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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12
LOST IN THE WOODS.

Practical Advice from a World Fa-
nous Traveller.
Every summer brings tragic tales Of
campers, hunters and summer tour
lists who are lost in the woods. A
considera BILE number are never found.
Others 60 insane from terror, hunger
or cold. Even in the more fortunate
cases the persons who are lost undergo
intense nervous strain. George Ken
nan, the great traveller, gives some
practical advice on this subject in a
recent number of the Outlook.
When you discover that you have lost
your way sit down instantly. You have
probably strayed but a short distance
from the trail, because otherwise the
branches of underground would sooner
have attracted your attention. Then
with all your strength OF will remind
yourself that if you allow yourself to
become panic-stricken and rush off
aimlessly, you will only get deeper and
deeper into the woods. In the thous-
and-square- mile forest tracts of Mich
igan or the Adirondacks OR Maine you
might never be heard Of again.
The first act is to break the top of
a bush and bend it over. The under
side of the leaves shows such differ
ent tints from the upper as to be
quickly noticeable. To this first bush
tie your handkerchief for base. Walk
slowly away, breaking and bending
over bush tops every ten or twelve
feet for trail, and never lose sight of
your handkerchief. After while re-
turn to your base and try another direc-
ton, always leaving a trail of bent
| bushes behind you. Shout whenever
you return to your base.
| In this manner one can usually find
his way to the beaten path in few
minutes, or be found by search-parties
| Even children can and should be
taught this simple lesson Sefore they
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12

are taken out when the creased paint
Is washed Off. When used as perma
nent beautifiers plumpers sometimes
turn back the clock twenty years.
A great deal of care has to be taken
in making teeth for public speakers,
actors and singers. 1t Is necessary to
have them filed in so there can be no
escape of air between them. The clear
enunciation can only be had when
there is no air space nor chance for
kissing.
Electricity has made dentistry ad-
vance as it has advanced. There is an
electric oven for baking porcelain that
is capable of heat Of $500 degrees.
An electric lathe and an electric en-
gine are used for all the work in the
mouth. 1t works so much quicker that
one-third of the time is employed that
was formerly required, and so two
thirds of the pain and nervous strain is
eliminated Formerly it took half a
day to make filing Now an expert,
working with electricity, may fill a
tooth in ten minutes. An electric root
dryer heats up the cavity after 1t is
cleaned and dries it out almost in
stantly. That is a modern invention
and time-saver. An English modelling
| wax has taken the place of plaster OF
paris, which was heat-producer, be-
sides being ill-tasting.
| Very few first-class dentists now ad-
| minister chloroform or ether. and
ra erly Is nitrous oxide gas given. Any
thing that reduces to Inconsistencies
has a bad effect. Local anesthetics are
down to a fine point now. Probably
the most popular is ethol-chloride. This
Is sprayed on the part to be treated
for sensitive IDENTIFIES and aching teeth.
Among the local anesthetics, injected
hypodermically, is cocaine, odontunder
alvatunder and the many formulas OF
! tunder.
The most common disease that the
dentist has to treat is pyorrhea alveo,
laris, or gradual absorption of the pro-
cess below the gums. The gums re.
cede and the teeth become loose and
drop out. This disease is due to neg
lect of the teeth. 1t can be arrested If
taken in time.
There are specialties in dentistry
Two st. Louis men get $1oO fol
STRENGTHENING children's teeth.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12

They are of the old school where SEN
timent reigned. Nowadays we bluntly
call it gush."
But it's not all bad, is it?" queried
the girl.
"By no means," replied Jasper. 'The
execution is good. If the fripperies and
affectations were dropped it would be
very passable. If you would heed my
advice-they never do might be
tempted to ask you to try again."
He folded the manuscript and hand
ed it to her.
''Thank you," said the girl.
Il am sorry If my judgment seems
harsh," said Jasper.
1T doesn't" said the girl.
81 have tried to treat you as an hon.
est friend should" said Jasper.
"Thank you again." said the girl. 81
will admit that hoped to see my verses
in your paper"
"Try again." said Jasper.
The girl arose and put out her dainty
hand.
81 am glad to know you, Mr.. Dane, ~
who has sung your praises until l am
quite jealous. was really anxious to
meet you. Good-by." Then she swiftly
! added, with a charming smile, Il am
sure we shall meet again."
The smile and the words quite over.
came Jasper.
Il hope So" he fairly stammered
I,o 10 r ;e h
f1utter from the room.
AS he resumed his seat a card upoI
the floor drew his attention. The CIR
had dropped it. He picked it up, caught
sight of his name, and at once recog
nized the angular handwriting. Ther
he read it aloud:
| "Dear Dane-This is my daughter
Leonie, just come home from abroad
What she writes goes, of course.
yours,
'LINAS LAMSON."
Dane softly whistled.
So this was Lamson's little girl, this
splendid young woman! How charm
ing she was, and how friendly. Hat
he hurt her feelings? What a brute h,
was! 1t would have been such a simpl,
thing to publish the verses. And sh,
never showed him her fathers note
That was noble of her.
He picked up his pencil and bent owe
his work. And presently he softl,
hummed:
She came upon me unawares
turned and she was there.
I-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12

Is drawn from the tropics than Is the
case with other, and especially the Eu-
ropean countries, which in most cases
now produce their own sugar from
beets.
The United States has during recent
years consumed nearly one-half of the
cane sugar of the world which enters
into international commerce, and more
than one-half Of the coffee Of the world.
In the year 1901 the importations of
goods usually considered as Of tropical
or subtropical production amounted to
100000, or considerably more
than 100000 for every day in the
year, including Sundays and holidays,
while thirty years ago they amounted
to but SLAB 100000. or less than $780,
600 per day.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12

The use of porcelain crowns for
teeth has enabled modern dentistry to
do great deal for art. 1t has made
tain singers by giving their artificial
teeth crowns with an outer curve, their
natural teeth did not have. The re-
suit Is to increase the acoustic effects
of the mouths bony structure. The
mouth of Trilby was like the dome of
the Salt Lake tabernacle. Some sing
ers have this mouth, but their front
teeth, instead of being continuation
of the curve Of the roof of the mouth,
bend Inwardly. They break the flow
of the sound. By saving off these nat
ural teeth and mounting them with
porcelain or crowns with an outward
curve, a great Improvement Is made in
tone.
Porcelain crowns are used in making
great cornet players as we'll as in max
ing singers, and in the same way. The
out-curving front teeth are best for the
cornetist, because the tongue can be
used in triple-tonguing the mouthpiece
In the fancy work.
One Of the little devices Of modern
dentistry Is the plumper. This Is a
combination of gold and hard rubber
for making the face take-on a rounded
appearance. Elderly ladies, whose skin
has begun to set loosely, sometimes
have plumpers put in. In cases like
this they are permanently fixed to the
side teeth by gold crowns. Plumpers
are also made for actresses and actors
for use in making up the face for the
character they wish to portray. They
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12
SHAKE HANDS WITH FATE.

rTis a sad old world, and bad old world,
1t is scarce worth while at all;
Its sorrows cling and its friendships
sting,
And even its joys will pail.
But dear is life for all its strife,
And love is better than hate
You'll find grace in the surliest face
If you just shake hands with fate.
With light in your glance and right In
your glance
And your lips in curve to the sky;
A spring in your walk and ring IN your
talk,
Sure, hope will not pass you by.
The path that you will winds over a hiii'
But it leads to an open gate;
So trill you song to lure love along,
And just shake hands with fate.
'Tis in yourself is the demon elf,
'Tis in yourself is God; >.
And you'll never stray from yourself
away
Gods light or the devils prod.
Whatever your mind you'll meet IN klno'
And what is yourself create;
The world will view what is really you
Therefore, shake hands with fates
-Leslie's Weekly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12
TROPICS ARE At OUR DOOR.

Americans Are Large Consumers of
Products of Warmer Chimes.
Americans live better, perhaps, than
the people of any other part of the
world. They are not content with the
products Of their own country, but
draw largely upon the tropics for con-
diments and delicacies that add to the
pleasures Of the table. The increase
In the contributions OF the tropics to
the daily life of man has been general
throughout the countries where pros
perity or an activity in manufacturing
and commerce is the rule, but 1t seems
to be especially marked in the United
States, which now imports more than
81 100000 worth of tropical and sub
tropical foodstuffs and raw materials
every day in the year. The increased
reliance upon the tropics is probably
greater, proportionately, in the United
States than in most other countries,
since a much larger share of our sugar
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12
EFFORT OF MAPPING A BRAIN,
scientific Tests to Discover Control of
Limbs and Muscles.

scientific Tests to Discover Control of
Limbs and Muscles.
Eminent surgeons have long endeav-
ored to find out precisely what parts of
the brain control the various muscles
and limbs of the body, with a view to
ascertaining therefrom new ways of
treating diseases of the nervous sys-
tenn. Sufferers from such complaints.
especially such as cause interruption
of the muscular action, may have rea-
son to bless the memory Of certain
great apes who have co-operated un-
selfshly with and without being con-
suited by some British scientists and
surgeons in a series Of privately con-
Quoted experiments to demonstrate new
facts about the brain, says the London
Leader.
Though the scientific partnership
was fatal to the apes, they lived adj
mired and died universally respected,
and their photographs will be handed
down in medical history. Studies of
the brains of the higher apes have
shown that their composition was suf-
ficiently like that Of man to Justify the
belief that investigations made on these
brutes would furnish knowledge about
the human brain. To understand the
experiments thoroughly 1t is well to re-
member that the brain may be roughly
divided into two great portions
frontal and the occipital-whfch are
separated by the fissure of Rolando.
This fissure extends across the top Of
the human head and down on each side
at about the region of the temples.
All that part of the brain which lies
in the front of it-that is, the brain
that is over the eyes and fills out the
frontal region of the head-is known as
the frontal lobe. This frontal lobe, it
has been found, does almost all the
work of ordering and controlling the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12
Stopped for Once.

A citizen from the frontier, who new
er had been in Washington before, was
visiting a friend in the nations CAPT.
tai. and was taken one day to the gal
lery of the Senate while an important
measure was under discussion. T..
A senator was delivering a long.
prosy and apparently aimless speech.
and the visitor soon grew tired of it.
"Why doesn't he say somethin'. worth
listening tor he whispered to his
friend.
"Oh, he's merely talking against
time" ,.
whats the good Of that?". asked the
other, aghast. ''Time goes on just: the
same, doesn't it?'
81 suppose it does," replied his
friend, looking at his watch and yawn-
ing; 'but it doesn't seem to-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12
JASPER DANES CALLER.

~HE door creaked very slightly,
but it Jared on Jasper Danes
q nerves. He looked up with
frown.
"Is this Mr.. Dane!'
voune woman was framed in the
doorway.
JasDer's frown slightly faded as he
caught sight of her. She was a pretty
Young woman and charmingly goWned,
and she wasn't more than one and twen-
ty. Jasper avoided the woman's page
of his paper. He couldn't have told
what the young woman in the doorway
wore, but he recognized the fact that
If was a combination that seemed to be
Just suited to her.
Mr. Dane, the editor?
Jasper, pencil in hand, bowed again.
The young woman advanced into the
apartment
"You are much younger than l sup
posed you to be-" she said.
Jaspers eyes opened wider.
Il am not quite sure that l ought to
take that as a compliment" he said.
He even smiled. Then the pressing
character of his work reminded him.
His features stiffened. He raised his
pencil again, and looked at the girl Sc
verely.
Its the very first time was ever In
an editors sanctum," she said, as her
glance took in the dingy walls and the
Uttered desk.
How can serve you, madam" in,
quired Jasper.
The girl looked at him and she looked
at the chair beside his desk.
'Thank you," she said, and sat down
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12

To give your Photographic parapher-
MALTA thorough overhauling and clean
ing up. If you use hand camera, take
off the front and clean out the dust
that you will be surprised to find it
contains. If it is a larger instrument,
see that there are no parts that re-
quire reblacking. The nearest shoe
maker will give you little clubbing"
that will improve the bellows If rubbed
into the corners that are getting hard
and inclined to crack. Go through your
negatives and throw away all those
that are useless. Overhaul your stock
of solutions and throw away all that
are not in good condition and properly
labelled. Examine your trays and
washing boxes and give them coat of
enamel If thought necessary to guard
again rust or decay. Go carefully over
your source of darkroom illumination
and see that there is no danger from
any stray beams of white light or an
unsafe ruby light. Finally, make a
resolution to the effect that you will
expose fewer plates and secure better
results than you did last year.-St.
Louis and Canadian Photographer.
The recent action of the Paris Salon
in admitting photographs in competi-
ton at its next exhibition is bound to
exert stimulating and very beneficial
effect upon photography all over the
world. Up to the present time photog-
raphy has been barred from all Art
Exhibits and has been classed as lib
eral and not as one Of the Fine Arts.
Mr.. Edward Steichen, of Milwaukee,
however, a very prominent amateur.
whose work has won him universal
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12

are allowed near large tracts OF forest.
Persons going deliberately into the
woods to fish or hunt should always
wear a small compass suspended by a
chain about the neck. In pocket it
Is subject to too many chances Of loss.
If to the compass be added tiny
chamois bag containing tightly cork
ed bottle Of matches, twenty. feet Of
silk cord, fish-hook and few tablets
Of compressed food. the tourists life is
practically safe even though he is lost
for days.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12

praise and many prizes in strictly Pho
tographic competitions. is to be credit
ed with having won the laurels in this
case, some of his recent work having
been accepted by the Salon to be hung
ut its next exhibition. When it Is re-
membered that the Salon is composed
of the most conservative artists in the
world and that its gates have been
jealousy guarded against the adm1s-
sion of anything but works of the high
est merit, the Importance Of this inno-
vation, to lne camera worker, will at
once become evident.
The snap shot fiend will soon be
thing of the past. Amateurs to-day
are putting brains into their pictures.
While brains and work are necessary
to make artistic pictures, a good outfit
Is also essential. The box should be
one with a focusing arrangement and
ground glass, the shutter one of the
automatic time and speed combinators,
but the most important of all is the
lens. 1t is better to have good lens
and cheap box and shutter than fine
box and shutter with cheap lens. 1t
is also advisable to own two lenses-a
wide angle for interior and confined
places, and a rectilinear The rectili-
near lens should be of high speed and
not too long a focus, for all around
work A high grade combination lens
is very desirable. which by removing
one combination give very long focus
with remaining combination-is at
times very important. The subject of
lenses is an inexhaustible ones, and we
will endeavor to treat this subject in
some future article.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12

Jasper sighed and stared at the half-
written sheet before him.
Are you sure it is the editor you want
to see?" he asked. 1.-The society editor
is at the lower end of the hall. So are
the musical editor and the art depart
ment. So is the dramatic editor"
Il came to see you," said the girl.
Jasper slightly flushed.
THANK you," he said. Il am on ex-
hibition at all hours. Is that all?"
The girl shook her head.
do you own the paper, too" she
asked.
Jasper frowned.
NO." he replied. 81 believe it is gen.
orally understood that Mr.. Linas Lam
son is the papers owner"
The railway PRESIDENT"
Yes"
HAS he any children?"
zone"
"Boy?"
mo, girl. A little girl who is study
ing abroad
How old?"
II don't know. Mr.. Lamson speaks
of her as his little girl" Jasper was
getting fidgety.
II beg your pardon" he said, but you
have not told ME how l can serve YOU"
No" she said, Il haven't"
A brief silence followed.
Am l to infer that you are getting
ND society directory?" Jasper inquired
with a slight flavor of sarcasm.
hn Crirl s1thn IND
would be wrong. Nor do l want my
portrait on the society page. No, have
no tickets to sell and no subscription
paper to sign. l came here to see you
A dear friend said: You must see the
editor of the Dispatch. He's we'll worth
your while.
Jasper couldn't help flushing again.
Am l reckoned among the leading
sights of the town." he asked.
NO" the girl gravely replied. "You
come between the geyser fountain and
the ZOO"
Jasper laughed.
And do you come up here to tell me
that?" he asked.
That for one thing" said the girl
Il don't suppose my presence here both
ers you in the least, does it?"
Madam said Jasper, Il am a reck
less user of the truth. Your presence
prevents ME from attending to my du
ties"
Perhaps this is your busy day?" sale
the girl. innocently.
All my days are busy days"
Then, of course, it is just as con
yenient for me to call to-day as an!
other day" said the girl
Jasper looked at her with comica
expression. He was a little near
sighted, and. as was his custom witt
callers, he had scarcely given her al
appreciative look when she entered
Now, at shorter range, he saw that sh
was much prettler than he at first sup
posed. She certainly was very charm
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12
The Knocker.
She had a little hammer,


She used it with a will, =
She knocked at everybody
They couldn't keep her still;
She knocked about her neighbors
If they were friends or foes,
She knocked about the table,
And knocked about her clothes.
She knocked at hubby's smoking,
About his snoring, too;
She knocked about his whistling,
And so, perhaps, would you;
At last the Reaper claimed her,
Her course on earth was run;
Her husband then considered
Her knocking days were done.
But hubby went one evening
To see a spirit show,
Where always in the cleaning,
The spirits come and go,
He heard a spirit knocking
"My wife," he said, ''Ill bet!
Now, isn't she a wonder?
By gosh! she's knocking YETI!
-Yonkers Statesman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12

motion of the body and the exercise Of
its various physical functions. 1t Is
the great central telephone exchange,
or, to use another electric term, the
great power house where the subtle, in
tangible fluid of thought is converted
into a tangible working force and
thence transmitted at varying pressures
along the feed wires of nerves to the
various engines of the heart, arms, legs,
eyes, mouth, nose and other organs.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12

A man can't be said to be thoroughly
domestic in his tastes unless he Cain
get an article out of the refrigerator
without spilling something.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12
I,andladies in Vienna.

One hundred and fifty landladies
have been summoned at Vienna for
taking in boarders without the pefmis-
sion Of the police.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12
A Historic Tree.

There still fourishes at, Dundee,
Scotland, a tree which was dedicated
as tree Of liberty" more than aycen-
tury ago during the ferment caused. by
the French revolution. .
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12
Some Exports to Germany.

A parcel post package mailed in
Brooklyn to Hamburg. Germany, re-
Gently, interested the postal clerks.
The customs declaration of its con-
tents written on the outside was as fol-
lows: .. '.-
One mustard plaster. cents
One box corn salve. ............ 8 cents
Mixed candy ................. cents
Potash tablets ............... cents
Total ................. "a cents
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12
VII They Don't Sneak

Stella-fes, my age is in the family
Bible.
Bella-Tb en, I presume, it must be
in Revelations.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12

A dog fancier could give you pointers,
but he would rather sell them.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12

A man likes to hear a woman say she
has never been kissed, even II he
doesn't believe it. y
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12
QUEER NIGHT THEFT.
WEALTHY BANKER WAS ROBBED
WHILE HE SLEPT.

Through the Efforts of Detective
the Mystery of the Losses Was
Solved in Manner Most Unex-
pected All Around.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-12

~HE door creaked very slightly,
VII but it Jared on Jasper Danes
q nerves. He looked up with a
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-04-30

Memphis, TENN, April 2S.-Rear
Admiral and Mrs Schley arrived in
Memphis at $40 o'clock last evening
and were at once driven to their room
in the Gayoso hotel
Admiral Schley will be the guest OF
the city until Wednesday night, when
he win visit several cities in Missis-
sippi- Tomorrow morning parade
viii be given in honor of the admiral
and his wife. In the afternoon he will
be, presented with a silver service and
in the evening superb banquet will
be spread at the new Gayoso hotel.