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The daily Republican., 1902-12-23
LETTERS TO
SANTA CLAUS.

Dear Santa Claus-1 am a little
! girl three years old and l would like
you to bring me pink cashmere
dress a pair of leggins, a pair OF
rubbers, doll that goes to sleep, q
broom, a horn to blow, some nuts.
candy, oranges and bananas. Good.
bye Santa. From your friend,
Ethel Dumfs0n, SO Jefferson
street.
Dear Old Kriss / want doll,
washtub, wash board. set of dishes,
a ring, coat. beaver hat, and sewing
machine. Don't forget my sister,
Bessie. She wants a m:rten fur.
Dora Starkey, $50 French street
Dear Old K4'iss i am little boy
going on ten years old and | would
like you to please bring me sweat
er. pair of canvas glnves, and an
air rifle. And Santa please bring
my little sister high chair, doll
baby, little tub and wash board and
a set of dishes. From your little
friend, Paul Bayard. Newark, Del.
p. 5. Please don't forget to bring
me pair of gum boots.
Dear Santa Claus i do not want
much SO ] wish you would bring me
what | want, | would like to have
a doll baby and coach, big red
rubber ball, little horse and
wagon. a story book and a swing to
swing the baby in. l am a little
girl 2 years old. Good bye. Your
true friend, Esther Boughman. 222O
Tatnall street, Wilmington Del, j
Dear Santa Claus-I an u little
girl seven years old | want gold
ring, agold bracelet. a set of furs.
pair Of leggins two dolls, doll
house. large set CT dishes, dol
swing, high chair, a piano aud a
bed for my baby, some candy, oranges
and nuts also IL basket of fruit don't
forget my kitty he likes milk and
Malta Vita. also my mamma and
grand father and grand mother.
Your friend Clelia Rayne.
5l7 East Eleventh street,
Dear Santa C!aus--I am a little
boy six years old and NaDt YOU 10
bring me little Automobile. i pair
OF gum boots aud a Christmas tree,
Your li:te friend Howard Corneger
20O2 Vest Second street,
Wilmington Del.
Dear Santa Claus-I am a little
slrI eight years old would like you
10 orlng me set OF lurs, mackin-
tosh' pair OF leggins, new hat,
I"o dolls, doll swing, large set
OF '4snes, piano, doll house,
h'sh chair, bed for my baby, some
candy, oraEges and nuts also IA
basket of fruit and please don't for.
set my mother aud grand mother.
Your friend. Ellen kayne, r.
oil East Eleventh. street
The daily Republican., 1902-12-23
SMOTHER "A COUGH.

You can smother a cough
with your hand but you cant
cure it that way. Some medi-
cines only smother coughs.
SCOTS Emulsion cures them.
Old coughs and deep-rooted
coughs can't, be cured until
the inflammation which causes
$hcm has been replaced by
healthy tissue.
That is exactly the kind Of
thorough work SCOTS Emul-
sion does. 1t changes the
entire nature of the throat and
lungs SO that there is nothing
to cough about.
Send for Free Sample.
,coTT & BOVINE. Chemists, 400 Pearl St., N Y.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-23

Dear Old Kriss-I am little boy
seven years old, please bring ME n
dig football. and parr of gum
boots and lots OF nuts and candy,
and ! will try to be good boy.
Your friend, Norman Hoffman, 1904
Market street.
Dear Santa Claus Please bring
me a Sled, an express wagon,
pair OF rGbbers and set of blocks,
that will be al. for me but do not
forget sister Annie. Yours trav,
Henry Goppert lao Jackson street.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-23
William 6. Earle,
Eighth 4 Market Sts. T,cS' FSs1"I From.

NJ OTIcE--I ANNA M,WINkEER. THE OWN-
IN or and occupant of the h0ilsr situated at
No l4O French street, IN 9Th ward pf the cty OF
Wilmington county Of New ra<tl" and state ul
Delaware, in compliance, with the requirements
OF he acts ol the General Assembly in such ca>,
made and provided do hereby give notice that
shall apply IN writing 10 tl" holnrAhl" court OF
Delaware, in and fOr NCw Castle comfy. To be
held ut Wilmington. on Monday. the end day nj
February, A. D., lHo3, being III" next term Of
sai court. for 4 licrl>" lur said house Hs an inn
or tavern. for The sale therein oi intoxicating II.
qNl0ls in less quantities than one quart 10 be
drunk on the premises and the following respect
ah" citizens Of Siid ward. al least twelve OF whom
are substantial fr-rhudrrS OF said ward recon-
mcnd the said application, viz:
Christian Spo"rl. George W Pierce
.lohn schtgrl Frank srhwcnhsrt
Henry Ernst James VI johnson
John +. kleinSliibcr William NJ Palmer
Charles l.. Oppenlander Harry n. MacDauiel
Frank schneider George II Spath
August llampcl John Fahey
James Lewis James Barr
FW Heiss Thomas Hall
LeonlardHeiSS William Kirk
John ! Gallagher William y Morrow
Elijah Tomlnson Patrick Lyons
kmmct Morrow Walter " Tallcy
Hugh Lynch George W Yonng
deco 81 ANNA NJ. WlNKLER
The daily Republican., 1902-12-23
WINTER TOURIST TICKETS, SEASON
1908 BALTIMORE & OHIO
Pail MAN

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
has placed on sale at all principal
offices east of the Ohio River,
Winter Tourist Tickets to points in
Alabama Florida. Louisiana, Mis-
slssippi, New Mexico North Caro-
lima and Texas; also Havana. Cuba,
and Nassau Mp, at reduced rates.
For additional information call on
Agent Baltimore < Ohio R.R
The daily Republican., 1902-12-23
A Million ! oires

Gould hardly exprr.< tn" thaaa- Of Homer
Han oI West Point, la. Listen why. 4 sny"Ia
cold had settled nN n. lungs. Causing mos. ob
stinste cough S'V"m! piiy-ical> sail IL htd
consumption, tli coU.i mot h"}Phim. NAru ali
thought h" Wa doomed h" began To U," Dr
Kings Ne" Discovery Tor Consumption aud
Mriles--"it completely cured m" AMI saved my
life ! nov weigh" - h." It, positively ggr..
anlecd Tor Coughs, toidS and lGhE IrUl.D.u1
Price Doc. aui 500. 1rlaI bottle, Tree at " Is.
i1uuiottb's
The daily Republican., 1902-12-23

ZINE COLLECTION or sTrART'1 OIL
4 painting, at Lppncous, dec!OS.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
FIRST AUTOMOBILE OF ALL
S@@&@@%@@@@@@3@@@@

Only a small percentage of those who
nowadays see automobiles speeding
along the streets and boulevards are
aware that the first automobile, con-
sidered in the sense of vehicle con-
tanning within itself powers OF locomo-
ton, of which there is any authentic
account was a self-moving shrine OF
Bacchus. This was the invention OF
Heron, of Alexandria, who describes it
in his work on automatic mechanism.
The shrine in question was mounted
upon two supporting and two driving
wheels. On the axle of the driving
wheels was a drum, about which was
wound a rope which passed upward
through the space on one side OF the
shrine over pulleys and was fastened
to the ring of a ponderous lead weight,
which rested upon quantity OF tine
dry sand. The escape of this sand
through a small hole in the middle of
the floor of the compartment containing
it allowed the lead weight gradually to
descend and by pulling upon the cord
caused the shrine to move slowly =
| ward in a straight line. Heron describes
the method of arranging and propo, =
tioning the wheels in case it was de-
sired that the shrine move in cir
cular path. He also shows how the
shrine can be constructed to move in a
straight line at right angles to each
other.
Officials of the patent office over
looked the device of Heron when they
granted patents on machines, notwith-
standing that previously Thomas Eu-
bank, Commissioner of Patents in 1850,
illustrated and described Heron's inven-
ton. The mechanism of the latter is al
most Identical with that in the mod
ern device, and simply serves as anoth-
er proof of the saying. ''There is moth
| ing new under the SUM-"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02

Mrs. Emma Mitchell, $50 Louisiana
street, Indianapolis, Ind. writes:
"For the past five years l have rare
ly been without pain, but Peruna has
changed all this, and in a very short
time. I think / had taken only two
bottles before began to recuperate very
quickly, and seven bottles made me
well. I do not have headache or back
ache any more, and have some interest
in life. Emma Mitchell.
The coming of what is known as the
"new woman" in our country is not
greeted by everyone as if she were
great blessing. But there is another
new woman whom everybody is glad to
see. Every day some invalid woman
is exclaiming, 81 have been made
new woman by DR.. Hartman's home
treatment" 1t is only necessary to
send name, address, symptoms, dura-
tion of sickness and treatment already
received to DIR. Hartman, Columbus,
Ohio, and directions for one months
treatment will be promptly forwarded.
If you do not receive prompt and
satisfactory results from the use of
Peruna, write at once to DR.. Hartman.
givinga full statement of your case and
he will, be pleased to give you his valu-
able advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o..
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
THE ORIGIN OF GOLF
First Played with a Shepherds Croo
and PeIlhle

First Played with a Shepherds Crook
and Pebble.
The man or woman who has become
interested in golf must needs know
something of it's origin over in Scot
land In his book, The Art of Golf"
Sir w. G. Simpson tells the following
pretty story as to how the game had
it's beginning:
"a shepherd tending his sheep would
often chance upon round pebble, and,
having his crook in his hand, would
strike it away; for it is inevitable that
a man with a stick in his hand should
aim blow at any loose object lying in
his path as that he should breathe.
Over pastures green this led to nothing;
but once on a time certain shepherd,
feeding his sheep on links, perhaps
that of st. Andrews, rolled one of these
stones into a rabbit scrape.
Mary quoth he, L could not do
that if l tried thought which nerved
him to the attempt. But man cannot
long persevere alone in any arduous un-
dertaking, so Mr.. Shepherd hailed an
other, who was hard by, to witness his
endeavor. That is easy said the
friend, and, trying, failed. They now
searched the grass for the roundest
stones, and, having deepened the rab-
bit scrape SC that the stones might not
jump out of it, they set themselves to
practice putting.
1.-The stronger but less skillful shep-
herd, finding himself worsted at the
amusement, protested that it was a
fairer test of skill to play for the hole
from a considerable distance. With
this arranged, the game was found to
be much more varied and interesting.
The sheep having meanwhile strayed,
the shepherds had to go after them.
This proving an exceedingly irksome
interruption, they hit upon the in
genious device of mailing a circular
course of holes, which enabled them to
play and herd at the same time. These
holes being now many and far apart, it
became necessary to mark their where
abouts, which was easily done by
means of a tag of wool from a sheep
attached to a stick. primitive kind of
flag still used on many green's, almost
in it's original form. Since these early
days the essentials of the game have al
tered but little"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
"Fruits originally cultivated, and

Fruits originally cultivated, and
orange, pear, peach, sour plum, al
mond, grape, persimmon, loquat, pome-
granate, ginko or salisburia, and fig.
The 'mikan.' or Japanese sweet orange,
is smaller, sweeter, and less juicy than
the oranges raised in America, and the
thin membrane separating the sections
of the fruit is tougher; it has very
pleasant flavor, and is much used for
food by both natives and foreigners.
It is cultivated all through the warmer
regions of Japan, and is the most plen-
tiful Of the fruits raised here, being
found in the markets from early au-
tumn until late the following spring.
"The persimmon comes next to the
orange in the number produced. and
is a favorite with the natives. but its
season is comparatively short. 1t
closely resembles the persimmon Of our
Southern States. The sour plum is
extensively cultivated and yields
good crop. but the other fruits named
above, though more or less widely
grown, are produced in much smaller
quantities-the fig being most abund-
ant and most valued of the less i'm
portant fruits. The government has
introduced peaches. pears. and grapes
from Europe and America, and has
found the soil and climate we'll adapted
to their production, so that these are
now cultivated in addition to the native
varieties of the same fruits. Of the
fruits wholly unknown in Japan until
introduced from abroad, the apple has
proved most successful, and it has be-
come chief product of some districts
in the Hokkaido. or northern island.
The apples are Of fine appearance and
excellent favor, and the trees yield
profit very encouraging to the cultiva-
tor, so that the area of their produc-
ton is being increased. The natives
eat fruit chiefly fresh, and its use as
a table diet Is not general, although
increasing The processes OF drying
and canning fruits are beginning to
come into use, but only as means
of preserving the fruit for home con-
sumption, not for export Japan and
America.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
English a. She. Motorsd.

1t is little wonder that foreigners de-
spair of learning to speak our language.
One of the greatest difficulties is the
way in which the same syllable sounds
have often very different meanings.
you'll get run in,'' said the pedes-
trian to the automobilist without a
light on his vehicle.
'You'n get run into," responded the
automobilist, as he pushed the starting
lever hard over, knocked the other
down and ran up his spine.
''You'll get run in, too', said the
policeman, as he stepped from behind a
tree and grabbed the reckless driver be-
fore he could get away.
Just then another scorcher came
along, without his initials on his vehi.
Gle, so the policeman had to run in two
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
FRUIT GROWING IN JAPAN.
Sweet Oranges, Persimmons and Fis
Raised in Abundance.

Sweet Oranges, Persimmons and Figs
Raised in Abundance.
Japan is generally looked upon as a
land of flowers rather than Of fruit, but
it has an abundance of both. 1t will
never be. perhaps, a great producer of
fruits for export, but the raising of
fruits throughout the country is becom-
ing more and more of an industry, al
though there is only the home market.
Consul General Bellows, Of Yokohama.
says, in a recent report, that fruit
growing has not hitherto been an i'm
portant industry in Japan, and that
there have been very few farms on
which fruit formed the staple crop.
But the Japanese are now paying much
attention to fruit growing. What he
has to say about the fruits of Japan is
Of interest:
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Want a Sample of Spices7

We are very desirous that you should
try our Monopole Spices. If you try
them once we think you'll keep on
trying them, and other Monopole gro
ceries, too. Therefore, if you'll send
your grocer's name and a two-cent
stamp, we will send you a full weight
two or. tin of Monopole Cayenne or
white pepper, or other variety you Sc
lect. Monopole spices are the purest
and most fragrant obtainable, and we
want you to prove it for yourself. Ad-
dress Wadhams & Kerr Bros, Portland
Oregon
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02

Real Work.-The real work Of Z
Christian church is what 1t does for
mems souls.-Rev. ]. d. Burrell. Pres
byterian. Brooklyn. N. Y.
A Christian Pulpit.-To erect Chris
tian pulpit is doing more for Christian
public than to- endow college.-Rev.
DR.. Herbruch. Reformed. Canton. o.
Some Relationship.lThere is no re-
ligion that does not imply some rela-
tionship between God and man.-Rev.
DR.. Brushingham, Methodist, Chicago.
Ill
Physical Culture-Physical culture is
receiving the thought and attention
that will insure a vigorous people for
the future.-Rev. DR.. Swift, Methodist,
Chicago, I'LL.
The True Nature.-No amount of ar
gument will prove the true nature of
the word of God to him who will not
, see or hear.-Rev. L. G:>Hoeck. Swed-
enborgian Brooklyn. N. Y.
| Take More of Jesus.-We recognize
to-day that we must. take more of Jesus
Christ; that no ethical life can be lived
without the religious.-Rev. E. E.
! Crawford, st. Thomas, Ont.
The Whole Man.-Now every law of
| God Is good for the whole man. body
and soul. Whatever is good for the
soul is good for the body.-Rev. DR..
! Raymond, Schenectady, N. Y.
| Happiness.-Happin is not mate
rial: happiness is a matter. not of the
flesh. but of the spirit; happiness is in
visible. Real indeed it is.-Rev. DR..
Landrum, Baptist, Atlanta, Ga.
| Our Progress.-The spirit Of God
helps our progress. disclosing our God
to us in human service. 1t is an age
of humanity.-Rev. A. 3. Penniman
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
MISSOURI NOW LEADS.
Center Of Apple Production Shifts Westward
from AIeehanies,

from .AlIeshanes,
The center of Uncle Sans apple bin
has been shifted west of the Alleghan-
les, and the state that leads in the
growing of the national fruit is Mis-
souri,. This is the burden of a paper
read by Professor w. A. Taylor, pomol-
ogist in charge of field investigation
in the United States department of
agriculture before the national conven-
tion of apple shippers at Rochester,
N. Y. Professor Taylor completed lis
paper some time ago, but just before
the time of reading it he received from
the census department advance sheets
of statistics bearing on the apple in
dustry of the United States, compiled
from statistics gathered for the Twelfth
census, the matter being brought down
to June, 1900.
According to these figures the total
number of bearing trees in the United
States is 210, 100000, an increase of
100000 Or more than 40 per cent
over the apple area of 1890. The COM
mercial area of 1900 yielded in 1890
somewhat more than 75,000,000
bushels of apples.
By districts, the north Atlantic
apple section has 80, 500, 900 trees; the
south Atlantic 25, 5,5OO,OOO; the north
central, 92,0o0,Ooo the south central,
100000, and the Western district,
including the Rocky mountain states
and the Pacific slope, 13 100000
Out of the total number of trees in
the country, the north and south CEN
trail districts possess 23,2o5 900, or
nearly three-fifths. These are divided
among the leading states as follows:
Missouri, 2O,OOO,0oo; New York. 49,
900, 900; Illinois, 13, 500, 900; Kansas
and Pennsylvania, a little less than
$4,000, 900 each.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Priceless Land in Texas.

Judging from a recent report of
sale of oil lands at Beaumont, Texas,
real estate in that lively and progress
sive commonwealth is rising to mar
ketable value. The reports speak of
parcel in the section named sold at
rate of $3.50, 200 an, acre. The same
land could have been bought, it is asid,
before the strike of oil, for $40 an acre.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
A New Attraction.

A man who had been hired to write
circus announcement suddenly found
himself at loss for a fresh adjective.
"See here" he said to his employer,
81 don't know what to say about this
panther. Have you got a thesaurus 2"
The manager of the circus looked at
him with suspicion.
"No, sir, have not" he said, "and
don't think 1 shall do anything about
getting one this year. 1 never heard Of
Barnum having one, either, and he had
a good show. Where are they raised
anyway, I'd like to knowV
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
C0nCePOuS
Sores IS: ;::.;;$ s: ;:: f.: 4: !. +

they are liable to appear upon other parts
of the body. When they begin to spread
and eat into the flesh, sharp, piercing
pains are felt as the underlying tissue is
destroyed and the tender nerves exposed.
Cancerous sores develop from very tritling
causes; a carbuncle or boil, swollen gland,
a little watery blister on the tongue or
lip, a wart, mole or bruise of some kind
becomes an indolent, fostering sore
which in time degenerates into cancer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
A Sliding Scale.

Lone Arrival (at summer resort)-
What are your terms here?
Hotel Clerk-H IN. You will have to
wait until the through express gets in.
If it is loaded our terms will be $40
day. If it is empty we will pay you
25 cents an hour to sit on the porch
and look happy.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Definite Measurement

"Do you think the world is growing
any better?"
"I'm absolutely sure of it," answer
ed the monopolist. "Why, five yea<s
ago I made only 100000 year. To-
day. am making that much month. ;"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
The Moon.

In distance the moon is 240,O
miles from our earth, around which she
gravitates like satellite. Her diam
eter is about 2,453 miles. She has a
solid surface of IA ,60O,O 600 miles and
a solid continent OF about 10. 900 cubic
miles.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02

" Ten years ago I
had q sore on my left
temple, which the
doctors pronounced d
q cancerous ulcer;
1t would itch, burn
and bleed, then scab
over, but would
never heal. After
taking 8. S. 8. awhile
the sore began to
discharge, and when
all the poisonous 8
matter had passed
out it got well. !
took in all about
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Four Meals a Day.

Washington hotels are said to be the
only ones in this country that serve
four regular meals a day-breakfast,
luncheon, dinner and supper-the lat
ter being served in some cases as late
as midnight.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
An Impression.

"You say you are going to stop being
a reformer?"
eyes"
"But it must be great and glorious
thing to expose the various frauds"
cit used to be. But there is too
much competition. 1t won't be long
before there aren't frauds enough to go
around.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Not On Your Life

Smith-Would you advise me to take
out a policy with this new insurance
company?
Brown-Not ON your life, old man.
Smith-Why not?
Brown-They give nothing but acci.
dent policies.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
unashamed.

Lady-Ain't you ashamed to be ty-
ing fireworks to that dogs tail?
Boy-Ashamed? Hully Gee! Amt
he an English bull dog, an amt this
de Fourth OF July?-Puck.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
She Wasn't a Blotter.

Edith-Why did you refuse him?
Ethel-He has past.
Edith-But he can blot it out.
Ethel-Perhaps; but he can't use me
for a>blotter.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
No Harm, ANYHOW.

Sidney-Then you believe in a coat
of arms?
Rodney-Yes. Almost anynewly-rich
American can be benefited by adding
good Latin motto to live up to.-Puck.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
New Birth Record in Texas.

A Mexican woman at Ell Paso, Texas,
has given birth to two healthy chill
dren, the second one born six weeks
after the first. The case has caused
considerable comment among physi-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Discernment.

Office Boy-Dere wuz poet in ter
see yer when yer wuz out ter lunch.
Editor-How did you know he was
poet?
Office Boy-Well, he wuz some poor
puy, He didn't have no Panama hat.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Pains i'm the Rack

Are symptoms of weak, torpid or stag
nant condition of the kidneys or liver,
and are warning it is extremely haz-
ardous to neglect, SO important is a
healthy action of these organs.
They are commonly attended by loss
of energy, lack of courage, and some
times by gloomy foreboding and de-
spondency
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
No CompuIsion.

Landlord-Sorry, pardner, that there
hain't no bath room, but you see I am
fgurin' on putin one in next year
an
Tourist don't want to take bath
next year.
Landlord-Well, of course we don u
insist on your takin' one.