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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30
Hiqh Prices.

TT is significant that in quarters there begin
| ming to be arguments made to show that high prices
being sign of public prosperity good the peo-
4 pie. If this remark were amended read that
high prices good for of the people, it would
correct They undoubtedly good for considerable por
ton of the people Included in those people
active business who find themselves selling goods
ing market rising market generally implying abundant
sales and orders for goods be people who
property also find it increased in value There are
Others however who less fortunate They
and of fixed incomes, who compelled to paw
increased prices for what they purchase without
their money resources for purchasing There much
larger class in those whose comes from their
labor. These worse off, they find the what
they and in the other Hfe-as
beef and coal and milk and butter for
without corresponding addition their wages There
be equabe increase in prices paid
for labor part of it.-Boston Herald
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30

and here I'll stay. If / can't handle
a gun let me drive one of the wagons,
or cook for the soldiers. or do any
thing to help along. I've got to stay
with the boys. I wouldn't know where
to go if you turned me away" And SO,
not being able to get rid of him, John
Doe was allowed to remain with the
army.
He had been reported missing, and
his name had been dropped from the
muster roll of the Pennsylvania regi-
ment to which he belonged when he
went into the fight at Shiloh, and he
was now assigned to regiment from
another State.
The mind Of John Doe was of such
recent birth, so unframed in the ways
of the world that it's owner soon be-
came the standing butt and jest of the
camp. Subjected to constant ridicule,
sent on all sorts of foolish and impos-
sible errands, tormented and abused by
the rough and unthinking, John Doe
submitted to it all with a patient for
bearance that was pathetic to witness.
During the final day of the terrible
battle of the Wilderness a soldier,
whose canteen he had just filed with
water, dropped dead in the act of rails
ing it to his lips. The victim was Char
ley Grey, a young soldier who often
had bafriended poor, stricken John
Doe when others were trying to tor
ment him.
And during the rest of the battle
John Doe loaded and fired in frenzied
haste; sprang from tree to tree as the
line advanced or retreated; and fought
like q hero till the sun went down.
Then throwing aside his musket, he
flung himself exhausted on the ground,
all the wrath and fire of battle gone
from him, and slept soundly till morn
ing. Then he quietly resumed his place
as cook, water carrier and servitor in
general to Company Fl, of the -th
Massachusetts, infantry.
Cook and water carrier he remained
to the end, and when Appomattox
came and the cannon ceased their
growing, John Doe was swept north
ward with the returning wave of SOL
diers.
And by some strange irony Of fate
he was left stranded in Pennsylvania
village scarcely a score of miles dis
tant from the home from which he had
gone forth to do battle for his country
His once dark hair and beard were
now a silvery white, and that and the
hardships through which he had pass
ed had made so great an alteration in
his appearance that even if anyone
who had known him as John Fairfax
had met him there was small probabil-
ity of his being recognized.
And here, within a few hours of the
wife and daughter who mourned him
as dead, the eX-water carrier and hero
of Company FL lived and toiled for Is
years, cheerless. lonely man, with
great, strange, indefnable longing for
something, he scarcely knew what
At last John Doe, no longer able to
work, friendless and forlorn, went
forth into the highways homeless
tramp, clad in the tattered overcoat
from the uniform of the country he
had helped to save.
And in his wanderings he came to a
little white cottage. As he stood gaz-
ing at its inviting porch a sudden faint
ness came over him, and he reeled and
fell, striking his head heavily against
the gatepost.
When he recovered by his side stood
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30
How to Became Rich.

ri analysis of the large fortunes which account
of death have changed hands during the year shows
that fewer than 2O6 of these estates valued
at 100000 each. Among them there figure the
f2,9000O0 of Earl Fitzwliam; the 62 100000 of Mr..
Vaglano whose great lawsuit with the Bank of England
remains of the most famous of financial and the
e. 100000 of Mr. Sutton, of the wellknown firm of
riers.
further analysis of these two hundred odd fortunes
discoses this instructive facttha the great majority
them have been created during the life Of their and
created by speculation by any sudden chance
fortune but by deliberate and unremitng hard work 1t
clear that "Dogged does it, in the small and exclusive
world of just in the ordinary world at large
still instructive is this further which
revealed by analyssthat these who have worked
hard and succeeded signaly, have also long
life Of the great fortunes of the
in athe average of their at death
proved to have been sevenythree years. and
25 cent of them had passed the of
The moral obvious. By dnt of sheer industry
y applied it is not only possible for great
wealth. but the activity and self control which such
demands of the abest of react favoby
both body and mind that they also the happy gift
of long lfe.-London Daily Mail
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30
just q Girl.


Many a throne has had to fall
For girl,
Just girl;
Many a king has had to crawl
For a girl,
Just a girl.
When the hero goes to war
He may battle for the right,
But tits likelier by far
That he sallies forth to fight
For a girl,
Just a girl.
When the doctor turns to say,
"It's a girl,
Just girl"
Papa murmurs with dismay:@
"What! A girl,
Just girl?'
All, but why the sadness there?
Why the bitterness displayed?
Some day some strong man will swear
That the great round world was made
For that girl,
Just that girl.
Why did Adam take the bite?
For girl,
Just a girl.
Why was Troy swept out of sight7
For girl,
Just girl.
O would heaven still be bright,
And would any good man care
To achieve 1t, if he might
Never claim forever there,
just girl,
Glorious girl?
Chicago Record Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30
A WEATHER SONG.

Don't worry bout the weather; if the
breeze is blowin' cold,
The world will yet have blossoms-Jest
all your arms can hold!
An you'll wonder at your grieyin' when
the blue sky is unrolled-
Don't worry bout the deather. Oh, my
dearie!
Don't worry bout the weather; there
must still be sun an rain
To freshen up the flowers when they
want to bloom again!
The lesson o. the love O. God to all the
world is plain
Don't worry bout the deather. On, my
dearie!
Atlanta Constitution.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30

OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS

nent In possession Of all he knows and gets nothing in
change The talker proceeds in the dark while the silent
man finds his made clear The alker is forever max
ing trouble for himself and others He cannot keep secret
and he seldom tell the truth
But the habit of keeping ones counsel is sometimes
carried to ridiculous extremes There retcen
that they viii not tell anything at all and will give
evasve reply II asks them the time of day Men Of
this class think themselves sly whereas in reality they
mere fools There is time speak well time to
hold ones peace-San Francisco Bulletin
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30
They Run.

Teacher-And what is the color of
the ocean?
Tommy-Blue.
Teacher-Can you give reason for
this?''
TOMMY guess it's cause the blue
fish that's in it amt fast color
Philadelphia Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30
Ethics of a Kiss.

A kiss is a peculiar proposition. OF
no use to one, yet absolute bliss to two.
The small boy gets it for nothing, the
young man has to steal it and the old
man has to buy it. The baby's right,
the lovers privilege, the hypocrite's
mask. To a young girl, faith; to
married woman, hope, and to an old
maid, charity.-Baltimore American
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30
Courtesy in Business.

~OURTESY in business has been called the "oil on
the wheels Of worldly progress" and IAN air cushion
with apparently nothing in it, that yet eases the
~ heaVy Jolts of trade But it is than these. It
Is positive virtue-the democratic Of all vr-
tues-n that it recognizes all indyiduaes pays
just claims. By its considerateness
fringes ones rights and lessons ones
tage.
1t Is often form of sefsuppression In action well
expression of universal individual sympathy.
oosens the burdens of fe soothes anger
teracts and does away with Observation-Disclosures Courtesy
the outward expression Of the essential
of the INNER truer When these expressions
the inner sentiments themselves
lose their delicacy and and that the
foundations courtesy upon
of humanity itself.-New York Daily News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30

Ill flying thing with this that the
n Y and the railroads refused transport because it's ao
are to the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30

a blue-eyed girl artlessly prattling to
him.
"Poor soldier man, did 1t hurt you
to fall that way? I'm so sorry, cause
l love the brave soldiers. My grandpa
was a soldier, but grandma says he
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30
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RECORD AND GRAIN CROPS
United
/ having value of
history
of
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the about
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Chicago
special correspondents by special
production principal
OF n follows:
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30
"What is your grandma's name, little

w nat IS your grandma name, little
one?''
MARY Fairfax, and mammals name
is Eta Fairfax Field, and mine is Ma
rietta Field. Isn't that lovely name?"
''Yes, it isl said John Fairfax John
Doe no longer, rising to his feet and
taking her by the hand. '.Come on,
deary; let us go and find grandma and
mamma, and tell them that grandpa
has got home at t!"-Utica Globe.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30

went to war and never came back.
wish he'd come, cause grandma is so
lonesome and always cries when she
tells me about him.
The homeless veteran struggled to
his knees and gave one eager, inquir-
ing look at the, form and features of
the pretty little one before him.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30

We heard a long time ago that the
devil invented the fiddle. but we heard
to-day that he also Invented the pump.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30

A loafer is never able to realize that
4 busy man has anything to do.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30
Onscial Responsibility i'm China.

Chinese officials are held to be guilty
before the Son of Heaven for floods.
drouths, famines, fires and other nat
ural calamitieS.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30

You can interest any man by saying
to him, "You work too hard"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30
OLD--
FAvORITES

~~-~>~~"~~~~-~~-~~~~S>~~
Seven Times One,
There's no dew left on the daisies and
clover,
There's no rain left in heaven;
I've said my "seven times" over and
Seven times one are seven.
l am old-so old can write a letter:
My birthday lessons are done;
The lambs play always-they know no
better;
They are only one times one.
o Mooni in the night I have seen you
sailing,
And shining so round and low.
You are bright! ah bright! but your
light Is failing;
You are nothing now but bow.
You Moon! have you done something
wrong in heaven,
That God has hidden your face?
hope, If you have, you will soon be
forgiven,
And shine again in your place.
o velvet Bee! you're a dusty fellow
kU.
U brave marsh Mary-buds, rich and yell
low,
Give me your money to hold!
o Columbine! open your folded wrapper,
Where two twin turtle-doves dwell!
o Cuckoo-pint! tell me the purple clap
That hangs in your clear green bell!
And show me your nest. with the young
ones In it
will not steal them away;
L am old! you may trust me, linnet,
l am seven times one to-day.
Jean Ingelow.
Nearer Home.
One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me DER and Ger;
I'm nearer my home to-day
Than L ever have been before;
Nearer my Fathers house,
Where the many mansions be;
Nearer the great white throne,
Nearer the crystal sea;
Nearer the bound of life,
Hefe we lay our DurQenS OOWns
Nearer leaving the cross,
Nearer gaining the crown!
But lying darkly between,
Winding down through the night,
Is the silent, unknown stream,
That leads us at length to the light.
Closer and closer my steps
Come to the dread abysm;
Closer Death to my lips
Presses the awful chrism.
0, if my mortal feet
Have almost gained the brink;
II 1t be l am nearer home
Even to-day than l think;
Father, perfect my trust;
Let my spirit feel in death
That her feet are firmly set
On the rock of living faith!
Phoebe Cary.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-30

RS. ROOSEVELTS effective rebuke to part of
Washington's official society for snubbing one OF
her guests who had been a saeswoman before be-
n coming the wife of influential government OH
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-11

No one questioned the right OF the
Columbia Evening Record to oppose
the Lexington and Columbia Railway
project if it saw fit to do 80. We
frankly admit that all men 90 not
see through the same spectacles and
that as long as the world reVolves
around it's orbit there will be differ
ences of opinion on every proposition
of more or less importance. We are en-
titled to ours and the Evening Record
has the same right to it's. We only
expressed surprise that our contem-
porary should endeavor to throw cold
water upon an enterprise teeming'
as the electric railway does, with such
grand possibilities for increasing the
industrial, commercial and business
interest of Columbia, and make it what
nature intended it to be, the distribut
ing point of the commodities of trade
and traffic of the whole of South Car
olina, and especially so, when in the
incipiency of the enterprise our eve
ming contemporary was faVorably dis
posed toward it, if not it's avowed
champion. We are still more sur
prised at the changed attitude OF the
Record after reading its article on
this subject published in its Satur-
days issue, because the reasons there
in given for its present opposition
are entirely insufficient and not at all
satisfactory. We care not whose
money builds the road. It makes
no difference to US whether it comes
from England, Ireland, Scotland.
France, Yankeedom, South Carolina,
or Lexington county, so that the road
is completed within a reasonable
time.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-11

The Senate having adjourned will =
out confirming the nomination of DR..
Crum, o negro, as Collector of the
Port of Charleston, President Roose-
vels has again appointed him to this
position, and in doing this act of in.
justice 10 the people, he has carried
out his Southern policy of "holding
the door of hope open" for the coons.
In eequetting with the negro, the
President is playing for big stakes, be-
ing nothing less than the Republican
nomination for President. We be-
lieve that it is generally conceded
tnst the negro hold the balance of
power, and Teddy is taking no risk
in these ticklish times.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-11
MISS SARA McGAHAN.

help me and cough remedies nauseated me.
Reading an advertisement Of what Pc
RUNA could do, decided to try bottlsa
and you can imagine now glad felt when
it began to relieve me in a very short time.
In less than two weeks 7 was completely
red."-Sibyl A. Hadley.
Miss Sara McGahan, No. l97 Sd street, Al.
bany, n. Y, writes:
IA few months ago suffered with a sewers
attack of influenza, which nothing seemed 20
relieve. My hearing became bad, my eyes be-
came irritated and feverish. Nothing seemed
right and nothing ate tasted good. took
PERUNA and within two weeks was per-
fectly well."-Sara McGahan.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving 4
full statement of your case, and he viii
be glad to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President ct
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. @.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-11
Wednesday, March II, 1903.

Persons sending obituary notices
to this Office for publication must
remember that charge Of one-balf
a cent is made for every word over
100. In sending the notice, count
the words and enclose the amount
with the notice TO insure publica-
tion. This rule applies to tributes OF
respect, memoriams, etc.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-11
Delmar Dots.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Early oats in this section were
damaged by the recent cold weather.
On account of tie continued wet
weather the farmers will be little
late with their work.
Mr.. w. 81. Hare spent Saturday
and Sunday with bis family.
Miss Mary Moore is visiting rela-
tives in Bingham county, Georgia.
Rev. T. ". Sbealy and daughter,
Miss Cora, of Pax, Georgia, visited
relatives in this section recently.
MIR. Horace A. Sbealy returned
several days ago from an extended
visit to relatives in Emanuel county,
Georgia.
Miss Laura Eargle came home
several days ago from an extended
trip to Newberry. She was called
home or account of the death of her
nephews, the children of Messrs.
Shelton Taylor and H. P. Eargle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claffey, of near Fl.
Motto, spent last week with the
late, 3 father, Mr.. Owen Cannon.
MIR. and Mas. A. L. Esrgle spent 8
night with Mr. George G. Shirey and
family, of the Lorena section, recently.
Messrs. J. O. Eargle and D. w.
Hite went to Saluda last Monday on
business connected with the estate
of the late DR.. Hite.
Rev. j. Austin of Leesville, preach
ed very impressive sermon at Mt.
Hebron yesterday. We presume
that be will preach at Mt. Hebron
until the charge secures regular
pastor. Lloyd.
March 2, 1898.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-11
For Over Sixty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
has been in use for over sixty years
by millions of mothers for their chill
dren while teething, with perfect
success. It soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
collie, and is the best remedy for
Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately. Sold by
Druggist in every part Of the world.
twenty-five cents bottle. Be sure
to ask for Mrs. "Winslow g Soothing
Syrup" and take no other kind. If
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-11

There is considerable complaint all
along the line of the various divisions
of the Southern Railway about the
delayed freight. We hear it stated,
upon what authority We know not,
that the freight receipts by the rail
roads have recently increased to such
an extent as to make their quick
transportation almost impossible, and
q congestion has resulted. We should
not complain if We are irconvenienced
IS this congestion is an unerring ev:-
dence that there is healthy activity
in the business world.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-11
Obituary.

William. F. Bachman was born
June, the 9th, 1850. In early life be
Joined the Lutheran church and was
true to his obligations and on the
25th of February, 1908, he died and
was buried in Bethany cemetery by
the writer.
He married Julia G. Shunpert
December 2S, 1878 To this union
was born 10 children. One son pre-
ceded him to the spirit land. He
leaves a wife and , children with q
host of relatives and friends to mourn
after him. We trust their loss is his
gain. A. L L.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-11
MRS. MI. BRINK
FIRST STAGE OF CATARRH.
a Serious Mistake Which Thou
sands Are Making.

The first stage of catarrh is what is
commonly known az" catching cold." 1t
may be in the head, nose, throat or lungs.
Its beginning is sometimes so severe as
to cause chill and considerable fever,
or it may be so slight as to not hinder a
person from his usual business. In per-
haps majority of cases little or no at
tention is paid to the first stage of ca
tarrh, and hence it is that nearly one
half of the people have chronic catarrh
in some form.
To neglect cold is to invite chronic
catarrh. AS soon as any one discovers
the first symptoms of catching cold he
should at once begin the use of Peruna
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-11
Tobacco Planting Increasing.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Hurrah for Barr's Landing. Bro.
Jim Shealy, one of our leading tobac-
co planters of this section has fine
lot of plants with squares and are
getting ready to be transplanted. Ii
we had more of such men the county
might be in a better condition, as 1
am sure they could all plant tobacco.
I notice in recent issue OF your
paper that DR.. Crosson of Leesville,
is going in the tobacco business very
heavy. We glory in his epunk and
wish him much success. But l want
the readers of the Dispatch to know
that DIR. Crosson is not the only one
that is going to walk out next fall
with smile on his face, as there are
quite q number of acres to be planted
around Barr's Landing.
I notice the farmers Of this section
are hauling out fertilizers on their
farms as they never did before.
Among the tobacco farmers OF
Barr's Landing are F. W. Oswald,
Henry Steele and probably seven or
eight Shealy Brothers and good
many others could be mentioned.
Some think the experiment doubtful,
but if Brother Oswald is going in
the business I feel safe in saying
there must be some money near by,
as we all know that Brother Oswald
don't miss many shots.
I wish them all much success and
if there is any money in the business
it will be good thing for our county,
as feel sure you will all agree with
me when I say that the time is near
at hand when the farmers will have
to resort to something else for sup
port besides cotton and turpentine.
Tobacco.