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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-09
Mixing the Fees.

An amusing incident has just come to
light anent the recent marriage of a
prominent young railroad man to an
up town belle. AS is usual on such oc-
casions, the arrangements, including
the financial end of the transaction in
hearts, were left to the best man, him
self a well known club man and u
cricketer of local repute. The story
that Is now going the rounds, and which
is creating considerable merriment,
deals wholly with the part played by
the latter young manly some unac-
countable. contretemps the youth in
question delivered to the organist the
magnificent sum of $50, while the shock
headed youngster who supplied the
wind for the instrument was gladdened
by the gift of $40.
When it came to the clergyman, how
ever, the lavish expenditure previously
made had SO depleted the nuptial funds
that only So remained. With unblush-
ing effrontery and perfect sang froid
the best man rendered the two plunks
to the dominic, whose feelings can bet
ter be imagined than described.
The organist says the wedding was
the most brilliant of the season, while
the shock headed boy who supplied the
wind characterizes it as "hot stuff - 1t
would be interesting to know what the
clergyman who tied the knot thinks
about it.-Philadelphia Record.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-09
Taking a Nan While STANDING.

Janitor Eastman of the new school
house in Perryville, Auburn, says that
while the pupils were at play in the
yard one day he looked out of the win
dow and saw number of them gather
ed around little girl. Their actions
indicated alarm, and he went out to see
what the trouble was. He found the
child to be sound asleep while yet stand
ing upon her feet. Janitor Eastman
took the girl in his arms and carried
her into one of the teachers private
rooms and fixed up bed and pillow
for her out of shawls and various kinds
of wraps. Here she remained for over
an hour, sleeping as soundly and as
peacefully as though in her more COM
Portable bed at home. After her nap
she appeared refreshed and was eager
for play again.-Lewiston Journal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-09
Concerning Pronunciation.

An Englishman who has been visit
ing in Chicago says it is very amusing
to listen to the American ridicule of
Englishmen for pronouncing Cholmon-
deley "Chumley, Beauchamp Beech
am," etc. I'm England" he declares,
you will find, as a rule, that people
pronounce Massachusetts 'Ma-satch-
azettes.' Absurd? OF course it is, but
how are you going to tell? The rule by
which it is pronounced Massachusetts,
is purely arbitrary. The most curious
of all your mispronounciations are per-
haps the adopted French names. How
in the name of the eternal fitness of
things do you get 500 Saint Mary out
of Sault Ste. Marie? Terry Hut for
Terre Haute is just little worse. 1t is
unaccountable, too, how you came to
call Prairie du Chen Prairie doc
Sheen OF course you have right to
arrange your own pronunciation, but
give US the same liberty. We at least
have the excuse that our names are 10
or Is centuries old and have had oppor-
tunity to grow naturally corrupted in
the lapse of time. ."-Chlcago Standard.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-09
RECENT BRIGAND OUTRAGES.
Bold and Brutal Robbers In the Caucas1
Rob and HI Treat a Good Man.

Bold and Brutal Robbers In the Caucasus
Rob and Ill Treat a Good Man.
Brigands in the Caucasus are becom-
ing bolder than ever before. Extraor-
binary stories OF their recent outrages
are coming to hand. The following is
typical instance:
The other day band of "a men, with
pack horse and ammunition, ap-
preached the village of Zaturoff in the
Baku naphtha region. They met four
peasants and asked where the richest
man lived. The first peasant refused to
say and was Immediately cut down.
The second, declining to give any infor-
nation, was stabbed. The other two
led the brigands to the house of be-
nevolent wealthy man, Hadshi Hus-
seln. The latter hesitated to say where
his money was kept, but dagger driv-
en- through the muscles of his ght arm
and left there induced him to lead the
robbers to his safe, where they found
10, 200 rubles in gold and valuables
worth an equal amount. Hadshi Hus-
sein was afterward decapitated.
His housekeeper wore gold earrings,
which attracted the attention of the
murderers. In moment her ears were
cut from her head. She sprang to the
door, but was stabbed. Her cries had
alarmed the villagers, who opened
fusillade upon the robbers. The latter
made desperate sortie, regained their
horses and made good their retreat
leaving four dead victims. All efforts
have failed to unearth the band Mos
cow Letter.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-09
The Miners Lamp.

In many respects the miners electric
handlamp meets the requirements of
mining work infinitely better than the
old safety lamp, but it has radical
fault, which must be overcome if it is
to be kept in use. The thrush of mine
gas to the working galleries is often SO
sudden that the miner has no idea of its
presence, and the only means he has Of
discovering it is the combustion that
goes on within the netting of his safety
lamp. AS a matter of fact, an electric
lamp will give a splendid light while
its too confding owner is being smoth-
cred. What is wanted is an electric
lamp fitted with an appliance that will
automatically give warning of the pres
ence of either black damp or fire damp
without the making of any special OBJ
Until this is done the use of
the electric lamp in mines will be at
tended with anything but safety.-Chi-
cago Record.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-09
SOME FAMOUS DWARFS,
One That Was Served In a Pie and Passed
as Talking Cat,

1
One of the most celebrated of little
men was Jeffrey Hudson, who figures
in Sir Walter Scott's ''Peveril of the
Peak" His history has been SO often
written as to bear but brief mention.
A whimsical mite was ne, presented by
| the Duchess OF Buckingham to Queen
Henrietta Maria, the wife of Charles 1,
served up in cold pie, and many were
the pranks in which he took a part.
For instance, there was the party of tat
tie baskets, as they were vulgarly term
ed, sitting down to enjoy the cup that
cheers and a dish of gossip at the same
time, while Butterkin, the cat, sat
gravely by.
The meal over, one guest offered puss
bit of cheese, and was almost paralyzed
to have that animal speak up and say,
"Butterkin can help himself when he
is hungry" and then make off down
stairs, leaving the old crones with up
lifted hands, in wild confusion, shout
ing at their hostess, "a witch, witch,
with her talking catl'' while it might
have gone very hard with the poor
woman had it not soon been found that
wag, for joke, had killed and fayed
her pet grimalkin and dressed wee JEFF
frey in its skin.
When knighted by the king, Hudson
assumed many high and mighty airs,
although he was the butt as we'll as the
amusement of the court; was once al
most drowned in basin of water, and
would have been blown into the Thames
tt,f fr,- r1, l. @1,n@ I:
Lord Minimus (as he was dubbed) real
ly had his doughty adventures; was sent
on diplomatic missions; fell into. the
hands of Turkish pirate, who carried
him off a prisoner to Barbary, and final
ly distinguished himself by shooting a
Mr.. Crofts in a duel, that gentleman
having at first come to answer the small
mans challenge armed only with syr-
inge filled with water.
A contemporary of Jeffrey was Rich
ard Gibson, an artistic lilliputian, who
studied under Sir Peter Lely, painted
very creditable historical pieces and
miniature portraits and taught draw
ing to the royal Princesses Mary and
Elizabeth, who were afterward queens
of England. He was appointed in his
youth page of the back stairs, and was
married to Anne Shepherd, another
court dwarf exactly his own height,
having a most brilliant wedding, King
Charles giving away the bride, while
the queen presented her with diamond
ring, and Edmund Waller. the poet to
their majesties. composed poem on the
event. This diminutive pair, 8 feet 10
inches high, passed a long and happy
life together, and had nine children, five
of whom grew to maturity and were
full ordinary size.-Harper's Young
People.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-09
-.
TUBERCULOSIS,
Calculated to Cause One-seventh of the
Total Human Mortality


DR.. Anderson, the medical officer of
health of Dundee, delivered an inter-
esting address recently, with view of
quickening public interest on the i'm
portant topic of tuberculosis. After re-
ferring to the history of our knowledge
)f the specific germ and of the manner
II its propagation, he mentioned the
fact that tuberculosis had been calcu-
lated to cause one-seventh of the total
mortality of the human race. It was
remarkable that, Notwithstanding this
important fact, little practical interest
had been taken in the matter by the
state, local authorities or individuals.
An assumed theory of its unavoidable
nature seemed to lie at the root of this
baneful fatalism. DR.. Anderson main
tanned that all tubercle bacilli were
derived from predecessors of the same
character, and pointed out the facility
with which this bacillus adhered to
moist surfaces and propagated itself un-
der insanitary conditions such as pre-
vailed in the overcrowded houses of the
poor.
He also mentioned the opinion, held
by psychologists, that the expired
breath of those suffering from the dis
ease was comparatively innocuous, while
their sputum swarmed with bacilli and
on evaporation and desiccation was apt
to become fruitful source of infection.
Hence the paramount necessity for a
systematic destruction of the sputum.
d1s1nfection of apartments occupied by
those suffering from tuberculosis, and
disinfection or destruction of articles of
clothing likely to retain the germ.
Referring to the large mortality from
tuberculose disease, Dr. Anderson men
toned, as an instance of public apathy
in the matter of its prevention, the fact
that very few people applied for disin-
fection of material after death from this
cause in comparison with the number
of those who took such precautions in
the case of the various fevers. Passing
to the subject of the disease in cattle,
he pointed out the large mortality
among these animals from this cause,
and also the relation of milk supply to
infant mortality from tuberculosis.
The proportion of deaths from this
cause in children under years of age
in Dundee was found to be 1 in
II. All these facts pointed to the ne
cessity for the householder to safe
guard his own interests. DR.. Anderson
concluded his instructive address by
in detail the preventive and
measures necessary to Sc
cure the highest possible immunity from
the scourge.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-09
CAPTURED BY MooNsHINERs.
Two Drummers Have Experience In
the Mountains OF Kentucky.

Two Drummers Have Experience In
the Mountains OF Kentucky.
Two dru1nmers, Alf Hill of Chicago
and Tom johnson of Baltimore. decided
to take few days off and go fishing on
the Cumberland river near Harlan.
Things went smoothly while there. The
natives were hospitable and kind. But
they were not so fortunate on their re-
turn trip, as they missed the road and
became lost in the mountains. While
wandering hopelessly about they ran
into body of mountaineers. They
were promptly arrested, and after con-
ference on the part of the mountain
people they were blindfolded
After what seemed to them an all
days tramp the blinds We're suddenly
removed, and they found themselves in
cave Lighted by lamps. About 20
rough men and women surrounded
them. They were asked many ques-
tions about their business, and after
they succeeded in showing they were
not revenue officers the attitude Of their
captors changed A meal of their best
was set before them. After this the
fiddle and banjo were brought out, and
the light fantastic" was indulged in,
for several hours. The dru1amers were
then blindfolded again and led from the
cave. After what seemed to them an
endless march the blinds We're again re-
moved, and they were told that they
were on the main road. They were
also told that the fate of the informer
was death-to go and never return.
In the cave were several small stills
with capacity Of several barrels a
week. The cave had several depart |
ments for sleeping. AS to where the
cave is located Hill and johnson have |
not the remotest idea.-Louisville Cou-
rier-J ournal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-09
MRS. BENT'S TRAVELS.
She Accompanies Her Husband In His !

| She Accompanies Her Husband In His Ex-
| ploratiOns-An Abyssinian Adventure.
| The woman traveller is becoming ev-
! cry year less of a novelty. Recently
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Bent. pair of
interchangeable English globe trotters, :"
started for south Arabia to continue the
explorations they have been making in
various countries. They began their
work ip 1884 by digging along the
shores of Greece. The next year they
went through the 90 Cyclades isles and
carried a good many objects back to
the British museum. During her first
visit to Greece Mrs. Bent was unac-
quainted with the language, and the
people pronounced her nice, very nice,
but dumb. Three years later she re-
visited them, and, much to their sur
prise, conversed fuently. In 1885 they
visited Thasos, an Egyptian island, and
the next year sailed along the coast of
Lycia. In 1889, wishing to go still
farther afield, they started for Bahrein,
on the Persian gulf, thence going across
Persia and over the Caucasus, attended
by special escort from the shah.
On all these expeditions Mrs. Bent
''roughed it, like the rest. A tent was
her only shelter, and she slept in ham
mock. The scarcity of water was the
greatest privation, for in some places
the supply had to be so carefully hus-
banded that baths were an impossible
luxury, and even tea was sometimes
impracticable.
The most dangerous expedition made
by Mr.. and Mrs. Bent was to Mashona-.
land. They started in January, 1891,
reached the ruins of Zimbabwe in June
and retraced their steps through path
less country via Beira, reaching Eng
land in January, 1898. They immedi-
ately returned to Abyssinia, where the
natives became SO fond of them that
they would not allow them to leave.
This was an uncomfortable sort of pop
ularity, and after the travellers had
been twice defeated in attempts to get
away the situation became decidedly
unpleasant.
Hearing that troops were pouring in
and that there was a prospect of serl-
GUS fighting, Mr.. Bent said that they
must make strong effort to escape.
Mrs. Bent is an ardent photographer
and was at the time engaged in develop
ing some negatives she had made of the
Abyss1nian women around her. She
finished her photographs first, and then,
watching for favorable opportunity,
the little party mounted mules, and as
sisted by an Italian officer and 400 sol
diers who had been sent to rescue them
managed to escape from their devoted
Abyssinian friends.
Mrs. Bent brought away the negatives
she had persisted in finishing, and these
show the costume of an Abyssinian
woman to consist of two garments-a
pair of trousers fitting tightly around
the ankles, and long, loose overdress
lavishly worked round the neck and
down the t>pering sleeves, which are
SO tiny at the ends that one can hardly
imagine how a woman's hand could
get through the cuffs.-New York Sun.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-09
Curious Snecimeua.

This curious specimen of orthography
was displayed on house in street in
Marylebone: "The Mangelling Traid re-
moved hear from the Strete round the
Cornir. Threhapense Duzzen. N. B.
New Milk and Creme Sould Hear.
Warentidd Fresh and not Stall evry
Mornin."
A dealer in ice thus attracted public
attention to his cold commodity:
Icei Icei Ice!
If you want it pure and n
And at reasonable pr
Follow no new dev ice
But send to me in tr
At my off
Chambers Journal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-09
The Athens of the South.

And now comes the Memphis Com
mercial proclaiming that Memphis is
the Athens of the SOUTH" 1t is lit
tie late in filing its claim, but we trust
that it will be duly considered. There
is not a city or town in the whole
southern country, scarcely a village or
hamlet, that can boast of high school,
an academy, college or university,
a reading club or literary society,
that does not boast of being the Athens
of the south. - Meanwhile Knoxville
south. ."-Knoxville Tribune.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-09
Lady Carlisle Afflicted.

1t is matter of sincere regret that
by Carlisle should have Joined her
end and coworker in the cause of
hperance reform, Miss Frances Will
ii, in at least semi-invalidism. The
|mer is now suffering from an affec-
b of the heart, aggravated by over
|rk and physical strain, and has been
emptorily ordered an indefinite rest.
Exchange.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-09
Paderewski's Endurance,

M. Paderewski, the night before re-
cital in London, practiced all night, or,
at least, until $50 a. m. The morn
ing after the recital he went to Chelten-
ham, where he played the same after
noon before densely packed audience.
He exhibited no fatigue.-New York
Sun.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-09
Abuse of Responsibility.

Stuart-Why didn't you manifest a
little patriotism by going to the polls
and casting your vote?
Farrasee-Well, | understand that
the respectable element stays at home
on election day. and dislike to do any
thing which might reflect ON my respect
ability. - Raymond , lonthly.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-09
A PRELUDE.

A PRELUDE.
In youth, beside the lonely sea,
Voices and visions came to me.
Titania and her furtive broods
Were my familiars in the woods.
From every flower that broke in flame
Some half articulate whisper came.
In every wind l felt the stir
OF some celestial messenger.
Later, amid the city's din
And toll and wealth and want and sin,
They followed me from street to street,
The dreams that made my boyhood sweet;
AS in the silence haunted glen.
So mid the crowded ways of men.
Strange lights my errant fancy led,
Strange watchers sat beside my bed.
Ill fortune had no shafts for me
In this aerial company.
Now one by one the visions fly,
And one by one the voices die.
More distantly the accents ring,
More frequent the receding wing.
Full dark shall be the days in store,
Thomas Bailey Aldrich in Scribner's.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-09

Borax is an excellent washing pow
der. The women of Belgium and Hol-
land are noted for their snowy linen.
They attain this desired result by the
use OF borax-a handful to 10 gallons of
water.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-09
!A co.S srep.

SO you' vent aed proposed to her,
in spite CT my w,arningss'
Yep.
'Aad the rrs;llt?'
The arsvsr got was 50 chilling
that | fell So, ,rii dagre, III lIy own
estimation. : in.lianlnnIis .Innrnal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-14
Prosperity Under Queens.

From London Tit-Bits.
1t is a singular fact that the reign
of every queen of modern times has
been attended by wonderful adj
vancement in the material, politi-
cal, literary and even military pro-
gress of her country. The reign of
Catharine the Great, Of Russia, wit
messed the widest extension of the
Russian Empire that had been
known up to her time, and the
greater part of theRussianConquests
were accomplished during the
time of the other Russian empress
es. The reign Of Maria Theresa
was a period Of prosperity for Aus
tria-Hungary, in spite Of the Seven
Years War; while the reigns OF
Elizabeth and Anne in English
history were ages of glory in letters,
arts and war, and that of Mary
might have been but for the I'M
lucky foreign alliance she formed
with Philip of Spain. Great
Britain has never seen such an age
as that of Victoria.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-14
For sale by all Druggists.
He Was Not Promoted.

From the Ratiborischer Anzeiger
A damsel in Ratibor, over head
and ears in love with a private in
the battalion stationed in that
town, felt aggrieved at the circum-
stance that the man of her choice
wore no stripes on his collar. Ac-
cordingly on March IA she sat
down and wrote petition to the
Emperor in due form, asking him
to promote Musketeer u, of the
18th Company of the Sd Upper Sile-
sian Regiment, to Corporal. And as
she intended to walk out with her
lover during the Easter holidays,
she requested his Majesty to pro-
aceed with due dispatch, so that the
gallant linesman should get his
stripes before Faster. From Ber-
lin the letter was forwarded to the
general headquarters at Breslau,
and thence to the battalion, "for
the young lady's infOrmation.'
The information vouchsafed tC
the fair petitioner must
have greatly surprised her
The document was nothing more
or less than copy of the soldiers
list of punishments.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-14
Notes.

The Universalist church in Mans
field, Mass, has called a young wo-
man preacher to its pastoral charge,
but will not announce her name
until she is ready to assume her
duties in June.
While engraving a wedding invi-
tation a New York artist made a
curious blunder. The invitation
read thus: "Mr. and Mrs. J. have
the pleasure to request your pres
ents at the marriage of their
daughter" 8 q. $50 =, .: ~. r.. ; 1---::;
Queen Victoria has presented
Herr Voigt, the bandmaster of her
Prussian Dragon Guards, with
gold case, set with brilliants, and
has given 5000 marks for distribu-
ton among the men of the squad
ron.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-14
A SMALL GOLD MINE.

400 sacres of fine land, plenty water,
good improvement, large outside range,
good field, healthy, high and leveleS, for
$1,000.
Two elegant large lots,S. Laredo street,
for $1,000.
A large plot of ground, on good bust
ness street, first class place for gin, store,
camp yard and business on Laredo street,
worth 1000, will sell for $1,000.
Here's a chance for a speculation 1,2OO
acres of land, as fine as you ever laid your
eyes upon, right up to the city line at
$40 90 per acre. Put an arteSian well on
it, and make it irrigable, and it will sell
like "bot cakes" at $3.50 to 500, per acre
in 10 to 20 acre tracks. Ponder over this
well before saying "No."
Houses, in all parts of the city, lots
everywhere aad bargains for every body.
Come and see me.
j. A. DAUGHERTY,
104 East Commerce ST., LIGHT Building.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-14

With good granite-ware chatting
dishes as low as $50, 81 and So,
according to size, there is no reas-
on why many housekeepers should
not use them. more for summer
cookery. A hot dish for breakfast,
luncheon or tea may be prepared
over them without cooking ones
self, and while seated at a low
table. The one precaution always
to be taken is to set the dish on a
tray sufficiently large to prevent
any accident from the alcohol
lamp.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-14
AUcr1oN-oLp Hoss SALE.

r For sale, at public auction, at O'Connor
& cos. EOS East Houston Street. Tuesday,
June 26, 1894, at 10 a. m, for account
whom it may concern: One BARRIERS
outfit, consigned to w. L. Sears, to salts
fly freight and storage charges due the
G. II. Il S. A. Ry. The outfit is on exhi-
bition at our store.
O'CONNOR e. Co.,
5 &c I'm c. B. CLAVIER. Auctioneer.