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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-12
The Professor-If YOU bIease! wake
vile Journal

The Professor-If you blease! Wake
1p-vake upi
Voice from Next Room (sleepily)-
What'n thunder's matter?
The Professor-It is mine wish dot
ven you schnore, you would schnore in
der same key vat der key is vat I blay
In. You vas schnoring in G fiat und it
spoils mine music, by golly, alretty!
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-12

Take an honest invoice of yourself
at least once year; no man ever helped
himself by oyer-estimating his ability.
The failure of one man is often the
beginning of another mans success.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-12

lar bill?
Wicks (thoughtlessly)-I guess so.
Hicks-Then lend me fve.-Sommer-
vile Journal
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-12
Standing in His Own Light,

'1'l never give you up, Miss Per-
kins-never.'
That's it, Mr.. Hopkins; I'd be afraid
to marry such a determined, obstinate
man as you are'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-12
A Mean Scheme.

Hicks-Can you change a twenty y-dol-
Lo hilI2
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-12

A scientist has discovered that house
cleaning Is caHsed by microbe.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-12

'he says I still owe her a nickel"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-04
Die PrIees for via Animal.

Because of the difficulty of getting 1t
70 America. and of keeping it alive
after it arrives, a good giraffe is quoted
at $1,000.
Next to the giraffe, in the aristoc-
racy of cost. come the rhinoCeros and
the hippopotamus, worth from $4,000
to $4,000 each. If a dealer could breed
these animals he could get rich; but
the big mammals rarely breed in cap
, tivity. About the only place in Amer
lea where hippopotami have been
known to raise their young is in the
menagerie in Central Park. New York.
A chimpanzee of size is worth $4,000,
and when one reaches the intelligence
of the late Mr. Crowley, Chico or Jo-
hanna, he is beyond fixed price. The
monkey kind are most uncertain prop
&, erty The animal man says they are
kcertain to die. But the ordinary ones
Mean be bought very cheaply.
One can buy nice young baby ele-
plant for $1,000 at times, but a really
good animal is worth from $500 to
$4,000. An elephant does not com
mand the maximum price because Of
] the, beauty of his countenance, the ele-
y gance Of his figure his intellectual en-
dowments or his size, but because of a
sweet, sunny disposition A mean ele-
plant is about the most evil of living
things; sooner or later he has to be
killed, usually after he has slain two
or three keepers and done more dam
age than he is worth. OF two animals
Sof equally good disposition, the e "eel
land finer commands 80 higher price,
of course; but the most magnificent
beast with an inclination for murder
isn't worth as much as very common
one that is trustworthy-tha is, ordi-
narily so, for the sweetest tempered
have days when they seem inspired OF
Satan.-Ihe Junior Munsey.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-04
A Gallant Thrush.

A young Highlander, having set a
horse-hair moose in the woods, was
delighted one morning to find female
song-thrush entangled therein. He
carried home his prize, put it into a
roomy open-b rAGed basket, secured
the lid with much string and many
knots and then hung this basket upon
a nail near the open window.
In the afternoon the parish minister
was called in by the boys mother, who
wished him to persuade her son to set
the captive free. While the clergy
man was examining the bird through
the basket his attention was called to
another thrush perched on a branch
opposite the window.
'Yes!" exclaimed the boy, "and it
followed me home all the way from
the woods"
Ut was the caDtives mate. which,
having faithfully followed his partner
to her prison, had perched himself
where he might see her. and she hear
the sad, broken notes that chirped his
ergrief.
The clergyman hung the basket
alainst the cave of the cottage and the
two retired to watch what might hap
sen. In few minutes, the captive
whispered a chirp to her mates com
1laints. His joy was unbounded
sbringing to the topmost spray of the
Zee. he triiled out two or three ex-
Gltant notes, and then alighted OF
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-04
Acoustics Extraordinary.

Every schoolboy is familiar with the
story Of the cave constructed by
Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, IS a
prison, which was ingeniously shaped
like the human car. so that even the
whispers of his prisoners might )e
heard. A traveller VINO visited the cave
tells a wonderful story of some expert
ments in acoustics that he made there.
For example. standing at the en-
trance, he struck tho edge OF a sheet
of letter paper lightly with his finger
three times, when there came from
within the great ear three heavy
blows as loud and resonant as though
they had been made with q sledge-
hammer on the roNf IT house OF iron.
Tie then ratified the sheet of PAPER
lightly, and that feeble sound was in
creased a millionfold, reverberating
through the cave like the roar and
crash of thunder. When he spoke or
whistled every note was repeated as
if a thousand stentors were inside and
calling to him.
We have our echo caves, our echo
valleys and our echo mountains, but
there is no structure, natural or arti-
ficial of modern times that has such
acoustic properties as Dionysius' ear.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-04
To Domesticate the Zebra.

r. J. Stordy, VINO is connected with
the English government in East
Africa, has proposed a scheme by
means of which he believes the zebra
can be domesticated and made of great
use to mankind. He says: THE great
difficulty SO far has been the domesti-
cation of the adult animal. l would
propose that a kraal be formed within
a district where firearms are non-ex-
istent, as in the case of a preserve. The
kraal would have two extending arms
leading from the open country into it,
and it would be large enough to hold
a herd of so adult animals. Several
mounted Cape boys would first be en-
ployed whose duty would be to accus-
tom the zebras to the neighborhood of
the kraal and to the sight of horses
and mules. Through their following
the horses or else by driving them,
they are finally secured in the kraal.
Here they would be allowed to breed.
AS it has been found almost impossible
to rear a young zebra away from its
mother, the fOals would be left in the
kraal until they were several months
old Then they would be separated
and gradually accustomed to the pres
ence of man and the other domesti-
Gated animals.
in the course Of a generation or
two Mr. Stordy believes that a new,
very hardy and entirely docile beast
of burden could be secured, which
would have especial value in the dis
tricts afflicted with the tsetse fly, as
the zebra is quite immune to the lat
ter's bite.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-04
Liauid Air for H1nstInr.

Liquid air may be the blasting agent
Of the future. A paper recently read
before the British Institution of Min
ing Engineers by A. Larsen, described
some tests recently made in the Simp-
Ion tunnel with cartridges which con-
sisted Of a wrapper filed with car
bonaceous material, and placed bodily
in liquid air until it was completely
saturated. The cartridges were kept
in the liquid, at the working face of
the rock, until thye were required for
use, when they were lifted out, quick
ly placed in the shot holes and deton-
ated with a small gun cotton primer
and detonatoT. It was found that, ow-
ing to the rapid evaporation, the useful
life of the cartridge was very short.
TIE cartridges, which were three inch
es in diamter by eight inches in length,
had to be fired within Is minutes af-
ter being taken out of the liquid air;
otherwise there was danger of a mis-
fire. It was chiefly on this account
that the tests we're discontinued The
disruptive effects, however, were said
to be comparable to those of dyna-
mite.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-04
A Chinese Newsbov.

Ki-Ko is the name of the only Chin
csc newsboy in New York. He works
in Pell and Dover streets and sells
the Chinese Weekly He That's
what is is called i ,dsh The
Herald is printed in \ Chinese Ian
guage, and, according to a regular
subscriber, contains all the news Of
the flowery kingdom and the Philip
pines. together with the latest gossip
of the United States in which the
Chinese are interested. Ki-Ko yells
Extra" and tells wonderful stories
about the contents of his paper, just
the same as his American brother
does.-Chicago Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-04

the basket I'd. through the hole in
which the captive thrust her shrdlu
which the captive had thrust her head
and neck
Then followed a touching scene
The male bird. after billing and COO
ing with the captive. dressing her
feathers and strollng her neck, all
the while futteTing her wings and
grooming an undersong Of encourage
ment suddenly assumed another at
uCude. Gathering up his wings, he
erected himself, and began to peck
and pull away at the edges Of the hole
in the baskets lid The birds ardent
affection and his effort to release hig
mate. touched the clergyman, mother
and boy.
III let the bird go" said the boy,
In a sympathetic voice, as he saw his
mother wiping her eyes with her
apron. The basket was carried to
the spot where the bird had been
shared. Her mate followed. sweep
ing occasionally close past the boy
carrying the basket, and chirping
abrupt notes, as II assuring her that
he was still near by.
On arriving at the snare, the cler-
gyman began untying the many knots
which secured the lid, while the male
bird, perched on a hazel bough, not
six feet away, watched silently and
motionless the process of liberation.
AS soon as the basket lid was raised
the thrush dashed out with a scream
of terror and joy; while her mate
followed like an arrow shot from a
bow, and both disappeared behind a
clump of birch trees. 1t was an ex-
cellent lesson for the boy-one which
ne never forgot-Presbyterian Record.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-04
suitably Attired.

Mrs. Chatterton-Henry, for good
ness sake, don't wear such short trou-
sers! Give them to the ragmanl
Chatterton-Not much! You women
haven't got any patent on the rainy
day costume idea These are my rainy
day Brooklyn Eagle.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-04

Tread ana Butter
Ny mother says, II little girls
Want curly hair, they must
Eat oil their bread and butter up,
And especially the crust.
SO very many little girls
In all the wide, wide world
Would bo so very happy II
Their hair were only curled.
And can / be so selfish, then2
No. dear mamma. | must
Give other little girls my bread,
And especially tho crust.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-04
Not Easily Recalled.

well, there's one good thing about
Jones, who died the other day.
What's that?"
"He never forgot that he was gen
tleman."
mo, he never knew it to forget II, -
Penny Pictorial
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-04

SCIENCE AID INDUSTRY
Ice melts at % degrees water bolls
At PIP. lead melts at SEA. and the heat
OF a common coal FIRE Is ii40.
The suns surface ia known to be
subject 10 greatly increased disturb
ances every II years. known g the
supspot period. AuroraJ displays and
disturbances Of the earth's magnetism
have a similar period.
In German experiment eggs
packed in various ways In June gave
the following results in February:
Covered with vaselne. or kept In lime
water, or In potassium sllicate solu-
ton, none spoiled; in wood ashes.
vanished or treated with potassium
permanganate, 20 percent; painted
with collodion, or with potassium sill
cate, 30 percent; dipped a few sec
onds in boiling water or alum, 80
percent; kept In salt water all spoiled.
In a paper read recently before the
Royal Meteorological society, on "The
.odicity of Cyclonic Winds" Mr..
Rupert T. Smith states that from his
observations made In the nelghbor-
hood OF Birmingham during the years
1s74-1s9O, "the equinoxes do not ap-
pear to be very stormy periods, but
that the greatest frequency and force
Of cyclonic winds occurs some two
weeks before the spring equinox and
some three weeks after the autumnal
equinox"
A Vermont scientist has made a
very extensive collection of micro
scopic slides Of snow crystals. Per-
feet crystals are by no means always
common in snow storms A whole
winter may not yield more than a
dozen opportunities to photograph
complete and perfect crystals. These
are most common in widespread biz
yards, while local storms often pro-
duce imperfect granular forms. It is
very possible that the character and
extent of storm may, eventually, be
predicted by an examination of the
snow, and that a new aid in weather
prediction is at hand
In science ]. B. Dandeno finds that
at the maximum density of water the
water in the cell of plant begins to
expand while the cell wall continues
to contract as cooling goes on. This
contraction will extrude water
into the intercellular spaces When
the freezing point is reached the wa
ter in the intercellular spaces freezes
first because less dense than the con-
tents of the cell. The capitalization
outside the cell gives off latent heat,
which tends to keep the cell contents
from freezing for a considerable time.
Finally also the cell contents may be
frozen, but only after nearly all the
water has been expressed into the in
terCellular spaces. If now the tenn
perature be raised the ice melts first
in the intercellular spaces and gives
the familiar wilted appearance of a
frozen plant when suddenly warmed.
If, however, the temperature is very
gradually raised the cell will re-ab-
sorb the water as fast as formed and
no injury result. If the cell contents
be completely solicited permanent in
| jury results.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-04

summer Fiction; or, How She Lost Him.
Eyes, was going to propose to
that Boston heiress, but the novel she
was reading gave me a back-set."
What was its title?"
"The Frozen Pirate. Detroit Free
Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-04

Ice melts at % degrees. water bolis
At PIP. lead melta at SEA. and the heat
Of a common coal FIRE Is il40.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-04

The suns surface Is known to be
subject 10 greatly increased disturb
ances every II years. known e the
supspot period Auroral displays and
disturbances Of the earth's magnetism
have a similar period.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-04-26

Edutate Year Bowels with Caaoarets.
Candy Catnartlo, cure constipation forever.
iQe, 30. II Q. Q. Q. lail, druggists refund money.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-04-26
MATAMORAS

The L. A. S. Of Epworth Church
will tender a reception to Rev. II. g
Spencer and wife at the parsonage
this Friday evening as an expression
of qualification for their return.
The congregation is invited to be
present.
A pleasant program was rendered
at st. Joseph's church Wednesday
evening.
Dorie Watts and wife are house.
keeping in the place on Cunning
ham street lately occupied by Floyd
Fitzpatrick.
Miss Marguerite Saybolt and
brother, Frank, visited their sister,
who is a trained nurse in New York,
last Saturday. Master Frank took
the civil service examination while
absent.
Mrs r. S. Danlcy has a fne col
ection of begonias and other house
plants, and has recently purchased
new piano.
Alex Riley and wife of Frank
ford, N. j., are visiting relatives
here.
Chas. H. Wood, daughter Blanche
of Milford and Miss Jennie Goble of
Port Jervis called on friends here
Tuesdy
Mrs. NJ. Trainer, who contemplat-
ed opening a millinery store hero, is
now located at Callicoon, N. Y,
and is doing a large business. Mrs
Ed Lord is hor agent here.
VIM. Shay will in future continue
his milk route Sundays.
J. Fl. Gordon of Port Jervio is
now occupying with his family a
house on River street. He recently
united with Epworth church.
The ten-cent tea given by the L.
A. S. of Epworth church Monday
evening was we'll attended and q
pleasant social affair.
The Sunday school children OF
st. Joseph's church gave an enter
tainment Wednesday evening.
Rockwell Heidenthal has accept.
ed a position as travelling salesman
with j. w. Crosby Bros. of Dan.
vile, Va, tobacco manufacturers.
E. J. Lord and wife celebrated
the 8th anniversary of their mar
riage Thursday evening Choice
refreshments were served.
Easter services were celebrated
at Epworth church Thursday eve
ming. The tables were nicely deco
rated and a fine supper was served
A very pleasant entertainment un
der the direction of Mrs. Franl
Corwin was given. The proceedi
were $22. 90. S.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-04-26
PAUPACK

The Spring moving, which usually
strikes city and country alike at this
season of the year, has attacked sew
eral of our citizens and a number of
farms have changed occupants.
Ed. Sample and family have NOV.
ed to Arlington.
John Bidwell has left us and is now
residing at Centreville.
A family from New York has pur-
chased the farm formerly occupied
by Chas. Singer, while the latter has
moved into the Bennett house owned
by Conrad Gumble. Jr.
The family of B. F. Killam has ar
rived at their farm, where they will
remain for the summer.
Messrs. Edgars of Scranton spent
few DAYS trout fishing in this place
last week.
George N. Killam and wife, took
advantage of the excursion and
spent Easter in New York.
John Zimmerman returned home
on Thursday after two weeks visit
with friends and relatives in Pater-
son, N. J.
Joe Slocum of Scranton is the guest
of A. J Kimble and family.
Charles Kimble, who has been
spending a few weeks in Scranton,
has returned home.
Born, to August Singer and wife,
a daughter.
Our schools are nearly all closed
for the summer vacation. Owing
to the serious illness of the teacher
Of school No. 3. the term is being
finished by the teachers sister, Miss
Cora Bortree, and will close this
week. DEFACTO.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-04-26
CORRESPONDENCE.

it enough to make il n success, but
under the hustling manager, Prof
Hopkins, its list of pupils has in
creased, and many of it's graduates
are now holding first class positions.
Its success as a school of instruction
is no longer doubted and for which
Prof. Hopkins is to be congratu-
lated.
Bert Roseukrans of Norfolk, Va i,
spent a few days visiting friends
and relatives in this town. He
returned to his southern home
where he is engaged in business, on
Tuesday.
The an-American Exposition at
Buffalo promises to be the grandest
exhibition of American productions
and inventions ever held in this
country. It is only 3S3 miles from
Port Jervis by the Erie, so the cost
of going will not be great, but tho
cost of living at Buffalo may be on
the Waldorf Astoria rate, and then
if your pocketbook can stand the
strain, see the whole thing.
In looking over the different
school buildings in this town, l find
that every one, without exception,
needs repainting, besides other re-
pairs. Now that vacation is not far
away, why can't the Boaad of Edu-
cation get things in shape for a
thorough overhauling and have it
done during the vacation so that
everything will be il order when
the schools reopen in September
next. An irspection will bear out
the facts above stated.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-04-26

All kinds rubber footwear at re.
dueed prices at Armstrong q Co.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-04-26
DINGMAN'S FERRY.

L w. Howey has mounted his
steam sawmill at Deep Hollow and
is busy doing custom work
Several of our young men have
secured positions for the summer in
Jersey which makes a scarcity of
help here to finish up the tie jobs.
Cow buyers are appearing. $50 is
offered and $35 and $40 asked, the
supply being limited
The Jersey legislature and the 8
o'clock fish law is a case of not
knowing what to do. The members
are sent there to make laws and
they think they must do something
to earn their wages.
We see that our Representative
voted in favor of the liquor law,
which is all right because that is
what the people elected him for
When citizens desire to bring up
their children under more sober and
elevating surroundings they will
vote for another class of men to
make their laws.
1t is said that Laf. Crone is so
much improved as to be able to go
back home.
George Raitt, who had the mis-
fortune to be ruptured, is now able
to sit up and make out his road
duplicate.
Charles Simpson had one of his
fingers cut off by a careless team.
ster throwing a rock from his
wagon while Simpson was laying
stones in culvert.
Depue Titman while assisting in
loading telephone poles had two of
his fingers badly mashed.
Some having business to Newton
recently complained of dusty roads.
but they have liquid over there
which prevents choking.
Geo. w. Donaldson has sold his
large team.
Charles Person has a model house
where he can hatch and raise chicks
in the coldest weather.
From recent reports Mrs. Caroline
Smith is recovering and we hope to
see her out again soon.
Butter yet 2l cents p)and and
eggs 13 cents a dozen. Potatoes are
scarce and command a good price
with few to be had
Some people have an idea if they
advertise their cattle, sheep or other
property in the paper they will not
be able to get 50 good a price for
them. because if advertised it looks
as if they we're compelled to sell at
any price Funny why the same
rule won't apply to other adver-
tisers.
Milford seems to be expanding
a growth of a mile in one season is
rapid work.
George Warner drove over the
hills down here last Sunday. We
seldom have the pleasure of seeing
him down this way.
All the girls and boys seeking
situations for tho summer here have
found employment.
The job ON cavo bank is a good
one by whoever done. There is no
stint to the width of the road
thanks to II L. d. CAESAR.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-04-26
Wanted

Reliable man for Manager of
Branch Office we wish to open in this
vicinity. If your record is o. X.
here isan opportunity. Kindly give
good reference when writing. The
A. 4. MORRIS Wholesale HOUSE,
Cincinnati, Ohio. Illustrated cata-
l0gue cts. stamps. mch29
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-04-26

Help is needed at once when a per-
sons life Is In danger. A neglected
cough or cold may soon become ser.
ious and should be stopped at once.
One minute cough cure quickly cures
coughs and colds and the worst cas-
es Of Group, bronchitis, grippe and
other throat and lung troubles.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-04-26
TwentIeth Centurv MedlcIne

Cascarets Candy Cathartic are as
far ahead Of ancient pill poisons and
liquid physic as the electric light Of
the tallow candle. Genuine stamped
G. c. C. Never sold in bulk. All
druggists, Ioc.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-04-26
Summer Excursion Rate to Niagara
Falls.

Summer Excursion Rate to Niagara
Falls.
Commencing April 80, 1901, and
until October 81, 1901, the Erie will
sell their regular summer excursion
ticket from Port Jervis to Niagara
Falls, n. Y, good to return on or
before November 80, 1901, at sl4.75
for the round trip.
These tickets are good going or
returning via Avon Springs or Port
age, and are good to stop OFF at any
station on notice to conductor either
going or returning.
Here is an opportunity to visit the
wonder of the world, Niagara Falls,
and take in the Pan-American and
stay as long as you wish.-4-26-4w.