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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
CranRs at the White House.


The White House is beset with the
usual number of cranks, says the st
Louis Republic These gentry come
from every part of the civilized world
and for every conceivable purpose
Some of them are mild and some wildly
insane. The harmless ones are sent
on their way, while those who are real
ly insane are placed in the hands OF
the authorities and eventually go to
some asylum.
Women are not lacking among the
poor creatures who come to see the
President, and occasionally one appears
with a baby in her arms, which she
wishes to lay in the Presidents bed fol-
good luck or which she wishes him to
touch or kiss, or to look at, believing
that contact with the President will
bring success to the child.
The most persistent crank that has
called recently at the executive man
sion is a man named Jackson from
Newark, N. J. He is a good-looking
fellow, well dressed and with good
manners, who labors under the delu-
sion that he is the chosen agent Of God
to warn people of approaching disas-
ter. He came all the way from -
home in New Jersey to advise with the
President and to predict that the death
of some high official, possibly the Pres
ident himself, would occur in the next
few days; to announce that the world
will come to an end in November, 1899,
and to offer his services to unveil the
mysteries of the future. He talked
fuently of his hobbies, but was so evi-
dently out of his mind on this subject
that he was placed in the hands of the
police, who will send him back to his
1omp
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
WHAT TO DO.

There is comfort in the knowledge SO
often expressed, that DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp Roots the great kidney remedy,
fulfills every wish in relieving pain in
the, back, kidneys. liver. bladder and
every part of the urinary passages. Ii
oorrects inability to hold. urine and
scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine OF
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to get ur
many times during the night to urinate.
The mild and the extraordinary effect
of Swamp-.Root is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonder
full cures of the most distressing cases.
If you need a medicine you should
have the best. Sold by druggists, price
fifty cents and one dollar. So remark.
ably successful has Swamp-Root been
that if you wish to prove it's great
merit, you may have a sample bottle
and pamphlet both sent free by mail.
Mention this paper and send your ad-
dress to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y. The proprietors of this
paper guarantee the genuineness of this
offer
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
niscellany.
THE oLD-FAsHioNED GAMES.

The wheel is apparently coming to stay,
For lassies as well as for laddies-
But sorry we are for it's taking away
The old-fashioned games of our daddies
The children have wearied of flying their
kites,
The shooting of'marbles is over:
Gay ''leap-frog" will never give any de-
lights
:. And par" is no longer in clover.
On stills little fellows won't think they
are tall,
And tops they will never be spinning,
And as for the amateur game of baseball,
No more will it give US an inning.
The round iron quoits will no longer be
tossed,
And tag, dear old tag, has been ban
ished,
While duck on the rock is an art that is
And riding duck" also, has vanished.
Forgotten, alas! is old "ball in the hole;'
"Hop-scotch" is all out of the fashion;
The hoople we never will gracefully roll,
And "cat' is no longer passion.
"Hide and seek" doesn't enter in anyone's s
mind,
For "crcket" nobody is wishing;
"Snap the whip" has departed, and soon
we will find
No pleasure in going a-hshing.
"Copenhagen" in spite of its kissing, is
done,
"Mumblepeg'' is not worthy of notice,
And bold "stunting master" the little
ones shun
As much as a hot mustard poultlce.
81 spy" "wolf'' and follow your leader
have passed,
"Hare and hounds" is as fat as the
ceiling,
And rowing and sailing are leaving as
fast,
For nothing is thought of but wheeling.
The only old sports that may linger
around
Are shedding and snow forts and skat-
ing,
For when it is cold and there's snow on
the ground
The wheel is way off in its rating.
The cycle has come and is likely to stay,
For lassies as well as for laddies.
And sorry we are, for they never will play
The old-fashioned games of their dad
dies
Chicago Daily Sum-.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
The Century Magazine for 1898.

The Century Magazine, with its No
vember number, enters it's twenty
seventh year. During its long exist
ence, by reason of it's many notable
successes, it has won an assured and
commanding position. During the
coming year The Century will maintain
its exceptional position as a magazine
of entertainment and as leader in art
and thought.
Its pictorial features will be notable,
and it will command the services of the
foremost artists, illustrators and en-
gravers of this country and of Europe.
Nothing like a complete announce
ment of its literary features can be at.
tempted now. DR.. Weir Mitchell,
whose novel of the American Revolu-
ton, 'Hugh Wynne," is the great sue.
cess cf the year, has written new
stor"r for the present volume. 1T bears
the piquant title: "The Adventures
of Francois: Founding, Adventurer,
Juggler and Fencing Master during the
French Revolution" The tale is full
OF romance and adventure. Mrs. Bur.
ton Harrison contributes new novel
of New York life, called "Good Ameri.
cans,' in which contemporaneous social
types and tendencies are brightly mir
rored and described.
There will be a group of clever stories
about horses and people who like
horses, under the general title of "Gal.
lops." "a Woman's "reminiscences Of
the French Intervention in Mexico
will be given in series of graphic and
highly picturesque papers by Mrs. Cor.
nelius Stevenson. Further contribu-
tions to the interesting series oi
'Heroes of Peace" will be made by
Jacob A. Riis, Gustav Kobbe, Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps Ward, and others.
For the benefit of readers of The
Century an unusual combination offer
is made for this year. There has been
issued "The Century Gallery of One
Hundred Portraits" made up of the
finest engravings that have appeared in
the magazine, and representing total
expenditure of nearly $50, 1000. These
are printed On heavy plate paper, with
wide margins, like proofs. The retail
price of the gallery is 81. SO, but this
year it will be sold only in connection
with a subscription to The Century,
the price Of the two together being
Sc. SO.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
The south Polar Expedition.

The commercial and scientific expedi-
tion to the South Pole, under Herr
Borchgrevinck, will start from England
next July. Inquiries are now being
made for suitable ship in Scotland
and Norway. The object will be to
reach Cape Adairi and proceed to the
South Pole on Snowshoes. The party
will include several scientific men.
Herr Borchgrdevinck will go to Norway
at Christmas, and, with some Nor
wegian friends, practice snow-shoe run
ming.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
The Peanut Crop.

About 100000 pounds of peanuts
are produced in the United States "
cry year, but this enormous quantity
is small when compared with the an
nual product of the world, which is
estimated at 600,O00,O0O pounds. In
1892 expectations from Africa and In
dia to Europe were nearly 4OO,OOO,OOO
pounds, the city of Marseilles alone
taking 100000 pounds, most of
which was converted into olive (?) oil
and shipped as such to the United
States and other countries. The mar
ket is, in fact, unlimited and no other
section surpasses the Carolinas and
Virginia in their bountiful growth of
peanuts of the very best quality.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
A BIG REGULAR ARMY.

The mightiest host of this sort is the army of
invalids whose bowels,!iyers and stomachs have
teen regulated by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
A regular habit of body. is brought about
through using the Bitters, not by violently agi-
tating and gripping the intestines, but rein
forcing their energy and causing flow OF the
bile into its proper channel Malaria, la grippe,
dyspepsis, land a tendency to inactivity of the
kidneys, are conquered by the Bitters.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
NEVER AWAKE.

Some people will never wake up till the
last horn blows, and then they'll ask il
that's the horn for dinner. Delays are dam
gerous and ruinous. Thousands can say If
they hadn't put off an opportunity, they
would have been rich and happy. Some
never know they have rheumatism until
crippled by it, and all the while in pain.
thinking it will pass off. But st. Jacobs
Oil never delays, and is always wide awake.
It goes straight to its work of cure in bus
mess way, and cures. rheumatism i'll any
form aid at its worst stage. It's live
,ap,adv
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
HOw's THIS ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business. transactions and
financially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm,
WEST & TRUAx.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN u MARVIN
wholesale Druggists, Toledo o.
Halls Catarrh. Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Testimonials free Price
75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
HalI's Family Pills are the best
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
Sensational Predictions.

Old Moore's almanac, which wor
notoriety the past year by predicting
the Paris fire, predicts for 1898 ter
rible civil war in the United States
the death of the czar and the kidnap
ping of the young king of Spain, anc
that about the second week of Novem.
Der of that year communication will be
opened up with Mars.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
Mid-Channel Mines a Failure.

The recent experiments made by
special commission to ascertain wheth-
er the mines laid in the Dardanelles
are capable of preventing the passage
of ships have proved the utter useless
ness of the present mines, and at the
same time the extreme difficulty Of lay
ing down mines at all on account of the
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
EngIish Peers.

Of the entire number of English peer,
ages, only, five go, back as far as the
18th century. Of the 538 temporal
peers, $50 have been created during the
present century, 126 during the last
century, and only So trace their titles
beyond the year -I700.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
Gives EN- Salt Now.

Salt has just been put in the allow
ance of food which the British Govern
ment gives it's sailors, though other con-
diments were allowed in the rations
When "salt horse" was the main staple
of diet there was no need for it, but
although this was changed on men-of-
war long ago, the admiralty has only
recently discovered that the men have
had no salt. They have been obliged
to buy it out of their wages for years.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
Proposed Floating Tunnel.

In connection with the railway COM
munication between Scotland and Ire
land it is proposed to send trains
through q tunnel which shall float at
depth Of 60 feet below the surface, and
which Shall be kept steadily in its place
bv means of anchors
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
$2OOO@oo

-eA,lling's Best baking pow
der is such baking powder as
you would ask us to make if
you knew the facts.
A Sehiiiing & Company
: San Francisco 2Olo
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
HOME PRODUCTS AND pURn FOOD

:. All Eastern Syrup, so-cailed usually very
light colored and OF heavy body, is made from
glucose "1ed Garden Drips' is made from
by hrst-class grocers, in cans only. Manufsc-
tnred by the PACIFIC COAST SYRUP Co. All gen
turer's name Autographed on every can
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26

by machinery. The machine has been
invented for use in prisons, work
houses and reformatories. A cylin
drical shaped brush lays a thin layer
of butter ON the bread as it comes from
tho ouftor
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26

Berlin Germany, is. to have an un-
derground electric railway to connect
the northern and southern sections of
the city. Trains will run on a head
way of three minutes and carry 160
passengers at speed of from 20 to So
kilometers per hour.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
A FaIse Prophet.

The reputation of certain we'll
known prophet in London, who but
lately announced positively the end of
the world in 1900, has been. seriously
impaired by the fact that fortnight
ago it was discovered that he had since
paid a high premium to secure the
lease of business premises for 5 years.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26

The United States has 10000, 900
population, Europe has $50, 900, 600.
But the United States postoffice ham
dies about as much mail matter as all
Europe put together
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26

Benjamin Bissell, who lives near
Ballston Spa, N. Y, says he has voted
for IS presidential candidates, not one
of whom was elected.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26

The man who discovered the Ameri-
can beauty rose is worth $50, 900, all of
which he made out of the peerless
flower, which unites all the qualities
of a perfect rose.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26

IF you.loo at the map you will find
that the mountain chains of the Old
World lie east and west, while those Of
the New World lie north and south.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill bottle or common glass with
urine and let it stand "a hours; sedi-
ment or settling indicates an unhealthy
condition of the kidneys. When urine
stains linen it lis evidence of kidney
trouble. Too frequent desire to urinate
or pain in the back is also convincing
proof that the kidneys and bladder are
out of order. 81
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26
Try schilling's Best tea and baking powder.

The production of India rubber in
Mexico is attracting attention, and the
samples which have been exhibited are
said to be of fine quality.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26

A New Hampshire quarry is turning
out soapstone boot drier. It is in
tended especially for rubber boots.
The stone is to be heated and then
dropped, into the boot, to be left there
till the latter is dry.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26

Piso's Cure for Consumption is our only
medicine for coughs and colds.-Mrs. G.
Beltz, 439 Sth ave-, Denver, Col, Nov. 8, '95.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26

Giraffes are from 15 to 16 feet from
the ground to the tip of their horns.
Specimens from / 8 to % feet have been
known.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26

''King Solomon's Treasure" only Aphrodisiacal
Tonic known. (See Dictionary $500 a box, 3
weeks treatment. Mason Chemical Co., P. o. Box
747, Philadelphia Pa.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26

The man who never argues with
women, children or fools, has but few
arguments
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26

An ounce of prevention is not worth
a pound of cure in the pork-packing
business.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26

The earth probably receives about
one wo-thousandth-m -millionth part Of
the total radiation of the suns rays
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-26

It's poor BostonIan that doesn't
know beans.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-21
The X Raw in Law,

The x ray is becoming of more ac-
appeared as n witness in a suit for
$4,000 damages for malpractice, and
there is a picture in this city that
would justify a sufferer in proceeding
in similar way. A young man was
shot in the hand and a physician pre-
tended to remove the bullet Indeed,
he produced a bullet and carried it
around to prove that he had performed
a successful operation. AS the old
wound was troublesome the sufferer
went to young Brooklyn physician,
who said that he put the hand under
the CrOOkes tube and see what was the
matter. To this the older surgeon OBJ
jected, declaring that the Y ray was a
humbug, that no reputable physicians
used it, and that sort of thing; and he
nearly persuaded the patient to refuse
to lend his hand to the experiment.
But the younger physician turned on
the light and the shadOwgraph was
made, showing the bullet just where
it had lodged, in joint of the thumb.
The older physician was Quack. a
second operation was performed, and
this time the bullet really was removed.
The same young physician has secured
ether pictures disclosing outrageous
malpractice on the part of natural
bone settlers and other such people,
and certain men who are practicing
without proper warrant will probably
leave the delicate branch of surgery
alone, however much they may dose
their victims with patent medicines
and herb teas.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-21
knitting a Fad.

Knitting is the society girls latest
fad. No longer does she embroider
dainty little doylies, but devotes her
time to making golf stockings, bags
and umbrella cases instead. Newport
set this fashion last summer. Every
young woman when she desired to do
fancy work of any kind devoted her
self to the old-fashioned employment.
Instead of making tobacco bags for her
men friends she knitted him bibycie
stockings. a year ago q man would
not have carried a travelling bag made
OF knitted yarn on any account, but
now all the dudes think they are lucky
If some OF their fair friends will make
them ore. The umbrella cases made
of knitted silk are also very swell.
They are especially neat looking and
make very desirable little gifts for
Christmas.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-21
Machine.Made Snort.

The news that an inventive genius
in Princeton, n. j., has devised q base
ball pitching cannon shows to what
length science is advancing. The
Princeton mans machine can pitch i'll
shoots or out-curves with mathematical
precision, and the rate of speed of the
ball can be easily regulated by me-
chanical devices. 1t is more effective
than the most scientific pitcher and it
cannot contract the painful malady
technically known as Il glass arm
Here is an interesting suggestion for
the future. If there is to be machine
made pitcher there should be Il me-
chanical catcher. We may yet hear Of
first basemen made of steel and iron
that will catch any sort of ball and
make double plays" with scientific
correctness. And the innovation need
not be limited to baseball. Why not
have mechanical football teams made
of copper and chilled steel and have
the game played out by handling levers
and touching buttons? Polo, played by
tin men upon light, swift-footed alumi-
mum horses, would be delightfully."- in
teresting and unaccompanied by the
slightest danger. In time even the lazy
golfer may find it possible to loll at
ease upon shady hill and through his
field glasses watch the progress of
game played with immense skill and
Nlimation by handsome bronze men
cast after some sculptor's design.
Evidently we are fast approaching
the day when man, the physical being,
will be reduced to man, the mere lump
of intellect, whose sports" will consist
in sitting still and manipulating queer
mechanical devices.-Chicago Record.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-21
Good Discipline.

A correspondent of the Atlanta Con-
stitution tells ali anecdote illustra ting
Gen. Hancock's love of dignity and dis
cipline: "He was in command of the
train which brought Gen. Grants re-
mains from Mount Gilead to New
York. Gen. Hancock and his staff were
in the coach next to the last. In the
rear car was party of Pennsylvania
militia officers, who were popping an
occasional bottle of champagne and
smoking quite socially. Gen. Hancock
saw from his car what was going on
in the rear. 1t did not comport with
his ideas of the proprieties of SO sol
emn an occasion, and, calling the con-
ductor, he said, Will you please pre-
sent my compliments to those gentle
men, with the request that they cease
Smoking|
"In few moments the conductor re-
turned with the announcement that the
pliments, with peremptory declina-
ton to relinCrIish their cigars.
"Where is the next switch? asked
Hancack.
"'About five miles below replied the
conductor.
"'When you reach it, if the smoking
in that car has not ceased, switch it
OH sidetrack and leave it. You may
tell the gentlemen what 1 have said.
In two minutes there was not a
cigar to be seen in the appending
coach. Its occupants knew that Han
cock meant just what he said"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-21
ThiStleS.

When thistles get full possession of
the ground it is difficult to eradicate
them. They should be plowed under
before they bloom. If the land is
seeded to Hungarian grass the thistles
will be cut off with every moving of
the grass, and as Hungarian grass
crowds every other kind out o: ex-
istence, the thistles will not have
much chance. Plow the land in the
fall, turning under the Hungarian
grass sod; plow again in the spring.
and then cultivate the land to early
potatoes, keeping them clean with
both hoe and cultivator. This requires
two years work, but gives the thistles
no opportunity to recuperate.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-21

SuPy ehSh eAouS heo, chO
their one object is to get well.
They have no confidence in them
selves, and only too often lose faith in
their physicians.
All irregularities, whites, bearing
down pains, nervousness, headache,
backache, "blues," distaste for society,
sounds in ears, palpitation, emacia-
tion, heavy eyes, "all gone" feeling,
dread of impending evil, sleeplessness,
ETC., should at once be removed and
vigorous health assured.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has for twenty years saved
women from all this. Hear this wo-
man speak,
Il wish to publish what Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
Sanative Wash have done for me. Ihad
falling of the womb and leucorrhea,
and they have cured me of both. am
n well woman. 1 suffered dreadfully
with such dragging pains in the lower
part of the back and extending around
the body, irritation of the bladder,
pain when walking and painful men
situation; 1 weakened terribly. had
been treated by three doctors without
much help, and it only took five
bottles of your Compound and three
packages of Sanative Wash to cure me.
l can recommend them to all women
suffering with complaints like these
MRS. VANNATTA, 3S27 N. Broad St.,
PHILADELPHIA, Pa,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-21
ReNenYi.S Joke.

ST made one good toke the other
day." exclaimed Remenyi, the violin
ist. have suffer for long time wiz
my stomach, and my Doctor tell me |
must eat only baked apples, rye bread
and milk For six months [ eat nus
sing but rye bread, baked apples and
milk till l hunger, | starve almost for
somesing good. Zen write to the
doctor and say: Dear Doctor: For
six mont's I eat only rye bread, milk
and baked apple, and milk. baked
apples and rye bread>and baked apples,
rye bread and milk till I sink my
stomach is in apple pie order. Wasn't
zat a good joke.