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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-04
fancy dress goods bargain
bargains in skirt lengths

Skirt pattern all wool Tricot. all wool
Serge, English Curls. brncadod Mo-
hair, plain and figured Brilllan'ino.
DouCles and Covert Cloths. rustic
tnffeta lining and yeiYcteen binding.
worth $500. u ph
challenge sale prlce...,....,.. ZiZO
800 SKIRT icrgihs OF finest Boucles. Gre
ruus, CoVorts. curls. Brilliantines
and other weaves. including lining
and binding, worth $500.
the entire outfit. Z co
challenge sale price. .,........ UtUu
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-04

" a. tne negro had to be fed, so the
W whom the iaborer was Crop
\ ,N 'oed ''one ration" per week for
ktS0oiied hand and a half rat on
Gus aas The full rat.oa" is q re k
tdf and five pounas o. polk
~ 4 pen the crop is sufficiently adj
I, : able to estimate lbs YIELD, the
W. y ~ more crsdlt, I'D 10 even $40
~ va we prooa5ie Yield. Ali t.ls
Gsoa !. y, iaaugura,ei by Mr.. Edward
~s 4 aa ma q faw other large planaers.
nasinS s successful that The entlrs III
gsss S SoaIh follows il now.
n method Method was paying wages. The
~ ss,, ned hand was SIC per M onra
u issap A the same uhal, the al er
sAes Receives. For / faII eay,s
~ I, ne hands Knocked ora Il
~ - ssll was runs-the OVERSEE we r
~ ! = -, green ticket. For Laif
- /. yellow ticket. AZ ,.hs end OF
@okets We're redeemed u
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-04
lace curtains.

go pairs Lace CURTAINS, 2k yards IonE,
4 challenge sale price ....-...... YOU
200 pairs scru and white Lace Curtains,
worth $iO0 q pair. COM
challenge sale price ......,.... UoC
i5o paIrs Lace Curtains, 3 and sik yards
long, worth Sl.50 a pair. u6n
challenge sale price ......-.... UOG
75 pairs extra fine Lace Curtains,
worth s2,25 a pair 40
challenge sale price ........... 1.-Two
100 pairs finest Nottingham Lace Cur
talns. slightly soiied.
worth $3.50 q pair, q 0E
challenge sale price ........... kskO
100 yards all elk black satin Duchsssc.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
Lost Opportunfties.

talking of lost opportunities for
riches," remarked the retired capita
list 81 count two against myself which
will regret until my dying day. One
came a number of years ago, when a
man wanted to buy a small lot Of
ground from me and offered for it ], 200
shares Of the Bell Telephone Co., which
he valued at 81 share. l refused the
bid. The stock has since sold at $3.50
a share. The other lost opportunity
was even worse. An old friend, who
had been a school companion in my
youth, came to me and implored me to
help him out with an option he had on
a silver mine in Colorado. He had
raised $1,000 and he needed that much
more to prevent the expiration of the
option in about a week. l had been
bitten in a number of gold and silver
mining speculations, and refused to
put up the desired $4,000. My friend
found man on Market street who had
more nerve than 1 and took up the
option with the $4,000. Since that
time those two men have cleared ST.
OOO, 900 on that mine, $3,5O0,O00 apiece.
The lightning may strike me yet, but
1 doubt whether 1 will ever recover
those lost millions" Philadelphia
Record,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21

Thought, at any rate, is not slow in
Philadelphia The following anecdo:e
proves it: According to the rules laid
down by the Philadelphia department
Of public safety any officer making a
mistake and calling a patrol wagon
without cause is subject to a fine of
two days pay. Quite recently one Of
the best and most efficient officers Of
the thirteenth district went to call up
the station house and inadvertently
called the patrol. He was in an awful
stew for a moment, but while swear
ing at himself for his carelessness he
espied a well-known local character ap-
preaching with a peculiarly unsteady
gait. "Stop," said the bluecoat, whose
brain had suddenly absorbed a bright
idea. you've been drinking and you
will just help me out of a difficulty"
what have 1 done?" asked the man,
take" replied the patrolman, "and If
the patrol comes you go to the station
and If it don't you can 60 along about
your business. I've let you off many a
time. Now you can help me-" The
patrol arrived, the victim was hustled
into the wagon and taken to the sta
ton and locked up for the night. OF
course he was discharged in the morn
ming none the worse for his slumber on
the hard bench. The officer to square
himself handed over so cents to the
man and chuckled to himself at the
thought of how he had saved SIS by his
ingenuity.-Troy Times.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
WHAT THE LAW DECIDES.

The drilling oil wells by each owner
Of adjoining lands near the division
line, so that each may obtain the
amount of oil contained In his land, Is
held, in Elley VS.. Ohio Oil Company
(Ohio), 80 L. R. A. 765, to be lawful
and to afford each Of them sufficient
protection against the other.
An Injunction against the plaintiff Is
held, in Sternberg VS.. Wolff IN. j., 80
L. R. A., 1852 to be properly imposed
as condition of similar injunction in
his favor to limit the power of the de-
fendant to make promissory notes or
checks for a corporation in which they
have equal interests.
An injunction against the proprietor
of theater. to prevent breach of a
contract to furnish the theater and
equipment to the manager of a com
pany for certain time and to prevent
him from furnishing the theater to a
rival company during that period, is
denied In Welty VS.. Jacobs Qll.), 40 l..
r. A. 90, as the contract Is not one that
can be specifically enforced.
Persons attending a club banquet at
a hotel on the invitation and at the ex-
pense Of the club, which had contract
to pay special sum for each plate fur
nished, were held, In Amey VS.. Win
chester (N. H.), 80 L. R. A. 76O, to have
no right of action against the proprie-
tor for the loss of their hats left by
them ON rack at the entrance of the
dining-room, although they had been
registered and assigned room at the
hotel
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
THUNDERSTORM FATALITIES
Few Deaths Attributed to Them, Not
withsta nding the Popular Fear.

Few Deaths Attributed to Them, Not
withstan ndinE the Popular Fear.
A curious news item gives the results
of an Investigation carried on by DR..
G. Stanley Hall, president of Clark
University, on the things that most ex-
cite fear in people. OF the 29S classes
of objects of fear to which 1,7O7 per-
sons confessed, thunder and lightning
led all the rest, although in certain To-
calities, as for instance, those subject
to cyclones, etc., the fear Of the latter
predominates. 1t may be accepted as
probably true that thunderstorms con-
stitute the most pronounced source Of
fear with the majority of people, due
no doubt to the always impressive and
not infrequently overpowering nature
of the phenomenon. But is there any
justification in fact for this fear so
far as fatal results are concerned? We
believe there is not, but, on the con-
trary, that many other causes which
barely have a place in DR.. Halls list
are infinitely more entitled to the dis
tinction as fear producers than light
ming.
AS proof of this we may cite stat!s-
tics Of the United States weather bu-
reau. These show that for the four
years 1S90-93 the deaths from light
ming numbered 794, or an average Of
1876 a year. Again, II. +. KretZer, OF
St. Louis, found from the record of
nearly 200 newspapers that for the five
years 1SS3-SS there were 1000 deaths
caused by lightning, or an average Of
206 year. We doubt whether Of the
number Of deaths classified as "acci-
dentaf' in the whole United States any
one group can show so small a num-
ber. In New York city alone over 200
people are drowned every year, while
nearly $50 are burned or scalded to
death, and close on to 500 persons meet
their end by falls of one kind or an
other. Comparing the record of 200
lightning fatalities for the whole coun-
try with the above records for New
York city, with its total Of nearly 1,500
accidental deaths every year, it will be
seen how groundless is the popular fear
of lightning. 1t is a survival, an in
herited superstition.
The popular belief that stroke of
lightning is invariably fatal is also not
borne out by the facts. Indeed, one
record specially devoted to this feature
shows that Of 212 persons struck only
seventy-four were killed. Taking it all
in all, there seems to be no more
groundless popular fear than that Of
lightning. Indeed, if one can go by
statistics, the risk of meeting death by
a horse kick in New York Is over so
per cent. greater than that Of death by
lightning. Yet with all the weight Of
statistics agains its deadliness, light
ming will probably continue to scare
people as heretofore. Perhaps, after
all, there may be a more direct cause
than the mere psychological one usu-
ally ascribed to it, and that is the fact
that many people of nervous tempera-
ment are affected hours before the ap-
proach of a thunderstorm and thus
rendered particularly powerless. to
stand the strain which more or less af-
fects the most phlegmatic natures dur
ing a disturbance in the heavens.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
Mary Stuart's Watch.

Mary Stuart made fad of collecting
timepieces. Among those owned by
her was cofin-shaped watch in case
of crystal. Probably the most remark
able one in her collection was the one
bequeathed to Mary Seaton, her maid
of honor. It was in the form of a
skull. On the forehead of the skull
was the symbol of death, the scythe
and the hour glass. At the back of
the skull was time, and at the top of
the head the garden of Eden and the
crucifxion. The watch was opened by
reversing the skull. Inside was a rep
resentation of the Holy Family, sur
rounded by angels, while the shepherds
and their focks were worshipping the
new born Christ. The works formed
the brains, while the dial-plate was the
palate. She also possessed another
skull-shaped watch, but it is not known
what became of it.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21

It Is grand to right the wrong you see.
The will of heaven never has a cod
icil.
Minor sins rarely fail to reach ma
turity.
Calling bricks butter will not make
them soft.
If you cannot dispel the mists, climb
above them.
Personal salvation means purse-and-
all conservation.
Prayer performed as q mere duty,
brings no blessing.
He never wastes words who confines
himself to the truth.
Like the mamma, the Bible tastes to
each man Us he wills.
The world, the flesh and the devil are
incarnate in the saloon.
If we would not tremble before Him,
Emanuel must be Jesus.
So far from God only saving the good,
He can only save the bad.
The Good Physician never makes q
mistake in the prescription.
Running in debt with no intention of
paying, is genteel stealing.
p If you are marching with Christ, you
will have collisions with sin.
Better the tear of godly sorrow, than
the laugh of sinful pleasure.
To preach 1.-The truth in love" is to
preach against every heresy.
The mannerism of man Is the paint
he uses to hide the raw material.
When the wicked make merry, the
devil always leads the applause.
To grasp Christianity often calls for
the surrender of a mans religion.
By the shame Of the Cross Christ de-
scends to the depths of our shame.
If conscience spoke words of f1attery,
Its slightest whispers could be heard.
Praise fool, and it makes him proud;
praise wise man, and it makes him
humble.
Attending church service and attend
Ing to Christ's service are things which
differ.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
Women and the Wheel.
From the Gazette. Delarare. Ohio.

IRON the GdzetLe, Detdfdre, ONO.
The healthfulness of bicycle riding
for women is still disputed question
between eminent physicians and health
refor mers.
Used in moderation it surely creates
for women a means of outdoor exer-
else, the benefit Of which all physicians
concede. Used to excess, like any
other pastime, its effect is likely to be
dangerous.
The experience of Miss Bertha Reed,
the i7-year-old daughter of Mr.. J. R.
Reed, 335 Lake street, Delaware, o. l.,
may point moral for parents who,
like Mr.. and Mrs. Reed. have expert
enced some concern for their daughters
who are fond of wheeling. In the fall
of '96 Miss Bertha, who had ridden a
great deal, began to fail in an alarm
ing manner. She grew steadily paler
and thinner, and it appeared she was
going into consumption. Rest and
quiet did her absolutely no good. A
physician found her pulse at 1O4-a
very high rate. Thinking this may
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
BY THE DOCTORS ORDER.

a blush and smile. But, oh, he is
so good! And like him so much! Now
show us, please, what you have been
sketching."
Mr.. Durell came down, In the warm,
red glow Of the summer sunset, to the
wi1low-shaded curve in the river where
Miss Ravenel liked to sit when her
days work was done.
II have brought you some Of the rare
orchids from the conservatory" said
he. ~You told me the other day you
liked flowers"
Il am much obliged to you," said she,
gratefully. But, Mr.. Durell, I have
something to tell you"
"Stop a minute" he said. "I have
something to tell you-that love you,
that want to make you my wife. Dear
Miss Ravenel, you are surprised at
this? Have you not seen 1t growing
out of my heart by degrees? My father
Is old and infrn, but he Is ready to
welcome you with all paternal love-
and
"You really love me?" she cried, with
wide open eyes. '.Me, a poor, pale, lit
tie hop-pickerT'
you, my queen and my idealv'
"Then," she said, all smiles and
bushes, II think I ought to repay you
by loving you a little. And I think
do-nay, am quite certain Of it."
my darling! Oh, my darling" he
murmured.
"But wait; you have not heard what
1 am," she urged.
"You are Miss Ravenel."
"I am General Raveners daughter.
am here by the doctors order, not be-
cause 1 need the daily wages Of hop
picker. But you won't like me any the
less, will you, for that?"
Mr.. Durell stood amazed. Miss Raw
enel the great heiress!
"We are stopping at the Clancliff
Hotel" said she. II have my phaeton
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
FROM ABROAD.

Smoking was not permitted in Eng
land railway carriages until 1916.
In some parts of Norway corn is still
used as substitute for coin.
There are 81 royal families in
Europe, two-thirds of which are Of
German origin.
1t is said that the first weeping will
low in England was planted by Alex
ander Pope, the poet.
The cartmen who haul sand to Rome
for builders work 19 hours day for
35 cents, and sleep in the stables with
their mules.
As an effect of the South Wales coal
strike, the Great Western railway has
sustained direct loss upon carriage
of minerals of e139,00O.
No restaurant in St. Petersburg is
allowed to have its bill of fare exclu-
sively in foreign language. By re-
cent edict Russian version must al
ways be added.
There are 400, 200, 900 people in the
British empire, and the queen would
have to live another 20 years to enable
hCA W cCO al VI IhCIl pass ICI,
if marching night and day for all that
time.
A recent report issued in Germany
says that 1874, sol hectoliters of beer
were absorbed in Berlin in 1897, $50
that each inhabitant drank 2O6 liters. >"
In 1892 the average consumption was
1859 llters.
The system of vaccination is so per-
feet in the German army that smallpox
has been reduced to six cases annually.
All re0uits are re-vaccinated, and
there must be at least ten punctures in
each arm.
1t is stated that Turkey lost less than
1000 men in battle in the Greek war,
but 10, 900 died in Thessaly of disea SO
and $4,000 were sent home invalided
and of the latter 5000 subsequently
died. Among the dead were II army
Officars
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21

and ponies there. will drive up to the
-AeEsa to~see your father, since he can
not come to me-"
"But 1 thought You were poor girl,
hiring one of these tents aNso much a
night" said Daniel in perp- -xxity.
That's where you were mistaken" T"
said Miss Ravenel, smiling. But hop
picking has done ME a deal of good.
Aunt Verna says my cheeks are redder
than they used to be; and I must be
better, because"
"Well?'
Because feel SO happy" said Mary
Ravenel, coloring like rose.
And so Daniel Durell found his life's
treasure out among the garlanded hop
poles.-Hearthstone
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
NO MORE LEAP YEARS.
They Will Not Stop, However, fo
Eight Centuries.

Eight Centuries.
In time leap years will go out of ex.
istence entirely, but as this will not
occur for over 800 years I'VE haven't
much personal interest in the event
In the ordinary course of events 1906
would be a leap year, but it will not
count in the calculation. In other
words, willie it does occur it does not
occur, simply because 1T is not in the
agreement, that it shall occur. The
story is long one, but it can be brief
ly told so that the average person can
understand it without much difficulty.
In 1852, in the arrangement of the
Julian calendar, ten days were dropped
so as to get things running on the then
new but the present basis of calculat-
ing time. So as to keep things running
right 1t was determined that a year
ending century should not be bisex-
there was no leap year in 100, 1900
or 1900. 1t Is, or at least was, rather
hard on the ladies, who have special
advantages in leap year, for it is the
only year that it Is proper for them to
propose themselves in marriage, but as
it has always been SO in matters af-
fecting womankind, men always find
reasons for restricting their privileges.
The ladies lose their privilege again
in 1900, but though there will not be
many Of those who see 1900 who will
see 1000, the latter year, ending a
fourth century, will be leap year.
In this way three days are retrenched
in four centuries, and the remaining
seven days will be made up in little
over 800 years. After that calendar
years will be like solar years, and er
rors in the calculation Of time will oc-
cur no more.
The loss Of leap years will in thou
sands of years affect the seasons.
suppose the mathematicians of the
centuries hence will be so expert in
handling figures and making calcula-
tions that they will have no difficulty
in keeping things going correctly
Washington Star.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
Making 1t Worth While.

It Is ever the habit of mortals to
trump up excuses for certain lines of
conduct, but probably none are more
absurd than the following:
An Irishman walking over a plank
sidewalk, in counting some money acci-
dentally dropped a nickel, which rolled
down a crack between the boards.
The Irishman was much put out by
his loss, trifling though it was. Early
the next day a friend, while walking
by the spot, discovered the man drop
ping a dollar down the same crack.
SIT was this way" explained Pat; 81
reasoned thot it wasn't worth me while
to put up thot sidewalk for a nickel, so
I'm dropping down dollar to make 1t
worth me while"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
The Bold, Bad Bug.

1 am sitting by the river,
Eloise,
Where the waters dance and culver
In the breeze,
And the little birds are winging
Overhead and sweetly singing
Till their melody is ringing
Through the trees.
Here together we sat cumming,
Eloise,
While we listened to the humming
Of the bees;
And you said when made money
AS the little bees made honey
1 would be your solid sonny
Oh, you tease!
AS we sat beneath the willows,
Eloise,
Bosoms heaving as the pillows
Of the seas,
Oh, how fond the recollection
That by prudent circumspection
l was winning your affection
By degrees.
All at once q scream went flying
Through the trees,
Seemed to shatter cen the signing
OF the breeze;
And the voice which erstwhile charmed
me
Now with plying ring alarmed me
Seemed to freeze.
What chill of fear came DER me,
Eloise,
As you threw yourself before me
On your knees;
And you said bug that harm meant
Was between your back and garment
And you begged the dreadful varmint
I would seize!
But my modesty was riven,
Eloise,
And my bushes ran up seven
Ty degrees,
And you called me craven coward,
Epithets upon me showered,
And alone left me embowered
Meath the treesi
So again here am sitting,
Eloise,
And the same old birds are fitting
Through the trees;
In the same old way they're winging,
And the same old songs they're singing,
And the same old music's ringing
On the breeze.
But I've grown a whole lot older,
If you please,
And I've certainly grown bolder,
By degrees;
And if now / had occasion
1 would stop that bugs invasion
Without any hesitation,
Eloise.
Denver Post.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21


have been due to temporary nervous
ness when he examined her, he watched
her closely, but her pulse continued at
that rate for two weeks. He was satis-
fled then, from her high pulse and
steadily wasting condition that she was
suffering from anaemia or bloodless
condition of the body. She became
extremely weak, and could not stand
the least noise or excitement. In this
condition of affairs they were RECON-
mended by an old friend
to get some of that famous
blood medicine. Dr.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. They did
SO, and almost from the first dose Ber-
tina began to improve. She continued
to take the pills and was by means of
those pills made entirely we'll, and
more grateful people than her parents
cannot be found in the whole state of
Ohio.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have
proved boon to womankind. Acting
directly on the blood and nerves, they
restore the requisite vitality to all
parts of the body; creating functional
regularity and perfect harmony
throughout the nervous system. The
pallor of the cheeks is changed to the
delicate blush of health; the eyes
brighten; the muscles grow elastic,
ambition is created and good health re-
turns.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
Why Teeth Decay.

The question to what extent the
alkaline earth salts In drinking water
affect the decay (caries) of teeth has of
late been studied in several quarters.
Statistics have been collected by Rese
in several localities in Bavaria and by
Foerberg, in Sweden. These have re-
vealed the interesting fact that the
extent of decaying teeth bears definite
relation to the hardness of the water;
in other words, to the quantity of cal
cium and magnesium salts in the earth
through which the water passes. The
harder the water the better the teeth;
the smaller the quantity of these salts
the greater the decay of the teeth
Sudd. An. Zeitunp.