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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15

Quarreling am ong the members Of
the households is extremely rare in
Japan. This is because the Japanese
eat very little meat. Among great
meat-eaters5 irritable tempers prevail,
and family disputes are common.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15

Two lions escaped from menagerie
in Valencia, Spain, and injured several
people before they were captured. One
of them leaped through the plate
glass window of jewelry store, and
scattered watches and diamonds with
recklessness,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15

Connecticut figures from its recent
state school census shows that it has 20
per cent more inhabitants than it hae
in 1890. The population of the coun'
trv on this basis is 1850, 900.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15

incubation for the plague is coming
more in favor in Bombay city, as many
as 7.179 persons having been treated in
one week.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15

loaded cars to pass under. It took
about twenty minutes to pick up a
girder and place it. The girders were
solid and averaged three feet in height
and fifty feet In length.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15

Smoothing irons heated by electrici-
Jy are used by the inmates of the luna
tic asylum in Pontiac, Mich. They
keep an even temperature. therefore do
not need to be changed. like those heat
ed on the Goals or with gas
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15
Information while You Wait.

Mr.. Spellem, of Highlandtown,
writes: "Dere Sur: Please tell me
wat is the holesumest food fer chill
dren?"
You will find doughnuts about the
"holesomest" articles of diet.-Balti-
more American.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15
Few CoIlepe students Die.

The death rate in colleges is extremely
low. The strict attention to the physique
is given as the cause. People outside of
colleges, as well, may have health and
strength. Hostetters Stomach Bitters is
recommended most highly for preventing
as well as curing bodily weakness. 1t is
for the blood, the nerves and all stomach
disorders, and its cures of constipation, in
dyspepsia, sluggish liver or
weak kidneys are most remarkable
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15

A contract made over the telephone
is legal and binding, according to a
decision recently rendered in a Penn
sylvania lawsuit. -
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15

Sweden has ordered AZ batteries of
the largest artillery. These little coun-
tries are learning that they can put up
a stiff fight.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
children during the teething period.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15
General Passenger Agent.

The ordinary step of an ostrich, when
feeding, is about 81 inches; when walk
ing, but not feeding, it is 28 inches;
when fleeing from an enemy, it's stride
ranges from IL Il to IA feet.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15

Six mourners who officiated as pail
bearers at funeral in Mishowoka,
Ind, have sent in bills of Indebtedness
against the mans estate for carrying
him to the grave,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15

With the men all at the front fight
ing on the kopjes, the Boer women may
be forced to harvest the cropjes, and. il
the worst comes, to defend their homes
with their mopies.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15

Piso's cure cannot be too highly spoken
of as cough cure.-J. w. O'BR1EN, 322
Third Ave. N, Minneapolis, Mimi. Jan.
g. 1900
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Toot-Ease, powder for the feet
It cures painful, swollen, smarting, nerv.
Gus feet, and instantly takes the sting oui
of corns and bunions. It's the greatest
comfort discovery of the age. Aliens Foot.
Ease makes tight or net shoes feel easy.
1t is certain cure for Ingrowlng Nails.
sweating, callous and hot. tired, aching
Try it today. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores BY mail for 25c. in stamps.
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen s.
Olmsted LIE Row. N y.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15

Living animals have been newly dis
covered at a depth in the ocean two
miles greater than any hitherto reached.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15
FORCED INTO ARMY.
MEN OF EUROPE COMPELLED TO
BE SOLDIERS.

Precious Years of Golden Youth Spent
in Military Service by Helpless Men
What CONSUMPTION Means to the
Bread WINNERS Abroad.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15

The lucky man in every community
changes every six months.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15

To fully introduce our Famous ssSOUTHERN
BELLE CIGARS" we give to each person buying
Abox Of cigars for and express charges elegant
nickel plate stem wind, stem Set face w atch
American make, which with proper care should lass
for also plated watch chain and charm. Send
your name and full address-no money. We win send
cigars watch. chain and charm. H. after examination, you
satisfied, pay your agent $3.50 and express charges
"Soutern Belle good loo cigars offered.
Addfess ~ 0tioN0l Ct0ap Co., SELouis, Mo.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15
A Blood
Trouble

and richness, and hence you feel like lag
gard all day and can't get rested at night.
Hoods Sarsaparilla will cure you because
it will restore to the blood the qualities it
needs to nourish, strengthen and sustain
the muscles, nerves and organs of the
body. 1t gives sweet, refreshing sleep and
imparts new life and vigor to every func-
ton.
Felt Tired-"In the spring would
without ambition. Took Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla in small doses, increasing as l grew
stronger. That tired feeling left me and
felt better in every way" w. E. BAKER
Box &c. Milford Ohio,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15
my BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY

Weak Women Made Happy by Lydia Il.
Pinhham's Vegetable Compound -
Letters from Two Who Now Have
Children.
"DEAR Mrs. P1NKHAM was my
ardent desire to have a child. had
been married three years and was
childless, SO wrote to you to find out
the reason. After fol-
lowing your kind ad-
vics and taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. 1 be-
a sd came the mother of
&1A beautiful baby
H@ X IA boy, the joy of our
8 home. He is a
81 ~SAAl fat, healthy baby,
thanks to your medi-
As {S eape."-MRs. MINDA
N - FINKLE, Roscoe,
KM NY.
SHM From Grateful
8A Mrs. Lane
N "DEAR MRS.
III M PINKHAM - 1
T. = wrote you let
tor some time
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15

gipeo PAIN Star
help blood will
a box o If
satisfied Bile quickly
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15

ALABASTINE n.ts.si !: = durable ssa:as! :as
base wall coating,
in lb. paper packages, made ready for use in
white and fourteen beautiful tints by mixing
with cold water. It is a cement that goes
through process of setting, hardeus with age,
and can be coated and recoated without washing
off its old coats before renewing.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-15
Hoods SarsapariIIa

Is the Best Medicine Money Can Buy. Pre-
pared by c. 1. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-10-25

Mr.. Lee to substitute ]. G. Boyle for DR.
Gum on the commission. The governor
requested Mr.. Snively to Investigate the
merits and dement's of the controversy
and to state the facts to him, the COVER
nor. All OF the members OF the COM
mission made statements, as we'll as
those opposed to the commission, which
were forwarded to the governor, and
| which constituted the basis for his &C.
ton in reappointing DR.. Gum instead of
making the appointment desired by Mr..
Lee of Mr.. John Il. Boyle.
The commission states the above to be
the facts covering the entire charges,
shall appoint three republicans, that is to
say three republican business men, such
men as Mr.. w. L. Steinweg, cashier Of
the First National bank Mr.. George
Donald, president of the Yakima Ma.
tional bank; Mr.. Alexander Miller, pres
ident of the Yakima Mill Company the
Hon. A. B. Weed, who was member OF
the legislature from Yakima county, and
who secured the location of the state fair
at North Yakima; Mr.. Frank Horsley,
county commissioner of Yakima county !;
in all of whom every one has confidence;
any three of these men, or all of them,
and they are all republican business men 4,
to make an investigation of the charges
made and to report their conclusions; or
any other republicans who are business
men and we here assert that these men,
when they make the fullest investigation,
will certify that every statement we have
made is true. And we feel that this in
vestigation should be made by these men,
or at least three of them, to be appointed
by your club, in justice to this commits
sion and in justice to the community that
is deeply interested in the continued
appropriations to the state fair, which
NAV be defeated by the dragging in OF
politics in this institution, which should
always be non. partisan in its character.
We wish that this should be acted up
on Immediately, 30 that the public can
have an immediate investigation and
report Of it before election, and we
hereby tender to such a committee all
the books and papers in the Office of the
comm ission, covering fully all the trans
actions of the commission in the prem
Uses. Respectfully submitted.
]. M. BAXTER, President,
I. B. GUM, Secretary.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-10-25
YAKlMA'S YELLOW PERIL.

Chinese and japanese Inroads on Business
and Labor-Hop Yards Being Absorbed.
and They Are Now Looking Longingly To-
ward the Reservation.
The great influx of Asiatics to this
country is causing more uneaslness than
appears on the surface, and now it is
striking home to the Yakima country.
The vegetable gardens and hop yards
are being gradually absorbed by them,
and during the past week or ten days
longtime leases Of three hop yards have
been made to Cinnamon, and it is stated
on good authority that Chinese syndi-
cate has been formed to secure control of
about twenty yards. This is not all, for
they are even looking to securing foot
hold on the reservation, as is evidenced
by Charley Wannessy, who arrived from
there on Wednesday and informed a
number Of citizens that Cinnamon had
been after him to secure ten years lease
of his ranch of several hundred acres.
The Japs have already displaced many
white men on this division of the North
ern Pacific, and when the gates are COM
pletely down. on the 10th of May, 1902,
when the Chinese exclusion act ceases to
be in force, the rush Of yellow and brown
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-10-25

Ladies Reliance wrappers the only
kind made with corset Innings at j..
Macdonald's. Al
J. w. Whitlock's new undertaking
rooms on Second street are now fully
equipped for everything in this line. A
speciality is made of embalming and the
shipment of bodies. Al
East OF School Section SO, at H.
Sanders gallery you can get Is hne
Kallitype cabinets for $50. And
with every $3.50 invested l will
give you one dozen nice stamp pict-
ures as q premium. Satisfaction given
or money refunded. Baby photos
free. 41-l2-t
r. ]. Curry, the merchant tailor, is
pleased TO announce the arrival of large
shipment OF imported tweeds. The line
is the handsomest be has ever carried
and embraces q number OF patterns. any
one Of which would please. Now is q
good time to make selection for win
ter suit Of clothes. Anyone who knows
Mr.. Curry realizes that the workman
ship turned ont is unsurpassed and the
fit perfect. 50
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-10-25

skinned laborers will be something ap-
palling and wages will drop so that white
competition will be practically barred.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-10-25
A Full Set Of Teeth. $3.50.

The very best anywhere, or sold at any
price. Our expectation OF future BUSH
ness is back OF them.
BROKEN PLATES repaired, reset, and
made like new. GOLD AND PLATINA Fill
LINGs that will stay, ST. up. GOLD
Crowns, 1850. DR.. STEPHENSON,
4l.4t Rooms 4 and 5, Janeck Bldg.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-10-25

North Yakima, Wash, Oct, "a, 1900.
To the Governing Board OF the Yakima
Com uercia1 Cluh.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-10
AcCuRACY IN TIME.

'I read an interesting article the oth- CT day on how. standard time is se- cured" said a New Orleans college pro- lessor 'but it omitted one important point which was explained to me by member of the Smithsonian staff last time I was in Washington. The time observations at the different observato- ries, by which the standard Is estap- lished, are taken by noting the exact in- stant at which some certain designated star crosses line on the object glass or the telescope. The instrument is point ed at the star, and as soon as 1t toucheS the line the observer presses a button that makes a mark on the slowly reVol- wing cylinder. The cylinder is divided into spaces corresponding to minutes and seconds, and the mark consequent ly indicates the precise fraction of time at which the star arrived at giV-
 en place in the sky. How that IS checked against other observations. talk en at different localities in exactly the
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same way and forms the basis of calculation by which the chronometers of the world are adjusted, is some thing won't attempt to explain.
 'The point had in mind is this: The pressing of the button and making the mark on the cylinder Is theoretical ly instantaneous, but really 1t lsnt. Between the instant that the observer sees the star touch the line and the in- stant that his finger pushes the button, is a brief lapse of time consumed by the transit of the impulse from his brain to his hand. To the n-scienti- fic man it would seem absurd to take account of such infinitesmal intervals, but in delicate calculations they are highly important. Not long ago an ln- strument was built that records the eA- act speed of brain impulse in different people. The subject is told to press button as soon as a figure appears on dial, and it takes the average person nearly half a second to do so. That 1n- terval, required by the nerves to do their telegraphing from the eye to the finger tip, is now taken into consldera- ton in making the computations for standard time. By failing to allow for it in the past, the thermometers have been in error from five to ten seconds year. The detail Is curiously impress sive because it shows what extra ordina- " pains are taken to secure absolute accuracy,"-New Orleans Times-Demo- crat
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-10
BOER THEORIES AND PRACTICE
 ABOUT TAKING COVER.
-5 to 75 Cents

| |
 The following extracts appear in a Boer account of some fighting outside Kimberley:
 Trick tick tick, whir-whir, went their Maxims, and we began to get wiser, for when we heard the whir-whir we knew that the band was finished, and that new lot of cartridges would have to be fixed in the Maxim before it could ire. Our fellows then took careful aim and fired, and our fire, considering the ene- my were 1,20o yards away, was splendid. An English officer was cooly riding up and down the line encouraging his men. He was as cool as if on parade, and was q distinct mark. as all his men-Dia- mond Fields Horse we took them to be were so we'll under cover behind small stones and ant-heaps that they were hard to get at. Our fellows fired shot after shot at the officer. but there he sat. At last Herbert Baumann, who is a regular daredevil, and full ot pluck, said, Let us fire a volley.' The six or us did and one of our bullets found a o1i- let, for the poor fellow rolled oiE ms horse. An officers cap was afterward picked up by our men on the battleheid. containing the name T.. F. Blake. A few days later I was on the Bloem- fontetn laager. Lieut.. Stuckenperg opened fire on Beaeonsfeld With ms Krupp cannon. There were about forty five of us on the hill when he fired. His
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-10
A VALUED BOOK.
The Youth Who Sold "Pilgrim's Pro

The Youth Who Sold "Pilgrim's Pro-
 gress, and Bought it Back Again.
 "One day in the week following Christmas" said a secondhand pook- stare man, who brides himself on ms strict yeracity after business hours, "a well-dressed young fellow came Ill Wlth a package of handsomely bound vol ,1mes and asked me what I would give for them. They were nearly all recent art publications and the only old-timef in the lot was very pretty gift edition 'of Bunyan'a 'Pilgrina's Progress'' l knew as well as if I had been told that they were Christmas presents which were being sold to tide over the usual financial depression of gay young chaps after holidays, and we were not long Ill coming to terms. I gave him the mon- ey put the books on the shelf, ana III the course of the next couple or weeks had disposed of all of them except the Pilgrims Progress. l realized when I bought it that the work would propa- bly he a stayer, but it was beautifully bound in tooled calfskin and was well worth keeping at the price.
 .In fact. I had about made up my mind to transfer it to my private book- case, when, early one morning Just at- ter I had opened up, in rushed the voungi man who had sold me the lot. Have you still got that Pilgrim Progress"?' he asked, all out of breath Yes said I, beginning to smell a rat Well, I want to buy it. he said, pulling out his purse I've decided to keep 1t rnyself,' I replied, seeing chance to turn an honest penny. But tell you Il must have it. he exclaimed. I've just learned it -er-belonged to my poor mother. who died when was baby. Considering the fact that it was print ed in 1S97,' I remarked, you seem to be wonderfully well developed for your age. He turned red and then grlnned sheepishly. Oh hang it!' he said, there's no use lying; have private reason for wanting the book. Now, cash down, what'll you take for lt?' Well, to make long story short, we bargained for quarter of an hour and al last I handed the volume over for ten dollars, which I regarded as pret- ty good trade. As soon as he got hold of his prize he drew a deep breath, opened it at page 110 and extracted brand-new hundred-dollar note. It IS "a present from my grandma he said. .She mentioned putting it there in let ter that arrived last night l give you my word I thought I'd faint. It was the worst shock Live had since I've been in the business" ."-New Orleans Times Democrat.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-10

shooting, although good, did not hit the mark he fired at. After the first shot the British artillery replied from the Reservoir fort. An old veteran Roer saw the smoke puff from the enemy's gun, and called out, 'Koes kerels, daar kom by!' within less time than it takes to tell this these forty-five men were behind stones, your correspondent oury- ing his face about four inches 1nder- grpund That shot fell short ana e next one to the left, and then the enc my ceased fire. I shall never forga. see ing those men taking cover. It was a wonderful sight, and t is due to tnis and our fellows excellent shooting that the republican forces have been so vlc- torious in this war An old 1ieli cor net of the Transvaal said to one of our men, a recruit, Don't be ashamed 10 hide; we won't laugh at you. It's your duty "-London Pail Mall Gazette.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-10
Al SLIDING RLIIFF.

"A mile south gof Atchison the entire side of a bluff is sliding into the Mlssou- ri river. The avalanche is quarter or a mile long, and at it's base is the most expensive piece of railroad track on the Missouri Pacific system. There is prob- ably not another quarter of a mile or track in the United States which it costs more to maintain. The odd thing about this monster landslide is that it has been slipping down for twen- ty years, and unless it takes an unex- pected plunge will probably be slipping for the next twenty years, and possibly fifty or a hundred. The avalanche is moving more or less at all times, but not enough to require watching by the Missouri Pacific except about two months in the spring.
 During the winter the moisture IS held in the ground, and when the frost tfaws and the spring rains come the great mass of earth begins slipping. Sometimes it comes down root ln twenty-four hours, and once 1n While if slides six feet. The Missouri Paclflc then puts a force of from twenty to ff- ty men at work pulling the track back to it's proper place and keeping it level. A man is employed to watch the track at night and see that it does not get so far out of line as to topple a train over into the river Orders are issued to en- gineers to go slow over the bad track for the jar of train might cause an unprecedented move. The current of the Missouri river is always very swift in the spring, and it wears away the earth as it slides in, and it appears a few miles below in the form ot an IS land.
 The bluff is one of the highest of the very high bluffs along the Kansas sloe pf the Missouri river from Kansas Clty to the Nebraska line. Lying under ahout fifteen feet of earth there are one or more strata of rock aggregating from twenty to forty feet in thickness. Therf seems to have been perpendlculal split down through this rock dividing the bluff almost half ill two, and ex