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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28
TILE IMPORTANCE OF KHYBER PASS


From The Syracuse FVa''
Tho Khvher Pass which Is the centre OF the up
ris,ng H. The great gateway between BRUSH lnult
and Atshanistan The Afr!dis held the pass agaihSt
80 ,sena,'s With great success when the Aignaa5
ard The English were at war / ne road thtoasn
The pass is an excellent one. built after me manner
- Il rrc,ish engineers but IL Is narrow, ana not
bard 10 defend even with small tcrce especlaily
~ the aid ~ tho fortress that SuaFus It's .HuH
"y vhirh has now fallen INTO the hands OF the
h.llmen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28

PRINTED MATTER. ETC'-tiernan steamers sailing
Tuesdays take Printed Matter. etc. for Germany. and
Specially Addressed Printed Mater ETC. for other para
Of Fur,,u. American and White Star steamers IN
Wednesdays steamers Thursdays and
t-inor French an German Saturdays
Printed Matter etc. Tor all for which they
advertised y carry mali
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28
TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

i'm TTI7 I-IGTUTW q TTTTIWU-Is
changes In pressure as indicated bv The Trihuncs self
rnring thermometer Tn" dotted line shows the .iI-
r.rnfure a. recorded ~ P-rry's Pharmacy
Tribune Oace Aug - ! a. m.-Tne weather yesterday
Vas sllf The temperature ranged between '"
ard - srecs thr average t74a degrees being = 81
degree lower Thursday ana the same as t'a
of the corresponding day u last year
The weather e.. day viii Ice tar and warmer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28

Thousands Of persons who thought they had
Consumption have been cured with DR.. D. Jaynes
Expectorant. ."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28

The managers of Nature" at the Academy Oh
Df,si, desire TO announce that they nave
mac, several changes in the piece TO us pcn.n.
Thn sueciacle remains as II was, an" 'c N'"''7'@
arr. made I'm the book.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28

The Harlem opera House will open its season
This evening and Frederick Bancroft, the maslclaI'
viii make his first appearance IN Nv ,h,rgS
vii remain TT the iiarlem Opera House 'ni0ue"
the coming week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28

A.-The kensicO Cemetery.-Pryate station; Ha,,
lem Railroad ~ m ride from the Grand Cen'ru
Depot once 10 East +2i-st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28

After the closing ~ the Supplementary Transa,,u,io
Mails named above additional supplementary mails ar,
cfenel the piers OF the American. English. French
and German steamers and rma.r open until within Ten
Minutes Of the hour Of sailing u steamer.
MAILS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA. WEST
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28

IS ATf RDAY-At 10 a. m. INDEPENDENTLY lU.3O a.
fr cape HAITI Gonaives. Port Prince P,iit Coaya
Jereriie and carthagena per =. Andes. 30 a. m
Tor Campeche. Chlapas TaLasc0 enl lucatan per > g.
Orizaba letters for other 4 Mexico and f1r Cuba
must be directed per Orizaha') 1880 a m
port an Prince. cages Jacmel. Cumana ana Car,-
PIANO per s. Prins Wem " de,ters for other bar a
~ Een..ue.a Curacao. Trinidad British ard Dutch
Guiana must he directed per Prns Wrlem IV''): as
II a m Tor Newfoundland per . Por,ia - -
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
European study for vocalists.

'For the average singer America Of
fers most excellent teachers; she can
find all she needs at home," writes
Madame Melba in an article on '.rhe
Vocal Student" in the Ladies' Home
Journal. For operatic singers some
foreign training is practically neces-
sary SO long as impresarios consider
Europe their market, and retired art
lists make it their home. But
no girl" she adds, ''unless she has
money to throw away-I mean by this
a large fortune to spend-should go
abroad for vocal instruction until she
has been passed upon, musically, by at
least two or three artists-people who
value the glory and fair name of their
art, and the life, and perhaps the honor
of the would-be singer too highly to adj
wise her to enter upon career of priva-
ton and hardship where there is for
her, by Natures fixed decree, no possi-.
bility of success. If possible, these art
lists should be strangers to the singers
people who will not be moved nor
swayed by any personal interest, and
will, therefore, speak only truth But
only those so passed upon, and those
others who can afford to indulge hob
by, should ever 60 abroad for instruc,
tion -
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
The Raising of Vanilla Beans.

THE greatest industry in our neigh
borhood," said Mancos Quedalia, of
Papantla, Mexico, at the st. James, lis
the cultivation of the vanilla beam"
THE cultivation of this plant diff
fers from the general idea of agricul-
tural care, for it consists entirely in
cutting away forests to give it room
to grow. The vines are naturally
grown from cuttings, just as the grape
vines, but they can also be grown from
seeds, in which case it is much longer
before they begin to bear. The vine
is very hardy in its native element,
and sometimes takes root. even if
thrown carelessly on the ground, pro-
viding only that it has shade and mois-
ture. 1t grows best in virgin soil
where streams abound and where the
soil has a slight intermixture of sand.
"After setting out the plants, if they
thrive, they will begin to bear fruit
in three or four years. The yield of
beans increases each year after that
until about the fifth, when it begins
to dwindle. In about the tenth year
there is little or no yield, and the plant
is cut down. The vines yield, when
they are in their greatest development,
from S5 to 200 beans. The beans are
not ripe until they become yellow,
which occurs in January or February,
but they are cut prematurely on ac-
count of the depredations of thieves,
and on account of the great demand.
Taking the average for the last ten
years the number of beans gathered in
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Amusement for Hens.

There will be many days this win
ter when the fowls will have to be
confined to the house and shed, so be
sure to provide amusement for them
in some shape, for ''the devil finds some
mischief still for idle hens to do" Idle
ness is the father and mother both of
feather pulling and egg eating, besides
allowing the fowls to get too fat, and
that means loss of eggs altogether, or
soft shells or apoplexy. A handful Of
grain among the litter, cabbage hung
up. or some sugar beets or turnips on
the floor, will keep them busy. As sat
isfactory a plan as / ever tried was to
rake the litter in heap, scattering a
handful or two of grain through it and
let the fowls spread it again. This
they would do several times in the
course of day. The same plan work
ed well in the brooding house with
the chicks, when chaff was used for
litter; it was fun for me as well as
them-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
4. ."g!lEsslaS,,:...'' .

Then their fears and grief grew greater
and stronger. Mother was gone.
Perhaps she had gone home. The
thought was sudden, and, too impa-
tient to wait for trains not due for
hours yet, they set off across the coun-
try in their carriage. AS they drew
near the old home they found news of
the lost one. She had passed only
about an hour before, plodding wearily
along the familiar road, and, with
lightened hearts, they hurried on.
When they came to the leaning old
gate, through the wet grass they could
see a solitary pathway trodden by
one who had first visited the low
mound. with the tiny one beside it,
and from there it led straight on to the
house. So, with fearful eyes, and not
ashamed of their tears, either, the par
ty tiptoed like children up the low,
'rickety steps, through the hall and
paused reverently at the door. with re-
gentle old mother, as they We're wont
to do over some childish disooedicncc
that they ''were so-ry, mother
The stiffness of the cid house grew
oppressive while they stood -.ncertain
and, though they listened. there was
no faint football as of one going about
after the fashion of one just getting
home.
They softly pushed open ghc door of
the old family sitting room, and there,
with her old gray head bowed on the
family Bible and smile of joy and
peace on her dear dead face, knelt
mother, who had gone home to find
rest and content with John already
there-San Francisco Post
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
MULBERRY Bend"

AS to the moral status of the streets
west and north of Chinatown, l need
scarcely do more than mention that
these. are Mulberry, Baxter and Bay
ard, and that within a stones throw Of
Mott street is the notorious Mulberry
Bend" for many years past the hid
ing-place Of criminals, and the last
and lowest resort Of the abandoned
and vicious of both sexes. The tales
of Mulberry Bend" that until re-
Gently assailed the ears of the mis-
sionary are absolutely Unreliable, and
to be comprehended only by one used
to the sight and knowledge of the
lives of criminals and outcasts of the
lowest possible character. Within the
last few years. the police have driven
out the worst dives of the region, but
the evil effects of those once-abound-
ing evils are still to be seen there, and
unfortunately tell sadly upon the Ital-
ians who have filed up the quarter
Century,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Thread Making Nice.

A Scotchman has invented a thread
spinning apparatus, and is said to
have trained two mice to work it. The
mechanical principle of the contrivance
is a small mill which is operated by the
paws of the mice. They can each wind
on and off from 100 to 12O pieces of
thread per day, and to do this they
must supply motor power by which a
course of ten and half miles could be
trayersed. 1t is asserted that the mice
perform this task every day without
apparent fatigue, and that half
penny worth of -four furnishes them
food enough for five weeks. During
that time the little animals have spun
about $3.50 threads a yard and half
in length.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

overpowered by the sons and daugh-
tiers who meant to be kind, mother
went softly to and fro over the old
house, taking leave of it all, and the
last farewell was the visit to the two
mounds under the dropping elms where
John slept and the first born little son
lay. Then, with a feeling that the
world can never quite understand, she
was driven away to the fine city resi-
dence-they don't call them homes now
where Alfred and his wife, who for
all their kindness rather overpowered
mother with their fine ways, had
given her a stately room, and, what
was the most dreadful, she was sup
posed to keep in there alone by her.
self. Yes, they meant to be kind to
her, but the city ways and style gave
the old lady the feeling that she was in
an asylum, and, in spite of all the
grandeur, mothers wrinkled cheeks
lost their soft pink like that of half
wilted rose. and she began to grow
feeble and worn, though every one was
so busy that it passed unnoticed. She
was pining for the old home, though
she felt that it would seem ungrateful
to say so, and then, somehow, to pray
in the magnificent church, where she
sat in velvet-cushioned pew, did not
seem to give her the help she prayed
for, for God, as it seemed to her., was
not as close as when she used to pray
at home, kneeling by that old table.
If she could only go back and tell her
friend all about it, just once kneeling
where John used to seem to come and
fofn her. This feeling grew and grew,
though, as there was no one to tell it
to, she shut it up in her lonely old
heart
One summer morning she was miss
ing, and she could not be found, though
they all searched everywhere they
could think she would be likely to wan
der, but in vain. She was gone. Then
Alfred recollected all at once that he
had rather neglected his mother of
late. His wife forgot her cultured
calmness, and joined in the search
weeping bitterly. Henry left his desk
for once and got telegraph wires to
work, and confusion and grief reigned
supreme, while the sons and daugh-
ters found their thoughts running back
again to childhood and mother as they
had not done for years. Hours passed
and no news came from the missing.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Poultry Yard.


Broilers shrink about a half pound
each when dressed.
Ducks average ten dozen eggs in
about seven months laying.
Forty dressed ducklings are packed
in barrel for shipment
Feed chickens frequently, but only
what they will partake of with keen
relish Never surfeit them unless at
the last feed in the evening, then they
may be allowed to have about all they
want.
Look to the chicken-house windows,
for a draught is deadly. This ques-
ton of proper distribution of air is an
important one. Let the houses be open
every sunny day. Keep them cosy,
clean and comfortable, and the reward
will surely follow.
The fowls comb is an indicator of
good or i'll health, and can always be
relied on. A full, bright red comb de-
notes health; a withered, faded or
black comb is sure sign that the fowl
is sick. The hen that lays the most
eggs in a year is always the one With
the large. bright red comb.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
A Happy Couple.
Squire Moore and His Estimable Wife
Interest a Reporter.

, Squire Moore and His Estimable Wife
Interest a Reporter.
From Tribune, Greeley, Colorado.
Among the many good people resid-
ing in Greeley, Colorado, Squire
Moore and his amiable wife are the
best known and the most respected.
This happy couple were born in West
Riding, Of York, England, in 1920. In
.1848 they emigrated to this country
and settled in Derby, Conn. where they
resided for number of years. While
there Mr.. Moore, who was highly
respected by his neighbors, was elected
a member of the state legislature in
1867. /.
A reporter called on them recently
and was received cordially and in re-
sponse to his inquiries, Mrs. Moore
said: "For four years was miserable,
hardly week passed during that time
but what suffered from extreme lassi-
tude. The least exertion fatigued me-
At times when I was sewing or read
ing, would be troubled with tingling
sensations, like the pricking of pins in
hands, feet, arms and legs. Occasion
ally I would suffer from profuse per-
spiration, the water fairly running
from my face and hands. Then for
days it would seem impossible for me
to enjoy minute of warmth. would
sit in rocking chair alongside roar
ing fire in the stove wrapped up in
blankets, yet while my face would be
scrorched, the rest of my body would
be chilled.
"Finally, despite my opposition, my
husband called in physician, who
attributed my ailment to rheumatism
and prescribed for that complaint. A
day or two afterwards he changed his
opinion, saying was attacked with la
grippe; also changed his medicine, but
to no purpose. was going from bad
to worse. The tingling sensations
were resumed. At times I would be
incapable Of doing anything with my
hands and my husband was fearful that
was suffering from partial paralysis.
lone evening, while reading the
New York Triubne, he read to me a
statement of wonderful cure perfected
by DIR. Williams Pink Pills. He and
had at times read similar testimoni-
ais describing the great powers and
virtue of these pills. But this night
in particular, I was impressed with
what he read and told him it wouldn It
do. any harm to try a box. The next
morning he purchased q box of the
Pink Pills and I commenced taking
them according to directions, three
times day. Within a week I felt
better, and when had finished that box
asked my husband to get me another
and he laughingly complied, saying,
'conceit is as bad as consumption, but
even if you think they are doing you
some good there is great relief ex-
perienced. After that he purchased
for me about dozen more boxes, and
for nearly two years continued taking
them. The result was regained my
strength, the tingling in arms and legs,
hands and feet ceased and the frequent
sweats which I had been subject to
left me. In all truth, am forced to
state that the Pink Pills made a new
woman Of me. That is," she laughing
ly remarked, "as new as you can make
a woman who is now in her 76th year. !"
And in truth, Mrs. Moore's closing re-
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
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garden, with an orchard full of old
rough, weather-beaten appletrees be-
hind it, while an outer circle of ancient
eIms leaned reverently over it, like
faithful guardians. The low red house
with its broad wings made you think
of a mother bird brooding over her
well-filled nest. But the nesrlings
were all gone now-had wandered from
the old home which seemed to them
shabbier and more cramped every time
they came back for short visit.
Only mother clung to it closer and
closer as the years went by. When
the busy sons and fashionable daugh
ters called it lonely and the grandclil-
dren wandered all over it's queer little
hooks and corners, and remarked with
open contempt upon the stiff old furul-
ture and the tiny paned windows, the
good old lady listened and said moth
ing, but her heart throbbed with pain,
as though she heard the malignipg of
some dear friend. "They don't know,
of course" she thought, excusing them
in her own gentle way. Though to
other eyes it may seem poor and old
fashioned, to me it can never be so,
for it Is the first and only home that
ever had" And after the sad. tender
manner of the old, who only have a
happy past and an empty present with
out a Turing future here, she dream
ing of bygone days, when her faithful
John had brought her, bride, to this
dear old home, which seemed so grand
and beautiful then. How could it ever
seem lonely and humble to her when it
was so rich in a thousand happy, bless
ed recollections? Had not that been
Johns favorite rosebush? Had not
she and John planted that very noun
tain ash together? And could the rooms
ever seem empty and cramped to her
when every nook and corner spoke to
her sometimes of the living or of the
dead as eloquently as tongues could
do?
Here is where she used to sit and
watch the fire on winter evenings,
rocking the cradle as she knit. This
dark spot on the worn floor is where
baby Mary had spilled the ink while
she sat there writing to the soldier
father far away where the battle ragged
on the long, dreary march. And here
beside the old-fashioned table, on
which still lay the well-thumbed Bi-
BILE, she had knelt and prayed for twen-
ty years with John-prayed for her
little ones in fearful grief when he
was gone-prayed for them when they
one by one slipped from her arms into
the cold world, and where she still
nightly bent her stiff old knees to pray
for them and theirs.
Mother only loved the old house bet
ter as the years rolled on, but when
grim old age had slowly crept upon her
it was decided in family council that
she must make up her mind to come
and live with one or the other of them,
for it was altogether out of the ques-
tion for her to remain in that gloomy
old house alone. So, one sad day,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
The Temptation.

"Whatever induced you to marry me,
anyway. if am so distasteful to you"
he asked, f1ercely.
81 think it was the advertisements"
he said.
'The what?"
"The advertisements. The household
bargains, you know. thought it would
be so lovely to go to the department
stores and buy ice picks for 8 cents,
real Scent dippers for only 1 cent. and
all that sort of thing. OF course, had
no use for that sort of stuff as long as
remained single. Gin cinnati Enquirer.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
"plck UP" FOR UNCLE SAM.
Millions of Dollars of Unclaimed
Money in the Treasury.

Mi1liOnS OF Dollars or OuGlo1me0
Money in the Treasury.
There are millions upon millions Of
dollars in the treasury paid in from diff
ferent sources which belong to citizens
of the United States. To this wealth
the postoffice department, through the.
money order office, contributes largely.
A few years back the postmaster gen.
eral deposited with the treasurer nearly
So, 900, 600, the money from uncashed
orders which had accumulated since the
officeawas started in 1853. At first no
effort was made to restore this IN
claimed money to its rightful owners.
but the letters of advice, turned in as
unpaid by the postmasters from all over
the country were kept, in case de-
mand should be made for their pay
ment. This money remained to the
credit of the money order office, show
ing large profit for the service. This
policy was subsequently changed, anG
now the Office endeavors to refund the
money to the remitters by draft
drawn on the treasury. This rule OBJ
tains in case of money orders less than
ten years old. Letters of advice older
than this are destroyed.
Every year about 1 per cent. of the
money orders issued are not cashed,
leaving from $4,000 to 100000 un-
claimed, which Is deposited in the treas
ury. There are many reasons to ac-
count for this large number of money
orders not being cashed. In some in
10 nrc3n n lnd wit nf h
er papers and forgotten. More fire.
quently the letter containing the order
Is lost or stolen, and the order never
reaches the addressee. This is true OF
the orders made out to the large shops
which do not receive the order or: the
accompanying letter containing orders
for goods to be shipped, owing general
ly to the dishonesty of employees. There
are cases, too, where men have used
the money order office as bank and
have made out orders to themsely es
which, owing to sudden death or other
cause, have never been claimed.
+; 1t is difficult, however, to explain why
such large sums remain unclaimed, for
in case an order is lost duplicate is
easily obtained. Application is made
by either the remitter, the payee or the
office of payment, and a duplicate is is-
sued with only the delay necessary to
comply with the forms. A year ago
the department made ruling that du-
plicate money orders could not be is-
sued in less than three months from the
time when an application was filed, but
this was found inconvenient, and this
order was rescinded.