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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1906)
.,, .... ........ , L r? HOOD RIVER GLACIER, THUKfiDAY, MARCH 8, 1906 1. 1 RUNNING THE GANTLET. This Panlabment Was Once Ueed For Military DtsclpIIn. Tlie following extracts give Informa tion concerning the punishment of Tunning the gantlet:" "la running the gantlope the regi ment was formed six deep, and the ranks opened nnd faced Inward. Each man being furnished with a switch, the offender, naked to tho waist, was led through the ranks, preceded by a ser geant, the point of whose reversed liai- bert was presented to his breast to pre vent bis running too fast As bo thus passed through the ranks every soldier gave blni a stroke."-Grose's "Military AntiQuiUos," volume 2, page 108. But the oldest notice I have seen Is given In "Monro-IIls Expedition With the Worthy Scots Ueglment (called Mackcyes lteKlrnent), Levied In Au gust; 1C20, Etc. Loudon. Printed by William Jones In Itcd-Crosse Strecte, 1637:" "Other slight puuishments we eu Joyne for slight faults, put In execu tion by their enmarades, as the Ioupe nrthe (running the gnntletj Swedish gantv.lopp, to run through a hedge mado by soldiers), when a souldier is stripped naked above the waste and Is made to rnnne a furlong betwixt 200 souldiers ranged allko opposite to oth ers, leaving a space In the midst for the souldier to runne through, where his camarades whip him with small rods ordained and cut for the purpose by the Gavllllger (provost marshal), and all to koepe good order and disci pline." London Notes and Queries. WEDDING SPEECHES. Soma That Were Not In the l'aaal Conventional Style. A wedding In New York at which tin bridesmaids were representative of six nationalities and each felicitated the bride In the language of lier own coun try was an odd affair, but probnbly not so well received as tho Bpeech of s young Englishman who was called tip on to propose the toast, "The Brides maids." Apprised of his ordeal In ad vance, be had devised an escape, and with the single statement that silence was golden be brought from bis pocket a set of gold bangles, which he bestow ed upon the attendants of the bride. At a wedding feast at Dol, In Nor mandy, the demand for a Bpeech result ed In the production of a guitar, upon which the speaker accompanied himself while be chanted the praises of the bride. Und he stopped there all would have been well, but he changed to a praise of his store, and the guests threw him out of the house. Doubtless a similar fato should have befallen the sharpshooter who wrote the name of the bride upon the wall with pistol bullets, to the serious dam age of the wall paper. Almost as odd was tho performance of a German mu sic ball performer, who, when called upon for entertainment, mounted the tablo upon his hands and balanced him self upon glasses, cups and other fur nishing. I'onur Blondera. A fuuious sculpture group reccutly exhibited In Glasgow represents Adam and Eve after they had left Edea Eve, In despair, lies at Adam's feet Through a mistake an Intelligent at tendant plucnrded It with this descrip tion: "Motherless." At the same exhi bition was a sleeping nymph, by a well known sculptor, which by another mis take appeared In the catalogue as "Mrs. ," greatly to the horror of Glasgow. A Sunday school boy recently gave this account of tho prophet Elijah "Elijah, the prophet, was carried Into heaven by a whirlwind, and the chil dren stood up and cried: 'Go up, thou baldheadt Coup, thou baldhead!' And before he went up he divided the Bed sea." He Saw the Joke, "One day," says an American, "I walked into a bookshop In the Strand and asked for Hare's 'Walks In Lor don.' In America tho book Is sold In ono thick volume. The clerk brought It in two. 'Oh,' I said as 1 looked at them, 'you part your "Hare" In the middle, do you?' 'I, sir?' he said, with a bewildered look. 'Oh, no, sir!' I saw he didn't see the Joko, so I didn't ex plain, but bought the books and went away. A week later I went to the same shop. As soon ns the clerk saw me he rushed from the back of the shop, laughing vociferously. 'Good 1 he shout' ed. 'Oapltall Part your "Hare" In the mlddlel That's capital, sir, capltair"- London Tit-Bits. ttve'a Grammar. "I wish I dared to ask you some thing, Miss Helen," said Tercy, with trembling voice and wabbling chin. "Why don't yon dare to ask It?" the maiden said demurely. "Because I can see 'No' In your eyes." "In both of themr T-yes." "Well, don't you-don't you know two negatives are equivalent to an How dare you, sir? Take your arm from around my waist lnstantlyr But ho didn't. A Qoeatlon. "You'll let mo come to your wedding, dear, of course?" "Well, I can't promise. My people are so enraged at my choice that I hardly know whether I shall be allow ed to go myself." A Dyer. He Do you think blonds have more admirers than brunettes? She I don't Snow. You might ask Miss Turner, he has hud experience In both capaci ties New Yorker. SIMON MAGUS. If we are not willing to work and Buffer for the sake of our love, wo have not the artist soul within us. He Knew. "You are sure that man cheated?" "Yes, sir," answered Three Finger Bsra. "Ho held four sees." "But that Is not conclusive evidence." "It was in this case. I knew where the regular aces was myself." Wash ington Star. Sadden. "Now," said the professor, describing the work of bis class to Miss Elderber ry, "we are engaged" "Oh, are we? How sudden!" was her reply as she snuggled up. Houston feet, . . A SELFISH MAN. f-he Legend From Which Waa Barn the Story of Faant. Almost every renowned man of an tlmiltv in t)i middle nces was believed to be attended by a spiritus fumlllarls j and not a few were suspected of being in direct league with the devil. Proba bly the oldest legend of which tlie Faust legend Is a continuous thread ll that of Simon Magus, mentioned In the history of the apostles. According to Justin, he was a native of Gitton, a village In Samaria. He was, no doubt, a man of great Intellec tual powers. He was tlie father of the school of the Gnostics. It Is also re ported of him Unit lie could make him self invisible, that he could pass through Haines unharmed, could trans pose matter, make gold and exorcise demons In fact, lie laid claim to all these powers, and his name lived In the mouths of the people as a sort of demi urge through many centuries until some other miracle working personality took bis place at the popular fireside. Un usual accomplishments, great erudi tion, were attributed to the supernatu ral Influence and the general disposi tion to superstitious assumption was strengthened on tho one hand by dog matic affirmation on the part of the church of the existence of a personal Satan, with his numerous household, and, on the other hand, by Ineorporafr Ing the magic arts among tho practical sciences, of which astrology and al chemy occupied no mean part. THE ODD LITTLE GECKO. A ttaeer Animal That Live la Africa and Southern Europe. The gecko Is an odd little creature. His name is seldom heard, and hit form Is seldom seen, for he lives Id Africa and the southern countries of Europe. Tills little gecko has so many strange ways nnd there Is something so un canny In his appearance that the peo ple of the countries where he lives are rather afraid of him, believing bis bite to be poisonous, although this Is de nled by naturalists. He is a little creature, with a broad, fiat bead, like a snake, and a long body, with a narrow tail, with odd shaped bits of skin arranged like scal lops along the sides of It. He baa short legs and queer, catlike claws, which enable him to easily climb the old walls and rocks up an which be lives, catching tho Insects of various sorts which make bis dinner. He is a nocturnal animal, walking abroad at night and sleeping In the daytime. He moves with sudden rushes and without any noise what ever. His odd nnine wus given him from the queer noise be makes, which Is something like the noise you would make to start a horse with. The male gecko Is of a gray color, so near the shade of the old walls and rocks among which he makes his home that ho can barely be seen. Chliieee Children. The education of their children Is a mutter of no small Interest to the af foctlonato Chinese mothers. They wnteh the little one from the day he Is born, to note superstitions signs. Let him cry lustily, and he will llvo long, say tho old grannies. If he teeths or walks too soon he will grow up un lovable In disposition. At first the lit tle Chinese are not very attractive ob jects, presenting rather a scaly appear ance, due to the custom of not wash ing them lest they catch cold. A month after bis birth tho boy's head Is shaved. A great feast Is prepared and celebrat ed, tlie child now receiving his "milk name." When bo enters school his name Is changed, ns It Is once more when ho receives bis degree. Pilgrim. Millionaire's Poor Stomach. The worn-out stomach of the over-fed millionaire is often imraded 111 tlie put)' lie tirints as a horrible example of the evils attendant on the possesion of great wealth. But millionaires are not the onlv ones alllictcd with hud stomachs. The proportion is far greater among the toilers, iyspepsia and Indigestion are ampant among these people, aim tney miffer far worse tortures than the mil lionaire unlit!-" they Avail tliemselvej of a standard medicine like Green's An trust Flower, which has been a favorite household remedy lor all stomach trnn iles for ovi r thirty live years. Amtust I' lower roll-el the torpid liver, thus cre I'imt apatite and insuring perfect di- estion. It tones ami viiuiixub me mi i-vHtem nnd makci life worth l'vini! id mutter what your rtation. Trial mil ties, 25c; regular site, 75c, For sale ny J. . Clarke, druggist. The best safeguard against headache. eontipiiiioii and liver troubles is IV iViit's Little Karly Risers. Keep a visl it these ruinous little pills I it tlie house iiid take a dose at bed lime when you eel that the stomach and bowels neeil lennsing. They don't gripe. Sold by Williams' l'liiirinuey. Offices and Rooms. The very best for rent In Smith Block 500 T EL KG HA PI IK US NEEDED. Lkakx Tklkgkapiiy AM) Kailuoad Accounting. The activtlvly in railroad construct ion throughout the noitliwest has created a large demand for telegraph operators. We teach TKI.KGUAPHY, TUOU Ol'GI.Y, Q U 1 C K L Y and secure ponitinns for our graduates. Kai.aky (75 to H0 run month tuition FKK LOW, For terms and paitlculura, w rite, PAC1 F1C TKl.KttWAl'H I nstitctk, I'OKTI.ANK, OkKIION. 4, scientino Amencat if agency lor & riutiTa r i TRADE MARKS, OE8ICN PATENTS 'rnv COrMRIOHTa, etc. for mtnrmatloQ and free nenrrboofc write to MI NN IX)., ikil IIkkaiiwat, Nitw York. Oliltttl Imrmu furepcurttu patent In America Kvery pAtout tnken out lif w U brought before the public l a not loa given tree ol charge In Ui ricntific amctiflm Lanreet aorld. elrenlatlnn of art? aelentlfle paper In the HulattJlillv llluatraxft.1. No Intellteeut man ahould be without it. Weekly, S3. 00 year: 9I.M) all monttie. Addrena MUNM A CO, VuauruuamKl Uroauwar. Kan fork. Ihe Frarer He Addreaaea te fate Throne of Merer. The following example of a quaint und selfish prayer does not come from the liturgy; It Is from "Glimpses of Ancient Hackr.ey:" "() I-orcl, thon knowest that I have nine estates In the city of Loudon and likewise that 1 have lately purchased an estate in fee simple In the county of Essex. I be seech theo to preserve the two coun ties of Middlesex and Essex from firs and earthquake, and, as I have a mortgage In Hertfordshire, I beg of thee likewise to have an eye of com passion on that county, and for the rest of the counties thou mayest deal with them as thou art pleased. 0 Lord, enable the bank to answer ail their bills and make all my debtors good men. Give prosperous voyage and return to the Mermaid sloop, be cause I have insured It, and, as thou hast said the days of the wicked are but short, I trust In thee that thou wilt not forget thy promise, as I have purchased an estate In reversion which will be mine on the death of that profligate young man, Sir J. L. Keep my friends from sinking and preserve me from thieves and housebreakers and make all my servants so honest and faithful that tbey may attend to my Interest and never cheat me out of my property night or day." THE CHINESE MOTHER. he la Steaufaat In A Heel Ion For Hel Children. The Chinese mother Is very fond of her children. Hlie Is happy In their company nnd spends much time car ing for them. In a Chinese family the birth of a child is a greater event than with other orientals. Long before tlie child is born the mother performs rites and ceremonies to propitiate the gods that her child may be a boy. After birth the little fellow Is wrapped In old rags and In winter Is sometimes put In a bag of sand sewed close around Its neck to keep the little one warm. Great rejoicing follows the birth If the child Is a boy; otherwise thero is an air of chastened disap pointment But good Chinese parents make the best of tbelr little lassies, becoming very fond and even proud of them. I have known more than one Chinese father to exhibit his toddling wee girl for approval, though always With the customary national verba! deprecation of what belongs to one. Indeed, this evidence of excessive courtesy ipny be found everywhere In this strange I md. it Is good form to vilify what Is mine and laud what is thine. ".My gojJ for nothing family are all still tro-.lug the earth with their presenco. How Is your bouor able funiilyr-Fllgrlm. MUMMIES. lame That Do Not Come From the Tomba of the Baal. Many persons who have an Interest In archaeology will be surprised to know that all the mummies to be seen In museums have not been taken from faraway tombs In Egypt or other east, em lands. Well preserved mummies hnvo occasionally been taken from the ruins of tlie cliff dwellers In the moun tain canyons of Arizona and lu New Mexico and southern California. These mummies, though very poor specimens of the mummifying art, are considered great treasures by scientists, because they give the anthropologist a vague Idea of the strange people who had the earliest civilization on the American continent. The best of them are al most entirely Ignorant of who the Aztecs and Toltecs 'were, how they looked and lived and why they bnve been so entirely obliterated from the face of the earth. Tho reason for this Ignorance Is found in the fact that no satisfactory remains of the dead Aztecs have been found. These people were crematlonlsts, and they probably burled household effects with the dead, leaving little or nothing for tbe scientist to build a theory upon. Frequently a party of explorers In the valleys of Arizona will come upon scal ed Jars of burned bono dust Flowera In the Shade. It Is not unusual to hear a com plaint that one's yard has no sun, and therefore flowers cannot be raised, Dut there are a large number of flow ers that prefer shade to sunshine In summer. The begonia Is of this class, Those who have north walls or fences may have great beauty durlug the sum mer by setting out the different kinds of begonias. Even the gloxinia, tho at'bimenes and similar hotlioiiso plants bloom splendidly i(hroiighout tbe sum mer season when grown on the north side of walls. Keaael'a Recipe For Health, Meeting me in a bitter east wind one day in Piccadilly on his way to church, Keppel asked how Mr. Gladstone was. I told him he was very 111. "Ah," he aald, "he Is overnurscd. If he would do as I do, climb up eighty steps, have a cold bath every day nnd sleep with his window always open, he would nev er be lll."-Momolr of (Sir IJenry Kep pel. Foot la It Aaala, Mr. ISrakes Who is that sour looking dame over thereT Mr. Grubblns-Slr, she bas the misfortune to be my wife. Mr. Brakes Oh ah-er Indeed, sir, the misfortune Is er all yours, I'm sure 1 Cleveland Leader. Peaalble te AIL She (philosophically) Do you think it is easy to dlcT He (commonplace) Well, a lot of very stupid people have managed to do It. Difficulties strengthen the mind a labor does the body. Seneca. Indigestion is much of a habit. Don't get tbe habit. Take a little Kodol Dys pepsia Cure after eating and you will quit belching, puffing, palpitating and downing, kodol digests what you eat and makes the stomach sweet. Sold by Williams' Pharmacy. YY1I Stay in Hood River. The remedy that makes you eat, sleep and grow strong, called Palmo Tablets, will he sold regularly by Will : Pharmacy, Hood River. These : at nerve and constitution builders cost only ftOc per box, six boxes 12 .VI Phone Jackson's f reamed Salmon Pudding. O- -CBOICE EESIDENCE LOTS FOR SALE IN- iverview Park AND idle wildc Additions Easy Grades, Tine View and Good Water AISO MANUFACTURING SITES FRONTING ON 0 R. & N. TRACK WIlH DEVLOPEU WATER POWER Cheap lots for buildi g Small Houses near Flour Mill fRUIT LAND FOR SALE IN TRACTS TO SUIT HOOD RIVER DEVELOPMENT CO. Office next to Waucoma Hotel HOOD RIVER CSC 0 30 C 3j OC 9 0 DRUGS Patent Medicines Stationery Photographers' Supplies Toilet Articles Shaving Outfits Soaps P-rushes Powders (Tooth and Toilet) Combs Stock Foods Syringes Trusses . Pipes and Cigars Paints and Oils The above lit represents only a small part of ihe lines we carry, and if you don't see what you want in the list, come in nnd tell us about it. We can fit you out and will guarantee that the price will suit you. Clarke, THE Druggist n R. D. GOULD, PLUMBilMG Steam and Hot Water Heating All jobbing promptly attended to. PASHIOU STABLE ..Livery, Feed and Draying.. STRANAHANS & RATHBUN. Hood River, Ore. 1 1 ii r-t-H Ismglit, sold or exchanged. 1'leaatii'o parties can secure lirst -class rigs. Sp cial attention given to moving furniture and panoi. We do everything horses can do. - 3 1 Ca FRUIT TREES Nice lot of Yellow Newtowns, Spltzeiiberg, Baldwin, Mam moth IMack Twig, Jonathan, Rome Beauty, Lawver, etc. ' 'so large line of general nursery stock. Send for catalog i nd price list. Breeders of Shorthorn Cattle and Berk ;ire Hogs; nil stock registered. PACIFIC NURSERY CO. TANGENT t t t t OREGON Mill i nery Announcement e are now ready to show you the latest crea ations in Millinery. 2va2tae. ABBOTT Hunts Paint s Wall Papier Go. Have added a complete line of PAINTS, OILS, VARNISH FS and BRUSHES. HEATH & MILLiGAN MIXED PAINTS. 'ur slock of paper includes latest designs in Blanks, (Jibs and high Grades, From 10c up. A full stock of room molding, Picture rail, Plate rail and a small line of novelties in Framed Pictures. CALCIMO, the latest thing in room tinting, mixed to order. Pa inting,I'aper hanging, Sign work etc. Phone G71 , First and Oak Streets. S. J. FRANK Dta'er !n Harness Sc Saddle of All Repairing Promptly AttenJeJ to HOOD RIVER OREOON . - . . ... .1' 'if'1 " II I . -.ttjnai&'i&,-il.l. 3 EVERY YEAR 1 c3 In t:.o land famous for Its tremendous crops of Hard Winter Wheat, Sugar Beets and Alfalfa SOUTHERN ALBERTA, CAtlAD WHERE THE GREATEST IRRIGATION PROJECT on the American Continent today is being constructed by th a CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY 4 Tha enormotn undertaking by trie Canadian Pacific Raiilwajr will eventually place "under ditch" a million and half acre of land and will lake vean yet to complete. It ii without doubt the world'a greatert irrigated propoaition ever undertaken by any government, corpor ation or pertou. The fun lection of tha great project a now placed on tlie market for the nt time, and we have now ready for the farmer Over 100,000. Acres of the beat irrigated land in the world, lying immediately north ol tha MAIN LINE OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY st Cleichen and extending back ten nilet in a tolid block. THE CANADIAN PACIFIC P1ILWAY will forever maintain the canals and laterals at a nominal cost of 5o cents per acre per annum. I i IRRIGATION IS PRACTICAL CROP No Floods ; No Drought J. J. HILL IN A RECENT KiW TWnK WTCTVitW, sPESKmB OF innliun wur. -tnnmai.un, uraminixn sna cs-sssrstiaa. ;ra;r'y snd tirtmi oobs yes sss ads Is Dm pspulstlss o! ssotlss sns p 'cs stn ns tsnier wits s urm f zoo seres. ' 'ii nur csn sssl'y protlutt as mush trer tOO aorss as bs (in from (03 acrss. Ons tf th fot'ust FERTILIZERS known ts flu AN IDEAL COUNTRY for DIVERSIFIED FARMING j We havo soma aHasfrsa aroas at flsa-nrlaakla bHias which ars severer! wild a tenci'd srswtlt cf frau ana carftct far ircilng tana's, which ws wHI il In i ijnsil.n with Ins lrr!pts Isra. This will msks as Isoal tsmti iwtlas el lrrlts!cd trd rcn-lrr1:ttd lend for tsrnrina end stsck rsiU-n. As there are eeir?mlviry few ol tlwK c.nh!nst.en farms, II wHI bs well tor you ta make a ssleel on at enaa. 'ij Ample hotel accomodation! at Cleichen will provide vou coniiort, and we will fura ih trenn and di.wj to how you ever the dart, free cf ejpenac. Upon epp lira' ion to iccTMyred, rtetimi that you want to inmect tha Una. we wifl furnish you with a certificate enabling you to buy a ticket over the Canadian Pacific RaJway tinea from any point at i which yu h to tart to Glekhcn and return, at a rate of one cent a m le from the Eaitem and Southern pomu reached by the Canadian Pacific Pailway, and i rale of one fare f ,r the round trip fijm poind an the main line West of Calgary to the ceaat. ' These Undt will be placed on talc at merely nominal pricei, our ohject b:ing to establish a great agricultural community rather than to ar!l theae lands at rhea real value, ?' Sot aa juilged by their crop producuoa r the price of irrigated landi eUewheie. The termi of ile will be one-quarter caah and the balance in fm . equal annual iaatallmenti at 0 per cent internet Thtt land will be aold ta tract of 60 acres and aa much mere aa you deaira. Remember, first come, rat choice. ! Far further aarrlcalara and for certlfloate of low railroad rata, writ 100,000 I ASRES 1 jffsf " f "i"mi"1 mmm,','i 3 jtr,3.-wi.i.' 4i .iaa-.-a Sraiinrrif naitwiS' Jk lamTanaafcaiirtaae j $18.00 to $25.00 I :; Per Acre INSURANCE IM s I II ret, beeaaes It N ts 1 1 under Ms central tha B -1 i I tut WRIMTON WHh RAINFALL tha werid Is WATTS. Canadian Pacific Iitii ' fa uiiUl CALGA"? '-LSERM, CANADA. olonizaiy Co., Ltd. fir i yfafc.1'.' J-W.- jry- a- --r- --T-'V'Ti-bav aaaAaaaaaahHllvi I I