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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-18

Mrs. n. l.. Cav and daughter Mis.
Maggie Of uon,svllle, are baek from
Colorado springs.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
His Intimate Friends.

1t Is related Of Father Darcy, one
of the celebrated wits of Ireland, that
he once visited the palatial mansion
of a man newly become rich. He was
shown over the house, his pompous
host taking great pains to inform his
guest as to the cost of all the beautiful
objects he saw.
Finally, after making the tour of
the rooms the library was reached, its
shelves groaning under the weight Of
thousands upon thousands of volumes,
resplen5ent in the most magnificent
bindings. Here they seated themselves,
and the host said, with sigh of snob-
bish exultation:
'sWell, father, l have brought you
here last, because this is my favorite
room. The other rooms, maybe, give
pleasure to my wife and my daughters,
but this is my place-r.ght here among,
these books, who are my friends. And
these here on the desk (pointing to
score Of ltra-looking yolumes) are
what may call my intimate friends"
Father Darcy got up and examined
one of them, when broad grin spread
over his good-natured face, as he no
ticed that the leaves had never been
cut
"Well. it's glad am to see that you
never ..ut your intimate friends" he
exclaimed.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
Happy as a King.

In some cases, the covetousness of
bibliomaniacs increase with their col
lections. Mr.. Heber, brother o. the
bishop, bought all the books that came
in his way by carloads and shirloads
and in whole libraries, on which in
some cases he never cast lis eyes. An
other collector would buy book though
he had twenty copies of it. The ia.
nous Antonio Magaliabecchi is sale
to have lived on titles ard indexes,
and whose very pillow waa p folio. The
old bibliomaniac lived in a kind of
cave made of piles and masses of
books, with hardly any rom for his
cooking or for the wooden cradle,
lined with pamphlets, which he slung
between his shelves for a bed. He died
in TIA, in his SD year, dirty, ragged
and as happy as a king.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
Around the
HearfhSfOne.
WHEN ! HAVE TIME.

When l have time, so many things I'll do
To make life happier and more fair
For those whose lives are crowded now
with care.
I'll Lelp to lift them from their low de-
spair,
When have time.
When have time, the friend love so
well
Shall know no more these weary, toiling
days;
I'll lead her feet in pleasant paths always,
And cheer her heart with words of sweet
est praise,
When have time.
When you have time! The friend you
hold so dear
May. be beyond the reach of all your
sweet intent;
May never know that you so kindly meant
To fill her life with sweet content,
When you had time.
Now is the time! All, friend, no longer
wait
To scatter loving smiles and words of
cheer ..-~
To those around whose lives are now so
dear.
They may not meet you in the coming
year
Now is the time.
indianapolis News. .--.-.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06

Sitting by my side at the convention
which nominated Lincoln for Presi-
dent, writes Isaac Fl. Bromley, was a
newspaper editor who called me Ike"
as 1 called him "Joe" He was run
ming over with enthusiasm. When the
nomination was made he interrupted
himself in his hurrahing to say to me,
who looked. on in wide-eyed silence,
"Why don't you hurrah?" l don't
know why I did not; but 1 remember
that felt queer and only said, II
can't hurrah; should cry if anyone
touched me-" I came nearer crying
when, in less than twelve months, l
saw him in uniform at the head of the
first Connecticut company that an
swered the call for troops. He was
afterward a brigadier general, Cover
nor of his State, and member of Con-
gress, and has lately been elected to
his tNird term as United States Sena-
tor. There were probably other similar
cases. 1t was Joe Hawlev who sat at
my elbow.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
Keeping Roads Good.

keeping ROadS 1OOus
Most everyone has heard of the man
who gave it out that he always took a
bath every year whether he needed 1t
or not A great many roads are work
ed" on the same principle. Once year
they are given what is known as a
fixing up" and the rest of the time
they must shift for themselves. AS a
consequence they "shift" from one side
to the other, just as the lay of the land
and the lack of proper drainage may
demand.
And, be 1t remembered, there is some
times a piece of road that Nature has
kindly cared for-which really does not
require fixing. Often this is plowed up,
along with defective sections, and is
made soft and susceptible to ruts and
washouts. 1t is also then in good con-
dition to produce the largest quantity
of dust.
A good road should never be thus ire
paired" A defective road should be
repaired at any and all times. 1t is
cheaper, and certainly much better.
Europe's good roads are the result of
proper building and constant care.
They do not have to be repaired. They
are fixed before they need repairing-in
the sense of being partly rebuilt.
The one great lesson the people of our
land must learn is that the time to re-
pair road is when it needs it. These
once-a-year reformations are too few
and far between. Fix the roads now.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
oLp.1lME FORTUNES.
fhere Were Mi11ionaires Then and
They Knew How to Spend.

fhere Were Mi11ionaircs Then and
They Knew How to Spend.
When reading Of the large sums pos
sessed by modern millionaires, it is in
teresting to recall the notable fortunes
o.. ancient days. Croesus, whose name
has become a byword for excessive
wealth, could certainly not have bought
I'D a Vanderbilt; his whole fortune did
not exceed three millions. A far great
er sum was left by the Infamous and
miserly Tiberius, who was worth $11S,-
125,OOO at his death, and it is said that
his successor, Caligula, squandered this
immense wealth within a year. Sen
eca had a tidy little fortune of SIT, ,500,-
900, which could hardly have been the
case had his philosophy been pure and
unalloyed. Aspius, discovering that his
treasury contained only 100000, COM
mitted suicide from fear of poverty; a
single repast cost Lucullus 100000,
and at one of her banquets Cleopatra
made Antony drink a pearl valued at
$4,000. In extent of fortune, certain
living millionaires may beat the an
clients, but in the matter of eXtrava-
gance we think the balance is on the
other side
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
DIR. Mendenha1I on Roads.

DIR. Mendenha11 on Roads.
DR.. Mendenhall, chairman of the
State highway commission, summar-
ICES the argument FOR good roads in
nutshell by an illustration drawn from
his experience in Japan. He found
that the city of Toxic was built of
wood, and fires were so frequent and
destructive that he calculated that by
sections the city was entirely destroyed
once in seven years. When he asked
why stone and brick were not used in
building, the people replied that 1t was
cheaper to replace burned sections with
wood than with more substantial ma
terial. That's the way the old-fash-
ioned road builder looks at the question
of permanent work." says DR.. Menden-
hall.
Permanent road-building will be a
feature of public enterprise for the next
twenty years, both municipal and
State.-Worcester (Mass) Gazette.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06

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 constitu-
tional remedies. Deat;iess is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining OF the
Eustaehian Tube. When this tube is infiamed
you have a'rumbling sound or imperfect hear
Ing, and when it is entirely closed, deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; !;
which is nothing but an inflamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars; free.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
Not Affected by the Weather.

The seamless boat, for which there
Is a growing demand, seems to be able
to stand any amount of rough work.
This boat is pressed out of an ingot of
steel and shaped by hydraulic power,
and it fulfills all the requirements of
an ordinary boat in remarkably in
genious manner. 1t is claimed for these
boats that they will last twice as long
as wooden ones, and that there Is less
danger of their capsizing, and that they
are less liable to be affected by changes
of climate The method by which the
seamless boat is constructed is larger
application Of the method which has
long been used in this country for man.
ufacturing cooking utensils and other
articles of small dimensions.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
His Worldly Effects.

A New York firm applied to Abraham
Lincoln some years before he became
President for information as to the
financial standing of one of his neigh
bors. Mr.. Lincoln replied: yours of
the 10th received. am well acquaint-
ed with Mr.. -, and know his circum-
stances. First Of all, he has wife and
baby; together they ought to be worth
$50, 900 to any man. Secondly. he has
an office in which there Is table worth
S1.5O and three chairs worth, say 81.
Last of all, there is in one corner a
large rat hole, which will bear looking
into. Respectfully.
"a. LINCOLN.n
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
My uncle would surely not

vanished. My uncle would surely not
forgive me.
At dinner time took my place at ta-
little and said nothing.
"It will come with the dessert"
thought.
Rose looked at me, and avoided
meeting her eyes. As I had expected,
the dessert over, my uncle lit his pipe,
raised his head and then
Rose went to him.
"Do you know what that fellow there
asked me to do yesterdayY
I trembled like a leaf and Rose did
| the same.
'To give him your hand" he added.
''Do you love him?'
Rose cast down her eyes.
every well," continued my uncle, ION
| this side the case Is complete. Come
| here, you"
I approached.
"Here am, uncle" and, in a whisper,
l added quickly, Forgive meT'
He burst into a hearty laugh.
| marry her, then, donkey-since you
love her and 1 give her to your
"Ah!-uncle!"
"Ah!-dear papav'
| And Rose and threw ourselves into
| his arms.
Every good! very goodw he cried, wlp-
ing his eyes. "Be happy; that's all 1
ask"
And, in turn, he whispered in my ear:
81 should have given her to you, all
the same, you big goose; but-keep the
story of the helmet between us two!'
give my word that have never told
1t but to Rose, my dear little wife. And
if ever you pass along the Rue des Cla-
| quettes, 5, at the place Of honor in the
old shop, I'll show you my uncle's he'll
met, which we would never SELL
| Strand Magazine.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
An African Salt Works.

Karembwe's is one of the salt-mak-
ing villages; sandy clay is dug out
of the marshes, and placed in grass
tunnels; water poured on this dis
solves the salt; this solution trfckles
through the green filter into trough,
after which it is boiled and strained,
and n FINE, ,larse-crystal salt is obtain
ed 1t is great trade in this part Of
the world. All villages make salt,
which is put up in loads about five
inches in diameter by four feet long.
All these people, the Waitawa, are very
polite; most of them hail you with,
"Mornin',"; they do-not seem able to
manage the good"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
RopEINSiDE THE cOWCATcHER.
Novel Journey of Tramp in the
State of Washington.

Novel Journey of Tramp in the
State of Washington.
The man who rode in a cowcatcher
bids fair to become a hero among the
knights of the road, as well as mar
vel to railroad men. His name is Will
lam Errixson and his years are 20
twenty years as replete with adventure
as a chapter out of dime novel. Beat
ing his way over hundreds Of miles OF
territory has become second nature to
him, and a trip on a brakebeam is a
positive luxury.
But wherein William Errixson has
transcribed all the feats of the migrat-
ing hobo is that he was the first and
only individual of his kind to conceive.
and execute the audacious project of
caging himself within a cowcatcher
and beating ride in that perilous and
essentially melodramatic situation. 1t
was thus that he travelled from Win
nemucca to Wadsworth. He had to
be careful in selecting his locomotive
to find one that had no forward steam
exhaust He has some knowledge Of
locomotives, and SO was able to pick
out one with only side exhausts. In
side of the cowcatcher there is only
small space, and he found it necessary
to sit upon timbers which are used for
braces for the frame of the cowcatch-
er. Then he was in a half recumbent
position, his hands clutched around
the cowcatcher bars while the train
was running fast. Being ahead of the
Iv-ir Nd %hn I,o
jolted terrifieally by what is technical
ly known as the ''fall" of the locomo-
tive. Every little depression in the
track permits the dead weight of many
tons of iron and steel to fall, with the
added speed and momentum of the
train, and then in an instant rebound,
which is followed by another fall. AS
the track through Nevada is not level
much of the way, Errixson, in his
novel eyrie, had the most thorough
shaking up Of any man who ever stole
a ride west of the Racky Mountains.
The air was intensely hot, and the
smell of the oil and other odors from
the locomotive was sitting. The dis
tance between Winnemucca and Wads-
worth is only thirty-six miles, but
there are eight stops, and it seemed
an age of suffering to Errixson before
he reached a place where he could
climb down and out of his perch. He
climbed under the cowcatcher in the
pit of the roundhouse, and got out in
Wadsworth. His back was wrenched,
his arms seemed ready to fall from their
sockets, and his eyes were bloodshot.
He staggered from the train undetect-
ed, and fell half exhausted in the sage
brush, where he slept several hours,
awaking with terrible start from
dream in which he was once more
speeding over the alkaline wastes, with
the machinery of the locomotive pound
ing terrifically just back Of him.-San
Francisco Examiner
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
Alum MUM.

Cooking utensils made Of aluminium
may be used with perfect safety. This
metal never communicate to food any
poisonous salt such as is given off by
copper. tin or lead. For cooking pur-
poses it seems to be peculiarly adapt
ed, seeing It is a splendid conductor
and retainer of heat, and has also the
advantage of being non-poisonous and
non-corroding.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
Want Singing Anvils.

"It is not generally known" observed
a prominent blacksmith recently, "that
nearly all of the anvils used by black
smiths in this country are made by one
firm in Brooklyn, N. Y. All kinds of
substitutes have been invented and put
on the market, but after using them the
blacksmith generally goes back to the
wrought iron anvil, which Is hand
made. There are plenty of cast iron
and steel anvils for sale, but they find
but little favor from blacksmiths, who
prefer an anvil that sings
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
Tortoise Shell.

The finest tortoise shell comes from
the Indian archipelago, and is shipped
from Singapore, and most of it is OBJ
tanned on the Florida coast of America.
There are three rows of plates on the
back, called 'blades" by the fisher
men. In the central row are five plates
and in each of the others four plates.
the latter containing the best material.
Besides these there are twenty-five
small plates round the. edges of the
shell, known as feet or noses"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
FruEa1ity,

There are men, 1 suppose" she re-
marked. pensively, "who are engaged
to more than one girl st the same time %
Yes" he answered, "but 1 am no2
one of them"
Il am glad to hear you say that. 1t
is so frivolous and insincere.'
"Of course. And there's no reason
why man shouldn't make one engage
ment ring go all the way around if lie
only takes his Observation-Disclosures
Stnr
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
Keep the Crown in the Tower,

Keep CHc OrOWH III GHe IUWeF.
The crown of England is kept in the
Tower of London and not in the
Queens dressing-room. It is never
brought. out excepting on grand state
occasions, but whenever ceremony,
such as a drawing-room or levee, takes
place the Queen wears circlet of dia-
monds IN the form Of 8 crown On her
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
Special Offer to General Stores. Dry
Goods Stores, Dealers in Notions.

We wish to establish in every town on
the Coast an exclusive agency for the A.
NJ. w. WATER-PR DRESS FACING AND
BINDING. Best seller ON market. For
terms, samples and particulars, address at
once PAcIFIc COAST AGENCY WEBER MANU-
FEATURING Co., 819 Market street, rooms %
and "a, San Francisco, Cal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
NO TIME SHOULD BE Lest

By those troubled with constipation in seek
ing relief from Hostetter,s Stomach Bitters.
The disease is easily relieved in its earlier
stage, and as it is utterly subyersive of the gen.
eral health, postponement of the remedy is un-
wise The same holds good of delay in cases of
fever and ague, kidney complaints, nervous
ness, debility and rheumatism, ailments to
which the Bitters is particularly adapted.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
whittier's Large Fortune.

Whittier left $25O,00O, though for his
earlier poems he received nothing
Lowell, on the other hand, published
his frs. poems at his own expense, and
to the end his income from them was
small; and it was only in the closing ten
or fifteen years of his life that Brown
ing. who had similar experience with
his first volume, received anything from
his poems.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

HANDS-For all kinds of work furnished free on
short notice. Address Higley's Employment Of
fee, I42 Third Street, Portland, Oregon.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06

1 never used so quick cure as Piso's
Cure for Consumption.-J. B. Palmer, Box
iii, Seattle, Wash, Nov 25, 1895.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06

They Know Better.
o this is what the farmers call
ga road," but when the horses haul
A very heavy load that way
They shake their knowing heads, neigh
neighv'
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
A Story of Senator HawIey.

HANDS-For all kinds of work furnished free on
short notice. Address Higleys Employment Of
flee. 142 Third Street. Portland, Oregon.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06

I never used so quick cure as Piso's
Cure for Consumption. B. Palmer, Box
LII, Seattle, Wash, Nov. 25, 1895.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06

A syndicate has been formed to tun,
mel the Great st. Bernard and connect
Turin and Lausanne by rail.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
Gladness Comes

XNTith a better understanding of the
Wv transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle eefforts-pleasante efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that SO many forms of
sickness arc not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. 1t is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine arti-
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laXatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most slillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
wel1-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
,sed and gives most general satisfaction.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
Special Offer to General Stores, Dry
Goods Stores, Dealers in Notions.

We wish to establish in every town on
the Coast an exclusive agency for the A.
NJ. W WATERPROOF DRESS FACING AND
BINDING. Best seller on market. For
terms, samples and particulars, address at
once PAcIFIc COAST AGENCY WEBER MANU-
FEATURING Co., Sl9 Market street, rooms %
and "a, San Francisco, Cal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06
Strictly

Strictly. 4
Hungry Higgins What are you read
In now?
Weary Watkins Markits.
ssWhat's de quotations on shirts.
sfIJnchar0ed ed.s--In{7fanapelf "a
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-06

The chicory crop is getting to be valuable in
Nebraska.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-08

16H: Baltimore and Ohio 50: Canada Pa
cific. 55a4; Chesapeake and Ohio l77t Chi
cago and Alton, 1853; Chicago. b. and Q .,
Sts; Chicago Gas, 81; Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western, 1914; Distillers and
Cattle Feeders. 1Sis; Erie. 1914: do pre-
ferred, q; Edison General Electric, 29L
Illinois Central 95ia: Lake Erie and West
ern, 22l9; do preferred, 74@s; Lake Shore.
l45la; Louisville and Nashville, 4Sia; Louis
vile and y. A, go: Manhattan, lO6is:
Memphis and Charleston, Il; Michigan
Central, 96iz: Missouri Pacific, %: Mobile
and Ohio, %; Nashville, Chattanooga and
81. Louis, 50; United States Cordage, 6;
do preferred, llSs: New Jersey Central.
lO6la; New York Central, IA: New York
and New England, IS; Norfolk and West
ern, preferred, SO; Northern Pacific, 4k
do preferred, 15l4; Northwestern, 1884 do
preferred l45; Pacific Mail 293i Reading,
1874; Rock Island. 727s; st. Paul 759s: do
preferred 12Sla, Silver Certificates 67ss
Tennessee Coal and Iron, 1874: do pre-
ferred, 100; Texas Pacific, SA Union Pa
cihc. z; Wabash. st. Louis and p, rs: do
preferred Is; Western Union. S5Ss; Wheel
ing and /. r., 124s; do preferred, 1884
Southern Railway Is, 49, Southern Rail-
way. common, 10i2; Southern Railway pre-
ferred, 323s.
state Bonds-Alabama A, los; Alabama
Il, los; Alabama G. 100; Louisiana stamped
IS 80; North Carolina As, 1885,; North
Carolina 6s. 122; Tennessee, new set, IS.
80; Virginia IS, preferred 5ia; Virginia
Trust Receipts, 6ia; Virginia Funding
Debt. 607s; South Carolina 4lbs 1861
Government Bonds-United States As
registered. 1O9; United States As, coupons,
lU9i United States IS, registered, IS.