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Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
TRUE TALE OF MANY PENNIES.
How Woman Got Even with an Inn

How a Woman Got Even with an Inn
pudent Street Car Conductor.
The Southern woman who had an
interesting financial dispute with a
street car conductor is a martyr to
painstaking attention to details of
whom her sex may well feel proud.
She started out in the morning with a
$40 bill, all the money she happened to
have in her immediate possession. She
went to the butchers and the bakers,
and neither could change the twenty.
She was anxious to go downtown. and
so she boarded a car, hoping that the
conductor would accept her excuses
and her money. He at first refused
point blank. Then he hesitated.
That's where he made a mistake If
he had simply requested her to leave
the car on the ground that the rules of
the road were indirectly violated by
the denominat ton of her legal tender.
all would have been well and good.
But he hesitated. A dangerous glitter
and at the first opportunity halted the
car and rushed into a bank, whence he
emerged with $40 in pennies. Another
stop at another bank realized $40 more
in the smallest of Uncle Sans coins,
and then the conductor handed the
/ 1895 pennies to the unfortunate patron.
She did not finch. "I'll have to count
them," was all she said. and set to
work. When the car reachedsthe end
of the line she was still counting. When
they turned and started back she hadn't
finished Then the conductor came for
ward. "I'll have to trouble you for an
other fare" he said. Her lips moved
as she counted, and she only shook her
head. When she got TO good breaking
off place she looked up. 81 am not on
this car as an ordinary passenger" she
said: II am simply verifying the
amount of change you gave me when
l was passenger. When l am through
with the verification l will leave the
car and not before. Sixteen hundred
and two. three" But the conductor
broke in. He lost his temper. She
must pay her fare or get off.
sixteen hundred and four. five. six"
was all the answer he received. And
so he put her off, pennies and all. And
now she's suing the road for hand
some sum and seems to stand an ex-
cellent show for getting it.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
Rilrs PAYABLE in Rus.ia.

The year 1900 not being a leap year in
the Gregorian calendar, while it is so
in the Julian mode of reckoning, the
old style in Russia will, as from March
l next, be thirteen Gays behind the new
style. This is point of the utmost i'm
portance in regard to bills payable in
Russia. Indeed, it happens very often
that bills drawn upon Russia bear both
dates, and the slightest error is suffi-
cient to render void g. protest of
such bills, as the courts are very strict
about these matters. 1t is, therefore,
inadvisable to mention the old style in
any such documents. The latter date
is quite unnecessary, as Russian COM
mercial law provides that bills from
abroad shall be payable according to
the new style, which is followed by
nearly all the countries of Europe
London Financial News.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
FISH SCALES AS ORNAMENTS.
Are Made Into Imitation Pearls by a
French Chemist

French Chemist.
Who but a Frenchman would have
conceived the idea of utilizing fish
scales for purposes of ornament? These
scales hitherto have been of little use.
except to collectors of marine curios.
OF course, the demand in this direction
is limited, only certain exceptionally
fine or rare scales being sought after.
Now, owing to the discovery of a
French chemist in Lyons, there is like
ly to be growing market for fish
scales. The Frenchman has discov-
cred how the scales may be used in the
manufacture of artificial pearls and
other ornaments. In fact, the demand
has been SO great for them in Lyons
that the supply is absolutely made
quate. Mr.. Covert. United States con-
sui at Lyons. has interested himself
in the matter, and finds out that there
is an actual demand for large quanti-
ties of sacels in his consulate, where
good prices are paid for them. He has
even deemed the innovation Of suffici-
ent Importance to form the subject of a
report to his government, in which he
gives directions as to how the scales
should be transported. He says:
1.-THE scales should be sprinkled with
salt as soon as they are removed from
the fish and packed in cans. Any speci-
mems sent to this consulate will receive
careful examination, and the results,
with any suggestions that may be
made and particulars of prices offered,
will be duly reported. 1t Is believed in
Lyons that the sale Of these scales may
result in establishing an important
business in an article that now has no
commercial value"
Owing to the fact that the American
sturgeon has the most beautiful and
largest scales of almost any fish in the
world this item may have considerable
interest to fishermen where the largest
quantities of this huge fish are now
captured.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
His Blur Was Seen

He reviled the town in which he
lived and did business, and now Ed
ward Webb. a young boot and shoe
dealer of Hopkins, Mo-, has become a
wanderer upon the face of the earth for
year. 1t came about by Webb ridi-
culing Hopkins as place of business,
saying he would leave the town and
stay away for $5. The sum was quick
ly raised, and rather than show the
white feather Webb accepted the
money. signed contract and bid fare
well to his relatives. his business and
the town. He cannot return within a
year without forfeiting large sum of
money, death or sickness in his family
being no excuse for the breaking Of
the contract.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
Studying the American rw.ne

Our American twang is a subject
which has recently been occupying the
attention of the Laryngoiogical Socie-
ty. After considerable research it has
been established that the cause OF the
twang is not climatic, nor is 1t the re.
suit of the nasal catarrh and affection
of the larynx, which are SO common In
America, though these may be caused
by the twang. The most probable the
ory is that the twang is the result of
carelessness on the part of Americans
in adopting the nasal sounds of the
French settlers and the gutturals of the
Dutch and Germans. At any rate, it is
possible to cure it.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30

combination of guns and men that is only
employed when it is considered by COM
petent military authority that the final
stages in a war are being approached.
The material of the siege train which
recently arrived at the Cape is composed
chiefly of howitzers. Altogether about
thirty of these pieces of ordnance are
being employed, supplemented by a num-
ber of 4.7-inch and 4-inch ordinary
breech-loadfng guns. Owing to the ex-
tremely solid manner in which they are
constructed. the guns forming the arma-
ment of siege train are extremely
heavy. Thus. when limbered up. the
6-inch howitzer alone weighs nearly four
and half tons in draught. Then. in ad-
dition to the pieces themselves, train
must be provided with vast quantity of
artillery stores of all descriptions, as well
as with ammunition to the extent of 500
rounds per gun. 1t will. therefore. read
lily be understood that the task of moving
siege train up country is in no sense Of
the term light one.
A curious point in connection with a
howitzer weapon is that it is fred at a
remarkably high elevation. This, in
great measure, is owing to the fact that
it's comparatively low muzzle velocity
makes it's shell follow a curved path as it
travels through the air. The circdm-
stance, however, is rather an advantage
than otherwise, for it insures a particu-
larly steep angle of descent. thus mate
rally contributing to increased effective
ness at the moment of impact. Another
and even greater benefit arising from this
well-marked trajectory of howitzer pro-
jectile consists in the fact that it en-
ables the gun to be worked altogether
under cover of ground. Indeed. thanks
to most ingenious range-fnding instru
ment that is used with these pieces, it is
practically unnecessary that the object
aimed at should be in view when a round
is being fred.
In connection with the employment Of
a siege train, it is rather curious to note
that, despite the vast amount of warfare
in which Britain has been engaged of re-
cent years, this is the first occasion on
which such an ''article of war" has been
used since the days of the Crimean CAM
paigp.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30

shirt of mail that weighs less than
twelve pounds that can readily be worn
beneath the coat, which is impervious
to every attack except that of the COM
position bullet. His product is having
a large sale and is likely to be more
widely used as it becomes better
known.
1t is composed of small steel rings
linked together so finely that even the
poirt of pin cannot penetrate through
them. At the same time they are so
flexible that they can be worn without
the slightest discomfort.
They cover the entire breast and back
from the neck to the thighs and ex-
tend down the arm to the elbow. Thus
it will protect anyone from an attack
of dagger or sword in every vulnerable
place. Its svalue as a protection against
assassination is evident
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
ACUTE SENSES OF THE SAVAGE
Scientific View of Their Alleged SUI
periority to Civilized Men.

Scientific View of Their Alleged SUI
periority to Civilized Men.
In his last lecture on the Senses of
Primitive Man." w. Fl. r. Rivers dis
cussed the acuteness of hearing in saw
ages. In this respect none of the Torres
Straits natives were superior to one
of the Europeans composing the expe-
dition, while the majority were in
ferior. No great weight, however.
could be attached to the observations,
because all the people were divers-an
occupation that certainly damaged the
ears to some extent. 10 investigate
their range of hearing a Cations
whistle was used. and it was shown
that they could hear very high notes.
Their sense of smell was tested by
means of series of tubes containing
solutions, of varying strength, of odor-
GUS substances like yalerian and cam
phor, and the results. while not alto
gether satisfactory, tended to show
they had no marked superiority in this
respect over the members of the eXpe-
dition. With regard to taste it was very
difficult to get information, as the ma
tives, naturally enough, did not like
strange objects being put into Their
mouths. One fact, however. was no.
ticed, which was interesting when it
was remembered that sweet and bitter
were probably our most definite taste
sensations, and that was the complete
absence of any word for bitter. For the
sense of temperature the data were
very scanty, but it was found that the
natives had points on their skin special
ly sensitive to cold, exactly as was the
case with Europeans.
AS to touch, when tested to see how
close the points of pair Of compasses
must be put on the skin before they
ceased to be felt as two. their sensitive
ness was In general better than Euro
peans, but there was always the doubt
whether they were really able to bear
conclusion that the Murray islanders
were distinctly less sensitive than the
Europeans in the expedition was sup
ported not only by their subjective
statements, but also by object tests de-
pending on the condition of the blood
pressure. In the discrimination of
weight 1t was curious that these ma
tives, who had no abstract idea of
weight and no word to express it. and
who, moreover, could have had no
practice, were more accurate than a
practiced European. Finally DR.. Riv
ers, while commenting on the defective
knowledge of some Of the senses he had
treated and on the absence of compara-
tive data, concluded that in general the
sense organs of the savage were not
markedly superior to those of the nor
NAL of average European, and that the
recorded instances of apparent extra
ordinary acuteness were to be explain
ed by his habits of observation and spe-
cialized knowledge.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
Are You Married Yet?'


I Impossible! There is nothing for 1t but
instant ignominious flight. Down the
corridor she goes and seeks refuge in
the cloakroom; here she is safe, though
every step passing the door makes her
shiver.
She avoids the usual gossip in Mills
room that night, and goes straight to
bed. Next morning, when Mills maid
takes up her breakfast, little note
lies on the tray:
"Dear Mill: Don't be angry; am so
anxious about Grundy. and have gone
to Join her. We shall wander about
for a few weeks, and revisit our favor
ite hydro haunts. 1 will write soon.
Be sure and forgive. Your ever loving
CORA"
Ill.
The sea is dotted with small boats,
and the spa at Scarborough Is alive
with spectators. The gardens are
aIight with fireworks, whirring wheels
and many-colored showers Of sparks
fill the air.
There is terrified scream. A large
rocket has fallen short. 1t drops into
one of the little boats and explodes
with crash. An old lady in the stern
of the boat starts to her feet. The
little cockleshell quivers, lurches, and
in a moment her occupants are strug-
Cling in the chilly water.
The boatman has grasped the old
lady firmly by the arm and has her safe
in tow, but the other-Cora-is gasping
in the dark silent water, while the
sparks of the rocket have caught and
set fire to her flmy summer gown.
Through fire and water" she thinks
with q little shiver. els this what it
meansY' Then a strong arm Is thrown
around her; she is for a moment SUBJ
merged to quench the flames, then she
rises to the surface and remembers no
more.
When she wakes to consciousness she
is on the sofa in their own rooms. A
doctor is bandaging her arm and hurt
ing her horribly all the time. Her dress
is burned and torn, and wrapped
around her shoulders is light tweed
coat.
Two days pass by, and Cora is recov-
ering from her accident. The rocket
had burst close to her arm, infiicting an
ugly wound, but in spite of the doctors
orders for "quiet and bed' she is lying
by the open window of the drawing
room looking out over the sea. 1t is
many months now since that ball at
Glengof Castle, and, though she and
Mill have met often since then, the
subject of her flight has never been
mentioned between them.
A firm step crosses the room and the
girl raises her eyes.
<"Youw she exclaimed concisely,
while the hot color foods her brow.
"Who else should it be?" says Ivan
Carlyon, calmly seating himself by her
side.
"But was 1t you who-saved me?"
she says in an awestruck whisper.
Cora" he says, taking her hand,
"why did you run away"
She makes no answer, but her fingers
tremble in his grasp.
"What a tiny little hand! I remem-
Der when you first laid it on my sleeve,
thought 1t the prettiest had ever
seen. Cora, ask me that question again,
4 say, are you"
"Don'tr she breaks in. "How can
you?'
Because 1 want to show you how
well / know the answer" he says.
No, I'm waiting for you.' Shall
have to wait long, Cora?'
She raised two shy eyes.
my darlingv And in a moment she
is in his arms, and he is kissing again
and again her sweet, trembling lips!
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
New Use for a Wife.

Queer things occasionally happen
down in Maine. The papers there now
are telling how well-known woman
in Sabattis. while skating on the pond,
fell through the ice and when her hus-
band pulled her out she found a trout
caught in the wire meshes of her bus
tie, which had served as a kind of life
preserver. Her husband, greatly
pleased, requested her to go back into
the water and be ''set over again." as
he said, but she declined the PROPOSE
tion.-Boston Globe.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
As She Remembered.

Little Bessie's mother sent her to her
fathers office one afternoon to find out
when he would set out for home. In
answer to her query the father repIied:
Il shall start, my dear, just as soon as
l have filed these papers,"
Mamma" said Bessie, as she enter
ed the house, papa will leave for home
just as soon as he has sawed his pa
ers."-Baltimore Herald.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
MAKES CHAIN ARMoR SHIRTS.

An Old Industry Revived by an En-
glish Manufacturer.
Owing to the cleverness of Sheffield
manufacturer the ancient custom of
wearing chain and mail is likely to be
revived. The abandonment of the coat
of-mail was due to the superior pierre
ing ability of the modern missile, which
rendered the coat useless for ordinary
purposes of protection. Moreover, its
unwieldiness made it worthless as q
protection against tie attack of steel.
Now, however, the cleverness of a
Sheffield manufacturer has produced a
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
The Responsibilitv.

Mr.. Grumps-The Ladies' Journal
says a woman should make herself as
attractive to her husband after mar
riage as she did before.
Mrs. Grumps-Huh! My father al
ways gave me plenty of money to make
myself attractive with. You DON'T
New York Weekly.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
Mora Eficaciou, cham or.

Nets are now to be tried as a means
of lessening the motion and force of
sea waves. They are foated on the
surface of the water by an invention
of Baron D'Alesandro and are said to
be more efficacious than oil when used
for the same purpose.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
kIPLING MET HIS MATCH.

London Publishers Became Sarcastic
Over Bill for Three Pence.
An amusing correspondence on a
small matter recently passed between
Rudyard Kipling and London firm of
publishers. There arrived, care of this
firm. which deals extensively in Amer
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
Makine cigars Out OF Paper

Americans are producing paper ci-
gars as an article of commerce, and,
what is more, are being backed up by
connoisseurs Of the fragrant weed. The
cigars are prepared from sheets of pa
per which have been soaked in tobacco
juice and then pressed and cut into the
requisite shape by means of specially
constructed machinery.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
A Varying Population

New Jersey has sliding population
OF the 100000 (estimated) souls there
are that many within the borders at
night; at noon there are 100000. The
other 100000 are at work or are en-
gagged in shopping in New York and
III
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
Roardine a Horse .t sea.

A horse on board ship eats ten pounds
of hay. five pounds of oats, five pounds
of bran and one-half ounce of nitre.
His drinking allowance is half gill Of
vinegar and eight gallons of water.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30

When man gets $50 month, the
girls figure that after paying $25 for
board, he ought to have $25 left to
spend on the girls.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
Acc No R.r on Dinlom.,.

There is a movement on foot among
foreign powers to do away with the
Limitation Of age of ambassadors, maxi
ing the tenure of Office depend solely
upon a mans capabilities.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30

When man takes the privilege of
looking around his home, his women
folks say that it is to find something to
grumble about,
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30

No man should give up smoking his
two cigars day; 1t gives his wife such
an excuse for extrayagance.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30
Will Speak No English.

Since the visit of Sir Henry Loeb to
Pretoria, in 1898, the Transvaal Presi-
dent has positively refused to utter one
word of English.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30

AS usual thing, the parties to a
love affair say Farewell Forever six
times in three weekA -
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30

A woman is glad afterward when she
refrained from saying something mean,
but man is sorry that he didn't say Il,
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30

The bigger the man, the more charity
there will be for you IL you hit him.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30

There is one advantage in being old {:
the old are never as hungry as the
young.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30

The individual who repeats slandes
stamps it with his approval.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-30

London NJ. A. P.
Cochise review., 1900-11-15
PEAT Is A POPULAR FUEL.
TAs MAglish People FiAd 1t ChsaDer Healthier and Cleaner
 Than Coal.

PoatS beats coal. In open fireplaces where . steady heat and not a crack ling blaze is wanted the old-fa shioned bog blocks have merits not to be found in the best Wallsends. They are cheap CT. healthier and give less trouble, says the London Daily Mail.
 This does not mean that you can shut up your coal cellar, throw away your scuttle and boycott the coal merchant. The Durham and South Wales coal kings. are still going to have dominion over uS, but . timely use of peat may materially lesaen the coming winters coal bills.
 Unfortunately, the bog owners and peat merchants have missed great op- portunity. There are enormous depos- its available, especially in The north and in Ireland, deposits that only want digging and drying to make the finest fuel. But they must be dug and dried in the early summer. Autumn will soon be here, and no extra supplies have been prepared. The few peat merchants are already finding themselves flooded with orders which they will soon not know how to execute
 A considerable amount of peat is al ready burned ia London, especially in the West End. People, after tours in Ireland or Scotland. get to love the fresh, earthly smell of the burning moss. and take care to secure supplies. Some doctors are fond Of ordering it in place of coal, especially in the case of patients where quietness is an essen tial You can make up your peat fire early in the morning or last thing at night by arranging half dozen blocks, and then go away, knowing that it will keep burning for eight or ten hours to come.
Cochise review., 1900-11-15
TROUBLE WITH DOCUMENTS.
ovsRStOeksd with ola Books and Papers.

What so destroy and what to save in the way of old documents, newspapers and other publications, has become a question requiring most serious thought One of the committees of congress bears this peculiar title: Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments, l" and another: Examination and Disposition of Doe uments." The names of the commit tees suggest their duties, says Youths Companion.
 Not only public officers, but the di- rectors of libraries and museums, to say nothing of private collectors; are often puzzled by the accumulation of matter issuing from modern printing presses. A bill was recently intro duced in parliament to enable thetrus- tees of the British museum to distrib- ute or destroy "valuelsSs printed mat ter in their possession"
 To this proposal a ShAkespearean scholar of prominence objected, He argued that no one could discriminate between what may be valuable and what Valuelsss for the historical in- vestigator of the future Who knows but that the trade circular, the counr try newspaper or the street sopg may throw most important light several hundred years hence upon some moot ed question of our present life?
 This discussion has an interest 10 . wider circle than librarians and public officers. The man who attempts nc collection of books or papers is com peled to choose each day what dispo- siuon he shall make of the knowledge that comes to him; for the human brain and memory are storehouses of limited dimensions, and time is short. To learn what to lay up in memory, what to omit and what to disregard M an important part of all education.