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The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
NEW ORLEANS RACE RESULTS

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2S.-Crescent
City results:
First race, one mile-Begone won,
Class Leader second, Russelton third.
Time, 1:46.
Second race, six furlongs-Harma-
kis won, Tower second, Chanley third.
Time, 1:15 3-5.
Third race. five furlongs-Tioga
won, Josette second, Eva Russell third.
Time, 1902 2-5.
Fourth race, New Orleans Handicap,
seven furlongs-Big Ben won, Captain
Arnold second, Ascension third. Time,
1929 3-5.
Fifth race, handicap, one mile
Bondage won, Footlights Favorite sec
ond, Montebank third. Time, 1:44 is.
Sixth race. one mile-Floyd X won,
Malay second. Pompino third. Time,
1:43 SIS.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
HARES OUTFOOT
FAST COURSERS
GreyhoundS on the Short End
Show to Some Advantage
at IngIeSide COursing Park
RELIEF DOGS REQUIRED
Troublesome Runs a Great
Course and Is Looked Upon
as a Winner for To-Day

Hares from the San Joaquin led the
dogs a strenuous time yesterday after
noon at Ingleside Coursing Park. 1t
was an expensive day for the talent and
they left much good yellow with the fol-
lowers of longshots. Relief dogs were
released in more than half the courses.
Short ends prevailed with a frequency
that gave the pikers a chance to buy
New Years turkeys.
Texas Hoo Hoo made a great showing
and beat out fast Siskiyou. Just as
darkness set in Jessie Dear beat out
Jerry O'Shea's Young Fearless. 1t was
the most heavily played race of the day.
large crowd was in attendance. The
results in detail:
Open stake, first round H beat Had
dington: Golden Rule beat Bonnie Hughie;
Dorothy " beat Orsina; Wedgewood beat Don
9yorook; Miss Wilson beat SIievenamon; Rita
, beat Manru; Equator beat Harlean
Gladys; Gold Lily beat Roy HuGhie; Hap
hazard beat Gilmore Girl; Ragtime beat Artic-
beat Mark Twain: Pure Pearl beat Silver
Cloud: Comque beat Emin Bey: Lulu Girl
beat Ny Nell; Reckless Acrobat beat Belfast;
Frisco Lad beat Pepper Hill; Pacing Billy beat
Doc Burns; Lily York beat Apple Blossom;
Menlo Prince beat Idleness: Concord Boy beat
Yukon; Cloudburst beat Yuma: Black Flush
beat Concord Lady: Little Plunger beat Krank;
Our Motto beat Topsy Turvy; Money Musk
beat Dartaway; Toronto beat Ordinance; maid
OF Gowrie beat Remisso Amino Idaho Boy
beat Miss Green; Frisky Barbara beat Little
Mercy: Jingle Bells beat Van Nora; Texas
Hoo Hoo beat Siskiyou: Little Lucy beat Med
ley; Rose of Gold beat MoIlie Mac: Royal
Friend beat Mountain Poet; Flora Belle beat
Cloverdale; Ragged Actor beat Fenii: Queens
Motto beat Gaucus: General Dewet beat Rich
Argosy; Meddlesome beat Bricabrac; Margaret
beat Old Ironsides; Lady Granard beat Plough
man; Prometheus beat Viking: Tie Referee
tOr1 TNror1h hea Nf1fI
OF the Glen; Jessie Dear beat Young Fearless;
Northern Alarm beat Flora Temple; Free Born
bpa
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A Defense of Slang.

So far from being an evidence of a
national levity and lack of seriousness,
slang is the language of sincerity. 1t
is the result of an instructive effort to
get as far away as possible from
everything like pretentiousness. 1t is
the antipodes of pathos. 1t is the Ian
guage of the whole people, because it
is expressive of the national sense Of
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
FIames on southcrn Mountains.

SAN DIEGO, Dec. ga great for
est fire is. raging below the line in the
mountains OF Lower California. The
light can be seen in this city. although
the conhagration is probably twenty
five or thirty miles distant. The
flames appear to cover an area of sew
eral miles.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
Baseball in the Sonth.

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 26.-To-day's
baseball game between San Diego and
Santa Ana was characterized by lively
hitting and loose fielding. Schmidt
pitched for San Diego and Drinkwater
for Santa Ana Score: Santa Ana, II;
San Diego. 7.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
MARTIN BRADY
WINS At ASCOT
Takes the Fifth Race on the
Card at the New Track at
the Liberal Odds of 20 to 1
RANSCH'S WORK A FEATURE
The Clever Rider Pilots +. Z.
Shaw and Bragg First Under
the Wire in FaultIeSS Fashion

Los ANGELES, Dec. 26.-Favorites
won the first two races at Ascot Park
to-day. Well played second choices
were successful in all the others ex-
cept the fifth. This went to Martin
Brady at 20 to l, and was the biggest
upset Of the daY. Ransch's riding of
F. r. Shaw and Bragg, both of which
he landed first at the wire, proved the
popular features of the day. Bragg was
heavily played as was also DR.. Shorb
in the same race. The books held
Warte Nicht tight at to 10. Princess
Tulane beat Blissful and Geheimness
handily in the fourth number. The at
tendance was 2500. The weather was
Derfpct
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Decision Goes TO Sandy Ferguson.

CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Sandy Fergu-
son and colOred boxer, "Klondike, -
met at the Chicago Athletic Club to-
night for a siX-rOund contest Fer
eyuson won, Klondike's" seconds
throwing up the sponge in the sixth
round.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
ADVERTISEMENTS.
$$l.(0)O

Will buy one box of twenty-five Lenox
Cigars for New Years present. If your
dealer does not keep them it is because
they are too high Mail your orders to
1430-32-34 Market st. Chas. MattheaS
& Co.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
"DefOrnityVilIe."

The strangest village ih the world
is undoubtedly the little hamlet of
Jatte, near Culoz, in France, not far
from the italian frontier, where dwell
about 200 deformed men, women and
children, who in Paris go by the name
of "Culs-de-Jatte." They are de-
prived of the use of their legs and
thighs, these being withered and
stunted, and push themselves along in
primitive wooden carts with wooden
wheels, which they propel by means
of a flatiron-shaped block of wood in
either hand.-New York Commercial.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

set 'em up to his railroad friends or
tell how he came to forget to doff his
night. apparel.-New York. CONNER
cial
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

No, Maud dear, there is no reason
why a contractors business shouldn't
expand.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
SUMMARY.

First race seven furlongs. selling:
Red DamseI 10 CE. Walsh. to -.....--.1
Schwarzwald. 1O2 q. BOoker), to 1.....-...-2
J. J. Corbett. 1O4 CMiles), to l ....-.--. ID
Time, :292. Ultruda, Jingler, Louwelsea
and MythroX also ran.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

1t doesn't pay to snub a man vino
owes you money
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

Third race five and a half furIongs, selling
Nine Bishop. 1O1 CW Knapp, TO l ........1
Mac Ana. IG5 CHuxton), u TO l ............2 2
Tax Man, 1l3 wv. Adams). 3 TO ....-.... j
Time. :O9la Urbano. Olivio, Ural, Tio-
leta. J. Richelieu Jr., Roltaire and Ace Of
Spades also ran.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
ace. six furlongg. selling:

Fourth race. six furlongs. selling:
Princess Tulene los (E. Walsh, TO l ......1
Blssful. 1O6 (SinnotO, . to ...............2
Geheimness Ill (H. l. RusselD, to 5......5
Time. 1916. Sir Hugh Wager, Iras and Egg
Nogg also ran.
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Fifth race. ono and eighth miles selling !:
Martin Brady az 81. BoOker). so to 1..-..... 1
Platonus, 100 tSinnott). ; to l ........... .
LemcO. 96 q. Lewis) > to ................3 ,
Time, 81. Henry Clay Rye, Canejo, Heir
Apparent and LUrdan, also ran
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
Second race Slauson course

Second race Slauson course:
T z Shaw. 121 CRansch). to .......... /
Bin Curtis. los CRedfern). to 1 ..-.. .....-. 2
Alma Dufour 113 CW. Adams). TO 80: 3
Time, 1:111a. Pat Bulger and Rosseric also
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

We may get the better of an argu-
nent.without proving that we are right
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

Sixth race, one mile and seventy yards:
Bragg. 100 tRansch). to .--........----...1 1
Warte Nicht. 102 o. Booker). to 10 ......2
Or. ShOrb. LOG (Mountain). 9 to 1 ......... i
Time. 1861 Gallant also
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-14
QUEER SuoR1E5

Postoffices were first esta ablished in
1854.
The wrist contains eight bones. the
palm five and the fingers fourteen.
In the Black forest Industrious me-
chanics are turning out paper knives,
cigarette cases, ETC., labeled made of
wood grown near the Matoppos, where
Cecil Rhodes Is buried"
The hydrogen atom has hitherto
been considered the smallest particle
cles in the vacuum of a Crooks tube
are but one-thousandth as large.
Fowls are supposed to have been
| first domesticated in China 14OO, B. G.
This is probably about the same period
when, according to Lamb, the Chinese
| discovered the succulency Of roast pig.
The city of Christiania long ago
went to law on the question Of liability
for the support Of an aged woman.
When the case was settled recently it
was discovered that the old woman
had been dead for years.
Queen Alexandra's laces, linens and
silks are perfumed by a method which
| almost any woman can copy. The
drawers in which they are kept are
lined with white paper, strewn with
rose petals. On this is placed layer
of the fabrics to be scented, over that
layer of rose leaves, and SO on in
alienation until the drawer is filed.
Over all sheet of tissue is spread. At
the end Of twenty-four hours every
thing in the drawer will have a deli
cate perfume that will cling to it for
a long time. Perfumes are believed to
make clothes and linen much more
wholesome. Flowers and certain pre-
pared perfumes have excellent medici.
nal qualities.
With our forefathers, disease was IN
evil influence. We should no longer
look at it in that way; at least, so we
are assured in a recent address by Sill
Frederick Treves. an English physi
clan. To the modern expert, he says
disease ts merely the outcome Of nat
ural processes whose purpose, at bot
tom, Is kindly or benefcent one Its
symptoms are merely Expressions of 8
natural effort toward cure" they are
mot malign in intent, but have fol
their end the Kidding of the body o1
the very troubles which they are sup
posed to represent" After all, how
ever, this view is not so very new
Even in the Middle Ages wise mer
talked of the curative force of ma
ture," and in this phase lies the trutl
on which Sir Frederick has based his
lecture. Still, it is frequently forgotten
that nature means well by us, and it ii
a good thing to be once in a while re
minded Of it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-14

ers' authority on everything that peo-
pie wear, says: ..The ivory nut Is
used almost solely In the manufacture
of buttons, though some factories also
make poker chips from them. The
nut, however, has superseded the
archaic mud. rubber and bone buttons
in vogue formerly. It admits of wild
er and more varied treatment for this
purpose than any other known sub
stance, and is easily worked. The
United States consumes more than one
half of the worlds product Of ivory
nuts and nine-tenths of the vegetable
ivory is manufactured into buttons.
when the nut reaches the button
factory 1t Is cut into three slabs. In
the process Of cutting out, the button
Is partially shaped. Afterwards the
thread holes are drilled and counter
sunk. The button Is then sent to
the polisher, who uses the shavings
and powder made in drilling to polish
them in their white state. Afterward
they are sent to the designer, who
traces on the buttons in indehble dyes
the designs needed to make them
match the various weaves, coloring
and textures of fabrics. After receiv-
ing these outlines, If the buttons are
to remain smooth and receive another
coat of celoring, they are put into dye.
If they are to be stamped with a SER
rated pattern, they are put into a
pressing machine fitted with dies of
the pattern desired. Ne
no
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-14
HE DIDN'T KNOCK FIVE.
Why the Young Doctor Had to Bonn.
bard His Own House.


They had been married only short
while. He was young and struggling
physician, and she a very sweet, de-
voted little wife, but very much afraid
Of burglars, SO that when 1t did hap
pen that the doctor had a sick call
during the wee hours, they resorted
to all means that she might know that
it was he who wished to enter the
house upon his return and not the
dreaded night providers.
The calls were not many, but some
how they had never hit upon a success
full plan until the wife exclaimed one
morning at breakfast: 81 have it now,
Jack; after this you knock FIVE times
and let there be minute between
each knock; then I'll be sure to know
1t is yourself" Jack, SO the story
goes, was not in favor of having to
wait FIVE minutes to gain entrance to
his own house, but ever anxious to
please, agreed to the arrangement, and
one night last week had occasion to
test it. Someone was dying, the mes
senger said, and wanted doctor i'm.
mediately; would he come? Where.
upon Jack tumbled into his clothes and
In the confusion didn't hear or, what
was more likely, forgot all about the
five knocks that he was to give the
front door upon his return.
During his absence the fearful wife
could hear nothing but knocks" she
afterward said, land 1 was just &c
nervous alone in q strange house and
neighberhood, that thought Jack had
been gone an hour before he had time
the bell ring; then somebody tried the
door. 1 was nearly dead from frigh1
and don't know what would have hap
pened had 1t not been that any number
Of stones began storming against th'
house. I knew this was an unusua
attack for burglars, so with a prayer
on my lips that Jack would return a
least some time during that dreadful
night, I ventured to the window ant
peeped out. 1t was Jack, and he saw
me-"
you've walked up the whole neigh
borhood- Why don't you let me In?
he fairly shouted.
"Why didn't you knock?' came bacl
the small voice.
"Why didn't I knock?" again shrek
ed the rate husband. Didn't yo1
hear the panel fall out Of the door?
II know" sobbed the timid littl
wife; "but you didn't knock the righ
number; it was five, don't you remem
Der Post.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-14

An old friend Of Leo Tolstoi, writing
to the "Novoe Vremya," related an in
cident which occurred In the novelist's q
recent visit to the Crimea. says an ex-
change. A rich American arrived in
his yacht, accompanied by party of
friends, and asked permission to see
the great Russian, who was i'll, prom
ising that they would be content with
a glimpse and would not trouble him
with talk. Leave was granted.
Tolstoi sat upon his balcony, 'like
a Buddhist idol" as he said, and the
whole party Of Americans defled slow
ly and silently before him, taking their
gaze as they passed.
One lady, however, refused to be
bound by the contract. She stood still
for minute, and shouted: LEO Tol.
stoi, Leo Tolstoi, all your noble
writings have had profound influence
upon my life, but the one which has
taught me the most is your" Here
she forgot the name of the work.
The sick author leaned over the
raf1 of the balcony, and whispered with
a smile, "The Dead Souls?" Yes
yes," she replied. 'That book" said
Tolstoi, "was written by Gogol, MOI
by me-"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-14
GROWING IS UNNECESSARY.

Plenty of Monarchs Reign Conforta-
bly, Without tho Ceremony.
The suggestion Is made in certain
high quarters that the coronation-un-
less privately performed-should in
future be discontinued altogether.
There are various potent reasons for
this. In the first place, the sovereign
in these days does not require corona
tion. The fact Of his being on the
throne is sufficient justification for his
sovereignty. In the old days, before
the ceremony became a mere religious
function, as at present, 1t was regarded
as essential to crown the king before
his right and title could be looked upon
as unQuestioned. He was then actu-
ally accepted by the nobility and the
people as the rightful sovereign,
against whom all pretenders had ever
after no legal claim.
Nowadays the coronation does not
even serve the purpose of symbolizing g
kingsh1p. That fact is assumed by
the accession ceremony following the
death Of q predecessor. That the cor
onation ceremony is not now regarded
in the same light as heretofore is at
tested by the fact that most Of the
reigning kings Of Europe have never
been crowned.
The kaiser, who has now been on
the throne for over twelve years, will
probably never have the crown, either
Of Prussia or Germany. placed upon
his imperial head.
There is a story prevalent on the
continent that the bishop Of Posen
whose predecessors have crowned
Prussian kings for many generations
is persona non grata with the kaiser
and that as long as the present bishop
lives the sovereign will not allow him
to perform the ceremony; but there is
also a belief that the kaiser is not
particular whether he is crowned OF
not, so long as he is on the throne
| firmly and irrevocably.
Victor Emmanuel, king Of Italy, has
not been crowned; nor has Queen VIII
helmina of Holland, who, though heI
coming of age was generally mistaken
for coronation, has not yet had hel
crown placed on her head.
The same is true of the king OF
| Spain, whose coming Of age and &C
cessien were not an actual coronation
The sultan, who is now one Of the
longest-reigning monarchs in Europe
has never had the ceremony perform
ed, and it is certain that he never will
be crowned. There is no crown sym
bolic of Ottoman sovereignty.-Lon
don Express.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-14
THH SMITn-PREMIER WAY.
Durphy Dickerman Are as Interesting
as Popular Novel.

Durphy & Dickerman Are as Interesting
as a Popular Novel.
A good illustration of the way the
northw west is being walked up is afforded
by the doings of Durphy & Dickerman,
the energetic firm who control the
smith-Premier typewriter on the Pa
cific Coast. Tuesday, June 9, w. Fl.
Durphy, senior member, and F. b.
Porter, Portland manager, arrived in
Portland; Wednesday they leased the
store, 247 Stark street, and let con-
tracts for fitting up the most COM
plete and attractive typewriter estab-
lishment in the city; Thursday they
sold 25 smith-Premier typewriters to
the Behnke-Walk Business college
the largest typewriter order ever placed
in Portland. Mr.. Durphy, hale and
hearty, cracking with energy, and
Manager Porter, courteous and compet-
ent, master of his business, are calling
upon some dozens of the people day,
getting acquainted and advertising
their splendid machine and the fact
that they are sole selling agents for
this coast. This concern is famous
and successful on account of it's great
activity and punctilious integrity in
pushing the best typewriter made.
The incoming OF fresh blood of this
kind into local commercial circles is
one Of the hopeful signs of the hour.
AS sample of up-to-date methods in
"getting busy Durphy & Dickerman's g
25-machine order within "a hours after
arriving in town (better than one ma
chine an hour) takes the palm.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-14
BUTTONS ON BUSHES.
Strange Nut from Which Buttons Ar
Made i'm Great Numbers.

Strange Nut from Which Buttons Are
Made In Great Numbers.
No, the ivory buttons you wear do
not represent the death of an elephant
in the wilds Of Africa; your pearl but
tons were probably never nearer than
yeu took them to the shell Of bivalve
mouusk, and the proba bilities are that
no rubber tree was ever tapped to pro-
duce the hard rubber buttons that
adern your overcoat. Down in Cen
tral America there Ia fruit produc-
ing palm that has quite metamorphos-
ed the button business and formed
the nucleus for one Of the most i'm
portant Industries in the United States.
The seed Of this fruit contains a milk
that is sweet to the taste and relished
by the natives. The milk when allow
ed to remain in the nut long enough
becomes indurated and turn into SUBJ
stance as brittle and hard as the ivory
from the elephants tusk. The plant
that produces these nuts is called the
ivory plant. Most Of the buttons now
used in America, whether termed
ivory, pearl, rubber, horn or bone,
come from this ivory plant. Thus the
proba bilities are that your buttons are
made from vegetable milk, and they
grow on bushes.
The ivory plant is one Of the mar
vels Of the age, and is rewarding its
growers with vast fortunes. The nuts
are brought to the United States by
the shipload and hauled across the
continent to the big button factories,
from which they issue forth in every
conceivable design, color, grade and
classification of button.
The ivory plant has recently been
discovered in California, but the nut
it produces in its wild state is of in
ferior quality and will not make good
buttons. 1t is believed though, that
with the proper. cultivation the fruit
would be as valuable as the Central
American. If so the growing of but
tons in America would become an in
dustry of Importance second only to
the growing of corn. wheat and cotton
for everybody wears buttons.
The best ivory nut for commercial
purposes is found on the banks Of the
River Magdaleria, in the United
States of Colombia, where by some il
is called the Tagua palm. The fruit
forms a globular head about twice the
size Of a mans head and weighs from
twenty to twenty-eight pounds. The
head is kind of cluster5of bulbs, and
in all contains from fifty to sixty seeds
The seeds are allowed to dry and are
harvested several times year by the
natives.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-14

Many women and doctors do
not recognize the real symptoms
of arrangement Of the female
organs until too late.
"I had terrible pains along my
spinal cord for two years and suffered
dreadfu1ly. I was given different
medicines wore plasters; none OF
these things helped me. Reading Of
the cures that Lydia e. Pinkham'S
Vegetable Compound has brought
about, I somehow felt that it was
what needed and bought a bottle to
take. How glad I am that did 30 /;
two bottles brought me Immense re-
lief, and after using three bottles more
I felt new life and blood surging
through my veins. It seemed as
though there had been a regular house
cleaning through nay system, that all
the sickness and poison had been taken
out and new life given me instead. I
have advised dozens of my friends to use
Lydia e. Pfnkham's Vegetable
Compound. Good health Is indis-
pensable to complete happiness, and
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has secured this to me. "
-MRs. LAURA. l.. BREMER, Crown
Point, Indiana, secretary Ladies Relief
Corps. - $4,000 forfeit # original Of above letter
probing genui1eness cannot be produced.
Every sick woman who does NOT
understand her ailment should
write Mrs. Pinkham. Lynn.
Mass. Her advice is free and
always helpful.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-14
Successful Experiment.

mabel married that awfully. dis
sipated young Flutterly to reform
HIM"
'And is she satisfied with her
choice?"
81 should say she is. His uncle died
last week and left him half a million" !"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-14
500 REWARD 81e0.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
ihat science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being constitutional dis
ease, requires q constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system, thereby destroying the founda-
ton of the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro-
prietors have SO much faith in it's curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials. Address
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-14
Worst Ever.

'Hear about the terrible affiiction
that befell our friend Blank last
night?" asked Enpeck, as he boarded
q downtown car.
"No," said Meeker. What was it,"
s'My wife eloped with him." replied
Enpeck, with a suppressed chuckle.-
Chicago News.