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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
FREAKS IN LUNCH ORDERS.

waiter Calls Attention to the Infita.
tive Habit Among Patrons.
One OF the amusing things to be no.
ticed at the lunch counters is the habit
of imitation. If the man on the end
studies the. bill of fare and then orders
ham sandwich, pumpkin pie, 8 I
glass of milk, all his neighbors are like
ly to duplicate his order and soon there
will be a whole row eating exactly the
same things. Sometimes this similar
fty of appetite causes serious embar-
rassment. This is Invariably the case
If the occupants of the high chairs shift
about the same time and the men on the
end have numerous chances to set ex-
amples for twenty or thirty patrons
Then the pumpkin pie or sandwiches
are sure to give out before the noon
hour is past
Its funny how lazy people are" said
one of the walters at a downtown
lunch place. "There are lots of men
who won't look at bill of fare and
they just stare over the counter and
ask for anything that comes into their
heads, if they don't happen to see an
other fellow eating just what they
want. If we have something sort of
out of the ordinary, like fried oysters,
something that can be written on the
card in ink so it will make a good i'm
preston on the public, it's losing in
vestment if the fellow on the end near
the door happens to pick it out Then
every one that passes him sees the oys-
ters and soon there is a regular chorus
of yells of oysters. There amt a pa
tron that wants corn beef hash or cold
tongue.
"People are just like sheep or geese.
They like to follow leader if it's in
nothing but eating. I've seen big
worded articles about thoughts and
ideas being catching or contagious. Any
philosopher who has chance to wait
on a lunch counter would believe in
that there theory. Ideas is as catch
ing as the measles and don't you for
get it."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
UPON A cATARAcTs BRINK.

| Thrilling Experience of a Voyager on
the Ottawa River.
The horrible experiences Of one wht
has been swept away by some merci
less current and finds himself at las
at the brink of cataract may possibly
be imagined, but there are few who
survive to relate to us the particulars OF
such an ordeal. Yet there is one in
very edge of the falls.
There are few more imposing bits o,
scenery in Canada than where the OF
tawa River pours laundering and foam
ing over the Chaudiere Falls. Whel
the water in the river is low, as it il.
in autumn, there is a fall of about forty
feet, but when the river is swollen BY
melting SHOWS in the spring the ap
parent depth of the fall is lessened. Al
any time the rush and swirl of the
great river over this ledge of rock is a
sight worth seeing.
In some places the water pours over
In a dense and irresistible volume, while
at other points shallow stream will
spray itself over higher table of rock.
On the upper Ottawa are foated
booms of logs which feed the large
lumber Industries of that region. Han
ding these wet logs is a treacherous
business, and 1t is easy to lose ones
foothold and fall into the swift stream
Accidents of this kind occur frequent.
ly. The only case that did not have a
fatal termination is the one referred to
here.
The man was busy forking these logs
with those sharp tongs used to swing
them about and draw them In, when
he missed his footing and fell into the
river. Though strong swimmer. he
could not withstand the current and
was swept out into the stream and on
toward the falls. Nearing the falls, he
found himself still conscious, and it
happened that he was being foated
over one of those tables of rock where
the water was so shallow that he felt
himself touch. He struggled to regain
his feet, and was successful in so do
ing, SO that he found himself standing
in, perhaps, foot of rushing water, at
the brink of the cataract, a great cur.
rent surging by him on every hand.
But 1t seemed hopeless. He saw nc
way of getting to shore, and no one
from the shore could get to him. Many
people on the banks of the river were
watching him and trying to study out
some plan to save him. Finally large
derrick was brought to bear, such as is
used in building operations. A great
arm with ropes was swung out over
the current, and when the man had
fastened himself securely with the
ropes he was raised up high and swung
in, just as large stone would be raised
in constructing building.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
RAFTERs OF LIVING GREEN.

Description In "Eben HoldenO of a
Day in the CornfieId.
We climbed the wall as he ate, and
buried ourselves in the deep corn. The
fragrant, silky tassels brushed my face
and the corn hissed at our intrusion,
crossing it's green sabers in our path.
Far in the field my companion heaped
little of the soft earth for pillow,
spread the oilcloth between rows, and
as we lay down drew the big shawl
over us. Uncle Eb was tired after the
toll of that night and went asleep al
most as soon as he was down. Before
l dropped off Fred came and licked my
face and stepped over me, his tail
wagging for leave, and curled upon the
shawl at my feet. l could see no sky In
going to bed in the morning seemed
foolish business to me that day and
lay long time looking up at the rus
tling canopy overhead. remember list
ening to the waves that came whisper
ing out of the further field, nearer and
nearer, until they swept over US with
a roaring splash Of leaves, like that OF
water flooding among rocks, as have
heard it often. A twinge of homesick-
| ness came to me and the snoring of
Uncle Eb. gave me no comfort re-
member covering my head and crying
softly as thought of those who had
gone away and whom / was to meet
in a far country, called heaven, whittier
we were going. l forgot my sorrow
finally in sleep. When 1 awoke it had
grown dusk under the corn. / felt for
Uncle Eb and he was gone. Then l
called to him.
Flush, boy! lie low!" he whispered,
bending over me, sharp look in his
eye. "'Fraid they're after u.s."
He sat kneeling beside me, holding
Fred by the collar and listening. could
hear voices, the rustic of the corn and
the tramp Of feet near by. 1t was thun-
dering in the distance-that heavy,
shaking thunder that seems to take
hold of the earth, and there were
sounds in the corn like the drawing Of
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14

him, but he would hold himself engaged
to her, and some day when the senior
partner dropped off, do wish," petu-
lantly, you wouldn't mutter like that"
l groveled.
Where was I?' demanded Ishbel.
"Oh, well, then they said good-by, you
know, and she was perfectly miserable
If you look so horribly cross shall
send you home-oh, dreadfully miser-
able. She felt that she didn't care a
straw about other men, and there were
she said there were some very nice
men in the steamer coming home, too.
Balls and parties had no attraction for
her, and fancy, for ever so long she
oh, it was horrid. She only lived for
his letters-and somehow they-well,
they were not exactly satisfactory.
She supposed 1t was because he was SO
very honorable, and they were not real
ly engaged, you know. But one day
she thought 1t all over and decided that
sort of thing would have to come to an
end. She knew she would never be
happy for a moment till he came out,
as she knew he would some day, to
claim her, but she made up her mind
to stop thinking about him as much as
possible and try to seem happy, no mat
ter how perfectly miserable she was in
reality. The idea was, you see-I think
she got it out Of poem-to lock his
image up in her heart"
81 see," said l. "And how. did it
work?"
"It worked very WELL" said Ishbel,
refectively. "She knew she was
wreached, but she didn't allow herself
to thing about it"
"And what happened" asked brisk
ly.
"Well, after three years he came"
"Oh, he did?
"Of course" said Ishbel sharply. i'Did
you imagine he didn't?''
coughed. "And she unlocked her
heart"
eyes," said Ishbel.
"And the image
ITS very odd thing replied Ishbel,
slowly, "but it wasn't there"
caughed again. "Was her heart
did she find the receptacle-er-empty p
/ asked.
''She didn't tell me that" said Ish-
bel. We walked on. $50 that" 1 re-
marked, presently, twas the reason |
why that long-legged English fel-
low"
But you promised" cried Ishbel-
Boston Post.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
THE POINT OF VIEW.


Things Appear Differently to Different
Eyes.
One of the essential things for one
that would influence others is the abil-
Ity to see things as they look to those
whom he addresses A lack of this
ability has been responsible for the
failure of many persons that would
otherwise have been successful as
teachers. missionaries, lawyers before
juries, and even orators and statesmen.
Striking illustrations of the different
aspects things wear in the eyes of diff
ferent people are constantly coming to
light
A party of American travellers, jour
neying leisurely up the Nile, expressed
desire to celebrate Washington's s
birthday in some appropriate manner.
Their chief accordingly prepared a
great frosted cake, upon which he ex-
ecuted in confectionery a representa-
ton of George Washington. after hav-
ing familiarized himself with the life
and achievements of his subject.
AS represented in sugar, Washington
wore turban on his head and a great
sash across his breast; he was smok-
ing long pipe, and before him some
dancing girls were performing. This
was the way the greatness of George
Washington looked to the Arab chef.
In China, that land of strange con-
trasts, many amusing instances of
similar kind may be found. "Pilgrim's
Progress" as recently translated and
illustrated by native artists. shows
Christian with long pigtail, the dun
geon of Giant Despair as the familiar
wooden cage of Chinese criminals,
while the angels are arrayed in the
latest productions of Pekin dressmak-
ers.
A Chinese publication describes
Americans as living for months with
out eating mouthfM of rice" and new
er enjoying themselves "by sitting
quietly on their ancestors graves"
but instead, jumping around and kick
ing ball as if paid for it.
How does this thing look to the
Turk, the Chinaman, the Boer, the
Englishman, the northerner, the south
erner Is the question that we should
answer. in any controversy, before be-
coming too sure of our own position.
All the world does not look through
the same spectacles.-St. Louis Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
Work and Atmosphere,

During the building of railroad in
Switzerland, at an altitude of ten thou
sand feet, the discovery has been made
that the atmosphere is so rarified that
men employed upon the work cannot
continue their labors for half so long a
time as is possible when working in
lower atmosphere. The cold also NAV
have something to do with 1t, for, a 3
every one knows, the atmosphere be
comes colder and colder the greater dis
tance it is above the surface of the
earth. Were it not for the atmosphere.
indeed, the ordinary temperature of the
world would be below zero to the ex
tent of three hundred degrees Fahren-
heit.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
A Walk with Ishbel.

- DON'T mind talking to you, you
know" said Ishbel-she insists on
q being spelled that way-"because
you are not stupid boy and you have
a nice detached point of view, but you
must promise when 1 tell you things
not to imagine l mean myself"
How could imagine you thing?''
/ asked reproachfully.
'You know what l mean,' said Ish-
bel with severity. when | was quite
young" she pursued-she is 22-"I used
to fancy that authors put themselves
into their stories. Now / know they
never do"
We'll. am not quite young" said
Grossly. go on"
But you didn't promise"
II promised"
Ishbel adjusted her hatpin. "Once
there was a girl" she began, "who at
the age of II was sent to England to
visit her fathers people. That's rather
a nice beginning, isn't it?" she inter-
rupted herself 'It sounds as if it
might be print. Do you think If you
saw a story with a beginning like that
you would read it?''
"CandidlyY l inquired.
"Of course"
81 don't think l should"
There was a dangerous glitter in her
eye.
But" / fastened to add, "readine a
story is very different to have you tell
it, you know. / could listen to You for
thousand years"
She was mollified. at won't take
that long," she assured me with smile.
There is no word for her smile but de-
licious.
do go on" said. did she like
the peopleP
"Weti, some of them," doubtfuIly.
"You see they were English and she
was an American"
YES"
''And-and young, they bullied her
little. The next time," with animation,
Il mean, when we go over, ! don't
think they'll bully me-"
81 don't fancy they will"
"And so you see she didn't have as
good a time as she might exactly. But
Sne QlQ nave lOFe dudlr.
..Oh," said 1.
sYes," said Ishbel. 'sHe was sort of
distant connection of hers, lawyer
what they call over there a solicitor,
you know. He-she said he was very
much in love-and so was she.'
"Confound'-I began.
81 beg your pardon" said Ishbel.
81 meaut." said. sternly, ''it is very
wrong of deterimentals to make love to
girls
st is," agreed Ishbel. "But he was
very-oh, very honorable. Things had
gone, well, they had gone rather far,
you know, but the week before she
sailed. when he proposed-at least he
didn't exactly propose, but he told her
he had only 800 year, and that, of
course it was out of the question in
England to marry on that, and he
couldn't bear the idea of hampering her
with a long engagement and-what did
you say?"
"Oh, nothing"
"Are you sure? You put me out.
Well, he said she mustn't be engaged TO
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
Domestic Arts,

In France. Germany, Belgium and
Holland girls are drilled from the era
die in every branch of the domestic
arts. A French or German mafd-of- all
work is household treasure-just be-
cause she has been taught her busi-
ness. Cooking and housework do not
come naturally. We don't expect
carpenter or plumber to learn his trade
by instinct, but we expect miracles in
our kitchens, and we ask Ann to per-
form duties she has never been taught.
There is plenty of capacity in the
working girl. but she needs to be help
ed and technically trained in domestic
arts and crafts
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
A Tame GuII.

Vincent S. Stevens, in the Christian
Advocate, says that birds do not be-
come tame nearly so readily as most
other animals, and then relates the
story of an exception which he noticed
when living in the coast country.
Looking over my neighbor's fence one
day, l was surprised to see on his door
step these queer companions: A beauti-
full white sea gull and my neighbours
pet cat, sitting quietly together.
Becoming interested, l jumped the
fence, and asked Jones about his feath-
cred pet. He told me that some boys
had shot the gull a-few days before
and broken it's wing, and as they were
passing his house he noticed the poor
suffering thing and bought it. He
bandaged the broken wing, and the
gull, seeming to understand his kind
intention, became quite tame and
nestled its pretty head against his
hand.
Jones entertained me by showing how
the gull usually took its meals. Bring
ing plate of oysters and a fork, he
called: "Goosey, goosey, gooseyv and
the bird came running to him. Then
he held out an oyster on the fork, and
the gull seized it quickly with its yell
low bill and ate it as demurely as if
oysters had been served to it in this
way all its days.
The oldest thing occurred one day
when my neighbor gave the gull some
small pieces of meat for dinner. He
placed the meat on the ground near the
gull, but the gull, espying a pan of wa
ter near by, took the meat piece by
piece, and walking over, dropped it into
the water. Then, true to its nature, it
began fishing for its dinner.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
Honeric.

The following very little classic
comes from Cornhill:
A few years since two gentlemen,
each bearing the surname of Homer,
not an unusual one in Dorset, contest
ed a county division, and at public
meeting one of them, feeling suddenly
unwell, had to retire, when local hu-
morist, on his opponents side, re-
marked:
.Homer's Odd, I see''
.Homer's Ill, I addw promptly re-
joined an adherent.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
Happy Retort.

"Now, don't gimme any song about
misfortune an wantin' to be hard
worker N all that" said the hard-faced
lady. 81 can see right through you"
"Gee" said Dismal Dawson. 81
knowed 1 amt had nothin' to eat for
three days, but 1 didn't know it had
thinned me down like that. t."-Indian-
apolis Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
FavorahIe Charce.

Rudolph-If should ask old Bullions
for his daughters hand what do you
think of my chances?
Harold-Very fair. You have youth,
health and good constitution and
should pull through with careful nurs-
lng.-Puck.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
Looking for Bargains.

Mrs. Bargainhunter seems to be
dreadfully worried about the health of
her Children
why, they looked to me exception
ally strong and well.''
eyes; that's what worries her. A cut
rate drugstore has just opened in the
neighborhood, and she's crazy for an
they have" Chicago Times-Herald
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
The Open Door.
The Empress Dowager trembled with

The Empress Dowager trembled with
rage.
'.Shut the door!'' she shrieked, be
slowing a terrible look upon the Chris
tian powers. Don't you see you're let
ting in about a million flies 2"
Her majesty's strenuous resistance to
the inevitable is thus shown to proceed
upon the promptings Of her basic fem
ininity, and is hereupon mystery no
longer.-Detroft Journal.
To believe that task is impossible
is to make it so.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
He Had If.

''The fact is" said the fat man, 81
married because was lonely as much
as for any other reason. To put it
tersely, married for sympathy"
WELL" said the lean man, you have
ne."-New York World.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
Wornan,s Rights.

Stox-Do you believe in women hay-
ing the same rights as men?
Stuggs-Yes, l do. There was one
stood in front of where sat in car
to-day and tramped all over my feet,
and IL she'd been man would have
hit her one, sure.-Detroit Free Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
Tn the WronrCIass,

Mrs. Pheedem's boarders seem to be
nearly all students who belong to the
normal Glass; ~
Eyes, but she tells me that their appe-
tites are abnormal
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
A congenia1 Fellow.

Blobbs = What companionabIe
young fellow young Bjones is.
Slobbs-Yes; he frankly acknowl-
edges that he doesn't know anything
about politics, religion or golf-Phila-
delphia Record.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
A Famous Vine.

Everybody has heard of the famous
grapevine now one hundred and thirty
two years old at Hampton Court. Its
roots are popularity supposed to extend
as far as and under the Thames, which
is nearly four hundred yards away. A
visitor was actually heard the other
day telling his friends quite seriously
that the roots of the vine reached as
far as Ditton, on the other side of the
river, mile OF more away, and the
same person asserted that the annual
crop consisted of three thousand
punches of grapes. AS matter of
fact, the roots of the vine have been
found at distance of about twenty
five yards from the main stem, and, al
though every year the vine Shows
about three thousand buncbes only
twelve hundred are allowed to remain.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
An Admirer of Honesty.

AN AumIrer OF HOne6ty.
Eyes, SIR" said Farmer Corntossel,
"if there's anything l do like an ad-
mire, it's an honest man. An that's
why I'm so proud of our new neighbor
down the road a piece. Eff there ever
was an honest man he's one"
"Are you sure he's honest?''
Certainly; one of these frank, gener-
GUS, sincere kind"
"How do you know?'
Traded horses with him day before
yesterday, an l reckon 1 got at least
sixty dollars the best of him.
Washington Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
An Injustice,

''The fact that you were disguised
makes the case against you very dark, :"
said the magistrate to the prisoner.
your honor" replied the prisoner,
courteeusly, you do me an injustice.
was not in disguise. I was merely
travelling ncog."-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14

Parson-Why, Johnnie, I'm sorry to
see you stealing. 1 shall report the
matter to your father.
Johnnie-I'm sorry, too, parson, but
now I'm caught I'll divide with ye, if
ye won't tell dad. Come now, what do
ye say?
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
Trust worthy.

'Is he trustworthy patriot?' asked
the earnest citizen.
81 should say so," answered Senator
Sorghum. "a man that can make mon
ey as brilliantly as he can is worthy Of
all the trusts he is able to CONTROL
Washington Star
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
The worlds Highest Chimnev.

Antwerp has the highest chimney in
the world. 1t belongs to the Silver
Works Company and is 40 feet high.
The interior diameter is 25 feet at the
base and II feet at the top.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
Wing Repartee.

The Easy Mark-She said she had
other fish to fry l wonder If she in
sinuated that 1 was a fish?
The Soubrette-Impos All lob
sters are crustaceous.-Chi News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
What Constituted the Insu1t.

- y 10 = VI : = = 'es1 co 1HS I5uHt'
"What did you strike this man forT'
asked the magistrate.
.'He called me Reuben" answered
the shock-headed individual whom the
police had brought in.
''What is your name, anyhow"
.Reuben, your honor-but he didn't
know it."-Chicago Tribune
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
I Many Lines There.

Tellit-To be successful in business a
man must confine himself to one line.
Askit--What if he is palmist st?-BaI-
hmore American.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
The Fickle Thermometer.

"Here, young lady, I've 'brung back
this thermometer you sold me-"
whats the matter with it?"
'It amt reliable. One time We look
1T it it says one thing, and the next time
It says another"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
Child Workers in Europe.

Switzerland allows no child under IA
years to become a wage Garner. the age
1T which, under the English factory
law, he ceases to be child and is rank
ed as young person." English boys
of II years of age may still work in
the mines for fifty-four hours week.
which is longer than the hours for men
in the mines of Northumberland and
Durham, England.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14

"Oi burnt me hand terribly bad"
"How did yez do itY'
"Sure and Oh put me hand in tn
wather to see if it was bilin'."
"And was it,"
No, frazin'."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-14
Reconsidered.

He-You need not fear shall do
nothing desperate just because you
have esrefused me.
Then, darling, repent. 1t was only
the thought that you might do some
thing romantic that made me refuse
ou."-Life.