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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18
Negro Distrust or the Javbtr,.

Southern negroes regard the jaybird
with comically grave distrust, SAYS the
Chicago Times-Herald. To them he is
the counsellor, guide and friend of the
evil one himself. The amount of con.
hdences established ages ago between
the devil and the jaybird is to the At
rican mind enormous. Plantation "un.
cles" and "aunties' believe that when.
ever Satan can spare the time from his
frying operations he visits earth, and
he and the iayDird hold a council of
war, devising ways and means wherein
and whereby to ensnare the darky soul,
Before this combination the voodoo
charm of red flannel, fish-bones, scrap
ings OF human nails, and hair from
dead person is of no avail. The rab.
bits foot is powerless. The only de-
fense Is "rasslin'" in prayer. This is
highly esteemed, as the more arduous
the "rasslin'" the less work will be
done in the field next day. The Jay
bird is safe from negro attack-safe
through fear.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18

Wednesday, yet the average "med" IL
a regular attendant. Up and down he
parades, blowing his trumpet in the
face Of everyone he meets and looking
the very picture Of happiness, although
past the age Of three.
By o'clock the "tarry rope" lamps
are Lit and the fun commences. Coun-
try 'bumkins' fetch their classes" and
buy them candy and pears or whatever
Is wished for; provided that the cost
does not exceed sixpence. The elite
Of both sexes mix with the crowd and
treat" the one the other. When all
Is about sold out the students start for
home with rush, upsetting the stalls
as they go. Nothing, of course, is said
by the police, it being Thinner day.
Should any one be so absent-minded>
as to forget the months and the days
thereof he has no doubt whatever,
from the head-splitting noise, Of the
last Wednesday in August.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18
High Price. for Butterflies.

High prices are paid for butterflies,
and some private collections, such as
that OF the Hon. w. Rothschild al
Tring, Herts, England, are said to be
worth 100000 more or less. Some
New Guinea butterflies have fetched
ESQ apiece. One of the Rothschilds ia
said to have paid f2O0 for a Papilio,
now quite common. The demand for
rare specimens has led to dishonesty.
The insects are dyed or else wings from
one species are fastened to the bodies
Of other species.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18
[ HO1T1O COdS1 NHVD
Commercial and Financial Happenings
of Interest in the Growing
Western States.
Bounty for Seal scalps.

Chairman Kendall, of the fisheries
committee of the Astoria Progressive
Commercial Association, is circulating
petition among the Gamers and those
most directly interested for subscrip.
tlons for fund to be used in paying
bounty of 81 each for seal scaIps and
$2.5O each for sea lion scalps. The
fund is to be placed in the han Is of the
secretary of the association and war
rants drawn against it by the fish COM
missioner. This subscription list is
the result of an effort being made by
the association to exterminate one of
the greatest enemies to the fishing in
dustry. 1t is claimed that sea lion
will devour four salmon every "a
hours, and as there are at least 2, 500 of
these animals lowering about the mouth
of the river, 10000 fish or 4, 900 cases,
representing about $13, $3.50, are being
destroyed each day. The intention of
the association is to have the law
amended SO as to set aside portion of
the license money for paying this
bounty, but this cannot be done until
the next session of the legislature, and
in the meantime the funds are to be
raised by subscription.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18
SHE GAVE UP HER OWN LIFE.
Mothers Heroic Sacrifice to Save He
Small Son,


Mothers Heroic Sacrifice to Save Her
Small Son.
The heroic impulse OF Mrs. John
Sommefroh in pushing her 6-year-old
SON away from her saved the boys life
at the expense of the mothers exist
ence. She was % years old, the wife
of farmer living near Lyndhurst, l..
|. She was walking with her son to-
ward Babylon on the east-bound track
Of the Long Island Railroad.
The train left Babylon at 4:25 In the
afternoon, bound for Long Island City.
Mother and son were in no danger
where they were. They could see the
train three miles away, for the road
runs perfectly straight at that point.
The boy was walking at his mothers
side and was next the west-bound
track. The oncoming train was rush.
Ing at high speed. That tremendous
fascination which even grown people
sometimes feel when they are looking
1t swiftly approaching train-a desire
% throw ones self in front of the loco
notive-must have taken possession of
he child.
Inc boy gave scream and darted
across the tracks. He paused for a
second In the path of the train. His
mother sprang after him. That one
second enabled her to catch up with
him. 1t was matter of fraction of a
second. She thrust the boy from her
Just as the train struck her Death
came to her instantly. All had hap
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18
San Frano,soo Market.

Wool-Spring-Nevada, 14@1 lee pei
pound; Eastern Oregon, 12@ Ice; Val.
ley, 20@22c; Northern, 10@12c.
Hops-1899 crop, 11@13c Der
pound.
Butter-Fancy creamery 17@171Sc;
do seconds, 16@16kc; fancy dairy,
Ice; do seconds, 14@l5c per pound.
Eggs-Store, 15c; fancy ranch,
TIC.
Millstuffs - Middlings, $17.00 a
20.00; bran, $12.50@13.50.
Hay-Wheat $6. 5O@9.5O; wheat and
cat $6.00@9.00; best barley 5000
100; alfalfa, $5.O0@6.50 per ton;
straw, 25 @ 40c per bale.
Potatoes-Early Rose, coo CSC; Ore
gon Burbanks, 7Oc@$1. 90; river Bur-
banks, 40@75c; Salinas Burbanks,
80c@1.10 per sack.
Citrus Fruit-Oranges, Valencia,
$s.75@3.25; Mexican lines, $4,000
500; California lemons 75c@S1. so;
do choice $1.75@2.0O per box.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas, $1.5o@
$50 per bunch; pineapples, NOM
inal; Persian dates. 6@6Kc per
pound.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18
BELOW THE BOILERS.
The Mighty Powers of Propulsion of
Transatlantic Liners.

Inc M1Rnty fowers of Propulsion of
Transatlantic Liners.
Twenty-Five years ago the Engineer.
of London, the recognized authority on
all matters pertaining to steamship
navigation, made the prediction that
the crossing of the Atlantic ocean. by
steamship, at the speed of twenty
five miles an hour, was one of the
things impossible Of accomplishment
At that time the Atlantic had never
been crossed by a screw steamer at as
high speed as fifteen miles an hour:
the Cunarder Scotia, the last of tho big
sidewheelers, never doing better than
an average Of fourteen and half knots.
Therefore the prophecy of the Engineer
was not at all a wild one. But to-day
therC are steamers that have reached
the speed of twenty-five miles an hour.
and others are in course of construc-
ton which are expected to surpass it.
The fastest liner of to-day has done
more than an average Of twenty-five
miles. Her enormous engines and DOW
erful propellers, mlgnry powers of pro-
pulsion, have forced her through the
toughest waters of the Atlantic at an
average speed of twenty-one knots,
which is a fraction over twenty-six
miles in the hour.
The distance of the Southampton
New York route is 5000 miles, which
covers on the average in five days and
seventeen hours, considerably over
twenty-five miles an hour for the en-
tire trip; her mighty engines-that
throbbing, humping heart down below
-revolve about eighty times per min
ute, or about 67z,OOO revolutions to
cross the Atlantic. Leslie's Pop
liar Monthly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18
Lawsuit over 100 Years Old.

A lawsuit which has lasted more thar
100 years has recently been settled i
Ireland. In 1870, Robert Smyth, brew
er, of Smock alley, Dublin, failed. A
dividend was paid, but that was not
sufficient to realize $3.50 in the pound.
1t has now been discovered that a small
sum invested at the time by the court
as being too trif1ing for distribution,
has, by the accumulation of compound
interest in hundred odd years, devel-
oped into four figures, enough to pay
of all the debts and leave a good sum
for law costs. Strange to say, there is
claimant for every penny due in 1870.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18
HIGH LIVING.
One Needs Balloon to Reach Prices In
a Dawson Cafe.

One Needs Balloon to Reach Prices In
a Dawson Cafe.
You might suppose" said a man
who was In the Klondike last summer
that with the improved facilities of
travel and freight transportation to the
klondike country prices of tommpdi.
ties there would have become lust g
little more nearly normal, but / have
N my possession bill Of fare got at
Healy's hotel and cafe in Dawson in
september last, and here are some Of
the prices that one must pay for eat.
ables. The hotel is a wooden struc.
ture, chiefly logs, and the convenfences
are not altogether modern, and good
many of them are lacking, but the rate
per day is twelve dollars. If one eats
at the cafe a la carte here's what he
pays: Sirloin steak and onions. So.
porterhouse- plain, $3.50; with mush.
rooms, $4; tenderloin-plain, $2.5O: with
mushrooms, $3.50; Chateau Brfant
(spelled that way, 81; with onions
$3.50; Hamburg steak, $1.5O: English
mutton chop (one), 50; (two),> S3.75:
Dreaded, $2.75; corn beef hash, S1.5O:
>opS, pAaAA, P6.OV, pork cQODS,
sauce piquant, $3.25; liver and bacon.
$1.io; plain, $1.50; ham and eggs, $3.50;
bacon and eggs, $3.50; fried tripe, S1.5O:
pigs feet $1.5O; fried in batter, 50: kid.
ney, fried, broiled or saute, $3.50; with
mushrooms, $1.75; pork sausage, 81 so:
fried eggs (two), 50; scrambled, poach-
ed or on toast, So; with oysters, So. so:
plain omelet, 50; ham, oyster, jelly ONE
let, or with onions, $3.50; Spanish or
rum omelet, So; souff1e, $3.50; Welsh
rabbit, $3.50; golden buck, So, and so
on, with pie at a dollar slice, and pud- |
ding a dollar smell, and cigars so
cents for the cheapest. AS 1 said, 1t |
does seem that at this late date living |
would become little cheaper, but peo.
pie who have anything to sell want
the earth for it, and the hapless con-
sumner must pay the price or go with.
put. The only consolation is that II
will be as bad or worse at Cape Nome.
though. that will probably tumble
quicker because it is so much more ac-
sessible than the Klondike"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18
Serves His Purpose.

A boys code Of etiquette does not con.
form with the manual most approved
and adopted in so-called polite society.
says the Memphis Scimitar, but II
serves his purpose all right.
Two chubby little fellows were stroll.
ing along the sidewalks the other after.
noon, when they were Joined by third.
who was a stranger to one of the two
chums, SO the other proceeded to intro.
duce them.
Ned Bright, do you know Tom
BrownT he questioned.
"Nope," replied Med"
"Well, TOM Brown, do you know
Ned Bright?"
"Nope," returned "Tom."
swell, now you know each other.n
So Med" and 'Tom" proceeded to
throw" each other in the most an
proved manner and roll over and over
in the dust in the friendly way bows
have.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18
DRA0SfHEETS REPORT.
Inactive Demand and Weaker Prices
Are the Features.

Inactive Demand and Weaker Prices
Are the Features.
Bradstreet's says: The trade situation
this week may be summed up in the
phrase, inactive demand and weaker
prices. While in many respects the
industrial situation is easier than it
was, the unsettlement in the building
trades continues marked, the reflex ac-
tion being exhibited in the unsettled
demand for building material and
weaker prices for lumber and for many
products used in the building industry
Iron and steel buyers are still hold
ing off. most of the business done being
for small lots for immediate consump-
tion.
Relatively good reports come from
the retail trade at most centers, not
withstanding the backward spring. but
as yet the volume of recorder business
from wholesalers and jobbers has
proved disappointing. Finished cotton
and woolen goods remain steady.
Wool is weaker, owing to the re-
stricted demand from manufacturers
and in sympathy with lower prices set
sales.
! Relatively good report comes from
the distribution trade in shoes, but
manufacturers are hanging back in
their purchases of leather, and hides
are rather weaker.
Relatively the best trade reports
still come from the Pacific coast mar
kets, but better weather conditions at
the South have tended to brighten
trade reports from that section.
Wheat. including four, shipments
for the week aggregate 3,4SO, 704 BUSH
els, against 5,537, ,022 last week.
Business failures in the United States
for the week number 174, as compared
with 153 last week.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18
PACIFIC COAST TRADE,
Seattle Markets.

Seattle Markets.
Onions, SO.
Lettuce, hot house, 40@45c doz.
Potatoes, $16@17; $17@1S.
Beets, per sack, SOC 6Oc.
Turnips, per sack, 100000.
Carrots, per sack, 75@85c.
Parsnips, per sack, 50@75c.
Cauliflower, California $4,000.
Strawberries-$2. .OOper case.
Celery-4O@6Oc per doz.
Cabbage, native and California,
$1.00@1.2 per 100 pounds.
Apples, $2.OO@2.75; $3.OO@3.5O.
Prunes, 6Oc per box.
Butter-Creamery, 22c; Eastern 22c;
dairy, 17@22c; ranch, 15@17c pound.
Eggs-17c. -
Cheese-14@1 15c.
Poultry-14c; dressed. 14@15c;
spring, S..
Hay-Puget Sound timothy, $11.OO
@12.00; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $1s.OO@19.OO
Corn-Whole, $23.OO; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton,
Flour-Patent, per barrel, 1926;
blended straights, $500; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $500; gra.
ham, per barrel, $500; whole wheat
-four, $500; rye flour, $3.8O@4.OO.
Millstuffs-Bran, per ton, $13. 90;
shorts, per ton, $14.OO.
Feed-Chopped feed, $40. 90 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $40; oil cake meal,
per ton, $4,000.
Fresh Meats-Choice dressed beei
steers, price SC; cows, 7c; mutton &c;
pork, &c; trimmed, &c; veal, $40
10c.
Hams-Large, 1sc; small, 1871;
breakfast bacon, 122c; dry salt Sides,
&c.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18
Portland Market.

Wheat - Walla Walla. 5I@52c
Valley, 52c; Bluestem, 54c per bushel
Flour-Best grades, $500; graham,
$3.50; superfne, $a.1O per barrel.
Oats-Choice white, SEC; choice
gray, $50 per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $14@14.5O;
brewing, $16.OO@16.5O per ton.
Millstuffs- $13 per ton; mid.
dlings, $1s; shorts, $15; chop, $14 pc,
ton.
Hay-Timothy, $9@11; clover, $40
7.6O; Oregon wild hay, $6@7 per ton.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 3O@35c;
seconds, 45c; dairy, 25@3Oc;
store, 2ak k@s5c.
Eggs-13c per dozen.
Cheese-Oregon full cream, 1sc;
Young America, 14c; new cheese 1Oc
per pound.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, $4,000
4.50 per dozen; hens, S. 90; springs,
80. .50@3.50; geese, Sc. .5O@s.O 90 for old;
$4.50@6.50; ducks, $6.OO@7.OO per
dozen; turkeys, live, 14@15c per
pound.
Potatoes-4O@65c per sack; sweets,
2@2Ac per pound.
Vegetables-Beets, ST.; turnips, 75c;
per sack; garlic, 7c per pound; cab
bage, Nc per pound; parsnips, rs;
onions, Sc per pound; carrots, SOC.
Hops-2@Sc per pound
Wool-Valley, 12@13c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 10@15c; mohair, 27@
SOC per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, SIC; dressed mutton, 70
nc per pound; lambs, SIC.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, $500;
light and feeders, $3.50; dressed,
S5. 5.00@6.5 per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross, top steers, $4,000. so;
COWS, $3.50@4.O0; dressed beef, 61a@
7Ao per pound.
Veal-Large, 61a@71sc; small, SO
; Nc per pound.
Tallow-5@51ac; No. and grease,
} a @4c per pound.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18
DEEDS AWAY HIS DAUGHTER.

She Is Given as a Sort of Chrome with
Fifteen Mining Claims.
Miss Ida Davis. youngest daughter of
Josiah w. P. Davis, Of Redding, CAL,
pretty girl, with dark eyes and hair,
has been decided to Rudolph OFT as if
she were a piece of real estate. The
girl is thrown in as sort of chrome
along with fifteen mining claims, and in
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18
Ii Years for Highway Robbery.

Martin Everett, an American citizen,
was sentenced at Vernon, B. c., to IA
years. imprisonment for highway rob-
berry, alleged to have been committed
about a year ago at Grand Forks, B. G.
Six months ago the case was laid be-
fore United States Consul Dudley, and
he presented it to the state department
at Washington, D. G. The sentence
caused great surprise, as it was known
that the case had become an inter-
national matter. Consul Dudley to-
night apprised Secretary Hay of the
sentence. His prior representations
to the state department were favorable
to Everett's contention that his arrest
by Canadian officials at Republic,
WASH, was unwarranted.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18

default of Davis being able to deliver
:hese-and the chromo-to OFT he agrees
to forfeit $4,000. The two men princi-
pals in the strange transaction seem to
take it as a plain, serious matter of
business. How the girl views it is not
known. She is silent. If she isn't
strictly obedient daughter it will cost
her father $4,000.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18
TELEGRAPH FRIENDS.

People Who Know Each Other withou
Having Seen Each Other.
"It's very funny" said former
'1ightning jerker' the other night, to
q New Orleans Times-Democrat man,
what vivid pictures telegraph opera
tors who have never met will form Of
each other merely from talking over
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18

Prairie Dog Towns in Nebraska.
Within radius of four miles of Rush
vile, Neb., there are no fewer than
nine prairie dog towns" covering az
much as $500 acres Of pasture, whicl
Ia rendered almost useless.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18

If man is unable to say nothing and
saw wood. he can at least try to do
either one or the other.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18

Some men have so much respect for
the truth that they always keep at a
distance from 1t.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18

How superior boy feels when be
hears some other boy being scoldedl
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18

A shrewd person never makes the
mistake of putting oleomargarine be-
fore woman guest from the country.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-18

Dignity always begins where boast
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-05
The State Ticket,

The Republicans Of West Virginia
present for the sutfraEes OF the people a
most admirable set of candidates. Hon.
a. B. White. OF Parkcrsburg. who heads
the ticket, has made canvass OF The
state which not only reflects credit upon
himself but honory the great party
whose ticket he leads. Able, clean, OF
unsulllcd private life, thorough and
successful In business. OF great admin
istrative and executive ability, and
above all every inch man. he will
make worthy and honored governor OF
the proud commonwealth OF West Vlr-
glnla,
He hae worked day and nigh, like the
gallant fighter that he Is. on the hust-
ings and l.: the committee room. He
has proven himself to be speaker 81
the first magnitude. and his addresses
before tn: people. in force and effective.
ness. have ranked with the best efforts
OF the great leaders OF national proml-
nencc who have spoken In West Vlr-
g!nln. His associates on the stntc tickle,
arc nble. representative men OF West
Virginia and the affairs Of the state will
be In good keeping In their hands.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-05
True Democracy.

Those Democrats who r.nounced
Bryan In 1896 are still fighting the
MENACE to the welfare of the country.
They are still arrayed against the or
ganization that stands for disorder and
riot at home. and perfidy and dishonor
abroad. Major John Byrne, the presi-
dert OF the Democratic Honest Money
League OF America, puts the question
very plainly when he says:
Democrats who love their country and
true Democracy ought to stand In this
election exactly where they stood, n mil
lion. strong. in 1896. for honest money and
against free silver, the paramount and
only dangerous living issue In this cam
now. called Democrats. who hold their
country, its honor and welfare above par
ty. into active PARTICIPATION. The 1ues-
ton is more serious now. II anything,
sisted upon the reaffirmation OF the Chi
caGo platform in all its Inconsistencies; he
insisted upon emphasizing the leading Is.
sue-thc free and unlimited coinage OF
silver at the ratio of IS to ]. and made 1t
nomination., therefore making Ii para
mount to all else except his election. It
must appear to the reflective mind that
MF. BryanS S0-called Democracy Is not
pie.
imperialism and "Militarism" are Is
sues conjured up to divert public attention
and to alarm the public mind. while dts
cussion OF the real lssue-slver. Is sup
| pressed. This Is not treating the people
honestly. There Is no Imperialism In
American blood: where the germ Is not,
| the disease cannot exist, and II is an insult
| to this free democratic people to accuse
| them OF such a monstrous heresy. Wher-
ever and whenever Imperialism shows It.
| self. the people will quickly recognize 1t,
and without the aid OF learned doctors OF
| the law. too and will stranele II as they
| would viper. But these Issues are not
here now. These are ghosts. called up to
| alarm the people. excite their prejudces
| and cloud their judgment so as to cover
| the real issue-frce silver. II Is the only
living Issue In this campaign except the
trusts. which both parties have made on
| issue" ~ t-~-TIG =
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-05
TIA Impossible,


London King: Just Imagine! II you
were n flea Tnl could jump ZOo in'ie" III
single jurDp?
But | am not flea. ;, =.
II didn't say you were. said II
you were. "l,hlE
"Eut you IMPLIED that ] might be-
Not al alb, In estimating the reia-
tive strength Sf flea nc compared with
man said tina, one OF your size could
jump 1OO ml!tSs"
"So,hing tnr-the sort. sir. You as
tinctly spoke OF me AZ nca.
"fIow abs,aI; merely inferred that
suppose you-GGrc ilcn.
do look like flea"
why, no. 81. certainly not.
Hive / MS arms. legs. proboscis,
anatomy Of y,1NcnE
Who said {nM did?'
You did. iattl''
~ didn't!",.,,
well, siroFnm sorry. apologize
You ndmfGo,hcn. that you did refer
to me Ms n flen2"
But IT. You "E' ii,lS just apoloslzcd,"
"l wG d. we let t;,!6 IL &c: n sna aoi ySI
was wronEiTo
Good! Youscerc wise. am no nca.
glr."
"ot cour,O1ot. Utterly removed
tried. lmp6sliblc!"
"Imposs!bIeailr! For me, sir! How
'" "Yss. "it. ,sEis,ly, sir. How can an
! asa he fcGls9s!If?