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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
FAMOUS TRINIDAD PITCH LAKE
Its Immense Deposit of Bitumeu Is
Practically Inex exhaustible.

PraCtIcally y1nexnauSEIDle.
The famous pitch lake or great btu
men deposit at Trinidad Is situated at
Point Librea, on an elevation at about
a mile from the sea. 1t covers an area
of nearly 100 acres, and its appearance
is that of dull, still, dark waste. 1t
is regularly circular, and its surface
perceptibly covex; being more elevated
in the center and thence insensibly de
clining on all sides. In the center the
pitch Is quite soft-in fact, semi-liquid
but it becomes more and more hard
ened as it's circumference widens out.
Except the soft central parts the sur
face is intersected in all directions by
in breadth from two feet to sixteen,
and from half q foot to seven feet IN
depth, widening also at the bottom,
thus producing, as it were, inverted
angular hollows, while the sides are
regularly rounded. These crevices are
at at all times filed with fresh water.
Here and there, where the bitumen Is
mixed with earthly matter, grow hch-
ems, MOSES, grasses, etc. The center
OF the ldke-lue pllCupoI VI Sho -
as it is called-is at all times soft that
it would be impossible to venture on
it without incurring the danger OF be-
ing engu1fed.
The lake is government property, and
parts of it are leased out to private IN
dividuals, who have to pay royalties
according to the amount of pitch re-
moved, which amount is checked by
the government. The lake Is, practi-
cally, inexhausdble. No matter what
quantity is taken out it is replaced by
fresh pitch, which always wells up to
fill the hole. The surface Of the outer
edges Of this most wonderful of lakes
Is quite hard enough to walk upon; but
a curious result ensues If you stand
still for any length Of time on one spot
For some yards around you the pitch
bodily sinks until it forms a sort OF
BASIN. 1t is quite different to sinking
| In sand, where your feet gradually ols,
appear without making any apparent
| difference in the level of the ground
| Wide World Magazine.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
Money spent ON Cubans.

In addition to the $4,000 appropri-
ated by congress and distributed by
General Lee for the relief of the people
OF Cuba, the central Cuban relief
committee appointed by the president
distributed food, medioines and general
supplies to the poor and suffering
Cubans to the cash value of 1921, ,619.
Of this amount $175.032 was in cash
contributions and STAG, 587 in supplies.
The total shipments of supplies was
e,942,O kilos, Or 1886 tons. of which
quantity 2,S56, ,833 kilos were food, &c.
753 kilos were clothing, 1863 kilos
medicines and 1854 were miscellaneous
supplies.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
s1Oo REWARD S1oo.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
nearn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being constitutional dis
ease, requires q constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
of the system, thereby destroying the founda-
tion of the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro-
prietors have SO much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send fer list
of testimonials. Address
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
Redouins Content with Ten ts.

When the French came into contact
with the Bedouin In Algeria it was
thought that ready way of civilizing
him would be to assist him to build
himself a permanent habitation. A
sheik who was thus favored was full
Of gratitude to the French engineers
who had built him house. Since my
house was finished" he said, 81 have
rot lost a single sheep. lock them
up In my house every night, and next
morning find them all in safety"
"Then where do you sleep yourself" 2"
asked an officer in amazement. "Oh,
for myself sheik can live only In his
tentr, said the other with dignity.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

Now that it is all over, women war
correspondents who were in the cam
paign of Santiago are beginning to be
heard from for the first time. Miss
Anna Northend Benjamin, Southern
girl, is the latest of these, and she is
going to lecture about her experiences
to various women's clubs throughout
the New England and the Middle
states. She was actively in the cam
paign. and to judge from the difficulties
she surmounted in getting to the front
her silence while Thereon, at least,
her anonymity-was due to fear that
she might be sent away.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
Ill.

The people at. the station were be-
numbed with fright. They stared with
horror-stricken faces at the oncoming
engine as some great demon hurrying
to destroy the excursion train with it's
load of human freight. Paralyzed with
fear, they could neither move nor cry
aloud.
In the whole crowd there was but
one who could think and act. He was
a slender, pale-faced boy, and he rush
ed up the track towards the coming
train.
"Git out, git out" his shrill voice
shouted to the men in the cab Of the
up freight. Jump and run, jump and
rum"
He was tugging at a switch key, and
they saw what he meant. So down
the men jumped from the engine, while
the boy ran on to the switch. His
hands seemed paralyzed, so long did it
appear before he forced it open, then
he stepped back just as the way freight
rushed by and ran full tilt into the up
freight. There was tremendous crash.
The engine of the way freightrode over
the other and smashed it into frag-
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
Hoods pills cure all Liver Ills. Is cents
MORE OR LESS IMPERsoNAL'
Americas Greatest Medicine.

A sign before the door Of dentist
reads thus: "Teeth extracted while
you watt
A farmer near Cottonburg, KY. has
trained a terrier dog to remove the
worms from tobacco plants.
An artist in New York paper pic-
tured the Vesuvius in action and en-.
shrouded in dense clouds of smoke from
her neumatic guns. That artist needs
to be informed that the Vesuvius uses
only smokeless air in discharging her
dynamite guns.
A little surprise awaited two women
who recently met in the Office of Chi
cago lawyer. They had never seen each
other before, but ere they left the office
the discovery was made that each had
called to begin proceedings to obtain
divorce from the same man.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

If you are fisher Of men you will
have to toll all night, but Christ will
appear in the morning.
The pulpit that would preach heav-
enly ethics without a knowledge of
ear4hly economics is poorly prepared
for the work.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

home" And he hurried off down the
track toward the ten-mile shanties as
complacently as though nothing un-
usual had happened.
The following week the Sunday
school superintendent accompanied the
railroad official when he went to tell
Mr.. Ramp of his appointment to bet
ter position on the road. The superin-
tendent, in behalf Of the people on
board the excursion train, presented
Bubber with a bicycle and a gold
watch.
"Why, Mr.. Brand" said Bubber, re-
garding in awed astonishment the
handsome wheel and timepiece, two
things above all others he had most
longed for, 81 never done nuthin' but
turn the switch key. Anybody could
we done that. I've been doin' it ever
since was gein' on seven years DID,
Omaha Bee.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
II.

Southwark from Brazelia the road
drops down steadily for five or six
miles. There follows the little rise to
the top of Habersham hill; and then
comes the sharp sag Of mile or more
to Belair and the level valley of the
Savannah.
John johnson, or quicker" as he
was called for short, was the most dar-
ing engineer on the Georgia and had
the best run on the road until he joined
the strike of the knights of Labor. At
ter the difficulty was settled and the
strikers went back to work, Yucker,
for the sake Of discipline, was put to
hauling way freight between Union
Point and Augusta
There was nothing at Braze1fa but
the siding and the dull red station
house, and little else at Belair. It
wasn't often that Yucker had to leave
OF pick up anything at either place,
and he liked to sail by both stations at
= top speed, and loaf further down the
line 10 max ur for -
On this particular day, wniie his fire
man was taking water at the big red
tank at Thompson, Yucker went into
the station for orders. He found thai
there was nothing for him at Brazelia
or Belair He had nothing to leave al
either station, so he climbed back into
his cab, meaning to go through tc
Wheelers to meet the up freight. Some.
times he met it at Belair, but whenever
be got the chance he ran by and trust
ed to luck that it would be held fol
him at Wheelers.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
Where the Bullets Struck.

DR.. Ludwig Brandt investigated the
deaths of over 100, 900 men killed in the
Franco-Prussian war in 1901, and
learned that their injuries were receiv-
ed in the following ways: Forty-three
thousand, nine hundred and f1fty-two
were wounded In the lower extremities,
80, ,914 by wounds in the upper extremi-
ties. Wounds in the head caused the
death of IL ,O41; in the chest and back,
III, ,495; abdomen, 1853; in the neck,
1922. Rifle balls injured more men
than artillery projectffes. Saber wounds
were extremely few in numbers, and
the jawbone, of all the bones In the
head. was oftenest injured.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

Miss Daisy Fearing, the young col
ored woman appointed teacher in the
Jersey City schools, will retain her
place and the school to which she has
been assigned, according to the super
intendent, no matter what objections
are raised. She is graduate of the
schools, bright and capable. 1t has
been stated that the residents of the
district in which her school is located
had filed protests to the appointment Of
a colored woman as teacher.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

A queer state of affairs has develo ped
in the City of Monroe, La, which is
building bridge across the Red river
at that point. The work on the bridge
is now practically completed, and it
has Just been discovered that the
structure will be 80 feet too short to
reach all the way from bank to bank.
The city has declined to be responsible
for further work on the structure un'
less it be made long enough to be OF
uaa
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
Hard on the PickIes.

Virtue isn't always Its own reward.
The English pickle manufacturers have
been making their pint bottles hold a
little more than a pint, to be on the safe
side of an English law on the subject.
But when they send these pint bottles
to Canada they run against a law
which provides that any package meas
uring more than pint must pay duty
on a quart
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
ahalI We Keen the philippines.

While public opinion is divided as to the
wisdom of keeping the Philippines, it is,
however, all one way in regard to the wis
dom of everybody keeping their health.
For this purpose Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is widely used. This medicine is
both preventive and cure for malarial
fevers and stomach disorders.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

"Hunter stones'' were seen in the
Rhine last winter. They appear only
when the river is very low, and the
date of their appearance is then cut
into them. They are believed to fore
bode year of bad crops.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

Mrs. Polly Owens, who was lately
married to William Owens, of White
River township, near Noblesville,
Ind, Is now living with her 18th hus-
band. Mrs. Owens has six children as
the fruits of her former marriages, no
two having the same name. She is
over 80 years old. She was separated
from the larger number of her hus-
bands. She is part Indian, her mother
being a half-caste,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
s32SS33s

A OCORDING to his schoolmates,
~ Bubber Ramp was a country
Il \ cracker. And who knows better
a child's social and financial standing
than its schoolfellows.
His face was not round and rosy
like other jolly, sweet-tempered boys,
for Bubber was a slender child with
face pale and lanky, straight hair,
streaked in color with the shades or
half-pulled molasses candy. He was
subject to chills and fevers which kept
him away from school about half the
time and gave his teacher an excuse
for scolding him whenever there was no
one else in particular for her to scold.
His father was section master on the
Georgia railroad and they lived IN the
''ten-mile shanties," which were built
ON the side of the railroad and on the
edge of a deep cut, through which the
wind blew a perfect gale the whole
year round.
But if by living on the cut Bubber
acquired the chill and fever habit, he
also gained the knowledge which en-
abled him to save the lives Of some 800
people-Sunday school children with
their friends and teachers. It was the
picnic of Bubber's Sunday school, but
because 1t fell on his chill day his
mother said he could not attend. So he
contented himself with walking five
miles up the rilroad to Belafr, the near
est station where the train would stop,
with a huge bunch of flowers for his
Sunday school teacher. This teacher,
be it understood, was one Of the people
who did not know about Bubber being
q country cracker, but considered him
a jolly, amiable boy.
After handing the bouquet through
the car window, Bubber stood for a
while looking wistfully at the train
load of happy children. Then some
thing occurred which made his school
mates forget forever that he was home
Iy and poor, and this is how it hap
pened.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

From the fields of sport we 60 to bed
and get up full of pains and aches.
The next night, by the use of ST.
Jacobs Oil, we are soothed to sleep and
get ND cured.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

Speaking of Spanish girls, corre-
spondent from abroad has said of them:
"spanish girls are convent bred. Their
education consists largely of acquiring
the art of embroidery, which they
learn to perfection. Early marriages
among them are seldom happy, but di-
vorces Is unheard of. People unhap-
PLY married simply separate and live
out their lives as best they can.''
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
" Why

does my cake smell SO
queer?"
Too much soda or per-
haps alum OF lime. Use
SeAtl2lmgs Best baking pow
der.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

Most of the Time She Was Confined to B'd.
first we noticed decided change for the
better, and after three months treat
ment her health was so greatly I'M
proved you would not have recognized
her.. She gained in flesh rapidly and
soon was in perfect health. The medi-
cine used was DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People. I have always kept
these pills in the house since and have
recon m ended them to many people.
have told many mothers about them
and they have affected some wonderful
cures.
every mother in this land should
keep these pills in the house, as they
are good for many ailments, particular
ly those arising from impoverished or
diseased blood, and weakened nerve
force"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
The Most Common of All.

The most common of all ailments
rom sports of all kinds are sprains and
bruises. The most common and surest
cure of them is by the use of st. Jacobs
Oil, which is prompt in its action.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

When coming to San Franciso go to
Brooklyn Hotel, 2o8-212 Bush street.
American or European plan Room and
board $1.00 to S15o per day; rooms so cents
to $1.0O per day; single meals 25 cents.
Free coach. Chas. Montgomery.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
RAMS HORN BLASTS.
Warning Notes Calling the Wicked to
Repentance.

r q A L heights
are won by lowly
steps.
The well-behav-
ed boy is seldom
motherless.
Adulation Is the
bridge some walk
over to reach our
good graces.
Morning prayer
opens the gate of
duty.
Old Testament
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

Those who are always looking for
favors are not the most willing to give
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

Some people are so anxious about
their neighbor's religion that they ne
41,1fr orxyn
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

types were prophetic Jewels.
Don't parley. with wrong.
The fretting horse gals easily.
There is no civil service bar to saliva
ton.
Forgiveness is Love giving birth to
Mercy.
Blind men can walk over gold, and
not know 1t.
A rainy Sunday prevents many
nap in church.
The day opened with prayer will
close with praise.
Garments for church wear usually
have small pockets.
Habits are strong as hell, but Christ
is mighty as heaven.
Regret is the compound interest we
have to pay on hate.
Mercy was not born until Justice
girded on it's sword.
The list of mans failings Is the dev.
IFS choicest reading.
That man is wise who makes a wise
use Of his knowledge.
One fact is worth more than a thou
sand improved theories.
The place where we love to be de-
cides what we wish to be.
Walking on the stills of pride soon
leads to fall from grace.
If God knows when you are In trou-
BILE. He knows when to help.
Close your eyes to truth, and you
tumble into the ditch Of error.
Mourning over present troubles
makes us forget past blessings.
Burning incense on the altar Of Sec
tarianism is not worshiping God.
The preacher who conceals BLDG
truth to please men offends God.
Some people lose all interest in good
work as soon as the bills come in.
A common task may become a holy
service by doing it to please God.
Some losses are true gain: the gold
gains in value what 1t loses In dross.
Men are willing to pay high price
for damnation when salvation Is free
The. shuttle OF trOFlucuCe Neafes
many a bright thread in the web OF
| life.
Ignorance loves to wear borrowed
garments, and go out riding with wis
dom.
1t Is the heart-strings of earth tina
oftenest point our petition heaven
| ward.
Those who are always looking fol
fayors are not the most willing to giv'
| them.
Processing Christians more oftel
consult weather bulletins than the di
| vine oracles.
| Some people are SO anxious abou
their neighbor's religion that they ne
glect their own.
If you are fisher of men you will
have to toll all night, but Christ viii
1 appear in the morning.
The pulpit that would preach heav
enIy ethics without a knowledge o
ear4hly economics is poorly prepare'
for the work.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
Go.dan weddings.

Only ons out Of every thousand mar
ried couples live to celebrate their
golden wedding.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

The beautiful colors seen in the soap
bubble arise from the fact that the
bubble, being very thin, reflects light
from the outer and inner surfaces OF
the film
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
A Short Fight.

The damp autumn nights and morn
ings stirs up sciatica, and then comes
tug of pain. Use st. Jacobs Oil, and
then comes a tug to cure it. 1t is
short fight and the cure is sure.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

There were 16 shocked and angry
maidens in Whiting, Ia, when they
learned that the young clergyman OF
the Christian church in that little town
was about to become the husband of
Miss Annie Bigelow. He was engaged
to be married to every one of the IL.
He has resigned from the church.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

If you want the best wind mill, pumps,
tanks, plows,. wagons, bells of all sizes,
boilers, engines, or general machinery, see
OF write JOHN POOLE, foot of Morrison
street, Portland, Oregon.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

Smokers are less liable than nom
smokers to contract diphtheria and
other throat diseases in the ratio of one
to 20. So says Professor Hajak, OF
Vienna, Austria,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

Corks for bottles were first manufac-
tured in Spain and Italy, some time
during the fourteenth century. Cork
screws were contemporaneous with
cnrks
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

No household is complete without bot
tie of the famous Jesse Moore Whiskey. 1t
is a pure and wholesome stimulant rec
commended by all physicians. Don't ne
glect this necessity.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

It has been calculated that ordinary
gunpowder on exploding expands about
5000 times, that is, fills space this
much larger as a gas than when in
solid form.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
"IDO MY OWN WORK" "
So Saws Mrs. Mary Rochiette Of
Linden, New Jersey, In this
Letter to Mrs. Pinkham.

"I was bothered with flow which
would be quite annoying at times, and
at others would almost stop.
II used prescriptions given me by my
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

1t is said that striking outline Of
the features of George Washington has
appeared in knotty protuberance of a
tree in Portland, Me. 1t is not cher
ry tree.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

BICYCLES are taxed in Shoreham,
Mass, the average assessment this
year being $50.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

There is period in every boys life
prior to which he can't be put to sleep
1t night, and after which it's difficult
to get him up In the morning.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

Ardent in spite of his 80 years,
Francis Watkins, of Anderson, Ind,
proposed to Lydia Bethel, cookbook
ing young woman of Bethel, o. She
accepted him and they intended to
elope, but his daughters prevented.
Then the aged lover became cool, and
the result was $4,000 breach-of-
promise suit, which he has just COM
promised for So, ,000.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

The Maledive Archipelago, west of
Ceylon, mbraces 1900 coral islands,
few of which are more than six feet
above the level of the ocean and only
l75 of which are inhabited.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

We will forfeit 81 900 if any of our pub
lished testimonials are proven to be not
genuine. THE PIso Co., Warren, Pa.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

cl1c Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness
lilo after first days use of DR.. Klines Great
Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE 400 trial
bottle and SrenSse Sft. - II. KLINE, Ltd, $50
Arch street. Phila lelphIa. Pa.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

A ton of gold is worth e120, 600. A
ton of silver, at the present rate per
ounce, may be said to be worth about
G& 400
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

The Austrian state railway carried
5,1OO,945 passengers and 2,593, ,641
tons of goods during the month of
June.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28

The oldest steam engine in the world
has Just gone off duty after working
100 wears. 1t was built in 1777.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
Try schillIng's Best tea and baking powder.

In the fall cleanse your system by using
Dr. Plumbers Oregon Blood Purifier.