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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05

ly for a moment; then he lay motion
less.
"For Gods sake, Billy, what's up?''
cried Osbourne, in an agonized whis-
per. He laid his hand on the mans
face, but jerked it away Mortified, for
it touched something warm and wet.
''She's >mine!' he muttered, with
fierce triumph; then, Poor Billy"
A thought came that caused him to
gasp and shiver. He hesitated, reached
for the dead mans hand and loosened
it's clasp from the other straw. 1t was
several inches longer than the one he
had drawn.
What shall do?" he moaned "Oh
Billy!' he cried, shaking the dead man, S
shoulder as if to rouse him. what
shall 1 do?" Only the far-off popping
of the rifles broke the oppressive still
ness.
What would you have done?' he
asked, in the same strain. by Godr'
suddenly, "you were good man. You
would have kept the compact. 1 lost
fairly. Bear witness, Billy, 1 am as
good man as you"
He laid his hand for an instant on the
dead mans forehead. Then he rose
slowly and fumbled in his pocket. Al
length he found match. For a mo-
ment he stood irresolute, inhaline
strong breaths of air. Already he had
begun to feel the horror of being shut
out from it forever. 1t was hard to
give the signal for his own death. His
teeth came together with a click, and
scratching the match on his shoe, he
held the flame before his breast.-The
Argouaut.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05
The Greatest Show on Earth.

During the Omaha exposition Sena-
tor Chauncey Depew and S. R. Gala
way, president of the American Loco
motive Company, were strolling about
the Midway, taking in the sights, when
they were invited into a large hall to
see the greatest performance on
EARTH" The hall filed up rapidly. and
after a wait of ten or fifteen minutes
the Senator said to Mr.. Galloway:
'"rhis must be a good show-so many
people are crowding in to see it," After
some further waiting, during which
the hall was jammed full, the late Ster-
ling Morton walked down the aisle,
and, stopping to shake hands with the
Senator and Mr.. Galloway, said:
What in thunder are you fellows do
ing here? There Is an old faker out
side calling out, Come in and see the
great and only Chauncey NJ. Depew!
Only 10 cents to see the great and only
Chauncey' '"-Portland Oregonian.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05
WATERS AND EYEGLASSES.

Hotels and Restaurants Object to Help
Wearing Optical Aids.
Ever see a waiter wearing glasses? ?"
demanded the inquisitor.
No one could remember, although just
why waiter should not be seen with
glasses as we'll as any other man was
not apparent.
ITS just like the wearing Of beards.' ~
went on the inquisitor. 'The proprie-
tors of our important hotels, restau-
rants and cafes will not permit either
boards or glasses to be worn by their
walters. 1t is possible that in some old
fashioned family or commercial hotel
the servitors may be found with their
noses straddled by optical helps, but
you won't find 'em along Broadway.
Now, this is a fact worthy Of note,
because in every other calling in life
the number of persons wearing glasses
is on the increase, and even in our
schools a considera BILE percentage of
very small children will be found wear
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05
DIED OF ST AVIATION.
Sad Fate of Prospector in that Gres
Deathtrap, the Colorado Desert.

Sad Fate of a Prospector in that Great
Deathtrap, the Colorado Desert.
J. P. Fay recently returned from a
trip across the Colorado desert with
news of the death of J. A. Adams, Dep
uty County Surveyor of San Bernar-
dino County and a grandson of John
Brown, the abolitionist of national
fame, says a correspondent of the st.
Louis Republic. Adams met with q
horrible death, wandering away from
the surveying camp while temporarily
deranged and perishing of starvation.
"We were out on the desert prospect,
ing for gold" said Fay. "An Indian,
whom we had employed to show us
where to find water on the desert
caught his foot in the stirrup while
mounting his horse and fell on his
back. The horse started to run, drag,
ging the Indian by one foot. AS the
ground was covered by jagged rocks,
the Indian would have been killed had
not Adams run up and seized the
horse by the bit. The animal, wild
with fright, reared and plunged. Ad.
ans was twice thrown upon the rocks
and once the horses hoof struck him
but he still gripped the bit until Mr.
'Lanere and succeed in releasing the
Indian.
"After all the danger was over Ad
ans sat down upon rock and began
laughing, and when asked if he was
hurt replied: "Oh, no; Pm only little
tired, but guess you will have to helI
me set this arm We then started fol
Yuma, Adams riding some twenty-five
miles that afternoon and never once
complaining, though we could see by
his drawn features that he was suffer
ing intense pain.
cat dusk we camped for the night
and within an hour the sick man was
delirious and raving like a maniac
Some time during the night he left
camp. AS soon as we discovered thai
he had gone we made every effort tt
find him, but could not do much unit
daylight, when we found his tracks II
the sand. We followed the tracks al
that day and until about 9 o'clock the
next day, when we came to a hard
rocky place at the foot of some rocl
hills. Here we lost the trail, and, try
as we might, we could not find it again
For three days we searched the
hills, but not trace of the man coulG
we discover, though we we'll knew tha
somewhere within a radius of twenty
or thirty miles lay the body Of one OF
the bravest men that ever lost his life
in that great deathtrap-the Colorado
desert
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05
AS TO PUBLIC SPEAKING.
Few Great Speeches Come Without
Previous Study.

Few Great Speeches Come Without
Previous Study.
Some wonder has been expressed at
the practice David B. Hill has late
ly adopted of reading his speeches to
his audiences, though it Is said that
he reads with such show of off,
hand speaking that those in the crowd
who can hear him but cannot see him
do not discover any difference. Mr..
Hill is practiced public speaker, and
can unquestionably do his subject JUS
tice without the use Of manuscript. IT
necessity arises he is eminently satis-
factory as an extemporaneous speak
er. These be formative times, how
keep his record straight, and to be
able to produce the proof against mis-
representations.
Some kinds of speeches are not much
hurt In effect by being read by the
speaker. Others depend altogether on
the style of delivery. Senator Bever-
idge, of Indiana, would not be sue
cess as speech reader. Deliveries
that depend more on flights Of phrase
ology and graceful emphasis than deep
deliberation must be unburdened by
manuscript.
Reading speeches Is getting to be
quite the fashion. Gov. Nash read his
speech as temporary chairman of the
Republican State convention from
typewriter pages. and Gen. Grosvenor.
the permanent chairman, also read his
speech.
Ex-senator Hill Is busy man, and
probably had not the time to commit
his speech to memory. Ex-President
Cleveland has plenty Of time, and prob
ably had his Tilden Club remarks
pat"
Of one thing the admiring public
may rest assured: Very few, if any,
of the great speeches come sponta-
eously from the speaker without pre-
vious reflection and preparation, not
only as to the sentiment and general
line Of thought, but as to the language
employed. Even Ingersolls great
speech placing Blaine in nomination
for President in this city in 1876, which
seemed an immediate brilliant inspira-
ton rather than study, was rehears-
ed in bed to the speakers anxious
brother before the convention met.
The brother went to Roberts room
early in the morning to spur him to
preparation. How will this do?" ask
ed Robert, as he raised himself from
the pillows. Then that great speech
was delivered for the first time, and to
only one man.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05

DR.. Sy1vestre, whose name has fash
ed around the world as the inventor
of a wonderful device by which you
cannot only hear by telephone, but see
by phone as well, has allowed several
illustrations to be made of the visual
telephone machine, although he will
not as yet show it's working fully, be-
cause he says to see it is so simple
that a man could go away and make
one himself. So until the machine is
bought by the French government for
$1,000 600, the price he wants. the doc
tor will not exhibit the device.
The illustrations show the different
parts of the invention, and something
Of it's workings. 1t consists of a small
circular mirror, with a hole in the
center to which Is screwed a tiny cleo
trio light of a little more than one
candle power. The mirror is fixed to
the microphonic plate of the telephone
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05

as the two-share plows are called, are
put into the field and the soil Is
thrown up against the plants, burying
all but the tops. AS the stalks push
upward the banking Is repeated and
the stalks are thus kept bleached and
tender till it is time for the cutting.
This is also done with horse power.
A four-wheeled vehicle fitted with
sharp knives which pass under the
rows Of celery is drawn through the
fields, clipping the stalks from the
roots and leaving them still standing
in the rows. So rapidly do these ma
chimes do the work but five teams and
machines are required to harvest the
crop from the entire 5000 acres.
Following the cutters come a small
army of Celestials who take the sew
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05

There are some circumstances under
which it is easy to write a letter for
another person, and others under
which it is well-nigh impossible; but
not all people agree on what the cir
cumstanceS are.
I'D jess like you to write letter to
Pomp for me, please, Missy June -
said the colored queen of a Boston
kitchen to her young mistress. LESS
a little short, everyday letter. 1t won't
take you but bout a minute"
What shall l say?" asked the lady,
when pen and paper were at hand.
Tell me just what to say, Hester"
"Oh," said Hester, with a toss of her
head, I'D jess like a few words. Missy
June. Jess to tell him howdy, and say
made up my mind l amt going to
marry him, an he'd better hurry his
self and make sure O. Susy Ball. or
most likely he'll lib an die a mis'able
ole bachelder. OATS ALL"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05

ing glasses. And while, as say, hotel,
restaurant and cafe proprietors are op-
posed to the glasses, still have seldom
found a waiter whose eyes indicated
that he was in the slightest need of
them.
'You may argue that restaurant wait
ers are generally young men. Grant
you that instantly, but, all the same,
thousands of men of similar age have
to wear them in almost every other oc-
cupatfon.
"Tbe majority of these servitors COM
mence in boyhood, and the demand of
their vocation causes no strain on the
eyesight. Consequently that may ac-
count in a measure for the absence of
any necessity for the use Of specs.
Moreover, the steam from hot viands
would render them useless probably"
New York Evening Telegram.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05

stand the work. The planting begins
in June and continues through July and
August, and the hot summer sun beats
down upon the fields and the heat and
the rank odors Of the swamp laden
with fever and malaria, are more than
the average white man can endure.
The Orientals, however, keep healthy,
as rule, and do not seem to much
mind the heat.
In week or so after the plants have
been set, the laborers go through the
patch and press the dirt around the
plants in such manner as to cause
the stalks to grow uprightfy and close
together. This process is repeated two
or three times and then the ''bankers,' -
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05
THIS is HOW YOU SEE
A MAN AT THE PHONE.

and pair of little brass pencils con-
meets. the current and the apparatus.
In mysterious looking hood two
acids mix drop by drop, and out of
spout comes a phosphorescent vapor,
falling ON the mirror. If, when tele-
phoning, a sheet of white paper Is
placed in front of the mirror, the room
from where the person is telephoning
may plainly be seen, and also the per-
son.
DR.. Sylvester was sitting in his labo-
ratory in the dark one night some
weeks age, awaiting the slow working
of some chemical process. He has In
his laboratory a theater phone. He
was listening to the opera, when sud-
denly ON the white wall of his labora-
tory he saw the stage scene from the
theater, coiors and all. Investigation
revealed to him the secret. He has
made half a dozen tests that have con-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05

bors, passing by. heard the head Of the
house use language that was calculated
to loose the, thunderboits of heaven on
the whole neighborhood. She stopped.
ran up to the door, and. pressing the
button, listened eagerly at the speaking
tube What in the world is your hus-
hand doing?" she asked, as the dulcet
voice of Eve inquired her errand.
"Oh," replied Eve. he is merely rails
ing Cain. 1T requires strong language
to raise child like that"
And thus an expression was coined
which promises to outlast history itself.
Portland OEegonian.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05
The Reward of Curiosity.

1t cannot be said that the rebuke con-
tanned in the following anecdote from
the New York Times was conveyed in
the best way, but it undoubtedly found
it's mark:
While on trip through the South
soon after the civil war, a prominent
man stopped over night at the little
town of Warrenton, N. G. The next
morning, while he was strolling around,
he met a countryman who greeted him
with, ''Howdy!' and passed the time Of
day most cordially. The native was
barefooted, and, having some curiosity
about it, the visitor said:
'Is it the custom Of the country for
the men to go without shoes?'
"Wal," was the drawing reply, "some
on us does, but most on us tends to our
own business"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05
Lady or Tiger.

An unsolved mystery is that connect
ed with the late Frank r. Stockton's
story of 1.-The Lady or the Tiger" At
the end of the tale the hero is left in
the arena, about to open one of two
doors; behind the first is tiger, and
behind the second a girl who loves the
hero. Another girl, who also loves him,
and who knows the secret Of the doors,
signals him which one to open. At this
point the story ends, and Mr. Stockton
never confided to any one his opinion
of the hero's fate.
I'm sure 1 should like to tell you,'
he said to an interviewer, ''but can't,
because l really don't know myself"
The story set everybody guessing,
and one day, at reception, when it
was a topic of debate, Mr.. Stockton
told Rudyard Kipling that he thought
of going to India.
''I'm glad of it, said Kipling, enthu-
siastically, land I'll tell you what Wen
do with you! Well lure you into the
jungle, and have you seized and bound.
Wen have you turned on your back,
and get one Of our biggest elephants
to stand over you with his foot poised
above your head. Then I'll say, in my
most insinuating tone, Come now,
Stockton, which was it, the lady or the
tigerY"
At one time Mr.. Stockton was the
guest of honor at dinner given in
Washington by a member Of President
Harrison's cabinet. When the dessert
+ b. =
plates of ice cream, one an orange ice
in the mold of tiger, the other of va
nilla, in the form of a woman. The
plates were set in front of the hostess,
and she turned to her guest with pre-
maturely triumphant air.
(Which kind do you prefer, Mr..
Stockholm" she asked.
"a little of both, of you pleasev' !
Willing to Wait.
The natives Of Sierra Leone are not
behind the rest of the world in expect
ing present at Christmas, but unlike
more conventional races, they have the
candor to ask for it. "Massa," inquiries
the native, what you go give me for
my Christmas?" The author of 'The
Sherbro and Its Hinterland," says that
on other special occasions similar re-
quests are common.
In 1887, during the celebration of the
Queens Jubilee, which happened to
come at the same time as the centenary
commemoration of the founding of the
colony Of Sierra Leone, local char
acter at Freetown approached me, and
said, "Massa, what you go to give me
for my jubilee"
1 was not disposed to take the hint,
and he added:
what! You no give me nutting for
my jubilee? Well, no matter! You go
give me something for my centenary"
He was again unsuccessful; but
when told him that l would think the
matter over, and he might come around
on his next centenary, he went away
quite contented.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05

There is many fortune lost by not
being able to recognize. good thing
when one sees it. Some one, great
many years ago, said that opportunity
calls but once upon the same person.
He is supposed to rap at the door and
if he gets no answer he passes on never
to return that way. This sounded. so
nice and fanciful that it became a
proverb, but like many other accepted
sayings, has not grain Of truth in it.
AS matter of fact, opportunity is
hanging about each mans door fairly
aching for an invitation to come in, but
most men are so obtuse they do not
recognize him.
When the old man, Hervey found, a
few years ago, that a goodly portion
Of his lands at Smeltzer, Orange coun-
ty, in Southern California, lay in the
big tule swamp, he was sorry he had
bought them. A little later, when a
valuable team with which he was en-
deavoring to break up a portion Of
the peat lands became begged and
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05
PRUDENCE.

Prue-fer Prudence-is her name,
How it does belle her!
For in foolish madcap pranks
No girl can outvie her.
Always in some mischief new.
Seek some new folly,
Often to be mourned next day
In deepest melancholy.
Always thoughtless when she acts,
Never once malicious.
Forever getting into scrapes-
To me she is delicious!
Prudence! What a name for her!
How it does belle her!
Yet in witching charm-for me-
No girl can outvie her!
-Somerville Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05
Important Detroit River.

The Detroit River is the outlet of the
greatest bodies of fresh water in the
world, aggregating $1,000 square miles
of lake surface.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05
Largest Farm known

Thelbiggest average farm in the
world is in South Australia, where the
average squatter holds $4,000 acres.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05

Many a mans success is due to the
fact that he never attempts to do any
thing beyond his ability.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05

There is nothing in the wide, wide
world that so speedily pounds sense
into a foolish girl As marriage to an
improvident man
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05
What Adam Was Doing.

1t was midnight. Suddenly in the
Adam residence there was cry, then
a series Of howls, and one Of the neigh
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05

Increase of Election Districts.
year is increased from 1887 to- 1, ,543
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05

Be sure your sins will find you out if
you are ever candidate for office.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05
WEALTH IN 4 bog.
An Fastener Taught California
Land Owners a Lesson.
NORTHUMBERLAND
This He Turned Into a Celery Farm and
Sta ted Great Industry.

First Crop of Celery Raised ON Land
Which Was Bought for Song-Pro-
duction and Marketing of the Crop
Is Full of fInterest-Many of the East
ern States Are Supplied and Some
CHeavy Profits Are Made.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05

vinced him that the visual telephone is
practicable, although at first sight he
admits it seemed to him as it may
have impressed others when they first
heard of it-incredibly phenomenal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05

Suggestive.
Many happy returns of the day,
grandpa! And mother says if you give
us each sixpence we mustn't lose it!'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05

Investigation will reveal that every
early.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05
Contradictory.

Contradictory.
1t Is said that men in savage state
never have toothache. 1t is also said
that there was never a man with tooth
ache who was not in a savage state
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-12-13
HermOSo aCtO
La cOl0nia eSpa10la
de Mexico Sc sune''

Ha tenido lugar en- Mexico nm
grandioso banquete de 1.S42 cubier.
tos oYganizado por 10 colonia espa.
nola CON motive del fAusto suceso de
10 union de- tCdos a miembros, di.
vididos en- dos bandos hasta hace
POGO con motives de opiniones pars
ID celebration de las Fl sstAs de Co.
vadongs.
La fiesta reault6 hermosfsima y en-
ella RENO ID mayor cordialidad, ss
Ilkndose ali las d fsrencias que
existfRn.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-12-13

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: oni1Os q!es s. m
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so siempxe,s y meno1 anoIe,
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assno de q niemo.
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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-12-13

iii Yex de 6edfcerse + ouimplir con
sue dsberes respordIando 1Seon
nanxA quo en ellos pueo eate p1ebIc,
s61edtc1xpE xipiorfsr, de6nol1S31r,
aus compatrfotas, 4 deR5ndfr ons
contiendsa con q fndion0 atbitrs ie
az Ia iosultos. { tirsr pfedrai.
perseorif g psde. M esnscie de
nsjto Z no e1ieta m65 -
duimk5ieos Snaus nos az 1asHpafaos
III az buen apatito.
Da nadn m yalid0 nndn. Il.
frScs6n Il esta nAfa ~ snkmafa =
smbirus. NI1ae MOI h.sreconooido.
sf0niera intar;namenta issciusSdnnfs
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n nneSfra nrnnin. IN mGn;desfo ~.
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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-12-13
Poblac1oneS %guatemaltecaS
8 4 p u A D A 8
Por la edalcaci6n. - Festds. tie
rrS6le incendS0

Las poblaciones de Palmar, San
Felipe, Colomia y Costepec, en- Qua.
temals, ne italian sepultAdas compile
tamente en- lava y cenizas.
RI gobierno de dichs republics,
Dol medic del sDfario de G. intro
AmSrics,s hi invitado 1todos los
habitantss Dc 10 rephblica, muy par
ticulArmeute 6 los padres do fAmi.
Lin, & Los demAs centres smericanos
Y & todas las personas amAnteA de
In sducacioa popular, cualquiera
que Sea se nacionalidad, para que
concurran & las pr6ximas festas do
Minerva.
I'm todos los departamentos de Ia
rep6blica guatAmaltecA fueron eele'
bradas CON esplendidex, y en- 81 mas
complete orden, las festas de 10 in
dspendencia.
Confrmando 10 noticiA del incen'
dio DO Champerico, resulta que fue.
ron devoradas por eli fue 60 ~ cAsas.
El inConaiO dui6 MAS de. doce horas.
Sc aAlvAron los almAcenes, bodegas,
lanchas, etc, de 10 Comp MIA de
Agencies. Ri muelle aufri6 POGO.