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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31
HAMMuRABI OF BABYLON.
King Who Reixned Over Twenty-Five
Hundred Years Before Christ.

King who Ret&ued over twenty-five
Hundred Years Before Christ.
Hammurabi reigned in Babylon
about 225O B. C. We know nothing
of Babylon before his time. There
were other local capitals: Ur, Erech,
Nippur and Lagash to the south, and
Agane and Sippara to the north, each
the seat of a temple of some one of
the gods. At Sippara the local divin-
ity was Shamash, the sun god We
know the form under which Shamash
was worshiped, for Mr.. Rassam, in
his excavations at Sippara, the modern
Abu-habba, dug up, from a great
depth, the sacred image Of the god,
a bas relief on a large slab, accom-
panied by a memorial inscription Of
King Nabu-abal-idin, or Nebo-gives-a-
SON. The sun god sits on his throne
under canopy, and the king Is pre-
scented to him by two divine attend
ants. Before the god, resting on a
table, is the symbol of the sun, with
alternate rays and streams; and above
are two figures who direct the course
of the sun in his daily journey, much
as Persian artist would place the disk
Of the sun in a chariot to be drawn
by his horses, or as a Greek artist
would give him a charioteer. There
are smaller symbols of the sun, the
moon and Venus, and the cuneiform in
scription explains the meaning of the
composition. When this stone was
found by the Arab workmen, they
came running to Mr.. Rassam and told
him they had found Noah with his
sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and Mr..
Rassam was so pleased that he killed
an OK and made them great feast
In this city of Sippara and before
the sun gods temple Hammurabi set
up one of the great stone columns on
which were Inscribed the laws. 1t
remained there three hundred years oF
more, until, in feebler succession, the
kings from the mountains Of ELAN in
vaded and conquered again the rich
plains Of Babylonia. We know not
what costly spoil of gold and embroid-
cred vestures they carried away; but
much more important for US was their
loot Of the historical stone monuments
VI DdUylOAld dAu lAOol AOl VI
all was their choice of the stele of
Hammurabi. He had first brought the
heavy stone, perhaps, from the noun
tains of Arabia, it may be by boat
from the western side of the Ara
bian peninsula some think even from
the Sinaitis quarries at the north end
of the Red Sea. That would have
taken a years travel. The Elamite
eonqueror put this stone and con-
sidera BILE number of smaller stone rec
ords of land grants, called kudurus,
into boats, and, following the main
canals, reached the Tigris River (for
Sippara is near the Euphrates), and
then passed down to the Persian Gulf,
and thence UP the Karun or Eulaeus
River. or quite as likely through some
of the intersecting canals, and by this
long journey they were brought to
grace his triumph at Susa.-Century
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31
SONDAE HAD NO PATENT
And Any Soda Dispenser Could Sell
His Drink.

Sunday, Sunda, Sondae.
Take your choice, for they all mean
the same as applied to the refreshment
offered at the soda water FOUNTAINS.
Nearly everybody calls this form Of
cold refreshment plain Sunday" If "A
hundred admirers of the food, drink or
what you may be pleased to describe
it. were asked how it got its name, the
majority would either say, don't
know" or probably first served Oh
Sunday"
The Sondae (properly spelled). came
from the name of man. Robert Son
dae of French descent, was formerly
a soda dispenser in Buffalo, n. Y.
When the ice cream soda came into
vogue, Mr.. Sondae noticed that great
number of the people simply ate the
cream, and left the liquid. He had
before noticed, as had probably hun
dreds of others, that many people
would not take plain ice cream, be-
cause it was not favored highly
enough. From these observations he
took the cue of the present Sondae.
He put a little ice cream in small
glass and covered it with crushed
fruit. 1t looked good, and it tasted
good, SO it became the most popular
form of cold refreshment in Buffalo in
a few short weeks.
From that city it spread to all parts
of the country, but while it retained
the original sound of the originator's
name the spelling came to be erro-
enously accepted as Sunday" From
one part of the United States to the
other, In every city, town and cross
roads-wherever a soda fountain is to
be found-there are posters in win
dows which say TRY our Sundays"
The spelling is almost uniformly given
the same as the first day of the week.
Mr. Sondae had no patent, copy
right, or other safeguard on his orig
inal formula, and SO he is still dish
ing out the ''cold stuff" at the same
old stand. Many men have acquired
fortunes for producing considerably
less.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

ish consols fell 20 points and German
imperial per cents 10, the extreme
decline in Servian As was 8 points.
What is more striking still. their price
at the opening of June 1903, was high
er than the highest figure reached in
the period from 1898 to 1902 inclusive.
This did not result. however, from
blind confidence in Seryia's willingness
or unwillingness to pay. Servia Is
mortgaged to the bankers as tightly
as Turkey or Greece or Portugal or
China. There sits at Belgrade So
called autonomous administration of
monopolies," which, without reference
to the government. receives and ad-
ministers for the benefit of Servia's
creditors, a. net earnings of various
state railways, (2) liquor licenses, 81
tobacco monopolies, a. customs duties,
o. salt monopoly, and (6) petroleum
monopoly. This has an interesting
sound. 1t makes one wonder what
sort Of figure trust plank" would
cut in the platform of Servian minor
ity party.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31
Cannot Sing the Ola Songs.

i (annOt sing the OlO SOnXss
l cannot sing the old songs
l sung long years ago,
For heart and voice would fail me
And foolish tears would flow;
For bygone hours come DER my hear
With each familiar strain
1 cannot sing the old songs
Or dream those dreams again,
1 cannot sing the old songs
Or dream those dreams again.
l cannot sing the old songs,
Their charm is sad and deep.
Their melodies would waken
Old sorrows from their sleep.
And though all unforgotten still
And sadly sweet they be,
l cannot sing the old songs,
They are too dear to me.
l cannot sing the old songs,
They are too dear to me.
l cannot sing the old songs,
For visions come again
Of golden dreams departed
And years of weary pain;
Perhaps when earthly fetters
Have set my spirit free.
Ny voice may know the old songs
For all eternity.
NV voice may know the old songs
For all eternity:
-Claribel.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

Some curious person asked the late
Oliver Wendell Holmes about his age.
Seventy years young" (not "old')
was his reply. Some men are younger
at seventy than others are at forty or
fifty. Some men are never young.
Old age hovers over them before they
reach mature years. They are rotten
as soon as they are ripe. Some men
are never old, but carry to the latest
hours of their lives the buoyancy, the
blitheness of disposition, the faculty
for mental labor, the power of thought
and expression, the susceptibility to
higher culture which marked their
growth from adolescence.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31
OLD
FAvORlTES.
Nicod e m US the Slave.


Nicodemus. the slave, was Of African
birth,
And was bought for bagfnI of gold
He was rcckoned as part of the salt of
the earth,
But he died years ago, very old.
Twas his last request. 80 we laid him
away
In the trunk of an hollow tree;
Wake me up," was his charge, "at the
first break of day
Wake me up for the great jubilee"
He was known as a prophet, at least was
as wise,
For he told of the battles to come;
And we trembled with fear when he
rolpd up his eyes,
And we needed the shake of his thumb.
Tho he clothed us with fear, yet the
garments he wore
Were in patches at elbow and knee,
And he still wears the suit that he used
to of yore,
And he sleeps in the old hollow tree.
Nicodemus was never the sport of the
lash,
Though the bullet has oft cross'd his
path;
There was none of his masters, so brave
or so rash
AS to face such a man in his wrath.
Yet his great heart with kindness was
filed to the brim.
He obeyed who was born to command,
But he longed for the morning, which
then was SO dim,
For the morning which now Is at hand.
Twas long, weary night, we were al
most in fear
That the future was more than he
knew;
Twas long. weary night, but the morn
ing was near,
And the words of our prophet are
true.
There are signs in the sky that the dark
ness is gone,
There are tokens in endless array;
While the storm which had seemingly
banished the dawn
4 Only hastens the advent of day.
CHORUS:
The good time coming is almost here!
1t was long, long, long on the way;
Now run and tell Elijah to hurry up,
Pomp,
And meet US at the gum-tree down in the
swamp.
To wake Nicodemus to-day.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

Freedom. home life and content of
heart were some of the possessions
for which former member of the
Presidents cabinet declared himself
thankful, when speaking at a public
dinner recently. He had been re-
ferring to our multimillionaires and
the blessings of which their great
wealth almost necessarily deprives
them, and Il am glad 1 am not a rich
man." he said. A great many thought
full people feel the same way-especial-
ly those who are able to add, Il am
glad am not a poor man."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31
Miss Solomon and Her Lover.

A woman was walking in a palm
grove when man saw her and has
tened after her When she asked hin
why he followed her, he replied:
Because l am in love with you.''
"And why are you in love with me?'
she asked. MY sister who comes af
ter me yonder is far more beautiful
than /; go and fall in love with hel
instead"
The man complied and went back
but only ito look upon woman a!
ugly as sin., He was vexed and re
turned to the first woman and said t.
her:
why did you deceive me-"
And she made answer:
Ibid you not also tell me an un
truth? For If you were really in Low;
with me, why did you turn back tt
the other woman ?"-New York Sun.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

make of all his money and property
when his hair gets white and his stall
wart frame is broken by age and dis
ease.
HeaIy's Career.
James Healy went to New Mexico
from Texas He was born in Sedalia,
Mo-, in 1888. and with his parents went
to Austin, Texas, in 1850. He has al
ways lived on the plains and has no
knowledge Of any other life. He never
went to school but three years, and
that was on the plains Of Texas. But
he was born with rare sagacity and
peculiar border shrewdness that reads
men at one glance and knows a schem-
er instinctively. So, while he is ignor-
ant Of worldly ways and has not the
meagerest knowledge of the thoughts
and aspirations of the people In the
busy, pushing, progressive world out
side of the lonely southern spur of the
Rocky Mountains, where he has lived
for longer than genera ton, he knows
cattle and sheep as thoroughly as any
man ever did, and he has the natural
rough skill to drive the best bargains
for anything he buys or sells. His
chief stock in trade is an iron consti-
tuition and a bravado nerve that made
him well known on the frontier before
he was 20. .-
He became a vaQuero in Texas when
he was but II, and he has been at it
ever since. He never talks about his
possessions, and he is as close as an
oyster when anyone tries to get him to
tell what sums his semi-annual cattle
shipments to Kansas City yield. But
he will sit all night and smoke and
drink whisky and claret mixed and
tell his ideas about breeding long or
short-horned cattle, about the relativ
profit in sheep or cattle and how he
has many a time saved a good critter
from death by disease and for ship
ment to the slaughter house. From the
mea gerest beginnings and with only
a stout heart and two brawny arms as
his equipment for wealth production,
James Healy has come to his present
wealth. The story of his rise is as
thrilling as any border fiction. The
story tells how young Healy herded
cattle in a region infested by Apaches;
how he rode as a Texas ranger in the
last Comanche campaign and was once
picked up for dead on the scene of an
Indian ambush; how he has fought and
killed the most dangerous despera does
in the cattle country at several times
in his long experience on the southern
border, and how he has trailed cattle
thieves and rustlers for weeks at a
time, all go to make incidents in as
lively and veracious a biography as
was ever penned.
That was the school this uncommon
millionaire of to-day was reared in
His associates have been Mexican va
queros, American cowboys, hardened
characters on the border and half
breed Indians. "All / know is Mexi-
cans, Injuns, cattle and ranges, and 1t
ain't no use for me to try to put on
dog" said Jim Healy recently to some
one who wondered why the man lived
so meanly, in spite of his fast-increas-
ing wealth.
When the Navajos were moved by
the government to southern New Mex
leo, in the latter COS, Jim Healy and
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31
Lareest Traction station.

The electrical traction station Yam
KEGS are building to furnish power for
their underground railways in London
will be the largest in the world. 1t
will have ten steam turbines of 1900
horse power. The trains used will be
similar to those on the Boston Ele-
yated Railway, made up of three "mo-
.or'' and four trailer cars.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

An eminent scientist connected with
the agricultural bureau states that the
worlds demand for beans has passed
the supply. The roar of apprehension
in Boston papers sounds like yard
full of locomotives letting off steam
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

Servian government bonds, despite
the precarious position of rulers and
people, have been rather more steady
in the recent fluctuations of European
public securities than those of other
states. During the Boer war period,
between 1899 and and 1902, when Brit
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

A pastor has preached against what
he is pleased to call 1.-The peekaboo
waist" The waist may be immodest,
but calling public attention to it comes
nearer to being immoral than the gar
ment itself Beloved brethren. let US
think twice before speaking three
times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

1t costs some young men as high as
$4,000 each for four years course
at Yale. But these young men would
spend the money even if they were not
at Yale.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

To be sure the Office should seek the
man, but any of our statesmen would
tell you that there is no necessity of
hiding in the cellar when the Office is
going by the house.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

ro u g b . 8 a W e d
boards. 1t is the
home of James
Healy, one of the
wealthiest cattle
men in the South
west. Healy would
be taken for a
tramp by almost
anyone, and none
would laugh more
at the error than
Healy himself. In
some ways Healy
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

While the easy-going individual is
trying to figure out which is the best
foot to put forward the strenuous man
gets there with both feet.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

The largest man in the world has
been discovered IN Kustjak, Russia.
Good! We have several unbeaten
specimens of the smallest right here.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

A scientist assures US that the earth
is good for 2O,OOO0OO years yet. I'm
less, of course, Morgan and Baer
| should decide to take it with them.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

When King Peter arrived at Bel
grade the bands played the Servian ma
tional anthem. The Servian national
anthem is "God Help the King"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

When a mother has been away two
or three weeks, it is worth watching
her three or four little children when
she returns home. You may not cry,
but the sight will make something
tremble inside of you.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

husband
dying unless operated Immediately Mrs William H. Logan Oh
following
800
to
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

This is how important groom is in
a girls life: When she was graduated
from school. the event lasted ten days
longer
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

The doctors say fat babies are not
healthy. Is this to be construed as 8
deadly blow to the nursing bottle?
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

Porto Rico held a flag day, at which
fifteen hundred American flags were
carried in procession. 1t seems as If
this were a loyal colony.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

While a negro and Chlnaman. .diVid
ed class honors at Yale, the athletic
honors of the institution are still held
by the whites
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

Good advice has monetary value.
It's the other kind that is handed out
by those who are running a gift en-
terprise.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

What good will it do us if they have
found the smallpox germ? We didn't
lose him.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

When business gets out of its ordi.
nary channel some men use up all
their time telling how to handle it,
The others go ahead and do the best
they can.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

Presently he may go fouraushing
down the corridors of time as King
Peter Out.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

Some women confide in men for the
purpose of extracting secrets from
them.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

When told to take a back seat the
average man will take affront.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

A mans true friends keep quiet when
some one is enumerating his virtues.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

Always view a scene with mule
in it from the foreground.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

Women always pity man during
his period of convalescence because he
can't crochet.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31
HIS CABIN SUITS HIM,
ALTHOUGH CATTLE KING HEALY
is A MILLIONAIRE.
A Unique Character in New Mexico,
Whose Wealth Is in Land, Cattle,
Copper and Silver Mines-He Spends
Less than $500 Year.

On a bleak and lonely side of the
Santa Margarita mountains in New
Mexico is a rude, barn-like cabin or
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

The Chinese invented firecrackers;
but the Christians figured out the au-
tOmObile
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

Any one in Paris. is likely to have
Santos-Dumont drop in on him.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

Man is of few days and full of con
densed cussedness.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
a CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER-
ESTiNG ITEMS.

Comments and Criticisms Based Upon
the Happenings of the Day-Histori-
cal and News Notes.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

Consumption in Ohio.
Consumption claims 6,OO0 persons /
year in Ohio.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

make of all his money and property
when his hair gets white and his stall
wart frame is broken by age and dis
QaS
The Globe-republican., 1903-05-07
LOCAL NEWS NOTES

Beeson's orchestra went to Dalhart Las
Friday to furnish music for q ball.
See The BLACK CAT in our window
The BEE HIVE.
Judge Milton will make trip to Kan
sas City the last Of the week.
For RENT-Furnished room over MIL
ler's feed store. II
James Wlitelaw was here from Colo
RADIO on business this week.
Miss Mamie Dunn went to Kansas
City this week for short visit.
L.J. Pettijohn and family will leave
tomorrow for visit in indianapolis.
For SALE-Good top buggy. Address
box OF, Spearville, Kansas. If.
Mrs. Maud Tobias and daughters are
here from Missouri for visit In Dodge
City. l
The BLACK CAT has arrived and will
be on display next week at THE BEE
HIVE.
Mrs. s. ]. Crumbine will go to Wichita
next week 10 attend the meeting Of The
Order Of Eastern Star.
Haye glasses fitted to your eyes by a
professional optician. Costs no more,
See P. H. YOUNG, the 0ptlcian. If.
The l0l dancing club has engaged Bee.
sons orchestra for Tuesday evening,
May 70, when big public dance will be
given Ia McCarty's rink.
The Globe-republican., 1903-05-07

The Twenty-second Annual encamp'
ment Of the G. A. r., department of Kan
sas, will be held in Mcpherson on May
20. There will be good delegation g
from Dodge City to work for Capt. D. l..
Sweeney. All of Southwest Kansas Ia
enthusiastic in Capt. Sweeney's support,
besides several other portions of the state,
and Dodge City and Fit. Dodge will have
crowds at the encampment to head the
campaign for him.
Mrs. Hendricks, wife of Ernest Hen
bricks OF the Dodge Hou:e 10 the c)m-
poser of a new song just published.
Conductor Lynch who Is still quite III
will be taken to the hospital at Topeka
tonight.
Miss Grace HickOk Of Kansas City who
has been the guest OF Mrs. G. N. BeesOn
has returned home. ..
The Globe-republican., 1903-05-07
A Startling Test.

10 save life, DR.. T. G. Merritt, Of
No. Mehoopany, Pa, made startling
test resulting in a wonderful cure. He
writes "a patient was attacked with vio-
lent hemorrhagea, caused BY liberation
of the stomach. had often found Elec-
trio Bltters excellent for acute stomach
and liver troubles 80 | prescribed them.
The patient gained from the first, and
has not had an attack In "A months. "
Electric Bitters are positively guaranteed
for Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Constipation
and Kidney troubles. Try them, Only
SOC at Rsth 4 cambridge.
The Globe-republican., 1903-05-07

]. F. Goudy was visitor from vii.
burn yesterday.
W. Ii. VanVoolhis of Spearville was a
'Polge City visitor Monday.
Nhe delegates who went to Emporia
tn attend the State camp Of the Mod.
ern Woodman, returned home this
morning. They were working in
the interest of Chas Norlhup for delegate
to the head camp and were successful in
having him named. There was an ex.
citing time at the meeting yesterday and
aporton of the delegates bolfed. From
that time on there were two State camps
in ,e'sun, one in The interest OF Ell Muir.
phy for head mnsnl and the other in the
interest Of j. q. johnson. As Il result,
two se,s OF delegates were elected to The
head camp.
A handsome new safe was placed in
the Bee HIVE Store this week.