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Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10
Jim the Penman.

A few months ago a Chicago man
who has written a play called upon a
New York manager at a Chicago hotel
and sent up his card. The theatrical
man received him very graciously, and
the ChicagOan said he had play
which he would like to have the Goth
amite consider.
''Sit right down and read it to me
now," said the manager. This was done,
and at the conclusion of the hearing
the New Yorker said that he could not
see enough in the play to warrant him
in producing it.
The Chicago man expressed his
thanks for the courtesy of a hearing.
and added that he was somewhat sur
prised to find New York manager so
easily accessible.
Well" said the Gothamite, 81 make
it a point always to dip into every play
which comes along, sufficiently to learn
it's possibilities at least. l had an ex-
perience once which taught me a les
son. 1 was in London one summer on
business, land as 1 was about ready to
return theatrical broker handed me
the manuscript of a play and asked me
to place it for him if possible in Amer
ica He said l might have the Ameri-
can rights for $500 and he would give
me 10 per cent commission for placing
it.
81 threw the manuscript into trunk,
and when l reached New York handed
it to a weIlknown manager and asked
him to look into it. He soon reported
that the piece was absolutely worth
less' Of course l gave the matter no
further thought. took the manuscript
back across the waite, next summer
and surrendered it.
'.But year or two later the author of
that play produced it in London and
made hit. The very New York man
ager who had indorsed it as absolutely
worthless secured the American rights
by cable, and for many years paid thou
sands of dollars for the right to present
Jim, the Penman' in this country-a
play which was offered to me outright
for $500 and which l never even read.
Since then I've been reading plays.'-
Chicago IimesHerald
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10
curip. an Ugly Bull.

Frequently a bull, in fit of temper
kills or cripples his keeper. This is
more particularly true of dairy breeds.
Now, 1 do not believe the bull is as
much to blame as his owner. He has
been kept in close confinement most OF
his life, with very little exercise or sun
light, and no pleasant company. His
blood is in bad order as consequence,
and he is difficult to control. The beef
bull is more phlegmatic and less liable
to get unruly. / think that if the treach-
erous bull had been allowed the range
Of small paddock and the company
of a couple of sedate old cows, and,
perhaps, made do an hours work each
day, running feed chopper or churn,
SO as to wear out muscular tissue and
maintain health and his provocative
power in full vigor, his blood would
have been kept pure and his temper
sweet.-Agriculturis
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10
He PIowa Deeo.

Mr.. t. M. Brown, who resides in Ell
bert County, Georgia, on the line of the
Southern Railway, is successful farm
er. Mr. Brown bought his farm about
five years ago, and he aims to get big
returns by deep blowing and the use of
commercial fertilizers and farm yard
manure. Beginning on poor and worn
out land four years ago, that scarcely
paid the cost of tillage, he has brought
it up to that high state of fertility that
enabled him to get last year forty-one
bales of cotton on fifty acres and 5000
bushels of corn on twenty-five acres,
together with oats, peas and other pro-
vision crops in abundance.-Souther
States
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10

Mr.. Grocer: there are
thousands of people who
want good tea (many don't
drink tea now, because it has
been either costly or bad)
and here is ScAa2lang's Bes1
good tea at a fair price.
Don't you want to sell
lots of such tea, and money!
back it if your customers
don't like it?
A Schilling & Company
San Francisco zeo
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10
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The title of Mrs. Cragie's new novel
is 1.-THE School for Saints

is ''The School for Saints"
The American Monthly Review Of Re
views is the new title of the periodical
edited by Albert Shaw. In course of
time it will doubtless come to be known
more briefly as the American Monthly.
John Kendrick Bangs is now vice
president of the Yonkers Board of Ed
he devotes large part of the time left
from his writing and from golf, in
which he is an enthusiast.
The most northern paper in the world
Is printed at Godthaab, in Greenland,
and Is called Laesestof. 1t is mission
ary sheet, made for the Eskimos, and
has been the means of teaching many
of them to read the Danish language.
The third and last volume of the new
London edition Of Burns works has
now been completed by w. E. Henley
and his collaboration, Mf. Henderson.
Included in it will be an essay on the
genius of the poet by Mr.. Henley.
new element has been introduced
Into the problem of the origin of our
cats by the discovery in Brazil of a
tortoiseshell wildcat, of which the late
Prof. Cope had the only known muse
um specimen. This animal will be de-
scribed from Prof. Cope's specimen in
Appletons Popular Science Monthly,
by William H. Ballcu.
Four O'Clock has new fund of light,
short stories, after the graceful model
of those of it's editor, Charles Fletcher
Scott. The art work, from the poster
on the cover to the last pasted-in tail
pieces is remarkably good. Gibson
never made a more graceful and effec-
tive picture than the one by McCutch-
con entitled "And Then Broke Down."
The magazine shows many signs of
prosperity, and if it's founders do not
make the foolish mistake of changing
its character in imitation of something
else, they have every chance of holding
permanently the wide patronage due to
the novelty of their enterprise.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10
A LOST OPPORTUNITY.
The Story of How Fortune Got Away
from a Man.

from a Man.
A little group of men were talking
the other evening in the cleaning
time, when people seem to think more
about what they might have been than
they do at any other hour of the day,
and the subject was lost opportuni-
ties.
81 hate to refer to the matter at ALL"
remarked the colonel, who fought
through the late war at the head of a
Michigan regiment, because it only
makes ME renew my contempt for my
self, but I've had chances in the North
west to put myself in the millionaire
list that nobody but a confirmed yap
would think of neglecting. After the
war was 1and-looker,' as they are
called, and 1 knew the whole country
from Detroit clean through to the far
corner of Minnesota, and right where
there are big buildings and beautiful
city squares to-day could have bought
land at any price might name. One
man wanted me to buy, in Duluth,
few lots at $50 apiece, and laughed
at him. They are worth SIS square
foot to-day and upwards. I picked up
one piece of land at Agate Harbor for
a hundred dollars and sold it for 4
thousand; that is worth $4,000 now,
and 1 wouldn't give man $3.50 for a
tract that is worth as many thousand
this very minute.
But those are small potatoes ard
few in a hill to the biggest piece of lost
opportunityism l was ever guilty Of"
and the colonel sighed profoundly.
'You know that famous Mesaba iron
mine country, up there, on Lake Su-
perior, where they are taking OUT thou
sands of tons every year of the richest
ore on earth, and any quantity of men
are enjoying princely incomes from
their royalties? Well, before anybody
ever heard of the Mesaba iron ore
was up there running line north from
the Cloquet river, and one day l began
to have all sorts of trouble with my
compass.
Ordinarily 1t was very tractable
and reliable instrument, but here for
some reason it acted strangely, or rath-
er refused to act at all, and l could
hardly get any sense out of it. l kept
going ahead, however AMI for ten
miles my trouble continued. Then it
was over, and 1 never was quite so
glad of anything as when that com
pass began to work again, and 1 did
not have to lay my course by sun.
Il knew before / finished what tue
natter was. but what dill that iron
'lnder the ground that swerveI my
needle out of it's course mean to ne?
Nothing. That's all. 1 was a Llain,
everyday chump. What I was after
was timber. and the timber all along
there was not of sufficient quality to
justify my giving the land a second
thought, and l didn't. ThilI!. OF it,
men and brethren" sighed the colonel
again, 'there l was walking over and
standing on millions and millions of
dollars, and 1 could have had all of it
1 wanted for the mere having sense
enough to take it up, and 1 didn't have
the sense. Washington Star.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10
Stack Making.

AS a rule there are few good stack
makers in the United States, as the
abundant building material makes it
easy to put up barns capable of holding
all the grain and hay. But wherever
grain growing increases largely, the
grain in the straw, being only left in
that condition for few weeks, does
not absolutely need barn room. A we'll
built stack answers every purpose, and,
except labor used in making it, costs
nothing. The only necessary rule is to
always keep the middle of the stack
full and to tramp it down well. If the
sides are not trampled at all it will be
better The stack will settle with the
grain in the best possible shape.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10
The Live Forever Pest.

The following plan has proved effect
i've in getting rid of live forever in at
least one case: Fence off a small pOr-
ton at time and turn in hogs, which
are very fond of the weed and will de-
YOUR it greedily, roofing up the ground
to get the little tubers. By permitting
the hogs to. till this soil thoroughly
they will eradicate live forever, root
and branch, in more thorough and
inexpensive manner than can be done
in any other way. At least this is what
a Connecticut farmer writes to the New
England Homestead Another farmer
wrote as follows: "Turn hogs on the
land in early spring, and they will clean
up the roots completely, or salt if
placed upon each plant will KILL"
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10
waste of sweet Corn sta1ks.

Usually on nNeach stalk there are two
or more ears, one fully ready for use as
green corn, the other small and imma-
ture. To save this last the stalk is left
uncut, But in most cases the second,
and always the third ear is too small to
be proftably marketed. Whenever
there is only one ear on stalk it
should at once be, cut and fed to the
cow or horse. 1t is worth more then
than it ever will be again. We are not
sure that this is not true, even when
there are one or more nubbins left on
the stalk, II fed to milch cows Ordi-
nary fodder corn is very poor feed It
needs to be supplemented, as this sweet
corn fodder does, with greater
amount of nutrition, which is worth as
much in increased milk yield as it is in
few nubbins of corn Sweet corn fod-
der is more wasted than any other. II
is wasted in trying to save nubbins of
corn worth more for feeding than they
are for anything else.-Cultivator.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10

A case of a sons thoughtfulIess and
affection for father has come to light
in the navy department, at Washing
ton. John Casson and his son, Schley
Casson, are clerks in the office of Secle.
tary Long at salaries until recently at
81, 200 each. The work of the yourg
man attracted attention, and he WIS
notified of promotion, with 81, 400
salary. Young Casson refused to ac-
cept, saying that his father had been
longer in the service and was more de-
serving. At the young mans request
the promotion was transferred to the
father.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10

There is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For great many years DO etors pro-
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure by
local treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Sc.enee has proven catarrh to be a constitu-
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure man.
ufactured by F. ]. Cheney Il Co., Toledo, o., is
the only constitutional cure on the market. 1t
is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful 1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address,
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10
cure for Lumpy law,

As to the ammonia cure for lumpy jaw,
we have only the assurance of a Mr..
VIM. Metcalf, Grey County, Ontario,
who -yrites the Farmers Advocate as
follows: I have used it for years, and
cured every case, no matter how bad.
Just rub little on lump, or Jumps, as
sometimes there are several. They will
disappear gradually in a short time.
Sometimes, if very bad, 1 foment with
pretty warm water, but not hot enough
to scald. The ammonia has then more
chance to penetrate, but 1 seldom do
anything but rub little on with my
fingers out of ten-cent bottle I keep
in the stable for the purpose.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10

Charley" said young Mrs. Torkins
"when man is elected to office does ht
become a servant of the people?'
Eyes. In sense"
s'Well, that explains something thai
1 have always wondered about. l SEE
now why he is so often called a polit
ica1 boss. Washington Star.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10
Careless,

Yes said the editor of the picture
paper, "he is very good artist. 1 have
only one fault to find with him."
what is that?"
His style is getting monotonous. He
drew two portraits of the same woman,
and he made them both look alike"-
Washington Star.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10
DO WE NEED BIG MUsCLEsq

By no means. Persons of herculean build fire.
quently possess minimum of genuine vigor,
exhIb less endurance than very small people.
Real y1gor means the ability to digest and sleep
well, and to perform a reasonable amount of
daily physical and mental labor without un-
natural fatigue. 1t is because a course OF Hos
letters Stomach Bitters enables the enfeebled
dyspeDtlc to resume the allotted activity of
every day life, as well as to participate without
discomfort in its enjoyments, that it is such a
pre-eminently useful medicine.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10

end of farm work. If a farmer Will be
up in fashion and up with the time he
lives in, farming is as good business
now as it was fifty years ago. A farm
er might as well be out of the world as
to be fifty years behind the times
New England Farmer.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10
Biggest Gun Casting.

A 16-inch gun casting was made at
the Bethlehem Iron Works on August
10. 1t is intended for the tube of 16-
inch gun now being built for the gov
ernment, and is 10 feet inches long,
pctagonal in shape and IA inches in
diameter. More than 100 tons of metal
were used in the casting, the first and
the largest of its kind ever made in this
cOuntrv
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10
Why We Are Tired.

The fatigue felt after exertion is now
usually attributed to the presence, in
the muscles and blood, of the chemical
products that result from action.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10

Lincoln county, Kentucky, has a
new found cave rivaling Mammoth cave
in size and novelty.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10

A Georgia jury brought in this yer.
dict the other day: "We find the de-
fendant almost guilty"
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10

The ancients knew how to cheat.
Loaded dice have been found in the
ruins of Herculaneum.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10

1 believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick kconsumption.-Mrs Lucy
Wallace, Marquette, Kans., Dec. II, '95.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10

Vaccination has just been introduced
into Afghanistan by the advice of Miss
Hamilton an English physician, who is
in attendance upon the Ameer.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10
A Schilling & Company
San Francisco

DTPTURE and PILES cured; no pay un-
II, til cured; send for book. DRs. MANSFIELD
PoRTERFIELD. ass Market ST.. San Franciscn
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10
YOUNG GIRLS.

Their Conduct and Health Often Mystifles
Their Mothers.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10

Young girls often feel, and conse-
quently act, very strangely.
They shed tears without apparent
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-23
HE PAID THE BET.
Holman Ate Enough Of the Baked Cat
to Satisfy all Parties Concerned.
Durham SUM-

Durham SUM-
Last night. at the old Wilkcrson ware
house on Parrish street, the bet between
w. Il. Holman and w. l.. Wright, col
ored. was settled with satisfaction to al
uarties concerned. l.. A. Henderson
c0lorcd. acted rs referee.
\ reporter Of the Sun went around
to the warehouse about 9 o'clock, but
was told that they could not get things
in readiness before about 10 o'clock. AS
there were no white people in there at
the time we did not go in.
When everything was in readiness, the
eat eating commenced. Holman, who
was the loser on the Fitzsimmons-C orbett
fight, faithfully carried out his part of the
agreement with Wright If he had failed
to do so it was stipulated that the loser
should forfeit 500. Some people have
an idea that a whole cat was to be eaten,
but nothing of the kind was agreed upon.
Holman ate a few mouthfuls of the cat,
which was baked brown. 1t was not
necessary that he should eat all of the
cat, or half of it. but enough to satisfy
the referee and spectators, which was
done.
For several days those interested have
had large Tom cat up fattening over
in the village of Albright, in anticipation
of the occasion last night. 1t is said that
the cat got away yesterday morning, but
they procured another one from some
where.
1t was thought by many that a rabbit
or 'possum or something of that kind
would be substituted, but numbers can
testify to the fact that it was certainly
a cat and nothing else.
Thus was settled one of the most novel
bets ever made in the State or anywhere
else, certainly one of the most novel that
ever came under our notice.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-23
PREPARING FOR STRUGGLE
NEW DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED
IN THE KENTUCKY CONTEST.
Rumors of BradIev's Intention to Re-
sign Receive Fresh Confirmation
Hunter Claims 10 lave Seventy
Six Voters Certain.
Especial to the Posto

Frankfort. Ky, March 2l.-Thc antic'-
mated arrival of Il large number of Re
publican politicians from all parts of the
State has given rise to well authenticated
rumors that important developments are
expected in the Senatorial fight between
now and Tuesday. y majority of those
who have been summoned are Hunter
men. but the Democrats also sent for
some Bradley men. who are expected TO
I,counteract the work on the other side.
St. John Boyle. Hon. Augustus Wilbon
and Judge Holt. former candidates for
Senator, were in conference with Gov
Bradley several times yesterday. The
Blackburn people tonight claim that the
Bradley movement is still gathering
strength. and announce some important
acceSsons to their ranks. 1t Is sad,
however. that Gen. L. Watt Hardin Is
making a hot fight against the proposed
coalition. Gen. Simon h. Buckner was III
conference with some of the sound money
Senators in Louisville and is also said
to have advised against it.
Mr.. Hunter said tonight that he has
seventy-six votes certain, or six NOR.
than enough to elect.
Chairman Barnett. of the Republican
State central committee. has called the
committee to meet here Wednesday, the
9th While it is stated that the commit
tee is 10 meet to call convention to
name date for holding the State con
vention next summer. it is also intended
to assist in bringing Republican members
of the Legislature into line for Hunter.
Gov Bradley told two friends in his of
fee day before yesterday. that no mat
ter what was the result of the present
Senatorial fight. he would resign the Of
flee of Governor Immediately after the eX-
piration of the present extra session. he
tonight declined to discuss the matter,
but told another friend the same thing in
his office this afternoon. That such is
his intention has been known for several
weeks, but that he did not want to au-
thorize tie statement as yet is empha-
sized by his evident annoyance that
what he confided to friends has become
public.
However. the few politicians who have
heard the story say that the Governors
intention having become public now may
result in making more probable his cleo
ton over Hunter on Tuesday or Wednes-
day They argue that the chief reason
why some gold Democrats refuse to go
into a coalition to elect Bradley is that il
would force the Gubernatorial election
this fall, which they have their own rea-
sons for not wanting.
Prominent politicians from all over the
State are arriving here tonight to take
part in the fight for and against Hunter,
the nominee. and Bradley. who refuses
to be deposed by even the influence of
the national administration.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-23

Train on the Scotland Neck Branch Roao
leaves Weldon 10 o m, Halifax rs % m sr.
rives Scotland Neck 20 p m. GreenvilIe IN
m, Kinston 30 p m. Returning leaves Kin.
ston 20 m, Greenvtlle % q m, arriving N
Halifax II 90 a m, Weldon II 20 a M, daily an.
Trains on the Washington Branch leaxa
Washington 90 a m and 2 90 % M. arTfvaS
Parmele 8 30 am and 40 p M, Returning les %
PaImele 80 m and 80 p m, arrive waah.
ington II rs m and a 20 m, daily except
Sunday.
Train leaves Tarboro daily, 80 m. Ar.
rfves Plymouth TAO p m, RETURNING leave
Plymouth 81 q m, arrives Tarboro SO a IN
Train on Midland n. G. Branch leave
Goldsboro daily, except Sunday7 10 IN. ar
irving Smith f1eld 30 m; returning leava
Smtthf1eld 900 m; arrives az 3oidSbors
10 25 q m.
Trains on Nashville Branch leave Rnc6-
mount at ~ p m, arrives NashVille5 % nm
Spring Hope 80 p m; returning leavea
Spring Hope % m, Nashville 35a ~, Az.
r1ves at Rocky Mount 8 % o M, daily, exceps
Sunday. vs.
Train on Clinton Branch Ioaves wsrssv-
Tor Clinton daily. except Sunday, az II Ii y
200 m and 800 pm.
Train No. Is makes close connection 81
WELDON for all points North daily, all RIA
via richmond, also at Rocky Mount wfth
Norfolk and Carolina r.. Z. FOR Norfolk ano
oil points North via Norfolk.
IL. Nj. EMERSON, Genn Pass Agens,
y y. KSNLY, GENT Manager.
L, M. EMERSON, Tra0ic Manager.