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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

pletely and Of an Offering Of 200 tons
this season we have not been able 10
sell a; single salmon II we were to
allow them to come over here and do
the same with wheat and -four, grow
ing the grain on government lands, an
they are catching their hsh In govern
ment waters, the -four business, too,
would soon be nipped of In the same
way. AS Canada gets no more than
America now out Of the business the
upper countries should unite in the
suppression Of foreign exploitation Of
their fisheries, just as America has al
ready done. The Japs would not be
allowed to carry on their business in
Alaskan waters, and Canada has no
interest in fostering trade SO value
less to herself.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16
Canada's Metallic Wealth.

The metallic products of Canada in
clude antimony. copper, gold, pig iron.
lead. mercury, nickel. platinum, silver
and zinc. In 1891 the metal output Of
the United States was fifty-f1ve times
as great as that Of Canada, but in 1901
it was only twelve and one-half times
as great, and this improvement in
Canada's relative position has been
made in spite Of the very large abso-
lutte increase In the figures for the
United States. The principal part of
the gain for Canada has been In gold,
the production Of which increas sed
from $3.50, 1000 in 1891 to $24 ZOO, 900 in
1901.
The Klondike region, of course, has
contributed largely to this increase.
The production of iron and steel has
also grown greatly In the past ten
years, with good prospects of a still
brighter future. In the production of
nickel Canada surpasses not only the
United States, but all other countries.
The total nickel product of the world
for 1901 was $7,75o,0OO, Of which Can
ada's contribution was $4,6OOO0O.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16
"As WEAK AS A CAT"
Another Familiar AdaRe Founded OF
the Mistake Of Fact.

Another Familiar Adage Founded ON
the Mistake Of d Fact.
OF all the animal adages founded
a cat" ia the most absurd. Really, the
cat is a most muscular animal The
lion, the tiger and other so-called ''big
CATS" as you already know, are of the
same family with our common house
pussy; we shall not speak Of them
further. "As weak as a cat" is applied
to the house pussy; but to say "as
weak as a kitten" Ia truee. One may
then mean the newborn kitten which
comes into the world blind. softer and
more helpless-looking than even the
blind puppy; but which. however, 10
not SO hopelessly weak az the puppy.
the kitten having sharp claws which
the puppy has not. You know SO
much of cats; do you not, young peo-
pie?
The cats muscles are extraordinarily
large and powerful in proportion to the
animals size. Then again those mus
cles are attached to bones, fitted to-
gether at such angles as to make "the
finest system Of springs and levers"
says DIR. Huidekoper, known in the
whole group; the claws are sharper
and are curved into stronger hooks
than in any other mammal, and by
the action Of special muscles are with
drawn Under the protection Of sheath
like pads, that they may escape wear
and injury when not in use." The
slender, supple form of the cat makes
it capable of the highest activity. The
heavy boy, you may have noticed, is
not always the strongest; the thin, ac-
tive boy is the fastest runner and the
quicker at games which need both
strong and timber muscles.
The shoulder-blade, the arm and the
forearm, the thigh, the leg and the
foot of the cat lie at what the veteri-
nary surgeons call CLOSED angles"
That peculiar conforma ton shows that
the enormous jumps which the cat
can take to the envy of any athletic
boy are due to the great power and
the closed angles of the joints; but the
conformation of the legs make the
cats stride at walk, -trot or a run
remarkably limited. The cat moves,
therefore, with wonderful quickness,
and with no great speed. The boys
who say he feels "as weak as a cat
If he is at all like the cat-should be
splendidly muscular. The truth Is
that, in proportion to the size of his
body, he can never hope to be as strong
as a cat.-Our Animal Friends.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

which is then automatically opened.
allowing the same quantity of peas
to I'LL each can, at. the rate Of seventy
to eighty cans a minute.
The movement is so well timed that
It's place Ia taken by an empty can
while 1t moves under the pipe through
which the hot liquid is automatically
measured and poured into 1t. The can
now swings on It's course, going
through a brusher or wiper, where it
is cleaned and any surplus on top
brushed OF. Two boys now place caps
on the cans as they move along past
them to the soldering machine, with
which it combines the "acider," which
prepares 1t for taking the solder. After
they come out of there they are brand
ed with the quality of grade while
on the way to the '.dotter," who sold
ers the little hole In the center Of each
cap. The inspector then takes his
turn and If the cans are all right they
are soon at the end Of their first jour
ney, as they pass on to a table, whence
they are removed and put into large
steel crates, preparatory to a second
journey of some $50 to 200 feet under
ground on an endless chain to reach
the building where the cookers are.
Coming out of the cookers the
crates now go on to slowly moving
chain, which takes about half an hour
to pass through the channel of cold
water $50 feet long to the storeroom.
where they are cool enough to handle
Later in the season, when the label
ing is done. machinery again takes
prominent place.-New York Tribune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

! A game Of gossip played in some
sections Of the East with much favor
seems to have In it some elements OF
danger. The game is played with pho
tographs which are shuffled and dealt
out like cards. Every one in the party
receives a photo. 1t is then the play
to go around the circle each party in
turn telling every mean thing that can
be thought Of about the party photo
graphed- The Grafton. N. D., Record
says it knows of localities where the
game has been played for years with
out photographs. Too true!
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16
COULDN'T BEAR TO BE IN DEBT.

Queer Case of a Missouri Farmer Who
Has Left Home to Be a Wanderer.
A supersensitive conscience has exil-
ed Farmer Tom Auspaugh and his lit
tie family from home. He owed a
Macon (Mo.) lawyer $3.50 on two notes,
secured by mortgage on Auspaugh's
farm and stock, which are worth more
than $4,000. Auspaugh gathered up
his wife and family and delibera tely
abandoned his property. He left in
the night. The children were twins,
five years old.
There were a good team and wagon
lily went afoot through the forests and
across swollen streams-it is hard to
imagine how they did it. The next
day the neighbors observed the closed
doors and blinds, and heard the hun
CRY cattle lowing, but fearing .
tragedy they would not break in the
doors. They searched wells and ponds.
Then they sent here for the sheriff
He found q hundred villagers in the
front yard.
Aiwindow was raised. and the off,
Ger climbed into the house. On the
table was this note:
Mr.. Matthews: l am very thankful
that you have been 80 patient with
us. have been slow, know, prom
ise You will never sign paper again
In a hurry and not know what I am
signing. I was SO bothered. I don't
care for the stuff. SO 1 and my fam
lily are free. Yours respectfully,
T. o. AUSPAUGH.
Matthews Is the lawyer to whom
Auspaugh Is indebted. The interest Ia
not due and Matthews was not press
ing payment. He knew Auspaugh
well, and regarded his obligation aa
perfectly good; but the farmer had
brooded over his debt until he began
to think he had committed a felony
in signing the notes and was in dang
er of the penitentiary.
The family took nothing with them
save the clothes on their backs and
the pictures out Of the album. The
farm was well stocked with feed for
the horses, cattle and hogs, and there
was an abundance of groceries and
vegetables In the house. 1t was simply
case Of a man being driven crazy
by debt.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16
THE SIGN OF THE FISH.
Why It Was Used an q Symbo by the
Early Christian Church.

Why It Was Used an q Sym boil by the
Early Christian Church.
The symbols upon early Christian
monuments, of which so many have
been discovered this last century, are
curious and interesting. One Of the
most frequent is that Of the fish. The
figure of the fish Is used. and also
the Greek word for fish, says DR.. A.
W. Patten, who has looked into the
subject. Ramsay, in his excavations
in Asia Minor. has found some very
important inscriptions in which the
fish signs are frequent.
But why was it that the early Chris
tians used this sign? The reason will
appear when we remember that they
found in the letters Of the Greek word
for fish an acrostic on the name Of the
Savior. The word is sichthus." Each
letter of the word in the original
Greek begins one of the words in the
following phrase: Jesus Christ, Son
Of God, the Savior"
So the word ''ichthus" came to stand
for a Christian, and it was used as
a mark Of Christianity. 1t was not
only sculptured on burial monuments,
but came to be used on various uten-
sils. A great many terra Gotta lamps
have been found. especially at Spalato,
on which is found the impress Of the
fish. Many of these "ichthus" lamps
are found also at Rome. The word
fish" came to be used also to describe
a Christian, and to call a man fish
was equivalent to calling him q
Christian.
In one Of the old Christian frescoes,
indicating baptism, a man is rep
resented as pulling a fish out of the
water. Ramsay tells US that it was
customary in Asia Minor in the Sec
ond century for the Christian to use
this symbolic language. 1t was hardly
safe, then, for them to speak openly
of their faith In Christ. They were
accustomed to wear rings with the fish
sign as a signet, much as we wear
symbolic badges to-day. One day two
men met, neither aware of the faith
of the other. One, without saying a
word, traced with his stick the figure
of fish In the sand. The other quick
II burst out in assertion of his Chris
tan faith, for the fish symbol had de-
clared the others allegiance to Christ
-PhiIadelphia Public Ledger.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

1t should not be forgotten that the
people Of Macedonia have been prepar-
ing for a long time to give battle to
the sultan, and later it will be found
probable that much of the bloodshed
should not be laid to the door Of the
Turk. While the condition is bad
enough, most of the reports are. prob
ably grossly exaggerated. because
many of the so-called towns Of Mace
donia, which are said to have been
destroyed, consist Of only about half
q dozen farm buildings. Rivers which
are luridly reported to be damned
with the bodies of murdered Christians
are in reality streams SO small and
sluggish that any small object would
stop their flow.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

At Chicago, a 19-year-old boy, won
the first prize for the best dress hat
at a milliners' convention. This seems
to open a new field for the tasteful
OF the male sex. Man Is good judge
of the neatly dressed woman. 1t Is
claimed that the average woman takes
more care with her dress In order to
please the men than to attract the
critical gaze Of her own sex. AS man
knows what styles are the most attrac-
tive to his eye, he seems the proper
enc to design them. 1t is stated that
woman is rapidly crowding herself in
% occupa lions which were formerly
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16
THE HEBREW TYPE.

Predictions that Its Distin guishinx
Marks Will Ultimately Disappear.
The persistence Of the Hebrew type
OF features is q matter Of common
remark and sometimes wonder. But
It 1s mot strange that a race that keeps
fts stock 30 pure should retain It's
typal forms. However, all Jews are
not always distinguishable as such by
their features. Any one who attends
the services Of the Jewish synogagues
IN great European centers, a. at Bex-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

There has never been any peculiar
punishment invented to fit the crime
Of the man who for the sake Of gain
viii deliberately supply savages with
guns with which to carry on war
against his own countrymen, but
doubtless there ought to be. In con-
nection with this subject it is interest
ing to notice the recent removal by
Germany from her gunmakers Of the
prohibition against sending guns to
China-guns into the muzzies of
which German soldiers may have to
look in some future Pek1n expedition.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

Thousands OF unnaturalized aliens
vote at every election. 1t Is only neces-
sury that they should declare their In
tention to become citizens. Then If
they have been in this country from
six months to two years-the time var
les in the twelve States with alien
voters-they may 60 to the polls with
native-born Americans and cast their
ballots. The right to vote is gift
from the State. on the confering or
withholding of which there Is no linn
itation save that contai ined In the If
teenth amendment to the constitution.
That says that the suffrage may be
denied to no one on account of race,
color, or of any previous condition Of
servitude. In the exercise Of the dis
cretion allowed to the States, Con-
necticut, for instance. has required
that voters must not only be citizens OF
the United States, but that they must
also be able to read English. In
Mississippi voters must be citizens,
and must be able to read or to under
stand the constitution: whereas in
NSDIdSAd dA d1ASA WuO AcO0 ndSS pcCA
in the United States only six months,
and who, thirty days before election,
declared his intention of becoming a
citizen, may vote, whether he can read
English or even speak 1t. In the great
majority Of States voters must be citi-
zens, and in all the States the judges
exercise wide discretion in admitting
to citizenship those aliens who have
lived the necessary five years in the
country, and made their declaration of
intention to become citizens at least
two years before applying for their
final papers. Not long ago a judge in
Albany, New York. rejected the appli-
cation Of sixty aliens on the ground
that the men could not speak English
when a man has been in this coun-
try five years." said he, land Is un-
able to talk our language, in my opin-
ion he is not fit to be admitted to citi-
zenship, and I will act accordingly"
Another Judge, in the exercise of his
discretion, may admit these rejected
candidates to citizenship, but those
people who believe that foreigners
should live here long enough to under
stand American institutions and have
interest enough in their new home
to learn its language will feel that
much can be said in defense of the
stand which the Albany judge has
taken.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16
Coin of George III.

An old coin, minted in England dur
ing the reign of George IL, was found
recently on the roof Of one of the pri-
vate ward buildings of the Johns
Hopkins Hospital. It is thought to
have been dropped by one of the
workmen when the ward was built.
The coin is copper. On one side It
bears the profile of Groege H., with
the words Georgius H., r e x. On
the reverse the figure Of a woman,
with a staff in one hand Over her
head is inscribed Britannia and be-
meath can be seen the figures 1-SS.
The second figure is not legible, but
was probably Z, as George II. was
King of Great Britain in 173S
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

Our millionaires' daughters may
marry English dukes and earls and
thus with American money repair the
financial decay Of the English land
values. But the few such family al
liances that can be arranged viii never
have the effect of 1nstilling In the
minds and hearts of the American
masses the slightest reverence or
affection or respect for a titled aristo-
Gacy as a social institution.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

But the United States has seemed to have pretty
nearly monopoly Of growing In this industry,
ever rival Is also arising which before long
veoped into great proportions.
That rival Is Argentina, country which for
than might well be regarded the United States
South American 1t is only about two-fths large
United States and has only onefteenth great
population But its soil is wondrousy fertile and it's
climate genial and it growing in population and in the
Of civilization at gratifying Its production OF
cattle and sheep of hides and WOOL of nseed
other things Is well known to be great It Is to be
marked that Is also becoming great producer Of
which its soil and climate be particularly
well suited The last years of is reported
covered 100000 and to
bushels That s OF much less
and 252S 900 bushels proportonatey
population of the country is creditable showing
Is to be observed that the Argentnes
thirty bushels from and their
currency A cents gold, bushe for It, making yield
of $500 while with higher civi
zaton content with bushels acre
which, 40 cents bushel 4 yield only $10se
acre.-New YORK Tribune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

He knows its value too WELL he must be good business
man to have become rich and good business
play ducks and brakes with what they hardly
There would seem indeed to be only dangerous
Of mufh-millionaire and that is the who
wealth for political objects He he try to,
smash constitution He organize and he bribe.
He make rich But he cannot do every
where and he is danger possessing sound
Legislature, and governed by sound He might be
danger, perhaps to a rngfence community
Africa contained before the but he could
danger in community better organized. The
the who alone could forward thwart his political
projecs-woud be neither allured frightened by
money.-Loudon Specta tor.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

Of fes journey could give expression to the same sen
meut In troubles have three proportions
cording point of view They are all fearsomely
in prospect worst of them is bearable in actual
and they shrink to mere dot in retrospect
The great troubles those Of anticipation
and generic for them Most of them
happen and those shrunken that
y can recognize The longer the perspective
greater the trouble find worries numerous
and wearing before than after have passed
meridian of brief day.
As we move gently and fancy a little quickly
howard the line glance and then
the long often rugged and tortuous trail little
ef our earlier phantoms Of the troubles
never happened these grow tenuous we
travel from them until they but luminous vapor
through which view day that much fuller of
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

The trappings Of woe are expensive
and it is quite worth the while Of
leaders in thought to deprecate the
custom OF elaborate funerals. If a
duke can get along comfortably with
q &35 funeral there is no reason why
the late John Smith should be buried
at an expense involving the mortgag
ing Of the family home.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

This revived discussion respecting
the advisability of cutting the word
'tobey" out of the marriage service is
useless. In the future as in the past
women will cheerfully promise obedi-
for the man who undertakes to en-
force IL
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16
Death in Steam whistles.

Steam whistles have fallen under the
displeasure of the physicians of Salem,
Mass, and twenty -four of the doctors
have petitioned the City Council to
adopt strict regulations concerning
their use within the city limits. They
declare that the noise made by them
is often "a matter Of life and death to
persons seriously ILL.," and a nerve
racking and discomforting thing to
most people at all times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

The shipbuilders of Great Britain
believe that If they would all combine
they could produce a yacht that would
carry off the Americas cup. They
might, provided they hired a Yankee
crew to sail it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

Optimism is only another word for
beauty. In the worlds great market
of friendship there is no call for the
Whitney cat mortal
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

We cannot understand why Emperor
William. enjoying all the protection
which goes with his divine right,
should consider it necessary to sleep
In a tent Of asbestos. He can't be
St6red" I"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

A New York woman exhibited an the
symptoms of hydrophobia when her
daughter came home and announced
she had just been married to a man
named Terrier
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

Agents Of the Interior Department
hold high, Jack and the game. leaving
the Indians with but Lo. Is it any
wonder that the Indian took none Of
the tricks?
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

Every time Lieutenant Hobson sees
a new girl or calls on a family where
there is a marriageable daughter, the
society reporters cannot sleep nights.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

Inasmuch as a man cannot have two
wives at the same time, he ought to
be protected from a duplication Of
breach Of promise suits.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

What's this? The Kaiser rebuking
the Uhlans for riding down the crowd
at Berlin! Has the army lost caste.
and its concomitant privileges?
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

II Prof. Langley succeeds in making
his flying machine carry him, he will
be a bird"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

John Hill, Jr.. has written a book to
tell people how they drop their money
ON the stock market. Most Of them
know.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16

Suspenders are going into trust
That's one thing this world needs.
How often do we zee suspenders that
cannot be trusted.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16
PossibIe ExpIanation.

smythe-Strange that Langley's fly.
ing machine didn't fly. He patterned
it after fowl, too. but it shot right
into the water.
Browne-Maybe it was waterfowl
he patterned 1t after.-Baltimora
American.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16
TOPICS OF
THE TINES.

A racing yacht is just about as USE
full as a racing automobile.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-16
The Dangerous Plutocrat.

there any real danger in the accumulation
of great riches in the hands Of one man? Can
the ulti-millionaire be regarded in any sense
as "a new peril" Probably not In the first
place, the man who has amassed large sums of
money himself seldom or never squanders it.