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Buttons.

The Elizabethan era gave vogue to
the button and the buttonhole, two in
ventions which may fairly be regarded
as important, since they did much to
revolutionize dress. The original but
ton was wholly a product of needle
work, which was soon improved by the
use Of a wooden mold. The brass but
ton Is said to have been introduced by
q Birmingham merchant In 1889. 1t
took 200 years to improve on the meth
cd of sewing the cloth upon the COW
cred button. Then an ingenious Dane
hit upon the idea of making the button
In two parts and clamping them to-
gether, with the cloth between. Buttons
are now made Of almost everything,
from seaweed and cattle hoofs to moth
or of pearl and vegetable ivory. Ex-
cellent buttons are made from potatoes,
which, treated chemically, become as
hard as ivory.-Boston Transcript.
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Oriental weddinr..

At wedding festivals in Arabia, Per
sia and Morocco the women guests hold
carnival all day, sometimes several
days, but the poor little bride is In
room by herself fasting. She is being
decorated" Depilatories and tweezers
remove all superfluous hair. She is
scrubbed with pumice stone; her toes,
fingers and hair are stained with hem
ma, and her face is daubed with red and
bits of gold paper. An oriental maiden
has no voice in the selection of her hus-
band. She seldom sees him till she is his
wife, and he is not supposed to see her
face until she unveils after marriage.
Sometimes Cupid gets ahead Of parents
and guardians, the wind" blows the
veil aside, and the young eyes meet.
Then there Is some anxious maneuver-
ing that the elders may make the right
selection
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The Jud.ment Of Year,.

A significant bit Of wisdom, to be
pondered over by the very young,
whose griefs and disappointments seem
so tragic, was that uttered by Mrs.
Dolly Madison when she was over
eighty years old and near her death.
Her life had been fortunate and beau
tiful not only because circumstances
had proved kind to her, but from the
brightness and buoyancy of her tenn
permanent.
She harbored no bitterness over past
experiences, but life had taught her the
unimportance of most trials which
loom 30 gigantic In approaching.
Not long before her death one of her
nieces went to her for sympathy in
some slight trouble.
my dear" she said, "do not trouble
about 1t. There is nothing in this
world really worth caring for. Yes"
sae repeated, looking intently out of a
window, "I who have lived so long re-
peat to you that there is nothing in
this world below really worth caring
forr'
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PLUcKINe SHEEP.
shearing Process Not Used In shet-
land ON Pure Bred Animals.

Aon0 Oh ufc oIGU AAAAnaAb.
The pure bred sheep in Shetland are
not shorn, but plucked. The process
takes place generally in June, when
the fleece is ripe" and the silky wool
can be pulled Of without pain.
This is called roofing" and is much
less damaging to the young fiber than
clipping with shears. The wool when
thus handled retains its peculiar soft
ness. so that any one Of experience can
tell whether the material Of knitted
article has been plucked or shorn. 1t
ripens first upon the neck and shoul
ders, 80 that sheep half pulled resemble
in some sort poodle that is clipped
We must suppose that harsher han
ding prevailed at one time, for we read
that In 1915 the Scottish privy council
spoke of the custom as still kept up 'in
some remote and uncivil places" and
James 1. wrote to tell them that 1t had
been put down in ireland under penal
ty of fine. Upon this they passed an
act on March II, 1915. deplor1ng the
destruction of sheep thus caused and
imposing similar fines on those who
should persist in the practice.
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Timber Books.

There is at Cassel library probably
unique in the world. 1t is bound in
timber, printed on timber pages-pos
sibly from wood blocks-and deals ex-
clusively with timber. The library in
question is the Holzbiblistek, which
was compiled at the end of the last cen
tury by Karl Schieldbach and is COM
posed of about 500 volumes made from
trees in the park at Wilhelmshohe
Every volume bears on tab-not In
timber, but queerly enough, in moroc-
co-the name of the tree from which II
was obtained. There are plates of the
tree in all stages of its growth, and the
letterpress is a treatise on the forest
ing and natural history of the tree.
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His BusinessIike Way.

Young Mr.. Biz (briskly, to fair pro-
prietor Of the photograph gallery)-Tve
dropped in, Miss Frame, without much
preparation, in the style usually do
when 1 make up my mind want any
thing. Can you take me just as am?
Miss Frame-Certainly, Mr.. Biz.
What style do you wish-cabinet or
carter
Mr.. Bizz-What style7 Great Cesar!
Did you think I'd come with these
clothes on to have my photograph TAX
en-? I'm asking you to marry me. Miss
Frame"
Amador ledger., 1903-08-21
THE CHINESE CARPENTER.
His Method of Mendins a Hole In n
Floor Amazed a Caucasian,


Floor Amazed a Caucasian,
did you ever get Chinese carpen-
ter to stop up hole in the fioor?' ask
ed one fat dweller of another The
other had to admit that he had not.
Then the first proceeded to tell his
wonderful tale, which the listener
would not believe until he tried an
oriental for the same purpose the next
month
There was Worn place in the floor
that needed patching, and 1 thought
I'd show my wife what a carpenter !
was, so l sawed a square section of the
planks out. But l cut my hand the
first minute and had to send for the
Chinaman who has a shop right
around the corner. When he got to the
door he grunted something that sound
ed as if 1t might mean 'Where?' and
pointed to the square hole over in q
dark corner.
wow he said as he squinted at it
a minute. Then he turned around and
walked out. I thought-well, l didn't
know what to think, 1 was so amazed.
couldn't understand his giving up
such simple job. 1 was still puzzling
over it half an hour later when 1 heard
knock. He said Wow or some other
word like it, and held up a square
board. Then he walked over to the
dark corner of the room and-what do
you think? He put the square in, and
1t fitted just as If it had grown there
And he had just taken a peep at the
hole from where he was standing in
the door,
The fat dweller's tale is no fairy
story. That's the way a Chinese car
penter stops hole in the foor.-New
York Times.
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low and sallow, and they feel tired and
WORKOUT all the time. In large pro-
portion of cases when women are weak,
rundown and falling off in flesh and
looks, the root of the trouble can be
traced to woman1y diseases which under
mine the general health. The proof of
this is that women who have been cured
of painful wornanly diseases by the use
of DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
have recovered their general health.
gained in flesh and in appearance.
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures
the womanly diseases which sap the gen
era1 health. 1t establishes regularity,
dries weakening drains, heals inflamma-
ton and liberation and cures female
weakness.
Ut suffered for three years with ovarian
Womans Athletic Club, of Goa Sycamore st.,
Milwaukee, Wis uThe treatment 1 took did
NOT do me particle of good, until good neigh
bor who had been using DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription advised me to give it trial The
next day took my first dose, and II was my first
step toward recovery. In nine weeks was a
different woman; my flesh which had been
6afby became firm, complexion clear and my
ewes bright. 1t was simply an indication Of the
great change within from pain and suffering to
health and happiness
cFavorite Prescription makes weak
women strong, sick women well. Ac-
cept no substitute for the medicine
which works wonders for weak women.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invigorate
stomach, liver and bowels.
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The Consulting caddie.

There is one parsonage who of late
years has rather disappeared from the
golf1ng world, but used to be greatly in
evidence in 1.-THE advisory caddie.
Many Of the caddies of the old Scotch
school used to treat their masters $50
called much in the manner that good
old nurse treats baby when she is be-
ginning to teach it how to walk. In
those days there was not a stroke
played without the most careful con-
sultation with these sapient mentors.-
Westminster Gazette.
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Death From Electric Shock.

The ultimate cause of death, when
due primarily to electric shock, is gen.
orally considered to be stoppage Of
the action of the heart or Of the respir-
atory organs That the latter may be
affected is shown by the fact that vic
tins Of electric shock are sometimes
brought to by practice Of some Of the
we'll known methods Of artificial res
piration. The cessation Of the hearts
action may be due to stimulation Of the
nerves which control the beating Of the
heart. These, when stimulated to e1-
cess, may cause the heart to stop alto
gether.-AreMhald Wilson In Casssers
IAsaztne. ---. .SZ,l.-saa.s IA : "a. y.
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His Tide of Fortune.

There is tide in the affairs Of
men," said the man who habitually
quotes Shakespeare, (which, taken at
its food, leads on to fortune"
YES" replied the man who had mar
ried an heiress, II remember the tide
that led to my fortune WELL"
What tide was thatT'
ut was eventide, and we were sit
ting in the garden."-San Francisco
Wasp.
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Placing the Blame.

Caller-So the doctor brought you q
little sister the other night, eh?
Tommy-Yeh; guess it was the doc
tor done it. Anyway heard him tell
In pa some time ago at if pa didn't
pay his old bill he'd make trouble fur
him.-Philadelphia Inquirer
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Testing at Scars.

Upgardson-I was sorry to hear that
Skimmerhorn has had the smallpox.
Did 1t disfgure him much?
Atom-Dishgure him? No; it i'm
proved him. 1t changed his express
sion.-Chicago Tribune.
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The knight Rejoiced.

We believe that kissing is an English
custom. We read in ancient history Of
a knight who visited the Field Of the
Cloth Of Gold and who on being invit-
ed to local castle was addressed by
the "kynde ladye' of the establish
ment, who remarked:
"Forasmuch as in England ye have
such a custome as that a man may
kysse a woman, therefore 1 will that
ye shall kysse me, and ye shall also
kysse these my maidens."
(which thing" adds the old histo-
fian, "ye knyghte straightway did and
rejoyced greatly thereat."
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COnBpfcuoua.

''You have been conspicuous In the
halls of legislation, have you not2" said
the young woman who asks all sorts of
questions.
Yes, MISS" answered Senator Sor-
ghum blandly; II think have part1ci-
pated in some of the richest hauls that
legislation ever made."-Washingt
Star.
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Plain Lying.

Professor, know a man who says
he can tell by the impression on his
mind when his wife wants him to come
home to dinner. Is it telepathy"
mot at all, miss. I should call that
nendacity. Exchange
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An InEenue.

Miss Boston-Ah, yes; your verses
are charming. And have you never
written a novel?
Miss New York-No; for If I did my
mother would never let me read it
Life
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Some people who jump at conclusions
lose sight of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Record.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-21

The reward Of one duty done is the
power to fulfill another.-Eliot
Amador ledger., 1903-08-21

Olives, salami, swiss. limbur gel
Martins cream and California chess
at Caminetti's Mkt,
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is
GAINED

The story of q
great deal of the
unhappiness of
women is a story
Of lost health.
Women wonder
how it is that
little by little
the form loses
plunpness, the
rhee1rs orow hO1-
Amador ledger., 1903-08-21

When beautiful woman smiles some
pocketbook is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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See the dome Whep iD tbe
city. SeDd for catalogues
to Moil Order Department.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-22
ENGLAND'S NAVY TO BE INCREASED BY
ADDITION OF THIRTY -ONE NEW VESSELS.


Washington
not yet it been decided order thirty
fighting
ship
pare ast
600 for construction principally
complained
to
defense and attack
hoped they will be completed before One of
maintained the results Evidently asfae
70 is "S-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-22
BUTTERCUPS.

I wandered here forgetful, gay.
Until sudden glare of gold,
From fields -kindled after cold,
Recalled me to that other May.
And you were with me, down way
Rooted low by branches tender-green;
The sun smiled through with gracious
mien
And, Midas-like, made gilt Of gray.
There hangs an old gate by brook,
So like another which we spanned
When through the field our steps we took
With childish chatter, hand in hand.
Our arms with buttercups we heaped.
You wore them in your gown, your
hair;
Our senses In spring joys were stepped
1t cannot be you did net care!
1 deemed the past, so passing sweet,
Forgot, and grown blithe and cold;
These flowers a-bloom beneath my feet
Have thrilled me with May memories
old.
-Philadelphia Ledger.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-22
CABINET OFFICERS EARN EVERY DOLLAR
OF THE SALARIES THEY RECEIVE.

position washington"
marked visitor a resident official Office
to office
The aacry with which portfolio would be aston
replied
official The position far from and being
poor would for in the capital decline the honor no matter
how much might secretly desire the office
TLere exception here and
there who gets out OF the for than $4,000 ana no one
$4,000 $4,000 position Of cabinet OFF,
which would
practically his
combined
there practically other than their
their
what
adequate The salary of the office did not enter into @
when of them usually
variety of reasons
gratded
position down to their poster
Others their desks
by day and official night finding out Some
believe usually occasionally
ions cabinet have
resigned before the end Of the first
The ncommensurae with the responsibilities and the work
bills and
the theory that laboe hire back home and
shortly
a family $
qualification
their personal ambitions desires and the fun they have
iou often hear men say: would go into the cabinet m sseo
United their
expenditure billions judg
m e are are paid salaries on par with the cashier Ne" YORK 0ank
"My century
there has deadly the Senate and
OF the cabinet immediate
pe Of the passage of the bill Washington Star
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full to the Unfortunate" broke of
doubtfully.
The gleam of humor In her eyes
deepened.
"Yes," she remarked, "the female
heart might well be moved to pity 6
man In your embarrassing position. Are
you, perhaps, an orphan? And is your
present condition solely the result OF
the evil influence to which you have
been exposed since early youth?"
L shook my head, entering Into heI
mood. The girl was certainly a charac
ter, and 1 lost sight of my own dan
ger for the moment in enjoyment of hel
raillery.
"Ah, poor manr' she exclaimed. INC
wonder you have been driven to irreg
ular courses with such incentives tt
crime Now, would you mind removing
your mask? l am consumed with curl
osity as to your looks. But wait mo
ment; feel quite nervous over the
event. You see I've been anticipating
this moment for years. I've formed &
dozen pictures of you in my mind, an6
do so hope you won't disappoint me
Tell me first, are you good-lookingT
ION the honor Of house-breaker, ar
Adonis,, l answered, Immensely
amused.
A troubled expression crept over he1
face.
'Hm-m," she mused, half aloud. 81
don't think you should be. It's rather
upsetting, don't you know. didn't look
for 1t at all. Aren't you in the least
ruffanly looking?"
mot in the least" said with convic-
tion.
She looked quite dissatisfied.
Perhaps you are not competent
judge she suggested hopefully.
81 have perfect confidence in my own
discernment," said l firmly. But since
you doubt me, pray permit me To- -
/ raised my hand to the mask, but she
cried out loud and sharp.
mo, no; you are not to move your
hands, you know. 1t is never allowed" /"
"Pray, then, my dear young lady,
how am to uncover my face?"
She considered a moment.
Il think" she remarked presently,
that l shall be obliged to do it for
you. Please come nearer"
Still with my hands uplifted in the
traditional attitude and covered by the
small revolver. ! advanced to the side
of the bed. When I got quite close she
reached out beautiful hand and
touched the mask that hid my face.
breathed the perfume of the exquisite
flesh, and felt my heart beat in ecstasy
at the near proximity of the lovely
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-22
GUANTANAMO, OUR PROSPECTIVE NAVAL
FORTRESS IN WEST INDIES. A GlBRALTAR

principal
Bahia Honda
~ distance Havana is likely become merely coang station
subsidiary side Florida Strait
projected
small
which
provisions
Independently a
located dominates
Panama Canal by other leading into the
Of
inland just Gibraltar and Malta British
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-22

form. Joy was 1t to be burglar, to
find ones self detected in crime, to suf-
fer imprisonment-aye, even death it.
self, for the delight Of feeling that soft
hand steal to ones cheek, of drinking
deep of the intoxicating beauty of those
wonderful violet eyes, of tasting that
fragrant breath upon the lips.
One moment-and the fair shapely
hand dropped again to its former posi-
ton, the mask held daintily between
it's white fingers. Another, and soft
murmur of pleasure and approval es-
capped the curved, red lips.
My divinity was evidently web
pleased with her capture. She smiled
triumphantly. And IL was complete
ly captured in more senses than one.
But bark, what was that? A noise
overhead! With astonishing rapidity /
was transformed from the spelI-bound
lover to the commonplace burglar.
My divinity was far too much occu-
pied at her own anxiety as to the noise
to notice my change of expression.
Burglar-like l took advantage of her
pre-occupation and deftly snatched the
revolver from her hand, and in another
second was gazing back at her from the
window-sill. She had completely recov-
cred her self-possession.
"Yes, perhaps you'd better CO." she
suggested, ''but please leave my re-
volver on the garden seat below"
l needed no second bidding for foot
steps were plainly audible. In another
minute was in the garden, expecting
every moment to run into the arms of
the police. But my divinity had lied
Not soul did l meet, and my only me-
mento of that nights adventure. is
pretty little revolver which has not left
my person from that day to this.-New
York News
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-22
DON'T DROP BEHIND.
No Woman Should Lose Her Hold Upon
Progress and Growth.

No Woman Should Lose Her Hold Upon
Progress and Growth.
Oftentimes one hears a woman COM
plain that she is losing her hold on
progress-that she hasn't time to read
and to keep up generally.
Why has she dropped behind? Some
women do not. Under any circum-
stances, amid any surroundings. they
develop. Take them into a log cabin
in the wilderness and they return to
civilization and talk so delightfully."-
about their experiences that everyone
enyies them the chance Of the wilder
ness and the joys of the log cabin. In
their success one finds hint OF the
possibility of catching up with the
procession, and keeping up with 1t, too.
What is their secret Of progress, where
other women fall out Of the line OF
advance7
= One woman, relates Harper's Bazar,
who lived in the most out-of-the-way
place in all Texas for some ten years,
and came back more charming than
she went, explained it thus: Il never
let either my dress or my mind get
careless. There is great deal in
girding up ones loins, as the Bible
advises, and keeping them girded.
Once loosen everything and you dis
solve in sloth, and lose ground before
you know It." She was determined
not to drop behind. and. having the
will, she found the way. She kept up
her correspondence with many friends,
subscribed for New York newspaper,
and read 1t regularly. even If trifie
late, and studied with 80 much inter-
est the life of the far-away spot where
she lived, it's people, its animals. its
plants, its customs and incidents, that
when she came back to her Eastern
home and talked to her friends about
1t, every woman Of them sighed and
said: r "Oh. what an opportunity you
had in being therew instead Of COM
miserating her for having been thou
sand miles, from a woman's club.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-22

The yellow
90 1000 bchomae Of potassium 10 hydro
chlorc acid yellow
a
with satisfactory results This preliminary
all
full detail
this
amoype 1t will be noticed the
films
would distinguish platinum
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-22

| destructive weapons of war are life
savers and peace-preservers; how the
| telephone will affect morals and elevate
the standard Of honor; how the arc light
! serves as good police; how the elevator
Is affecting social problems by piling
one city on top of another; how the
ocean cables. the telegraph and wire
less teiegraphy are creating new world
conditions which are producing a new
worid-life, and how the bicycle aAd the
automobile, by securing for us better
roads, will not only increase the wealth,
but also improve the intellectual and
moral life of the country, but the limits
OF this article forbid.
Ii Inventions are to be measured by
their effects, by far the greatest in the
history Of the world was the Invention
OF the steam engine. In 1769, the same
year In which the Duke of Wellington
and Napoleon Bonaparte were born,
James Watt patented his steam engine.
which was destined to exert more infu-
ence In shaping the worlds future than
both Of these great captains put to-
gether. From the beginning, man has
had to struggle with nature for his life.
She scorched him; she frosted him; she
starved him; she smote him with dis
ease; she overawed and terrorized him;
her winds bu6eted him; her waters
drowned him. Before her lightnings.
her floods, her cataracts. her avail
anches, her tempestuous seas, he was
powerless. Against the measureless
forces OF nature he could oppose only
his puny arm. On that arm he must
rely to wrest from her his food, fuel,
raiment, and shelter. Such was the un-
equal contest for long thousands of
years. But to-day nature Is mans SER
want; her mighty forces do his bidding,
and run his errands.-Dr. Josiah Strong,
In Success.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-22
Reckless Yoyagers.

A New York exchange says that dur
Ing a gale which ravaged the Atlantic
coast the Short Beach Life-Saving Sta
tion on Long Island was aroused to res
cue four men in small sloop about half
mile from shore.
After tedious and perious trip, the
surf-boat reached the sloop, and the
crew found on board four men be-
numbed with cold, and half-starved.
When brought to place of safety and
thawed out they told their story.
They had been out on a cunning trip
on the Sound, and when overtaken by
the storm had taken refuge in desert
ed shanty. Their provisions were soon
exhausted, and also their fuel, and
then, although perfectly aware of their
peril, they set sail again, in hopes Of
bringing up at some place where they
could get provisions.
AS a consequence of such rashness
they came near losing their lives. The
captain Of the life-savers remarked af-
terward that 1t was pity to risk the
lives of good men to save the lives of
confirmed idiots.-Youth's Companion
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-22
GREATNESS OF INVENTIONS.

True Measure Their Service TO Society
in influence on Civilization.
The greatness Of inventions Is meas
ured not by their ingenuity nor by the
fortunes they make for their origin
ators or others, for that is small mat
ter, but by the service which they rem
der to society and by their influence
ON civilization. / had intended, there
fore, to interpret briefly some Of the
great inventions, to show how the most