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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

| there many a time. What's the matter
out of grub?'
Nav, he amt out O. grub, an won't
be as longs Sans got any; but it's
somebody else. l got a letter for him
to-day on the stage an took 1t down to
him. After he read it he jest turned
over with his back to me an laid quiet,
but purity soon / shifted to where |
could see his face. an I'll be derned if
he wasn't cryin'-yes, sir, cryin' like a
baby, he's that weak, you know.
says to him easy like, What's the mat
ter, pardY
Nothin',' he says, only more hard
luck
Girl gone back on your l said
thinkin' to be cheerful an maxim up
my mind to josh him.
mo he says. it 'ud a-been better
for her if she had long go. Read that
he says, an handed me this" concluded
Sam, as he drew letter from his pock-
ct. 1t was dated from an Ohio village
and read as follows:
"My Own Dear Husband-Your low
Ing letter received yesterday, but it
found us, oh, so down-hearted and
wishing for papa. Dear husband, it
seems that our troubles will never end.
Mr.. Rhoades has changed his mind and
will foreclose the mortgage. You know
he said before you went away that if
we paid the interest up he would let it
stand while longer. Well. when the
mortgage was due sold the cow AMI
took some of the money you left me to
live on and paid the six months back
interest. Now he says, as the mortgage
is due, he must have his money and
will foreclose. 1 tried all the companies
and banks to borrow the money to pay
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10
PrRITE5
@ ~
SAN

We all thought Pyrites Sam was a
fool the very day he struck the camp,
but were not absolutely certain until
the night he came in with his pockets
full of pyrites Of iron, and taking each
man aside privately informed him,
with many injunctions as to secrecy,
that he had discovered and located "a
brass mine. As rule we had grown
very tired of initiating every tenderfoot
that came along into the mysteries of
quartz mining; showing them the diff
ference between gold bearing quartz
and country rock; between true fis-
sure and contact vein; between gran
lite, porphyry, schist, spar, serpentine,
quartzite, etc; of trends, dips, spurs,
angles, etc.; of shafts, tunnels, slopes,
WINES, and drifts; of the manipua-
ton of the horn spoon or gold pan; how
to distinguish the resultant sediment,
II gold. from mica, pyrites or sulphur
cts: in word, teaching them in an
hour or two all we had learned after
years of toll and privation. We had
reached this stage of the ''tired feeling"
when Sam brought in his "brass" speci-
mems, and not man of us would tell
him what it was. "Uh-huh," we said,
as he carefully exhibited his deceptive
looking find. What did we think of it?
Why. it was great find and very high
grade ore-if it was brass. |If"-why.
of course it was brass; look at it; any
body could see what it was. We admit
ted that they could; yes, anybody that
knew anything at all. So we permitted
Sam to work away in ignorance on his
claim for two weeks-until he received
returns from the sample sent to Los
Angeles for assay. Then the "Brass
Monkey" as Sam called it, shut down,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10
"Only waiting till the shadows
Puritanical.

Thinking of the old paths and how
the fathers and mothers walked in
them, we could not help wishing that
the Christian families of to-day walked
even as they walked. They had fam
lily affairs. They catechised their chill
dren. They encouraged and required
them to memorize the Scriptures. They
believed in the Bible, the whole Bible,
as the word of God. A thus saith the
Lord" was to them the end of all con-
troversy. They went reverently and
gladly to the house of God, even when
it rained and showed and the winter
winds were cold and cutting. We of
this generation owe much of such piety
as we have to the early training which
we sometimes thought was too strict,
and which this liberal age call "Puri-
tanical." But it was good for us, and
1t would be good for our children
Word and Way.
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pile on it-there's fifty; who's all in on

pile on it-there's fifty; who's all In or
! it?" and he slammed two twenties anG
/ a ten on the bar. 1t was just like Sam
and whoever heard an appeal like &c
unanswered in a mining camp? There
We're fifty men in the room, and every
man saw Sans ante, and those that die
not have that amount borrowed it from
| their friends. In few moments S.
$50 in gold lay piled on the bar. Sans
eyes glistened as he copnted the mon.
ey. "Everybody's in OH the game" he
said; won't one of you &C m down and
see what he has to say?''
mo nonsense, SaIh; you take it down.
an tell us what he says tomorrow"
NO. I'll be derned if 1 do. Some of
you fellers got to come along. amt
a-goin' to play this hand alone any
longer" So three or four of us went
with him. Well, there is no use going
into details. What would you or any
other man say under the circum-
stances? Finally he wanted to give us
note or send mortgage back as Sc
curity, but we laughed at him, and all
of us crawled into our blankets that
NOlAoNiouS VI udNluS uOu6 SOluG-
thing that might balance something
else on the debit side of the recording
angels ledger. He was too i'll to travel
alone, and at last after repeated urg-
ings, Sam was induced to accompany
him.
You can bet your life," said Sam,
"that I'll give Mr.. Rhoades the camps
respec's.'
Not long after that my partner and
l left the gulch and drifted into Cripple
Creek. One day when court was in ses-
sion we dropped in to see how a court
organized under the code operated.
well, I'll be d." muttered my part
ner as he pointed to the prisoners dock.
There were two men in it, Pyrites Sam
and the tenderfoot. The air seemed to
grow suddenly close in the court room.
and we went out.
"Them fellers?'' said an officer in an
swer to our inquiry; why, they're two
of the slickest all-round con men in the
West. They're on trial now for saltin'
a mine an doin' tenderfoot I'D for
about ten thouSan'. Miners? Why,
man, they're experts; raised in the
mines: show 'em piece of ore from
anywhere between British Columbia
and Mexico, an they'll tell you what
district it's from. The officers been
a-lookin' for 'em for months, but |
they've been hidin' out some place
1own in Southern Californy. 1 guess
hey thought their last trick had been
forgot, so they come out"
At noon we went down to the Jail, and |
we're allowed to see the prisoners.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

God hides Himself; there lies His un-
exhausted charm.
A good guide will not be rejected be.
cause he is bowlegged.
Every man has his price. Mine is the
precious blood of Jesus.
We should have a society for doing
good among the neglected rich.
Never to make mistake is the big
gest mistake any man can make.
The world that the bird flies over is
not the same that the snail crawIs on.
Every boy thinks his mother is the
pest woman on earth-and they are all
of them right, too.
Many man who finds his cottage
large enough would find palace too
small, If suddenly made rich.
What evidence of the patience of
God can be more conclusive than the
bald head of the infidel lecturer?
The man who jumps at conclusions
may be recognized by his having his
overcoat half on before the end of the
benediction.
Many man thinks he has found
mistake in the Bible just because he
has run across something he doesn't
want to believe.
There are two classes of men who
never profit by their mistakes-th
who blame it on their wives and those
Who lay it all to Providence.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10
S2OOOmoo

If you use too much of
StAilllng;s Best baking powder
it don't spoil the cake.
But why not make your
money go as far as it will by
using just enough of SeAlll1xg's $
Best baking powder-one-third
less than of the brand you are
used to?
A SchillIng & Company
San Francisco 1Oc3
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10
NO DIFFERENCE.

Physical troubles of a like nature coming
from different causes are oftena puzzle to
those who suffer pain as to their treatment
and cure-as in the case of lumbago from
cold or strain in some way to the same
muscles. The treatment of such need not
differ one with the other. Both are bad
enough and should have prompt attention,
as nothing disables so much as a lame back
The use of st. Jacobs Oil will settle the
question. Its efficacy is SO sure in either
case there is no difference i'll the treatment
and no doubt of the cure
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10
REGULATIONS MADE ma DAY

Are precious scarce. Time tries the worth of
a man or medicine. Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters is forty-hye years growth, ard like tn Sc
hardy Hchens that garnish the creyices of
Alaska's rocks, it fourishes perennially, and
its reputation hasas firm base as the rocks
themselves. No medicine is more highly re-
garded as remedy for fever and ague, bilious
remittent, constipation, liver and kidney dis
orders, NERVOUSNESS and rheumatism.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10
Millions of EN-,

Visitor lin search of apartments)-
Have you plenty of fresh eggs?
Landlady-Thousand of EN-, mum
thousands of 'em.
'.And fresh butter?"
''Tons of it, mum; tons of it,
'Aud pure milk?''
oceans of it, num-"
"And f1eas?'
millions of 'em, mum; h'm-er-whai
did you say, mum?"
''Fleas."
NO not flea, mum; not one. Spare
Moments
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

At recent meeting of the Institu-
tion of Civil Engineers in London, the
opinion was expressed that the coming
material for ship-building is nickel
steel, but that before it can be extern
sivley used, further deposits of nickel
must be discovered.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10
TRUMPET CALLS.
Rams Horn Sounds a Warning Note
to the Unredeemed.

! HE sharper gets
most out of the
man who is get
ting least out of
what he pos
Sesses.
People W h o
are all tongue,
have no ears.
No good comes
of blaming 9TH
ers for the mis-
f o r t u N e s w e
bring on our
selves.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10
HOME PRODUCTS AND, PURE FooD

All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. '1Ted Garden DIiDs'' is made from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. 1t is for sale
by frst-class grocers, in cans only. Manuiac-
tured by the PACIFIC COAST SYRUP Co. All gen
uine "Tea Garden DriDs" have the manufac-
turer's name Autographed on every can.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

Kangaroo tails for soup have been
sent to London from Australia A
shipment of 2, 500 weight was sold at
the rate of So dozen tails. In Aus
tralia they are considered great
delicacy
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

The legislature of Uruguay has con-
ferred citizenship and the sum of $1O,-
900 on DR.. Sanarelli as recognition of
his discovery of the yellow fever
microbe
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

The longest straight railroad line in
America is on the Lake Shore railway,
beginning at point three miles west
of Toledo, Ohio, and running 50 miles
without curve.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

Among the numerous superstitions
of the Cossacks there is none stronger
than the belief that they will enter
heaven in better state if they are per-
sonally clean at the time they are killed.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

The Algerian music is produced from
seven different kinds of instruments,
two being guitars, one rude violin,
two kinds of drums. clarinet and a
flute, all of the most primitive forms.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

The kanoon is the favorite instru-
ment among the ladies in Turkey. Its
shape resembles that of harp laid fat.
1t has 72 strings, in sets of three, and
is played with small plectrum.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

A Dutchman of Weert has found a
way of spinning thread from peat,
which is woven into clothing The
fabrics thus made are comparatively
cheap and intended for ordinary use.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

Toronto hotels have been bothered by
a man who persists in putting six
names on the register and ordering six
rooms, although no one accompanies
him and he represents nobody but him
Golf
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

Russia has the most rapidly increas-
ing population of any country in the
world. The growth during the last 100
years has been a fraction less than L.
900, 900 annually.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

1t is no unusual thing for vessel
plying bewteen Japan and London to
carry 1000, 900 fans of all kinds as
single item of it's cargo.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10
Swallow Faster than Pi con.

Some time ago the experiment was
made of letting loose at Compeigne a
swallow belonging to Antwerp in COM
pany with number of pigeons. The
swallow Immediately made bee-line
for home and arrived there in one
hour, while the pigeons required three.
hours.-Philadelphi Ledger
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

The psaltery of Spain is supposed to
have been introduced into that country
by the Moors. 1t is still in common
use among the peasants.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

A stout gentleman in Holton, Kan,
who weighs $40 pounds, has for the
past six weeks been trying to reduce
his avoirdupois by long frequent rides
on horseback. Up to date, it is the
horse that has lost flesh.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

Nine hundred and fifty telegraph
submarine cables are now in opera
ton, most of them in Europe; their
total length is over $4,000 miles.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

Railways in Holland are SO carefully
managed, that the accidental deaths on
them average only one year for the
entire country.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

In agreeable contrast to the familiar
"no thoroughfare" sign is an inscription
at Sabine, Me-, which reads: Private
way; welcome"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

An old English Manners Book
says: ga lady should dip only the tips
of her fingers in the sauce bowl, and
should not let food fall out of her
mouth on the tablecloth." :"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

An international congress has been
arranged at Paris for the discussion OF
the means of preventing fires in thea
tiers and other places of public resort.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

The ur-heen, or Chinese violin, in
shape resembles an ordinary hammer
with handle. 1t has two strings and
is played with a bow.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

A grain of fine sand would cover 100
Of the minute scales of the human skin,
and yet each OF these scales in turn
covers from 800 to 500 pores.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

A New Hartford, Conn, man one
day set over 1000 tobacco plants, and
the next morning found that the cut
worms had destroyed every plant but
one over night.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

Steel barrels are being made extern
ayely. It is reported that the Standard
qi Company and other large con.
umers soon will use them exclusively.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

King Solomon's Treasure" only Aphrodsiacal
Tonic known. (See Dictionary $500 a box 3
weeks treatment. Mason Chemical Co., p O. Box
747 Philadelphia, Pa
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

We will forfeit 81 900 if any of our pub
lished testimonials are proven to be not
genuine. The PIso Co., Warren, Pa.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10
Coeducation in France,

In France women are admitted rs
students in the universities on the same
conditions as men, and are eligible for
the diplomas conferred on male stu.
dents. In Belgium there is statutory
equality for men and women. 1t is the
same in Holland, and statistics show
that the number of women students is
steadily increasing.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10
The LoneIiness of Age.

Be kind to the aged. How few think
Of this and treat with due considera-
ton those who have outlived their gen.
Grafton, and whose early companions
and friends have been taken from
them. Unable to engage in heyactivi-
ties of life, they are no longer brought
into contact and sympathy with those
around them, and no tie of common in
terest and mutual dependence binds
them together. Their views and tastes
have naturally grown apart. They
share but little in common with others.
The future of this life has nothing to
inspire their ambition or excite their
hopes. What calls forth the energies
of others has no inspiration for them.
They necessarily, to great extent, live
In world of their own, with which
those around are not familiar. The
communion of their hearts is with the
scenes of the past, and the companions
of other years who have long ago pass
ed away. Lover and friend have been
taken from them, and their acquaint-
ance laid in darkness. The forms they
admired and loved are gone, and eyes
that looked into theirs with the tender
est affections are sightless, and the
voices that cheered and stirred their
souls have long been silent Their
early world of hope and joy has be-
come desolation, and they in silence
contemplate the ruin that has been
wrought. They have but little to inter-
est them in the world. They are pill.
grims and strangers here,
"Only waiting till the shadows
Are little longer grown"
to finish their course and rest from
their labors. Who would not do what
he can to cheer the loneliness of age,
to smooth their pathway, and comfort
them in their declining years?
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10
St0pl Women,

And consider that in addressing Mrs.
Pinkham you are ccnfding your private
Ills to a woman-a woman whose ex-
perience in treating woman's diseases
is greater than that of any living ply
sician, male or female.
You can talk freely to a woman when
it is revolving to relate your private
troubles to a man; besides, a man does
not understand, simply because he isa
man.
MRS. PINKHAM'S STANDING
INVITATION.
Women suffering from any form of
female weakness areinvited promptly
communicate with Mrs. Pinkharn. at
Lynn, Mass. ALI letters are re-
ceived, opened, read, and answered by
women only. A woman can freely
talk of her private illness to woman.
Thus has been established the eternal
confidence between Mrs PinlSham and
the women of America which has never
been broken. Out of the vast volume
of experience which she has to draw
from, it is more than possible that she
has gained the very knowledge that
will help your case. She asks nothing
In return except your good will, and
her advice has relieved thousands.
Surely anywoman, rich or poor, isvery
foolish If she does not take advantage
OF this generous offer of assistance.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

The farther man can look into the
future the fewer creditors he sees,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

The man with loose habits Is the one
that Is ofteuest tight.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

When you see an advertisement offer
ing a reward for the return of lost
article and no questions asked you may
rest assured the advertiser is not a
woman.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

TT, schilling's Best tea aud baking powder.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10
FREE TRIAL TO
ANY HONEST MAN.
The Foremost Medical Company in
the World in the Cure of Weak
Men Makes This Offer.
HAPPY MARRIAGE, HEALTH, EN-.
ERGY AND LONG LIFE.

I'm all the world today-in all the history of
the eworld-no doctor nor institution has treated
and restored SO many men as has the famed
ERIE MEDICAL COMPANY, of Buffalo, N. Y,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10

snow, when the rocks and mud which
made the trails SO difficult last fall are
covered up.
There are projected improvements
for both of those trails, in the nature
of railroads and tramways, but as yet
only Chilkoot pass shows any thing tan
gible. A combined railroad and tram
way is under construction and is prom
sed to be completed by the first of Feb
ruary. for the taking of freight from
Dyea through to Lake Lindermann. The
probabilities are that this convenience
will be provided by that time, or
shortly thereafter. The company oper-
ating it purposes to contract to carry
freight from Dyea to the lake at price
much below what it would cost to pack
it over, and to handle it SO promptly
that by the time the owner can walk
over the trail his freight will get
through. With this tramway in opera
ton, and nothing similar on the Skag-
uay trail, the Chilkoot pass would get
all the travel. There are, however,
still other tramways and railroad pro-
jects on both trails, but when they will
be ready for use is uncertain. At the
present time it would seem as though
this Chilkoot tramway will be the only
thing ready early enough to accommo-
date the first rush in February and
March. Until that time, there is ap-
parently little choice between the trails
for winter travel, and those who go in
before February may take either. For
those who go in over the snow Yu-
1-Dx, 1ad 10 Thfo ek-
skeleton sled and may be purchased at
any regular outfitting point. Many
take dogs to help draw sleds, but all
can not do this. If it is done, special
provision must be made for food for
the animals.
After the lakes have been reached,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-16
IS WOMAN A HUMAN eEINo7
This Question Was Gravely Diseased 1T
Bhhop's Council at Macon.

This Question Was Gravely Discussed ss
q Bnhop's Council at Macon.
In these latter days Of the Nineteenth
century, when woman is struggling for
an equality with men In the arts and
sciences and in politics, it may be In
terestipg 20 know that as early as the
Sixth century the woman question"
was knotty problem confronting the
sages Of that period.
1t was a more startling question,
however, than that of these days Of
safety bicycles and abbreviated skirts.
"Are women human beings" was the
vouan question as formulated IN the
Sixth century.
This startling inquiry was proposed
by bishop at the council Of Macon. and
the reverend fathers were 80 arniabis
and 30 liberal as 20 deTote several sss
sions TO the consideration OF the sub
tsct. They did not disdein the question
as useless or frivolous. but graTely IN
dertock the task Of assigning 20 woman
her proper place II creation
With ali her faults they lo-ed her
still, and, moved partly. no doubt. By
affection they generously decided that
she did not belong 10 the world OF NUT
tols. beeTes or goats" but was N truth
a human being.
Il must not be imagined. however,
that this advanced theory ~sx forced
upon Chris;endozn. says tie London
Nail The council o. Macon was not
ecunenical, add SO churehmsa were
not constrained 70 accept IS decision