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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
Indoor Bicycle Riding.

Nowadays every one wants to ride a
bicycle, but many do not attempt it be-
cause they dread the ordeal of learning.
In the first place they dislike the idea Of
abrasions and bruises, and in the second
they can hardly bring themselves to the
sacrifice of dignity which the founder
ings of the beginner usually entail
They need no longer hesitate The BIZ
cycle can now be learned indoors, safe
from prying eyes and without fear Of
falls. A new appliance designed for this
purpose consists Of small fywheel
covered with rubber and two side wheels
fitted with simple arrangement by
means of which it can be adjusted to
any kind of cycle in two minutes. Its
great advantage is that the rider expe-
riences the same m omentum as in a spin
on hard road, while the machine
either remains stationary or moves so
slowly that in traversing Is feet the
same amount of exercise is obtained as
in mile of ordinary travelling.
Practice can thus be carried on in a
hall or roorS, and riders can gauge the
rate of speed their exertions would have
given them on the highway. For begin
ners, children and invalids needing phys
ical exercise this invention is specially
adapted, as it stands perfectly steady
and enables the difficulties of mounting
and dismounting to be thoroughly over
come without danger of falls or bruises.
The appliance is collapsible, weighs Is
pounds and can be easily carried in the
hand
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
a Floral defective of Long Axo.

.
In early times the Dutch farmers Of
the up river farms Of New York had an
ingenious way Of recovering pocket
knives that might have been dropped or
mislaid while plowing or gardening was
going on. Cutlery was not as cheap then
and abundant as in disc days; SO the
farmers took the thrifty precaution of
keeping two or three sunfiower seeds in
their knife handles. Then if the knives
fell upon broken ground and could not
be readily found, the owners would wait
until the seeds sprouted, and an isolated
sunfower stalk or blossom in field or
patch would signalize the possibility of
a missing articles being at its root.
True, the owner did not always realize
the result of the scheme, because pass
ing boy who understood the token often
"got there" before the planter.
York Tribune.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
a sma11 Bow. Good Memor,.

One of the dentists of this city has a
precocious child of about summers.
The bright little fellow keeps his father
and mother wide awake during the
whole day by his wit and .keenness.
When the child was about years of age,
his parents visited Niagara falls. Baby
went along The other day friend OF
the family was ate the house, and she
spoke of Niagara. The 4-year-old quick
ly spoke up that he had been there. His
mother told him that he certainly corld
not remember it, but the child said that
he could. His mother asking him what
it looked like, Johnnie replied, "It
looks like great big ocean going awful
fast. Albany Journal
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
THE STORY OF A BEAR.
The Truth Came Ont In Spite Of tho Ss5
Paid to Suppress It.

The Truth Came Ont In Spite Of the ee5
Paid to Suppress It.
There used to be some good hunting
up in Maine, about Rangeley lake, said
Mr.. T. L. Page. "a house that I man.
aged in the little village of Phillips was
the headquarters of lot of Nimrods,
who came up every season after big
game. Of all the ardent sportsmen, two
New Yorkers, chums and partners in
business, Messrs. Buckley and Webb,
were the keenest lovers Of the chase.
They were very successful hunters, too,
and generally carried off the palm both
as to quality and quantity of game.
Zone season, however, they met with
very poor luck, and after spending about
week in camp, with nothing to show
for their labors, started to come to
town, with the intention of going home.
On their way in they overlook coun-
tryman driving a farm wagon, in the
bed of which lay one of the handsomest
specimens of black bear that the New
Workers had ever laid eyes on. The rus
tic stopped his team to let the city stran-
gers admire his big take. Suddenly a
What would you be willing to sell your
bear for?' said he to the farmer.
Well, the state gives bounty Of
$40 for every bear, and I reckon if you II
give me SO more you can have him.
Buckley gave the old man his price,
with SIS additional, first exacting from
him solemn promise that he would
never breathe syllable of the transac-
tion to any one. Then he and Webb rode
ahead, and on reaching the hotel told in
most enthusiastic style how they had
killed the biggest black bear that had
ever came out of the Maine woods
They entered into details of the shoot
ing, and every guest of the house was on
the qui vive for look at bruin, that
was coming on little later. He was
such heavy beast that the mighty
hunters were forced to hire an old farm
er to bring him in town in a wagon.
Pretty soon the wagon hove in sight and
a big crowd gathered at the hotel en-
trance to see him unloaded. Exclama-
tions of delight were heard on every
side, and Buckley and Webb were the
heroes of the hour.
"Down in the little village Of Phil
lips Old Sol Mayberry, with bigger
wad Of cash in his pocket than he had
possessed for a long time, was getting
very drunk on the proceeds Of his sale,
and after the third or fourth round of
drinks he couldn't resist telling how, on
that very morning, he had caught in a
trap the finest bear he'd ever beheld,
and how he had sold him to two chaps
from the city. The facts leaked out in
less than an hour, and the conspirators
were forced to own that Old Sol had
spoken the truth. Their bill for cham
pagne that day was in three figures. -
Washington Post.
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BOTH PAPERS WERE USEFUL.

The Fortunate Result Of q Tennessee Jus.
tice Mixing His Documents.
Bill Wright was Justice Of the
peace, and also an absentminded man,
whose wife was as able an orator as
Xantippe.
Bill used to serve all his processes
himself and to save time would sign the
marriage certificates in blank and deliv-
er a number to the parson.
One day Bill had process to serve
away up in the mountains on semibar-
barous recluse, who was sued for dam
ages for some disdeeds, and Bill thought
Gates to the parson.
So, sticking both packages Of papers in
the same pocket, he mounted his horse
and rode off.
Reaching the minister's, he stopped
and chatted awhile, and, after deliver
ing his papers, he started off again and
took the road to the mountains.
The parson had wedding that day,
one Of the parties being notorious horse
thief from an adjoining county. When
the ceremony was over, the parson Sc
lected certificate from the bundle and
unrolled it sufficiently tosign his name.
On handing it to the man the latter
opened it, and his eye grew wild as he
read instead of marriage certificate a
warrant Of arrest, signed by both the
justice Of the peace and by the parson.
He feared some trap, SO surrendered
himself to custody.
When the Justice reached the noun
tain side, he took out the paper to read
it and Immediately saw its nature, but,
maintaining his self possession, he re-
cited the form of summons, which he
fortunately remembered.
He then returned and found the horse
thief in Jail and went and saw the par
son, remarking, with his own matri-
monial felicity in mind, that both pa
pers had unintentionally served the ends
of Justice. University Courier.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
The Quarter Came Baclr.

Excuse me, sir,'' said a Woodward
avenue car conductor to a passenger rid
ing on the platform with him the other
morning, "but can you change quar-
ter?''
SIS it plugged quarter?" cautiously
asked the passenger.
eyes, sir; plugged in two places"
"Get it about week ago?'
eyes, sir. -
From mef''
"Yes, sir"
"No, I can't change it. Icarried that
old coin around about three months and
offered it to at least 80 conductors be-
fore You took it, and having finally
worked it off can It take it back. IF
you want to borrow two tens and five,
all right. but can't take plugged quar-
ters-can't possibly do it. even to
oblige "-Detroit Fiee Press
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
NAPoLEoN,s ORIENTAL DREAMS.
He Longed to Follow In the Footsteps of
Alexander the Great.

He LOnRe0 TO FOLLOW IN Cne FOOts6epS OI
Alexander the Great.
Bonaparte was child of the Mediter-
ranean. The light of its sparkling wa
ters was ever in his eyes, and the fasci-
nation of its ancient civilizations was
never absent from his dreams Of glory.
His proclamations ring with classic al
lusions; his festivals were adorned with
classic ceremony. In infancy he had
known of Genoa, the tyrant of his is
land, as strong in the splendid CONNER
cial enterprises which stretched east
ward through the Levant and beyond
into the farther orient. In childhood he
had fed his imagination on the histories
of Alexander the Great and his conquest
of oriental empires. In youth he had
thought to find an open door for his am
bition when all others seemed closed by
taking service with England to share
the renown of those who were building
up her eastern empire. Disappointed in
this, he turned with the same lack of
success to Russia, already England's RI
val on the continent of Asia
1t is perfectly comprehensive that
throughout his early manhood his mind
should have occasionally reverted to the
same ideals. The conqueror of Italy and
Austria might hope to realize them.
Was he not master of the two great
maritime commonwealths which had
once shared all eastern trade between
them? England's intrusion upon the
Mediterranean basin was never ceasing
irritation to all the Latin powers. Her
commercial prosperity and her mastery
Of the seas aggravated the evaporation
of France as threatening even her equai-
ty in their ancient rivalry. From the
days of the first crusade all Frenchmen
had felt that leadership in the recon-
struction of Asia belonged to them by
virtue of preoccupation. Ardent repub-
licans, moreover, saw Frances mission
incomplete in the iberalizing Of the
continent, and the department Of marine
under the directory stamped its paper
with the motto, Liberty of the Seas. "
Imaginative forces, the revolution
ary system and the national ambition
all combined to create ubiquitous en-
thusiasm for the conquest Of the Med
iterranean. To this the temperament
and training of Bonaparte were as the
spark to the tinder. It was with willing
ears that the directory heard his first
suggestions about the Venetian isles and
subsequently his plans for the capture
of Malta, which was to be followed by
death blow to England s supremacy in
the seizure of Egypt and the dismem-
berment of Turkey.-W. M. Sloane's
Life of Napoleon" in Century.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
Wood Paving.

A nonslipping wood pavement has
been recently devised which is claimed
to be simple, inexpensive and efficient.
It consists in preparing the wooden
blocks before they are laid by boring a
few holes in them and filing the same
with hard setting substance composed
of crushed stone, bitumen and Portland
cement. The compound is cleared of
even with the surface, and when they
are laid the roadway is thus covered
with series Of rough spots which ar
rest the foot of the horse in all condi-
tions of weather, and prevent the ami
NAL from slipping. Wood paving is ex-
tensively used in England and France.
Northeastern Lumberman.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
SMALL BEa1Ns1Nas

Make great eudings sometimes. Ailments that
we are apt to consider trtvial often grow.
through neglect; into atroctous mAiadies, dam
gerous In themselves and productive of Others.
Il is the disregard Of the earlier indications Of
i'll health which leads to the establishment OF
all sorts of maiadies on chronic basis. More.
over, there are certain disorders incident to the
season, such as malaria and rheumatism,
the system after exposure to the conditions
which produce them. Cold, damp and miasma
are surely counteracted by Hostetter's stomach
Bitters After you have incurred risk from
these Influences, a wineglassful or two of Hos.
letters Stomach Bitters directly afterward
should be swallowed. For malaria, dyspepsia,
liver complaint, kidney and bladder trouble
nervousness and debility it is the most de.
seryedly popular of remedies and preventiyes
A wineglassiul before meals promotes appetite
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
A SPIDER FARM.
A Sirup Bother Has Recruited the Spider
Against His Foes With Success.

A Sirup Bott1er Has Recruited the Spider
Against His Foes With Success.
A sirup bother has improved upon the
prison lesson of Bruce. He has taken
the spider into partnership in the work
ing Of one Of his most important depart
ments. Flies, cockroaches and other in
sects, attracted by his sweets, and en-
couraged by the genial atmosphere of
his bottling room, used to interfere with
his work, get into his bottles, steal his
goods and IVORY him to death. He
has recruited the spider against his foes
and vanquished them. Some 5000 spi-
ders now make their home on the ceiling
and walls of his bottling department.
Their webs are everywhere, and they be-
have themselves with great intelligence.
Said the bother to an interviewer /:
ssThese creatures know more than a
great many people. Spiders do not care
for sweet things, and never drop into
my watts or get into my bottles. never
disturb them except to feed them occa-
sionally. They appear to know my call,
and will come out and feed from my
hand, or take fly from my finger.
tThey shut themselves up during
most of the winter months in the little
nests you see stuck like daubs of mud
about the ceiling. When winter comes,
I brush away the webs. They prefer to
weave new ones every spring.
Each May they reappear ready to
unravel the silken fabric that is stored
in their little bodies. It is just about
then that the flies have Matched their
first young. If the spiders appear earlier,
the crop of flies would soon give out.
ST have been only running this spider
farm for two years, but I find my little
partners indispensable. They will not
endure in the place single fly or insect
that is plunderer of sweets and sir
ups "-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
HUMAN SUFFERING.
Nine-tsnths Of II Il Useless and Could Be
Avoided

Nfne-tenths Of ft Il Useless and Could Be
Avoided.
Go through crowd Of people, pre-
ferably city people; examine the tired,
anxious, wasted faces; remember your
life and the lives of the men whom You
have known intimately; recall the vio-
lent deaths, the suicides of which you
have heard, and ask yourself the reason
of all this death, suffering and despair.
And you will see, however strange it
may appear, that the cause of nine-tenths
of human suffering is the present life Of
the world; that this suffering is useless; !;
that it could be avoided, and that the
majority of men are martyrs to worldly
ideas.
Recently on rainy Sunday crossed
the market near the tower of Soukharev
in street car. For third of mile the
car made its way through dense crowd
that closed in again behind u.s. From
morning till evening these thousands of
men, most Of them hungry and in rags,
jostle each other in the mud, dispute,
deceive and hate each other. The same
thing goes on in the markets of Moscow
and other cities These men will pass
their evenings in the wine shops and
afterward will seek their holes and cor
ners. Sunday is their best day. Monday
they begin again their accursed exist
ence.
Think of the existence Of these men,
Of the situation which they abandon
and Of that which they choose. Consider
the labor to which they give themselves,
and you will see that they are martyrs.
All have left their fields, their houses,
their fathers and brothers, often their
wives and children. They have renounc-
ed everything and come to the city in
order to acquire that which the world
considers necessary. All Of them are
there, from the operative, the coachman
and the seamstress to the wealthy mer-
chant, the Office holder and the wives of
all Of them, to say nothing Of the tens
Of thousands of unfortunates who have
lost everything and live on scraps and
brandy in the free lodging houses Go
through this crowd; watch poor and
rich alike; look for a man who says
that he is satisfied and believes that he
possesses what the world deems necessa-
~. You will not find one in q thousand.
Count Tolstoi.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
Why He wanted It Printed.

Compositors are supposed to be able te
decipher all kinds Of handwriting, ever
that Of editors and ministers. On this
point Mr.. Robert Clark, the Edinburgh
printer, used to tell story:
Professor Lindsay Alexander came
into our Office one Friday with the man.
uscript Of sermon.
.'You must let me have proofs Of this
tomorrow" he said.
told him the time was too short. He
must give us few days longer.
"No," he said. 81 must preach this
sermon tomorrow. It is special ser.
mon. I wrote it ten years ago, and now
I can't make out word Of it. -
Youth Companion.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
Perfection of the Bicycle,

The mechanical strength Of cycle
needs little comment when a 80 inch
wheel weighing 30 ounces sustains with
out permanent distortion the weight Of
four men standing on its side, with sup
ports at four points only under the rim
and nothing under the hub. A cycle
weighing less than nine pounds will
carry a man weighing 100 to I75
pounds, and even "a pound machine
carries greater load with safety than
any other vehicle.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

By local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infiamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets infiamed you have
arumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
E0-Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
Altogether Too Honest.

Hotel Clerk-That lawyer stopping
with us is the most honest man I ever
heard of.
Landlord-Why2
Clerk-He sits up In a chair and
sleeps at night.
Landlord-What' that got to do with
it?
Clerk-He says after his days work
is over he doesn't think he ought to lie
in bed.-Detroit Free Press.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
The First Safety Lamp.

The first claim as an inventor Of q
safety lamp for use in mines was made
by DR.. Clanny of Newcastle, who, in
1918, contrived a ponderous and compi-
Gated machine, requiring boy to work
it. This apparatus never became popu-
lar. 1t was found to be too unwieldy.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15

Aliens-that is, unnaturalized for
eigners residing in this country-are
found only in the north and are mostly
Canadians, who come to this country for
working season and return to their
homes in Canada to remain during the
rest of the year.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
How to Keep Lemons Fresh.

It is not generally known that lemons
may be easily and almost indefinitely
preserved under glass. Some, one year,
were purchased on the Fourth of July,
and, by way of experiment, each one
was put under an inverted goblet. Thus
kept from the air, they were finally re-
moved, on Christmas day, in perfect
condition and as juicy as ever.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15

Edward-Isn't Dick going off in his
writings?
Forest haven't noticed it.
Edward-It seems to me he has lost
that exquisite deicacy-of touch he used
to have
Forrest (ruefully)-By Jovel You
wouldn't think so if you had seen him
work me for ten this morning.
Rochelle Life,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
NEW WAY EAsT-No DUST.

Go East from Portland, Pendleton, Walla
Walla via o. r. & N. to Spokane and Great
Northern Railway to Montana, Dakotas, st.
Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago, Omaha, St
Louis, East and South. Rock ballast track
fine scenery; new equipment; Great North
ern Palace Sleepers and Diners; Family
Tourist Cars; Buffet Library Cars. Write
G. G. Donovan. General Agent, Portland,
St. Paul, Mimi. for printed matter and in, in,
formation about rates. routes, etc.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
Division of tho Sexes.

One of the most remarkable churches
is to be found at Prudential, in the
Black Forest. It is built on such plan
that the men arc unable to see the wom-
en-, and vice versa, for it is composed of
two wings, which meet at an angle
where the pulpit stands. The right wing
is allotted to men, and the left one to
the women Of the congregation. Berlin
Letter.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
Heathen and Heathen.

Home Heathen-Ten me, now, what
is the greatest difficulty that your for
Foreign Missionary-Keeping our con-
verts from learning that we have SO
many heathen in the home churches.
New York Tribune
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15

"Say," said the city editor, sit seems
TO me that this expression of yours about
showing a clean pair of heels is not just
the thing in report of bicycle race :"
"An right, answered the lazy re-
porter. Just stick in a W. and make
it clean pair of wheels Cincinnati
Tribune
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15

The highest temperature ever known
in London was recorded July 10, 1881,
So. degrees; at Paris, 104, on Aug. 20,
1865; at Adelaide, Australia, January,
1841, ia; at Mourzuk, India, July 10,
1872, 133.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
RAalisfic.

Critic-Has that painting Of yours,
"At Work in the Fields, !" received any
favorable comments?
Artist-A rather seedy looking man
stopped to look at it today, and he said
it made him tired.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
Right He Was.

"Now," began the orator, "in con.
sidering the money question, let us avoid
false issues. -
Fright you air." shouted Mr.. Fall
wheat. st thort was buyin $S, 900 OF
'em once, and it turned out to be saw
dust ''-Indianapolis Journal
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptahle to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale In Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KY. REw Y0Rx. nv
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15

The Housatonic in Connecticut was
called by the Indians Wussiadenex, the
"stream beyond the mountains. |"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15

Bromine was discovered By Ballass
Of Montpelier in 1896.