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The daily sentinel., 1903-12-23
Toys, Etc.

Our entire line of Toys, Dolls Books, Games and all Ho
day Goods marked dry goods profit which much less
the regular dealers in these lines have make
money early and make your selection. From
all holiday goods which small deposit be made
will be held by for the buyer until Christmas
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04

should deliberately set out, as he
seemed to have done, on the wrong
road; to follow q way that, In the ma
only ;and am sure that the boy knew
how I felt.
81 don't mean that he figured 1t all
out as exactly as / have tried to tell
It to you, but he certainly did know
in a general sort of way. He start
ed back with a shamed face. and at
the same time with a scared sort of
look, as though he thought l might
get after him, after all; but when he
realized that I was just soft-hearted
and sorry, and wasn't going to do
anything about it, why, though I
stood and gazed at him for a moment,
he, after his first momentary look of
shamefacedness and alarm, ignored me
completely, and simply went on offer
ing his papers to the passers-by as
though I had never existed.
"He had had good shaking up,
from his failure with me and my dis
covery Of him, and what with his
wonder after that about how 1t was
going to come out; but he was ratified
for moment only. He was a novice
but he was coming on.
"The moral Of all this Is that,
while, the great bulk of the newsboys
are Independent, self-reliant, capable
little chaps. who are strictly on the
level, there are among them, msre's
the pity. some who will pick a pocket
If they get chance; and when you
meet boy who insists upon working
his papers up close against you, ovel
your outside change pocket, why OF
him you want to fight shy."-New
York Sun.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
NEWSBOY PICKPOCKETS.

Two Little Experiences with Thieves,
with an Interval of Thirty Years.
"One Of my earliest experiences in
this city," said New Yorker of now
thirty odd years. standing, was with
a newsboy who tried to pick my
pocket; and among my latest expe-
riences has been one precisely SINH
lar; this last experience showing, I
suppose, that I am getting old and
so have come to be regarded as an
easy mark again, as I must have been
considered when 1 was young and new
in the town.
1.-THE methods employed by the two
boys, working thirty years apart, were
identically the same, the boy in each
case attempting the comparatively
easy pocket-picking task of extracting
money from the outside change pocket
of an overcoat.
'To do this the boy carries his news
papers, to the casual eye. held out in
front of him quite in the ordinary
way; but he actually holds them with
the left hand only, carrying the right
hand under the papers out Of sight
and apparently helping to support
them, but wholly free.
Offering his papers to customer
thus the newsboy pickpecket advances
them closer and closer to the custo.
mer, with an appearance simply of I'm
portuning him to buy, until he gets
the papers close to the mans coat
and over the change pocket. Under
the papers thus advanced he puts
forth quick, out of sight, his tight
hand, with which to rifle the pocket
If you leave it unprotected, though
he may lose chance by bungling him
self, and so give you chance.
This last boy that tried me was 8
novice and bungler, who did JUS
that; and 1 felt the pressure of his
fingers on the coat plainly before he
got into the pocket at all; and 1 turn
ed on him, but not angrily, nor ever
threateningly, but with a sort of re
lproachful and regretful exclamation
Besides being chagrined for myself al
being picked out as easy it really
seemed pity tha: thus youngstel
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
CLEARED OF SWARM OF RATS

Smoked Out by Sulphur, They Take
to the Water and Drown.
When the United States military
transport Sherman arrived at Manila
recently she was, as is the case of
most other ships that arrive from or
touch Hong-Kong on the way to Ma
nila, detained for inspection to see if
she had any rats on board. When the
big transport dropped anchor in Ma
nila bay, therefore, the official rat in
spector went on board to see what
was doing in the way Of rodents. II
the Manila-American is to be believed
In less than fifteen minutes he hur-
riedly left the ship and going ashore
reported that there was on board the
Sherman, according to the patent rat
enumerator in use at Manila, no fewer
than $4,000 rats.
The Sherman was Immediately or
dered to the quarantine station at Ma
riveles, as no ship on which the dis
ease-carrying rodents are found is al.
lowed to dock at Manila until they are
exterminated. Accordingly the Sher.
man steamed back to Mariveles.
When she arrived there her matches
had been opened and enough sulphur
carried below to kill millions of rats
AS soon as the anchor was dropped the
sulphur fires were started in the hold
and in few minutes the work Of the
fumes became apparent.
Out of the matches there poured such
a stream of rats as was never before
seen in the Orient. First by the hun.
dreds and then by the thousands, they
appeared at the matches and then leap.
ed into the water. Every one tried
to swim ashore but the distance was
far too great for any rat to swim and
soon the great black line Of padding
rodents began to thin out Some OF
them reached point about 300 yards
off the ship, but none got any farther
After the fumes had been working
for about an hour the rats stopped ap
pearing. An inspection of the shiI
was made and not a rat discovered
The Sherman then re-entered Manils
and discharged her cargo.-New Yorl
Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
LOST IN THE GRASS.


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There is surely no country half
world away in which the Occidental
traveller expects so much delight and
30 little adventure as in Japan.
Yet Ernest Foxwell has recently
related a tale of terrible adven-
ture experienced in Japan an
Englishwoman but a few days after
her arrival. She was staying at a
little country village among the hills,
and had gone out in the morning to
gather flowers. The path ran across
the uplands, where there Is wild
and lonely stretch Of country extend
Ing for several miles; and the beauty
of some wild flowers growing in the
tall grass led her to leave the trail
unthinkingly. and press farther and
farther into the waving tangle. She
was a short woman, and it reached
above her head.
IF / had been foot taller" she
said, in telling her story. II should
have laughed and been out in a min
ute or two: but those few inches bur-
led me alive.
almost instantly / felt sick. as you
do at the beginning Of an earthquake;
for although must have been quite
near the path, yet with the grass all
round. above my head there was no
knowing what would happen. 1 might
be going right away at that very
moment, and the possibilities came like
shock. I believe l lost nay head at
once. 1 could not think, SO l kept
moving one way, then another. But
merely pushing through this tall, tough
grass is very tiring work, even If you
are on sloping ground and can judge
where you will come out; and when
/! 1t is level all round, the heart is taken
out of you from the feeling that every
step Is probably burying you deeper.
It was like being drowned"
| It was not until sunset, after q
whole day In the blazing sun, without
food or water. constantly wandering,
constantly pushing and tearing at
stems so stiff and serrated that they
quickly make the hands bleed. that she
walked suddenly out on to open ground
and fell fainting in a heap. When
she recovered, stars were shining, and
she was alone on an unknown noun
tainside. She slept from exhaustion,
and the next day followed winding
mountain torrent over rocky land, her
shoes and then her stockings worn
! from her feet, only to find. at sun
down, that it had led her to narrow
gorge, without one inch Of foothold or
shore. The stream dashed through in
a torrent that hopeIessly barred the
way.
/ Light-headed with terror, hunger and
weariness, she crouched for time In
despair. Then she suddenly waded in
to the stream and stood until after
dawn waist-deep in water, while a
rain-storm pelted upon her from above.
Whim or instinct. she belieyed that by
the cool rush and sting Of the water
her reason and strength were pre-
served.
The next day she retraced her weary
way along the watercourse back to
the heights; thence. fixing anew the
point to which she must direct her
steps, she successfully made her way
back to civilization. When at length
she reeled into the hut Of kindly
Japanese woman, she had been four
DAYS lost without food, and had walk
ed until her feet were SO torn and
infamed it was thought she must have
them amputated; but she fortunately
regained her health uncrippled.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
Aliehted Too Soon.

IT had taken considerable persuasion
to induce the old lady to trust herself
in an automobile; but finally she con-
sented because, says the Automoblle
Magazine, she was anxious to reach
the bedside of her sick grandchild in
village some twenty miles away.
The owner Of the big automobile,
who was touring through Long Island,
had been very kind about 1t. He
chanced to be near the station when
the old lady found she had missed her
train, and when he overheard her
lamentations he insisted that she
should accompany him. His route lay
through that particular one of the half
dozen Long Island villages named
Hampton where the sick grandchild
lay.
They started at last, and everything
went we'll until. in attempting to pass
a wagon which occupied most of the
road, the flying automobile went unex-
pectedly into the ditch. and rather vio-
lently deposited it's occupants in an
adjoining field.
Recovering from the shock, although
somewhat confused from the rather
unusual method of alighting. the old
lady asked Of the chagrined chauffeur:
s.Is this a-a-a Hampton? ?'
sNo, ma'am," he managed to gasp;
"this is an accident"
so dearr' said the old lady. "Then
hadn't oughter have got out here,
had IY'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
800 REWARD 500.

asarn that there is at least one dreeded disease
that science has been able to cuHe in all its
stages and that is catarrh. Hall Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a 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
prietors have SO much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials. Address
F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the bazE
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
MORAL REFORM BY KNIFE.
Surgery Credited with Having Cured
viciousness in Human Beings.

Surgery Credited with Having Cured
viciousness in HumaH Beings.
London is just now very much In
terested in two surgical cases giving
results in changing the nature of the
subjects which promise to render val
liable assistance In pointing the way
to the reformation of criminals. One
of these patients was boy of good
family who had developed brutal In
stincts which seemed to be beyond
control He gave his time to the in
vention of malicious mischief, delight
ed In killing or wsunding, was the
terror Of the neighborhood in which
he lived and promised to grow up a
desperate and criminal. A clever sur
gean took him In hand, examined his
head with care, located what he con-
sidered the seat Of trouble, removed a
portion Of the skull and thus relieved
the deforming pressure. The change
was immediate.
The lad forgot his previous tastes
and habits and was restored to his pa
rents a normal and levable boy. the
complete antithesis Of his former self.
The other was a soldier who was in
jured in a skirmish and after his dis
charge for disability became a thief
and burglar. His previous character
had been unexceptionable, his military
record was the best and the change
was naturally attributed to the Injury
to his head caused by blow from the
butt of a musket. When he was taken
in hand by the surgeon he had about
come to the end Of career of crime,
being paralyzed on one side and un-
able to get about except on erutches.
A depression In the skull sufficient to
bring an abnormal local pressure
upon the brain was found and an oper.
alton was decided upon, which restored
his physical powers as well as his men
tai and moral faculties. His discharge
was secured and he has since lived
an industrious and honest life, with nc
evidence of a disposition to go wrong
New York Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
Had Lost Track of the Case.

Had Lost Track of the Case.
The young woman who. when asked
If she had read Romeo and Juliet, re-
piled that she had never read Juliet,
but she thought Romeo was lovely,
was of the same temperament as a
village postmaster who knew or pre-
tended to know something Of all the
doings of the world, great and small.
Some wags from neighboring town
who strolled into the postoffice one day
thought they would have some sport
with the wise man.
81 suppose it's pretty dead up here,
Mr.. Pratt" said one.
"Well. not SO dead as you think
guess there amt much goes on that
we don't hear about. even if it don't
happen right here
''Why, you people don't know the
wars over" said another, falling back
on the stock phrase.
"Oh, you can't work that dodge on
me-" replied the postmaster, looking
shrewdly over his spectacles. ST guess
1 follered the negotiations with Kitch-
ener in the papers"
"But there are some things that
aren't in the papers, said another
youth. 81 don't believe you know
when Shakespeare died."
"Well, no. said the postmaster, 81
didn't know that he was dead, but
heard last week he was pretty low
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
The Will and the Way.

Grieved Sister-Oh, Edgar, you
don't know how it would please me if
you would only settle down and 60 to
WORK with will.
Wayward Brother-Nevar mind, SIG
ter; Just wait till the old man shutties
off this mortal coil and you'll see me %
to work with will, if that document
doesn't suit me.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
Then and Now.

"When I was courting my wife,"
said the sad-faeed man. eve were two
souls with but single thought"
Chow about you at the present writ
ing?" .ked the inquisitive youth.
"We still have but single thought, I"
replied the proprietor of the sad visage.
.We both think we made fools Of
ourselves
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
Woman's Best Friend.

Patlence-Woman is woman's best
friend, after all.
Patrice-I guess you're right.
s'Certainly I'm right. Even when
she is getting married doesn't man
give her away and the maid of honor
stand up for her?"-Yonkers States
man.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
I'm a Culver of Rage.

First Actress-I was entirely beside
myself with rage.
Second Actress-Y You certainly were.
Why, you quivered even in the places
you were upholstered.-Lif
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
Often the Case.

SIN choosing wife, said the scanty-
haired philosopher, "one should never
judge by appearances"
"That's right" rejoined the very
young man. "The homliest girls usu-
ally have the most money"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
Thoughtful.

Doctor-I think you understand fully
now the directions for these medicines
and this is for your dyspepsia.
Patient-Why, haven't dyspepsia,
doctor.
Doctor-Oh, I know; but you will
have it when you have taken those
other medicines.-Tit-Bit Bits.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
A Hanging Railroad.

A hanging overhead electric rail-
road for London. similar to that in
use in Elberfeld, Germany is pro-
jected by group Of German, Ameri-
can and English fnaneiers. A parlia-
mentary concession will be asked to
swing the single track required over
the Thames from its south end for
eight miles.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
Eollies of Long Ago.

Bibbs-N No man knows himself.
Gibbs That's true. I have just
been reading over some letters 1 w1ote
to my wife before we were married.
Phi adelphia Ledger.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
Hoods ydrSdp0TIEL0
Nothing Doing.

ST don't think I'll wager with you"
said the baker, 'you haven't the
dough"
"rhat may be-" replied the butcher,
'sbut 6on't see YOU putting up any
stakes. ."-Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
rhe Unexpected Happens.

''Why that look of surprise?" asked
Blowell, who had just finished relating
a remarkable story. "Don't you be-
lieve it?"
eyes; that's the peculiar part of it, +"
replied his friend Naggsby. 81 hap
pen to know that it is true"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04

Peruna cures eatarrh of the kidneys
simply because it cures catarrh wher-
ever located.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Peru
ma, write at once to DIR. Hartman, giy-
ing a full smtatement OF your case and
he will be pleased to give you his valu-
able advice gratis. %..-
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman SaDitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
Frogs Are Not Fishes.

The French court of cessation, the
highest tribunal in France, solemnly
decided that frogs are not fishes. The
case concerned fishing privileges in GER
tain streams and went through three
courts before the question was finally
decided.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
The Fitness of Things,

s'If you were woman," said the
bachelor girl who was entertaining
caller. ''I'd show you my new frock.
But as you re a man I'll show you the
slippers that 60 with it. Washington
Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
Misplaced Affection.

She kissed him and caressed him,
But twas not what he desired;
He only looked at her and growled-
For she made the poor pug tired.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
EHviable.

eyes, said the nervous man, 81
have habit of talking in my Sleep"
And the eminent citizen who is ex-
pected to respond to an ovation in ev-
cry town that the train goes through
murmured:
"What a valuable accomplishment"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
Her First Query.

"My dear" said Mr.. Cubbage to his
wife, who was dangerously ill, MRS.
Kickehaw is downstairs and wants to
see you."
"What has she got on?" asked the
dying woman feebly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
Sign Wasn't Right.

He-I wonder why Miss Elderly
never married?
She-Oh, suppose she was born in
the wrong time of the moon.
He-The wrong time of the moon?
she-Yes, there wasn' any man in
it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
Human Nature.

Some people practice what they preach
But it's lead-pipe cinch
They preach to others by the yard
And practice by the inch.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
An Opinion.
betting Is

"Do you think that betting is
wrong?"
t'It depends on circumstances" an
swered the town oracle. IF you can't
afford to lose, it's wrong; If you can,
it's merely silly. Washington Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
To Break in New Shoes.

Always shake in Aliens Foot-Ease, powder.
1t cures hot, sweating, aching, swollen feet.
Cures corns, ingrowing nails and bunions. At
all druggists and shoe stores, 25c: Don't accept
any substitute. Sample mailed FREE. Address
Alien s. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04

Consumption of Iron in Germany.
In Germany the annual consumption
Of iron per capita is 16S pounds and
the production just double that
amount.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
A Question.

"What do you think of the new
boarder2' asked Mrs. Starvem.
'sOh, I dent know replied star
board. ''I think he's very polite.
ssEither that or very sarcastic. Did
you hear him ask if I'd have the
cream2''-Philadelp Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
DANGEROUS KIDNEY DISEASES CURED
Pe-ru-na Creating National Sensation in the Cure
of Chronic Ailments of the Kidneys.


Major T. Fl. Mars, OF the first Wis
eonsin cavalry, regiment, writes from
1425 Dunning street, Chicago, ILL.,, the
following letter:
"For years suffered with catarrh
of the kidneys contracted in the army.
Medicine did not help me any until a
comrade who had been helped by PEI
runa advised me to try it. l bought
some at once, and soon found blessed
relief. kept taking it four months,
and am now well and strong and feel
better than have done for the past
twenty years, thanks to Perana. p
T. ii. Mars.
At the appearance of the first symp-
tom of kidney trouble, Peruna should
be taken. This remedy strikes at once
the very roots of the disease. It at
once relieves the catarrhal kidneys oi
the stagnant blood, preventing the es
cape of serum from the blood. Peruna
stimulates the kidneys to excrete from
the blood the accumulating poison, and
thus prevents the convulsions which are
sure to follow if the poisons are allowed
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04

Jlnscc The peerless Skirt supporter and FasteR-
lADlE0 er is the best. No Buttons, Buckles,
Hooks or Pins. All your neighbors will want
it. Send 25c for sample and price TO agents. LA
TOILETTE CO., Room H. Cambridge Block,
Portland, Or,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04

rIT0 Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness
fIS after first days use of Dr. Kne's Great Nerve
Restorer Send for Free $2 trial bottle and treatise.
Dr. r. 81. Kline, Ltd. 931 Arch Str Philadelphia, Pa
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04

We would like to know man who
can make things go right.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04

For bronchial troubles try Piso's Cure
for Consumption. 1t is a good cough
medicine. At druggists, price 25 cents.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
Contemporary.

May told joke to Flo one day,
ooh, myl that's DID," said Flo.
"Oh, is it, really, dear" said May,
''Of course, you ought to know"
-Philadelp phia Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
ReiersOr1 Machine Go.
SUCCESSORS TO JOHN POOLE.

Foot of Morrison St., Portland, Oregon.
Parsons Hawkeye, utomatic, Self Feeding,
Faultless Stump Puller, 100 horsepower with
two herses Buckeye Sawmin Machinery, En-
gines and Boilers. Eli and Stickney Gasoline
Engines. Write us when in want of anything
in machinery line.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
The Innocent
Ss5as' WIFI The Guilty

that loathome
disease Contagious Blood Poison People know in general way that It
the Not only the who contracts
handling articles
There drink