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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

Stop himr and the like, and whit
these were still sounding Cal himself
appeared at the window with Filchens
in his arms.
Then Cal disappeared to fight his way
down the stairs to life and air again,
for he dared not jump with his heavy
burden. 1 thought he would never get
out, but he did, though it seemed hours
before he staggered through the door
with Kitchener, comparatively unscath-
ed. 1t had all taken little more time
than 1t takes to read 1t, and the "shif'-
less loafer" got round after round OF
the heartiest cheers.
But although Kitchener was safe and
sound, Cal was painfully hurt. A broad
red cash across his face showed that
he would probably be a handsome man
no more, and the moment after he was
relieved of Filchener's weight he stag
gered and fell unconscious. / had
jumped from my buggy, and 1 ran to
him, but Helen Woodmansie was there
before. me and she dashed water
brought from the well into Gals face
while / hastily bound up the cash be
fore taking him to the little white
washed cottage, which was not fal
away. Helen went with me to the cot
tage, and insisted on remaining while
completed the dressing of his wounds
1t was Helen, also, of all the North Piss
folks, who first learned what / hat
found out some time before. Mrs. Van
port had q washing machine, indeed
| but it was human and not wood an(
| iron, and its name was Cal. His moth
er's health had long been so bad tha
he dared not leave her alone, and, be
sides, he had found that with his grea
strength he could earn more at tn
| washboard than in the field, and all tn
| time he had been held to be "sh1f1es
loafer'' he had actually been saving
money, with which in time he mean
to go away from North Pisa and begil
all over again.
This is about all there is to tell abou
the case of Cal Vanport, except that h.
| got we'll in good time, that he was eve
afterward the most popular man ii
North Pisa, and that when Heller
| Woodmansie was married Billy Filche
ner was not the bridegroom.-Rock.
Mountain News.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

been arranged between Helen and
Billy Kitchener, the fruit farmer.
Everybody Of any standing in North
Pisa and around about for miles was
invited, and everybody came, for such
social gatherings were rare enough
there Of course l, being the village doc
tor, was invited with the others, and,
of course, went, though I arrived late
and went away early, being called to
attend patient. In spite of the rumor,
there was no formal announcement,
though all the men winked knowingly
whenever they saw Billy Kitchener in
his Sunday go-to-meetings and the tight
boots, from which he was suffering Sc
verely. The supposed bride to be SEEM
ed quite out of sorts when l saw her,
and 1 wondered If, down in her heart,
she was thinking of Cal Vanport-
1t was an hour past midnight when
returned to the village from the drive
to attend my patient, and 1 noticed as
1 drove past the Woodmansie house
that it's windows were still brightly
lighted, though the guests were rapidly
going home. AS 1 drove slowly by
caught sight of tall, broad-shouldered
figure, standing in the deep shadows of
some shrubbery. 1t was the figure of
Cal Vanport.
Suddenly there was a cry from the
house. then bright light and long
tongues of flame began to leap from the
windows. In an incredibly short time
the entire upper part of the house was
ablaze. In an instant there was the
widest confusion. Men and women
ran screaming from the burning struc-
ture, and there were frenzied Inquiries
for this one and that one. All seemed
to be accounted for, when suddenly the
cry, "Where's Billy Filchener?" was
raised. The next minute he was seen
in a second story window, to which he
had struggled, gasping for breath and
with his clothes on fire in half dozen
| places If he had not been scared out
of his senses he would have jumped
and saved himself, for he was not more
than twelve or fifteen feet from the
ground, but as it was he was as help
less as if he had been a thousand feet
I'D. There were shouts that he must be
saved, of course, but nobody seemed to
understand how it could be done, and
while the talk went on the fire burned
more fiercely.
1t was then that Cal Vanport came
to the front. Knowing him as had
come to know him, should not have
been surprised at what followed had Il
been the girl in danger. must confess
however, that under the circumstances
l was thoroughly dazed. There were NJ
ladders handy, and hardly time to raist
them if there had been, for Filchenel
had evidently tainted, and If rescued a
all must be rescued quickly. Cal saw
i that in flash, and instead of waiting
to discuss things with anyone he whip
ped off his coat, threw it over his heat
TO protect himself from smoke ant
! fame as much as possible, and rushet
straight into the burning house. Their
!. | were yells of, 'sWhy, it's Cal EAnport
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09
r.a.s. Steam Ena.Ipe.

The Parsons turbine, which is the
latest thing in steam engines, is threat.
enins to render obsolete the ordinary
marine engine, says the London Daily
Mail. In the new destroyer Viper,
which is building by the Parsons Com
pany, speed of not less than 38 knots,
or some 43 miles an hour, is antici-
pated. That is as fast as most Conti-
mental and many English expresses.
1t is only five years ago that speed of
26 knots in destreyers was considered
something phenomenal. So that in
five years the gain in speed has been
no lesss than IL knots, record which
we venture to think has never been
equaled for like period. 1t took us
80 years to rise from IA knots to 26.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09
Es3EH3E
e THE CASE OF s.
"a CAL VANPORI e
f.8

ed to keep out Of trouble, an the squire
shet right up an went home. Cal does
sometimes seem to have bit of spunk
in him, but you'd think he'd be 'shamed
to let his mother work so hard an he
do nothin'. Why, say, the washings
that little old woman III do in one day
are sometimes big enough for two or
three like her. Some thinks she has q
machine, but nobody can't git no furth-
er into her house than the front room,
late years, and nobody E1E56 find out
nothin'."
At about - o'clock one night the next
week my doorbell rang furiously, and
when 1 went down found Cal Van
port waiting for me. His face was pale
and he was evidently much excited.
He said his mother was very Ill and he
hoped I'd hurry. L found her not nearly
so bad off as Cal had feared, though she
would have to stay abed some days,
and preparing some medicine with my
own hands I gave Cal instructions for
giving it and started to go. Cal follow
ed me into the yard.
Nobody must know mother Is sick, ="
he said earnestly, and I'm going to tell
you why. Doctors have to keep a good
many secrets, and guess you can keep
mine."
Then Cal Vanport told me his own
story 1t took him an hour or more, but
it made him more interesting to me
than ever, and it won for him devoted
friend. A month or six weeks later
along in the fall-all North Pisa knew
Cal Vanport's story as well as I did,
and when the facts came out he took a
new position in the community at once,
1t all happened at party given at
Squire Woodmansie's home in celebra-
ton, so it was understood, of an en-
gagement to marry that had at last
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09
TaIlest Woman on Earth.

Eight feet, lacking an inch, is the
height of Miss Minnie Powers of Lock
port, N. Y. She is the tallest woman
in the United States. How greatly she
surpasses average women is shown by
statistics The average height of Amer
lean women, according to William
Blaikie, the expert on physical culture,
is five feet four inches. English wom-
en- are two inches taller, which Is doubt
less due to many generations of out.
door life and sports. The modern
American woman, however, Is follow.
ing her English cousins in their pas:
sionate love of athletics, with the result
that the younger American women have
shown wonderful growth and a more
pronounced tendency to ample physical
nroDortionS.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

parties have been daring enough to
have themselves suspended with rope
and let down to where the bees enter.
the rocky bluff, and the tales they told
of the vast amount of honey would
sound like q story from the arabian
Nights"
One man, a cowboy, who worked on
the old Abe Wilson ranch, which was
quite famous here in an early day, had
the temerity to have some of his CO.
laborers let him. down with a rope.
Where the bees entered, he said, the
crevasses were not large enough for a
man to enter but little south Of that
point was q hole about four feet high
and eight or ten feet wide, which he
entered. What he saw simply struck
him dumb with amazement. There,
hanging from the top of the cave, which
seemed to extend for a quarter of a
mile back, great combs of honey twen-
ty or thirty feet long and from four to
six feet wide. They looked like great
lot of fine silk lace curtains hanging
in some grand old hallway. The hum
ming of the bees sounded like the noise
of many spindles in great factory. He
had a hunting knife with him and
sliced off a piece of the honey and ate
it, and was just about to slice off more
to bring to his companions on the
mountain above, and who were waiting
to pull him up, when his attention was
drawn to another direction. On listen
| ing closely he detected kissing sound
and one unlike that made by the bees.
Presently from the direction from
| whence the sound proceeded, he saw
at least 100 serpents coming toward
him, their little beadlike eyes shining
| in the glare of the torch he carried. To
use street phrase, he "tore out" leav-
| ing his hunting knife and this Klon-
dixie of honey behind. When his friends
| had pulled him up he had tainted from
the fright. When he recovered he told
| them what he had seen. At first they
laughed at him, but finally 1t became
an accepted fact that in Bee Mountain
there are tons of honey, but no one
since that time has ever been reckless
enough to venture in that cave, where
not only millions O. bees and tons OF
honey are to be found, but where 8
den of serpents greets the intruder
Aid. Tom Childress has sumner home
i which adjoins this mountain. and is go
ing to tunnel into the side Of 1t and try
to arrange to extermi1ate the serpents
and have this wonder to exhibit to bis
friends News.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09
GLASS EYE SCARED THEM.
Japanese Coolies Refused to serve
Californian Who Had One.

Japanese Coolies Refused to serve
Californian Who Had One.
H. B. Lewis, the, Japanese traveller.
tells funny story regarding the super
stition of the little brown men who
claim allegiance to the Mikado.
"In Japan during the hot weather"
said he, "every man whose financial
position enables him to have any Of the
luxuries of life employs a servant
whose duty 1t Is to fan his master at
night. This custom has grown up on
account of the extreme heat in summer
and the great number of annoying in
sects that buzz around at night in the
cities along the seacoast. While the
task of tanning sleeping person is not
very hard, it is so monotonous that the
coolies hired to sway the palm leaves
frequently go to sleep, and the person
who is supposed to do the sleeping
awakens with a start as some insect
drills its bill through the skin. For
this reason it is difficult to get faith
full servant who will keep his eyes open
and his hands in motion at night while
his master sleeps.
"a year or two ago an artist from
San Francisco, who wore glass eye
| came to Yokohama and established
| himself in little bungalow in the out
skirts of the city. The weather was
extremely warm, and before the stran-
ger had become settled he was besieged
by a number of coolies who wanted tC
| get the job of tanning him at night
The artist looked over the applicants
and finally selected an old man, who
brought excellent recommendations
from his last employer.
when it came time to retire the art
ist took out his glass eye, laid it on q
stand at his bedside and went to bed
The old man picked up his fan and the
San Francisco man was soon asleep
He slept peacefully for an hour or two
when he was awakened by a chorus
of buZzing insects about his head. HI
looked about and found that the maj
whom he had hired to fan him wa:
gone.
"The next morning, when he Wen
| in search of another coolie he wa:
amazed to discover that no one would
work for him. He was looked upol
as a wizard and worker Of miracles
with whom it was unsafe to be alone
The old man had gone among hi
friends and told how the Californian
had taken out his eye at night ant
laid it on stand in order that h
might watch his servant at night ant
see that he kept his fan in motion. Th'
old coolies story created such excite
ment that the San Francisco man wa
never able to get another Japanese t.
fan him after that."-Detroit Journal
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09
BEE MOUNTAIN.
A Crevasse Filled With Honey and
Occupied by Snakes.

A Crevasse Filled With Honey and
Occupied by Snakes.
About twenty miles from Cleburne,
on the Brazos River, is Bee Mountain.
On one side it rises several hundred
feet above the country around and the
other front the river and rises perpen-
dicularly for 500 feet. On the perpen-
dicular side are several crevasses or
caves, in which places are millions of
bees and tons upon tons of honey. 1t
is impossible to scale the dizzy heights
from below, although the rocks are
wornout places that look as If steps
had been made to climb this mountain
ages and ages ago, and it is believed
by some that aborigines scaled this
cliff to procure honey for their primi-
tive meals.
Within the memory of man, however,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09
Chan.eahle Weather.

Canadian traveller (6nishing story
Yes, sir, killed that bear with moth
In but this jackknife. I s'pose you
never had a tussle with bear, did We?
British liar-Oh, yes. was out fish
ing one day in the Fraser River when
a big bear made a rush for me and
knocked the rod from my hand, leaving
me without even that means of de-
tense. Well, sir, grabbed that bear,
threw him down and held him there
until he froze to death.
Canadian traveller lgasping)-I might
have done that many time myself,
but the weather up our way don't
change so quick as it does here.-An-
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09
DR.. WHITE TALKS.
He Sounds Note of Warning Tha
Should Be Needed by All.

He Sounds Note of Warning That
Should Be Needed by All.
One of the points where science
teaches us that what is might have
been avoided, is in the matter of ir-
regular teeth. "a great percentage of
the irregular teeth we see" says DIR.
Thomas H. White, at the northeast
corner Of Morrison and Fourth streets,
''is caused by the lack of proper care
of the infant teeth. When we come
to consider the great number of teeth
in malposition, the subject of the care
of the first teeth assumes new import
ance to u.s. In discussing this matter
with a representative of the press, re-
Gently, he said among other things:
"Mothers cannot be too careful in their
consideration of the condition and
character of the first teeth of their
children. The object of this is not to
allow the decay of the first teeth to
proceed so far that they become ulcer
ated or abcesses form at their roots, in
which case extraction is the only solu-
ton of the trouble. The first teeth
should be retained until nature is ready
to supplant them with other teeth.
This can be accomplished by the tenn
porary filling of cavities SO that the
teeth may be depended upon in the
mastications food. The very exercise
of the teeth, as with any other organ OF
the body, will aid in keeping them in a
healthy condition. Every part of the
body has function to perform. and
should be maintained in healthy con
dition to accomplish it if possible.
Every tooth, therefore, that is extract
ed interferes to a certain degree with
the preparatory process OF digestion.
OF course, it is not to the interest OF
the dentist to have teeth taken care OF
| too well.''
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

high to him who Is descending.
Truth is child Of God.
Doubt magnifies troubles.
Love gives true worth to gifts.
Pride, like a cat, has nine lives.
Holy living is eloquent preaching
Duty knocks at every mans door.
A religion of love is born from above.
Honesty worships in the temple Of
truth.
Goodness is the printing press Of
truth
The lover of truth Is q hater of per-
secution.
The beauty Of holiness is not marred
by time.
Fidelity to principle is the highest
expediency.
The best sociological work is the saw
ing of the soul.
The least man is an essential part OF
Gods great plan.
The fruits of the Spirit are not wind
falls, but hand picked.
The mud of earth gives no reflection
of the glories of heaven.
Enthusiasm may build a church, but
1t takes cash to pay for 1t.
An emotional nature Is often mis-
taken for a sympathetic one.
Clothe falsehood with argument, and
! It will take issue with truth.
Some people eat green apples and
then sigh about their crosses.
A penny sin buys as good title to
| destruction as a dollar sin does.
The character that is positive has nc
difficulty in speaking a negative.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

It seems that there is one place in
the world where snakes are regarded
with a friendly feeling. An American
who has returned from Madagascar
saws the snakes of that large island
are not poisonous, and that a native
would as soon kill man as one of the
REPTILES. They are not afraid of men
and sleep in the roads, knowing that
the natives will not disturb them.
Even the tarantulas, scorpions, spiders
and centipedes of Madagascar are not
deadly, but it is admitted that person
bitten by centipede will feel "out OF
sorts' for few days.-St. Louis Globe.
Democrat.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09
SWALLOWED A NEEDLE AND DIED

A tailor in Chicago accidently swallowed a
needle and died as o result of the Inflammation
set up by the small needle. Little things fire.
2aall doses of the famous Hostetter's Stomach
Ssters, which, however,. AS an entirely
different effect from the needle In this notice.
The Bitters make nervous, weak and slckly
persons strong and well again. They are also
good for dyspepsia and constipation.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

According to New Yorker who re-
Gently returned from Rome a promi-
nent Italian newspaper gravely an
nounced that General George Washing
ton would take command of the Ameri-
can army in Cuba.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

Professor Nicholson, of the National
of sciences, Washington, has
invented new form spectroscope, made
by building up steps of equal thick
ness of optical glass.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09
Try schilling's Best tea and baking powder

Skates made of hardened glass, in
various colors. are now made in
England. 1t is said that they make
it easier to get over rough places than
is the case with steel skates.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

The most powerful microscope OBJ
jective yet made is a lilo inch mono
bromide of naphthaline immersion
lens made Zeiss. Its numerical aper-
ture is 1.60, and it has resolved or
made visible detail only 1900, 900 OF
an inch in width.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

When subjected to great pressure
wood pulp takes an extraordinary
hardness. 1t has been found available
as material for paving bricks, drain
tiling and conduits for electric cables
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09
Which
Which
do you like grocer
bills or doctor-bills?
Use the wholesome
baking powder - SchsE
A1zg's Best s.

The tip of the tongue is chiefly sem
sible to pungent and acid tastes, the
middle portion of sweets or bitters,
while the back is confined entirely to
the flavors of roast meat and fatty sub
stances,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

There are several varieties of fish
that cannot swim. In every instance
they are deep-sea dwellers. and crawl
about the rocks, using their tails and
fins as legs
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09
Long Australian Telegraph LII

Long Australian Telegraph Line.
Among the most remarkable works In
Australia is the overland telegraph
from Port Darwin to the south of the
continent, which was completed in
1872. Almost the whole 1000 miles of
its length was through uninhabited
country-much of it a waterless desert
The wooden poles were prepared at tbs
nearest available places, but some hai
to be carried into the interior, and th
total cost was 81 $4,000.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

The Canadian Northwest police, a
number of whom are now guarding
Klondike, number 710 altogether, and
are distinctly military body. A great
many of them were employed in sup
pressing tine Canadian rebellion q
l2ah
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

The new improved Stoughton, wagons
on the way. 1t pays to have the best.
Write for free catalogue. JOHN POOLE,
sole agent, foot of Morrison street, Port
land, Or.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

By local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an IN
famed condition off the mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have rumbling sound or lmper,, p,
deafness is the result, and unless the infiamma-
ton can be taken out and this tube restored to
its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever: nine cases out OF ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an infamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars 1or any
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure Send Tor
circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09
WAGONS IMPROVED.

For Lung and chest diseases, Piso's Cure
is the best medicine we have used.-Mrs.
j. L. Northcott, Windsor, Ont, Canada.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

The eyes of the birds that fly by night
are generally about double the size OF
those Of day birds.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

The Oldest piece of wrought iron In
existence is believed to be roughly
fashioned sickle blade found in Egypt.
1t is now in the British museum, and
it is believed to be nearly 1900 years
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

Previous to the setting up of cloci
at Hampton Cour., England, in 1910.
no English clock went accurately.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

1t is a very common sight. ins the
street of Paris, France, to see baby car
raiges which are propelled by cleo
triCity
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

A petrifed oak has lately been dug
up in Cheshire, England. 1t is said to
be- at~least 10, 900 years old.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09
American

A simple method of cleaning iron
from rust. suggested by M. Carl Her
ing, is to immerse it with rod of zinc
in an acid bath, the two metals being
electrically coupled.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09

clTe Permanently Cured. No fits nervousness
IiIo after first days use OF DR.: kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE $500 trial
bottle and treatise. DIR. r. 81. KLINE, Ltd, $50
Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.