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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06

have your chimney swept at all, but he
and he alone has the legal right to do
the business, and he will call upon you
every spring and every autumn for his
fees. He never does any work him.
self He is an important, and usually
wealthy individual, and in Nurem-
berg is said to enjoy a revenue of ST.
500 year from his privilege, but out
of this total he is compelled to pay a
gang Of boys who do the sweeping for
him.
The number of drug stores in every
town is limited by law-one to every
1000 of population-and they have to
pay a heavy license to the city. There
fore they charge high prices for pre-
scriptions and get rich.
One of the restrictions upon the drug
business-and it is an excellent pro-
vision-requires all drugs and medi-
cines intended for use internally to be
put up in round bottles. All drugs and
chemicals which are not used internal
ly as medicines must be placed in hex
agonal bottles. Thus it is impossible
for any man who is in his right mind
to poison himself by mistake.-Berlin
Letter to Chicago Record.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06
FIBROID TUMOR
Expelled by Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

MRS. B. A. LOMBARD, Box II, West
dale, Mass, writes: "I-have reason to
think that would not be here now If
it had not been for Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. It cured me Of
a fibroid tumor in my womb.
Doctors could ddonothing forme. and
they could not cure me at the hospital.
I will tell you about it:
81 had been in my usual health, but
had worked quite hard. When my
monthly period came on, flowed very
badly. The doctor gave me medicine,
but it did me no good. He said the
flow must be stopped if possible, and
he must find the cause of my trouble.
"Upon examination, he found there
was fbroid tumor in my womb, and
gave me treatment without any benefit
whatever. About that time lady
called on me, and recommended Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound;
said she owed her life to it. / said I
would try it, and did. Soon after the
flow became more natural and regular.
1 still continued taking the Compound
for some time. Then the doctor made an
examination again, and found every
thing all right. The tumor had passed
away, and that dull ache was gone"
It can be truthfully stated that
such aresult can be accomplished by no
other remedy upon the market, and
forcibly proves the peculiar virtue Of
the Vegetable Compound n.s..,,-. !
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06
LUXURY Of the Currene,

Electricity can be applied to In
Vulnerable uses about the house, sup
planting the less convenient devices
and contrivances, but, unfortunately,
the new ones using the current almost
always cost more than the old. Where
is no object and luxury and con-
venience are supreme considerations
everything conceivable can be done by
electricity. For instance, on the yacht
Niagara, built for George Gould, and
recently launched, the electric plant is
employed to furnish light for 440 16-
candle-power incandescent lamps, and
batteries are provided capable
of supplying energy for 80 more. The
,dynamos are so designed that as many
as 900 lamps can be illumined for pur-
poses of display, besides a powerful
on the bridge. There are
also electric heaters, curling tongs,
smoothing irons, ranges, warming pans
and electric elevators. Electricity
will operate the laundry and drying
room, it will heat chafng dishes and
bring out the music of big orches-
trion. Call bells, telephones and such
minor electric devices are also provided
in profusion.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06

30 DOVE ROCK DAY. M


the rim of his hat. 1t is the unwritten
law, at HORIZON Ferry, that a Ham
letter must be greeted by removing the
hat and describing with it a considera-
BILE arc; one of the Justin set may be
greeted by raising the hat; and a guest
of the hotel is to be ignored and
snubbed. Treadwells salute was fee
BILE compromise.
"You needn't trouble yourself to
speak to me any longer" said the girl to
him one day. Il think that can adapt
myself to the present situation. 1 sup
pose that if 1 had gone to Justin's you
might have treated me with ordinary
ciyility."
In her heart she said: 'I can hardly
blame him. He has a career before
him. If l loved him less l would have
married him when he asked me two
years ago.
There was one day in the calendar
when all differences of social standing
were forgotten. That was Dove Rock
Day. On that day the great rock,
which rose from the middle Of the bay,
near Horizon Ferry, was piled high
with driftwood; it was the funeral pyre
of the season which was gone. The
material for the conf1agration was
gathered from the islands and from the
wooded shore. The Hamleteers, the
boarders at Justin's, and the guests at
the hotel all joined in transporting the
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06
ElectricaI NoxeIties.

Electrical exhibits at the Transmits
sissippi exposition will embrace dis
plays of all the important practical dis.
coveries that have been made in the
field during the past few years. They
will include special exhibit of ap.
D ,ratus and inventions of Thomas A.
Edison, various vacuum tube exhibits
of Lieutenant Squire and Professor Gre.
hore in rapid synchronography or syn.
chronoscope. The system of military
telegraphy and telephony employed in
the regular army will also be shown.
Tesla's oscillator, which was described
at the international congress of electri-
clans at the Worlds Fair. will he an
other rare exhibit. The various systems
of wire telegraphy that have become
associated with the names of Marconi,
Rhigi and Lodge will be exhibited and
should prove opportune. as nothing
much has been done on this side of the
Atlantic in this promising field. Vari.
GUS forms of third rail railways will be
shown. This type has been adopted on
the elevated lines in the city of Chi
cago, and on several New England
roads. 1t will probably be still more
extensively employed in the future.
Then, too, there will be an exhibit OF
alternating current motors adapted fol-
street railway work, which experts
assert will eventually supplant the
present continuous current type.
The very interesting results obtained
by applying electricity to the forcing oi
plants and the rapid termination Of
seeds by the stimulation of electrical
currents will be demonstrated. Kite
flying with electric recording instru-
ments for determining the electrical
condition of the atmosphere will be a
striking feature of the electrical section.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06
Cement = dinixtures.

For the past three years the cement
trade section of the British board of
trade has been making investigations
into the question of cement admixtures,
and the result is that the board an
nounces that Portland cement be de-
fined as mixture of two or more suit
able materials intimately and artifioally
mixed in the requisite proportions, and
afterward properly treated, to which
nothing has been added during or after
calcination except that an addition not
exceeding 2 per cent of gypsum is per-
missable." If anything more be added
the article SO produced shall not be
called Portland cement. The worst
adulterants for Portland cement are
decided to be ragstone and blast-fur-
mace sl:g, the latter by far the more
Objectionable.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06
CHARLES A. DANA AS AN EDITOR.
He Was Very Puncti1ious as to Typo
graphical Details.

graphical Details.
In all matters of detail, in literary
manner, in the use of words, in gram
mar, punctuation and typographical
method he was the most careful and
exacting of editors. One time an edito-
rial contained two lines of poetry IN
type of the same size as that of the
text, and, as l was the author of 1t, the
familiar signatures: Reason, Revela-
ton, Science, Philosophy and Esthetics
all require that these lines should have
been put in small type" Upon another
occasion, when he thought a verb had
been improperly used in a manuscript,
he wrote an admonitory sentence: ''To
say there are in this passage would
be unpoetic, and consequently disgust
ing.'
He took the blame whenever an error
escaped his eye. II take shame to my
SELF" he wrote one time when the au-
thor of an editorial had confounded
Boston brown bread with Graham
bread, "for having printed this thing
without scrutinizing it. The Sun is ig-
norant and wrong"
One day a man in California had sent
an inquiry to the editor of the Sun,
'Will you please tell me how to become
a Christian?" and as often dealt with
religious questions at the time this ap-
peal was received, Mr.. Dana blue-pen-
ciled the back of the mans note with
these words: "Why not give him a
ripping answer? Give him the socialist
side of Christianity"
When the writer Of a book review
had italicized eight or ten of his words,
Mr.. Dana commented thus: "This re-
view Is the best in the whole lot, and is
very good; but why In the world an ex-
perienced writer like wants to pep
per his manuscript with nasty little
italics, 1 can't imagine"
: When the writer Of an editorial para
graph In the Sun wrote of "Govs. Cam
eron and Crittenden," the ever watch
full critic in the sanctum got after him
in a note left for me: ''The term
Cows, Gems, 'Capts.', ETC., is disgust
ing. The titles have no plural as at
tached to any individual name; they
should be repeated, or circumlocu-
ton should be used"
In an editorial article printed in bre-
vier type there had appeared an ex-
tract in agate type; the grammatical
subject Of sentence was in BREWER,
while the verb for 1T was in the subse-
quent agate line. Mr.. Dana wrote for
my benefit: This passage from big
type to little is contrary to all sound
principles of typographical elegance.
Greeley used to make the passage, and
country newspapers still make it; but
it Is wicked"
When a writer for the Sun once de-
scribed man as 'tOO condemn
SMART the phrase was highly offens,
i've to Mr.. Dana, who wrote a caustie
comment upon it in three words, which
need not be here printed.-John Swim
ton in the Chautauquap.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06
Accuracy Carried Too Far.

A ship once went on a cruise, and
the captain determined to keep an ac-
curate account of the voyage in his
logbook One morning the first mate,
who had been on a lark the day be-
fore, looking over the logbook, found
this entry: "The first mate was drunk
all day yesterday"
He at once appealed to the captain,
saying to him: "Why in the world
did YOU want to write that in the log
book ?''
as it not trueY questioned the cap
tain.
"Yes, but there was no use to state
it,
ooh, yes, there was. 1 intend 10 keep
a full and accurate record of what
goes on on board this ship during the
entire voyage"
The first mate was compelled to sub
NIT, but his turn came. Next day he
was in charge of the ship, the captain
taking off a day.
When he turned up the next morn
ing, he found written on the logbook:
ssrhe captain was sober all day yester.
day.~ Of course, he entered q protest
.Well, weren't you sober all day p
asked the mate.
"Of course, but there was no use OF
stating it."
"Oh, yes, was merely carrying out
YOUR instructions and keeping an ac
curate record of what occurred OF
board."-Glasgow Weekly Mail.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06
The Value of Good Roads,

Inc SdIuc OF OOOu hOaQSs
There is all over the country a deep
and growing interest in the subject of
good roads. The people generally have
learned that good roads pay and that
bad roads are terribly expensive.
There is not a State in the Union
which has not done more good road
work in the past five years than it ever
did before in an equal period of time.
Some of them have done ten times as
much.
Professor Latta, of the Purdue Uni
versity, Lafayette, Ind, estimates that
the annual loss from bad roads in JEFF
ferson County, Kentucky, in which
Louisville is situated, is fully 81 an
acre. This means an annual loss of
$25O,0OO. The loss for one year due to
bad roads would pike every mile of
road in the county.
In attempting to convince the farm
ers who are opposed to large expendi-
lures for roads, President Latta gives
the following as some of the good eff
fects Of good roads:
/. Economic time and force in trans
portation between farm and market.
2. Enable the farmer to take advan-
tage of market fluctuations in buying
and selling.
3. Permit transportation of farm
products and purchased commodities
during times of comparative leisure.
4. Reduce the wear and tear on
horses, harness and vehicles. ~
5aEnhance the market value of real
estate.
President Latta says of the increased
value Of land from road improvements:
"As already stated, this increase Is
estimated by the farmers consulted at
50 per acre. This would enhance the
value of each section Of land $5,76O,
which is more than double the estimat-
ed cost $2,292) Of the two miles Of i'm
proved highway, which constitute the
quota for the section. Just here the
objection may be raised that the i'm
proved roads would not increase the
productive capacity Of the land, while
the enhanced commercial value would
increase the taxes. Let US, for the sake
of argument, grant this plausible but
fallacious objection, and then find
what it amounts to. Let us suppose the
Increase in appraisement for taxation
to be 81 per acre and the tax rate ia
per cent. This would mean an annual
increase in taxes of five cents per acre,
or SIS per hundred acres. Would not our
objector, after enjoying the benefits of
good roads, be very willing to give there
for the extra $5, if necessary? Would
he keep the money and go back to the
thraldom of mud roads? If so, he has
the option of selling his farm at an ad-
vance, according to the average esti-
mates of his brother farmers, that will
more than doubly reimburse him for
his expenditure on highway improve
ment; and he can then remove to some
native wild whose quiet waters have
not been troubled by the spirit of
progress"
The gospel of good roads is being
preached by newspapers In every State
and in almost every county. Let the
good work go on.-Atlanta (Ga.) Jour
nal
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06
DISEASES IN COURT BIBLES.

Microbes Poison the Books Kissed by
the Thousands of W illnesses.
Queen Victoria's magistrates are re-
volving the question whether or not
the Bibles used in administering oaths
can carry infection and spread disease.
The matter was first brought up by a
physician summoned to testify in a
London court. When the clerk hand
ed him the Bible he kept for the admin
istration of oaths, he refused to take
1t. He explained that in his judgment
the cover of that book, long in use In
the court and having been kissed by
thousands of lips, was pregnant with
thousands of microbes and thus might
be the means of conveying infection.
He asked permission to disinfect the
cover and then expressed his entire
willingness to take the oath in the usu-
al manner.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06

sunnlies for the last spectacle Of the
declining year.
John Treadwell that year was master
Of ceremonies, directing the move
ments of the navy of transports, which
all day long was busy conveying logs
and packing boxes to the rock. In the
center of the pile were trunks of giant
trees, placed on end and held In place
by smaller logs. In the center was
pocket filled with light kindling wood,
covered with pitch and tar. This was
the mine from which was to ascend
tongue of fame. Hamlet and hotel
viewed Dove Rock with pride when the
work of the bonfire builders was done.
The night was falling when from the
point a f1otilla of boats swept towards
the rock. There was clanking of row.
lock chains, and the oars ratified against
| cedar-sheathed hulls. Craft which for
weeks had been lodging each other,
were moored side by side. The slow
beating of the oars kept the half moon
of boats from drifting toward the rock.
A single boat shot out from the swing
ing group and grated upon the edge of
! Dove Rock. A CLEAN Of light shone
| from beneath the shelter of cap; then
| the flame from torch flared high in
the air. John Treadwell, his face IL
lumined by the jet of fire above his
head, turned to the crescent of boats
and bowed He hurled the torch into
the center of the giant tinderbox and
turned to go. But his foot caught upon
| h. or1 Ty, f,.x7
ing to save himself he half turned, then
fell upon the rock. From the top of
the pie of timbers burst q binding
flood of light. Beneath it's glare those
who sat in the half lune of boats could
see that a thin stream of blood was
trickling down from the right temple
of the man who lay stretched upon the
rock.
The pile of timbers began to settle. A
blistering heat compelled the specta-
tors to pull back from the nest of
flames. A pine log rolled from the side
of the volcano of wood and fell, snap
ping and snarling within six inches of
Treadwells feet.
"Why doesn't somebody pull out to
the rock?" yelled voice far back in the
semi-circle.
"Why don't you do it yourselfT
came the response in half dozen keys
A light shallop shot out from the
landing near the hotel. Some one close
ly wrapped in a cloak dragged the
PROSTATE form into the boat and slow
ly rowed out of the zone of blisterine
heat.
at seems strange to me-" remarked
. the dramatic critic of the Daily Har
binger to the night editor of the Morn
, ing Rainbow, who had Joined him at :
late supper in restaurant, "that news
paper men have such prediction TO
marrying actresses. I suppose that W.
shall be hearing Of Treadwelrs seekinl
, divorce sometime within the next ST.
: months. He was married this evening
to Grace Wright who used to be a
. Payson's."
, "Well," said the night editor. "fron
what I know about 1t that diyorc
+. ! won't come very soon. She saved hi
: life at Lake George last summeF.-De
: troit Free Press.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06
Fixe-Foot Soldiers.

The minimum height of the Mikado's
army is a fraction Of an inch over five
feet, that In the Italian army five feet
one inch AS the height of individuals
in Japan does not often exceed five
feet four inches for males, it follows
that there is wonderful uniformity OBJ
servable in the physique of the Japa-
nese troops, and this fact operates bene-
ficially in long marches, very few fall
ing out of the ranks. What one can
do all can do. The Emperor is himself
much above the average stature, and
the Empress is just as tall as the Prin-
cess of Wales. Both are of spare
huild
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06
Q o
Beware of "cEeap" bak-
fng powders. Alum makes
good medicine but bad food.
Ask your doctor. ca
Do Islands Grow?

Incredulous has heard that islands
sometimes grow up out of the water,
and as he does not believe it, he writes
to the New York Ledger to ask if
such things can be true. Answer:
Scientists tell us that in the year 1877
an elevation appeared in the group of
Friendly Islands. 1t was evidently of
volcanic origin. as it was smoking hot,
and had the appearance of lava. 1t
grew and lifted until it became a
clearly defined island, and after years
of increase was over 800 feet wide, and
nearly two miles long. 1t is supposed
that its origin was the outpouring and
uplifting of some submarine volcano.
Within the past few years the action of
the water seems to have affected it, and
it is rapidly crumbling away. 1t is
believed that it will soon disappear
entirely
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06
The Gentle Japanese.

"There is one popularity about the
japanese that is not particularly known
they never utter an OATH" said Col.
r. w. Gruber. "The reason for this Is
that there is no word in the japanese
language which Is equivaie..t to an
oath. Even the vast number of for
eigners who have gone to that country
during the last ten years and the thoVs
sands of new words added to the Ian
guage have not in the least affected
the japanese in swearing. In this re-
spect the japanese stand alone, for all
other inhabitants of earth can, when
they step on tack, use stronger ex-
preston than the one used in general
conversation"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06

DR.. Thompson, master of Trinity COL
lege, Cambridge, was a scholar and an
administrators; but his fame rests on
his sharp, witty and often bitter epi-
grams. He said of Ely, where, as a
professor of Greek, he held canonry:
"The place is SO damp that even the
sermons won't keep dry there;" and at
a college meeting where some of the
young fellows were treating with very
little respect the opinions of their
seniors, he said, "None of US is quite
infallible, not even the youngest"
OF an amiable and excellent scholar
he said, "The time he spends on the
neglect of his duties he wastes on the
adornment of his person." and of an
eminent professor, whose first lecture
he attended, 81 little thought that we
should so soon have cause to regret his
predecessor, Professor -"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06

The magistrate was at first startled
at this novel proposition, but finally,
seeing that the witness was a sensible
man of science, he consented. There
upon the physician took from his satch-
it and poured some drops therefrom on
the dingy leather cover of the Bible.
He then spread the liquid over the en-
tire cover by means of his handker-
chief and, having rubbed it well in, he
took the required oath.
The incident created widespread COM
ment and the physician was lombard
ed with letters and queries on the SUBJ
ject. He made public statement in
which he maintained that the time
honored custom of administering an
oath in courts of law was contrary to
the elementary principles of hygiene,
and that 1t was, In fact, one Of the most
dangerous practices of modern times.
"No one," he insisted, "would consent
to drink in a public house where only
one glass Is used, and why, then,
should anyone consent to kiss book
which thousands have kissed before
himY
Naturally, many persons have fol-
lowed his example. Almost daily some
witness asks the judge If he may dis
infect the Bible before he puts his lips
to 1t, and walls containing disinfect-
ants are becoming quite a common
sight in English courts. Some magis-
trates refuse to grant the desired per-
mission, claiming that every article In
the court Is clean and as it should be;
others, on the contrary, grant permis-
sion, though they grumble little at
what they consider wilful waste of
time. Scientists approve Of the phy-
sicians conduct, and the general pub
lie is so worked up over the matter
that league is being formed with the
object Of purifying all the court Bibles
in Engla1d.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06
Municipal Monopolies in Germany

Municipal Monopolies in Germany
Among the odd things about official
life In Germany are the monopolies that
are granted for all sorts Of business.
People have the exclusive privilege of
doing things here that everybody else
has the right to do without permission
in other countries. For example, Chin
ney sweeping is a monopoly, and the
man who controls 1t has to be paid for
sweeping your chimney tWiee year
whether he sweeps 1t or not, You may
employ somebody else, or you may not
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-06
Men and Women,

Men find it easy to take in clever
women, and they in turn are easily
taken In by silly women. Every woman
dearly loves a hero; If a man has the
art to appear one she find him as ire
sistible as the genuine article. A man
invariably loves the woman who makes
a fool of him. a woman is often
obedient to the man she hates, and OBJ
durate to him she loves. All women
have hearts; few have fntellects. A
sincere man loves, tickle woman loves
to love, and selfish woman loves to be
loved