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Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
Procuring Tortoise Shell.

The tortoise shell of commerce is not,
as generally believed, the horny cov-
ering or shell proper of the turtle; it is
the. scales which cover the shield
These scales are thirteen in number,
eight of them being fiat and the other
five somewhat curved. Four of those
that are fiat are quite large, some
times being as much as twelve inches
long and seven inches broad, nearly
transparent and beautifully variegated
in color with red, yellow, white and
dark-brown clouds, which give the eff
fects so fully brought out when the
shell is properly polished. A turtle of
average size will furnish about eight
pounds of these laminae or scales. each
piece being from an eighth to quar-
ter of an inch in thickness.-New York
Evening Post.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
Zone system of Fares.

Following the comparatively recent
examples of Hungary and Russia, Den
mark has now adopted the zone sys-
tenn on all the state railways. The
new system was quietly introduced
during the present summer, and to-day
Denmark is probably the cheapest
country for railway travelling in the
world. The innovation has not been
made rashly. On the contrary, it seems
to be regarded as the natural outcome
of railway development and enterprise
in Denmark during recent years. The
prices of tickets for distances over one
hundred kilometers are adjusted on a
zone system consisting of eighteen
zones, the first of which extends from
the one hundredth to the one hundred
and tenth kilometer. The last extends
from the six hundred and siXty-seventh
kilometer onward to the limits of the
state system. The extent of the zones
increases progressively, although the
cost of traversing each is uniform.
Thus, while the first zone is only ten
kilometers in breadth, the seventh is
over forty-siX kilometers.
The cost of the ticket, however, now
rises very slightly in proportion to the
distance travelled. Thus, while third
class ticket for a distance Of sixty
eight miles costs Is Sd, one for dis
tance of 419 miles costs only Is Id. The
price for any possible distance beyond
419 miles-the inner limit of the eigh-
teenth zone-is only Is 4d. The aver
age cost of the shorter journey would
in this country be 5s Sd, or more than
double the Danish price. The cost of a
single journey between London and
Edinburgh-only 395 miles-is 32s Sd,
or four and half times as much. An
other novelty is the issue of fortnightly
tickets available all over the state
lines. These cost only 5Ss Cd, 36s and
22s Sd for the three classes. A yearly
ticket giving the same facilities costs
only f27, f16 It's Cd or f10 2s Cd, accord
ing to class.-London Daily News.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS

We are asserting in the courts right to the
exclusive use of the word :. .CASTORIA," and
PITCHERS SCASToRIA," J" as our Trade Mark.
I, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of PITCHERS cAsToRIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac-simile signature of cHAS H FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original PITCHERS
CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the Kind you haze al1Vays bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER the
wrapper. No has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MD.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
M.M-M I

Oh, don't love my lady?
Mm-m-m-m! You ought to see
How she comes out to meet me
And goes wandering off with me,
With her cheeks so like a blossom
And her neck so like the SHOWS
Oh, don't love my little girl3
M-m-m!-Nobody knows!
Oh, don't 1 love my lady?
Mm-m-m-m! You ought to hear
The little name she calls me
When she whispers in my ear,
With her eyes so bright and dancing
Till my heart a-patter goes
Oh, don't love my little girlf
M-m-m m!-Nobody knows!
New York Press.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31

can the crown of peace be given. Would
1 might help thee, but none can save
thee now. AS thou forsook thy trust, so
has thy God forsaken thee"
Then he knew his worst forebodings
were fulfilled. He stretched out his
arms and would have cried for mercy,
but heaven grew dim and far away,
and with it the sad face of the speaker
vanished forever from his sight. Then
cold, bitter blast rushed down upon
him and he was cast shuddering upon
his face.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
wHAL1NG FLEET IN DANGER.

1t is predicted that the vessels of the whaling
fleet, most of whose underwriters are in San
Francisco, have been caught in the ice and
also threatens those who neglect what are
called "trihing ailments, for they may not last
through the crisis Resort to Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters at once for incipienI rheumatism,
malaria, constipation, nervousness and kidney
omplaint.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
Refined Repartee.

"My face" said the seasoned SOU
brette, 'is my fortune"
''You don't say SOP" retorted the fun
ny comedian. l thought it stood for
what you owed"
"And why do you think it stood for
what l owed?" asked the seasoned SOU
brette.
Because" explained the funny come
dian, 81 see you have it chalked up
Indianapolis Journal.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
Inventions.

''This is wonderful age of inven-
tion," remarked the young man of seri-
Gus inclinations.
YES" replied the skeptic, land the
new machines we are getting do not
show that fact nearly as much as the
stories invented by inventors about the
things they are going to invent
Washington Star.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

By local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infiamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect hear
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will lie destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness, (caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars free.
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31

1t was terribly cold. Like stabbing
ice, and being drawn down into great
crack. But after the rush and horror
of it the stiffness came, and then dark
ness, and space, and solitude.
1t was lonely in this Valley of Shad-
ow. But when it was past there was
a new light everywhere.
The spirit of this man watched and
waited He had lost his child in the
valley, out did not doubt he made one
of the many radiant beings gliding
quickly past him with their heavenly
guides.
Al the end of a long time he reached
the shining gates, and through the bars
he heard sweet music and caught
glimpses of an eternal paradise.
Such rejoicing he had dreameu of
sometimes when on earth, but it
brought him no peace or comfort now.
He stood motionless, waiting and fear
ing he knew not what, when his eyes
lighted on a child angel standing near
the gate, and in that pure and lovely
countenance he recognized his son.
But the joy that leaped into his face
faded as suddenly as it came. There
was a great and terrible reproach in
the eyes that met his own-the sadness
there could have made him weep.
''Where is my motherY
81 know not-how could l know? l
left her long ago upon the earth"
'She has passed the Valley of the
Shadow since. Where is she noW?'
'tAlas, cannot tell. We parted long
ago.
But to thee vast given her soul to
bring to the throne of God. What hast
thou to sayy'
Il have nothing to say"
''The love of all the world dwelleth
beyond these gates. Hast thou love to
plead thy causeT'
81 left the earth because the earth
was full of sorrow. My trouble was
greater than l could bear"
you fed from pain-but God did lot
call thee here. God had appointed thee
precious task. To those alone who
pass through the furnace of living pain
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
Daddy, daddy, wake!"

Dduuy, uduuy, wake!
With a start the sleeper opened his
eyes and looked up. On the seat where
he had been lying his little boy had
climbed and was now tugging with all
his small might at his fathers coat and
peering down horror-stricken into his
face.
80, daddy, daddy! I've finished all
my prayers-but you wouldn't wake-I
couldn't make you wake1'
''Never mind, my little darling-never
mind it now. We're going home-we're
going home-we're to go back home
after all. o. Sammy, Sammy"
Still later, but on the same night, a
man footsore and weary, sat by win
dow, watching.
In the same room, on chair, and
rolled round with a blanket, was lit
tie boy sleeping heavily. Close to the
fire was an empty porridge bowl, and
over the back of a chair some clothes
hadsbeen spread out to dry.
The night crept ON and the gray dawn
came, but the watcher had not moved,
and the blind was not drawn down.
But what he was waiting for came at
last.
A shadow crossed the window, low
but certain cry Of pain disturbed the
silence of the street outside.
Then the man rose, and, moving
slowly to the door, opened it very wide.
At his feet on the step woman crouch
ed and moaned. When he spoke she
lifted up hard, despairing face.
.sNellv'
"I'm going-Tm going at once. |
never meant to come, but something
the child"
HAS he left your"
Eyes. I'm glad of it, though"
ssWhat are you going to do?"
''To live, you mean? o, there are
ways-it don't matter-Fm past fret
ting for, you know" Then, Rob!
you've been good to me always-you'll
be good to the child, now that
now
Its cold out here-you're shivering,
too. .Iass-there's a fire inside"
But the woman staid on her knees,
clinging weakly to the hands put out to
help her up.
'Rob-Rob! You don't mean it
you're dreaming Rob! Why, I've broke
yer heart-I know I've broken it. l
can't never come back here. / wish l
was deadr'
But the man was strong and he had
raised her in his arms.
'sNell-it'l1 be hard-mighty hard,
for both of us-but we'll try, God help
ing us! An Nell-there's little chap
inside waiting to beeput to bed. He's
rolled in a blanket-we couldn't find
his shirt y"
On the floor of the cottage man
and woman knelt together, gazing
yearningly into each others sorrowful
eyes-and round each neck was low
ing little arm, and a sleepy baby voice
was the only sound they heard.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
His Earth1y Possessions.

"Well, Uncle Jim,' said the lawyer,
'.the doctor says there is no hope for
you"
eyes, sub; dey tells me I'm gwine to
cross over"
''Have you made your will?"
Eyes, sub; done will ter go.'
81 mean,' said the lawyer, in an ex
planatory way, "have you got anything
to leaveY'
"Oh, yes. suhp' exclaimed the old
man, joyfully; "one wife an de rheu
matismr'-Kansas City Journal.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
From Both.

Mr. Cross-That baby over across the
way seems to inherit it's voice from
both it's parents.
Mrs. Cross-How so?
Mr.. Cross-It makes a great deal of
noise, like its father, and keeps it up,
like its mother.-Detroit Free Press.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
Her Dearest Friend.

Mrs. Dashleigh-How well Mrs. Rich
ley preserves her youth.
Mrs. Dallington-Oh, don't regard II
as at all remarkable Paint, you know,
will keep almost anything from going
to decay.-Cleveland Leader.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31

She felt his breath upon her cheek
''Sir!' she protested, you are going
too farr' That was what his breath
Indicated; but according to the cyclom.
eter their tandem had covered but q
paltry 4S1 miles since they started
Detroit Journal.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
Disannoiuted.

"Did your friend who went to Klon-
dixie make his expected striker"
mo; he writes me that he was frozen
out. ut."-Philadelphia North American.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31

Travellers in Sweden report that the
street cars in that country seldom stop
for passengers. Both men and women
jump on and off while they are moving,
and accidents are scarcely ever heard
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31

Tommy-Paw, what is an enemy to
society?
Mr.. Figg-Any sensible married man
is an enemy to society" as his wife
understands the word.-Indianapol
Journal.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
TTnrecessarv

Bacon-It's all very well for you to
talk, but why should he say 1 was a
confounded hog?
Hamm-Come to think of it, it was
an entirely unnecessary remark.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
A MeIanchoIx Fact.

"Are you aware, colonel" asked the
young person, ''that the human body is
more than four-fifths water?'
Humanity" said the colonel, more
to himself than to the insignificant
youth, humanity is fab from perfect"
indianapolis Journal
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
Not i'm the Retail Business,

Tom-Clare, darling, won't you give
me Just one little kiss before 1 go?
Clarre-No, indeed! 1 wouldn't puck
er my lips for just one; nothing less
than a dozen goes.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31

the little fellow-a cry of protestation
and alarm. 'Daddy-Daddy-
Daddy. Take me home-take me
homer
A shudder shook the man from head
to foot. A sob rose in his throat-he
could not speak. His arms went more
closely round the little body leaning
against him, and he began to move on
slowly and to mix with the crowd.
Daddy, daddy, take me home"
"Ah, Christi
'It was not an oath, but the pitiful,
appealing cry of broken spirit. The
man in him was crushed and tortured;
his heart was bleeding itself to death.
Love for his wife and child had given
this man a soul. Evil passions had
burnt themselves out before the fire of
that pure devotion; a mighty tender
ness had sprung up with the light n
his baby's eyes.
Wonderful future schemes for the
happiness of mother and child had
filed his leisure moments and made
the music of his life. He had worked
bravely and cheerfully, he had been
tSuuCI Il uC pdIlSht, anu LIS
love had taught him to pray.
He had been at peace-and happy.
And now his heart was broken.
The cruel wind blew the rain round
them and dashed it coldly into their
faces; but other drops that were not
rain fell on the curly head of the child.
When a brave man weeps there are
tears of blood that well up from his
heart and blind his eyes; and no power
on earth can heal the wound below.
The fretful wall of little voice, the
frightened clutch of chubby fingers
only made the agony more intense.
There is no peace to be found in any
thing when despair first rushes with all
its force into human soul.
Il want my mother"
"Baby-haven't told you-you've no
motherr'
The noise and the glare are left be-
hind at last. There is a long, silent
street and narrow bridge, and dark
water creeping beneath. Here there is
quiet to think in at last.
BY the edge of the wall is seat cut
in the stone The man sits down in
one corner of it, and after looking care
fully to make sure that the boy sleeps
turns round so that he can watch the
deep water below.
.'It will be mortal cold," he tells him
self, "and awful just at first. But then
it will soon be over, and better and
easier than years of pain. God would
punish him of course, but only him. He
would understand how sorely he had
been tempted, and he would not make
the punishment too hard. He would
let him be with his boy at last Hadn't
they only got each otherY
The child moved uneasily, and the
man bent over him caressingly, anx-
ious even at such a moment that moth
ing might be the matter. He peered
at the closed lids and pushed some hair
back very tenderly from the high, moist
forehead.
"God bless him." he thinks. Then,
che sent him this sleep, he didn't mean
him to know. 1t will be just like going
to bed for him, but with a beautiful
morning at the end"
In a minute it should be done.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
Geuuine Grief.

Funeral Director Ito gentleman)-Ar
you one of the mourners?
Gentleman-Yes; he owed me $780,
New York Tribune.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
SUPPOSE WE SMILE.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
THE COMIC PAPERS.

Pleasant Incidents Occurring the
World Ove1-Sayingst that Are Cheer
full to Old or Young-Funny SeIec.
tions that Everybody Will Enjoy.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
Those Dear Girls.

Bob says 1 grow more beautiful ev.
time he sees me-" said Mary.
"Why don't you ask him to call often.
er?' said Anne.-Harper's BaZar.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
Superstitious.

.sWhat in creation did you call an
ambulance for, Chumley?'
''Didn't you see that fellow walk un-
der the ladder there? He won't go three
blocks before something happens to
him. Detroit Free Press.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
Little Georges Art1ess Pratt1e.

'.Does it overhang the river, Mr..
Windsor, like they do in Collyrado"
''What do you mean, Georgie?
''Why, sister said you was working
the biggest bluff in the country
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31

Novel Way of Novel Reading.
"Mrs. Jabberwock tells me she can
read ten novels in a week.
Eyes, she always begins at the last
chapter and reads back until they be-
come uninteresting."-Cle Plain
Dealer.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
Beats a Burglar Alarm.

Smith-My wife has quit going
through my pockets when I'm asleep
Jones-Is that so? How did it hap
pen?
Smith, bought one of those me
chanical mice the other day and put il
in my pocket, and ever since then she
has lost all interest in the inancia,
question.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
One WAY to DO It.

A Lewiston (Me.) man who is only
so years old, has ten children working
in the mills, and all of them turn their
pay over to him every Saturday night
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
A Sentiment fr M Bi mark,

A young English woman once peti-
toned Bismarck most pathetically for
his autograph, declaring that a few
lines of his handwriting would make
her happy for life. So the chancellor
wrote on the front of the book: BE
ware, my child, of building castles in
the air, for they are buildings which
we erect so easily, yet they are the
most difficult to demolish."
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
HOME PRODUCTS AND PURE FooD.

All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. "Tea Garden Drips'' is made from
by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac-
tured by the PACIFIC COAST SYRUP Co. All gen.
uine "Tea Garden DriDs'' have the manufac-
turer's name lithographed on every can.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31

Considering that every one is sup
posed to believe in love, there is a good
deal of talk behind its back.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
So Sweet of Her.

Clara-Did you have any trouble in
getting him to propose?
Maude-No. l suggested that you
were after him.-Detroit Free Press.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound"
will stop the torture and restore cour-
age. All such pains come from a de-
ranged uterus. Trouble in the womb
blots out the light of the sun at mid
day to a vast number of women. You
should procure Mrs. Pinkham's Com
pound at once and obtain relief.
Mrs. T. M. Knapp, 563 Wentworth
Ave-, Milwaukee, Wis, says: suf-
fercd with congestion of the ovarics
and inflammation Of the womb. Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
cured me as it will Others"
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31

About the only people who get salts
faction by going to law are the law
yers.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
LoNDoN's DOG CEMETERY
Queer Inscriptions on Beautiful Stone,
No Race Preiudices.


No Race Prejudices.
Near Victoria gate in Hyde Park
there is an inclosure reserved as
burying ground for dogs. Life is al
ways full of contrasts. On one side
here we witness the pleasures and the
joys of life, and on the other we find
the vanity of all existing things. That,
at least, was the opinion of the old
keeper who brought me through the
burying ground confided to his care.
The dogs gravedigger is an honest fell
low with face marked with wrinkles.
The place is about thirty meters in
length and twenty in breadth, and
granite and marble monuments with
the names and characteristics of the
departed are very numerous. This re-
spect for animals presents an unex-
pected aspect in which the touching is
strangely mixed with the grotesque.
There are about two hundred tombs in
the inclosure. The plots are given
gratuitously. The stones and the in
scriptions are put up at the expense
of the bereaved families. Some Of the
inscriptions are worthy Of notice.
The first stone that meets the eye of
the visitor is erected to the memory of
Beloved Roby, died Goth of August,
1896, aged thirteen months and half"
Then comes 'Flick faithful friend,
and Maudie, an old friend"
On another tombstone are the words:
'Dear old Priny"
But real grief is silent, or nearly so,
and the word Jacob" upon another
marble slab doubtless covers heap of
regrets.
Further on there is another superb
tomb, upon which the name of the dog
is inscribed in very small letters. 1t
is as follows: "Pompey, the favorite
dog of Miss Florence st. John" And
under this the following quotation
from Byron:
In life the 6rmest friend,
First to welcome,
Foremost to defend.
But here is a still stranger inscrip-
ton. 1t is to the memory Of Dearest
Topsy, the firmest and most devoted of
friends and companion of her mother"
Another is to the memory of "Our
dear treasure Jock, a Scotch collie,
died 31st of August, 1895, aged 15
years. He was the most intelligent,
devoted, gentle, tender and affection
ate dog that ever lived, with the best
of tempers. He was adored by his de-
voted and afflicted friend, Sir FL. Seton
Gordon, Bart
Here are others:
Dear and affectionate Duke, and
Tippy, his beloved grandmother
Dear little Peter, who died sudden
On the tomb of she dog is the fol
lowing:
She brought ray of sunlight into our
existence,
But, alas! she carried it away with her.
'.Adored Spot" "Our Friend, Darling
Chin Chin" and Sweet Carlo lie close
to each other.
"Dear Minnie, brave, intelligent,
singularly beautiful, loving and
loved" has a splendid monument.
But, as if to prove that race pre-
judices necessarily disappear with
death, in this cemetery of dogs there
is a stone erected ITO the memory of
our dear little cat, Chinchilla, poisoned
July 21.''
During my visit live dog somehow
got into the cemetery, and was chased
away by the keeper for irreverently at
tempting to bury bone on one of The
graves of his fellow creatures.-Figaro.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
An Elocutionist,

Wallace-Hear about that young
woman elocutionist who ran away from
home because her home was so unhap-