his card, and Farr as obstinately persisted In saying that he had. When, for sev eral minutes, they had accused and counteraccused each other of forget ful ness, Farr took matters into his own hands by breaking out vehemently with: 'Do you know wtiy I wanted so much to see you that day? Do you imagine that I could be, for a moment, forget ful of the most trilling incident that hnppened then, when I thought you had treated me with such crushing in difference?" They were now seated on a couch. and he, with a bitterness born of the unliapplness he had experienced, told her his whole story from that day to tills present time when she saw him so ill and worn worn, not with toil, but with the hopelessness of his life. He had no new phrases In which to frame his thoughts; but the old, old words seined to satisfy her; for when dinner wns announced there were at least two people supremely happy among those who went arm in arm to the dinlng- room. Somerton's friend, Barton, with whom Farr had held such a profound discussion on the day when the story opens, arrived in time to join the party at dinner. When the meal was well under way Barton, suddenly recollect ing, desired to know why and where fore Farr had so carelessly neglected to give his partner the card which had been intrusted to his care. Farr, in his new-found happiness, had little mem ory for such trifles, and forthwith Bar ton rehearsed the affair. Then, recall ing the incident, Farr said: "You are the tne guilty of careless ness In giving me the wrong card. The one I did receive from you bore no memoranda whatever; when I discovered- that fact I put the card in my pocket, and have not seen it since." "I have," interposed Miss Lamore. "The idoa of your calling upon me and sending up Mr. Barton's card!" A gleam of intelligence came Into Farr's eyes and a quick smile passed between him and the charming girl be side him. Then, with almost unseemly haste, they turned the conversation into safer channels. Exchange.' LEARNED OF THE BATTUE. Ntwi of the Santiago Naval Battle Astonished the Austrian. When the American fleet was operat ing in Cuban waters foreign men-of-war occasionally happened along to see what was going on. It chanced that, very soon after the vessels of Sampson and Schley had destroyed Cervera's fleet, an Austrian Ironclad hove in sight. The Indiana steamed out to meet It, and soon a boat, with a lieutenant, left the Austrian to visit the Indiana. The Washington Star tells the story: The Austrians had heard nothing but a distant cannonading, which might have been salutes. The lieutenant's visit wns merely one of ceremony. His countenance betrayed astonish ment when he came aboard, and saw the decks blackened with powder, and men and officers begrimed and covered wit' perspiration; but he asked no questions until he was conducted to tho Cnptaln's room, nnd found it filled with the stifling smoke of gunpowder. Then the Austrian ollicer asked Captain Tay lor what such a state of things indi cated." "It indicates," answered the Captain, "that we have just engaged the ene my." "What? Cervera?" "The same." "But what were your losses?" "None." "But where Is the Spanish fleet?" The Austrian was now thoroughly ex cited. " "Come up on the poop and I ' will show you," said Captain Taylor. m,,. o.,nm.w1 In the direction of the 1 IIVJ r,VVt..v - . snore, ami me u,v'-' glasses leveled. "There is one, and there another, and a little out of view, there Is the Cristo bal Colon," said Taylor, pointing out first oue Spanish wreck and then an other. The Austrian, whose sympathies were undoubtedly with the Spaniards, was shocked beyond expression at this pic ture, typical nnd declaratory of tho ruin of a nation. The Americans re spected his feelings, and he departed In silence. Electric Motor Wagons. The Automobile (Hub and some elec tricassoclatlons In France are occupied in endeavoring to establish electric charging stations for electric vehicles. The idea is to arrange with electric light and power statious to do the work, so as to make the use of electri cally propelled carriages possible all over France. When a man offers you something for nothing don't accept it unless you can afford to pay at least double Us value. IT WOULD REQUIRE A HORSE ALL THE CARS NOW ' At Ohio 'HMy'y- nigantic as was the wooden horse of Ulysses in the siege of Troy, it dwindles to insignificance when compared with the size of the horse it would take to draw all the electric street railway cars now in use in the United States. It is cal culated that 320,0110 horses would be required to move the curs now propelled by electricity, making no allowance fur the extra cars which would huve to he run to equalize the present schedule were horses used. One horse, representing the combined height, length and bulk of the 1120,000, would be so mussive that he could plank the hoofs of his fore logs down in Cincinnati and slake his thirst in the Ohio river, while his hind legs rested on Manliuttan Island, whence with his tail he could brush the Hies off the Brooklyn bridge management. His hack would lie hiU up above the reach of clouds, higher than the air strata through which it is proposed by visionary electrical inventors to communicate the current generated by Niagara Fulls to I'aris to run the exhibition in liKXI. The illustration appears exaggerated, but it truly represents the condition of what is claimed to be the most important individual industry in this country. The amount of capital involved in the electric street railways is placed nt about one and a half billions and it is increasing rapidly every month. Should the na tional government decide to buy nil these roads it would take all the $r2.",0ti0,0()0 of gold, the $120,000,000 of silver, the 100,000,000 of certificates, the $225,000,000 of national bank notes and $250,000,00 of United States treasury notes iu cir culation to pay for the purchase. A conservative estimate places the number of passengers carried in a year by the electric cars at 2,ii(i0,0O0,0O0, not including the passengers transferred from one line to another. Thut menus two rides each year for every human being on earth. The steam roads of the United States carry oaly 533,000,000 passengers annually over 182,000 miles of track. MRS. HENRY T. SLOANE. The New York Society Leader Who Figure in a Domestic Fcandnl. The report that Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Sloano are to resume their former relations, after a separation, and after rumors of divorce proceedings, has not stopped the tongues of the New York gossips. Mrs. Sloune's social prom inence lias made tills sensation of more than local interest The wife of the New York millionaire is one of the most accomplished, keen wltted and beautiful women, in the metropolis. She and Mrs. Ogden Mills have divided the honors and responsibility of ruling S. IIENKV T. SLOANE. in female swelldom In New York, ami at Newport. They have been bosom friends, though they quarreled once and by so doing created a sensation. It was at the famous Bradley Martin ball. In the afternoon Mrs. Sloane sent her hair dresser to Mrs. Mills' house, at the hitter's request. Mrs. Mills de tained the hair dresser so long that Mrs. Sloane could not get ready for the ball in time. She was late in reaching the Bradley Martins' anil the quarrel with Mrs. Mills resulted. The follow ing summer, however, their differences were settled, and the society queens thereafter took Ward McAllister's "100" and reduced the list of exclusives to "75." Mrs. Sloane, before her marriage, was Miss Jessie A. Bobbins, the daugh ter of the juulor partner In a great drug firm. She had no prestige of an cestry, but her beauty and her wealth, together with her rare ability, won her social distinction of the highest kind. Her husband, a modest, quiet man, Is engaged with his brother In the whole sale carpet business, lie has not shared his wife's fondness for society, but has spent money lavishly for her enjoyment. Her home has always been little short of a palace; her gowns n. of the most expensive sort, and num ber 100 or more; her diamonds and oth er jewels are the most magnificent iu the city, and her whole life has been surrounded by luxury. MARK TWAIN'S PET CATS. Pretty Mousers that Bnsked In an At mosphere of Fame. You might not suspect the great hu morist, Mark Twain, of belug fond of cats and dogs. Though It would seem that his mind must be thronged with queer fancies and imaginary characters, always getting Into laugh able and difficult situations, Mark Twain yet has room for thoughts of friends belonging to the animal king dom. He once owned four of the pret tiest and daintiest niousers that ever basked In an atmosphere of fame. When Mark Twain lived at "Quarry Farm," a picturesque home high up on a southern New York mountain, over looking many miles of landscape, he did most of his writing in a little eight blued summer-house, which he called his 'Tilot House," in memory of the days long ago when he was a pilot on the Mississippi River. Cozlly nestling In a great chair or snuggled comfortably upon au old lounge in this literary workshop, at almost any time mi: THIS SIZE TO RUN PROPELLED BY ELECTRICITY of the day, could be found Mark Twain's iiets. They were allowed there because they had the good manners to keep quiet while he worked. If they had presumed to Jump upon the desk and put their little feet uion the manu script or tip over the Ink, they would not have been allowed to remain. The cozy little Pilot House was very popular with these cats. It may have been because It was such a nice, sunny place, having windows upon all of Its sides. Being upon the very tip-top of the great hill, It received the warmth of the first and last rays of the sun, of which these pets were quite as fond as was the humorist himself. Mark Twain knew that although cats are said to have nine lives, the time must come when even his pets and he would have to part, so one day he summoned Mr. Van , Aken, the photographer, i A jealous flog did his best to prevent a photograph's being taken, but In vain; and two good views of them were obtained. Mark Twain him self thus sings the requiem of his pets: "Hartford, Conn. "I don't know as there Is anything of continental or international Interest to communicate about those cats. They had no history. They did not dis tinguish themselves In any way. They died early on account of being over weighted wll:h their names. It was thought- Sour Mash, Apollinaris, Zoro aster, Blatherskite names given them, not In an unfriendly spirit, but mere ly to practice the children In large and difficult styles of pronunciation. "It was a very happy idea I mean for the children. Mark Twain." St. Nicholas, TO MEASURE A TREE. Simple Rule for 1 stlmatinK the Height of Standing Timber. There are various methods employed in determining the height of a standing tree; of these the geometrical method may be recommended for Its simplicity and sufficient accuracy. At some dis tance from the tree, where both top and base are readily visible, place a pole from four to five feet long (SF) perpendicularly In the ground; put In the ground another and louger pole (I)E) at some distance from the first oue, so that the poles and tree are slt- MEASURING A TKKE. uated in the same vertical plane. Sight from the top of the smaller pole the base and the top of the tree and note the points where your lines of vision Intersect the longer pole; measure the distance between them; measure also the horizontal distance between the two poles. Multiply the first distance by the second and divide by the third, the result being tiie height of the tree. For example, let the distance between the points where the lines of vision In tersect be six feet, the distance be tween the pole and tree thirty feet, the distance between the poles two feet; then the height of the tree equals 6 multiplied by 30 divided by 2, giving 00 fvet WHY WOMEN MARRY. T: HE motives for which women marry are as numerous as the sands of the sea, or as the wom en. Accident, propinquity, trifling cir cumstances, social or family pressure, some slight airy nothing decides the question between marriage or no mar riage for the woman so slight, that It is as if women were always waiting on the brink of this new experience, and 1 very light touch caused them to fall, wander, or drift Into it, according to their several temperaments, says Har per's Bazar. The curious point Is tho fiuul deter mining motive In each case. Noting the number and variety of these, one Is templed to comment that a woman s motive for marriage Is generally too high or too low; the desire to secure a living; the wish to escape from uncom fortable surroundings; the wish for money to spend, for ease, position, fine clothes or jewels; the fear of being an "old maid;" to secure the liberty of u married woman; desperation or sheer IndilTerence; a yielding to the wishes or expectations of family or friends; or a reaction from disappointed hopes iu other directions; often, alas! because the woman is fitted for nothing else, nd must take whatever chance offers. A little higher, and the motive rises out of self. The woman feels that she should take the burden of her Bupport from those who are unable or unwill ing to bear It, or she wishes for means to help those who have befriended her, whether parents or friends; she may feel a wish to help the man, make his life happier, or himself better. She may feel ability to do good still greater to others iu the offered position. Marriage may menu care, responsibility, self sacrifice, or self-denial, yet she may take all these as a duty and a menus to the performance of somotJarge deed. But while these motives are more worthy of respect than the first class, they are just as foolish and just as misleading. But from all of these motives women marry, and when one considers how lit tle of any human or reasonable or sen sible thought enters Into any of them, one Is surprised that there are not more shipwrecked women In the world than there are. OIFFTHF a baby! AnniMlnit the Huby. A baby will be attracted for a time by some fine toy that he can simply look at, but he will spend ten times as long In putting pegs into holes In a board contrived for the purpose or In taking out one by one from a well-filled basket art icles, no matter what spools, blocks, clothespins, anything so that they are sometimes changed aud he does not tire of the monotony. Then the task of putting them all back keeps him busy for a still longer time. As baby becomes more discerning and his fingers more nimble, a pleasing device for his employment Is a board with variously shaped holes round, square, triangular, etc. with blocks nnd spheres to fit Into the various places. Should these be in bright colors, his love for color may also be gratified, and learning these colors soon follows. Little tasks of carrying articles from one portion of the room to another, or from room to room, will often keep a child busy and interested for hours." The Matron of Honor. The matron of honor, as a rival to the maid of honor, seems to have establish ed herself pretty securely. At some of the weddings the two divide the honors between them, but one of the winter brides was attended, or preceded rather, by a matron of honor, -without any maids at all. The Introduction of the matron as an attendant for a bride has been welcomed by girls who have a sin gle strong friendship. Hitherto the first one to marry has enjoyed having her friend as maid of honor, while the maid of honor, when she became herself a bride, was forced to be content with some less intimate acquaintance as an attendant. Harper's Bazar. Regarding Bedclothes. In regard to bedclothing nothing should be used save what can he, when needed, thoroughly cleansed. This will restrict us to blankets and the old fashioned bed quilt. A comforter may be at hand for the exigency of a zero temperature, to be thrown upon the outside of the bed, but never placed be neath the other coverings. Comforters in constant use should be protected at the top by a neat covering of some fadeless material, as they are easily soiled where they come in contact with the mouth of the sleeper. Growing Old. The fashionable women of to-day will not grow old no, not if they die for it, which many of them do, poor things. Their waists must be as slim, their manners as vivacious and their attire as up-to-date as If they were 23 instead 'of well, let us say 50, although 60 might be nearer the mark. No gray hair for them no worn-looking eyes. They touch up the former with one of , the many restoratives, so their rapidly I thinning locks become more and more AR 'I ' a- M golden or bronze, until thv are finally hidden under a red or yellow wig. The eyes which have been dimmed and nged by the tears they have shed and the things they have seen, are touched up with a pencil and brightened with belladonna, and faded und wrinkled skins nru ironed out, whitened and painted so that by candle-light and at a proper distance they look compara tively youthful (to their owners), while, as long as gout and rheumatism will allow, they hop and skip to dance music with the best. In these latter days we have elected not to grow old, and It Is distinctly un fashionable to dress or act as If the ac cumulated years were a burden hard to bear. Up to the very end men and women are expected to dress nnd to act as If they were as young as ever, and, like the thoroughbred horse, to go until they drop. New York Tribune. The Attractive Woman. A clever woman, provided she be not sarcastic and -too fully alive to a sense of her own Importance, Is generally au attractive one. Men may be charmed for a time by a pretty face, but they soon tire of mere prettlness. Nor does It follow that all women of good sense and sharp Intellect are necessarily plain. Bright thoughtI enliven the most ordinary face, until the reflection of the mind shining out In all Its radiance makes, one forget that the features are not pure Grecian, and leads us to be lieve that such a woman Is In reality a Brent beauty. The vivacious creature of varying moods and quaint fancies Is the one charm. A man forgets the type of beauty she may or may not pos sess, so Interested does he become iu the pleasing study of a mind that ren ders her face ever winning, irresistible and pleasing, idealise, like the surface of a lake, there comes a change with every varying emotion. The attractive woman should cultivate the mind, for grace of soul and education of spirit count for more than limpid eyes, a rose bud mouth and a -dimpled chin. She should lie ever teachable, for there is not one lota of lovnlileuess in the man or woman who thinks he or she knows It all. Successful Domestic Financing. The secret of domestic finance is to make a little money go a long way. The old axiom about saving the pennies and letting the pounds take care of them selves is not the natural policy of Americans; only the frugal Scotch and French know that rule by heart. But women could learn it better than men, because their minds dwell more natu rully upon little things. If they are rarely great Ammeters they are fre quently successful small financiers. Make a woman responsible for au al lowance nnd she feels the interest of a Junior partner; pay her bills, and she Is put on the footing of an inferior. There Is a feeling of Ignominy about asking a man for car fare, DO cents, $5, or even $100, disagreeable beyond expression to a woman with any pride or Inde pendence. Now that women are think ing more for themselves than In the past, Independence is becoming natu rally n part of their creed. This inde pendence cannot be choked out. La dles' Home Journal. Helpiim the Church. There Is something Inexplicable la the attitude of some women in moderate lreunistaui'es regarding their financial duty to the church. "Let the rich eon- tribute, I can't afford It, says the wom an who spends 50 cents for a buckle, a quarter for bonbons and throws a pen ny Into the collection box. -It would ha amusing If it were not so shocking, to note the richly gowned. Jauntily milll nered, daintily gloved young person who has nothing but a dirty little cop per to offer In the house of God. The widow's mite Is never a despicable thing; the small colli of poverty is a generous projiortlon of her all, but the really Indigent woman is not adorned in fashionable attire. A poor washer woman would be ashamed to give the miserable offering so unblushlngly handed out by many a fine-plumaged dame and demoiselle. Pccure. One way that one woman has of fas tening the plain back of one of her new skirts Is by safety pins of gradu ated size. These are all of heavy gold wire. The largest Is Just below tho waist, and In the center of It Is an oval turquols. The next pin below this is a size smaller, the next a size smaller than that, and so on through the five. A safety pin with a turquols like this Is In a set with two small stick pins, each having the little turquols head plainly set in gold. More Truth than Poetry. "Here's an article for women," be( said, on 'How to Make Y'ourself Attrac-, tlve to a Sian.' " "Before or after marriage?" she in quired, thinking It was about time tor have a little sport with him. "After, of course," he replied prompt ly. "No woman ever loses the knack until after she marries." No doubt he was, as she said, "a mean old thing." Patriotic and Hentimental. The prettiest and most poetic of all the patriotic badges has just been is sued. It consists of an Interlaced triple true lover's knot. In red, white and blue, aud Is supjwsed to be given by a soldier to his betrothed, or vice versa. The cord is of fine non-corrosive wire wrapped with colored silk thread, and Is Intended to stand the roughest usage. ,