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Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
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Enthusiasm Received a Check.

enthusiasm Received Check.
An enterprising washing machine
agent, who has been meeting with good
success in Whitneyyille, had his ardor
sadly dampened the other day. He
called at house in town, and, the mis-.
tress being absent, he persuaded hel
son to let him show up the merits OF
his machine in a practical way. There
were no dirty clothes in the house, con.
sequently the agent persuaded the
young man to change his shirt and give
him the garment on which to exercise
the cleansing power of his new inven-
ton. He inserted the shirt in the
washer and placed it on the stove made
glowing hot with dry edgings. AS he
alternated his labors in filling the stove
and revolving his machine, the lady Of
the house made her appearance. She
marched straight to the oven door and
flung it wide open. The smoke from a
ruined pot of beans filled the room to
suffocation. The agent was forced to
make an ignominious retreat. When
he seeks permission to test the machine
now he looks sort of scared as he re-
marks in a casual way: st presume
there are no beans in the oven,
madam. .''-Lewiston Journal.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
Jnsfica in the West.

"Heard couple of good ones on this
trip" announced one Of Detroit's trav'
cling men. cat little town in Okla,
homa court was in session. and ] drop
ped In while waiting for the train. The
prosecution had taken the testimony
of stationary engineer, and the at,
torney for the defense took hold
Where were you the day this thing
happened? he inquired.
'Runnin' injun.'
"tWhat tribe did he belong tor
"The day before. a case had been
tried In which a man had climbed te
the top Of q freight car laid up ON q
siding. He had no business there, but
loosened the brake. The car started
down grade. gained speed rapidly fol
five miles, and then turned somer-
sault over an embankment His col
lar bone was broken and he got YER
dict for $500 because a smart lawyer
convinced the jury that the railroad
was guilty Of contributory negligence
Detroit Free Press.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
The Burmese

The Burmese will sacrifice any pros.
pect of money-making to 60 to feast.
These are called pives, and often the
entertainment is elaborate. I remem-
ber going to one in Upper Burma
There was good deal of dancing, but
neither the hest nor his guest danced;
that would have been undignified. The
dancers were paid, and they twirled
iazily or jumped excitedly as occasion
required. Most of the time, however,
was spent in chatter and smoking
Smoking is the only thing at which the
Burmese are industrious. They start
smoking at the early age of 8, and they
smoke themselves into the next world.
Girls smoke quite as assiduously as the
men, and as the cigars are very big
many pretty mouth is strained to &C.
comodate giant eheroot.-Pall Mall
Magazine.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
A Iestimonial.

Spelling is not the only difficulty to
be encountered by tie beginner ON Q
typewriter. Any one Wit Is learning
to use the machine will: appreciate rhe
following, FROM rearsoa's Necaly:
"How do you Ike your Lew tyre-
writer?" inquired the agent
Its grand" was the immediate re
ply. "I wonder how I ever got along
without It"
"Well, would you mind giving NE q
little testimonial to that effect"
Certainly not Do It gladly" So he
rolled up his sleeves. and in IN incredi
bly, short time pounded out this:
AFTER Using the amtomattg Back,
action type writ, er for thre emonthar
d Over. I unhesattattingly pronounce
it promo ce it to be al even more than
th Manufacture Claim? for it. Dur
ikg the time been In our possession e. l.
tn rec monthzi id has more than paid
for itself in the saving of time
an dlabor. John Gibbs"
"There you are, sir"
Thanks" said the agent, and moved
quickly away.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17


some even declare that the East has
outstripped the West during the past
ten years in the matter of increase of
popula ton. and that the center will
nor move as far west as 500 miles.
Government officials who are informed
concerning matters relative TO popula-
ton believe that the center will remain
In Indiana, and that its ioca tion will
be somewhere in the vicinity Of Terre
Haute.
In 1850 the center Of population of
the United States was at point al
most due south from Parkers0urg. w.
Va. Ten years later 1t moved over to
the southeastern border of Ohio, and
for thirty years remained IN that State.
In 1870 it was near Chillicothe. In
1880 it dropped down almost TO the
center of Cincinnati. Ten years later
it had crossed into Indiana, and viii
probably remain there until Illinois
shall claim it in the twentieth century.
it is noticeable that this center has al
ways followed closely the thirty-ninth
parallel Of latitude. It is y further
| fact, curious enough, that the majority
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
500 REWARD 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn 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 a constitutional dis
ease, requires a constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
OF the system, thereby destroying the founda.
tlon of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing it's 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 for list
OF testimonials Address
F: CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
NEW CENTER OF POPULATION.
Census of 1900 Will Find 1t Near East
ern 1IIinoia Line

Census of 1000 Will Find 1t Near East
ern Illinois Line.
What will be the center of popula-
ton of the United States In 1900, as re-
vealed by the coming census. In 1890
it was rur.Eispot a few miles south
of Greensburg, Ind, within the retail
commercial radius of Cincinnati. What
point will mark the center Of popula-
ton next year?
The entire distance which it has
travelled in 100 years, since the taking
of the first census, Is sos miles. The
average rate of its western movement
has been sos miles each ten years. At
that rate the center Of population in
1900 will be at the intersection of the
Both parallel of latitude and the STth
degree of longitude, at q point about
three miles southwest of Bloomfield,
Greene County, Indiana, twenty-five
G-thirty miles east of the Illinois State
Hin
eeThe exact location of this point can
not be determined until after the CEN
sus Of 1900 has been taken. Many are
of the opinion that the western move
ment<will be less than heretofore, and
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
ton. The plan is square with a large

ton. The plan is square with a large
central dome and rotunda, which VII!
be used as general meeting place OF
Americans during the exposltlon.
Three sides of the rotunda have rooms
Is by So opening out of 1t. That on the
left of the main entrance will De useu
as a lounging-room for gentlemen, that
on the right for ladies and that In the
middle as asparlor for both ladies ana
gen tlemen. The second story Will be
xisen to the States, where people VINO
,ss'e desire can rest and register their
nalsses. The third story will be re-
serys5 for the private Offices of the
commissioner general and staff. The
fourth floor viii be given to the States
and used in similar manner to the
second.
The building is S5 by 80 feet and 100
feet high from the lower level. There
will be two electric American elevat-
ors. The style of the exterior Of the
building is classic. and while different
in design from any Of the buildings at
the Chicago fair yet the feeling there
prevalent has been kept and will be in
marked contrast to the present French
buildings, which are not SO architect
ural in treatment. The main entrance
is under large portico which spans
the esplanade, and under this every
visitor who walks to the other national
buildings will be obliged to pass. In
the center arch of this portico, facing
the River Seine, will be French's
statue of Washington, while bust of
President Mckinley will occupy a
niche over the door. In the front of
the building on the river. bank will be
q boat landing which will be highly
ornamented ss a classic barge. All the
boats OF the American line which con-
meet with the American trolley system
at Vincennea will make a landing at
this pier.
The inferior decorati tions of the build
ing are IN charge OF an art commission
composed of George B. Post, Charles
A. Coolidge, John B. Cauldwell, @. f.
McKim. John La Fargo, Daniel @.
French, Howard Russell Butler.
Charles l.. Hutchinson, Henry Van
Brunt Halsey G. Ives, r. S. Peabody
and Henry Walters-a galaxy of ar
tistic and architectural experts whose
intention Is to make it the finest ex-
ample of decorative art which the
United States has thus far produced
in any exposition.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

The walnut was originally called the
gaulinut in England, because it came
from France (GauD. Walnuts played
IAN important part at the siege OF
Amiens, near the end of the sixteenth
century, when party of Spanish SOL
diers. dressed as French peasants,
brought CARLOAD of nuts to sell and,
as the gates opened for them to enter,
the nuts were spilled upon the ground,
and sentinels stopped to pick them up.
when the Spanish soldiers pounced
upon them, killed them and guarded
the gates while the Spanish army en-.
! tered
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

"The whole world Is after Sour mon
ey, or the things you have bought witt
your money. 1t is the trying To keep
them that makes them Seen. SO pre-.
cious.
81 live TO broaden and enjoy my OWE
life, believing that IN so t;,ing I dc
what Is best for every one. IL had
run after birds only to write about
them, should never have written any.
thing that any onG else woui,i have
cared to read. must write frcm sym.
pathy and love, that is. from enjoy.
ment, or lot at ALL"
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
Couldn't Fool Her.

She was evidently new at house
keeping and marketing, but carried
herself with an air intended to inn
press people with the opinion that she
knew all about it and wasn't going
to be imposed upon. 1t was at the
Bonsecours market before a fish stall.
Lobster. madam? Oh, yes!" said
the dealer, with Difference. VERY nice
ones this morning. Here is first
class one, madam" he said, exhibiting
one in its;shell Of glistening emerald.
The alert customer tossed her head
and exclaimed:
'Oh, no! You can't fool me with
any of your green, unripe Holsters!
want a red onev'-NIontreal Star.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
FOreseeine Disease.

In recent lecture on electricity Pro
fessor Elihu Thomson related how Bos
ton physicians had been able, with an
X-ray tube, to detect the presence OF
the microbes of pneumonia in the lungs
before any symptoms of that disease
were felt by the patient, or We're even
perceptible by ordinary pathological
examinations
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
Mrs, Rockefeller's Hobby.

Mrs. William Rockefellers hobby Is
for carnations, one of the greenhouses
at her country place at Scarborough
on-the-Hudson being devoted exclu
sively to their culture. She has re
Gently received 200 Malmaison carna
tions from France, having paid $1,000
for the plants. She is said to spend
thousands of dollars every year for the
plants she imports for her pleasure.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
Tons of Broom Corn.

Charleston, ILL.,, claims to own the
largest broom corn warehouse and
storage-room in the world. It's capac-
ity is nearly 1000 tons, or about 1O,-
600 bales of 'brush.'' This is about
one-quarter of the total tonnage of this
entire district, which produces prob
ably two-thirds of the worlds supply.
About 5000 acres of ground are re-
quired to grow the supply for this big
warehouse, and it represents the pro-
duct of over 100 farmers. From $500
to 5000 hands are required in it's
planting and harvesting. This mann
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot-Ease. powder for the feet
1t cures painful, swollen, sinarting, nerv-
Gus feet, and instantly takes the sting out
of corns aud bunions. It's the greatest
comfort discovery of the age. Aliens Foot
Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy.
tits a certain cure for Ingrowing Nails,
feet. We have over 10000 testimonials'
Try it today. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores. BY mail for 25c in stamps.
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S.
Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

The United States national pavilion
at the Paris exposition will be one of
1.-THE most ornamental buildings on the
grounds. The accompanying picture
Is the first accurate representation Of
it, for the faxed" pictures which have
appeared in some of the papers gave
mo adequate idea Of anything save its
general contour, which has long been
known. 1t Is on the Quay d'Orsay on
the left bank of the Seine among the
buildings of the great powers. and Is
one of the best locations at the exposi-
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
Misht.

President Kruger, according to a
story in the National Review. has his
own opinion about office-holders.
Two of the presidents young rcla-
tions applied to him for office. He con-
sidered awhile, and said, 81 can do
nothing; the high offices of the state
are in firm hands, and for little clerk
ships you are too stupid"
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
To Make Glassware Shine.

Tumblers and wine glasses should
be washed in hot water and rinsed in
cold, and should be dried with a clean
cloth as soon as possible, and when
perfectly dry rubbed with tissue pa
per. For cruets, decanters, ETC., tear
up some clean newspapers into pieces
about as big as 1O-cent pieces, put in
to bottles, half-filled with warm water;
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
How it Worked,

Mrs. Newlywed (reading)-Love is
a balloon that lifts us up to heaven;
marriage is the parachute that brings
us slowly back to earth againl
Mr.. Newlywed (also readingl-A
other parachute horrorl Man falls
5000 feet and is dashed to pieces
Same old storyl Parachute fails to
work-Puck
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

moth warehouse is wooden structure,
covered and sided with corrugated tin.
Last years crop taxed its capacity
to the utmost. No matter what the
rest of the world has or needs in this
line, there is always ''brush" to spare
in this big warehouse.-Chicago Tri-
bune.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
Tea Poisoning.

Victims of tea poisoning are becoming
alarmingly. prevalent. Women demand
the life and variety of Health, and instead
of doing it naturally by building up their
system they resort to tea. They should
take Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t tones
up the nerves, regulates the bowles and
cures dyspepsia.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

Railways and Immigration have been
the great factors in pushing the center
of population westward. ¬her mat
ter which affected it was the acquisi-
ton Of Texas and the Gadsden pur-
chase. In calculating se center of
population Alaska andsour more re-
cent acquisitions are not included.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

give bottles n rotary motion. When
clean, decant and little practice
throws out the paper. They will be
as bright as new. TO clean glasses
wine glasses especially-which have
become discolored on edges, use cigar
ashes, friction and damp cloth.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. E. w. Groves signature
is on each box. 25c.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

Public men speak OF their unworthi.
ness, but very few OF them would be
willing to be taken at their publicly
expressed estimation of themselves
Chicago Daily News
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
Are You Going Eastq
s,ur If SO, you should see that

-gnMdl 5lpaIuw II SO, You should see that
EFg7 e4RS your ticket reads via the
Great Rock Island route.
and you will get the best.
Pullman palace sleeping cars, elegant
reclining chair cars free. and library
buffet cars on all through trains. Best
dining car service in the world. Popu
lar personally conducted excursions
once a week to all points East. For
full particulars call on or address any
ticket agent, or A. e. COOPER.
G. A. P. D., C.R- I.As% p. Ry., 246
Washington street, p tland. Or.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

When a man hears that a boy has
been drowned he fears it may be his
boy, the same as he fears it may be his
house when he hears q fire bell.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

After all, there is nothing n woman
enjoys so much as widowhood, provid-
ing her husbands life insurance was
not scrimpy.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

1 shall recommend Piso's Cure for con-
sumption far and wide.--Mrs. Mulligan
Plumstead, Kent, England, Nov. 8, 1895
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

Many Pittsburg and Allegheny
moulders have been conceded what they
struck for. -
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

At Tacoma shingle manufacturers are
complaining of a car shortage and ship
ments are seriously delayed.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

The famous cedars are on Mount
Lebanon. In 1896 there were sixteen
that measured over thirty feet in Cir
cumference,
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth.
ing, Syrup the best remedy to use for theil
children during the teething period.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
appointed men and women agents, who mai
OUR Liberal OFFER,

WANTED-Active agents in every county
w seat for our Gas Lamp. Makes its own
gas. Retter light than electricity or Wclsbach
city gas; cheaper than kerosei4; retails s.:
big money-maker: Standard camp Com
pany, Dept. B. CHICAGO.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

A carload of dried canned potatoes
contains 5000 bushels, but would hold
only 500 bushels in their natural state.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

People begin to watch" a. widow
within three months after her hus-
bands death.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

- At Chippewa Falls Wis, the tele
phone companies consolidated, anc
isrfhwith the rate was doubled.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

Be thankful for what you have and
console yourself with the thought that
what you have not would render you
miserable if you had it.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

A new law requiring corporations to
pay wages at least monthly has been
declared constitutional in California.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

Queen Victoria loathes cats, and nc
one in her immense household is per.
mitted to own a cat. She has an un.
canny fear of them.
The fg-tree leaves were sacred as q
crown for Solomon.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

There are nearly a,o0o stitches in a
pair of hand-sown boots.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

After people have had great deal of
love, they wonder why more poetry is
not written about peace.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

The famous banyan tree is in Ceylon,
on Mount Lavinia, seven miles from
Colombo. There are two roads through
the stems, and it's shadow at noon COW
ers four acres.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

TSe great linden In Wurtemburg was
500 years old. The city of Neustadt
was for many years known as the City
near the Linden. . In 14O8 poem was
written about it. It was propped by 81
stone pillars in. 1864 these were in
creased TO So; In 1882 to 106. Its
trunk then measured 81 feet. It was
wrecked in that year.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
FOR THE PARIS FAIR
UNCLE SANS HEADQUARTERS
AR TIE BIC SHOW.

Style Resembles That
of the National Capito1-Washing-
ton and dMcKinleyStatuesR Repose Side
by ption of the Building.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

good idea to trust very few
PSI those who are not dishonest
I'd BE careless.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

The greatest whiskey industry is in
the United States, the output being
more than 10000, 900 gallons year.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
An Excellent Combination.


The pleasant method and Beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
tTkUP OF FIGs, manufactured by rae
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrsAe
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
live principles of plants known to be
saedicinally laxative and presenting
hem in the form most refreshing to the
saste and acceptable to the system 1t
. the one perfect strengthening laxa-
i've, cleansing the system effectually,,
h5pel1ing colds, headaches and fevers]
gently yet promptly and enabling on
70 overcome habitual constipation per-
nanently. Its perfect freedom from
livery Objectionable quality and sub
fance, and its acting ON the kidneys,
Ever and bowels, without weakening
pr irritating them, make it the ideal
azative.
In the process of misunderstanding figs
ere used, as they are pleasant to the
sasse, but the medicinal Qualities of the
eenSedy are obtained from SIENNA and
fthet aromatic plants, by a method
Known to the CALIFORNIA FIe SYRUP
20. only. in order to get its beneficial
effects and TO avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA; FIG SYRUP co.
sAWFRANcIsco. CAL.
LouIsvTLLEJKY. NEW YORK. N z.
For sale by all Druggists.-Price SOC. per bottle.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

United States possesses %, 7o5 mer,
chant vessels.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17

clTe Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness
IiIS after first days use Of Dr.: KIine's Great
Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE $500 trial
bottle and treatise. DIR. R. II. KLINE, Ltd, 93(
Arch 81 -eet, Philadelphia. Pa
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-17
Tracing.

Trac1hg.
Miss Walsingham-We can trace
our ancestry back to the Norman con-
quest, can't we, mother?
Mrs. Walsingham (sadly)-Yes, but
we don't know where your father was
last tnight.-Somerville Journal.