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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31
Coniurins the sharks.

In the Persian gulf the divers have a
curious way of opening the season.
They depend implicitly upon the shark
conjurers, and will not descend with
out their presence. To meet this diff
ficulty the government is obliged to
hire the charmers to divert the atten-
.tion of the sharks from the feet. As
the season approaches vast numbers of
natives gather along the shore and
erect huts and tents and bazaars. At
the opportune moment-usually at
midnight, so as to reach the oyster
banks at sunrise-the feet, to the
number of eighty or 100 boats, put out
to sea. Each of these boats carries two
divers, a steersman and shark
charmer and Is manned by eight or
ten rowers. Other conjurers remain
on shore, twisting their bodies and
mumbling incantations to divert the
sharks
In case man-eater is perverse
enough to disregard the charm and at
tack diver an alarm is given, and
no, other diver will descend on that
day. The power of the conjurer is
believed to be hereditary and the eff
cacy of his incantations to be wholly
independent of his religious faith
Lippincott's Magazine.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31
savages ON the scent.

Among many savage tribes the sense
of smell is almost as acute as in some
of the lower animals. The Peruvian
Indians are able, according to Hum
boldt to, distinguish in the middle of
the night, whether an approaching
stranger is a European, American, In
dian, or negro. NJ. Houzeau also as
serts that he proved by repeated ex-
periments that negroes and Indians can
distinguish persons in the dark by their
color. Indian travellers have recorded
that certain natives who habitually abb
stain from animal food have a sense
of smell which Is so exquisitely deli
cate that they can tell from which well
a vessel of water has been obtained.
By smell alone the negroes of the An
titles will detect the footsteps of a
Frenchman from those of negro. The
guides who accompany travellers on the
route from Aleppo to Babylon win tell
by smelling the desert sand how near
they are to the latter place. But the
people gifted with delicate olfactory
nerves, above all others, are the abo-
rigines of Australia; and to such an ex-
tent is their gift relied upon that the
government had, few years back, a
number of natives in the police force
who were employed solely as trackers
for hunting out criminals by smell
alone, which they did with the greatest
success
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31
THE SEXTON OF. THE SEA.

You scatter flowers on the grassy mound
That marks the spot where your loved
ones be;
You bring them emblems with never a
thought
For the dead beneath the sea.
For every ship that the hands Of men
aveshuilded with chart and wheel,
The bones Of men in hundredfold
Are laid beneath Its keel.
4 canvas shroud and an iron bar
At the weary head and the wasted feet,
And. 10! from the deck they move away,
From the hearts that throb and beat!
Soldiers and sailors and captains grand,
Babes with mothers breast
Wet with the lips that will touch no more,
Come down In my arms to rest.
And lay them gently alone to sleep,
Where the bed of the sand is clear;
And none may wander, and none shall stray
For keep them, oh, so dear!
And bark! When the bellbuoy tolls at
night,
Above the wave where the fishes swim,
You may knew that l keep my Fathers
watch,
For the day shall give them back to him.
-Leslie's Weekly
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31

constant use, like the red ON Gladys
Gwendolen's waxen cheek. In constant
repetition there's a certain wear and tea:.
Heaven knows il the Scotch had any
thing to do with hop-scotch or not.
There's nothing in a name, anyway. To
play the game complicated scheme is
chalked on the concrete walk. The
squares are quite large and numbered,
and the hopping begins. 1t is certainly
good exercise. A little chip or stone
must be kicked from square to square
and SO on. 1t must always be done
with one foot and the other foot must
never touch the ground. Neither must
the chip stop on one of the numerous
chalked lines, and the hopper must never
twinkle a toe on one of these lines, either.
It's all very complicated and jarring.
Almost everything is prohibited in hop
scotch.
Jumping rope is left to girls. too. Doc
tors have inyeighed against it, but all in
vain. The girls are still jumping. When
ever you see boys spinning tops you will
find girls jumping rope, and probably the
benefit, SO far as exercise goes, is on the
side of the girls.
1t is matter of pride to be able to
jump to twenty or forty or sixty, accord
ing to age and strength How the braids
bob and the curls fly! They hold their
hats on by main. force, while the rope
whips the ground beneath the flying feet.
There is double rope called the Spanish
rope, which calls for great swiftness Of
eye and ightness of foot. There is a
slow motion of the rope from side to
side, called making the cradle. Anybody
can jump that.
Whether you are a girl admitted to the
blessed privilege Of overalls, or whether
you are a girl obliged to look after the
unbroken continuity Of skirts and stock
ings, the pleasant spring days are the
time for fun. The days are so short and
the plays are so many that the little folk
stuff themselves at night, after all the
vigorous exercise, and go to sleep with
skins tight as any drum.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31

1t is not only the knickerbockered small
boy who has games of his own. Girls,
too, have fads and occupations, though
all of them are not monopolized by doll
babies. In fact their historic devotion
to these painted beauties seems to be
lessening. Dolls of sawdust and paper
al al svou ior rainy uays anu !or the Imi.
nsn' nouls @ p9lore OF alter olnner, muei'
Jas, p. nvs ., anowe9 10 20 OUT; nut 'Ie :.
= hott.. ~ ~ on INC uee -
the open, to chase butterflies with nets,
to climb trees even at the expense of
clothing, and to jump and frolic with all
their might.
There is more to be discovered with
the ants, the bees, the birds, the flowers,
or in the cempanionship of a wise dog,
than in all the sawdust and china-eyed
babies in the world.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31
"IF ALL MY SHIPS COME HOME"

If all the ships / have at sea
Should come a-sailing home to ME,
All! well, the harbor would not hold
So many ships as there would be,
If all my ships came home to me.
If half my ships came back from sea
And brought their precious freight to me,
All! well, should have wealth as great
AS any king that sits in state,
So ri, h the treasure there would be
In half my ships now out at sea.
Should come a-sailing home to me,
All! well, the storm clouds then might
frown.
For If the others all went down,
Still rich and proud and glad I'd be
IL that one ship came home to me.
= But If that ship went down at sea
And all the others came to me,
Weighed down with gems and wealth un-
told,
With honor, riches, glory, gold,
The poorest soul on earth I'd be,
II that one ship came not to me.
D skies be calm. o winds blow free,
Blow all my ships safe home to me.
But II thou sendest some awrack
To never more come sailing back,
Send any, all, that sail the sea,
But send my love ship home to me.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31
END OF FAMOUS HosTELRX.
Hotel Where Parnell Drew Up Irish
Camp Ign Plans.

Hotel Where Parnell Drew Up Irish
Camp Ign Plans.
Morrison's Hotel, one of the old land
marks Of Dublin, is being razed to the
ground to afford site for offices for an
Insurance company. The building has
historic associations for Irishmen, and
was once among the best patronized
and most popular hotels in Dublin. 1t
was famous as Parnell's resort.
1t was originally one of the town
houses of the Fitzgerald family, who
owned great deal of property in the
vicinity, including the famous Leinster
house. Over the door of the hotel at
the present day are the Fitzgerald
arms, and in the supports are prom
finent figures of two monkeys, in COM
memoration of striking family incl
dent.
When old .Kilkee. Castle, one of the
seats Of the Fitzgeralds, took fire, the
heir to the estate was saved by a mon
key, which took the infant in his arms
and clambered from point to point with
its precious burden, finally reaching the
ground with it in safety. 'sf
ParnelTs first arrest was effected at
Morrison's Hotel on Oct 13, 1881. Par
nell was thence taken to Kilmainham
Jail, where he was confined as ''sus-
pect" until the following May. 1t was
at this hotel that Parnell's friend, the
late DIR. j. E. Kenny, discovered Par
nelfs extraordinary superstition. Co
Ing into his writing-room one day, Par
nell saw green cloth on the table. He
at once had it removed, and the same
evening he refused to enter another
room In the hotel in which three can
dies were burning. Three candlesticks
are supposed in the minds of supersti-
tious people to mean death, and a green
tablecloth foretells disaster. Parnell
more than once said that the Irish
cause would never prosper until the
Irish people discarded green as their
national color for the older blue.
When in Dublin Parnell always
stayed at Morrison's up to the time of
his death. 1t was there he outlined
the national program and the agrarian
movements In Ireland.-London Mail.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31

"The lieutenant went off with dirty
looking beggar," said the guard. "One
of his charities, l guess. Said he'd be
back before long"
Private Chadwick knew otherwise.
He was torn one way by jealousy to-
ward his erstwhile friend, another by
anger at the girl who had played him
false. He worked himself intoa fever.
His comrades attributed it to sorrow
for his lost friend, for, after fruitless
search, it was said that Lieut.. Butter
worth had been trapped into an am
buscade
In the gray dawn of morning Private
Chadwick paced slowly up and down,
with his gun on his shoulder, doing SEN
try duty. He was still weak from the
fever. A rustic, as of some one NOV
ing, caught his attention.
"Who goes there?'
His challenge went unanswered. He
espied form disappearing into aclump
of bushes.
Bang" He ired-but into the air.
The corporal of the guard came run
ming down the line He received the
sentry's report: "Marauding party of
devils F" But Guy did not tell of all
he saw. In the disappearing form he
had recognized his deserter friend.
With hasty formation Company B
was sent forward. Keeping under COW
er Of the trees, they halted on the
edge of clearing. Not more than
thousand yards away, 900 Filipinos,
under the leadership of young officer
in tie uniform of the United States
army, were stealthily advancing.
Careful men. Don't fire. Wait for
ORDERS" cautioned the officers.
The American lines deployed and
now volley carried death into the op-
posing force. The battle ragged back
and forth. Scattering were the shots
which returned the regular fire of the
boys in blue. The insurgents became
disorganized. Their retreat became a
rout.
The battle was over. The soldiers
returned victoriously rejoicing. As they
picked their way over the spot of the
first encounter, they came upon a sad
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31
CHINESE PEANUTS.
They Are an American Product, bat
Receive Oriental Treatment.

Ihey Are an American Product, but
Receive Oriental Treatment.
The trans-American railways have
their agents in all parts of the world
commercial agents, industrial agents,
tourist agents, livestock agents, car
| service agents, and Oriental agents, as
well as the regular assortment and va
riety of freight and passenger agents.
The Oriental agent of the Great North
ern Railway in this city is Moy WI
Yen, a highly interesting Chinaman.
who carries in his pockets a handful
Of Chinese peanuts with which, from
time to time, he regales his friends. In
the midst of business he suddenly con-
ceals his hand beneath his blouse and
asks, "Will you try a Chinese peanut"
The hand, soft as that of gentle maid
en-, reappears with the nuts, and you
are tempted. You yield with pleasure,
accepting one. 1t resembles the native
s'goober," which Ex-Governor Campbell
failed to corner, but is the most deli
cious morsel in the nut shape that you
ever tasted. 49,
-hAA. -hOy lCAAS SOu, hCh
you ask where more nuts can be had
that they are not Chinese peanuts at
all, but the familiar old Virginia
'goober" prepared in the Chinese fash
ion. I'VE take the raw nut" he ex-
plains, land dry it perfectly in the sun,
leaving it many days on the house top.
Then we soak it in salt water-brine
you call it-for three days, after which
We again dry it thoroughly. This may
take q week Then we put it in an
oven in a pan of very hot sand, and
continually stir until it is cooked well
DONE That is all Nothing could be
more simple. The peanuts the Italians
roast in their sheet-iren cylinderS-no
Chinaman would touch one! We say;
Chinese peanuts to have fun with our
friends There are no Chinese peanuts"
New York Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31

hereafter always be raised to the peak
on Memorial Day.
This was the expressed view and wish
of Gen. Grant. 1t was his opinion that
while the day ought not to lose, and had
not lost, its significance and solemnity, 1t
was nevertheless not day of mourning,
but one for the commemoration of and
rejoicing in the noble deeds of soldiers.
On such day it was fitting that the
flag should fly at the highest point on the
staff on which it is placed.
The matter received much attention at
last years observance of Memorial Day,
and it is possible that the demand will
find recognition, before the day comes
around again, in orders by some at least
of the department commanders for the
full-mastfng of the flag.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31
Where Conee Came From.

There Is extant tale of the discovery
of coffee, a story which might have
suggested to Charles Lamb the idea
for his Dissertation on Roast Pig"
This Is the legend:
Toward the middle of the fifteenth,
century a poor Arab was travelling in
Abyssinia, and finding himself wean
and weary from fatigue he stopped
near grove. Then. being in want of
fuel to cook his rice. he cut down a
tree, which happened to be full of dead
berries. His meal being cooked and
eaten, the traveller discovered that the
haf-burned berries were very fragrant.
Collecting number of these and
crushing them with stone, he found
that their aroma had increased to a
great extent. While wondering at this
he accidentally let fall the substance
into can which contained his scant
supply of water. Lo, what a miracle!
The almost putrid liquid was instantly
purified. He brought it to his lips; it
was fresh, agreeable. and in a moment
after the traveller had SO far recovered
his strength and energy as to be able
to resume his journey. The lucky Arab
gathered as many berries as he could,
and, having arrived at Ardan, in Ara
bfa, he Informed the multi of his dis
coyery. This worthy divine was an In
veterate opium smoker, who had been
suffering for years from the effects of
that poisonous drug. He tried an in
fusion Of the roasted berries and was
SO delighted at the recovery of his own
vigor that, in gratitude to the tree he
called 1t cabuah. which in Arabic sig
mites force.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31
ADr Bath.

A scotchman was once advised to
take showerbaths. A friend explained
to him how to fit one up by the use of
a cistern and colander, and Sandy
accordingly set to work and had the
thing done at once. Subsequently he
was met by the friend who had given
him the advice, and, being asked how
he enjoyed the bath, "Man," he said,
cit was fine! / liked it rale weel, and
kept myself quite dry, too." Being
asked how he managed to take the
shower and yet remain dry, he replied:
"Dod, ye dinna surely think | was sac
daft as stand below the water withoot
an umbrella ?"-London Tit-Bits.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31

BY the Chinese Manhua
ehus an het meaning chosen
China
@ family n, Mnehur as it has existed for upward
historical in
China and Mongolia the and Northwest
bounded on the north BY the Anu the Usu
Nnn and line Of palisades which stretch
Wall of China in
miles in width and contains about 800 600 miles divided
ard Southern Physically
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31

scene. In the midst of the dead and
dying, lay the lifeless body of pretty
blaek-eyed Filipino girl, beside the dead
deserter lieutenant, and there, with his
head buried in his arms and weeping
like a child, was Private Chadwick-
he mourned the loss Of friend and
sweetheart-New York Evening Sun.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31
THE PASSING ARr1Y.
The Irresistible Conqueror Is Thinning the Ranks
of the Veterans of the Civil War

81 I is now thirty-sixS years since the
first flowers were strewn upon the
q graves of the men who gave their
lives that the nation might live Obsery-
ed at first in small. way by isolated
communities, this decora tion of the
grassy mounds has come to be recognize
ed as an established custom and Memo
rial Day has long had fixed place in
the calendar. With each successive anni-
rersary' the day has gained a wider OBJ
servance and has been made the occasion
for many appeals to the patriotism of the
people. The verdure of each returning
spring covers more deeply the scars of
battle which. once. scanned the hillsides
and valleys of the sunny South. On this
day Of precious memories it is well to re-
call the sacrifices of bygone years, and 1t
Is also fitting to express the hope that
those who are now charged with the
guidance of our national destinies will
perform their duties patriotically and
we'll.
When the gray-hafred veterans of the
great wal, for the Union meet together in
annual observance of Memorial Day, few
will bear in mind that the day itself, as
part of the national life, is the result
Of the inspiration of one of the greatest
of all the volunteer soldiers who fought
for the fag-the late Gen. John A. Logan
of Illinois. Few. indeed. of those not
associated with the organization of old
soldiers will remember this. The soldier
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31
At the Top.

On Memorial Day the flag flies at half
mast, because it is day of commemora-
ton of the dead. 1t is not uncommon
for some person appointed to hoist the
flag to run it up to the peak, forgetting
the funereaI custom; then some veteran
arrives, and causes the banner to be
dropped to half-mast.
This custom preserves the early senti-
ment of the day, when it was more day
of mourning than it is at present. Late
~ many veterans have advised the aban-
donment of the custom, and the issue of
;f,rflers directing that the fap sfouId
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31

man and Stuart, and Jackson and Hook
er. Mcclellan and Hill, Early and Meade
all are gone, and the great spirit of
change broods over the scenes of their
former activities. The grass grows green
on the deserted battlefelds, and all is
quiet along the banks of the Potomac.
The James and the Chickahominy, the
Rappahannock and the Rapidan, wind
their course to the sea undisturbed by
wars rude alarms. The former turns
the earth in the fertile valleys which
drank the blood Of the flower of Ameri-
can chiyalry; the feathered songsters Of
the wood make melody in the tangled
thickets.of the Wilderness; but the great
captains and many Of their devoted fol-
lowers have departed. They pitch their
tents on other camping grounds-not be-
meath the stars that shine on Southern
scenes, but above the stars on the fair
fields Of Elysia. There they commune
and there they hold sweet intercourse.
We may not know their employments
there; we may not conceive the rapturous
delights that attend them in that blissful
station; but of this we may be assured !;
they are not unmindful of the comrades
who tarry here, and they have no higher
joy than the realization that the peace
they set up at Appamattox has grown
into a perfect peace-a peace that has
overcome all obstacles and the doubts
and perplexities which first attended it
"a peace whose blessings fall to-day up
on our land like the rain upon the mown
grass and like the dew upon the noun
tains of Lebanon.
And SO it is that in the decoration of
the. graves of the heroic dead human
hands and human hearts have reached a
solution of the vexed problem that baf-
fed human will and human thought for
three decades. Sturdy sons of the South
have said to their brothers of the North
that the people of the South long since
accepted the arbitrament Of the sword
to whichs they had appealed. And like
wise the oft-repeated message has gone
forth from the North that peace and good
will reigned, and that the wounds of
civil dissension were but sacred MEM
cries.
The contest that followed the end of
argument between two great civilizations
was, while it lasted, the greatest and
bloodiest of equal duration in the au-
thentieated annals Of the race and the
most destructive ever waged by men. It
lasted four years; it annihilated six bill
ions of property; it overthrew the rebel
lious governments Of thirteen States; 1t
called four millions Of men to arms; 1t
was fought on 2,300 recorded fields; it
filed 100000 graves from the sword and
shot and shell and pestilence; the silent
sleepers went down on mountain side
= III r.
and on sunny plain; where the rivers
rolled and the wide-waved ocean stretch
ed they found sepuleher; and at last one
civilization, with its garments rolled in
blood, passed away to the shades for
ever; the other, victorious, raised spot
less ensign in the sky, its stars washed
brighter with the glad tears Of rejoicing
humanity that the greater government
of and for and by the people had not
perished from the earth.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31
where water Was round.

The Arabs Of the Nubian desert sup
posed they knew all about their coun-
try, but an engineer recently bored a
well 75 miles from the Nile and 1000
feet above the river and found an
abundant supply Of water at q depth Of
Sc feet,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31
Chinese Rosaries.

Some Chinese rosaries are made of
wooden beads, with leather tassels, on
which are small brass rings, and are
finished at the ends with brass orna.
ments and tags of leather.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31
Women Workers of Britain.

In proportion to its population, the
United Kingdom has greater number
of women workers than any country.
and among them no fewer than 616.-
600 are set down as dressmakers.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31

Potatoes. parsnips, carrots, turnips
and artichokes are highly nutritious
but not so digestible as some vegeta.
bles, Potatoes are the most nourishinp
and are fattening for nervous neonle
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31
Cultured.

She's from Boston"
81 thought you told me you never
saw her before this minute?'
"True, but just now heard her call
those mountains in Asia the Ha-mol-
yaws. Judge.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-31

Most girls can play the piano Jus,
enough to spoil them for housework.