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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25
.ssoME GREAT THE AIR ABOVE HIM

the claws stand out from their sheaths
and beast dies.)
'Juma, is that you? Water, how
delicious! more-and on my forehead
so what brick you
are! Upon my word, I'd like to leave
you something, Juma. You must tell
them that l said so, you know, for
sticking by me. God bless you! Is the
lion dead? (The sobbing boy mods
'.Yes.o ''Well. then, I must die too.
I'm enough of a doctor to know that.
Don't cry. Tell them 1 bore it like
man. But it's beastly hard! Who'd
have thought my days shooting would
have ended like thisT Whimpers.)
'sBeastly hard. Pm so young, and I've
done so well up to now and
there's mother. Who will break it to
her? She'll never get over it %
and Lily and, damn It all. I
can't even send them messages! How
can one tell such things to a black boy?
S'pose I'm dying primarily from the
shock know Pm dying some
how-can't raise my head to look
Mother! Mother! =
What rot to go on like that, as If it
could do any good! Now, lis
ten. Inc ndirini ANAL, ndi miongo,
1--we Oh, God! How can tell
him? It's all slipping away from me.
For the blood is the life.
Where have 1 heard that2 That blood
is the life slipping away-slip-
ping away must be in boat
it is so soothing: I'D and down. ND and
down; SO restful." (Sighs gently
Dies.)-Sir 81. H. Johnston, in the Sat
urday Review.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25
A New FLYING Machine.

A new flying machine, similar in
principle to that of Lilienthal, has been
devised by Herr Arthur Stencil of Al
tona, Germany, says the Popular Sci
ence Monthly. 1t has parabolic wings
in imitation of birds wings, is driven
by the power of compressed carbonic
acid, and has been made to ego" when
attached for safety to guiding cable.
With a force of one horsepower it
has advanced three meters at each beat
ing of the wings, of which there are
one and three-tenths per second. With
a horsepower and half the machine
may be made to fly free from the cable.
The wings are remarkably elastic, and
the inventor thinks that this is one of
the factors of his success They are
made of unsoldered steel tubes and
bamboo, and are covered with a spe-
cially prepared india-rubber cloth. The
apparatus is directed by rudder which
is not unlike birds tail. As yet no
passengers have been carried on the ma
chine.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25
Profit in Drunks

French army pensioners living in the
Hotel des Invalides, who have all re
ceived medals for bravery on the field,
occasionally drink more than Is good
for them. To prevent such veterans
making exhibitions of themselves in
public reward of 15 cents is paid to
any one who returns an inebriated in.
valide to the barracks. Recently In
toxication among the pensioners hav-
ing increased greatly, it was discov-
cred that trade in rescuing had arisen.
a knockout drink costing five cents and
warranted to act at once having been
devised, which left clean profit of 10
cents per drink
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25
DETECTION by Finger Prints.

By a combination of the Bertillon
method Of measurement with the finger
print system any prisoner can be iden-
titled with almost absolute certainty
and in a very short space of time. 1t
has been calculated that the chance of
two finger prints being Identical is less
than one in sixty-four billion, and when
we consider the relatively small num-
bers of the criminal population, and
that other personal evidence would be
available in any doubtful case, mis-
taken identity ought now to be thing
of the past. The method of obtaining
the prints is to press the thumb or fin
ger upon a plate of copper which has
previously been coated with very thin
film of printers ink. The linked fingers
are then pressed or rolled upon the card
which is kept as a record. Although
finger prints have been used as a sign
manual from the earliest times, yet it
is only recently that they have been
studied from a scientific point of view,
and the evidence accumulated is as yet
insufficient to enable us to realize thei1
value to the anthropologist. Now that
a good system Of classification has been
worked out, it is to be hoped that OBJ
servers will multiply rapidly, and that
the bulk of the material at our disposal
will soon be considerable.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25
Geological Congress.


The seventh triennial meeting of this
body will be held in st Petersburg this
year. The previous session have been:
Philadelphia (inauguraD, 1875; Paris
(first congress), 1878; Boulogne. 1881;
Berlin, 1885; London, 1888; Washing
ton, 1891; Geneva, 1894: In each
country special endeavors have been
made to make the reunion as interest
ing and as agreeable as possible, extend
ing to visiting members every facility
for studying the prominent physical
and geological features of the country
they were visiting.
The actual congress is to take place
at the Imperial Academy of Sciences,
St. Petersburg, from August 29th to
September 4th-August 18th to 23d,
o. s. The questions to be discussed
have not yet been decided upon, but
whatever they may be, room will be
set aside for an exhibition of geological
maps, profles, books, collections, in
stuments, etc., and arrangements have
been made SO that all objects intended
for this exhibition and addressed
''Russia, St. Petersburg, Exposition du
OOuSIOcc oOoiOSi4uC tClhdbAOhdl,
will be delivered at St. Petersburg
without being submitted to any GUS
toms inspection, and will be unpacked
in the presence of delegate of the or
ganizing committee. Furthermore,
such instructions have been given to
the Russian representatives in foreign
countries, that on presentation of the
card of membership the wise of pass
ports will be facilitated, and moreover,
the same card shown at Russian port
or frontier will render the customs in
spection as easy as possible. Then,
again, all biologists who have paid their
subscription will obtain non-transfer-
able ticket, giving them the right to
travel frst-class on the Russian and
Finland railway free of cost. The ex-
cursion arranged, both to precede and
succeed the meeting, include visit
to the Ourals, or to Esthonia, or to
Finland, before the meeting, and to the
Caucasus and Crimea after the meeting.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25
In Silver Paper.

wonder if the men who pop the mo-
mentous question only to receive a
negative, feel particularly awkward
when they meet the woman who de-
clined the honor. The proper observa-
ton, understand, for the lady to make
after the painful and delicate duty has
been performed is, ''But trust we shall
remain friends" The man may shake
his head and mutter, Friends be
hangedw but there is no help for it. As
they move in the same set they can
not avoid meeting each other, and of
course in friendly way. 1t is only in
a very much lower rank in society that
the rejected one swears that no other
man shall have his beloved object, and
buys a secondhand revolver to pre-
vent it. Just at first it must be very
embarrassing, and there is probably al
ways a certain queer feeling between
them as of a semi-attached couple who
might have been one for life but for
that monosyllable and scarcely articu-
late "No." AS a matter Of fact, she
never does say NO." but wraps up the
negative, as 1t were, in silver paper,
81 respect and honor you, Mr.. Jones'
(who hoped to be called "Edwin') "be-
yond everything, but what you ask can
never be-"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25

fires, descends from the ant hill to re-
load. A rush comes through
the grass, deafening roar, some great
yellow object in the air above him
momentarily dark
against the sky yellow eyes
Gnsensibility).
"'Click clock, click clock, click clock
wonder what that funny sound
is am I in a train? No, it is
the engines of the steamer-or is it the
pulse beating in my temples? They
have been asleep, and in broad day
light, with the blue sky above me and
in the broiling sun! How foolish! But
not must be something more. know
there has something happened-let me
think the Lion, Of course
lion jumped at me. Then I
must be wounded? Let's see'' (raises
himself painfully on his right arm)
\" "My God! a pool of my own
blood my left arm has no feel
ing chewed by the lion, hand
almost detached. rest Of arm a mass
Oh, God! I'm going to die
can't nve-he has torn open my stom-
ach - that must be the pam
creas. I'm like a butchers shop"
(Whimpers. A blubbering sound at
tracts his attention.) "Hullo! you here,
Juma? Plucky chap; thought you'd
have cut and run. Where's Saldi? Eh?
Speak louder. I'm deaf Oh,
gone to gunboat; quite right
What? the non?' (turns his head slight
ly) "there, still living; looks pretty sick
too" (The Lion is lying four yards
away, partly ON his side, one crippled
forepaw turned back, the other out
stretched and the great head resting on
it, eying the men with solemn yellow
eyes no longer fierce, the pupil shrunk
to pin-point. With each convulsfve
shudder Of the lions body the blood
pool round him widens slightly "By
heavens, If I've got to die, I'll die like
a man, and he shall go first. Who can
tell? He might recover and hurt the
boy. See here, Juma" Ito Juma, who Is
supporting his back, "be very gentle
take cartridge out Of my belt, put it
in the rifle - SO; now
........ mind my arm now,
give me the rifle in my right hand and
come between my legs so
stoop very low down, like that. Now
I'm going to rest the rifle on your shoul-
der and take aim. Keep very still.
won't hurt you keep still
I'll aim just below the brute's
eyes," "a minute pause. Bang! Doctor
falls back fainting. Lion stretches out
his head three times with spasmodic
upward movement, the tail and the
limbs-all but the crippled one-stiffen,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25
Decline OF tn, Fs1,,ne Rel

The folding bed, once an immensely
popular institution, is losing its grip.
Not one is called for now where two or
three years ago dozen were ordered.
Two big factories we know of which a
very few years ago had difficulty in
keeping up with orders for folding beds
even by working night and day are
now making other lines Of furniture,
and the folding bed production in all
factories is steadily declining.
The accidents which frequently oc-
Cured with the folding bed doubtless
had some bad influence on it's popular
ity, but this was not the only disadvan-
tage the multum in parvo furniture
had to contend against. The beds were
heavy, clumsy affairs, even under the
most favorable conditions. Many are
hard to handle without derrick or a
yoke of oxen, and they are also hard
to keep clean. Then also there is an
increased call for beds of brass and
iron. Such beds are practically the
only kind sold in England, and they
have steadily increased In popularity
in this country during the last five
years.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25
Out 1t Flew.

Lady Peterborough, renowned
beauty, on one occasion, accompanied
the Judge on circuit, on the distinct un-
derstanding that she should not en-
cumber the carriage with bandboxes-
his adherence. During the first days
journey Lord Ellenborough, stretching
his legs, CHANGED to strike his foot
against something under the seat. It
was a bandboX. Down went the win
dow, and out it flew. The coachman,
thinking the box had fallen out, at once
drew up; but his master furiously roar
ed out the order to "drive on"
On reaching the next assize town,
Lord Ellenborough proceeded to equip
himself for the bench.
Now" said he, where is my wigT'
"My lord" replied the attendant, SIT
was thrown out Of the carriage win
dow"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25

mentary halD and asks inquiringly:
"Elephants?" NO." says the negro in
a painting whisper, Lion! There, there;
no, not there. You see that ant hill?
Well, climb on to it's side and you will
zee the hon lying in clear space just
beyond A male lion, truly; its body is
nearly white and it's name is black"
With Express rifle at full cock, the
doctor advances gingerly through the
interlaced grass, bent nearly double,
keeping the muzzle of the gun directed
straight before him and shields its SEN
sitive trigger from the intrusive grass
stems. The ant hill is reached; he clam
bers to its sloping side. "Good God,
the boys right. What a beautyi And
asleep, too!' But something in the doc
tors coming has aroused the lion, not
ten yards away; aroused him partially,
for there is a sudden movement. He
raised the great head set in a collar of
yellow, brown, black name; slowly the
dim nictitating membrane passes over
the yellow eyes, but as they are focus
ing to meet his own gaze the doctor
fires, fires precipitately (his position on
the sloping ant hill is insecure), wounds
the lion somewhere, somehow, but does
not kill him. The beast gives a sharp
explosive roar, seems to jump into the
air with all four feet and then in three
bounds has crashed off into the grass
jungle. Silence. "Wen, Pm a muffr'
thinks the doctor. "He wasn't ten
yards away and didn't kill him dead!
I don't know quite where I hit him;
In, ho ohnSt I think INT ha J>o
far away and 1 must finish him off. ~
He descends from the ant hill into the
clear trampled space where the lion
had been lying. At the spot where the
beast had made Its first bound into the
dense grass hedge there is a great
squirt of blood over the tangled green
ery-the dark crimson liquid still drips
from leaf blade to leaf blade. "Ah!
thought so; he must be pretty badly
hit"
Two black faces, with starting eyes
and anxious grins, now cautiously peer
around the ant hill. The doctor, rails
ing his head, recognizes his boys and
beckons them down. The three con-
verse in whispers. The situation is ex-
plained-how the lion was wounded.
the direction in which he bounded
away. The boys urge caution. ''Lion
plenty fierce. Mkango mkal nditu.
Master must take care; better climb
tree and look all around-not go into
grass" But there is no tree anywhere
near. A boy hoists himself to the slen-
der summit Of the ant hill and reports
that he sees the grass moving in the
direction whittier the lion had with
drawn-moving as though a sta
tionary animal were shaking it with
convulsive throes (al1 Of which Is ex-
planned more by gestures than by
;words). The doctor, c1ambering up be-
side the boy, thinks he can descry (as
the grass stems bow and droop before
some writhing object the Lions wav-
hng tail and a yelloW-gray hauncb He
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25
1usects, esnses,

Darwin and other naturalists have
believed that the bright colors Of dow
ers serve to attract insects. Prof. Pla-
teau Of Ghent disagrees with this opin-
ion, and thinks that the sense Of smell
Is the one chiefly concerned in causing
insects to frequent certain flowers. He
finds that the removal Of the brilliant
petals Of flowers to which insects are
accustomed to resort does not decrease
the frequency Of their visits, and ON the
other hand, that when honey is placed
on flowers which are naturally scent
less, insects Immediately begin to flock
To them
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25
r T E is young doctor and sur
Fl geon on board one of the small

= E Is young doctor and sur
Fl geon on board one of the small
- - gunboats placed on great At
rtcan lake. Fresh-colored still, though
slightly tanned by exposure to the lake
winds, with merry, Irish eyes Of blue
gray, a sQuare-cut jaw and obstinate
chin, long upper lip, little whisker
at the temples and short wiry black
brown hair. Like many men of his
class, he is a potential Darwin, and,
having no means to travel and study
natural history, has entered the navy
as surgeon. He has landed on the
shores of the lake for days shooting,
hoping to get an elephant at least, but
meantime content to study sunbirds.
Let US in imagination enter his mind,
lay bare his thoughts.
Grass! forest of grass, with stout.
knotted stems six or eight feet high,
and abundant leaves starting from ev-
cry joint. Each stem ends In a droOp-
Ing plume of ripened seed. AS the
doctor forces his way through the tan.
gled herbage and cane-like stalks the
steadied in it's descent by it's long feath-
cry stipule The seeds are sharp point
ed and barbed at the ends, so they
pierce their way through his khaki
clothing easily and scratch the per-
spring flesh beneath. This raises to
evaporation the discomfort already
felt to be well-nigh unbearable, for the
nnNfnr,S iG of otxy
beef from the sitting heat and the
frightful eXertion of forcing his way
through such thicket Of grass, and
his hands are scratched and cut by
contact with the raZor-edged leaves.
His Terai hat Is constantly being
dragged off his head and it is all he can
do to carry his gun and elbow his way
through the obstructing herbage, pro-
tecting his face as well as possible with
the left hand. So he is in an i'll tenn
per and cannot stop to notice the weav-
er birds of flame color and black, the
extraordinary stick insects (exactly
Stimulating stalks of grass and the
green, leaf-like mantises which throng
the dense brake on either side. He is
after bigger game. The most expe-
rienced Of his boys pioneers him
through the sitting grass jungle, anoth-
er boy with second rifle follows be-
hind. The idea is Elephants" ele-
plants having been reported hereabout
the previous day, when suddenly (they
have reached a space where the grass
Is little drier, a little less dense) the
pioneer "boy" comes doubling back on
his master with every gesture express
i've of "Hushv' The doctor stops, mops
his boiling face (thankful for the mo-
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25
OSTRICH FARMS
After Twelve Years of Costly Expert.
ments They Now Pay Dividends.

After Twelve Years of Costly Expert.
ments They Now Pay Dividends.
1t Is estimated that seven ostrich
farms in Southern California have sold
over $3.50, 900 worth Of feathers during
the last year, and that now, after more
than twelve years of costly and dis
couraging experiments, majority of
the ostrich farms in this region pay
dividends. Several of the enterprises
are pronounced successes, and have
paid good interest on the capital in
them for several years. The greater
part of the money invested in the pro-
duction of ostrich feathers and in the
big birds in California has come from
England and New York. The industry
is popular one for young Englishmen
fresh from college or the academies
and possessed of ample means and a
spirit for novelty of business pursuits.
There are over fifty bright young men
from England now engaged in manag
ing ostrich farms in this part of Cali.
fornia, and there are others recently
from London who are in search of suit
able localities among the valleys and
foothills in this region for new ostrich
farms. 1t takes capital Of $4,000 to
establish any sort Of an ostrich farm
and $25,O00 to $4,000 is required for q
first-class, well-stocked and scientifical
ly arranged farm.
The men who have been in the os-
trich plume industry in Southern Cali
fornia since 1884 say that there has
never been such a demand for ostricI
plumes as this season. Dame Fashion
has made their business suddenly be-
come most profitable, and every man
engaged in ostrich farming is hoping
that the present fashion for wearing
ostrich plumes in profusion will con-
tinue for several years. Last month
the heaviest consignment of ostrich
plumes ever made from Southern Cali
fornia went to Paris from Los Angeles.
Ostrich farming was first made an
experiment as Los Angeles and Fall
brook in 1888 by company Of French
men. The profits from the several os-
trich farms in this section have grown
each year, as the habits of the birds
have been learned and the ostriches
have become acclimated. There are
now successful ostrich farms at South
Pasadena, Anaheim, Fallbrook, Santa
Monica, Coronado, and Pomona.
There are about 400 ostHches in
Southern California, and they have be-
come so common that none but the
tourists who come to spend the winter
seasons here take any curious interest
in the birds. The capital invested in
ostrich farming in this region is rough
ly estimated at $500, 900, and there will
probably be $4,000 to $4,000 more in
vested in the industry before the year
is over.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25
A Big Oregon salmon.

What is believed to be the largest sal
mon ever captured in the Columbia
River was delivered at s. Elmore's
packing house in Astoria, Ore, recent,
ly. The monster was one of the truest
and most perfect specimens Of royal
Chinook salmon ever seen in Astoria.
His actual measurement from tip to tip
was 4 feet-5.a inches, and his largest
circumference feet, the girth close to
the tail being fully 1 foot. The spread
of the tail was 1 foot inches, and the
exact weight S1h pounds. The head.
when severed from the body, weighed
S1a pounds. On being cooked and pack.
ed the fish filed 5A dozen one-pound
cans.-Morning Oregonian.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25
faeer MAAe from orae..

Among the materials which have
been substituted for rags In the making
Of paper 10 ssparto grass, which was
formerly obtained for this purpose
from Spain, but is now largely import
ed BY English manufacturers from the
north Of Africa. It fs very hardy
plant, dourisMng in deserts where 9TH
er vegetable life is unable to exist;
and the suggestion has recently been
made that, by cultivating esparto grass
In the Sahara, that great region Of
deserts might be partially reclaimed
and turned into a source Of profit for
mankind,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25
An Audicnce OF One.

First thespian-At our last stand the
theater took fire in the middle of the
third act.
Second thespian-Was there panic
in the audience?
First thespian-Oh, no. The usher
woke him up and told him it was time
to 20 home.-Yale Record.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25

The expense of the Vatican at Rome
would be covered if every Catholic in
the world contributed three-quarters OF
a cent year.
: Vaccination has just been introduced
into Afghanistan by the advice of Miss
Hamilton, an English physician, who
is in attendance upon the ameer.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25
A STOUT BACKBONE.

Is as essential to physical health to political
consistency. For weakness of the back rheu-
matism and disorders of the kidneys, the tonic
and dietetic action of Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters is the one thing needful The stomach is
yigorating the digestion with this preparation,
the spinal column, and all its dependencies.
are sympathetical1y strengthened. The dys
peptic and bilious will find it pure vegetable
stimulant and tonic.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-25
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
We asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word :. CASTORIA,'' and
"PITCHER'S CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark
/, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, of fHyannis. Massachusetts,
was the originator of PITCHERS CASrORIA,"
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 jon hare aIz0a1s bought, and has the
signature of cHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one 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.