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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02
HIS CENT CAME BACK.
Small Coin Travels Around and Fin
ally Returns TO Owner.

Small Coin Travels Around and Fin
ally Returns TO Owner.
Take an ordinary copper cent piece,
stamp it with private mark, put it
into circulation, and what are the
chances that you will ever see it again?
There is one man who says that he
tried the trick and succeeded at it. He
is business man, who refuses to al
low his name to be used in print about
the story, but he tells the tale to many
of his friends, and he vouches for its
truth.
In 1894, he says, he found a cent
piece dated 1898 in the restaurant Of
the Lafayette Hotel. He pocketed it
for luck, and as a memento Of a jolly
little dinner scratched his initials on
it just over the feathered head, while
on the cheek he added those Of the
hotel. Until 1896 he treasured the
coin, then drew it out Of his pocket
with handful of other change, and
before he realized it the cent piece had
gone the mysterious way Of all money.
A year ago he CHANGED, being Of a
curious turn of mind, to fall into con-
versation one evening with profess
sional beggar at Broad and Chestnut
streets. He upbraided the man for
getting so much money for nothing.
'Oh," said the beggar, Il don't get
so much That's all I've got in the
last hour" and he held up a cent
piece.
At that moment the electric light
fell upon the coin, and the business
man, to. his amazement, caught sight
of the letters III. L." on the cheek of
the face. He took the coin and exam
ined it more closely. Sure enough,
there We're his own initials just above
the feathers, where he had placed
them half dozen years before.
At once his prejudice against beg
ging vanished.
.'I'll give you dollar for that coin,' -
he cried.
The beggar grew wary at his eager
ness and demanded $5. Needless to
say he got it, and also, of course, the
cent piece has never since left the
business mans watch chain.-Phila-
delphia Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02


1t does not seem impossible for mod
ern civilized powers to come to some
agreement by which the further SER
vices of the Sultan of Turkey might
be dispensed with. He has been the
eyesore and the bone in the gorge of
humanity for generations and a time
has surely come when duty to God and
mankind demands his dethronement
and the cessation Of his succession. If
1t be objected that the maintenance of
the Porte is the core of a truce that
supports the peace of Europe, that OBJ
lection can be disposed of by another
Berlin congress. Such a congress Of
the powers could demand the abdica-
ton of Abdul Hamid, decree that the
Turkish dynasty is at an end and SUBJ
stitute for the government an admins
trative commission SO adjusted as to
maintain the equities between the pow
ers, guara ntee peace and prosperity to
the Turks themselves and so remove
from the circle of Christian civiliza-
ton a monster >of; inteierable charac-
ter The riot act lis due to be read be-
fore the Yildiz palace and a transport
should be easily provided to take the
old rascal to some twentieth century
St. Helena s&
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02
In the Same Boat.

Feeling that it was his duty to re
monstrate with one of his clergy fol
attending a fox hunt, the bishop haG
an interview with him.
''Well, your lordship,' the offender
replied, 81 really do not see that there
is any more harm in hunting than GO
ing to a ball"
81 presume" answered his lordship
.'that you refer to my name having
been down among these who wer.
present at Mrs. De Vaux's ball, but
assure you / was never once in tht
same room as the dancers through
out the whole evening"
"That. my lord, is exactly my po
sition. During the hunt l was never
in the same field as the hounds"
The bishop collapsed, and silenc,
reigned.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

Mexico, the country of mystery, ro-
nance and hot ta1nales, bull fights,
cock fights and sombreros, dashing ca
balleros and dark-eyed senoritas, with
its restrictions and grave-faced duen-
mas, is the scene of a revolution, more
warmly waged than the usual Latin
country opera bouffe war.
The American invasion is response
BILE for the conflict. American men and
women have gone to Mexico annually
The freedom Of the girls contrasted
with the restricted life of the raven
haired Castilian girls, who, from infan
cy, Were reared in an atmosphere III
which the only men were members OF
their own families.
Mayhap the Mexican beauty saw hel
sweetheart through the lattice work
screen, or leaned from a balcony while
he. lacking the daring Of Romeo, waf
forced to stand on the pavement anG
whisper sweet nothings: When ad
mitted TO her home he could not SEE
her alone.
In Chihuahua the young men and
women have tired of this ancien-
method of courtship. and have formed
bachelor club" The young womeI
will go to the club without chaperone:
and will be escorted to their homes b!
the men. To prevent mistakes, eaci
member has promised not to marry fo.
one year. The organization has Great
ed excitement, and the conservative
Mexicans are indignant. The member
of the club were happy at last &C
counts.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02
FAwN's SKIN
Grated on Mans Face Brought About
Peculiar Growth.


Perhaps the most curious case OF
surgery that was ever performed in
the region of the Adirondaeks is that
which was executed upon William Nc
Coy, a woodsman.
Mccoy has just returned from the
Lake mountain lumber camp after an
absence of two years. He brings with
him the strange story and its proof.
A year ago last May he was work
ing with John Duffey getting out some
long poles to repair chute which is
used to slide logs down the mountain
side. Duffey went to cut a limb by an
upward swing when the ak slipped
from his hands and went flying
through the air. It struck Mccoy, and
its keen edge shaved off the greater
part Of his right cheek. He bled pro-
fusely while they fastened to the camp
half mile away. There was no doc
tor within thirty-five miles, and worst
of all the streams were raging tor
rents and could not possibly be forded.
Communication with the outside world
was cut off and there was not likely
to be any means of getting to a vii
lage for some days to come. But as
luck would have it, there happened to
be nurse in camp from Utica named
William Henry, who was out roughing
| 1T for his health. Henry took Mccoy
in hand. After having partially stop
ped the flow Of blood he went out to
the stable, took little fawn that some
of the boys had captured a couple of
days before, shaved the hair for about
nine square inches off the animals
side, and then he carried it to the
camp. He took fountain pen and
marked out on the shaved surface the
shape of the wound on McCoy's face.
| While some of the woodsmen held the
creature, Henry cut the skin around
where he had marked, peeled it off and
applied it Immediately to the face OF
Mccoy. Having fitted it in place firm
", he rubbed over it a thick coat of
balsam gum and over that he placed
tight bandages. The cheek stopped
bleeding at once.
A week afterward Henry took of
the bandage. The graft was found tc
be a perfect success. The wound was
healing rapidly and it appeared that
the scar would show but slightly. In
four weeks Mccoy was healed so well
that he was able to go to work. SooT
after, however, he noticed when he
drew his hand across his cheek thai
hair was growing on the grated skin
He was rather pleased at that, for he
thought he might wear beard ant
thus entirely hide the scar. But in 6
few days more the hair had grown 81
thickly that its color and. nature were
plainly visible. It was the hair Of tht
fawn growing, and moreover, 1t wal
spotted like that of fawn. He die
not dare to shave for fear of breaking
open the skin, and allowed 1t to re
main until the fall of the year. The1
the spots disappeared and the "blue'
coat of full-grown deer took it's place
i When spring came around he saw
that the hair of his cheek was falling
q olrt and fine red hair was growing. A
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

which is comparatively and situated in locality with
rigorous winter climate he had already many
cures to its credit with remarkably small number Of
deaths in proportion to the whole number of patients thus
proving the value of the treatment which that spend
ing both days and nights year round.
He further alluded to the fact that while the system had
only been introduced in Great
there already upwards of twenty santarums
The of this hospital in Edinburgh where hereto
fore consumption has been responsible death in
is in line with modern experience elsewhere Penn
syvania has such Institution White
Haven which has been successful enough encourage
the opening Alto the South Mountain
Forest Reserve The mountain the State fur
nsh admirable Localities for unlimited number
health resorts easily accessible all patients within it's
borders and to thousands surrounding sections
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

Efforts to get quick news from the
yacht races off Sandy Hook by means
of wireless telegraphy were frustrat-
ed by the jangling of rival systems.
The mischief was intentional, more
over, each operator filling the air with
incessant Hertzian waves that, when
interpreted, were mere nonsense. Amid
a hilarious jargon of hopelessly con-
f1icting signals it was clearly shown
that under existing conditions any sys-
tenn of wireless communica ton can
prevent, within its radius of effective
action, the transmission of messages
by rival plant. This is a fatal weak
ness in wireless telegraphy which its
sanguine promoters have heretofore
sedulously endeavored to conceal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

Here is an automobile suit that pfet.
ty nearly shuts you all up in its folds,
so that your own mother would hardly
recognize you. 1t is for touring, and is
made in some dark shade. The wood
brown coat pictured extends almost to
the hem of the frock. The sleeves have
a simple turn-back cuff, and the gar
ment fastens in single-breasted style
with large pearl buttons. The cap in
the same suit to match the garment
has cape arrangement in the back
entirely covering the hair, while cog
giles protect the eyes from dust.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

When horses and steel-tired wagons
are taken off the pavement, whether
it be of asphalt or something more dur
able, it is going to last much longer
and is not going away SO readily to
dust and mud under the usual grind
ing. 1t is conceivable that many good
results will come of a change from
horses and mules to automobiles, and
the change is going to come about
In due time. The auto has come to
stay and it only remains to regulate it
wisely.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

Wonderful to him who has the eyes
to see, is the mail bag. In it's shabby
but capacious depths it hides strange
neichbors There is news of birth and
of death. There are good fortune and
loss OF fortune. There is a. schoolboy's s
letter filled with his latest slang and
his widest pranks, cheek by jowl with
the polished pages of the learned pro-
fessor, setting forth to his friend the
discovery of Greek manuscript. The
hateful dunning letter is tied in the
package with the announcements OF
an engagement of marriage, and the
undertaker's bill for a funeral, the low
ers tender phrases and recipe for
wedding cake are peaceful neighbors.
There are women's friendships and
girls condolences, and the rusty leather
tells the secret of neither The bag
may hang in the mail car of flying
express train, with it's force of shirt
sleeved clerks working for dear life,
that the asserting of letters may keep
pace with the rapid succession Of cities
and towns. Or it may rest on the bot
tom of rafting wa agon, behind good
horse with a shabby harness, as the
rural free delivery agent, his re1ns
hanging about his neck, makes his
round of house and camp-the last link
in the chain which binds the remote
New England hilltop or the Rocky
Mountain mining camp to the strenu-
GUS life of New York and London.
Wherever the mail bag goes it symbol
ICES and embodies that human fellow
ship by force of which man may count
himself better than the brute. He has
devised and perfected great system
by which from the four corners of the
earth may stretch out their hands to
each other in greeting. The written
page and the printed one, by this sys-
tenn, may each seek out the very per-
son for whom it was destined, wheth-
er near or far. The worn mail pouch
speaks with loud voice in praise OF
that civilizat ton by which from cont.
nent to continent, with the certainty
of hearing and response, men may call
to each other, ''How fares 1t with
you"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

not detain him for any length Of time
from his duties as bread winner. City
Judge Feldman Of South Bend, Ind,
faced the dilemma the other day and
solved it by releasing the wife beater,
much against his will. But If l had
the power" he said to the prisoner, Il
would instruct an officer to tie you to
a post and severely lash you with a
cato -mne-tails." There is growing
feeling that the police justices see
clearly and Judge truly when they ex-
press themselves in this way. Moth
ing will cure a brute of his love TO in
| fict pain so thoroughly as being given
dose Of his own treatment. AS for
the degrading effect of whipping post
upon a community 1t surely cannot be
worse than the presence Of an unpun-
ished wife beater, or than the inflic-
ton Of a punishment which only adds
to the sufferings of the real victim,
without assuring a reform Of the cul-
prit.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02
Re. He is careless of his per-

the peerage He is careless of his per-
sonal appearance, careless of the form
and manner of his speech, but he mat
ter is always good and the judgment
sound.
He is what people call a. safe man.
AS to actual work in the field of poll
tics he has done as much as most
men, while at the same time guiding
important business interests at Bar
row, Eastbourne and elsewhere. He
is now 70 years Of age, and has been
in Parliament since he was "a.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

last the blue or winter coat was entire
ly gone, and the red summer coat took
its place. In fact, he ano the other
woodsmen, to their merriment, saw
that the grated skin varied and chang
ed precisely as does the coat of a deer.
-Northwood (N. " correspondence
New York Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02
Italian Manifestation,

One Of the curious features In mod
ern emigration statistics relates espe-
cially to the Italian people. In the de-
cade ending in 1880 10000 left the
peninsula for foreign parts. In 1902
over 100000 Italians left their ances-
tral homes. The increase in Italian
emigration. has been steadily growing
for twenty years, the 100000 mark be-
ing passed in 1901. OF the 100000 and
upward who left their native shores
last year 252, 900 came to the United
States.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

The Turk ought to be driven from
the face of the earth, for there is no
spot on it that is bad enough to de-
serve to be governed by him. Still,
the Turkish government for the Turks
is not so bad. 1t is when the monster
in the fez sets himself up to govern
somebody else that he becomes abso-
lutely unspeakable
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02


When police magistrate passes SEN
tence upon a man guilty of beating his
wife he Ia often hard put to it to find
a penalty that will not bear more Sc
vereIy upon the injured wife than upon
the brutal husband. If he sends the
wife beater to Jail, in nine cases out Of
ten the burden will be upon the wife,
who is deprived for time Of the sup
port her husband might otherwise give
her. And If he imposes fine the eff
feet is similar. 1t Is not surprising
therefore that magistrates in their de-
spair often express the wish that the
law would permit them to send the
brute to the fogging post, where the
pain OF the lash would teach him some
thing OF the suffering he infIicts UPON
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02
FIFTY YEARS IN PARLIAMENT.
Duke of Devonshire, Liberal Leader
of the House of Lords.

of the House of Lords.
The Duke of Devonshire has lately
figured in gossip from across the sea
in which it has been stated that he
would retire from Parliament This
suggestion is secuted by the well-in-
formed, who know that the fact Of his
leadership in the House of Lords will
keep him from retiring.
Few men in politics have had such
a curious career as the Duke. Like
Caesar, he has twice refused the crown
of a statesman's ambition The pre-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02
Evil of Deforestation.


f1s.WAHE injury done by deforesation to a country
- has been cited often enough, it already
\ been experienced in many parts of own
land. AS source of wealth is it not begin
sSSEs2yB mill that it is going be worth while
to preserve forest, and to make it
when it has been destroyed? Yet does any
this broad continent where anything has
toward such increase restoaon The chopping has
been unscentc because large stripped
vegetation and the water and soil have ripe
timber only cut the trees would have the bet
chance but when threeinch
it that there will presently be spruces
The remedy is to impose restraints but it is also
trees The pulp companies immense tracts which they
have busiy uncovered but in single instance
known have they set out saplings planted cones
be paying freight and duties foreign timber
y these companies have acted within their rights in
ting the woods, drying the rivers abolishng
making life harder in affected DISTRICTS SO doing
they have broken the moral duty ones
fellows. From the selfish point view, leaving public
interest out of the question: is not presently going
patent to them that they forever reap
do not and that if the reapng go on there
must be sowing also? It is
and newspapers and wrappers; but it is also important
that have springs and fuel and farms and scenery
Brooklyn Eagle.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

Old Gomez wants the Cuban gov
ernment to pay him and the rest of the
Cuban army about S60,0OO,OO0 for SER
vices rendered. in freeing the island
from Spain's harsh rule. What did the
Cuban army have to do with freeing
Cuba, anyhow?
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02
Seasonable for Ice Plant.

"All kinds Of vegetables are very
backward this season." groaned the
pinnacle of pessimism.
"Well,'' said the optimistic object,
'at any rate, the ice plant is flourish
baltimore American.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

A Chinese negro has been discov-
cred who does not care for either wat
erInelon or rice. As he claims to be
a native of England, it would be in
teresting to know how he stands on
roast beef
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

Now we are told that Colombia was
simply giving Secretary Hay a slight
jolt in refusing to ratify the canal
treaty. Even little fellows show re-
sentiment at times if they feel they are
being bullied.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

There are indications that the pa
rolled convict is coming to the front in
a way that reflects seriously on the
judgment OF those who administer the
law
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

Andrew Carnegie predicts that Great
Britain and the United States will be
one nation some day. Mr.. Carnegie
has unlimited faith in the power Of
steel bands to bind things together.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

We call the Turk terrible from
hearsay-the Bulgarians have hard eX-
perience to back them in calling him
more than terrible.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

Sir Thomas Upton says England is
in decay while America is going to
the front Sir Thomas probably thinks
OF opening few, more branches Oh
this side
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

a dead Philadelphia defaulter had
ordered an edition of Dickens to cost
S130,O00. This is the time to say, 1.-THE
Dickens he did" Also ''Great Scott!'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02
TOPICS OF
THE TIMES.

Indians may perhaps be excused
If they think that most of the good
white men are dead men.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

Occasionally you see a stout middle
aged woman who tries to look stylish
by wearing dress made with yoke
and buttoned up the back.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

y woman jabbed her hatpin into the
wrong man, with fatal results. She
probably acknowledged that the joke
is on her.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

fronts a man it is well IL he can amuse
himself with the thistles at the base.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

extravagant in dress it must be for
generations exravagant other and
forms of self-ndugence And, after ALL can take
comfort to soul in the knowledge chiefly with
a view pleasing him that INDUCES in foies of
this sort as gain that
particular form of extravaganza adds general
cheerfulness and gayety of life-London World.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

The genius that devised the wireless
telegraph will find a way to keep the
messages from being pied" while in
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02
Asphyxiated by Gas.

Within year four persons who have
gone to sleep near the cinder dump Of
the Homestead steel plant have been
asphyxiated by the gas It emits.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

There are many men who are thank
full their wives do not make pies like
their mothers used to make.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

eyity is the question that puzzles average To at
specific instances involves him in
maze garng contradictions and leaves him hopeessy
bewildered Cassius NJ Clay and Leo XIII dying
few and each in his 94th
contrast than that between the
of life of the rugged Kentucky freeater and the
frail and abstemous scholar Vatican? died
in Indiana other day the of SO who noted for
his consumption of tobacco and Jacob R. Smith,
forth ascrbe his good health at
that he used tobacco in his
life
But out of all may CLEAN these undeniabe facts:
The human machine is like other machines; built
last long time, and though
the working time of the be increased by and
abstinence worry prvatons shorten the time
for which the other be kept running though
period should extended than the number of
generally allotted to the life of The who
died the tobacco SO surely
off before his time who died 20 from the
and the fra life of Gioacchino Pecct surely
prolonged by his abstemious habits until he died Leo
XIII at the age of 94.-New York Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02
Increase in Area OF United States.

Increase in Area OF United States.
Since 1890 the area of the United
States has increased from S27, ,S44 te
1922, ,e33 square miles, the number OF
counties has increased from BOT te
2.Se7, and the total population has In
creased, from 3,929.214 to 76,303, ,3S7
or nineteenfold.