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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
. An Important Initial.

A recent visitor to the executive
mansion who had the largest amount
of self-constituted Importance, perhaps,
of any visitor in the last decade was
negro colonel" from Virginia. He came
in with flowing Jim Swinger and artifi-
cial cooked hat, demanding to see the
President "to oncet"-- For a time he
was fretful of restraint, and refused to
consider anything except an immediate
admission into the White House inner
sanctum. The officials asked him what
was the matter with him and other pro-
fame questions, which at length induc-
ed him to explain his errand to the sub
ordinate.
He was from Charlottesville, Va,
and had a colored regiment ready to go
to the war, which he wanted mustered
into service and sent to Santiago by the
next boat. The President, of course,
would have this done if he understood
the patriotism of these dusty voiun-
teerS. -------------
eff you start into u battle, what is
the first command you would give your
troops?" was asked of the old uncle.
81 would say Get on yo horses, sah.'"
"What would be your next COM
mand?'
".Prepare to move forward, sah.'"
"What nextY
"'Shoot 'em for toe kill, sah.'
Then it occurred to a doorkeeper to
ask the man his name. The answer was
quick and original.
~. Smith, sah."
"What does the stand for?" was the
next query. -.
The old man hotly replied:
'Don't 70 know nothin'? stands for
Gineral, sah."
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
THE HARMLESS RATTLEsN.akE.
It Does Not Always strike When
Given the Opportunity.

It Does Not Always strike When
Given the Opportunity.
have seen good many rattlesnakes
perhaps a hundred or more-in the
Sierra Mountains, but I have never in
tentionally disturbed them. nor have
they disturbed me to any great extent,
even by accident, though they were
oftentimes in danger of being stepped
on. Once, while on my knees kindling
a fire, one glided under the arch made
by my arms.
The last time sauntered through the
big canyon l saw about two a day. One
was not coiled, but neatly folded in
narrow space between two cebble-
stones on the side of the river, his
head below the level of them. ready to
shoot up like a Jack-in-the-box for
frogs or birds. My foot spanned the
space above within an inch or two Of
his head. but he only held 1t lower. In
making my way through particularly
tedious tangle of bucktborn, l parted
the branches on the side of an open
spot and threw my bundle of bread into
1t, and when. with my arms free, was
pushing through after 1t, saw a small
rattlesnake dragging It's tail from be-
meath my bundle. When he caught
sight of me he eyed me angrily, and
with an air of righteous Indignation
seemed to be asking why l had thrown
that stuff on him. He was SO small l
was inclined to slight him, but he
struck out so angrily drew back and
approached the opening from the other
side. But he had been listening, and
when l looked through the brush
found him confronting me still with
a come-in-if-you-dare expression. In
vain 1 tried to explain that l only
wanted my bread; he stoutly held the
ground in front Of 1t. and l was afraid
that as he came nearer he might close
in on me and strike before could get
away in such a tangle; so just went
back q dozen rods and kept still for
half an hour, and when l returned
found he had gone.-Atlantic Monthly.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
Lotteries ir OTd Havana

Life and Society In Old Cuba"
title of an article in tie Century. made
up Of extracts from the Journals of
Jonathan s. jenkins, written in 1859.
Mr.. Jenkins says: In Havana the
strangers attention Is arrested by the
venders of lottery tickets, who stand
on the street corners with pair CT
shears in one hand and sheets Of lot
terry tickets in the other, ready to cut
off any number for buyers. They are
very adroit, and are apt to persuade
the credulous that they will draw for
tune in the scheme. These licensed
lotteries are one Of the great evils
there, especially to the Spanish people,
who seem to be born gamblers, and for
whom the chances Of dice, cards, and
lottery tickets appear to have an ire
sistible charm, all classes in Havana
dealing In them habitually.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
The Return Of The Prodiga1.
:GGGGEGEG

Not word was ever received by the
Whituesys from William. And after
many months they came to regard him
as dead, and no longer hoped that one
day his form might again darken the
kitchen door.
With William all went we'll. He stay
ed in Chicago just long enough to learn
that there was nothing for him there
He pushed his way further west. He
succeeded in his first venture, and five
years had not elapsed before his name
had come to be known throughout the
mining country. Often he thought of
that home back in Michigan, and fire.
quently he said to himself, 81 will
write;" then something would inter-
fere with the carrying out of his inten-
ton, and no word would be sent back.
Thus the days and weeks and years
sped on until fifth Of a century had
passed.
William Whittlesy had accumulated
one hundred thousand dollars in the
twenty years he had lived and toiled in
Colorado, and one day the desire came
to him stronger than ever to go back
to the old home and gaze once again
into the old eyes Of father and mother
So he returned.
The station at the crossroads was the
same, 1t seemed to him. 1t had not
even been painted in all those twenty
years. The agent was a stranger, and
the farmers around the little depot did
not recognize in the man who alighted
from the train that morning the Will
lam Whittlesy who had SO mysteri-
ously disappeared years before.
Alone and unknown, the man wended
his way along the country road to the
old house on the hill. He had crossed
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
EX-ColoniaIs.

During the progress of the Queens
Jubilee the colonial princes, officers and
premiers attracted, next to the royal
lady herself, the attention of the pub
lie. Wherever they appeared they were
received with cheers and especial
honors.
On on occasion the streets were pack
ed with spectators watching the guests
depart from some royal function at
Buckingham palace. The crowd re-
fused to move except when some of the
Indian raiahs or Australian officers ap-
peared, when way was speedily open
ed for them.
A carriage presently came out of the
gates in which were three or four
Americans who. had been guests in the
palace. Finding that the way was
completely blocked. one young fellow
among them shouted:
"Let US pass! We, too, are colonials.' y
The crowd divided, and as the car
riage entered the opening, he added:
1--WE are the colonials who wouldn't
let our mother spank u.s."
The crowd caught the joke. and re-
piled with laughter and applause
Youths Companion.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
Primitive Ice.Makine.

The most ancient method of making
Ice appears to be that practiced ir In
dia. Holes are made in the ground,
dry straw is put at the bottom of
these, and on it, at the close Of the
day, are placed pans Of water, which
are left until the next morning, when
the ice that Is found within the pans Is
collected. The industry is carried on
only in districts where the ground ID
dry, and will readily absorb the vapot
given off from the water in the pans.
The freezing, of course, is due to the
great amount of heat absorbed by the
vapor in passing from Its liquid to it's
gaseous form.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
How They Helped.

The BOYS Of whom the following
story is told, by an old college professor
in the Nashville Advocate, are old men
now, but the memory of some of their
youthful pranks must be pleasant to
them.
The year 1857 was one of remarkable
fruitfainess in East Tennessee, and the
wheat crop was unusually large and
abundant. AS this was before the day
of mowers and reapers, 1t was often
difficult to find labor sufficient to gather
the crop. That year 1t was peculiarly
embarrassing, and the father Of DR..
John Brunner, president of Hiwassee
College, who had small farm in the
neighborhood, found himself deficient
in help to secure his abundant crop OF
wheat.
In his extremity, he called on his son
to inquire If there were not some young
men in college who might be induced
to lend helping hand. DIR. Brunner
made the announcement to the boys,
Informing them of his fathers circum-
stances, and requesting any of them
who might be willing, to volunteer for
the old gentleman's help.
The boys, after consulting together,
sent in reply that they would willing
ly render the desired assistance, provid-
ing they could find the scythes, or ''cra-
dies" as they were then called, and bor-
row them from the neighboring farm
ers, and that they would report at the
harvest field early the next morning.
Old Mr.. Bruner had an extra break
fast prepared, and awaited the coming
of the young men with eagerness, but
they did not come. Finally he received
q message from the boys that they had
not been able to secure any cradles
from the neighbors that day, as they
were all in use In the harvest, and could
not be spared.
This was a sad disappointment to Mr..
Brunner, who had no help Of his own;
but he concluded to go to the field, and
with his own hands save what he could
Of his crop. now ready to fall When
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
senator CHAHDLER'S OPINION.
The following letter from Senator
George Chandler speaks volumes for DR..


The following letter from senator
George Chandler speaks volumes for Dr..
Darrin:
(oresonfan.)
Dr. Darrin-Dear Sir: 1 am pleased to
inform you that my son Charles, whom
you treated In January, 1896, for heart
trouble and general debility. has fully re-
covered and gained 80 pounds, for which
please accept NV thanks.
GEORGE CHANDLER. -
baKer Clty.
A Swedish Gentleman's Luck.
To the Editor:-1 have been afflicted
with deafness and ringing noises in my
head. Dr. Darrin treated me with cleo
tricity and cured me. Will answer ques-
tions at 500 Loring street, Albina.
CHARLIE CARLSON.
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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
Where the Balls Come From.

The largest center IN the world for
the manufacture of steel balls for ball
bearings is situated at Schweinfort, in
Bavaria. A couple OF factories there,
owned by one firm, produce close upon
800, 1000, 900 balls annually with the
labor of 600 men working ten hours
daily. The total production of Ger
many is stated to be about $50, 200, 900,
while England and France combined
turn out only about 70,O0O,Oo0 addi-
tional. Chicago Chronicle.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
A Salt Water Fire Service.

A salt water fire protection service
has been established in Boston for a
limited area. A line of pipe has been
laid to point near the postoffice and
a number of hydrants laid on it.
Pumping is done by an engine on fire
boat. This. it is hoped. says Engineer
ing News, is the beginning of a COM
prehensive system OF Independent fire
protection for the business district of
the city. Such. a system has been ad-
vocated for a number of years.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

By local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is ony one
way to cure deafness. and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an In
famed condition OF the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have rumbling sound or imper-
deafness is the result, and unless the infiamma-
tion can be taken out and this tube restored to
it's normal condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out OF ten caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (eaused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
H.iiIs ro rn{iJ pfl1s . "a tho t,ne<
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
TRY ALIENS rooT-EAsE,

A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
At this Season youE feet 1eef swollen, ner-
Yous and uncomfortable. If you have
smarting feet or tight shoes, try Aliens
Foot-Ease. It rests and comforts; makes
walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating
feet, b1isters and callous spots. Relieves
corns and bunions of all pain and is GER
tain cure for Chilblains, Sweating, damp
or frosted feet. We have over thirty thou
sand testimonials. Try it today. Sold by
all druggists and shoe stores for Csc. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen S. Ohm
sted, Lc Roy, n. Y.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

be reached the field. to his utter aston
ishment he found the grain all neatly
harvested and put up in shocks, but no
one in sight.
The boys had borrowed the cradles
the night before, and by the light of the
moon had gone to the field with large
force, and had carefully done the work
without letting the old man know any,
thing about 1t.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
Hoods Pills cure sick headache. 25 cents
Fork Cleaner.

A recently patented invention will
please those housewives whose souls
have been vexed by the problem Of
polishing forks. 1t consists of treble
strap of "Selvyt," held in position and
stretched by means of wire frame and
handle. The forks to be polished are
inserted between the straps, each of
which fits into corresponding space
between the prongs. A few movements
up and down then suffice to thoroughly
clean and polish the fork, either with
or without plate powder.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
Destroying a Famous Prison.

With the demolition Of Mayas prison,
IN Paris, the first prison in France con-
structed on the old cellular system has
disappeared. There were 1900 cells,
radiating like the spokes Of a wheel,
and so arranged that each prisoner
could see the chapel from the door and
listen to divine service without leaving
his cell
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
SchiillinQs
Best
tea
sold only in
Packages
Keeps the Reins In Place.

Keeps the Fseins In Place.
To prevent horses getting the reins
under their tails, Virginian has de-
signed harness attachment composed
of a number of wire bows, to be Sc
cured to the breeching on either side,
and extend over the tail. and prevent
the horse from switching it high
enough to get over the 1eins.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
Gould Use Tt

Mamie-Only think. Fren Saunders
has given Carrie Moore diamond for
an engagement ring.
Steve-That's all right. Carries fa-
ther Is painter and glazier. The dia-
mond will come in handy in his busi-
ness.-Boston Transcript.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
Everyone LIS Taxed.

In Mexico everything and everybody
pays a direct tax, from the street por-
ter to the largest mercantile establish
ment, and the stamp for documents is
equally lucrative.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

There is in the constellation Andro-
media star visible to the naked eye
which the smallest telescopes show to
be double. Seen through powerful
instrument, it is found to be triple.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halps Family Pills are the best

A Missouri woman has designed an
ice creeper to slip on the sole Of the
shoes. steel plate, with euvred ends.
to grip the edges of the sole having
teeth to engage the ice as the wearer
walks.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

When coming to San Francisco go to
Brooklyn Hotel, 2OS-212 Bush street.
American or European plan. Room and
board $1.OO to $1.50 per day rooms SO cents
to S1.00 per day; single meals 25 cents.
Free coach. Chas. Montgomery.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
rhe Pope Has No pebts.

Pic Mono bequeathed to the church
s, 900, 5000 francs in gold. Leo XIII
has already doubled that sum, which is
deposited among various European
banks. The holy see has no debts,
those which existed having been paid
by the present pope.-Albany Argus.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
The Enormous Go

The Enormous Gold Product OF 1903.
From South Africa, the Klondike and
Australia gold is being shipped in large
quantities. This years output will nearly
double that of any previous twelve months.
The sales of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
are also increasing very fast This famous
remedy will cure dyspepsia, indigestion,
constipation, nervousness and weakness.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
Duke Won a Horse Race.

Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklen-
urg-Schwerin, an uncle of the Grand
Duke, who won an army steepleehase
at Berlin recently, Is the first prince of
a reigning house to ride In horse race
in Germany.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
HoITTs SCHOOL FOR BOYS.

Now at Burlingame, will remove to its
beautiful new home at Menlo Park. San
Mateo County, Cal, and reopen January
10th, 1899. Address Ira G. Hoitt, Phi. D.,
Menlo Park, Cal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

A breech-loading cannon made III
1869 has been discovered in an old mu-
scum at Hamburg, which explodes the
belief that such weapons are an inven-
tion of the present century.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

If you want the best wind mill, pumps,
tanks, plows, wagons, bells of all sizes
boilers, engines, or general machinery, see
or write JOHN POOLE, foot of Morrison
street, Portland, Oregon.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

No household is complete without bot
tie of the famous Jesse Moore Whiskey. 1t
is pure and wholesome stimulant rec
commended by all physicians. Don't ne
plect this ueceSSity,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

AS people grow older, they begin to
throw all their clothes they take off at
night across their beds to keep their
feet warm.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

MISUNDERSTANDING and metallic, freak
of nature, noted the best POLISH In the
world for silver, gold, brass, etc.. sent in guam
tity sufficient for years, for 25 cents P. O.
stamps. 1t is infusorial and cracks In stoves
may be repaired with it. Address, r. H. BALL
NIGER, SOL Mutual Life Building, Seattle, Wash.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

Housekeepers will appreciate new
kitchen utensil which has the bottom
formed of perforated receptacle which
strains the vegetables after cooking and
mashes potatoes, etc, without remov.
ing them,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

There are houses still standing in
berg, Bavaria, that were built
in 1850.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
Many Rooms in Parlfamer

The British House of Parliament
covers nine acres and contains 1,200
apartments.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

There are ITO mountains in Colorado
whose peaks are over $4,000 feet above
the ocean level
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

The California woodpecker will
carry An acorn thirty miles to store it
in it's nest
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

Waltham has Joined several other
Massachusetts, cities in adopting cur
few ordinance.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

The Japanese are, as race, so small
that it is necessary to build specially
low bicycles for them.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

EI14 Permanently Cured. No fts or nervousness
.lsS after first days use Of Dr.. hine's Great
bottle and treatise DIR. q. H KLINE, Ltd, $40
Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
Indicator on Guns.

An indicator has been designed fol
repeating arms which will show at a
glance whether the shells are all dis
charged, and how many loads there are
in the gun, a numbered cylinder being
carried by the stock to revolve one
number as the mechanism is operated
to bring a she'll into the firing cham
her
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

Some bachelors voluntarily join the
ranks of the benedicts and some are
drafted.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund money if it fails to
cure. 25c
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me large doctor bills.-C. l.. Baker, 422S
Regent So, Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 3, '95.
A eolorless ink for use in writing on
postal cards, etc., is made by mixing
together splphuric acid and water. the
writing becoming permanently visible
when the paper is heated.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
1t makes nc difference how good a

husband man has been, his death
bed scene is not entirely satisfactory
to the neighbors unless he asks his
Wife's forgiveness.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
COULD NOT SLEEP.
Mrs. Pinkham Relieved Her Of All
Her Troubles.

Mrs. MADGE BABCocK. 17e Second
st.. Grand Rapids. Mich. had ovarian
trouble with its attendant aches
and pains, now she is well. Here
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

It all troubles have gone. My monthly
sickness used to be so painful, but have
not had the slightest pain since taking
your medicine. / cannot praise your
Vegetable Compound too much. My
husband and friends see such change
in me. look so much better and have
some color in my face"
Mrs. Pinkham invites women who are
Ill to write to her at Lynn, Mass, for
advice, which is freely offered.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
AGENTS WANTED.

"Anglosaxonia contra mundum" il
q late neo-Latin coinage.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

A handy device for hanging clothes
is formed of ring to be screwed TO the
top of post to support a number of
arms, which are dropped into hole in
the end Of the post when not in use.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
Follow 1t Up.

Sit down and cool off suddenly, and
then regret it, for stiffness and soreness
is bound to follow. Follow it up with
st. Jacobs Oil and you will have nothing
to regret from prompt cure.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
saems TO aat Rine.

One complaint seems to get ripe in
autumn. and that is neuralgia. To
soothe the pain, strengthen the nerves
and rid the system of it, use st. Jacobs
Oil. the best known cure.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30

A Texas woman has patented a new
toy for children, consisting Of jack
in.the-box to be released from the box
by striking the spring catch with a ball
attached to an elastic cord.