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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-05-30
Her STRANGE PRISON.
Where Cincinnati Man Found His WI
After . Burglary.

Where Cincinnati Man Found His wi1s
After . Burglary.
The construction of city fats is such
that it seems as if fat thieves ought to
be able to obtain almost unlimited plum
der with impunity. But they are for
ever getting caught, and most Of them
are the lowest grades of sneak thieves.
Anything like originality in their
methods is rare, SO the experience Of the
head of a modest west side fiat is re-
markable. He arrived home from bust
ness about 6 clock and at once observed
indications that somethin unusual had
been going on.
It was evident that thief had been
around, and that he had gone away
without taking much, if anything, with
him unless it was the residents wife,
for she was nowhere to be found. The
husband presumed that she had gone to
notify the police, SO he sat down and
waited, but after an hour or two he be-
came anxious and inquired of the neigh
bors.
They had heard or seen nothing either
of thief or wife. Then there was trou-
BILE. The husband hurried to the near
est police station. His wife hadn't been
there, and general alarm was sent out
for patrolmen to watch for her, while
two detectives returned to the house
and helped push inquiries.
The kitchen and dining room looked
as If the wife had been interrupted in
her work, but there was no other sign
of her. The detectives looked very wise,
asked many questions that seemed inn
pudent to the distracted husband, made
some notes and went away.
The husband was in bad state Of
mind, but not SO upset that he didn't
presently realize that he needed food.
Rather than go to restaurant he went
to his refrigerator to see what there
might be to eat. He opened the door,
and there, curled up in the ice chamber,
was his wife. She wasn't hurt. She
hadn't even tainted.
She was simply asleep, somewhat
stupefied with the close air and cramp-
ed in every joint, but otherwise in good
condition and glad to get out. She ex-
planned that she caught thief at work,
and that he clapped her into the refrig-
in she could do nothing There was no
inner handle to the door. She cried
aloud, and finding no response just
waited to be discovered, dreading all
the while that her wedding spoons had
been taken. They were not, though.
They had been placed, with other vaIu-
ables, in the center of the dining room
table for carrying off, and the incident
ended happily. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-05-30
NOT A TENDERFoOT.
An Impromptu Dance at Which Jim
Dupree Was Master.

An Impromptu Dance at Which Jim
Dupree Was Master.
One day lot of rustlers and all
around thieves and cutthroats rode into
mining town in Arizona and proceed
ed to have fun. They rode up and
down the main street firing right and
left until they scared everybody indoors.
Then they went into the principal saloon
of the place for liquor. Jim Dupree
happened to be in the saloon at the time
and, as usual, had no gun with him.
Those fellows caught sight of him, and
as he was the freshest looking.duck they
had seen for many day, they started
in to have fun with him. The leader
of the gang was a rufian called Long
Haired Pete. As soon as he saw Dupree
he pulled his gun and sent a bullet
through the floor right between Jim S
feet.
''Give us dance and be - lively
about it, shouted Pete, while his gang
gathered around to see the fun.
Jim got up without word and start
ed in to dancing a regular old Kentucky
breakdown. Those fellows thought he
was scared almost to death. He danced
around in circle, and as he came in
front of the leader of the gang his foot
suddenly shot up and caught Long
Haired Pete squarly under the chin
The ruffian measured his length on the
floor.
Quick as flash Jim leaped forward
and snatched the two pistols carried by
the leader of the gang. Then, with a
smile as innocent as that of a boy he
covered the gang and told them all to
dance.
They hesitated for a moment. Then
Jim sent bullet through the toe of
Pete's boot, and another through the
hat of Lon Spivey, member of the
gang. They danced then, and at the
first sign of let-up Jim would shoot
a button off some mans coat or clip off
a lock of long hair with bullet.
Without taking his eyes off the gang,
Jim told the barkeeper to send out and
get all the boys to come in and see the
fun. They all came quickly enough,
and Jim kept that gang of outlaws there
dancing until some of them dropped to
the floor exhausted.
Then he made every man of them
hand over his gun to the barkeeper,
after which he ordered drinks for the
crowd. When the fun was over he told
Pete to take his gang and get out of the
Territory as fast as possible and never
come back. That gang rode out of
town the sickest- looking lot of tough
men I ever saw, and that was the last
ever seen of them in that part of the
country.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-05-30
New Way of Dressing the Hair.
The banged girl is transformed.


All the girls are wearing those cum
ming little side combs which hold in
place the unruly tangles of their fluffy
front locks. Above the combs the hair
lies sleek and smooth as a demure
Madonna's; below their restraint the
fuzzy ends stick out as if in rebellion
at their tutelage. And the girl will
look at you with big, wise eyes and say
with that little Mark Twain drawl they
all affect nowadays: ''It takes SO long
for it to grow out again
Even SO. The Madonna can become
the banged girl in an hour, but to be-
come Madonna again is a task of
months. You become whole-haired
again "while you wait" SO to speak
Wherefore I should counsel deliberation
and much weighing of the pros and cons
before becoming banged girl again.
Meanwhile, though, there are the
combs.
The little side combs are meant to be
but temporary, and it may not be in
the best of taste to decorate them, but
1 have seen them blazing with gems.
A better place for these is the big back
comb, which may be shell, with gold
panels, or all gold, or may produce the
effect of a tiara of diamonds.
delphia Times.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-05-30
An Actors Mistake.

An amusing story was told some
years ago of E. A. Sothern, a famous
wit and actor. Upon certain even
ing he was invited to two entertain
ments, one for children, and the other
a reception for grown people. Fond of
children, Sothern decided to go to the
party given for the little ones, and
thinking it would be great joke to
go into the parlor on all fours and roar
ing like bear, he did so much to the
amusement of the guests and his own
subsequent unhappiness, for once in the
middle of the room he looked up and
saw that he had made a mistake in the
house, and had played for the grown
people and not for the children. -Har-
per's Young People.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-05-30
STAY IN THE COUNTRY.

An Overplus of Girls in Many of the
Large Cities of the Union.
The constant influx of girls from the
country into our large cities brings with
it portentous dangers and evils. Dream.
ing of an easy time, good wages, a bet
ter wardrobe and more congenial COM
panions; dazzled with the vision of city
amusements, and hoping perhaps to
find a manageable partner and settle
down into comfortable city home,
thousands leave the farm or village and
flock to the metropolis. Here many of
them confront situation far different
from that which they imagined in ad-
vance of their actual experience of city
life. The wages they get are meager;
their lodgings are far from comfort
able; they have no home life; they face
new temptations and trials, and their
life becomes one of hardship and trou-
BILE. In the store, factory, shop or Of
flee they are beset with danger and an
noyance, while all about them are pit
falls spread for unwary feet. Some
of them, with unusual aptitudes for
stenography, typewriting and kindred
occupation or with fine executive gifts,
make their way to the top and secure
first-class posts; but a great multitude
struggle and almost starve ON So OF Sc
week. This latter class are not able
to save any money; a weeks illness
brings them into debt, and month
without employment renders them OBJ
jects of charity. How much better
would it be for most of them to stay at
home, help in the household or accept
such work as might be available on the
farm or in the village. Our large Cit
les now contain thousands of girls in
sorry plight, either without employ
ment or struggling for bread girls
who might have remained in comfort
at home, Or who could have found work
of some sort in country town to sup
port them, with less cost of strength,
nerve power and vital force-to say
nothing of the dangers which now be-
set them in the city. What kindness
it would be to thousands who are heed
lessly planning to rush cityward tto
find something to do" could per-
suaive word reach them and say:
Better stay at home. ''-Philadelphi
Times.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-05-30
OUR IRON ORES.
Quantity. Quality and Variety Abund-
ant-CapitaI Wanted to Utilize It.

Quantity, Quality and Variety Abund-
! ant-CapftaI Wanted to Utilize It.
We have made frequent mention Of
our iron ores, and the business which
would follow the investment of a sum
of money sufficient to manufacture these
ores into the common trade, the Post
Intelligencer says:
! 1t has been matter Of surprise to
many who are familiar with the re-
sources of this country why the number
of iron furnaces projected on this coast
failed to materialize, and it is equally
matter of regret to those who project
ed the enterprises that they failed to
accomplish results, through no fault OF
their own. The making of iron and
steel by modern process requires the
| Investment of a large amount OF capl-
tal-an amount extending into the
millions-and it also requires great
skill in manufacture and management.
In one or two instances the capital re-
quisite has been secured and every hope
held out of its immediate availability,
but through unforeseen reverses and
financial troubles the money was not
forthcoming and the preliminary work
was compelled to suspend. Capital,
always timid, is slow to enter untried
fields, and once driven away, it is hard
to secure it's return.
The services of experts have been
secured on many occasions, and at great
expense, to examine the mines of iron,
coal, coke and lime, to report carefully
on the quality, quantity and avail
ability. The reports have been invari-
ably good, and as such could be passed
upon favorably in the greatest iron CEN
ters in America and Europe. The cost
of manufacturing pig iron and its con-
version into steel was also ascertalned;
this was found to be within the limits
of Pittsburg furnaces; the market for
the metal, either pig iron or steel bill
let's, was found both at home and
abroad. In one instance the product of
a large plant would have been scarcely
sufficient to supply orders extending
over a long period. Large home orders
could have been secured amounting to
hundreds of thousands
with the return of prosperity it is
hoped that renewed effort will result in
securing what the country SO much
needs-capital- that the men who
have striven so long and faithfully to
invest it in iron furnaces, converters and
rolling mills will meet with the sue
cess their enterprise deserves. It
means a great deal to Seattle, to Puget
Sound, to Washington; it means the
taking of millions of wealth from the
mountains; it means the employment
of thousands of skilled and unskilled
workmen; it means the building up
of great industries on solid and lasting
foundations; it means the building up
of great manufacturing city and a
grand state"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-05-30
AN EXPENSIVE CURL.
The Origin of Story Attributed to TWEEN
tY Handsome Women.

The Origin of Story Attributed to Twen-
ty Handsome Women.
Lady Harriet D'Orsay was really, ac-
cording to Mr.. Sala, in his "reminiscences
published recently, the heroine of a
story which has been told in at least 30
forms Of 30 different ladies Of fashion.
She was presiding at a stall at vente
de charlie, or bazaar, held in aid Of
the fund of some asylum or another,
when there came up the Duke Of Or
leans, son and heir Of King Louis Phi
lippe. The duke, after some polite small
talk, began to extol the beauty of her
hair, and indeed her Henrietta Maria
coiffure had never looked glossier or soft
er than it did this day.
.tOh," said his royal highness, eff I
could only possess one of those enchant-
ing ringletsP'
Glow much would monseigneur give
for one," asked Lady Harriet gravely,
$50, 900 francs?''.
Give thousand francsl" repeated the
duke. "a mere bagatelle''
''Six thousand francs?"
Anything SO charming lady chose
to ask
ST will not be extortionate, - pursued
Lady Harriet. 1--WE will say 5.00O.''
And then she very composedly pro-
duoed a dainty little pair Of scissors,
shipped off the adorable Henrietta
Maria ringlet, wrapped it in silver pa
per and handed it with dignity to the
duke. His royal highness looked very
straight down his nose, and returning
Lady Harriet's salute stalked some
what gloomily away. But his privy
purse duly forwarded the money next
day.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-05-30
ACUTE DYSPEPSIA
SYMPATHETIC HEART DISEASE
OFTEN ATTENDS 1T.
Mrs. ". Cur1ey, of Clarence, Iowa, Tells
an Interesting Story o. er Ex-
perience With Pink Pills.

Mrs. ". Curley, of Clarence. Iowa, Tells
an Interesting Story OF er Ex-
perience With Pink Pills.
From the Republican, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.l
Mrs. V. Curley who has resided in
Clarence, Iowa, for the past twenty
two years, tells an interesting story of
what she consideres rescue from prema-
ture death. Her narrative is as fol-
lows:
''For ten years prior to 1894, was
a constant sufferer from acute stomach
trouble. had all the manifold symp-
toms of acute dyspepsia, and at times
other troubles were present in compli-
cation-I did not know what it was to
enjoy a meal. No matter how careful
might be as to the quality, quantity
and preparation of my food, distress
always followed eating. I was des-
pondent and blue. Almost to the point
of insanity at times, and would have
been glad to die. Often and often l
could not sleep. Sympathetic heart
trouble set in and time and again | was
obliged to call doctor in the night to
relieve sudden attacks of sufocation
which would come on without a mo-
ments warning.
Ny troubles increased as time wore
on and l spent large sums in doctor
bills, being compelled to have medical
attendants almost constantly. During
1892 and 1898, it was impossible for
me to retain food, and water brahses
plagued me. was reduced to skele-
ton. A consultation of physicians was
unable to determine just what did all
me. The doctors gave as us theR
opinion tnat the probable trouble was
liberation of the coats of the stomach
and held out no hope of recovery. One
doctor said, All L can do to relieve
your suffering Is by the use of opium.
About this time friend of mine,
Mrs. Symantna smith, of Glidden,
Iowa, told me about the case of Mrs.
Thurston, of Oxford Junction, Iowa.
This lady said she had been afflicted
much the same as l had. She con-
suited local physicians without relief,
and went to Davenport for treatment.
Giving up all hope of recovery, she
was persuaded by friend to take Dr.
Williams Pink Pills. The result was
almost magical.
1 was led to try them from her ex-
perience, and before many months l
felt better than I had for a dozen
years. I am now almost free from
trouble, and if through some error of
diet feel badly, this splendid remedy
sets me right again. 1 have regained
my strength and am once more in my
usual flesh. l sleep well and can eat
without distress. have no doubt that
owe my recovery to DR.. Williams
Pink Pills. only wish that had
heard of them years ago thereby saving |
myself ten years of suffering and much |
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all |
the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore |
shattered nerves. They are for sale |
by all druggists, or may be had by mail |
from DR.. Williams Medicine Com
pany, Schenectady, N. Y, for SOC per
box, or six boxes for So. 80.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-05-30
THE NEW WOMAN.
W. ID. Bowel1s Says She Has Been Here
Before and Is No New Creature.

w. ID. Bowells Says She Has Been Here
Before and Is No New Creature.
The New Woman who comes smok-
ing, comes talking, and she talks to all
lengths and breadths in fiction. But
if this is true, has she come talking in
any greater number than before? There
were always women who liked the ex-
citement of thin ice, in their choice of
topics, especially if the water was not
very deep underneath, and this sort are
still sliding about in conversation. Per-
haps there is really greater frankness
in the matters spoken of in mixed COM
panies than there was generation ago;
but within the same period women have
greatly abridged the freedom of their
innocent relations with men in our own
country. The chaperon has come, and
has come to stay, in all her superfuity,
as it would have been accounted by
mothers of daughters when they were
only daughters themselves. In this
respect the American woman of 1895 is
vastly less than the woman of 1845, for
what was really novelty among young
people, and of our own invention, has
been exchanged, in good society at least,
for remnant of the old conditions
which Europe has been slowly out
growing, and which we had flung aside
with our political allegiance to Eng
land. 1t was one of the few social
growths indigenous to our soil, it was
graceful and sweet and pretty, and it
was rooted in our purer life; but for
the last quarter of a century we have
been rapidly recolonizing ourselves, and
in nothing more than our wish to ex-
tinguish the charming liberty that once
existed among young people here.
I suppose there is sort of newness
in women's wish to know rather more
of all sorts of things than they used;
they have great many contrivances
for the improvement of their minds;
they take up different varities of work,
sociological and economical; they in
terest themselves in the condition of the
poor; they have opinions favorable to
the unhappy; they wish to take large
views, and to act helpfully and gener-
ously; and should be very glad to be-
lieve that men were equally renewing
themselves in the same ways. But we
do not hear much of the New Man,
and we are left to believe that he has
not only not arrived, but has not start
ed. No one really knows whether he
has arrived or not, however, except the
New Woman, and she is still SO uncer-
tain herself, in life, that we have no
means of authenticating him from her
knowledge. In fiction, such fiction as
began with in this rambling inquiry,
he is not a pleasant companion. He is
rude to the new girl, brutally rude, and
ne is not very kind to the old girl.
He says and does things that only the
lady novelist has hitherto conceived of
mems doings, and his behavior in fic-
tion makes us willing to get on without
aim in life for long time yet. What
is certain is that if the New Man ever
ioes come, the New Woman will be too
good for him, just as the old woman
is too good for the old man now and
always has been. n.-Harper's Weekly.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-05-30
How,s THIse

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured BY HALLS Catarrh Curel
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props,
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F. ].
Cheney for the past 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by ali Druggists. Testimonials
free.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-05-30
MIRTH AND MERRlMENT.

Missionary (out West)-Did you eve1
forgive an enemy? Bad man-Wunst
Missionary-I am glad to hear that.
What moved your inner soul to prefer
peace to strife? Bad mani didn't
have no gun.
Mrs. Perkins, advertised for q
French nurse. Applicant-Oi've been
in Paree, mum. Mrs. P.-Not very
long, I imagine? Applicant - No,
mum, Oi only sthayed long enough to
git the axcint.
"There, my love-" said the young
husband, as he placed bundle on the
table, "I've bought you pair OF
Sleeves ooh, you darling" ex-
claimed the delighted wife. ''I'm so
happy! Anything will do for a dress. -
The New Woman-I should like to
look at some necKties. New assistant
The necktie department. is farther
back. This is the toilet department.
1 can show you some mustache invig-
orators though.
Agitated young bridegroom (immedi-
ately after the ceremony = Serena,
olld1I-o1l6ll1 L. ouS111 WO o1A0AA we
kiss? Self-possessed bride (it being her
third experience)-It is my usual Gus
tom, William.
A young woman married man who
told her he was an architects assist
ant" She became disconsolate upon
discovering next day that he assisted
the architect by carrying bricks up a
ladder in a hod.
Old Bache-That's handsome pair
of slippers you're wearing, Harry.
Harry-They ought to be; I'm sure
Ghey cost enough. My wife made
Gnem, and then coaxed me out of the
price of sealskin.
Young LADY, should like to give
my intended little surprise before oul
marriage. What would you recon-
.uend. Lady friend-Don wear your
false teeth just for once.
He-Do you think blondes have more
admirers than brunettes? She-I don't
xnow. Why not ask some of the girls
who have had experiences in both Ca
pacltles?
''How is your wife?'' 'tUm-hel
mead has been troubling her a good deal
lately" ''Sick headhace?'' Mot ex-
actly. She keeps wanting new hat
every month
81 was not aware that you knew
him." said Tom Snack to an Irish
friend the other day. "Knew him." he
exclaimed. ST knew him when his
father was boy
Extract from the catalogue of a lend
ing library: "In the novels and stor-
les marked with an asterisk, the happy
couples get married at the finish. -
Miss Pruyn-Where did you get the
design of your servants livery? Sash
oh, my ancestors used it! Miss P.
.Indeedl by whom were they en-
ployed?
Ethel wonder if he loves me as he
says? He has known me only week.
Clarissa-He may, if that's all the
time he has known you.
He (sympathetically)-You have a
bad cold. She (huskily)-I have. I
am SO hoarse that if you attempted to
kiss me couldn't even screaml
This much is to be said in favor of
the tattoed man. While a great many
men have designs upon others his are
all upon himself.
Sibyl-When Steve proposed to me
he acted like a fish out of water.
Triple-Why shouldn't he? He knew
be was caught.
Wife-Here comes the tramp gave
some of my biscuits to the other day.
Husband-Impossible! That must be
his ghost.
Wife-Tommy doesn't seem to be
afraid of policemen. Husband-Why
should he? His nurse was very pretty
girl.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-05-30
LIKE 4 SIEVE.

ate from the blood, In its passage through them,
of certain Impurities and watery particles which
make their final exit through the bladder. The
of the kidneys is productive of Bright,s sease
dropsy, diabetes, albuminHria and other mala
dies with fatal tendency. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters a highly sanctioned diuretic and blood
depurent, impeis the kidneys when inactive to
renew their sitting funct on, and strain from
the vital current Impurities which infest 1t and
threaten their own existence organs of the
body. Catarrh of the bladder, g, ,avel and reten
ton of the urine are also maladies arrested OF
averted BY this benign promoter aud res ora.
tive of organic action. Malaria, rheumatism
constipation, biliousness and dyspepsia also
yield to the Bitters, which is also speedily bene
fetal to the weak and nervous.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-05-30

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