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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29

of an ape being made to perform" for
the amusement Of the crowd. The sci
entific side of the matter would be
represented by the further training of
the chimpanzee in private and the
careful watching of his ways. A story
has been circulated that Esau is to be
taken to Germany to undergo an ope-
ration on his tongue, in the hope, pre-
sumably, of loosening that member and
of giving him a chance Of speech.
Anything more ridiculous than this
idea could hardly have been conceived.
Esau has his own language ready
made. People who expect him to talk
forget that language is a matter of
brain, not of tongue or muscles only,
writes DR.. Andrew Wilson in the Lon
don Chronicle. Initiative acts might
be cultivated in the chimpa NEE to a
surprising extent. If the dog, with q
much lower brain, has benefited by his
long association with man, one may
well speculate on the development OF
brain power which would be possible
in champanzee had that race had
the advantage of human companion
ship for many centuries.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29

00 ERE is an absolutely true story
iii of little bird, just common
SS sparrow of the mountain foot
hills, but, possibly, no stranger case
of bird instinct has ever been chron-
icled.
One raw, rainy October day, while
the engine of an express train was
standing at water tank on lonely
side track in eastern Colorado, the en-
gine driver was surprised to see
sparrow fly in the cab window ana
perch upon the throttle at the boiler
head. The little fellow made himself
at home there and set to making his
toilet, for his feathers were very wet.
Not wishing to drive the tiny visitor
away, and with a desire to see how
long he would remain after the train
began to move, the engine driver
reached carefully for the throttle and
succeeded in putting the big machine
In motion without frightening the bird.
After having thoroughly dried him.
his strange perch and sat for several
moments in a corner on the engine
drivers cushion, evidently enjoying his
ride, after which, with a chirp, he
flew out of the window and away.
The engine men forgot the incident
as they dashed on over the foothills
and through the village. Two days
passed; the engine had returned, and
was again east bound, with the same
engine driver. 1t drew up for water
at the same tank, and the driver was
astonished to receive another visit
from the little bird. Then they named
him Mike, and at the same place Mike
few in the cab window whenever that
particular engine passed on its east.
bound trips. 1t mattered not whether
the train was on time or late, funny
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
Saved by a Sparrow

loud for several seconds and darted
from the engine. The occurrence SO
startled the engine driver that he ner-
vously shut off the steam and applied
the brakes. AS he did so the fireman
gave a cry of alarm, and in another
instant a great mass of rocks and dirt
and trees crashed down the mountain
side'and on to the track, carrying with
it bridge. With a deafening roar the
mass rolled on into the chasm below,
missing the engine by only a few
yards Had the train not been stopped
where it was the landslide must have
swept it into the awful depths.
Mike was never seen afterward.
What became of him, of course, no.
body knows.
You may call it instinct chance or
what you wish, but the fact remains
that the little sparrow saved the train
with its burden of human freight from
Chicago Chronicle.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29

trap, the invention of a Kentuckian,
will receive a share Of attention and
serve its purpose in many field. The
inventor takes advantage Of the we'll
known propensity of insects to fly to
ward light, the flame in this instance
being mounted within a metallic cas-
ing, to which entrance is gained
through four tunnels pointing in differ
ent directions. Once within the hood,
the insect soon falls to the reservoir
beneath, wherein a quantity of insecti-
eide has been placed to complete the
destruction Of those which escape the
actual contact with the fame. Men
tion is also made of the fumes rising
from the liquid and impregnating the
atmosphere around the fame to over
come the insects and cause them to
fall into the liquid.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
PAY of Turkish Ministers.

A Turkish ministerial portfolio is a
sort of gold-mine to the holder. 1t is
not the Vizier, however, who holds
the richest claim, though his salary is
$4,000 a year, which is also that of
the War Minister. The plum" of
Turkish officials is the admiralty,
which is worth $4,000 year, and the
present holder is stated to have amass-
ed fortune of $12,000,00O. The Min
lister of Foreign Affairs has $4,000,
and finance comes next with a thou
sand lower, financial ability being ap-
parently esteemed in inverse ratio to
the need for it. The lowest salary is
that Of the Minister of Mines, though,
it is rather higher than that of the
Premier of Great Britain. The sum is
$27, 800.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
This condition educated
statutes coincide with equit

statutes coincide with equity. This condition educated
lawyers can bring about.
In politics the demand for serious service must
AS have to do with wise and clean states
instead of manipulators shall feel and
the need for them We shall demand not only men
lead in action, but who prevent unwise
action Often the policy which most attractive to
the majority is full Of danger for the future We need
who face popular opinion and IL need be to face
1t down.
The need of the teacher will not less the
The history Of the future is written In the
schools of to-day and the reform which gives better
schools is the greatest Of reforms Free should the scho
be-free and brave, and to such these the twen
tieth century will bring the reward of the scholar.
The twentieth century will epoch Ia the his
tory of religion Some idly that religion Is losing her
hold in these strenuous days But she is not She is
simply changing her grip The religion Of this century
will be practical real It will deal with the
days of the week well with the Sabbath 1t will be
potent In the markets Of trade in the walls of
cathedral for mans religion s his working hypothesis
e not Of life in future world but of life right here
to-day the only day have in which to build life.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
ESAU THE cHIMPANZEE.

Apes May Gain Brain Power by AS
sociatiug with Human Beings.
Esau, l believe, is appearing at a
London music hall as member Of the
company, and goes through various
antics by way of showing the high
degree of intelligence he possesses.
Those of us who know something OF
champanzee ways and of the high
brain type the animal exhibits are moi
surprised that an individual ape, here
and there, will go far ahead of his
fellows under domestication.
Only l take leave to remark that q
music hall is hardly the sphere ir
which the educational development OF
the animal can be duly carried out
To my mind there is something pa
thetic and calling for pity in the sight
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
Life Subscriptions.

A Century subscriber recently wrot.
to the publishers inquiring what the
charge would be for life subscription
to the Century for q man 33 years of
age. The question was submitted to
one of the large life insurance compan.
les, who reported that by the American
experience table of mortality, assuming
money to earn three per cent annual in.
terest, man 33 years Of age should
pay $S1.64 for life subscription to the
Century. The publishers do not think
1t is worth while to open a department
for life subscriptions, but 1t is interest
ing to know that man of 33 can look
forward to the probable enjoyment of
over eighty dollars worth Of future
Century Magazines.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29

farmers daughter is that 1t Is an every
day business that can not be put into
inexperienced hands, without xettine
things out Of balance, and that whole
days off must be few. But girl who
mas tact and judgment enough to get
the pest results from a Jersey cow, is
Well qualified to win by persuasive
measure any favor she may covet.
80 l would say to the farmers
daughters, stick to the farm, keep up
some profession that can be practiced
on the farm, whether 1t be dairyino
or poultry raising, don't for a single
moment let the tempter have posses
sion of you, but think of your health.
and OF those little gold mines on the
farm and remember that with health
comes happiness and with happiness
wealth."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
Accounted For.

1 was married three times"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
A Farmers Daughter:
What She Can 30.


In paper read before the thirteenth
annual convention of the Indiana State
Dairy Association, Miss Edith Parsons,
a student in Purdue University, gave
an interesting account of her expert
ence In dairying. Miss Parsons began
with the three or four cows kept to
supply their own family, and is now
selling the product Of between fifteen
and twenty cows at profitable price,
because of its uniform excellence and
regularity of supply.
After recounting her difficulties IN
getting a good herd, she said: AFTER
you decide to begin dairying, the ques-
ton arises: Who shall care for the
milk and the butter? Shall 1t be the
farmer and his sons who toll In the
field all day, or shall 1t be the tired
mother and wife who shall do this
work, thinking it one of her many
duties, instead Of a source Of pleasure
to her? No!
''In my opinion, it should be the
farmers daughter who should come
forward and say, am young and
know that would enjoy taking full
charge Of the dairy work. How proud
1 will feel to think that I am making
gilt-edged butter.
Many mothers persist In saying that
the work in a dairy Is too hard for
their daughters and would soon become
drudgery to them, but believe moth
ers Of this opinion forget that any
work, no matter how hard, II entered
into with the soul and willing hands,
ceases to be drudgery and becomes an
art.
"The dark side to dairying for the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
MIKE APPEARED AS USUAL. PERCHED THROTTLE

little Mike knew in some way. He
never made a mistake in engines and
never boarded any other.
You must know that trainmen are
a very superstitious lot; nearly as
much so as the men at sea; SO it came
about that the engine driver friend
of the bird looked upon him as a mas
cot He brought little seeds and
cracker crumbs on each trip, and,
strange as it may seem, the little fel-
low soon became so tame that he
would perch upon the mans hand and
eat the dainties. Here was a sparrow,
wild and free to go where he wished,
yet tame and happy for half hour
or more every few days in the cab of
great, throbbfng, roaring. screech-
ing locomotive, for neither the shrill
blast of the whistle nor the clank of
the great bell nor the popping of the
safety valve caused him to evince the
slightest fear.
The season grew late; frost had come
vine and tree and shrub. No longer
were heard along the streams the
mournful cries of the knee Deep"
The woods had grown still and one
day the engine driver carried the seed
and the crumbs in his vest pocket past
the tank and on to the end of the run,
for no Mike came to receive his din
ner. He was greatly missed, but the
engine men knew that their friend
must have taken fight to the sunny
southland for the winter, and he was
not forgotten through all the dreary
trips that were made across the bleak
country. With the breaking up of cold
weather Mixes coming was eagerly
watched for.
Would he come again. Had he for
gotten his grime-stained friends of the
engine cab? Could q little bird not
much larger than a mans thumb think
long enough at time to find his way
back to the vicinity Of that water
tank?
The grass came again; the trees took
on their summer garb; here and there
could be seen an occasional bird.
And Mike?
hS Sdh0 OAC 0dJs+ Il VI 0OAC LlAuC
the engine driver had carried food for
his friend in his pocket, to make sure
that there would be no disappointment.
So when with peep, peep, the little
sparrow flew in the window of the big,
painting machine, with as much con-
idence as If he had never missed a
trip, he found his repast ready.
A cold, sobbing rain was soaking the
brown fields of autumn. The streams
were swollen and the railroad track
was soft. At the tank Mike appeared
as usual and perched upon the throttle
of the engine; minutes passed into a
half hour, an hour, an hour and half,
yet the bird showed no sign Of leaving,
as he had always done before, and the
engine driver grew uneasy.
mike makes me nervous" at last
he said to the fireman; never stayed
SO long. This means something"
The fireman shook his head ominous-
ly.
The train approached a portion OF
the road where the track wound for
several miles along a narrow bed on
the side of canyon, where there were
numerous trestIes and small bridges.
The engine driver on the right and the
fireman on the left side of the cab
leaned far out of the windows peer
ing ahead as the dizzy height was be-
ing passed over. Suddenly Mike few
to the engine drivers hand which rest
ed on the throttle. chirped fast and
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
Justifiab1e Excuse.

81 must have been born under an
unlucky star" said the angry wife,
whose request for new bonnet had
just been vetoed. 81 could have mar
ried either Jones Or Brown before 1
met you and to-day they are both mil
Ionaires, while you have nothing"
"Yes, my dear" replied the patient
other half of the sketch, "but you
should remember that Jones and
Brown are still in the bachelor class,
while 1 have had you to support all
these years."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
STRIKES HELP woRkINeMAN,s CONDITION.
BY bishop Potter. o.

believe In strikes, shocking as the
statement may seem. I believe in the
conservative value Of the organizations
from which the strikes come. The con-
dition of the working man was never
improved until in reply to the demands
of labor organization itself or by the
interpositien of persons not interested
as capitalists or laborers. The real
value Of the labor organization Is that
1t appears to be the only method by
which the great interests which serve
themselves best by exacting most can
be obliged to yield some consideration
fhov hpvo oopfrol
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
INSECT TRAP FOR NIGHT USE.
An inexpensive Method for Killing
Insects That Fly.

= InSeCtS 1hat fly
The Government Bureau Of Statistics
is authority for statement containing
figures reaching into the hundreds Of
millions of dollars as indicating the ex-
penditure applied directly to fighting
the insects and worms which damage
the cotton, wheat, corn and other crops
which form such a substantial part of
our revenues. A large portion of this
amount, no doubt, goes for the intro
duction of new ideas which have been
devised to aid in the work of destroy
ing these pests, and perhaps this latest
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29

GROVER citizens and If they to be more
completely made useful and safe members
body polite they must be taught to do something
more hew wood and draw water The way must
be opened them engage in something better than
menal service their interests must be aroused to
rewards intelligent occupation and careful thrift.
believe that the exigency only be adequately met
through nsrumentaity of well equipped manual train
schools conducted either Independently
or in connection with ordinary institutions
that good citizenship orderly, contented
and proper conception of civic virtue and obligations
are almost certain grow chance to
honest hopeful livelihood satisfied Of
protection and considerate treatment.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
Table Was All Rixht.

Judge-Does the landlady in your
boarding house keep a good table?
Fudge-Splendid- It's quartered oak
with expensive mahogany trimmings.
The table is splendid. It's only the
meals that are on it that object to-
Baltimore Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
Nfstook His Calling.

Mistook His Calling.
There was an absent-minded profess
sor who started out as book agent.
'I'd like to show you a new diction-
ary of the English language" he said
to the first man upon whom he called.
But l don't speak the English lan=
guags," impatiently responded the man,
who happened to be busy lawyer.
II beg your PARDON" hastily apollo
backing out.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
An Extra Letter

Clerk-Gentleman from >Pittsburg
just arrived.
Hotel Proprietor-How did he regis
ter the word Pittsburg?
Clerk-Pittsburgh.
Hotel Proprietor-Thenh he belongs to
the ultra-class Charge him a few dol
lars extra.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
A Indicated,

Mrs. Caller-Have you sized up your
new neighbors yet?
Mrs. Homer-Yes; they are evidently
in very poor circumstances.
Mrs. Caller-Why do you think so?
Mrs. Homer-Because they try so
hard not to show 1t.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
A sexere sun,,,arx

"He is highly accomplished linguist. >
YES" answered Miss Cayenne; .'he
is one of those people who know a great
many languages and nothing worth
saying in any of them. Washington
Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
Personal Observation.

''Do you think that riches bring hap
piness ?' said, the philosopher.
Beyond a doubt" answered SEN
ator Sorghum. Il can point out
number of members of the legislature
who have been made happy by my
money. Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
VERY conso1inv.

Friend--1 noticed Mr.. Bluhfwood rid
Ing with you in the hack.
Widow-Yes, and he was very consol-
ing.
Friend-Did he speak about the good
deeds of your poor husband?
Widow-No, but he said I'd look well
in black
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29

Miss Flyrt-Oh, yes, I've had nine
proposals since saw you last. Miss
Newitt-Indeed! And did you finally
reward his perseverance by accepting
him Philadelphia Catholic Standard
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
A Tip,

The Manager don't know what to
do. Now. in this last play we had
real water, real farm animals and
real haystack and yet 1t didn't go.
The Soubrette-Why don't you try
some real actors?
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29

serious internal disorder. It is pos
sibly with a view of providing for
such an emergency that the present
movement for large and trustworthy
army has been instituted.-Army and
Navy Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29

"You say" Uttered the fiancee Of the
vegetarian, ''that you could fairly eat
me- Now, isn't that contrary to the
tenets of your belief?"
Not at ALL" asserted the vegetarian.
"But If you ate me"
81 should simply be eating peach. )"
No use talking, the meat diet is the
only thing that makes the mind active.
Judge
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
Obedieut Boy.

Mr.. G. q. Stormer-Here, boy, what
are you doing there?
New Bey-A' gwan, 1 guess I knows
me biz; de boss tole me to file desc let
ters an dey can't no boy do it no better
den Use can.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
High Freight Rates.

1t costs almost twice as much to
send boxed goods from New York to
San Francisco by rail direct as it does
via London, the suez Canal, Hongkong
and Yokohama by steamer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
Revised Yeraiou.

"Never put off till tomorrow the
things you can do to-day" remarked
the man with the chronic quotation
habit.
THAT axiom's moth-eaten," rejoined
the up-to-date specimen Of hustling
humanity. whats the matter with
doing them yesterday and resting to-
day?"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
Once Is a Great Plenty.

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-People are never
satisfied in this world, Mr. Crimson
beak.
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Oh, don't know;
you never heard of man eloping
more than once, did you?-Yonkers
Statesman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
knew the Cook.

Gunner hear that you recommend
ed your cook to Wilderman. Did you
do 1t as q favor7
Guyer-No; as a grudge.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
Feminine Charity

He-I wonder why Miss Overton is 50
sensitive about her age.
She-I can't imagine. She's certainly
old enough to have got over a little
| thing like that long ago.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
His Early Training.

"a 2-cent stamp, please" said the
lady at the stamp window Of the post
office.
'Yes, madam" replied the new clerk,
who had just graduated from a de-
partment store. "Will you take it
with you or have it sentY'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
WORK OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
BY David S. Jor IAN President

The twentieth century will be strenuous com
plex and democratic. Strenuous it must be, as
we can all see. Our century has host of things
to do-bold things, noble things, tedious things
difficult things, enduring things
More than any Of the others, the twentieth
century will be democratic. The greatest dis
covery of the nineteenth century was that Of the
reality of external things. That of the TWEEN
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
DEMOCRACY OF TIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
BY Jacob 6ould Schurman. President

State schools are, so far as mental training
and the acquisition Of knowledge go, vastly su-
perior to either church schools private schools
Private and church schools tend to breed caste
and division among the children of the COM
munity. The public school, the other hand
is the mirror of the republic. In the public
schools of a town you have the purest democ-
racy in the world. When we look at hard facts,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29

century Will be this axiom In geometry: 1.-THE
straghtest line is the shortest distance between two
points, If something needs doing, do it, the more plain
ly, directly, honestly, the better
Democracy does not equality-just the reverse
of this 1t individual responsibility equality be-
the law, of equality of opportunity, but
other equality that by faithful service The
system that bids rise also let them fall
they MAINTAIN themselves To become the right
the dismissal of the wrong
The weak, the incompetent the untrained the dissi
pated find growing welcome in the century which is
coming 1t will have place for the unsked laborer.
bucket and basket of coal will do all that
laborer do If have skilled for
direction. The unsked laborer is product of denoc
racy." He exists in spite Of democracy.
The lawyers of the future will not be pleaders before
jures They will their clients from judge
jury In every civilized nation the lawyers be
lawgivers. The given place the green
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-29
A Candid Opinion,

"What do you think the greatest need
of the modern drama is?'
And after serious thought Mr.. Storm
ington Barnes replied: Lower railway
fares and better hotels.
Star.