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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
THE BLUES.

This is a synonym for that gloomy, harrassed
condition OF the mind which has its origin in
dyspepsia. All the ugly spirits that under the
name of the "blues," "blue devils, - 'megrims''
Neutrality-suspicious. the dyspeptic almost
tettsrss Stomach Bitters, that, moreover, ami
hilates biliousness constipation, chilis and
fever, kidney complaints, and nervousness.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

Ireland is now being opened more
than ever for visitors. Its attractions
are being more prominently placed be.
fore tourists, and increased facilities
have been provided for viewing its
many natural beauties. The presence
of royalty cannot fail to give stimu-
lus to tourist traffic
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

A ton of Atlantic water when evapor-
ated yields eighty-one pounds of salt; a
ton of Pacific water, seventy mine
pounds; the water in the Dead Sea,
more than twice as much-187 pounds
to the ton.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

The longest continued cataleptic sleep
known to science was reported from
Germany in 1892, the patient having
remained absolutely unconscious for
four and half months.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

An American scientist has recently
discovered a new microbe which is par
ticularly destructive to the tissues of
the human body, and the most striking
popularity of the creature is that it is
nearly all mouth.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
HOME PRODUCTS AND PURE FOOD.

:. All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. 'TeG Garden Urips" 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. All gen.
uine "Ted Garden Drips'' have the manufac-
turer's name Autographed on every can.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound " is
the sure reliance in this hour of trial.
Thousands have found it the never-fail-
ing power to correct all Irregularities
and start the woman on the sea of life
with that physical health all should
have.
Womb difficulties, disp1acements and
the horrors cannot exist in company
with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
Siam and Foreign Trade.

The capital of Siam has a consider
able foreign trade. During 1895 the
number of vessels that entered the har.
bor of Bangkok was 518, and the i'm.
ports were valued at $40, 900, 900.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

The Roman swords, before Cannae,
B. G. 1856, were pointless and sharp
only on one side; after Cannae the
short Spanish sword, for cutting and
thrusting, was adopted.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
Uncle Ben cl1lbbed his o,.r

and next instant brought the heavy
stock down upon Ike's head and felled
him to the earth. The man sank down
without cry or groan, and after wait
ing half minute the old man gasped
out:
MAY de good Lawd dun furgive me,
but had to do it fur Miss Sunshine's
sake!"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

The Gauls. to make handles for their
stone axes, cleft the branch of a tree,
placed the stone in it and left it till the
wound in the wood had been COM
pletely healed
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

The government will furnish Grand
Army committees with marble head
stones for the unmarked graves of SOL
diers of the revolution, the war of 1912
and of Mexican war veterans.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
Another Use for the Rav,

In France, by means of the Roentgen
rays, the sex of the silkworms is now
determined while they are in the CO.
coon. This determination has in the
past been carried on uncertainty,
usually by weight, the female cocoons
usually being slightly heavier.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
Another Thiu0,

Wife--You saw Mrs. Browser last
evening?
Husband-Yes, but not to speak to
her.
Wife-What story! heard you
were sitting with her for more than
two hours.
Husband That's so; but It was she
Nho 1he talkiue Data.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

Professor William Crookes, of Lon.
don, is authority for the assertion that
to count the omlecules in a pin-head
space at the rate of $1,000, 900 per Sec
ond would require 10000 years.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

Specimens of strange caterpillar
discovered this spring on pear trees in
Cambridge, Mass, are pronounced by
Prof. Samuel Henshaw to be the gold
tail or euproctis chrysorrhea, hitherto
unknown as an inhabitant of this
country. although it is found in En-
g-and. and is abundant in Central
and Southern Europe" When numer-
Gus, these caterpillars are very de-
structive, feeding on such trees and
plants as the apple, pear, plum, haw-
thorn, bramble, elm, willow, beech,
oak, hazelnut and hornbeam. At pres
ent the invaders in Massachusetts are
said to he confined to limited area in
Somerville and Cambridge The first
specimens seem to have made their
appearance year ago, and thus far
they have confined themselves to pear
and apple trees. How they got across
the ocean nobody apparently knows. It
is suggested that by vigorous measures
they may be stamped ont
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
The < rays are to ue used in set

The < rays are to We used in settling
whether the old masters in New York
are genuine paintings or not. If traces
of signature be found under the one
now in evidence, it will be proof enough
that the painting has been tampered
with
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

DR.. Max Schiller, of Berlin, has dem
onstrated that by the use of Roentgen
rays one can see how sounds are pro-
duced by the voice in singing.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

There are no courts in the Klondike
region, but perhaps they are not neces-
sary where everyone observes the golden
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
(To be Continued.)
Electric Power in Africa,

htcCCrIC ROVER IN AFRICA
Attention was recently called in this
column to the proposed use of the cat
aracts of the Nile for the generation
Of electric power. At meeting of the
Institution of Civil Engineers in Lon
don short time ago, Prof. Forbes re-
ported that he had been consulted
about another similar enterprise in the
dark continent" This was a propo-
sition to employ the Victoria Falls of
the ,Zambesi river in supplying electric
power to the gold mines in Matabele-
land and the Transvaal. He thought
the scheme was not so chimerical as it
had at first appeared to him. In his
opinion ''the distance over which power
might be profitably transmitted by cleo
tricity was not far short Of 1000 miles,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

The value of house property of Lon
don is So, 1865, 900, 900; that of Paris
81, ,430, 900, 900; that of New York, ST..
355, 100000
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

A boy who recently died at. the age of
13, in Indiana, from excessive smok-
ing, had consumed in the past five years
SO, 900 cigarettes.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

know that my life was saved by Piso's
Cure for Consumption.-Joh A Miller,
Au Sa BILE, Michigan, April D. 1885,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

The present cent is composed Of
ninety-ive parts of copper, four of tin
ana one of zinc.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

RWW~A
CHllDREN TEETHiNC.,'
MRS W1NsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP should always be
used for children teething 1t soothes the child
ems the gums sllays all pain wind collie and
Z bottle. 1t is the best of all.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
CHAPTER XIII.

As was stated in a previous chapter,
Captain Wyle's company, along with
others, had been returned to the valley
and placed under the orders of General
Imboden. Ike Baxter and the others
captured at Kernstown had rejoined tt i,
company when exchanged. Ike felt
more than ever that Royal Kenton was
an enemy he must get rid of, and Cap
tain Wyle encouraged this feeling in
various ways, though never openly and
directly committing himself. On two
occasions Ike had been granted leave of
absence to visit his wife. Both times
he had met her secretly.
The spirit which animated this hum
BILE twain will surprise only those who
have never encountered the poor
whites of the south. Nine out of ten
of the bloody and long continued feuds
we read of in southern communities
begin among the poor and ignorant.
The cause is generally of trifiing char
acter. The poor white may be hum
bled by the law, but outside of the
courtroom he hates with an intensity
hard to realize. He is persistent, cum
ming, merciless. Ike Baxter had never
had an ambition in his life up to the
hour he enlisted. He could barely read
and write, was naturally lazy and in
different and felt no pride in anything
except the fact that he was better than
nigger.' When he found that ccr-
porals and sergeants were looked up to
and respected, there came a queer feel
ing in his heart. He could not credit
it at first, but Captain Wyle aided him
in his mental struggle. The day came
when Ike had an ambition and burn
ing desire. 1t was. to be corporal or
sergeant. In his wild dreams of glory
he did not stop there. He determined
to go higher and become lieutenant or
captain. AS soon as he was given to
understand that Royal Kenton stood in
his way it was but natural with one of
his nature to determine to remove the
obstacle by any means possible.
Before the war the Yankee" both
as a man and as the representative of a
section of the republic, had few friends
in the south. He was supposed to be
hostile to ell southern institutions. -
The more ignorant the southerner the
more heartily he hated and despised the
citizen of the north. He believed what
the fire eating politicians pretended to
believe and often asserted. The John
Brown raid upon slavery in Virginia
and the events in Bleeding Kansas
.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

The first 1Udr1ling Marian had of his pres
ence aods tapping on the act1.dooo.
face against the glass that she might
know who was there, and a moment
later she stood outside the door with a
shawl thrown over her head. 81
"You are back, Uncle Ben-what' 8
the matter?'' she asked.
Heaps de mattah, Miss Sunshine,
heaps. I dun met up wild mo- dan fo'ty
bushels O. trubble! I'ze news fur yo'i'
"You-you met some one who told
you about Mr.. Kenton?"
Fur shorel Dat Cap'an Wyle lie to
yo'! Mars Kenton he dun git away
arter dat battle, long wild Steve Bray
ton.'
THANK God!" she whispered as she
raised her clasped hands to the bright
stars in the winter sky.
''But dar's trubble, Miss Sunshine
heaps O. trubble! Dey was tryin to git
ober yere when some gorillas reckoned
dey was Yankee spies an dun shotted
Mars Kenton. He hain't dead, but he's
bad hurt, an he's lyin in the bresh an
rocks down yere bout mile. I met
dat Steve Brayton, an he dun tole me
all bout it..
Royal Kenton wounded-badly hurt
and lying in the brush this winter s
night ]" moaned Marian as she grasped
Uncle Ben by the arm.
''Hist dar!' he cautioned. "We
mustn't woke up de missus or dat Bax-
ter woman. Now, den, yo' be brave.
Yo's got to be! Steve Brayton he dun
said I was to bring back blankets an
bandages an sunthin to eat. We must
step around mighty softly an pick 'em
up!'
"And will go back with you! God
grant that his life may be sparedH'
"Hush, chile! Yo' can't go wild me
tonight, but tomorrer. OATS what Steve
Brayton dun said. When I git back
dar, Ill see Mars Kenton wild my own
eyes, an I'll tell him all bout 20. an
Ill stay right dar all night an nuss
him."
''Oh, Uncle Ben, but I feel that I
must go to him''--
Hush! Yo' jess git all dem fngs
what spoke of packed up fur me as
quick as yo' kin an let me go back! If
yo' want dem gorillas to finish Mars
Kenton. yo' jest make fuss so dat
Mrs. Baxter will open dem big ears O.
hern an find out de news!'' .
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-09-02

Having everything ice-cOld, and meas
ured ready, put on the board three cup
fuls of flour, and mix through it thor
oughly, without using the hands, a tea
spoonful each of fine salt and sugar. Pile
the flour in heap, and make a well in the
center, and put in one cupful of but
ter. With a sharp silver knife cut the
butter in little pieces, and gradually
mix with the flour. When well incor-
porated, add little at a time, about ii
cupful of ice water, or as much as need
ed to make the paste so that you can
lift it from the board with the knife:
lift from the board, redredge with
flour, and return, and roll lightly, with
only the weight of the rolling-pin, from
you, into n thin sheet. Fold from you,
and roll again, always in the same di-
rection; repeat, and turn in the edges,
and roll up into tight roll, and lay
away on the ice for at least day to
ripen. This should be baked in an oven
at about 400 degrees Fair. When ready
to use cut off the end of the pastry roll
and slice large enough to make the
cover required. A little practice will
enable you to so gauge this that there
will be no trimmings left, and prac-
tice will give you skill to roll the COW
round. The time used in making this
pastry should not be over five minutes
Washington Home Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-09-02
WOMEN AS a RACE.
They Have n Different Line of Prog
ress from Men.

All womeE have fathers as well as
mothers. That is a fact of natural his
tory which we do not suppose the Inost
advanced of the crowds who are now
writing about women and their prog
ress are prepared definitely to deny,
but they would certainly like to deny
il if they could. The assumption which
underlies all their views is that women
are not only different from men physic-
ally, intellectually and morally, but
that they belong to a different race
which may, as time advances. have q
destiny of its own. They write as if the
great Hindu legists, who hold that fe-
male property should descend only to
females, had perceived part of a great
truth, which is, that women are con-
tinuously separate from men, inherit
nothing from them, and are forever
advancing upon a line of their own
which will in the end, or at all events
may in the end, after what Mrs. Green
calls an anarchic period, develop in
them something probably superior to
anything in men, or at the worst,
something radically different.
The human race with these writers is
male, but women are female, and there
fore something quite other than hui
I-man. Their strength and their weak
ness, their virtues and their failings,
belong to themselves, and no more ne
long to a common humanity than the
qualities of cattle and the qualities of
the felidae belong to common animal
nature. They have a different line as
we'll as a different law of progress, and
will in the end develop into beings en-
tIrely separate from men, probably
much higher, but at all events so diff
ferent that to reason from the progress
of one sex to the progress of the other
is as futile as to reason that because
wolves have in the course of unnum-
bered ages developed into dogs, there
fore cats must in the course of count
less aeons develop into dogs also. In
the violence of their recoil from ;he
Tcnnysonian idea that woman is but
lesser man, the more fanatic writer's at.
tribute TO her qualities, faculties, and.
above all, future fate which would, if
their assumption were true, prove her
to belong to an essentially different
Species which resembles man only for
| moment when, as it We're accidentally.
she is level with him in a race in which
she is destined TO be far the first. The
fact that, as all men are the sons of
women, they must share in any inner
lied excellence. or even change. which
their mothers may develop is not so
much denied as ignored, and the whole
question treated as if all men We're the
descendants of Adam and all women of
Eve, not by license of poetic speech,
but in prosaic fact.-LondOn Spectator.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-09-02
Trying AEain.

Papa" said the ice baron's beauti-
full daughter, ''mamma and l want So
600 for charitable purposes. Can you
let us have it?"
u suppose so, my dear" said the in
dulgcnt parent, but isn't that quite
large sum for charity? What dis
position do you intend to make of it -
You remember" said the fair girl,
"the younger son of that English duke
who will inherit the title and estates
of his father, and who was so attentive
to me last summer"
~ do" said the ice baron. lis he
trying to borrow money already?"
mo, indeed; he has returned home
without proposing, and mamma and
have decided to go to a summer resort
for the purpose of securing another"
And where does the charity come
in?'
"Oh, the money, you know, is to be
used as a fresh heir fund. ''-Detroit
Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-09-02
IN THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW.

dis Letter.
Yes. old fellow, went to The country, you
know,
Where the hyacinths bloom and the daft
fodils blow:
For my sister was there with her bevy of
seven:
They are all of them angels. but still out
of Heaven.
Twas oh. uncle, you've come" and with
love-seasOned pats
Like frolicsome parcel of juvenile cats
They hung to me, chung to me, wouldn't
let me go;
On the first day got 10 the country, you
know.
Then walk through the meadows sug-
gested to me
An escape from the noise, and think,
don't you see;
So / roamed in the understanding grasses
afar,
And l borrowed a match and I lit cigar;
Then l saw through the fence lying prone
and asleep
A peculiar mild-countenanCed horn han
died sheep;
So | climbed to his side and kindly bent
low,
And awoke him to see what he'd do. don't
you know.
And l saw very coon; for he rose to his
feet
And commenced a peculiar and guarded
retreat
Observation-Disclosures toward me.
/ mean,
Much the same as folks do from a king
a queen;
And l pitied him much for the fear he dis
played,
And 1 said: My dear chappie. now don't
be afraid!'
And l judge he was not; for, dispenser of
Woe
He came at me as if from d gun. don't
you know!
And I skipped like a deer. or a yacht in a
breeze,
In a way that distended my pants at the
knees;
And. to uttermost speed by the animal
pressed,
l relinquished my coat and my neclitie
and vest;
And l went round the field, trying hard for
first place,
Like a Splinter that's trying to capture a
race;
And, Wen bet on you, uncle"' was
screeched to and fro;
For the children had climbed on the fe.ce,
don't you know.
As was afterwards said, twas quite touch
ing to see
That undignified creatures attachment
for me;
And wherever my footsteps would go, don't
you mind,
That diminutive monster was not far be-
hind!
And he seemed to have picked up a notion,
indeed,
That his mission On earth was to further
my speed;
And l think that re furnished a capital
show
To the people that happened to pass, don't
you know
Then a handsome young lady stepped over
the stie,
With a blessed tin dipper of salt, and
smile;
And she said: Come Dick, dear" CHATS
the name that | keep,
GUt I'm glad that twas also the name Of
the sheep:
For he went to the maid to be fed and
caressed
While l walked down the road for awhile
and redressed).
And I've made up my mind that if she'll
see ii so,
will marry that girl in the fall, don't you
know
Will Cartoons Everywhere
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-09-02
MARJORIE'S LETTER.
BY JENNY WREN.
'a@eeea@e@@@e@@aeeaoee@e

hUOU have lost your senses, Mar
Jorlc! None but one utterly
daft would reclllessIy throw away such
an offer. What matters it if there are a
few gray hairs mingled with the black?
Better be an old mans darling than a
young mans slave" and Mrs. Hayes,
who had looked up for moment from
her baking, returned more vigorously
than before to the kneading of the
dough.
True, aunt; but suppose u young
mans darling is better than either"
and a miscievous twinkle shone in the
bright eyes, half smile played round
the corners of her rosy mouth. giving a
momentary glimpse of teeth white and
even. Where is your wonderful phil
o8ophy, then?"
Have your own way. You'll regret
1t too late. Pity John Harding
couldn't have you. You'd make him
miserable enough, Heaven knows,
with your endless airs and graces. It's
easy to see it's him you'ra thinking of.
Notwithstanding your coquetry. |
doubt Squire Arnold will readily con-
sole himself, and when his bride takes
possession you'll wish you'd followed
my advice"
AT least, aunt, | can never reprOach
you with having withheld its bestowal;
but, come; don't be angry with me.
am not at all sure but that YOU will
have me with you many a long day yet"
Pretty Marjorie Hayes! There were
men enough. old and young, who would
have given half their worldly posses
sions to be sure they held a space, how
ever small, in that heart; but not so
John Harding. With him it was all or
nothing. He had given to this girl the
one love of his life; and read in her
eyes glances answering his own; had
seen her face brighten into expectancy
at his coming; felt her tender pressure
answering his hand clasp, and hope
would rise buoyant in his heart, only
to be dashed again into despair, as he
would meet her averted glanees or in
different words. He was not very pa
tient, this strong man; and, with his
stern will bent upon purpose, trfing
was beyond his comprehension.
you know what | have to offer YOU
Marjorie" he said to her on the even
ing of the same day of the conversation
recorded above. 81 don't question your
right TO better, in one sense, but / must
have Wy answer. Squire Arnold thinks
the same, don't doubt, Judging from
the sweetness of your smiles"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-09-02

An, foolish John! The blush which
haG risen to the girls cheek faded, the
smile playing round her lips disap-
peared. and holding erect the shapely
head, she said:
"Since when did | appoint you Gus
todian CT my smiles or tears? When l
elect any one to the position, Mr.. Hard
ing. l shall remember you as the first
applicant"
Nevertheless, did not speak with
out reason. / am tired of it, Marjorie
tired of it all. | am no Jacob to serve
seven years. I"
Then stop now turning TO him
with quick anger). DOUBTLESS you
think Jacob had something higher in
view of his long waiting. Well, sir,
should you serve for me seventy times
seven. it would be to receive the same
answer-no. My freedom is too sweet
to yield it quite so readily. Good
evening. MIR. Harding. / can find my
way home across the meadow alone.'
But, silent and stern, John walked by
her side until they reached the thresh-
old of the door Then, without word,
She stepped within, and he turned and
walked away. From her own window
she watched him until out of sight,
then threw herself upon her little bed,
with its snowy counterpane, in very
passion of sobs, halt anger, half de-
spair.
The next morning, bright and early,
Mrs. Hayes, bustling about her morn
ing duties, spied messenger approach
ing the house. A moment later, with a
respectful "Good-morning," he handed
her a note. For Miss Marjorie, ma'am, -
and was as quickly out of sight.
From John Harding. Some lovers
quarrel reconciled. Suppose | keep it
just a few days. She will thank me for
it some day. l will think it over" and
thus soliloquizing, she slipped the let
ter into the capacious pocket by her
side, where it was destined to remain
long days ere it was brought to light.
Sudden move, that of young Hard
ing. | thought he was too sensible to