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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Paper Clothes.

Paper clothes are the latest novelty.
A Berlin tailoring house is now Offering
complete paper suits for $3.50. The
prospectus gives full instructions fol
measuring ones self, and the firm also
advertises in foreign journals, evidently
expecting to do an export business.
The material is woven and pressed, of a
dark cream color, and apparently not
very light.-World's Paper Trade Re.
view.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Blame All Upon the Berries.

A small parishioner in Aberdeen
brought basket of strawberries to the
minister very early on Monday morn
ing.
"Thank you, my little GIRL" he
said, 'they are very beautiful berries.
But I hope you didn't gather them yes
terday, which was the Sabbath day?"
"No, SIR" replied the child, 81
picked them this morning. But they
was CROWN all day yesterday. STRAY
Stories.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
UNIQUE BUTTONHOLE CUTTER.

Some of the most simple ideas Of the
inventive genius have proven of the
most value to humanity, and it is safe
to venture that the idea of a Penn
sylvania man for buttonhole cutting
scissors will develop into wonderful
aid to all those dressmakers and 9th
ers into whose hands it may fall.
There have been misunderstanding
scissors before, it is true, but here is
an affair that combines an ordinary
pair Of scissors with one that will
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
ROw-U THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
ease of Cattsrrh that can not be cured by Halli
CatArrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY Co.. Props, Toledo. O.
for the past Is years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and I'm
ancially able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
WALDINa KINNAN d MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all
druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Those Picture Puzzles.

"Oh, 1 know what's the matter with
you'll! cried Mrs. Tankley.
"Z'at sho?" gurgled Mr.. Tankley,
behind his paper. WAITS matter wiz
me?"
"Oh, it's plain enough! You're hold
ing that paper upside down"
"Yesh? Well-e-I'm tryin' sholve
a puzzle. Picture of Rooshevelt wis
out a hat; must find hat."-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Childish Anusements In Boston

care you going to play horse?''
asked the benevolent gentleman who
takes an interest in children.
Certainly not" answered the little
Boston boy. "We are amusing our.
selves by the assumption that brother
Waldo is an ichthyosaurus and that ]
am prehistoric man in pursuit oi
him. ."-Washington Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Hoods

Sarsaparilla is unquestiona-
bly, the greatest blood and
liver medicine known. It.
positively and permanently
cures every humor, from
Pimples to Scrcfula. IL, is
the Best,
Blood Medicine.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
The Temperature.

"Why do you watch the thermome-
ter on the wall SO elosely2" queried the
invalid.
Because" replied the unframed
nurse, ''the doctor said if the tempera-
tl1re got any higher was to give you
another dose of quinine."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
When It's Necessary.

"Here's an article for women," he
said, "on How to Make Yourself At
tractive to Man. -
"Before or after marriage?" she in
quired, thinking it was about time to
have little sport with him.
"After, of COURSE" he replied
promptly. 'No woman ever loses the
knack until after she's married"
No doubt he was, as she said, "a
mean old thing New York Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
s,augnter of the Innocents.

Odessa, city of 100000 inhabitants,
has an orphan asylum at which since
1897 from 63 to 6S per cent of the in
fants received each year have died.
Official investigation showed that this
frightful rate of mortality was due to
unsanitary arrangements and the use
of poor milk.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15

The railroad car will carry as much
as twenty teams of horses could haul,
and the great ocean steamers will
transport as much as 400 railroad cars
can carry.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Eye,s Discovery.

'By observing the fall of an apple,
remarked the moralizre, "Newton dis
covered the law of gravity"
EYES," rejoined the demoralizer,
"and thousands of years previous
Mother Eve discovered the gravity of
the law by merely biting an apple. -
Chicago News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
an,ernrlse and caution.

81 shall get there" quoth Enter
prise, confidently.
"Where?" asked Caution.
Here Enterprise bestowed withering
look upon her laggard sister.
''As to that 1 know nothing" she
replied, haughtily; further than Il at,
when get there it will be somewhere
else. detroit Free Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Lover Is Dumb.

Nell-So the engagement is broken
off?
Believes. It seems she told him
one evening that she wasn't half beau
tiful enough to be his wife, and he
didn't deny her statement quick
enough to suit her. - Philadelphia
Press
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Dlscouraglng.

''Did you make any impression on
the young professor"
Goodness, mol? Three of his
aunts, his sister and a cousin were
there listening to every word said to
him. Detroit Free Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Comes to America to Learn.

DIR. Belisario Sasa, a prominent sur
geon of Lima, Peru, has started for
New York to study the latest advances
in medicine and surgery and then re-
port his observations.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Wise Old Man.

Methuselah was showing his friend
around the premises. "And what il
that vast warehouse for2" asked the
friend. ooh, that is to store my
birthday presents in, replied the old
man. Thus we see that green old age
has its advantages
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
AT the Mountain House.

Ida-Jack and the young widow went
up the stream trout fishing this morn
ing.
May-Yes, and Jack forgot to take
along his fly.
Ida-Oh, that doesn't matter. /
heard the boys sly the young widow 10
fly herself.-Cbieago News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
The Difference.

Miss Languish-Mercy! You don't
mean to say you destroy all your love
letters! I save mine religiously.
Miss Pertly-Of course; but, then,
you know it makes difference where
one has only a few.-Boston Trans
cript.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15

The horror of this awful disease
can never be told. The one who con-
tracts it suffers in body and mind,
and if the poison Is not eradicated
transmits the taint to his children,
and Contagious Blood Poison thus
becomes responsible for many of the
ills of childhood-Skin Eruptions,
Catarrhal Troubles, Sore Eyes, Scalp
Disease, White Swelling, Scrofu1a
and others just as bad. S. S. S., the
great vegetable blood purifier and
tonic, has long been recognized as a
radical and safe cure for Contagious
Blood Poison. It counteracts the
deadly virus and c1eanses and puri-
Ges the diseased blood, and under its
tonic effects the general health i'm
proves and soon all signs of blood
poison are gone. The strong miner
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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
President Diaz's Costly Saddle.

Col. Cortina of the Mexican army
has presented President Diaz with
saddle that cost $4,000. The colonel
has spent seven years experimenting
its production.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Too Suggestive.

''That new waitI ess must co." said
the landlord of the select boarding
house.
"What has she done?"
"Why, when she was to ask the
guests if they would have tea or coffee
she said, Name yer drink order -
Chicago Record Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
| make the little Sits in the cloth and

make the little slits in the cloth and
will avert all necessity for laying down
one of the tools of seamstress' art for
the picking up of another.
This arrangement, which is made
plain by the accompanying picture,
consists of a pair of scissors which
can be used in ordinary cutting, to the
handle of which is affixed peculiarly
shaped cutting blade which will do
the buttonhole work in an instant
when the cloth is placed beneath it.
There is no danger of its being mis-
laid or lost, for the worker has it ever
before her, as she does the other cut
ting necessary in her work.
1t isn't always the long haired man
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Bewildered.

''John Henry, I'll thrash you sound
ly if ever catch you telling another
story that isn't true"
'tAnd yet, ma, heard you say to
the minister that ] had great imagina-
tion."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Quite True.

"Ef some young men," said Uncle
Eben, "was as industrious addin' up
tigers in columns as dey is gettin' 'em
in rows on policy slips, reckons dey'd
be savin' money. ."-Washington Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Close Enough.

First Cat-Willie Pussy and Tommy
Kittie had a milk-drinking contest last
night.
Second Cat-Which beat?
First Cat-Tommy Kittie, by lap.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
TRYING Times.

''It must be very trying for q modest
GIRL" he remarked.
"Why?" she asked.
"She cannot turn from the naked
truth without running into bare lie.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
As II Sometimes Happens.

How pretty Miss Govius looks in
white! Who is that girl standing near
her, with the big, red hands?"
"That's her sister. She washes and
irons Miss Govius' gowns. Chicago
Tribune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
How Et Goes.

''This is an extravagant age. My
father had much better income than
I have, yet I spend dollars. where he
spent dimes"
"Ah, yes; you mean at the saloon
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15

"Say, old man, let's go out and have
time tonight -
"What are you celebrating?"
s'I've just thought out new excuse
to mention to my wife. Harper
Bazaar.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15

ElTo Permanently Cured. NO ats or Nervousness
lilo after first days of DR. Klne's Great Nerve
Rsstorer Send for Free trial bottle and treatise
Dr. 4. II. Kline Ltd. s1 Arch st.. Philadelphia, Pa
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Cold Beauty.

Towne-What naughty creature
she is. She has rather foreign look,
hasn't she?
Browne-Yes; but I'm sure she's
from Boston. Her name is Eisberg. -
Philadelphia Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
No Kick Coming.

Mr.. Roxe-This portrait doesn't look
like my wife at all.
Artist know it doesn't, but it
looks like she thinks she looks
Judge.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15

Marriages may be made in heaven,
but a lot of them end in the other
place.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15

Mothers will find Mrs. winslow's Soothing
syrup the best remedy to use for their children
The teerhinR season.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15

Piso's Cure Is a good cough medicine.
It has cured coughs and colds for forty
years. At druggists, 25 cents.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Had ALL THE SYMPTOMS.

HAD ALL THE SYMPTOMS.
Dear Sirs:
As result OF serious blood disorder
my blood became poisoned and T suf-
fered severely with Rheumatism and
other symptoms not necessary to naen-
bad hes, cnrsd 81 o n1ne n e0td me ne snss ae
and upon his Recommendation began
its uso. After using it for some time my
blood was thoroughly cleansed Of all
poison and made pure and strong again
wish also to speak Of its tonic prop.
impurities, it built up my general
health, improved my appetite, gave me
increased strength, and felt better in
every way.
T am great believer In s.. 8. s., and
with pleasure commend it to all in need
Of a blood medicine.
Yours very truly,
ROBERT M XWEITZIG.
5SS Walnut St., Lebanon, Pa.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
At 2 In the Morning.

'Seen the comet?''
"Nope. No use to me. My wife
never asks me for any excuses. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15

nation and swelling the glands Of the eruption
and
disease hold the
scourge in body
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15

1t isn't always the long-haired man
who has the most brains
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
AS OLD As
The TIL: PY Z = NI.

That blood poison existed among the ancients has
been proven beyond question It has been traced back
thousands of years. and is old the Pyramids This
bighting has been handed down from nation to
nation and from individual Individual till it has
spread to all parts of the world.
Contagious blood poison it is called in modern
times, begins with small ulcer through which
the virus enters the blood This is followed by inha-
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-09
PHYSICIANS DECLARE
MARTINEZ is SANE
Prison Examined by Medical Men
and He VIII Be Executed.

SAN QUENTIN, Dec. S.-As result
of the investigation of the State Lunacy
Commission into the case of Julius
Martinez, condemned to death, but sup
posed to be insane, Drs. Hatch and
Young have decided that the prisoner
is mentally competent. The doctors ar
rived at the prison to-day and made
most thorough examination. DR.. Hatch
gave as his opinion that Martinez was
not insane, but that his intellectual re-
sources were very inferior. DR.. Young
concurred in this opinion.
Martinez continues tc act strangely
and seems totally obivious of all sur
roundings or his own fate Friday. He
will be executed at 10:30 in the morn
ing Warden TomDkins has issued 200
invitations to people wishing to witness
the affair. 1t will be the first execu-
ton under the Tompkins regime.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-09
VERDICT 'STIRS.
JUDICIAL IRE
Sacramento Jurist DispIeascd
With the Result in the
Case of Convict Wood
AMPLE TIME FOR FELON
Sacramento District Attorney
Declares That There Has
Been Travesty Upon Justice
speeiaI Dtspateh % 1ne cnn

SACRAMENTO, Dec. S-"Oh, I beg
your pardon" said Superior Judge Hart
with biting sarcasm to the jury in the
case of Convict j. H. Wood to-day
when it returned verdict of murder
IN the second degree, Il thought this
was case of disturbing the peace.
turning to the prisoner, Judge Hart
said:
You may appear in this court one
hundred years from to-day and receive
your sentence"
Wood, life-termer. was one of the
convicts who murdered Guard William
Cotter and escaped from Folsom prison
IN the break of July 27
The jury remained out all night and
returned a verdict of murder in the
second degree to-day. District Attor-
ney Seymour denounced the verdict as
travesty upon justice and much in
dignant protest has been uttered by
citizens against it, Four men on the
jury caused the eight others to agree
upon the verdict.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-09
FINDS
BODY OF TRAINS VICTIM

MERGED, Dec. S.-John Bennett.
an Old and wealthy rancher. living fif-
teen miles southeast of Merced. was
killed last night or this morning by
a Santa Fe train.
Bennett was coming to town to at
tend the funeral of a relative to-day.
He was driving a single horse to an
open buggy. A mile and a half south
of Merced the. road crosses the Santa
Fe track and at that point the acci-
dent happened. The body was badly
mutilated. The buggy was demolish-
ed and the horse was not found at all.
Neither of the northbound trains re-
ported the accident at this station, so
il is not known whether Benefits
death was caused by the limited,
which passes here at 6:24 p. m, or by
the Bakersfield-San Francisco local,
which passes Merced at 3:20 a. m.
Benefits body was discovered by
Trackwalker Higgins at 1880 this
morning
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-09
INQUIRY ENDS
JOB OF AGENT.
EmplOye in the General Land
Office Service in State of
Oregon Is Ordered Suspended
PROBING OF THE FRAUDS
Government Is Not Entirely
Through With the Investiga-
tion of Alleged Conspiracies

PORTLAND, Or, Dec. S.-Official ad-
vices have been received here announc-
ing that Secretary Hitchcock of the
Interior Department. has suspended
Thomas McNutt. a special agent of the
General Land Office with headquarters
at La Grande. 1t is announced that
the action was taken because of GER
tain questionable transactions in con-.
nection with McNutt's work in the La
Grande district.
McNutt was one of the principal wit
nesses for Receiver Asa B. Thomson
in his recent prosecution upon the
charge of soliciting bribes and his ac
tivity in behalf of Thomson was no.
ticeable throughout the trial of the
case. McNutt was appointed from In
diana less than a year ago and dur
ing most of his official career has been
stationed at La Grande. His suspen-
sion by Secretary Hitchcock is said to
be another incident in the probing of
wholesale land frauds in Oregon under
the direction of Inspector Greene Of the
Interior Department.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-09
RENEW TALES
OF DUNSMUIR
Witnesses in Edna Wallace
Hopper's Suit at Victoria
Repeat Stories of Revelry
LIQUOR AND LITTLE FOOD
Mother of the Deceased Man
Is Made Plaintiff as Party
to Contest Now Pending

VICTORIA, B. c., Dec. Sin the
Hopper -Dunsmuir case to-day Mrs.
John Dunsmuir. mother of James
Dunsmuir, was made a plaintiff as a
party to the case. The evidence of
the San Francisco commission was
concluded.
H. j. Smith, bellboy at the Grand
Hotel, and Uriah Mckee, watchman
Of the Occidental Hotel, gave evidence
similar to previous witnesses of
drunkenness and incapacity Of the late
Alexander Dunsmuir.
Louis Ginter of San Francisco told
of the late Alexander Dunsmuir's ex-
cessive drinking He accompanied
Alexander Dunsmuir to Victoria in
1898 and during that visit met James
Dunsmuir. who told the witness to
get Alexander Dunsmuir out of town
or he would drink himself to death.
The party went to New York from
Victoria and Alexander Dunsmuir did
not eat a bite during the trip. He
drank continuously. His condition
was weak. On the trip westward
Dunsmuir did not eat and drank con-
He was dressed by the wit
ness. The case is being continued.
q.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-09
SHIPMENT OF LUMBER
SHOWS A FALLING OFF
Cars, Although There Was an I'M
mense Demand Months Ago.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. S.-Lum-
and shingle shipments from Vancouver
to the Northwest and Manitoba have
fallen off to such an extent that the
Canadian Pacific Railway is now ship
ping empty cars back to the terrific
ries, although several months ago the
local mill men could not obtain suffi-
cient cars. During the past three
months the expectation of lumber to
the Northwest has been gradually
dropping off.
In regard to the lumber situation in
the interior of British Columbia the
outlook at present indicates that the
supply next season will far exceed the
demand and the lumber men of East
Kootenay are preparing to curtail the
output. Wages have already been re-
duced 1871 per cent and another cut is
contemplated.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-09
JNo. J., FULTON co.
Noted Physician
In California

DR.. Emily Noble. noted English
physician and lecturer, is again in
California, on her way to London.
She has been TO India, instructing In
dian physicians IN the use Of new ac-
tinic rays. According TO the New
York Herald. part OF her long sojourn
in that country was due 20 the de-
mand for her professional services
among the high castles. She is now
in Los Angeles for a period. and
stopped but briefly in San Francisco.
but while here she found time to
write the following note:
J. J. Fulton Co
Dear sirs-I am intensely interested in vour
new discovery for Diabetes. A personal friend
"a Hell-knoNn steamship captain) has been
cured of the worst case Of Sugar Diabetes that
] have ever known of. and this after ali else
had failed. etc. etc.
An acquaintance was made with the
Doctor and information as to the dis
covery ard the nature Of the treat
ment for Bright's Disease and Dia-
betes was supplied. She stated that
there were a number of high castles in
urgent need Of the new specifics and
regretted that she did not know Of
them while in India.
II is usually hard to convince phy-
sicians that Bright's Disease and Dia-
betes are curable. but the captain DR..
Noble refers to was IN command of
the steamer she came in on, and she
heard from his own lips the full de-
tails Of his remarkable recovery, and.
being broad and progressive, she
posted herself fully during her short
stay in this city.
We again. proclaim to the world the
durability Of Chronic Bright's Disease
and Diabetes by the Fulton Com
pounds in nearly nine-tenths of all
cases. Jno. ]. Fulton Co, 400 Wash
ington ST., San Francisco, sole com
Founders. Send for literature.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-09
WOMEN OF SAN JOSE
START INDUSTRIAL HOME
Condition of the Unfortunate Peo-
pie in the Garden City.

SAN JOSE. Dec. S.-Beth-Adriel, the
California Nom -Sectarian Industrial
Home for Women, is the title of new
corporation whose papers were filed in
the Clerks office to-day. 1t is a volun-
tary benevolent association whose pur-
pose is to protect, assist and reform un-
fortunate women and especially those
who have been released after serving
terms in any prison. They will also
give shelter and aid to destitute women
and children.
The directors and officers, all we'll
known local people, are the Rev ]. N
Crawford, president; Mary w. Jacobs,
financial secretary; Fannie j. Griffith,
corresponding secretary; Jane A. Rem
ington, Anna B. Cation. Florence Rob-
erts, Rebecca French, Mary ]. Bailey,
Mary Edwards. Cynthia L. Swan,
Spencer P. Sitton.