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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
Dean stanIev,s Handwriting.

Dean Stanley, though he wrote let
ters so illegible that his correspond
ents had.to guess at the meaning Of his
scrawls, was loved because he was
transparent and guileless.
The first proofs Of his "Sinai and
Palestine" informed the reader that
from the monastery of Sinai was visi-
BILE "the horns Of the burning beast"
The dean thought he had written "the
horizon Of the Burning Bush" The
same proofsheets stated that on turn
ing the shoulder of Mount Olivet in the
walk from Bethany, "there suddenly
burst upon the spectator a magnificent
view of-Jonesp' The printer had read
"Jerus"-the deans abbreviated way
Of writing "Jerusalem"-as Jones'"
Once lady who had invited him to
dine was obliged to write back and ask
whether his note was an acceptance or
a refusal. A workman, to whose Ques-
ton the dean had written an answer,
wrote him humbly requesting that the
reply might be written out by some one
else, "as he was not familiar with the
handwriting Of the aristocracyT
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
Heroes Meet

1t Is not generally known that the
anteroom of No. 10 Downing street,
London--the official residence Of the
first Lord of the Treasury-which is
to be spared in the ciearances about
to be made in Whitehall-was the scene
Of the meeting of Nelson and yelling
ton for the only time in their lives.
Both Of them We're waiting in the ante
room to see the Minister-neither
knowing the other-and they got into
conversation. The great soldier, then
only at the beginning Of his fame,
made SO deep an impression on the
great sailor that Nelson afterward in
quired his name, and expressed his
pleasure at the meeting.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

There was considerable ill-feeling be-
tween the two camps. 1t all began with
Billy Chetwynde declaring that he
could paddle from Silver Glen dam to
the railroad bridge In twenty minutes.
Nobody had ever thought Of doing it in
less than twenty-five before, and Hal
Burgess, who heard Billy's boasting
from the other tent stuck his head
through the flap and said:
What you growing about, Billy? Do
you want to make O. new record for
Still River"
81 can do q better sprint than you,
anyway, Mr.. SMARTER exclaimed Bill
ly, shying saucepan at Halls head.
But the head was Immediately with
drawn and there was only HaPs mock
ing laugh In reply to the missile, and
that was all the beginning But the
ending
Hal took 1t up the next morning as
soon as Billy appeared. when you
going to make that wonderful record,
Billy?" ne asked, and before the day
was over we were all squabbling over
the individual padding Of both crowds.
Nothing would satisfy us but chance
tournament in which every member Of
the Chetwynde crowd was pitted
against some member Of the Burgess
fraternity. Now take my advice: when
ever two parties Of school friends camp
OUT near each other see that there Is no
racing or trials of dexterity. At least
If you want quiet time.
There isn't more peaceful spot in
all the State than the stretch Of quiet
water known as Still River. But from
the day Billy and Hal got to wrangling
over who could make the best time be-
tween the dam and the railroad bridge,
the two tents full of fellows were In d
continual squabble. Before we were
all having a jolly good time and every
fellow behaved himselif. But after the
"mild-eyed angel Of peace folded it's
wings and fed"-well, as my young
brother Teddy remarked with great
freedom of speech, "the Kilkenny cats
weren't In It'll"
The race came off, and naturally the
greatest excitement was over the trial
between Billy and Hal. Both had the
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
Modern Methods m the o.d world.

The lighting Of the tombs in the in
terror of the pyramids and the outlin-
ing Of the tops CT the pyramids with
arc lamps has brought home to Western
minds the fact that electricity Is rapid
ly being adopted In the far Eastern
countries. The Western Electrician
In recent issue states that electric
lighting, especially for household pur-
poses, is rapidly progressing in Egypt
1t is offered at cheap rates, and is far
preferable In the Egyptian climate to
the very ordinary quality OF gas sup-
piled by the gas company at Cairo.
which he's been granted concession TO
supply electric Light Only two trains
on the governments hallway are at pres.
ent equipped with electric lights, but
other installations are proposed. The
gas company mentioned has contracted
to light all Cairo by electricity In lieu
of gas, and 1t is confidently expected
that Alexandria will soon adopt the
same method.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
STORIES OF RELIEF.
Two Letters to Mrs. Pinkham.
Mrs. JOHN WILLIAMS, Englishtown,

Mrs. JOHN WILLIAMS, Englishtown,
N. J., writes:
DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-I cannot be,
gin to tell You how I suffered before
taking your remedies. was SO weak
that I could hardly walk across the floor
without falling. had womb trouble
and such bearing-down feeling also
suffered with my back and limbs, pain
In womb, Inflammation Of the bladder,
piles and indigestion. Before / had
taken one bottle of Lydia e. Pinhham's
Vegetable Compound felt great deal
better. and after taking two and one
half bottles and half a box of your
Liver Pills was cured. If more would
take your medicine they would not
have to suffer so much."'
Mrs. JOSEPH PETERSON, 513 East St.,
Warren, Pa, writes:
"DEAb Mrs. PISKHAM.-I have suf-
tered with womb trouble over fifteen
years. ] had inflammation, enlarge
ment and displacement OF the womb.
had the backaehe constantly, also
headache. and was SO dizzy. / had
heart trouble, it seemed as though nv
heart was In my throat at times choh-
ing me. ! could not walk around and
1 could not lie down. for then my heart
would beat so fast / would feel as
though was snothering. l had to
sit up in bed nights In order TO breathe.
l was so weak conld not do any.
thing. :
II have now taken several bot
ties Of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and used three pack
ages of Sanativc Wash. and can say
am perfectly cured- do not think
I could have lived long II Birs. Pink
hams medicine had not helped me-"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

In treating the tin summer fabrics,
says St. Paul's, the up-to-date modistes
have hit on the happy plan OF closely
tucking the upper part of the skirt
from the waist to above the knee,
whence the material hangs full and
free round the feet. The style Is we'll
expressed in green and white foulard,
the top Of the skirt vertically tucked,
the hem finished with two narrow
pinked out ruches OF white silk. The
bodice, something of the shape of a
mess jacket, was entirely tucked. and
opened over pretty vest of white silk,
adorned with green ribbon embroidery.
The sleeves OF the green and white
foulard were tucked from shoulder to
wrist, and ended with bell cuffs lined
with white silk,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
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evening train, which reached the Glen
at about I. and the hands had whole
Gay to talk and get filled up on Sam
Pickles whisky. They'd be In fine
fighting humor by night.
Most Of us forgot the recent race and
good many Of our differences in the
strike excitement. But Billy Chet,
wynde was as gloomy as an owl and
spent most Of the day on the river. He
couldn't get over his defeat at Hars
hands. Heretofore Hal and him had
been as thick as thieves"-the chum-
mlest chums In the schooEand DON'T
know but the fact that they were no
longer friends really troubled Billy
more than being beaten in the canoe
race.
Hal didn't show up OF supper time,
and Fred, who came down from the
Glen early in the afternoon, said he was
worried. The temper Of some Of the
strikers was bad and Fred said he fear
ed Hal had got into trouble. Billy,
when he heard this, got out his canoe
again and padded up stream. What
happened after that we only know
from Billy's own story, and for Won
der, as 1t Is hard work to get Billy to
talk about it even now.
He padded up to the dam to see If
he could hear or see anything of Hal.
It was getting dusky on the river, and
as he went up near the west bank he
was entirely in the shadow. Some Of
the men-maybe half a dozen Of them
were talking together under the dam
on the west side, having evidently met
there by appointment. Billy's canoe
wasn't noticed at all and he heard
what they said, IN about two minutes
he had got the gist Of the matter, and
If ever there was frightened boy in a
canoe, that boy was Billy Chetwynde,
and he was In that canoe On the Still
River at that identical moment.
He learned that these men were the
ringleaders Of the strike; that they
were determined the strike should 60
on, and that Mr.. Burgess should not
talk with the men until the trouble had
gone far enough to make an amicable
settlement impossible. And to gain
their end they had secured the assist
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

ance Of two rascally tramps who had
agreed to draw" the spikes out Of a
rail at the bridge below, so that the
evening train, with Mr.. Burgess
aboard, would be ditched!
Some time after Billy left camp that
evening we saw something shoot by
our tents like a streak of light. 1t was
a boy in canoe. We all jumped up
and looked after the rapidly disappear,
ing streak.
'It's that chump, Billy" said Fred,
in disgust. 1--WE shan't be able to get
him off the river all summer. Any.
body'd think life or death depended on
his going over that course In better
time than Hal made"
And it did; but he didn't know it. Bill
ly had heard one of the conspirators
declare that 1t was half-past six. AS
he turned his canoes head around In
the shallow water be heard the mill
clock strike the half hour-and the
evening train crossed the railroad
bridge at ten minutes to seven!
He couldn't stop to tell us anything
about it. He had but twenty minutes
to reach the bridge, climb the bank and
flag the train, and it is an acknowledg-
ed fact that be made better time on the
Still River that night than was ever
made before, nor has it been equalled
since, for he did it!
The train came around the bend at
the Lonsdale crossing on time, and in
the half darkness the engineer saw a
figure wildly climb the trestle and
swing its arms almost In front of the
engine at the edge of the bridge. The
engine-dr.ver stopped the train in
time, the loose rail was discovered, and
after it was repaired they bore Billy
/ to Silver Glen In a state Of mild col
lapse, but good deal of hero.
The canoe record Of the Still River
course remains something like eighteen
minutes, and nobody has since cared to
scale down Billy's time. But doubt Ii
Billy cares much about the record
after all, now that Hal and he are
friends again.-Rocky Mountain News.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

best canoes of the lot-real Indian
birchbarks made by Johnny Nose Tor
Nosey Johnny, as we called him1 o
half breed Indian who was quite
character about Silver Glen. All we
races, and fishing, ball play and swim
ming were forgotten while we prac-
ticed our strokes on the quiet waters
of the Still River
Well, Billy was inclined to "blow" on
all occasions, and he had done an extra
amount Of Dragging before this race,
so perhaps it served him right to be
beaten. But I hated to see Hal do 1t.
Hal was always SO awfully topping"
when he got the best Of fellow. Billy
had declared that he could make the
distance in less than twenty minutes,
and he was just twenty-one minutes
and seven seconds In getting over the
course, according to Freddy Maxwell s
stop-watch, while Hal got In In little
over nineteen minutes.
Well, the Burgess crowd was, of
course, too unbearably fresh to live
with after that, and when it was dis
COFeEeu tudI 4SCu ShCl" nut, biuy
cousin, had invited Halls brother Dave
around behind the tents and thrashed
him royalty, we older fellows, who
should have frowned upon any such
proceeding, never took either of the
youngsters to task.
So these were the strained relations
existing between the two camps On the
day the mill hands at Silver Glen
struck. We heard they were going to
strike the day before, for Jim Nolan,
Halls fathers gardener, drove by on
his way to Lonsdale and told US about
1t. Mr.. Burgess was one Of the chief
owners of the mill, and Nolan had been
sent to telegraph him to come up from
New York and settle the trouble with
the men AL the old hands liked Mr..
Burgess and they would listen to him,
knowing that he would give them fair
treatment.
But the men who were stirring up all
the trouble at the mill did not want
Halls father as arbitrator, and there
fore the message was to be sent him
from Lonsdale so that there would be
less liability Of the strikers learning Of
It. / thought myself that old Nolan
was pretty leaky sort of fellow to be
let into the secret, for If he'd tell a
party Of school boys like us, why
wouldn't he tell other people?
Naturally we were all excited over
the prospect of row, and the day the
strike came off Hal and two or three
of his crowd went over to Silver Glen
to see what was going on. Mr.. Bur-
CESS wouldn't be able to get uD till the
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
TELEPHONES IN THE NAVY.
Our warsnips Equipped with New
Get of Signals.

Our Warsnips Equipped with a New
Get of Signals.
The present war between this country
and Spain is credited with Fastening
the equipment of United States naval
vessels with new signaling system.
The apparatus Of the TelephOtOs
Company, Of Buffalo, has been ap-
proved by the United States Navy De-
partment, and several sets are being
made for American warships. The
telephotos Is considered the most rapid,
most powerful and effective night sig
nal system yet invented. 1t consists OF
a series Of four double lanterns, light
ed by powerful groups of incandescent
lamps, the four double lanterns being
hung vertically on strong wire cables,
the upper end of which can be run up
to a mast or yardarm, while the lower
end is intended to be fastened to the
deck Of the vessel. The upper half Of
each lamp Is white and has within 1t
group Of three lamps surrounded by
powerful magnifying lenses~The lower
half Is red, and has four lamps, in or
der to make the red beams the strong
er, which are surrounded by heavy red
lenses.
The carefully insulated cable con-
meets the lamps and passes from the
lower one to the deck or bridge, where
keyboard enables the operator to spell
out the code signals about as rapidly as
a typewriter Is manipulated and very
much in the same manner. The key
board is arranged on q standard and
inclosed like O pinnacle, the operator
standing In front Of it while manipu-
lating the keys By simple automatic
arrangement each key, as depressed,
lights a combination Of the four red
and the four white lights, making let
ter or q number. according to the code
of signals. All of these operations are
automatic and the combination is made
by one touch of the key. Another fea-
ture of the keyboard Is that when one
letter Is down all the other keys are
locked 50 that another cannot be acci-
dentally pushed down and confuse the
signals.
Any key pressed down can be turned
one-quarter way around, like screw,
which motion locks 1t in place and
leaves the signal burning in case 1t is
desired to use it as O standing signal
for an order In the secret naval code.
Thus the keyboard can be used to tele-
graph ordinary instructions by the usu-
al letters, to send cipher dispatch or
special code orders. Notwithstanding
all this apparent complication, the key
board is compact and it's mechanism SO
simple that 1t cannot be readily dis
turbed or gotten out Of order.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
Good Roads and the Mail.

If country roads were generally i'm
proved by the modern plan Of road
building, there would not be much de-
lay In providing free delivery through
the more populous parts Of the country.
One reason why England delivers mail
from house to house in the country as
well as In the city is because the coun
try roads are In so fine condition that
the work Of delivery Is greatly expedit-
ed. If there were English roads all
through the Middle and Eastern States
it would not be great undertaking for
this Government to establish free deliv-
cry In those sections.-Syracuse IN. "
Post,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
What iowa People Think,

The business men Of Davenport and
Scott County, Iowa, held largely at-
tended meeting to promote the interest
in good roads. The conclusions arrived
at were that all road taxes should be
paid tn cash; that the office Of road su-
pervisor should be abolished;' that the
use of wide tires on vehicles should be
encouraged by rebates on taxes, and
that when the roads have reached a
proper state Of development free deliv-
cry Of mails In the rural districts
should be one Of the rewards.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
Dr.. T. Fl. White, No. a7lb Morri-

Dr.. T. Fl. White. No. 271A Morri-
son street, cor. Fourth, Portland, Or. =,
is the only representative in the Pacific
Northwest of the patented system of
Crown and Bridge Work, invented by
Di. l. L. White, of San Francisco. By
this method you 90 not have teeth ex-
tiacted because they are decayed to the
gums, in order to have new teeth in
serted. Instead you cah have crowns
put on old roots, restoring the same to
natural conditions and artificial teeth
inserted where they have been re-
moved. These operations are performed
quickly and painlessly. DR.. White,
by the use of electricity and other
methods, fills and extracts teeth with
out pain.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
Massenet, the oomposer.

Jules Massenet, the French COM
poser, whose "s" ppho" has been o
great success In Paris, with Calve In
the title role, has announced that he
will write no more operas Massenet
is like General Grant in his love for o
cigar, having one between his lips al
most all the time. He never accepts
social Invitations, never attends per
forInances of his own works except at
rehearsals, and Is Of an exceedingly
nervous habit.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
Longest Trolley Ride.

The longest electric railway in the
world is said 10 be that operated be-
tween Kenosha and Waukesha Beach,
both in Wisconsin. This line is 90
miles long, and arrangements have
been made by the Milwaukee Electric
Railway and Light Company to run
chartered cars from Milwaukee to
Waukesha Beach. Communication
tickets, sold at lower rate than the
regular steam roads, and other induce
ments are expected to bring a heavy
traffic.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
Still Sadder.

at is sad," murmured the Musing
Theorizer, "to think that every man has
his price"
''Yes," admitted the Intensely Prac-
teal Worker, "and 1t is sad fact that
half the time he can't get it."-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
TRY ALIENS Foor-EAsE.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen, ner-
vous. and hot and get tired easily. If you
have smarting feet OF tight shoes, try
Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cools the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and
sweating feet, blsters and callous spots
Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and
gives rest and comfort Ten thousand tes-
timonials of cures. Try it today. Sold by
all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Sent
by mail for 25c in stamps. Trial package
FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE
Roy, New York.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
THE CLIMATE OF CUBA.

Because offrequent rains in Cuba malarial
fevers are common ailrnent there, Just as
they are in many sections OF the United States
a nc OF THIS kind no mater In w5at
Hostetters Stomach Bitters. Besides being a
specific for malartal troubles, these Bitters
muscles and frm healthy flesh. They have
no eoual Tor dYspepsia and constipation.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

A centennial Of electricity will be
celebrated at Como, Italy, the birth
place of Volta, from May to October,
1899. 1t is understood that everything
pertaining to the advancement of elec-
tricity will. be represented. At the
same time an electrical congress of the
worlds prominent electrical engineers
will be held.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
Hoarrs soHooL FOR Bofs.

At Burlingame, San Mateo county, CAL,
is one of the most thorough, careful and
practical Home SCHOOL, to be found on
the Pacific Coast. Accredited at State and
Stanford Universities. Thorough prepara-
ton for business. Send for catalogue. Ira
g. HORT, Phi D., Principal. Re-opens
Ana 9th
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
re OF Ofntmente for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

AS mercury will surely destroy the sense of
tenn when entering it through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should never be used ex-
cept on prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J..
Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury.
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine 1t is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio. by r. j. Cheney & Co. Testi-
mopials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

The whales nose is on the top of the
head, at least his nostrils are situated
there, through which he expels the
columns of water known as Spout
ing" Whales only spout when they
are feeding.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

A new German antiseptic. called
protareol, is compound of silver and
protein. A one per cent solution is re-
ported to destroy the bacteria of an
thrax and enteric fever.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

No parental care ever falls 10 the lot
of single member Of the insect tribe.
In general the eggs of an insect are
destined to be batched long after the
parents are dead, so that most insects
are born orphans.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

Tiae leaf of a creeping moss found in
the West Indies, known as the life
dlant," is absolutely indestruetible by
any means except immersion in boil
ing water or the application of a red
hot iron,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

Burglars. by boring large hole in a
door OF the courthouse at Impendhl.
Natal, gained admittance, smashed
open the safe and carried off roc
pounds sterling of native hut-tax money
just collected, d,-Natal Mercury.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

Calcium carbide finds new applioa
tion in the treatment of the black rot
OF grapes. NJ. g. Rodier having dis
covered that sprinkling the green
grapes with this substance is effective.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

Clocks can be accurately leveled by
new shelf, which has a fixed wall
plate supporting pivoted, adjustable
shelf, with levels in the top, to be set
by thumb screws on the under side.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
Bound to Have Them.

The supervisors of Haycock Town
ship, Bucks County, Pa, have fixed
the wagon road-tax at 81 on 500 of as
sessed real estate valuation. pennsyl
vanians are determined to have good
roads, regardless Of cost
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

A French journal states that among
the recent uses which have been dis
covered for acetylene gas is motor
which has special advantages for use
in automobile vehicles.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

The practice of kicking upon the oo-
casion Of every little grievance. grows
until 1t becomes such habit that you
must kick, whether you have griey-
ance or not