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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1903)
HOOD. RIVER GLACIER, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1903. KRS TO MATItlMONI FEAR KEEPS MANY MEN FROM TH9 BUSS OF WEDDED LIFE. ome Iaituwti of a Lack of gaffi. cient Pluck to Take the Fateful Trip to the Altar-Varlona Reasoaa That All Seen "Afraid." "There Is a great deal of specula tion, sulci a well known lawyer, "aa to wliy men are so reluctant to marry, Init one reason never seems to occur to jthe speculators, and that Is that many of them are afraid to. No, I am not Joking. It Is a sober and well con sidered statement of fact for which I can adduce as many proofs as you want, that many men would almost as soon think of patting a fierce bull on the head or facing the midnight bur glar as taking a trip to the altar. "I remember as a boy an amusing specimen of this kind of man In Iowa. He was a farmer and was as notorious for his amorous entanglements as for his Ingenuity In getting out of them when marriage began to loom near. It was said be bad been engaged a dozen times, and though he left all hie fiancees in the lurch he never found any difficulty In getting a successor. One day my father, who was hla law yer, asked him: 'Why don't yon get married, John? It Isn't for want of opportunities, you know, and It's quite time you thought of settling down.' " 'Well, sir,' John answered, 'It's this way: You see, I like coortlng well enough, but I can nivver summon up pluck to go any further. To tell you the truth, I'm afeard of getting tied for life to one of 'em.' "If you have heard many breach of promise suits you will have observed that this wholesome dread of matri mony Is the cause of a good proportion of them, though all the defendants have not the courage to say so. "One client of mine had allowed mat. ters to proceed right to the eve of the wedding day, when he disappeared mysteriously and was not discovered for some months. The young lady promptly sued him for damages for breach, and at the bearing the reason for bis conduct came out He admitted that he was fond of the girl, but sun dry exhibitions of her temper and Jeal ousy which he had witnessed had so scared him that he simply hadn't the courage to marry her. 'I meant to marry her right enough,' he said, 'but when it came to the point my courage failed me, and I thought It safer to bolt.' "In another case In which a widow sued a widower for playing her false the defendant put In a singular plea. It seems that the widow's family strongly objected to the match, and as passive opposition was useless to prevent it one of the sons, a stalwart young fellow, called on the middle aged wooer and told him that If he persisted In his suit he (the son) would give him such a jjriside each pound package f. pon Coffee will be found a FREE game. I 60 different games. All new."f At Vouf Orocer's. thrashing as wouia effectually euro blm of any further sentiment So what could I dor the defendant pathet ically asked. 'The more one sees behind the scenes the more one realizes that there Is often a great deal to be said for the man who loves and runs away. One of my clients a few years ago found himself In an awkward quandary. He bad engaged himself to three girls at different times and, having canceled his engagements with two, was on the eve of marrying No. 8. No sooner was his intention known than the two Jilted ladies threat ened him with legal proceedings If he persisted In his proposed marriage, and the favored lady In turn threatened a similar fate If he didn't "Here was a dilemma, for whatever he did would end unpleasantly. How ever, like a prudent man, be decided to run the smaller risk. He pacified his two former fiancees by canceling his engagement and prepared to face the music of the third lady. "The mother-in-law is often a fatal disturber of love's young dream. One breach of promise defendant declared that he would willingly have married the plaintiff only he couldn't stand her mother at any price, and the pros pect of having his married happiness disturbed by her Interference so scared bim that he decided it was more pru dent to break off the engagement, while another frail lover actually stated In court that he was afraid to marry the plaintiff lest she should 'grow up like her mother,' whose 'tongue and tem per' bad shown him some of the less desirable possibilities of married life. One man whom I defended last year seems to have had a constitutional dread of matrimony. He bad been en gaged to the plaintiff no less than nine years. Four times the wedding day bad been fixed, and as many times it was adjourned by his wish. Finally he cried off altogether, and in court he declared that, although he loved the girl, he felt lie could never screw up the courage to marry her. When bt was asked the reason for his diffidence be said that he had seen so much of the unhappy side of married life and the difference between wooing and wedding that he didn't feel equal to running the risk. "These are but a few from scores of similar cases which have come within my own knowledge. One man feared to face matrimony on account of his fiancee's extravagance, another quaint ly confessed a horror of bis wife's cooking and domestic gifts generally, a third defendant was afraid to wed because a distant relative of bis lady love bad died In an asylum, and so on. But, whatever the cause, you may take t&y word for It that the men who are downright afraid to take wives are le gion." Chicago Tribune. A Sara glen. When a young man talks about the business of "our firm" In a pitch of voice that can be beard from one end of a street car to the other It is a sure sign that hlg wages have been raised to $0 a week. The Prlie Winner. Naggsby How did the contest in op timism result last night T Waggsby Oaggster won the prize by laughing most heartily at one of bis own Jokes. Baltimore American. Versatile. Hobson How Is your brother doing at college T Dobsori Fine. He's singing first tenor and playing second base. Indl auaiylls Journal. We would make fewer bulls in this life If we had not so many wrong steers. Baltimore American. Careful. "Bridget, can I trust you with the china?" "Sure ye can, ma'am. Ol'll save ev ery piece." Life. ' MISSING WORtiS.' """" "i Aaaortaa; Dana la Ensllafc fcaafaagt That Caaao laooaTealaneca. The English language may fairly claim to be the most prolific In the world. Not content with Its native riches, It possesses In a special degree the faculty of assimilating everything useful from other tongues, ancient and modern. It ought Indeed to be the most perfect vehicle of thought In the world, and In some respects no doubt tt Is. But curiously enough, there are de ficiencies in English not to be found In far less copious languages. While In many cases we have half a dozen words expressing the same or prac tically the same thing, there are, on the other hand, certain Ideas that have no appropriate words to express them. In the words denoting relationship some notable gaps are found. The most glaring Instance Is the want of a word to distinguish between a male and female cousin. Other languages, such as French and Italian, have a sep arate word for each, but in English some addition or explanation Is re quired in order to make It clear which sex Is Intended. Curious gaps occnr here and there in our language if we look Into it The word "show" expresses the Idea of making to see, but there is no word for making to hear a phonograph, for ex ample. "I took the phonograph to my friend and"- What? "Got him to listen to it" would probably be the in elegant finish to the sentence. On the other hand, "audience" means those who hear and applies very well to those present In a lecture hall or con cert room. But what of those who see a cricket match, for instance? "Spec tators" Is the nearest word, but It does not correspond exactly to "audience." There Is one deficiency in the Ian guage so awkward and Irritating that even at this late hour It ought to be made good. Need It be said that refer ence is made to Indiscriminate use of the personal pronoun to denote cither the person speaking or the person spoken of? This may not be a defect peculiar to English, but It Is one from which the ancient classical tongues are entirely free. "He said he had offered him money, which he had declined," would be quite comprehensible either in Greek or Lat In, but in English it necessitates a num ber of bracketed explanations which are positively annoying and destructive of grace and fluency. London An swers. THE GENTLEMAN BURGLAR. Re Caa Exlat Onlr la Fiction, Never In Real Life. Whenever a thief who is dressed oth erwise than in rags fails into the po lice net there are chronicled the adven tures of a "gentleman burglar." Such a being Is, of course, Impossi ble. He is a literary creation, like the "Invisible Man," the Frankenstein monster, Kipling's Mowgli and the rest of the crew of prodigies that dwell within book covers. As a character in fiction the "gentle man burglar" could be made plausible and picturesque, for when we get Into the realm of fancy there is an implied contract that the reader shall accept the author's premises and not bother about possibilities. A burglar is Just a thief about the meanest of thieves. To a man endowed with qualities of refinement and consideration of oth ers and honor which are the attri butes of a gentleman burglary or other theft is impossible. The pride of such a man, his regard for his own opinion of himself, would prevent his sneak ing Into another man's house and tak ing his plate or his wife's Jewelry. Then it must be remembered that the burglar Is prepared to do murder to accomplish bis robberies, and the Idea of a trcntleninn committing murder for guin is to6TScbnslstent even tor no tion. A "gentleman burglar" la a contra diction of terms, like a brave coward or a tall pygmy. He may be better dressed or bis booty may be larger than that of most burglars, but when It is all summed np he Is a thief Just a plain thief with the moral code and impulses or a pickpocket or a card swindler or any other predatory crea ture whose natural home is a prison and whose deserved and fitting rai ment is a suit of stripes. New York American. NATIVE PLATINUM. The "Noble" Metal Extracted Front Thla Peculiar Subitanee. On the slopes of the Ural mountains and in Brazil, California, Australia, Canada and many other countries a pe culiar Bubstance known as native plati num is found. This Is an alloy of the metals platinum, palladium, Iridium, osmium, rhodium and ruthenium, to gether with a little gold and iron. All of these except the last mentioned are the "noble" metals. They do not tar nish in the air and are not soluble In any single acid. The most plentiful metal occurring In native platinum Is that from which It takes Its name. This metal is of a grayish color and with one exception Is the heaviest sub stance known. Its fusing point i ex tremely high, and this property, to gether with Its freedom from tarnish ing, causes it to be largely used for the manufacture of crucibles and other vessels required by scientists to stand a very high temperature. It is also sometimes used as a substitute for gold in photography, and when deposited In a thin film on the interior of the tubes of telescopes it forms a dead black surface, which prevents the light from being reflected by the polished sides. Palladium Is of a lustrous white color. It is the most easily fused of the metals found In platinum ore, and can even be volatilized, a curious quality which this metal possesses is that when heated to redness it is porous to hydrogen gas, allowing It to pass through somewhat In the same manner that blotting paper permits the passage of water. The silvery white color of palladium and its freedom from tarnishing render it useful for making scales and division marks on scientific instruments. A mixture of this metal with mercury is sometimes used for filling teeth. Osmium Is a metal which possesses two remarkable properties it is the most refractory of the metals, resisting fusion at the most intense heat, and it is also the heaviest substance known, being twenty-two and a half times heavier than water. Together with Iridium, It oc curs principally In a peculiar variety of native platinum called osmirldlum. This mineral differs from ordinary platinum ore In that It contains a larger proportion of osmium and Irid ium than platinum. Osmirldlum is found in small particles, varying in weight from one-sixth to one-third of a grain. These particles are extremely hard and are used for pointing non wearing pens. Metallic iridium possesses a white steel-like appearance. The knife edges of delicate balances and other bearings which require extreme hardness are often made of It An alloy of 10 per cent iridium and 00 per cent platinum has been found to be very Utile affected in volume by changes of temperature and is the substance of which the standard meter kept in the internation al metric bureau at Paris Is made. Rhodium and ruthenium are metals of little practical use. The former occurs In platinum ore to the extent of S to 8 j per cent, ine latter is round only in osmirldlum and averages about 5 per cent of that mineral. The metal which ranks next to platinum In price Is zir conium, which occurs in hyacinth and some other rare minerals. Uranium is remarkable for its high atomic weight hpnvtogf iriyTrn rhnmhers' Jour- AND IDLEWILDE ADDITION TO HOOD RIVER. Centrally; Located. Fine View. Pure Spring Water. STREETS ARE NOW BEING GRADED, Sidewalks will be Put in when Grading is Completed ' Property is in the first sewerage system that will be put in by the town of Hood River. Several fine buildings will be erected on the property during the summer. Special Inducements to Peo ple who wish to Build. For full particulars call upon PRATHER INVESTMENT CO., Or GEORGE D. CULBERTSON & CO. J. F. Batchelder and R. R. Erwin, Trustees. TRY A WANT AD. If you want to buy anything, or have anything to sell, try the effect iveness of a Want Ad in the (1LA ' CI Kit. A six-line ad will cost you ONLY 25c A MONTH HAVE m 0.000 Worth of Land for Sale Cheap, or Trade. Also, HORSES, CATTE, WAGONS,' MILLS AND WATER. The Valley Improvement company have contracted for about all the water they can furnish without enlarging the flume, to sell land to the amount of $00,000. This will be a bargain in lands, and will hold good for 30 days and then will le taken This sale will include the Barrett Ranch, the best farm in Hood River valley. Four thousand fruit trees; free water for a part of it; contains 180 acres; worth $20,000, but will sell in a lump for $1(5,000 uh. Or we will sell in .", 10, l." and 20 acre lots to suit the purchaser. This is a fine bargain at only $16,000 Also, the famous ranch known as the old E. L. Smith place, near the Frankton school house. This place contains l."i0 acres, with several fine cold springs on the place, and nearly enough water to irrigate the entire land. Only '2 miles from town, with the Frank ton school on the place, one of the lest schools in the valley. This place will be sold in small lots and will all be gone inside of ten days, for $15,000 Next conies the old Van Johnson plaiv, and this will 1h included in this bargain sale. Worth $4,000, but for the cash it will go for 11.000. This place con tains -10 acres. J." in clover and timothy, ."00 bearing apple trees, house ami barn, nicy wood shed, cold spring at the door, "ood cellar, small hay bam, all the water nHded for the place from a private ditch from Ditch creek. You can not afford to miss this at $3,000 Also, ten acres from the southeast corner of the old Sipma place, all cleared and settled to clover and tim othy. Plenty of water for irrigating the entire place, free Well worth the price $2,000 Another 1G0 acres on Raid mountain, for 2,000 Twelve hundred acres 4 miles from town, worth ten dollars per acre. We will sell for 8,000 3,300 ncres up around Parker Town. This land will be sold off in 80 and 1G0 acre lots for about five dollars jer acre, or the whole tract for about..$15,000 M. M. Davenport has 13 acres for sale cheap. He will also sell his house and lot, with 8 acres, cheap. We are not offering this land chenp because we are hard up, but to help out the Valley Improvement Co. The ileitis to this land are in the name of the Davenport Bros., hence there will Ikmio commission. All the lands selected by them for choice hay lands, as well as apples and straw lierriec, all having fni water more or less. These places In order to enlarge the flume the Davenport Bros. haveMecided off the market. So you will "have to hurry" if you want some of it. are the oldest places taken in Hood River, and are also the best, as all of them have good cold springs on them. We also have eight or ten large teams that we wilUell in the next thirty days, including harness andj wagons. Eighty head of cattle in good condition; two complete saw mills. Do not think because we are offering to sell that we are going out of business, for none of this property is included in our lumber business. The Davenport Bros. Lumber Co. is incorporated for $."o.ooo, fully paid up. Their large mill is now cutting 4o,ooo feet per day, and included in this, besides their mill, is the water flume, timber, planing mill, lumber, etc. We are sure that this property will le sold inside of 3o days to men living right here in the val ley, as the men know the bargains there are in it, and we are als su re they will not let the outside take up these snaps. Call on Frank Davendort, in the old bank building, and look over the plat of the above lands.