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The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01
EMPLOYED AN ARCHITECT.
And Adopted Plans for New School
Building Eight Room Plan
Selected,

The Corvallis school board has
adopted plans and employed an
architect for the new school build.
ing. The action was taken at a
meeting held Thursday evening.
At the meeting it was reported that
in brief canvass one member of
the board had received assurance
that IS, 900 of the school bonds
would be taken by private parties
in Corvallis at four per cent. The
assurance was secured without eff
fort. and the opinion was expressed
that all of the issue could be hoated
at home on four per cent basis.
Whenever the offer for the whole
issue is perfected, if it shall be, the
board is convinced that the state
will forego its principle of taking
the bonds for the ate school fund
on five per cent basis. An issue
of $4,000 of Astoria school bonds
was taken up by the state board the
other day at FIVE per cent as re-
quired by law.
The architect is Charles Ewart,
we'll known in Corvallis. He was
the architect of the present school
building, He has prepared plans,
and is to superintend the work of
construction. He is a thorough and
experienced man in his line.
The building is to be Is by 50
feet, with two stories and basement.
The walls will be Al feet high and
the top Of the roof will be 63 feet
above the ground. 1t will be few
feet narrower, east and west, and
about the same dimensions north
and south as the present building.
It will not be as high by about
three feet.
The floor plans consist of four
class rooms, 27x33, teacher S
room, 1ox15, and hall IA feet
wide with an octagonal court in
the center, 22x28, all on the first
floor. The arrangement Of the sec.
ond floor is tobe the same, save that
for the teachers room there will be
substituted a larger room for the
principals Office. There is COM
modious cloak room for each class
room. When finally completed
there will be two flights of stairs
leading to the second story. The
class rooms will be one foot mar
rover and three feet shorter than
in the present building, and will
accommodate 81 pupils each. For
the present, the exterior Of the
building, and two rooms on the
first floor are to be completed.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01
He TOOK AN OUTING.
Tony Fontana Went out in Pomp, but
Returned in Humility.

Tony Fontana became inocculat-
ed with the prevalent idea of hav-
ing an outing. So on Monday he
hired livery team to take him out
to the ranch of the Tortoras, fellow.
countrymen residing a few miles
west in the hills. His friends were
very hospitable and bestowed every
attention upon their guest, but
somehow Tony was not satisfied.
Nobody knows what caused his
uneasiness, but he was in the same
frame of mind as the sporting Jew
who went to heaven and became
n,orose because he had no chance
to gamble, St. Peter wished to
make things pleasant for the man
and decided to give him round
trip pass to Satan's dominions
where, he thought, his friend might
satisfy his desire and return to
heaven and be content for time,
The Jew departed in high spirits,
but when he arrived at his destina-
ton he found he hadn't a. stake
with which to begin business. Here
was disappointment again but his
heart was made glad, upon finding
man who was willing to purchase;
his return pass TO heaven. So it
seemed with Tony. He evidently
preferred the freedom of one
place to the restraint of the other,
for the morning following his arri-
val at Tortora's he lined out for
town afoot, reaching Corvallis about
noon, dusty, sunburned, weary and
footsore. Tony declares that theI
pleasures of outing are whole1y a
myth.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01
THE PosToFFIcE, TOO.
Will Hereafter Close Earlier-The
Change Takes Effect Tonight.

Beginning tonight, the Corvallis
postofhce will join the local busi-
ness men in the early closing move
ment. The closing hour in the
past has been 7:3o P. M The re-
quirements of the department are
that Offices shall be kept open un-
til the leading business establish
ments close for the day. Under
the rule, the local Office has been
closed regularly at 1880. Former
ly, they kept open as late as eight
O'Clock, and some of them even to
a later hour.
The change to the earlier dosing
by the stores has resulted in pract
ical cessation of business in the ev-
ening, and the condition has extend
ed to the postofhce. After six
O'Clock in the evening there are
but few applications at the delivery
window on any account. In con-
sequence, Postmaster johnson has
determined to take advantage of the
rule of the department and close at
6:3o, which is half an hour later
than most of the business establish
ments close their doors each even
ing. The new order of things goes
into effect for the first time tonight.
In Portland and Salem, the post
Offices close at six O clock p. m.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01
For Sale,
Shropshire sheep.
Aberdeen Angus cattle.

Shropshire sheep.
Aberdeen Angus cattle.
Poland China pigs.
Young stock now ready for shipment.
Fat cows and heifers of the be st
breed to trade for Jersey COWS, also
spring calves of beef breeds for sale or
trade. :.
One second hand 2o-foot wind mill
tower.
t. Z. Brooks.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01
To Cascadia.

Cascadia Stage Office, at Powers and
Loftln's livery barn, Lebanon. We are
prepared to convey people to Cascadia
after the arrival of the morning train
reaching there the same day with or
without baggage.
Powers & Loftin.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01
To Farmers.

Those desiring first class Poland China
hogs, should call at once on Peter Whit
aker. The first to come will get first
choice from the present lot, All are
first class and will be registered in the
name of the buyer. Prices right.
= Peter Whitaker.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01
For Sale.

Thirty two inch Pitts separator and
horse power, to be had for 500. Call
on or address,
R. G. Kiger, Corvallis.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01

A large shipment of our celebrated
Premium dishes just received at Nolan
& Callaban's.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01
Immense Reductions.
Short Ends, Odd Sizes Broken Lines, and Remnants
by the Hundred.
Prices in Many Cases Reduced by Half.
COrsets.

In broken lines. Il
your size is here you can
get a bargain. The $1.OO
values during remnant
sale, each soc.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01
For Sale.

A good wheel. Will trade for wood.
inquire at Steam Laundry of Alba
Thompson.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01
LOCAL LORE.

advertisements in this column charged for
at the rate OILS cents per line.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01

Best grade of gasoline 80 cents gal
on at Berry's.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01
Wanted.
'od. Inquire at TIMES office.

Manure to give away at the Brick
Stable,
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01
Wash Fabrics.

Plain and fancy color
ings. Regular 10, 12aa
Is, 20, 25 and SOC, DUR
ing remnant sale 64. 81,
o3, I3 i63, 2oc per yd.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01

Misses Carrie and Bessie Danne-
man left Thursday to visit their
father at Ciem, Oregon. They will
be absent three weeks. ~--a-,--.--~--@
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01

Mrs. George Aipslie ls sufferer
at the Smith home with severe at
tack of quinsy. Her condition Thurs
day was such that callers were not
permitted to see her.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01

Rev. Reeves and son, Degarris,
Rev. Green, Charles A. Pernot, E. A.
Pernot and F. Berchtold left Tues
day on a camping and fishing trip to
Marys Peak. They expect to return
today.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01

q Benton county has many herds
of fine stock. Among the lots are
Poland China hogs owned by Peter
Whitaker. The original stock was
all purchased from show pens. with
sires from the best pens In the East.
All Mr. Whitaker's hogs are full blood
and are registered in the name Of
the buyer, when 30 desired He has
fn about 80 head, Of which the young
er stock ranges from three to six
months old. and weigh from fifty to
200 pounds. To color and markings
they all show superiority of birth.
Among them are many that are the
making of first class show hogs. The
reputation OF Mr.. Whitaker,s hogs
has become 80 wide, that pigs from
his pens are shipped to Southern
Oregon. while farmers all over Benton
and adjoining counties are buying
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01

Born. at'vale, Oregon, July 25sh,
to Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Clark, son.
Mrs. @. q. Parker of Albany ar.
rived Wednesday and is the guest OF
Mrs. Lafferty.
Harold Wilkins, who has been
employed In Portland for couple of
months arrived home Tuesday. T.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-01

The marriage OF Bert Sharp and
Mrs. Dennis occurred at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Starr Thursday.
The ceremony occurred at 10 o'clock,
and Rev. Noble OF the Baptist church
officiated, Mr.. and Mre. Sharp left
on the IL o'clock train for Albany.
where the bride has relatives.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-08-22

There were originally two golden,
or twisted, necklets, but of one only
about half is preserved. The perfect
specimen is about five inches in
diameter and weighs OFF, dWts. and
9 grs.
The collar which was found is of as
beautiful design as any; though not
of such artistic execution as some of
the ancient goldsmith work in the
Irish museum But it is an excellent
witness of the ability and skill of Irish
craftsmen, and to the high civilian
ton of Ireland in very ancient times.
The collar is III inches in diameter
and is hollow. A section of the tube
measures 11A inches across. 1t is
formed of repousse plates of thin
gold, folded over a tubular frame, and
soldered together. The relief work
is executed in a dashing and brilliant
style. 1t is believed to date from the
first century of the Christian era.
Arthur James Evans, archaeologist,
after discussing the possible Viking
origin Of the ornaments, dismissed as
far-fetched the suggestion, that they
were plundered from shrine. The
collar, he said, was undoubtedly an
ancient Irish fabric, and was the finest
example existing of that class of gold
work. The conclusion which Mr.. Ev-
ans formed was that the articles were
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-08-22

manner suggested by the defendants.
The theory put forward that these
articles were votive offerings was, in
his opinion, very improbable one.
There was no evidence at all to sup
port the assertion that they were
votive offerings. They seemed to him
to belong to a time between the late
Celtic period and the Introduction OF
Christianity into Ireland. -
Mr.. George Coffey, Council Member
of the R. I. Academy, and keeper OF
antiquities in the National Museum,
Dublin. deposed that, in his opinion,
all the circumstances pointed to the
conclusion that these articles were
concealed treasure. There was no evil
dence that the ancient Irish made
votive offerings to sea gods. The
very fact of the finding of these orna-
ments excluded such theory.
Mr.. Fraser, c. E., said he had made
a special study Of the geology of the
north coast of Ireland. His opinion
was that the elevation of the beach
was completed in prehistoric times.
Mr.. Grenville Cole, professor of &c:
ology in the Royal College Of Science,
Dublin, agreed that the upheaval of
the land at Tough Foyle occurred be-
fore the close of the stone age in Ire:
land. and that age was distinctly pre-
historic,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-08-22
CONTROL OF SURGICAL STEEL
AmericarMade Article Has MOI
Reached Perfection.

AmericarMade Article Has Not
Reached Perfection.
Many of the best surgeons in New
York, including those in the larger
hospitals, send their instruments for
repairs to q man in the Williamsburg
district of Brooklyn. He has also a
contract with the city for repairing
surgical instruments for the public
hospitals. According to this special
ist, American-made steel has not yet
reached a point Of perfection that
makes it available for superior class
of work. "Surgical steel can be
wrought and bought only in England"
he said. the famous surgeons of
Berlin and Vienna must send to Eng
land for their instruments. In mod
ern surgery, where life or death de.
ponds absolutely upon the reliability
of the instrument to do exactly the
work that the operator expects OF it,
no surgeon will take chances with
knife, scissors or forceps that he can
not depend upon as absolutely as he
Gun depend upon his 10wn nerve-and
a man who cannot command his
nerves has no more business at an
operating chair than a man with no
knowledge of navigation has on the
bridge of an ocean liner"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-08-22
Fact and Admiration,

We see one another dimly through our
selfish, blinded eyes;
We hold one another lightly when we
ought to dearly prize;
We withhold the cheer and comfort that
our lives around should shed, L.
And come with wreaths Of flowers when
the heart is cold and dead.
There's many a heart that's aching with
a sorrow we might share;
There's many a heart that's breaking
with load we might help bear;
And there's many a conflict raging, rag
ing terrible and strong,
Tween the marshaled troops OF right
and the gloomy hosts Of wrong.
We might help to win by aiding him,
=. who, faltering, yet still strives,
But we scarcely note the struggle-oh,
(. s we live such little lives! r.
We love but those who love US, and
please but those who please;
For our souls mount up to higher things
by panied and SLOW degrees:
studied in the art
hand and not the heart.
Oh, the world is wide before US, and the
= bounds that we have set '"t
Circumscribe our noblest purpose. They
must be extended yet, =,..-. --5.
Farther still, and farther, in the world 8
wide field of strife, >5.t g. T..
To broader scope Of action, to a larger
i, view Of life, ~ .
Tin the law Of love and Kindness shall
: =, have universal sway, - =. f.
And the law of selfish blindness shall
r q, forever pass sway. 49, - -. q.
f>N15.% u s. w. Dixon, Wheaton, III.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-08-22
CHARMS USED IN JAPAN.
Considered Efficacious for Jealousy
and SMALLPOX.

Considered Efficacious for Jealousy
and Smallpox.
Japanese ladies afflicted with the
green-eyed monster use charm
somewhat similar to those practiced
in England and Scotland by the
witches of q few centuries since. The
aggrieved damsel rises at "the hour
of the Bull''-about a. m-dresses
herself in white, with flowing hair,
places a tripod bearing three lighted
candles on her head, a mirror round
her neck, and lighted torch of BAN
boo and pine roots in her mouth, and
takes the efigy Of the faithless one
to some shrine where she nails it to
tree in the grounds. The unlucky
original suffers untold pains in the
spot where the nail is driven, but
should the charmer meet the ghost of
an enormous bull and show her terror
the spell will fail. Charms for the
smallpox are also used, and they con-
slider a piece of paper with the inn.
preston of a black hand or similar
scrap of red, with three of the charac-
tiers for horse, as an infallible safe
guard.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-08-22
The Swedish Goat-GirI's Soma.


When night with her peace DER the sill
yer lake sleepeth, -,
When sadly the wind DER the purple
pines sweepeth;
Then high from the lichen-crowned berg
where she dreameth, .-'-
The goat-girl's soft note riseth sweet-so
It seemeth-
Rosa, Kosa!' My children, why far dc
you roam?
Rosa, Rosa! My children, it's time to be
homer
Then down from the heights where darn
shadows are falling, -r+ ;..,4.
Then up from the lake shores they come
at her calling;
Goats distant goats near, their soft bells
are ringing
AS children of hers, they list to her sing
Rosa, Rosa, Ny children, why far do
you roam? s.t
Rosa, Rosa! My children. it's time to be
hOme!''
Up, up from the vale where gray mists
Up, up to the Sky where the first star
is peeping-,~
That lone voice rings out, entreating.
Waited out On the :night-Hush! The
soft breeze is signing!
''ISosa. Rosa! Ny children, why far do
Rosa. Rosa! My children, It's time to be
hone!'
THE peculiar calling cry in Sweden for
the cattle and goats. The Swedish is
softened into u. - -, 81. -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-08-22
QUEER NAMES OF ESTATES.
Baltimore. County, Nd, Furnishes
Many in Old Deeds of Land.

Baltimore County, Nd, Furnishes
Many in Old Deeds of Land.
The peculiar names given to estates
in Baltimore county in days gone by
appeal strongly to the risibles of the
many lawyers who go to Towson to
search the old transfer books and
should delight the searcher after
unique nomenclature. sI
All the transfers in former years
began with s"The indenture,' . which
has been of late years changed to
this deed..',' The first deed filed for
record concerned the transfer of Cub
Hill Resurveyed" from Michael c..
Jenkins and William H. Collins, Trus'
tees, o"Owen Donovan. This was fol-
lowed by the transfer Of Airy Hills
and Pleasant Springs" from Amelia
Cannon to John Thomas Ritter and
then "Adventure,' "Solomon's Wis
DOM" and Boards Branch" were con.
veyed from Samuel Dicks to Alexander
Lehr..
In the Second District was tract
of land called plains of Paran." pet.
ticoats Loose" is the title of an estate
in the Sixth district, and General
Lafayette the friend of General Wash:
ington; therefore, the friend Of Univer-
sal Liberty" is rather unwieldly. appel
lation applied to homestead in the
Sixth district. Stones Adventure"
is near Towson. "DeviIs Back Bone"
on the line of the Fifth and Sixth dis
tricts, and 1.-TWO Down at Once is in
the Fifth district.
Some other queer titles are '"Tipton's
Puzzle" 'Frederick Stradt Enlarged"
"The Great Glads," Coop Hope" Eel
lowship," Good WILL" "Frishes De-
light Fathers Last Will, or Max
Wells Point" "Bridewell Dock"
"York's Chance" Little Britain"
Hard Scrabble" "Stephen's Bargain
Addition to Amos Venture Resurvey'
3D." "Wilmot's Retirement" Short
Leg Tom," and "Soldier's Delight. -
Baltimore Sun.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-08-22
as models for the best craftsmen OF

as models for the best craftsmen OF
to-day.
They were found in 1896 by Thomas
Nicoll, a farm laborer, while he was
blowing for a Mr.. Gibson near Linn
avady, County Londonderry, on the
shore of Lough Foyle.
All the articles are of alleged gold.
The model boat is IN inches long and
8 inches wide, and is fitted with nine
rowing benches, oars, graphing iron
and other equipment. 1t weighs 3
ounces pennyweight. The oars are
lance shaped, and there are fifteen of
them, each about 2% inches in length.
The model is made of g single plate OF
gold, alleged with silver, which is slit
and rejoined at the bow and stern. 1t
is, without doubt, true representa-
ton of the ancient seagoing craft OF
the Irish, in which, as legend says,
they even crossed the Atlantic to
America before any other white man
saw it. The "carraghs" to be found
yet in use at the Arran islands and
at Tory, vessels made of rawhide
stretched over ribbed frame, are
but decadent forms of those early de-
signs. The bowls are of plain pale
gold, each beaten out of a single
sheet, and about the size of tea
cup. The largest weight ounce 5
pennyweight and IL grains. 1t has
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-08-22
j a Bows pecision. !,

Edwin Hawley, railroad president,
financier, Spectator, stood at the cor
ner OF Exchange place the other day
watching a lively game Of craps be-
tween three newsboys. One Of them,
known as the angel" chiefly because
of his language, thought he was
broke He went through pocket
after pocket, and at last found cent.
- 'Nodder t,row!" he shouted.
Again they threw and the angel"
was really broke. He picked up his
papers disconsolately. Then he not
iced Mr. Hawley. He looked up in the
strangers face, and said, as he turned
down the street:
Its hell, amt it, mister?" B;
And Edwin Hawley, thinking OF the
big white building across the street
rather than Of the boy, thought maybe
It Was.--N New York Times.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-08-22
ALL HAD THEIR MECHANICS.
Pupils Sized Up Teachers With Unerr-
ina Accuracy.

Pupils Sized Up Teachers With Unerr-
ing Accuracy.
ability to take mans measure, or.
as they say it themselves, to size him.
up is the possession of nearly every
boy of school age" said an ex-peda-
gogue the other day.
In the school where I taught the
boys quickly hit upon Pop as the cor
rect name for their principal, because
they soon learned that he resorted to
nothing more than fatherly side talk
as a punishment for school 1awbreak-
ers. The first assistant, however, i'm
pressed them in quite different man.
ner, for he was known in their private
councils as Fiery Spike the first part
Of the name rejecting the possession
of much temper, the last part a long,
lean body. Rusty Harry was a name
which brought to the youngsters Wis
ions Of a young man teacher, whose
hair was the color of oxidized iron and
who was a terror to boys with tar
nished memory. Each teacher had an
extra label, and each one of the la
bells fitted remarkably WE'LL
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-08-22
The Oldest Ship in the World.

The time was when American ships
carried broom at the masthead (fol-
lowing the custom of the Dutch) as
a sign that America swept the seas,
writes Broughton Brandenburg in Les.
lies. In those days fine shipbuilding'
timber grew right down to the shore
of the Atlantic coast, and there was
hardly a bay on the New England
shore where there was not a ship
building yard. So it happens that
most of the old sailing ships are built
of American or Norwegian timber.
I have seen hundreds Of old square
Triggers roaming the world under
strange flags whose every stick grew
on American soil. Ships built of Es-
sex oak are famous for their logevity.
The. Oldest ship in the world, the mail
schooner Vigilant, running into st.
Croix, French West Indies, is now I'M
der the French flag, but was built,
SO have been told, in 1902, of Essex
oak at Essex, Mass, and was long un~,
der the Stars and Stripes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-08-22
Skill in Diadnosis.\

Robert Henri, the well-known paint
er, told the other day striking story
about the Philadelphia physician, DR..
w. w. Keen.
An artist was escorting DR.. Keen
through an exhibition of pictures. Be-
fore the portrait of a man of middle
age the physician stopped. %... =.
DO you know this man?"', he asked.
II believe" the artist answered,
that it is Mr.. So-and-So.'' Il - <.
':Is he dead?" 49, SIS:
Eyes. He has been dead almost
two years" s2.~..--....5 49, @r.s...:
WELL said DR.. Keen,."I would wa
ger that he died of heart disease"
The artist, struck by a skill that
could find material for diagnosis in a
picture, inquired into the death of the
portraits original, and found that the
man had indeed died Of heart disease
the winter before.--Detroit News Tri.
bune. i T.. =