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Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-10-20

Glencoe, Oct. 16.-It is reported
that the Beers have crossed the border
at Ingogo. and that the Free State gov
eminent has taken possession of the rail.
way to Van Keenan,. and seized Natal
governments train.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
Russian Girls

Russian girls are charming in child
hood; they mix with their parents and
elders more than is allowed in England,
and while thus becoming excellent con-
versationalists by IS or 16, have few IL
lusions left. Until marriage they are
kept under sharp surveillance, and per-
haps in consequence are inclined to
eVaslveness. To escape the tender mer-
cies of a chaperon, girl students go
through the form of marriage with
some man, but without otherwise enter
ing married life. They are excellent
linguists, read widely, are practical and
domestic, have little sense of humor.
Their faces are remarkable for pallor
and heaviness, with an expression Of
sweet melancholy. Cigarette smoking
is universal custom among Russian la
dies, though not quite so prevalent
among girls. They skate well, dance
beautifully, and are fond of amuse
ments.-Girls' Realm.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
The Nina Bird of Honolulu.

Mr.. Palmer contributes an article to
the Year Book of the United States de-
partment of agriculture on the danger
of introducing noXious animals and
plants from one country into another.
The Nina (Mynah or Meina) is bird
from Hindoostan, which resembles the
crow blackbird in its habits and the
English sparrow in its partiality for
human dwellings. This bird has been
introduced into the Hawaiian islands,
and at Honolulu is so abundant that it
has driven away the pigeons and fowls
and destroyed the eggs of domestic
birds Mr.. Palmer says: 'The ac-
QUESTION of new territory has brought
us face to face with new problems. All
our island possessions should be pro-
tected from ill-advised acclimatization
which has caused so much loss in Aus
tralia and New Zealand" The introduce
ion Of exotic birds and mammals should
be restricted by law Western Aus
tralia, under the destructive birds and
mammals" act, prohibits the importa
ton, liberation, or keeping of animals
and birds which the colonial bureau of
agriculture considers injurious to vine
wards and crops.-Chicago Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
FILINGS AT WOMANKIND.
Some of Which Smack just n Lit
tie Bit of the Truth-SOme
Are CaIumnies.

A girl is visiting in town who has dress
trimmed with four miles of lace, and her
hostess is thinking of giving reception
for it.
A woman who knows how easily the men
can be fooled tells everyone who kisses her
that it is the first time she was ever kissed
by man.
1t occurs to man with some wonder that
his wife never got up as much enthusiasm
over him when she was bride as she gets up
over the new little red baby.
When woman doesn't know of anything
else nice to say about another woman she
says she has such ''cute little ways"
Every unhappy woman takes pleasure in
thinking of the time when he will come
back, and it will be too late.
A good many girls have the notion that
some day they may be compelled to sell their
hair and pay off the mortgage on the family
homestead, as the story books relate. An
Atchison girl who had very beautiful hair
became very poor and agreed to sell it for
three dollars. After the hair had been cut
off the purchaser refused to take it, saying
she could get switch for two dollars in
Kansas City that would answer.-Atchison
(Hl0ha
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
QUEER WEDDINGS IN JAPAN.
An Odd Ceremony That Is PerfOrmed d
in the Land of Flowers
and Sunshine.

A woman who lived many years in
ese social customs. Of cOurtship and
marriage among the little brown peo-
ple' she says that both are very Curl
Gus ceremonies and that they still SAVIOR
somewhat of barbarism. These cere-
monies are described in ali interesting
manner in her communication. when
a young man." she informs us, "has
fixed his affections upon a maiden of
suitable standing he declares his love
by fastening branch of a certain shrub
to the house of the damsePs parents.
If the branch be neglected the suit is
rejected; if it be accepted SO is the suit
or. At the time of the marriage the
bridegroom sends presents to his bride
as costly as his means will allow, which
she Immediately offers to her parents
in acknowledgment Of their kindness
in infancy and of the pains bestowed
upon her education. The wedding takes
place in the evening. The bride is
dressed in long white silk kimono and
white veil and she and her future hus
band sit facing each other on the floor.
Two tables are placed close by; on the
one is kettle with two spouts, bottle
OF sake and cups; on the other minia-
ture fir tree-signifying the strength
of the bridegroom; plum tree, signify
ing the beauty of the bride, and, lastly,
a storll standing on tortoise, repre-
senting long life and happiness, desired
by them both. At the marriage feast
each guest in turn drinks three cups of
sake and the two-spouted kettle, also
containing sake, is put to the mouths
of the bride and bridegroom alternate
ly by two attendants, signifying that
they are to share together joys and sor-
rows. The bride keeps her veil all her
life and after death it is buried with
her as her shroud. The chief duty of a
japanese woman all her life is obedi-
ence--whilst unmarried to her parents;
when married. to her husband and his
parents: when widowed. to her SON.
London Graphic.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
EXERCISE IN TALKING.
Travellers Comments on the Conver-
satiOnaI Gymnastics of the
Italians.

The farther south one goes in Eu-
rope the more do the people gesticulate
IN conversation, asserts traveller who
is at present doing" Italy.
A Neapolitan, he says, goes through
an entire course of calisthenics before
he has talked five minutes Give a
Neapohtan pair of dumbbells, and
ask him what he thinks of the weather,
and before he finishes his answer he
will have taken enough healthful exer-
else to last him all day.
This traveller spent many an amusing
hour in watching the Neapolitan talk
One day, in cafe, he sat next to a
couple of Italians, who were engaged
in a most spirited conversation.
The younger of the two men grew
very excited. With his hands he made
reaching and clinging motions. as If
climbing. Them he reached right and
left above his head, as one would dc
in picking cherries.
Then, without slackening his re-
markable flow of conversation. he put
the thumb and first finger of his left
inches before his eyes, and went
through the careful movements of one
threading a small needle. And all the
time he talked
Next he made overland motions as OF
throwing. Then he gave an imitation
of some one swimming.
After that he described several rapid
circles with his left. hand, which gave
the impression of a revolving wheel,
Then he leaned forward, and, with his
right hand lifted. acted as a person
would act in trying to put key into
keyhole.
The writer asked his friend, who un-
derstood Italian, what all the fuss was
about.
They're talking chiefly about the
weather." was the reply.-London Mail.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
LOOKING UPWARD.

Universal retrogression. Coward phrase on
perjured lips,
Burdening our songs and story till dis
tracted fancy trips
On the heels of revolution. Hath all pleas
ure taken wing?
Why delight in croaking ravens and neg
lect the birds that sing?
Why uproot the corn and lilies, sowing
thistles in their stead,
To deplcre the less of beauty and beWall
the lack of bread?
Come again, oh wise Athenian! Come
again, oh gentle Pan!
Ere the mind is slave to muscle and crea-
tion miss the man.
Adam, seeking through an Eden, broke the
twig he could not bend;
Eve, companion of perfection, rent the vail
she could not mend,
Yet there always is a David for the giants
overthrow;
Science breaks the mass of substance
flesh is gross and all too slow
For this fearless age of progress; love will
OF Moses Lincoln Hearts that win
Gentle hearts that scatter blessings. these
GeH(le II6al(S rIgt sCattcI pIoDpmsp, ,,.-.
Moving mind to conquer muscle ere the
muscle conquers man.
Dainty fingers weaving Iaces, sturdy hands
that mine and mold,
Faith inspires them, duty guides them, or
their tale is never told,
Or their task is never finished, and the
threads of silk or steel
Fall a weak and tangled pattern-reason
WHITES the reel.
Twas the heart and not the hammer
changed the cabin to home;
Twas the soul and not the chisel carved
the statue, shaped the dome;
Strongest beast may rule the jungle,
swords obey a woman's fan;
Thus the breath of life is growing to its
consummation-Man.
Charles Eugene Banks, in Chicago Times
Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
HTSTERIA IN ANIMALS.
Scientists Investigations Show the
AiIment Is Not Peculiar to
Human Beings.

That animals are subject to attacks
Of hysteria is discovery only lately
made by physicians. Yet the two cases
recorded in the Neurologisches Central
blatt by DR.. II. Higher seem to leave no
doubt about the matter.
The animals that were affected were
cat and a canary respectively. The
cat, which was nine months old, healthy
and active, was one day deeply bitten in
tie back by dog and Immediately fell
down paralyzed. When DR.. Higher first
saw it, five or six weeks after the in
jury, it walked only with it's fore paws,
dragging its body and hind limbs.
There was complete loss Of sensation
in the hind paws and in the hinder
third of the body, both sides of the
abdomen and back Of the animal being
Indifferent to deep punctures with a
needle and to hot applications, but it
always responded to gentle touching
of the front half of the body. The tail
was paralyzed, but none of the limbs
atrophied, as is usual in such cases.
Dr. Higher considered that the cat
was suffering from an Inflammation of
the spinal cord, but what occasioned
him surprise was the fact that the ami
NAL gave no positive signs other than
the paralysis. One day the servant girl,
being curious to see whether the cat
would fall on all fours, as cats usually
do, threw it from the first floor of the
house onto the pavement. AS mat
ter of fact it alighted on all fours, i'm
mediately ran away and was, contrary
to expectation, completely cured of its
sensory and motor paralysis, which had
lasted for more than two months.
The cat, therefore, really had no
lesion of the epinal cord at all and all
it's symptoms were due to the fright
experienced by the bite of the dog. In
other words, the cat was manifestly
suffering from an attack of hysteria.
DR.. Higier's second case showed itself
in a canary whose cage, with the bird in
it, was pulled down from the wall by
cat, but DR.. Higher interposed before
the cat seized it. The bird lay on the
bottom of the cage, stiff as if dead,
but was revived by sprinkling with cold
water, after which it was lively, took
it's food well and showed no abnormal
ity except that from having been fine
singer it became silent.
For six weeks the bird never uttered
note, then this condition passed off
quite unexpectedly and the canary once
more sang very well. DR.. Higher also
refers to three cases mentioned by Dir.
Tourette in which dogs showed hyster-
ical symDtoms-N. Y. Herald
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
HE WAS REJECTED.
But He Stuck to His Job and by a
Lucky Hit Won the Coveted
Prize.

'It was such good joke on me-" said the
girl in the gray velvet toque to the girl in
the blue velvet shoulder cape, as they
stirred their hot chocolate, ''that l must tell
you.
"You know how John has been proposing
to me at regular intervals ever since he was
out of knickerbockers. Well, he did it again
the other night, and, with his usual facility,
chose an occasion when was very cross.
"He did it little more awkwardly than
usual, too, deliberately choosing the old
fashioned method of offering me his hand
and heart
Here she paused to drink some chocolate,
and the girl in blue asked breathlessly what
she said.
"Oh" remarked the other, in the tone of
one relating an event of no importance, Il
told him that believed | was already pro-
and that I wouldn't deprive him.
"And what did he say?"
"Well, Belle, that's the funny thing He
seemed to brace up, and said, politely, that
at any rate there was no doubt about my
having my full share of cheek! And | was
so delighted to find man capable of even
that much repartee on being rejected-that
[ accepted aim. ."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
AWESOME TREES.
How the Redwood Giants of the YO-
semitic Valley Impressed
n Traveller.

We made side trip to the big trees of
the Mariposa group, which are about
one hours ride from the hotel, says a
correspondent. If the smallest of these
trees could be planted anywhere in
Pennsylvania the railroads would run
excursion trains to it and make money.
The trees in this grove are SO large that
it takes a good while to fully appre
ciate the facts about the size of the big
gest of them. The "Grizzly Giant is "a
feet through at the base and over 800
feet high. This tree would overtop the
spires on the Pittsburgh cathedral by
about 100 feet. The trunk of this tree
is 100 feet clear to the first limb, which
is 20 feet in circumference. Many other
trees here are nearly as large as this
one, and there are 400 in the grove.
Through it several tunnels have been
cut, and a four-horse stage can go
through these tunnels on the run and
never Craze hub. You get an approach
to an adequate idea of their size by
walking off 100 yards or so while the
stage is standing at the foot of tree
and glancing from top to bottom, keep
ing the stage in mind as a means of
comparison. The stage and horses look
like the little tin outfit that Santa Claus
brought you when you were a good lit
tie boy.
These trees are no longer to be called
the largest in the world, however. A
species of eucalyptus has been found in
Australia as large or larger. Emerson
warns us against the use of the super
latiye, but when you are in this region
of the globe you can't get along with
out a liberal use of it. He himself says
of Yosemite: 'It is the only spot
have ever found that came up to the
brag." And as L stood in the big tree
grove l remembered that some one
called Emerson himself ''the Sequoia
of the human race."-Pittsburgh Dis
patch
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31

shall get my death cold, Kate!"
But Kate did not stir until her name
had been called several times; then she
answered drowsily.
Get up, child! It's your wedding
day, too, and L in danger of pneumo-
nia," called her aunt.
Kate shut the window and helped the
irate lady to dress, touching her hair
with dainty, soothing fingers as she
arranged it.
The household arose and went about
its tasks. Visitors came and went.
Kate kept her secret well. The cere-
mony was over which made her wife.
The bridal dress was exchanged for a
travelling costume.
bank as we go to the train, auntie," :"
Kate said, as she bade her good-by.
CAS- you please. I've had my say
about it, and no harm came of it,
either" was the tart reply.
No one knew of the tragedy which
did not take place in the silent watches
of the night.
w OAS NhSN -ul1lIl INoICs ACStIillS
her husbands clasp as the train sped
onward, told him the story in her own
way and time.
"But the hair-did you save it? 1t
is a clew," he said, quickly.
Il burned it," was the calm reply.
Il did not need to save it, for [ knew
whose it was. l always thought he
liked aunt's money better than me.
Now l know that he coveted the dowry
more than the bride. But the money
is safe in the bank, and wasn't it
strange that he should be there to see
it deposited?"
Not George Travis?" calculated
Harry.
Yes. Let him 60" she whispered,
softly, nesting closer. Think what
he tost-what you gained, Harry dear
Let his own conscience punish him-if
he has any. Wen never let aunt
know. We will keep our first secret to.
gether.''
Harry Winship was man. He could
not refuse his wife's first request, and
Mrs. Driscoll does not kEou' to this day
what danger menaced her.-Madame.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
The Earliest Bird.

An ornithologist, having investigated
the question of at what hour in sum-
mer the commonest small birds wake
up and sing, states that the greenfinch
is the earliest riser, as it pipes as early
as half-past one in the morning, the
blackcap beginning at haIf-past two.
1t is nearly four o'clock and the sun
is well above the horizon before the
first real songster appears i'll the per-
son of,the biackbird. He is heard half
an hour before the thrush, and the
chirp of the robin begins about the
same length of time before that of the
wren. Finally, the house sparrow and
the tomtit occupy the last place on
the list. The investigation has alto
gether ruined the Iarks reputation for
early rising. That much celebrated
bird is quite a sluggard, as it does not
rise until long after the chaffinches, lin
nets and a number of hedgerow birds
have been up and about.-Boston Tran
script.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
uI shall nnt nnt this nndcr mv nillow

'I shall not put this under my pillow
as 1 generally do" she said to Kate.
This box is harder than feathers. 1
shall put it under the corner of your
bed.''
Thanks, aunt Iron is as soft as
feathers for me to lie on," laughed
Kate,
"You needn't lie upon that side of the
bed at ALL was the cool reply.
There's a man in the kitchen as says
he's had not mouthful to eat for ten
days." said Norah, the servant, appear
ing at the door.
"The farm is only mile further on.
Send him about his business" answered
her mistress.
Norah went out.
Soon figure clothed in rags went by
the open window,
The man turned and shook his
clenched fist at the astonished lady.
''Ofall thingsl The impudent thing!"
she gasped.
"Oh, but aunt, Pm sure he has heard
all that we said about that horrid
money!" faltered Kate.
Mrs. DriscolPs face told the concern
which she felt, but she turned her back
upon her niece and took up a book.
Darkness
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
BCPTiSh Ideas.

\ Boer speaks of himself and his
countrymen as "Mersch" (human be-
ings); the rest of humanity is desig-
mated as "schipseF' (creatures). When
they migrated from the Cape Colony in
1887, one of their grievances, as stated
in the solemn declaration which they
issued at the time, was the emancipa-
ton of the slaves by the British. That
the colored people, in fact that any ter.
restrial being should be paced on per
feet political equality with the Beers,
seemed to them perfectly monstrous.
They naturally think that they are
prime favorites with Providence, and
that uitlanders belong to different
category from Observation-Disclosures "a
gette.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
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Kate could not sleep. In vain she
counted slowly from one hundred to
one, and said the letters of the alphabet
backward,
She heard the village clock slowly
strike the hour of midnight, then one,
two and three.
Kate's apartment was dark, but the
moon shone dimly into her aunt's room
just across the hall.
Suddenly form stood in the door
way, then vanished within.
Was it the tramp? Was that some
thing in his hand a knife?
Kate stole softly through the door
way, listening breathlessly. Then she
DriscolPs door.
Suddenly the door was noiselessly
closed, and a man stood so near her
hiding place that she could hear his
hurried breathing.
The faint odor of chloroform told
why the door was closed.
What if he gave an overdose?
Kate loved the stern woman, and,
notwithstanding her timidity, that
thought nerved her to action.
She sprang from the room with
sbrill cry, clutching both hands in the
hair of the intruder. 1t is needless to
say that he was startled out of what
little common sense he possessed.
He threw her violently aside with a
muttered oath and fled. But he left
generous lock of hair in her hands.
Her head struck corner of the door
in falling, and it was dawn when she
awoke to full consciousness of what
had happened.
Womanlike, she rushed to see if the
iron box was still safe. 1t had not been
disturbed. Then she threw open the
door of Mrs. DriscolPs room. That
lady was unconscious, but breathing
evenly. Kate's courage returned.
Silently she opened the window, let
ting the fresh morning air draw freely
through the room. Then she crept into
her own bed to wait developments.
Before sunrise Mrs. Driscoll awoke
"Mercy on us!" she screamed. No
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
Personal AND LITERARY.

Senator Ross, of Vermont. was once
an expert on snowshoes and the swift
est racer on them within several miles
of his home.
William Oxley Thompson, the new
president of Ohio state university. spent
ten years in getting the diploma from
Muskngum college; being SO poor that
to get one years study he had some-
times to work three years to save the
money required:
Fridtjof Nanseh's sharp eye for the
money side of his ventures has won him
the nickname Of ''Finanzen Nansen" in
Norway. He has bought number oil
farms in the Numedal, near the Iele-
marken in the Christiania district,
which he is making into large estate,
and has purchased a summer hotel Tor
his manor house.
Senator Clark, of Montana, recently
laid an asphaltum walk before his west
erin home, and, the composition not be-
ing yet dry, caused a temporary board
walk to be erected, with the sign: Take
the board walk" Some local wags noted
this, and the day after it's appearance
carried off the walk and wrote under
the sign the words: eve have.''
Prof. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of Cor
nell university, who has been elected
""''!9oDl q tPg [atloILBIl9 !S4Ig{ HTHHjjISfE THjSfI
sity, although still a comparatively
young man has gained much fame as
philologist. His speciality is Greek, and
he served for years as instructor in the
classical school at Athens before going
to Cornell. A recent history Of Alex
ander the Great, written by him, has at
tracted much attention.
While Miss Vera Schenck in divided
skirt, was riding her diamond frame BIZ
cycle in Prospect park, Brooklyn, the
other day, William j. Riordan, driving
in a buggy in the same direction, asked
her why she did not ride 'a proper
wheel, properly attired." Miss Schenck
made no reply and tried to get away
from the man in the buggy, but he fol-
lowed her and continued to talk to her
until she called policeman. Riordah
was arrested and fined five dollars by
police magistrate.
Despite some unfortunate specula-
tions which have cost him a part of the
fortune made in this country, Pader-
ewski, the piano player, is pretty well
off financially. He is a partner in one
of the largest piano firms in Europe, he
is interested in a hotel in Warsaw and
he has lately become the principal
shareholder in a scheme to build in
Warsaw a military panorama to be
painted by a German artist. In addi-
ton to his business experiments he
owns a chateau in Switzerland and
large estates in Poland.