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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

was too good to live. We were too
happy for this world. Heaven would
have had no meaning could we have
lived together longer. And when her
last breath was gone laid her back
gently on the bed and covered her face
from my sight. l went on my knees
and cursed-cursed my fate and every
thing else.
"Now, perhaps, you understand my
fall. Why work. 1 thought, when
have nobody to work for? My literary
work was neglected. 1 lost my situa-
tion at the Office. / have sunk deeper
and deeper, until now," he paused for
awhile, NOW I am Rambling Robin !"
Then he came across and stood by the
fire.
"But the innocent prattle of that lit
tie child of yours has brought me to
my senses. AS there is God above,
will yet make the world ring with my
name. Even If cannot work for my
dead Flora, / can work for her mem
ory's sake. And so 1 will. 1 start to-
night on the second part of my life. In
two years 1 will let you know the re-
suit. I will come and see you. Good
by"
1 pressed him to stop the night, but
he would not. persuaded him, how
ever, to take the loan of few pounds,
and as he walked to the door slipped
a note into his hands.
And last Christmas eve he kept his
promise. He came to see me carrying
a small parcel under his arm. It was
book-the book of the year. He had
written it under nom de plume. His
name now is known throughout the
English-speaking world, and the book
which made his name is dedicated:
'"To my angel wife and Mabel
James Davenport, in Tid-Bits.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19
Found a Hard Problem.

A tired tramp on the Bowery was be-
wailing the free-lunch clause of the
Raines liquor tax bill, when his atten.
ton was called to an ornate poster in
red and blue ink, on white paper, rep
resenting with full regalia and accou-
trements an American soldier in the
cavalry service and an American in
fantryman saluting his superior officer,
the latter carrying large sword. I'M
der the two pictures were printed the
conditions under which the United
States army accepts volunteers for it's
service on the frontier in the military
service. The applicant must be more
than q years of age and less than 80.
It is essential that he be unmarried
and either a citizen of the United
States or an alien who has legally de-
clared his inten ton to become citi-
zen. He must enlist for five years, and
the United States government gener-
ously agrees to pay him for his services
in field and flood $13 per month. Other
inducements are held out. If sick, he
Is given free admission to a hospital
If he dies, he is buried at the public
expense. If in the camp in which he
is stationed there is a library, he is
permitted to read the books contained
in 1t without extra cost, and If out Of
bis income of S13 per month he provi-
IDENTITY saves a portion, the United
States pays him per cent. interest
on the amount, unless in the mean
while he deserts, in which case the
money is forfeited and he is liable to
be imprisoned for life, or perhaps be
shot.
The tired tramp was in front of a ere
cruiting office" on Third avenue, and
he calculated as he shambled away:
"What stumps me is that they had to
pass law to keep the United States
army from ever getting larger than
25, ,OOO New York Journal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

In March, April and May use Paine's
celery compound.
And only Paine's celery compound !
For it is natures remedy.
Do not for moment confound it
with any of the ignorant. catchpenny,
short-lived patent remedies-sarsapa-
rillas, nervines and tonics that bear as
much resemblance to Paine's celery
compound as the parasite vines do to
the oaks that they live on.
Paine's celery compound cures dis
ease. 1t makes people we'll. It has
saved the lives of thousands of suffer-
ers. 1t makes the weak strong.
It purifes the blood and enriches the
nerves.
Every condition of winter life has
been detrimental to health. There has
been steady decline in nervous vigor.
Now that spring comes the body is ready
to cast off unhealthy tissues if it is only
given chance. This opportunity comes
when the excretory organs, kidneys,
skin and bowels are made to work ac-
lively and the nerves are able to fur
nish sufficient energy to the digestive
organs.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

fruit from as far south as San Diego.
A consignment of shirts and overalls is
being negotiated for with branch in
Ohio; lot of dried fruit was recently
shipped to Idaho Falls, Idaho, in ex-
change for pork; and groceries were
sent to Armona in exchange for dried
fruit. The branch at Los Angeles is
putting up shoe factory; Forest
Grove, Or, has tannery; Olathe,
Kan, grist mill; Red Bluff, CAL,
spice mill; Salem, Or, has brick
yard, warehouse and wharf; Vancouver,
Wash, proposes to make cofins, and
the Oregon City. Or, branch will
operate rock crusher.
To make the subject more clear to the
reader. an illustration of it's workings
is given: Some farmer owning timber
land might cut some logs and deposit
them in the exchange, taking labor
checks in receipt therefor; the owner
of an idle sawmill would rent his outfit
to the branch and accept "checks" as
rental; some men, now idle, would
work the logs into lumber; unmployed
carpenters would manufacture the lum-
ber into coffins, furniture, etc., and re-
ceive "checks'' for their labor The
articles thus made would be sold on the
market or exchanged with other
branches for provisions, clothing, ETC.,
which would be again exchanged to the
farmer, mill-man and mechanics for
their "checks. 1t must be remem-
bered that no "check'' can be put into
circulation until some labor or the
product of labor has been deposited
with the branch, and whenever the
''checks'' are redeemed the value goes
out and the checks are Cancelled.
It will be seen that all branches of
business will soon be represented, and
when the producers can market their
products and supply their wants with
out the use of legal tender) by me-
dium Of exchange based upon, and at
all times equal to the wealth produced
grand step will have been taken to-
ward the solution of the greatest prob
lem of the age.
Under this sytem, farmers would
not be clothed in rags while tailors and
weavers starved; weavers would not go
barefooted while shoemakers and tan
ners needed clothes; and carpenters,
painters, bricklayers and plasterers
would not be idle while people suffered
for shelter,
Every American citizen should in
vestigate this,
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niscellany.
NOBODY KNOWS BUT MOTHER.

How many buttons are missing to-day?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many playthings are strewn in her
way?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many thimbles and spools has she
missed,
How many burns on each fat little fist,
How many bumps to be cuddled and
kissed?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many hats has she hunted to-day?
Nobody knows but mother.
Carelessly hiding themselves in the hay,
Nobody knows but mother.
How many handkerchiefs willfully stray
ed,
How many ribbons for each little maid,
How, for her care, can a mother be paid ?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many muddy shoes all in a row?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many stockings to darn, do you
know?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many little torn aprons to mend,
What is the time when her days work
shall end?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many lunches for Tommy" and
"Sam?"
Nobody knows but mother.
Cookies and apples and blackberry jam,
Nobody knows but mother.
Nourishing dainties for every sweet
tooth
Toddling "Dottie" or dignifed Ruth,
How much love sweetens the labor, for
- sooth?
I Nobody knows but mother.
How many cares does a mother heart
know?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many joys from her mother-love
flow?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many prayers by each little white
bed,
How many tears for her babes has she
shed,
How many kisses for each curly head2
Nobody knows but mother.
Mary Morrison, in Housekeeper.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19
without a Fire Box.

In the city of Marseilles, France, a
railroad has recently been completed
which possesses the original feature
that its motive power consists of steam
locomotives without firebox. This pc
culiar engine was adopted in order to
effect the passage of a tunnel, half
mile long, without development of
smoke Teh locomotive consists of a
cylindrical boiler, which is filed with
hot water under a maximum pressure
of 227.5 pounds per square inch. At
the end of the line the pressure decreas-
es to 43 to 20 pounds. The water is
then heated again to 203 degrees, corre-
spending to pressure of 227.5 pounds
by means of steam produced by the
generators at the central station. The
boiler is 10 feet long. 3.S feet in diam
eter and holds besides $50 gallons of
water and 21 cubic feet of steam. The
steam from the generators is uniformly
distributed through the water by suit
ably arranged pipes. After having
been used in the cylinders, the steam
is condensed In a condenser, consisting
of 1,154 pipes, provided over the boiler.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19
OVER THE PREoIPIcE

Hosts of invalids tumble to destruction simply
matters OF eating, drinking and the avoidance
of exciting causes, and, above all, in the item
of medication. They persist in dosing them
and violent remedies, opiates and mineral
poisons. The best, the safest, the p!easantest
substitute for such hurtiul no-remedies is Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, potent for malarial,
rheumatic, dyspeptic, nervous and bilious
non ,r,1o oirafc
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19
Swept Away in a Flood.


Mr.. e. v. Smalley relates in Chi
cago newspaper a thrilling and very
peculiar experience which he under
went a few years ago in travelling in
the Northwest. With three friends he
attempted to ford a slough of the va
kima River in Washington, in a big
wagon dra wn by four horses. Mr.. Small
ley says:
The river was very high, and the
broad slough was running like a mill
race. We know that the fording- place
was narrow and the water deep, but
we expected nothing more serious than
to get our feet wet. But when we were
about halfway across, the lead horses
got their hind feet over the double
trees and became unmanageable; and
then the wagon was swept off the ford
and into deep water.
One of my friends swan ashore, and
two others climbed out of the tail of
the wagon and managed to keep their
footing until they were rescued. at
tempted to get out in the same way,
but before could do so the wagon was
swept into very deep water, overturned,
and wagon, horses and / were soon
fioundering IN the current,
l could not swim, and gave up all
hope Of my life. / went under water,
and there had very clear experience
of what psychologists call the double
consciousness. 1t seemed as If were
two persons, one a physical man, still
intelligent enough to struggle among
the horses, and the other conscious
ness that was entirely serene and hap
py, looking with admiration at the
beautiful water overhead, and wonder
ing il the body would come ashore
somewhere down the stream and be re-.
covered.
This part of me felt quite delighted
at being released from partnership With
the other fellow. How long this lasted
l do not know. l did not have any of
that vivid recollection of all the events
of life which men restored from drown
Ing usually tell about. The higher con-
sciousness only felt that it was an in
dependent spiritual existence, now for
the first time released from dwelling in
a physical body.
But now the body, in its desperate
struggles, clutched the ear Of one of
the horses. The horse got its head
above water, and the mans head came
up with 1t. The man was rescued by D.
boat, and with extreme regret my high
er consciousness was forced ito re-enter
its old dwelling place.
FVcerc;eed Hsr
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

The lady manager of California in-
surance company is, credited with the
largest salary paid to any woman
$40, 900 year.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

chine that can split a human hair
into thirty y-six strips.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

A dust excluder for vehicle hubs con-
sists of a cap secured to the outer end
of the hub, being easily removable.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

The change of administration in the
United States causes great anxiety
among all Spaniards.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

An electric roller for massage pur-
poses is composed of plated copper and
zinc and generates its own electricity.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

Illinois spends at least So, 900, 900 a
year in punshing criminals. It spends
scarcely anything for their reform,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

Counsul Lee is severely handled by
the Spanish press on account of his
course in the Ruiz case.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

Nine women obtained the doctors de-
grees at the University of Berne, Swift
zerland, at the last examination.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

It has been ascertained that in Russia
573 per 1000 girls ma airy before reach
ing the age of twenty.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19
HOME PRonUcTs AND PURE FooD,

All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. 1t is for sale
by frst-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac-
tured by the PACIFIC COAST SYRUP Co. ALI gen.
uine "Tea Garden Drips" have the manufac-
turer's name Autographed on every can.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

London buses are drawn by Ameri-
can horses, thousands of which are inn
parted annually
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only
cough medicine used in my housed. c.
Albright, Miffiinburg, Pa, Dec. IL, 1885,.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19

Mrs Humphrey Ward, the English
novelist, has turned her energies to-
wards writing a play.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19
Excercised Him.

: ."This bicycle craze has done me a
world Of good" declared Bloomley.
why, you don't ride"
mo, but I've been knocked q total OF
ct least goo feet and have run miles in
my efforts to dodge scorchers. 81 Detroit
Free Prea
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19
: How.s THIS ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure,
F. CHENEY d CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for tn e last Is years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fin-
ancially able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19
WEST & TRUAx,

Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN d MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-19
Gladness Comes

MIith a better understanding of the
w transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle efforts pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that SO many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to constipated condi-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
lysremoves. 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 facilitating the
organs on which it acts. 1t is therefore
all important, in order to get it's 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 slzillful
physicians, but if in need of laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
figs stands highest and is most largely
Bed ano gives most general satisfaction.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-28
WANTED TO DIE.
An Admirer Of General Cassius M.
Clay's Child Wife Takes Poison.

Valley View, KY, November 81
Another sensational episode in connec-
ton with Dora Richardson Clay leaving
her husband. General Cassius Marcellus
Clay, occurred night before last, when
Will Bryant. Clell Richardson's broth
er-in-law, tried to commit suicide by
taking poison in Richardson's house.
He was staying with Clell when Dora
came two weeks ago. They have been
much in each others company and the
neighbors believe they are in love with
each other. Bryant's life was saved by
prompt application of the stomach
pump and to-day Dora has been nurs-
ing him back to health.
Bryant refuses to say why he at
tempted self-destruction and bushes
and stammers when asked if it was on
account of Dora. Bryant was fire.
quently at Clells house when he lived
on the Generals farm, but one day the
general ran Bryant off the place, threat
enlng to shoot him. Bryant is 81 years
old, rather handsome boy and occu-
pies about the same station in life that
Dora did before she married the mas
ter of Whitehall. His attempt on his
life has worried Dora greatly and all
day yesterday she was more melancholy
than usual.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-28
Free From
Rheumatism.

If the people generally knew the true
cause of Rheumatism, there would be
no such thing as 1iuiments and lotions
for this painful and disabling disease.
The fact is, Rheumatism is disordered
state of the blood-it can be reached,
therefore, only through the blood. But
all blood remedies cannot cure Rheuna-
tism, for it is an obstinate disease, one
which requires a real blood remedy
something more than mere tonic.
Swift's Specific is the only real blood
remedy and promptly goes to the very
bottom of even the most obstinate case.
Like all other blood diseases, the
doctors are totally unable to cure Rheu-
matism. In fact, the only remedies
which they prescribe are potash and
mercury, and though temporary relief
may result, these remedies produce a
stiffness of joints and only intensity the
disease. Those who have had experience
with Rheumatism know that it becomes
more severe each year.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-28
MUST ANSWER FOR FLIRTING.
Knoxville Young Man Held for Violating
the .sJohnny Bill 4"

the "JOhnny Bill
Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov. 27.-Dur-
ing the recent session of the legislature
of Tennessee bill known as the
Johnny BILL" was passed. This en-
actment was for the protection OF fe-
male students at the various female ed
vocational institutions in this State
against obnoxious and familiar
young men, making it unlawful for
them to fiirt with schoolgirls or to loi-
ter about buildings devoted to educa-
ton of females.
Linn Chamberlain, Of Knoxville, was
arrested few days ago by the police
authorities of that city for a violation
of the law. The charges against young
Chamberlain were flirting and walking
with Miss Anderson, the .15-year-old
daughter of one of Knoxvilles most
prominent citizens. The young man
had been previously warned to cease his
attentions to the young girl, and his re-
fusal to Go so caused his arrest for the
violation of the Johnny BILL
He was tried before Squire Sellers
and bound over to the circuit court.
He gave bond in the sum of $3.50. He
will be tried at the January term.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-28
GIRLS FILL THE CHURCH.
Pretty Young Lady Ushers Prove Paying
Move at Trenton, n. j.

fFeIty IOung Lazy OsherS frOVe IasinS
Move at Trenton, n. j.
Trenton, N. j., November 27.-Rev.
Maurice Penfield Fixes of the First
Baptist church Of this city, has aston
ished religious circles by introducing
in his church a novel feature in the
form Of girl ushers, whose business it is
to take up the collection as well as to
show church attendants to seats.
Mr.. Fixes advertised the fact that
there would be girl ushers in the church
and it was incidentally announced that
that in selecting, care would be taken
to pick out half dozen of the prettiest
maidens in the congregation. The an
nouncement was sufficient to draw TO
the church lately such an attendance of
you-.g men as was never there before.
Every seat in the church is filled long
before services are begun, and il has
been necessary to set chairs in the aisles
TO accommodate the crowd. AS ushers
the girls are grand success, but their
best service is given when the time
comes to take up the collection.
Pastor Fixes, prior to the time for
starting the girls out with the contribu-
ton boxes, announces that the Lord
who gave to a church invested his mon
ey in an institution that was better than
savings bank. Give freely and
cheerfully, and the Lord. as well as
these good girls, will appreciate it,
The contributions are now the largest
ever taken in the church.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-28

Scheme of Pacific Coast Sports to Reap a
Rich Harvest in kloudike

Scheme of Pacific Coast Sports to Reap a
Rich Harvest in klOndike.
Tacoma, Wash, November 27.-San
Francisco and Puget sound gamblers
are preparing to reap a Klondike har-
vest on a scale scarcely less extensive
than the big transportation companies.
Joe Harvey, Billy Dormer and David
Argyle, of San Francisco, are backing a
project to open hotels and conduct gam
bling and liquor saloons along the route
from ST.. Michaels to Dawson and at
Dyea, Wrangle and Juneau. Many
thousands of dollars have been sub
scribed and at San F'rdancisco the plans
have been prepared for a river steamer,
which is intended to operate between
ST. Michaels and Dawson.
Joe Harvey backed five gamblers,
who started for Dawson this fall. They
got no further than Rampant City and
returned with $4,000 in gold. To
make certain of reaching Dawson next
time, one party of the FIVE, headed by
Dave Argyle, will start over the Chill
koot pass in February. Another party
will go to ST. Michaels on the first
steamer.
The syndicate expects to clean up
$500, 900 next year. A Tacoma gambler
returned last night from San Francisco
with instructions from Harvey to go to
the southeastern Alaska towns and Sc
cure locations in all Of them.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-28
PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL.

PIEDMONT, w. Va, November ~
Claude w. Greitzner will erect another
large sale stable adjoining his warehouse.
1t will be so by rs feet.
The Davis Coal & Coke Company, of
Piedmont, are erecting another track and
dump at their plant at Thomas, for load
ing coal into house cars, as they find
rheir present capacity not sufficient to
promptly fill their orders.
Messrs. Right & Klenck are erecting a
new building at Luke. Md, opposite Pied
mont, to be used as a postoffice, an office
having been established there
Coles steam laundry is nearing COM
pletion.
The County Court has granted the Cor
don Telephone Company permission to
erect poles along the county roads They
will erect a complete system at Keyser
Immediately.
Both the saw mill and the box factory
of the Blackwater Lumber Company, of
Davis, are working both day and night SO
as to keep up with its orders.
Thomas is a small village on the ALE
ghany mountains, yet the Davis Coal &
Coke Company pay out s35 600 there, and
at Coketon and Douglas, adjoining vii
lagos, while other industries pay several
thousand more per month for labor