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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
Near Enough.

eGot that job O. cards done fur Doc
PillemY asked the Jayville editor.
..Yes, it's DONE" replied his foreman.
"Joey made a leetle mistake a-settin'
1t up. Mebbe doc'll kick, but reckon
it amt so fur wrong"
'What is it?"
"Joey made it Prescriptions Careful
lv Confounded.' .'"-Philadelphia Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
A Discerning Woman.

"Oh, yes," said young Mr.. Blackstone,
.sI have been admitted to the bar, but
am not practicing regularly at it."
"Indeedr' murmured Miss Gooph, 81
thought you practiced very often"
And the young man wished that he
had not placed SO much reliance in
those cloyes.-Baltimore American.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
Reunited After Awful Experience.

Though separated by the storm and
washed in different directions, all the
members of the Stubbs family at Gal
weston were rescued. Father, mother
and two children were on a floating
roof that broke in pieces. The father,
with one child, went one way. The
mother went another and the remain
ing child went in still third direction.
A day or two later all four were re-
nnited
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
JUST COMMON FOLKS,

If only sweetest bells were rung
How we should miss the minor chimes
IF only grandest poets sung,
There'd be no simple little rhymes;
The modest clinging vine adds grace
To all the forests giant oaks,
And mid earth's mighty is place
To people with just common folks.
Not they the warriors who shall win
Upon the battlefield a name
To sound the awful din;
Not theirs the painters deathless fame;
Not theirs the poets muse that rings
The rhythmic gift his soul invokes;
Theirs but to do the simple things
That duty gives just common folks.
Fate has not lifted them above
The level Of the human plane;
They share with men a fellow love
In touch with pleasure and with pain.
One great, far-reaching brotherhood,
With common burdens, common yokes,
And common wrongs and common good
Gods army of just common folks.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
Tea in Siberia.

Siberians as rule are not great con-
sumers of lemons, nor do they use them
In tea as much as may be the custom
In Central Russia, cream having come
into general use by the Importation of
condensed milk from the United States,
France and Switzerland.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
In the Darkest South.

"But there was no evidence against
the man who was lynched," protested
the stranger.
mo evidence?' said the citizen.
sWhy, he was as black as the ace Of
spades!-Puck.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
White House Is Rickety.

'In the plan for building new house
for the President elsewhere than on the
present site it has been proposed to
utilize the present mansion for Offices"
writes Col Theodore A. Bingham, q.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
Barter.

81 should Hike to subscribe to your
paper. Would you be willing to take
it out in tradeY
Country Editor-Guess SO; what's
your business?
"Pm the undertaker."-Brook Life
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
Cities that Grow MOST R.n,,,r

The census bulletins confirm tba
truth of the statement that the growing
American cities are those where manu-
featuring can be carried on economi-
cally.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
Guards on European ROYALTY.

Every royal palace in Europe has IT'S
special private police, who, in one guise
or another, are always on the lookout
for suspicious persons.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
An EpitaDh for Ruskin

The London Academy has awarded a
prize of one guinea to J. R. Anderson,
Lairbeck, keswick, for the best in
scription suitable for the proposed me-
dallion Of John Ruskin in Westminster
Abbey. Mr.. Anderson's epitaph is as
follows:
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07

Reported the Lincoln-Douglas debates
Reported the first Lincoln campaign.
War correspondent, the Civil War.
Foreign correspondent of American
newspapers.
Ia 1861 owned New York Evening
Post and Nation.
In 1875 president Oregon Steamship
Company.
Receiver of Kansas Pacific Railroad
Company.
Completed in 1888 the Northern Pacific
Railroad.
President Northern Pacific Railroad
Company.
President Edison General Electric Com
pany.
Chairman in 1889 of the Northern Pa
cific directory
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07

Somehow, it always shocks people to
see woman smile while wearing
mourning.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
He Taught Us
To Hold
In Loving Reverence
Poor Men and Their Work
Great Men and Their Work
God and His Work.
He Taught Us

In connection with this competition it
Is interesting to quote what Ruskin
himself said on epitaphs: 'Take care
that some memorial is kept of men who
deserve memory in distinct statement
on the stone or brass of their tombs,
either that they were true men or ras-
cals-wise men or FOOLS How beauti-
full the variety of sepulchral arehitec-
ture might be, in any extensive place
of burial, If the public would meet the
small expense of thus expressing it's
opinions in verify instructive manner,
and If some Of the tombstones accord
ingly terminated in fools caps. and 9th
ers, instead of crosses and cherubs,
bore engravings of cats-o' '-nine-tails as
typical of the probable methods of en-
tertainment in the next world of the
persons not, it is to be hoped, -reposing
below.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07


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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
English Public BUILDINGS

The public buildings of England alone
are valued st a sum approaching
$1.25O, 100000.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07

Every man works at a lot Of schemes
he knows there Is nothing in.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
MAR.US DALY'S MONEY.

Capital represented by him. .$1OO, 900, ,OOOt
His personal wealth ...... 22,OOO,0OOS
Copper interests represented $4,000, 600
First price paid for his cop
per mine ne............ 35,OOOt
His annual wage roll paid. 100000
His horses cost. .......... 1000, ,ooc;
His works of art cost. $50. 3oO,oOot
His private car cost. ....... 100000
His hotel cost. 100000
His personal living cost per
annum ............... 5,oOUt
His annual income was ap-
nroximateIv " 25lD 600
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07

Many mans originality is due to q
defective memory.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07

The American Is Vulgar.
Eve must all agree that the American
has beyond other men an innate respect
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-13
ADVICE TO AUDITORS.
STATE AUDITOR DUNN ISSUES AN
OFFICIAL CIRCULAR.

State Auditor Dunn has issued a cir
cular to county auditors, instructing
them as to how to treat tracts of land
which We're sold at the recent forfeited
tax sales for taxes delinquent in 1895 and
prior years, when the purchasers refuse
to pay taxes delinquent for years sub
sequent to 1895. In his letter Auditor
Dunn says:
SIN many counties of the state, it is
the practice to take only one tax judg-
ment against real property; subsequent
taxes when delinquent, are merely add
ed to and become part of the original
judgment. The recent forfeited tax sale
included delinquent taxes for 1895 and
prior years. Those tracts sold at the for
feited sale to an actual purchaser, who
has refused or neglected to pay the sub
sequent taxes QS96, 1897, 1898, and 1899
therefore stand on the records without
a Judgment for the taxes that are de-
linquent. The question has arisen how
to treat such tracts to obtain judgment
for the taxes that are delinquent in order
that collection can be enforced In my
opinion. one judgment should be taken
for all the years delinquent
Remember this circular letter refers
only to tracts sold to an actual purchaser
at the forfeited sale, leaving the 1896 and
subsequent taxes unpaid All tracts that
were bid in for the state rest upon the
Judgment already obtained and are not
referred to in this connection
Remember, also, that the penalty of is
per cent only for each year should be
added to the taxes, because interest be-
gins to run from date of entry of iudg-
ment and not before"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-13
TO vACCINATE THE PUPILS.
Scholars Attending Parochial
Soloo1s MT Re Inncnlafod

Scholars Attending ParochiaI
Schools Must BE InOculated.
AS a result of the removal Of small
pox patient from house on jerks street
last week, orders have been issued by
the health department to those in charge
Of the parochial schools to see that all
pupils under their care are vaccinated.
The health office during the past week
has, in consequence, been crowded with
children, and the rush is expected to con-
tinue for the next two weeks. In the
public schools vaccination is compulsory,
but the rule has never been applied to
the parochal schools until now.
When the smallpox patient was located
it was found that several children living
in the house were attending a parochial
school, and, as a precautionary measure,
every child in the school was vaccinated.
The rule was then extended by DR.. Ohage
to take in all the schools. In these
schools there are some 1900 children en-
rolled, so it will be seen that the task
is not a small one. The health officials
expect to personally vaccinate one-half
of this number, while the remainder will
be taken care of by family physicians.
Since Jan 1 the department has vac
cinated 1888 persons, nearly all, of whom
were children.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-13
Helen BAIRD IS DEAD
| SHE SUCCUM8ED TO DISEASE
EARLY YESTERDAY
| MORNING
WAS A BRILLIANT ACTRESS
Death Cut Short a Most Promising
Career ~ Brief Sketch of
Her Life and
Art.

Miss Helen Baird SHOEMAKER died at
St Luke's hospital at o'clock yesterday
morning. The sad ending of her illness
is made all the more pathetic by the SUI
perhuman but futile struggle that the
young woman made to Yanquish the grim
specter.
The history of her illness is a sad one.
She was playing the leading female role
IN The Man From Mexico company
on tour through the West. Early in
November she was taken sick, but re-
fused to surrender to the indisposition,
struggling on with her work, hoping in
time to cast Off the unwelcome inter-
rupter Arriving in Spokane Nov. 20,
she found herself unable to make any
farther attempt at her work and con-
sented to go on to st. Paul a week be-
fore her company and enter hospital
for treatment. She had deceived herself
and friends so we'll that it was believed
that she would be able to join her COM
pany in this city.
But it was not destined that she should
again listen to the artful prevarica tons
or 1.-THE Man. or to the applause of the
pleased auditors beyond the footlights.
The sounds that greeted her ear were
less audible, the nurses silent tread and
physicians. Her face was not again to
be flushed from the execution of the
pretty little Spanish dance at 'The
Mans" return from Mexico. The flush
that mounted her brow was more Grim
son and deadly, the imprint Of Con-
Stunning fever.
Her company came and went. For
days she battled with the relentless dis
ease, time after time lowering at deaths
door and then rallying. But it was use
less. The cold hand of death closed
tighter and tighter until at last the
light had failed. the curtain had fallen
on the last act Of the young actress life
and she had entered upon a larger stage
in the dark beyond.
Helen Baird Shoemaker was
born in New York in 1875. She
was a precocious child, and quite
early in life showed an inclination for
the stage. Not until she was twenty
years old. however, was her ambition
realized. She began her stage career in
vaudeville. Later she played a leading
part with Ada Rehan. After but five
years on the boards she started out this
fall as the leading lady in the MAN
From Mexico company. She was earn
ing an enviable reputation and on fair
way to fame when attacked by her last
illness.
On the stage she was known as Helen
Baird. A sister, known as Brandon
Douglas, is with 1.-The House that Jack
Built" Mrs. Schoonmaker, the girls
mother. has been at the bedside of her
daughter ever since her arrival in ST.
Paul
Mrs. Schoonmaker will accompany her
daughters body to New York, and left
with them last night
There will be no funeral services in
st. Paul Charles Barton, manager of
THE Man From Mexico remained in
st. Paul when the company left, and will
accompany Mrs. Shoemaker as far as
Chicago. Funeral services will be held in
New York Saturday.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-13
ALCOHOL AS A MEDICINE.
DR.. Mary MILESTONE Says 1t Is of No


Use.
DR.. Mary Milestone, we'll known lady
physician of Minneapolis, addressed q
small audience, composed of members of
the Sacred Thirst society at the Cretin
high school last evening.
+. The audience was composed exclusively
Of women, and the lecturers remarks
were devoted to discussing the use of al
cohol In medicine, which, she con-
tended, many physicians were now oppos-
ed to. In support of her argument that
alcohol retarded rather than assisted in
the recovery of those under a physician 8
care Mrs. Wholesome read extensively
from the works of eminent physicians
and authors and Incorporated also con-
siderable of her own experience in the
matter.
In England and in Chicago hospitals
based on the theory that alcohol is not a
medicinal agent, have been established
and the results are most satisfactory
More hospitals, she commended, would
adopt the same plan, but as much of the
money for their support is received from
brewers and wealthy liquor dealers they
refuse to take up the reform, fearing that
this source of revenue would be cut Off
Some people, the lecturer said, rest I'M
der the erroneous impression that little
alcohol acts as stimulant and corrects
many evils in the system, but she fur
nished Illustrations to show that it re-
tards rather than assists.
Like blood-letting,> DR.. MILESTONE said,
the use of alcoholism in medicine was a
thing of the past, and the way to keep
it, so was to insist that all medicines
taken be free from its hlighting effects
In connection with the lecture several
vocal numbers and recitations were given
by members of the society.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-13

present w. E. Lee, Long Prairie; Her
man Schaeffer, st. Paul; F. A. Chamber
lain, Minneapolis; Samuel ElIingson,
of Crookston, and o. E. Hammer, of
Litchfield.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Central
Park M. E. church will hold a holiday
festival and Christmas sale tomorrow aft
ernoon and evening. Lunch will be served
at noon.
The Northwestern Manufacturers' as
ISOLATION holds the first of the winter
series of monthly lunches at the Mer-
chants hotel today at 12:15. Every seat
has been taken.
A meeting of the committee on streets
OF the board of aldernen-wil be held this
afternoon. Street car matters, which in
clude the several ordinances handed in
lately, will be the main business under
consideration.
The committee on streets of the board
of aldermen will meet this afternoon.
The ordinance requiring a more FREQUENT
service on the Rondo street line and the
operation Of the cars going west on Fifth
and Wabasha will be considered
The funeral of Richard Robert McEn-
cry, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs
John McEnery, will be held at $50 O'clock
this morning from the family residence.
409 East Fifth street. The interment will
be at Calvary
The county auditors and treasurers of
Minnesota will meet in court room No.
3, in the court house, this afternoon to
organize for the purpose of securing de-
sired legislation. An effort will be made
to secure the passage of bill increasing
the term of office from two to four years.
Adj. and Mrs. Frazee, who for the
past six months have been in charge
of the local Salvation army corps, will
leave next Monday to take charge of the
army work in Seattle. A special meeting
will be held at 266 East Seventh tomor-
row evening, and the collection will be
applied toward purchasing two tickets
for Seattle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-13
CITY MEWS .

7 The trustees of the soldiers home will
inject at the home at Minnehaha today.
Diphtheria was reported yesterday at
the health office as existing at 122 Arch
and 124 Western avenue.
Acker Relief Corps No. will hold a
regular meeting and annual election of
tof1icers this afternoon at Central hall
A meeting Of the five appraisers, ap-
pointed by the council to fix the value Of
1.-THE proposed market site, will take place
this afternoon.
Gov. Lind yesterday appointed o. NJ
Sldnvik judge of probate for Beltrami
county, and f. H. Doughty municipal
Judge at Lake City.
/ The funeral of Mrs. J.. T. Duffy was
held from st. Mary,s Catholic church at
8 o'clock yesterday morning. The inter-
ment was at Calvary.
y The executive committee of the State
Bankers association met in the railroad
committee room of the senate yesterday
and discussed needed legislation, partic-
,Glarly a bill for a uniform law relating
TO negotiable instruments. There were
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-13
CLAIM OF JOCKEY CLUB
1T WAS CONSIDERED YESTERDAY
BY THE APPRAISERS.

Justices Collins and Lovely, of the SUI
preme court, and Attorney General
Douglas, the commission appointed to
appraise the amount of the states obli-
cation to the old Twin City Jockey club
Tor breaking the contract under which
the grandstand at Hamline was built,
granted a hearing to the interested
parties yesterday c. A. Severance ap.
peared for the jockey club, and James
E. Markham appeared in behalf of
creditors of the jockey club. Secretary
Randall, of the state fair association,
testified as to the length of time the
contract was in operation, and the con-
tract itself, together with bills and other
papers pertaining to the amount expend-
ed on the grand stand by the jockey club
were filed as evidence with the commits
sion, which VIII announce its appraisal
later.
Mr.. Markham urged that the commits
sion take steps to protect the creditors
of the association, but the commission
indicated that it would content itself
with appraising the amount which the
state ought to pay,E and let the courts
settle the matter between the club and
its creditors.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-13
VELIE-KOON WEDDING.
Fashionable Social Event Attended
by City's Elite.


The marriage Of Miss Louise Keen,
daughter of Judge and Mrs Martin B.
Koon, to Charles Deere Velie was beau
tifuly solemnized yesterday at high noon
in the Church of the Redeemer. Th4
marriage was the subject of great mo-
ment, as the social prominence of thu
two families and the popularity of the
bride and groom made the event one Of
unusual interest. Over 5000 invitationE
had been sent out and society had gath
cred in full to attend the ceremony. The
church was thronged with a fashionable
audience, as all friends of Miss Koon
wished to see their favorite wear the
bridal veil
Miss Koon, since her entrance into So
ciety, has been one of the popular lead
ers in the younger set, and has taken
an active part at many of the smart
functions, such as the Hostesses' balls
and the Assembly parties.
Her education was first received at
Miss Elys and later year of Euro
pean travel made one of the most accom-
plished young women of her. Mr.. Velie
is Minneapolis man and a member of
the we'll known Deere family, family
of high social and financial standing.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-13
TOOK TOO MUCH MORPHINE
w. H. YOUNG DIES AS A RESULT OF
HIS SUICIDAL At
TEMPT
ANOTHER CASE OF HOLD-UP
Little Girl Attacked by a Desperate
Highwaynan and Her Brace
let StOIen-Grand Jury
Through.

w H. Young, who took a dose of NOR
phine with suicide intent a week ago,
died yesterday morning at the hospital
from the effects of the drug. Young took
an unusually large dose, and the first
night he was at the hospital it was
believed that he would recover. He was
improving for several days, but Sunday
night a change for the worse took place,
and since then his life has been despair
ed of.
Young was forty-four years of age, a
brother of Senator Young, and resided
with his family at 260S Twenty-sixth
street south He was a bridge builder
by trade, and had been drinking consid-
erably of late, which is believed was the
cause of the rash act.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-13
OLD FRIENDS WILL MEET.
Two Veterans of Philippine War
WIFI Swap Stories Today.

@''NO Oh "Str
VIII Swap Stories Today.
Old friends of the Philippine war will
renew their friendship today when Capt
M. L. Merrill, of Company D, of the
First regiment Of the national guards,
meets Fred a. Lafferty, secretary to the
manager of Nine. 2Iodjeska
When in the Philippines Capt Merrill
served for time Under Maj. Bean when
that officer was in command OF the Presi-
do de Manila. Mr.. Lafferty, private
of the Second Oregon regiment, was at
the same time official interpreter at the
prison.
Mr.. Lafferty has had a varied career
as soldier, actor, railroad man and jour
nalfst. For several seasons he was
with Warde, the tragedian; then he was
night editor on a paper in Mexico, and
on the outbreak of the Spanish American
war he went to the front with the Oregon
regiment
He remained at the prison until 8 his
regiment was ordered to the front, and
then secured his release and joined the
regiment on the firing line.
He returned with the regiment, was
mustered out in Portland, and soon aft
erwards entered the employ of the
Southern Pacific at San Francisco He
remained there until last fall when he
joined Wagenhals & Kemper, Modjeska's
managers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-13

presumed the report was true, as he was
an old man and of late years had not
been in very good health. She was not
sure that she had ever seen her uncle
as she had removed from Ottawa with
her family when she was very little
girl, but she had always known that he
was very rich man.
Mrs Goodrich came to MINNEAPOLIS
nearly twenty years ago on a visit to
relatives, and while here she met and
married Mr.. Goodrich. Mrs. Goodrich
Is forty-f1ve years of age. She probably
will go to Montreal after she hears
further from the will. and if things turn
out as favorabiy as reported, Mr. Good
rich's friends will not be surprised to
see him resign bis present position.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-13
He Expects No Favors.

Samuel Marks at present a working
member of Sheriff Wagener's staff of
deputy sheriffs. says the statement cred
tied to him of being an aspirant for an
office under Sheriff-elect Phil Justus is
without foundation; neither has he placed
the matter in the hands of his friends
to intercede for him. Mr.. Marks says
he is a Democrat. made every effort to
and consequently does not ask any favors
az the hands if Mr.. Justus. He insists
that he would not accept the office if
rendered to him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-13
At City High sehooIs-

The class of 1901 will give a reception
to the faculty tomorrow afternoon.
Alice Pendergast, Louise Judson, Fay
Caldwell and Laura Hayes gave their
senior essays in the assembly yesterday
The Athletic Association of the Central
High School has elected Frank O'Brien
captain of the football team. S1ckIes
coach this year, will be manager. W.
Maniey was elected manager of the
hockey team; Liggett manager of the
track team, and Brennan manager of the
baseball team.
Arthur Larkin has been elected can
tam OF Mechanics Arts high school foot
ball team for next season.