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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13
Everyday Heroes.

When the cloudburst wiped the
town of Heppner, Ore, off the map,
man seemed powerless before nature.
Yet the news of the next day contained
two stories which show that brave
men did what they could.
The people of two neighboring
towns, Lexington and lone, escaped
without loss of life. They owe their
safety to the heroism of two men.
When the flood swept the town, Ker-
nan, the station agent at Heppner,
stuck to his post long enough to tele-
graph warning to Lexington. Then he
tried to escape with his wife and two
children and a friend. The friend sue
ceeded in reaching safety with the
children, but Herman and his wife were
swept to death.
Another hero was Leslie Matlock,
who, like Paul Revere, jumped on his
horse and spread the alarm. He reach
ed Lexington in time to confirm Ker-
mans warning, and the people fed to
the hills. Over a hundred people in
Lexington would have lost their lives
but for these two men.
MatIock continued down the valley,
carrying the alarm to every farm
house. His horse gave out soon after
he left Lexington, but he got another,
and galloped through the darkness and
the rain to lone. Here he telegraphed
down the valley to the<ranchers, who
passed the word on. His long journey
had been a race with the flood, which
poured after him almost at his horses
heels
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13
Cheated the Youngsters.

In certain parts of New Guinea
wallaby, a species of kangaroo, are
very plentiful, and the traveller in
search Of sport finds the pursuit of
them an exciting occupation. Walla-
by steak is a refreshing change from
canned meats, and the natives are
only too glad to have the remnants of
the carcass. A writer in the Badmin-
ton tells an amusing incident connect
ed with the animal
He had been ashore in one of the
sparsely populated regions of the
coast, and secured four wallaby, an
ample supply for the whole party, ma
tive guides and servants included. But
he found that although wallaby is re-
garded as such a delicacy that no
trouble is considered too great to OBJ
tain it, none of the native boys in the
party would touch it.
This was a mystery until one of
them explained that they had been
trained in childhood in the belief that
if they ate wallaby, before reaching a
certain age, it would stop their
growth.
These boys all belonged to the part
Of the country where wallaby are few,
and one can imagine the crafty old
folks seated round the festive pot and
winking at one another as the young
people declined the succulent dainty.
Those who see an unwarrantable
deception in the fostering of such a
belief on the part of the young people
must ask themselves if they have
never told a child that two pieces of
pie will make little folks sick.''
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13
co OF
Short ftGtoriss

James Cobb tells a curious story Of
q lady, sister of Owen Tudor, who,
like Henry VIII, was greatly given
to marrying. and did not die until she
had been led seven times to the altar.
When she was following her fourth
husband to the grave, the gentleman
behind whom she rode on horseback
ventured to urge his suit ''Unhap-
ply" said the dame, thou art too late,
seeing that am plighted already; yet
do not lose heart, for, should it fall
out that I have again to perform this
melancholy Office, I will bear thee in
mind"
The story is told Of kindly Massa-
chusetts man who CHANGED in a restau-
rant in one of the frontier towns,
where he met waiter armed with a
sorrowful towel tied about his waist,
a dented tin tray. and couple Of guns.
The Fastener looked him over in a
gentle way, and asked him II he had
any breakfast food. 81 guess yes"
responded the cowboy waiter; 1--WE got
ham and eggs, fried sausage, chuck
steak, spare ribs, mutton chops, corned
beef hash, hog and hominy, light
bread, heavy bread, toast bread, apple
butter, peach butter, cow butter, coffee,
tea, buttermilk, and beer. Breakfast
food? Well, that's our winner. Name
your grub"
Frederick III. Of Prussia, who de-
lighted in his reputation as the most
1oa in E71ro mo q
Hungarian nobleman, taking the wa
ters at Carlsbad, who had also ac-
quired fame for abruptness Of speech.
This tempted the Prussian monarch to
meet him and try him in the arts of
brevity. The magnate was pointed
out to Frederick as he stood in the
hall Of his hotel The king went up
to him, and the following conversation
was the result: Frederick-Bathing?
Hungarian Drinking. Frederick
ficer? ungarian-Magnate. Freder-
ick-So! Hungarian taking the initia-
tive) = Detective? Frederick - King!
Hungarian-Congrat
Like many Frenchmen, especially
those hailing from the south of France,
President Loubet is very fond of those
national dishes in which garlic forms
an important ingredient. Once, in his
lawyer days. when he was pleading in
court after having partaken Of some
such dish, his democratic tastes in
this respect placed him in a somewhat
embarra ssing position. The presiding
judge happened to be man of aristo-
cratic origin and breeding, to whom
the odor of garlic was absolutely intol-
erable. NJ. Loubet rose and began his
argument. He had not proceeded very
far when the judge was observed to
sniff rather uncomfortably and to take
out a perfumed handkerchief, re-en-
forcing it few moments later with a
smelling-bottle. These measures, how
ever, proved. of no avail as a protec-
ton from the pungent and penetrating,
eff1uvium which emanated from the
future president of the republic, At
last, his olfactory sense rising in open
rebellion, the indignant judge shouted:
usher, open the windows; open the
DOORS For heavens sake let out this
abominable SMELL" Since then M. Lou
bet, it is said. though he still preserves
his simplicity of life, has eliminated
garlic from his articles of diet.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13

appearance of the count has quite a
flavor of Dumas about it. Unknowa to
his fiancee he was bound to the Jesu-
its, and his superiors in the order per
emptorily sent him away on a mission
to prevent his marriage with an Eng
;lish woman and a Protestant. Letters
were intercepted and he was led to
believe that she had married another.
SO he took orders and rapidly rose to
be Bishop, then Cardinal and eventual
ly Pope. Then in the height Of his
grandeur he was brought for a mo-
ment face to face with the woman he
had loved and lost. Nothing more
dramatic has ever been staged.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13

little fellow he could cut and put To-
gether well-fitting pair of shoes for
his sisters dolls, was no bad tailor,
and could make a miniature barrel that
was perfectly water-tight.
He remembered these trivial facts as
a valuable part Of his incidental edu-
cation. He said he owed much of his
dexterity in manipulation to the train
ing of eye and hand gained in these
childish plays.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13

toward any sport except shooting, In
which he Is quite an expert.
Peter I. is generally regarded as a
good-natured and energetic man OF
strong ruling capacity and admirable
tenacity. 1t will readily be seen that
he combines all the essential qualities
of good monarch; but his people are
not what he could wish them to be, and
they will yet provide him with many a
difficult problem to solve.-London
Leader.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13


gestve disturbances originate the stomach and produce
symptoms which frequently have been attributed to de-
rangements of the system Many of head
ache impaired memory and inaptitude for thought
work occurring merchants other are
overwork and brain exhaustion, frequent
V supposed by imperfect digestion
ing eating when the stomach is tired When is
engaged hard physical mental labor the blood
to is decreased and proper gas
trc juice elaborated and the functions moty
absorption diminished Under such circumstances
changed Such patients may benefited
by taking only soup beef tea milk for the
Sometimes biscuit bread may allowed In
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13
Moved by Inspiration.

President Remsen, of John Hopkins
University, who is one Of the City Col
lege alumni, tells this story of himself
and Of James Goodwin, who was for
many years tutor at his Alma Mater.
Mr.. Goodwin asked young Remsen at
recitation a question in mathematics
which the latter was unable for the
moment to answer.
Next said the tutor, turning to
the student who was to follow. Just
then, however, the answer came to
Remsen, who began to give it.
ssYou must be beside yourself" gem
tally remarked Mr.. Goodwin.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13
ROMANCE OF THE PAPAcY.
Secrets of Vatican That Have Reached
Public knowledge.


Public knowledge.
AS rule the secrets of the vatican
are well kept and most of the stories
that are told apropos of the new Pope
must be taken with a grain of salt.
Now and again, however, something Of
the romance Of the papacy really leaks
out, though not through the Cardinals.
There was, for example, the strange
case Of Pope Piux TX, pretty well
known a generation ago, but now al
most forgotten. In his younger days,
when he was Count Mastai Ferrat and
q lawyman, he met and fell In love
with Miss Foster, daughter of the
Irish Protestant Bishop Of Fillmore,
who was living in Italy with her sis
ter, Nine De Sails. Miss Foster ia
vored the young count but Mime. De
Sails drove the lover away. After
ward she relented, the count returned
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13

UP TO GATE.
Allah Is good
and Mahomet is
prophet truly, but
Mira Ghulam All
mad is the Mes
siah! SO claims
Mira Ghulam that
each should pray
that the other per-
ish, and Mirzah is
lost in wonderment
that the overseeT
of Zion has not
toed the scratch.
He expresses his
anazement in an
article just pub
lished in the Re
view of Religions,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13


the prisoners the French pentenary Fresnes
In
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13

have opportunities to know the people Oh my
own country and gratifed that more intelli
gent thoughtful patriotic people cannot be found on the
face of globe the people Of Western states
Territories There find the true American lnoe
pendence enterprise American citizen with eighty
or 160 loyal democratic government and
he is very Independent sovereign The rough Wild tough
element replaced the mine and mill owner the
herdsman the agriculturst
While in thirty the transformation of the great
West marvellous, there is yet ample room for
millions who may be seeking homes There nearly
many people crowded Philippine Islands.
large Of Western territories the
living nearly half of the western
portion of the States while the State Of Texas
alone richly products that have made this
country great prosperous could accommodate all the
people United States millions without
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13
WHAT THE RICH MAN CANNOT BUY.
BY President Eliot OF Harvard VI

We want more happiness, more real
satisfaction, more joy, more enjoyment.
1t Is said that we Americans are always
trying to get more money-more pay,
higher wages, higher salaries, more
profit in our trade-and there Is truth in
that description Of the American aim.
Now, is that the ultimate end of life?
Is that the way to win greater happi-
ness. truer enjoyment. deeper satisfac-
tons? f
/ think the first source, the greatest
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13
DISEASES OF THE STOMACH.

BY DR.. Z. c. Sweet, OF Chicago.
The importance of a thorough knowl-
edge of diseases Of the stomach can
not be overestimated. Innumera BILE
aches and pains, foundations, tingling
and numb sensations are caused by i'm
perfect gastric digestion. The theory
that the stomach is only a receptacle
for the gesta, and is not, strictly speak
ing, digestive organ, has not been sus-
tanned by clinical and laboratory expe-
rience; while clinical experience testi-
fes and laboratory experiments and OBJ
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13


joys mother children grandchildren
and grandfather and grandmother and grandchildren they
last In the natural of life they last fifty six
ty years, and they grow time passes by. They are
always increasing they diminishing satsfa
Does the rich have of these true and high
satisfactions than the poor whit He
buy them They the result of natural affection
of disciplined They absolutely unpur-
chasable In this world. zfs 7a-- .--g. .--
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13
Improyement in Boilers.

Such has been the improvement in
engine boilers and fire boxes that the
power derived from pound of coal
to-day is nearly three times as great
as it was fifty years ago.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13
JOHN ALEXANDER >DOWrE
HAS A RIVAL IN INDIA

Mira, Ghulam Ahmad, of Qudiah,
Punjab. India, insists that John Alexan-
der Dowie, of Zion, ILL.,, u. s. A., is not
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13

Duties OF Tolstoy.
Count Tolsoy is obliged to devote
half his time to answering letters and
receiving visitors.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13

addition The large meal dinner, should be taken
until the days work is DONE Thus forms Of dis
functional dyspepsia chronic gastrtis may
be prevented.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13
THE ART OF MANAGING A MAN.
nY Helen 0fdreld.

A woman's privileges are more valuable than
her rights; the best way in which to increase
those privileges is to take them with great show
of gratitude to the man who confers them. cyan
ity vanity, all is vanity and man ever lived
who was not accessible to fattery In some
form or other. To conquer, a woman must
sometimes stoop. Gentle persuasion goes a
mile often where aggressiveness cannot stir
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13
TRANSFORMATION OF THE GREAT WEST.
BY General Nelson 4. M

ny 0CHCIoI NGASVH Hs EAfCS"
1t was my good fortune to wit
ness the transformation Of the
mighty West. l have viewed
much of it on horseback and have
traversed the zones now occupied
by the Canadian, the Great North
ern, the Northern Pacific, the Rio
Grande and Oregon Short Line,
the Union and Central Pacific. the
Santa Fe route and the Southern
Pacific. l have seen the pioneer
and the home builder supplant the
savage and the lawless. In my
recent journeys across the CONT
nent 1 was more than ever Inn
pressed with the underlying wis
dom and tranquil virility Of the
people. They do not want war;
they want peace. I have travelled
far in foreign lands and observed
Az. ,,ao-la nf MANY onuntripa
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-13

There are good many laughs in the
personal column of the average news
paper.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-16
INTERMoUNTAIN BUREAU To-
CATS

The business man Of the future is the
energetic young man of today.
Several bright young men from school
nave lost good opportunities because of
their poor penmanship- They mostly
use the vertical system and, as one
business man says. It's plain, but dis
tressingly plain"
One business man sent and bought q
COPY Of Sundays Herald so his office
boy could read The Message to Car
cia-'
Our motto is TO put business men in
touch with the best help available. or
none at all
One manager Of one of the largest
firms in Utah called at the Office yes
tefday TO get stenographer, and while
looking over our general list saw the
name Of a certain man registered as a
salesman. and at once made a request
to set him. offering 500 per month. be-
sides leaving an order for an expert
lady stenOgrap her.
Business men are beginning to find
out that the bureau is the place TO get
their first-class help.
We placed a man in a Butte clothing
house last week at 500 per month.
A young man who was holding a tenn
porary position at $40. was placed bv
the bureau IN a position paying $50. We
could now solicit his life Insurance II
we were in that business.
The more people investigate our svs-
tenn Of bringing employer and emplove
together the better they like it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-16
MASSACRE OF
RUSSIAN JEWS
Cruelty RiValing the Horrors of
the Middle Ages.
A BLOT UPON CIVILIZATION
SPECIFIC INSTANCES OF MOST
HIDEoUS CRIMES.

New York, May 15.-Dr. Doroschew-
ski, she head physician of the National
hospitaT at Kishineff. after exan,jDine
the dead and wounded, has given me
following specific instances of hfdeous
cruelty, says dispatch from Kishf-
heII, Bessarabia, TO the World:
A JeWess named Sura Fonarschi was
brought here with two nails. seven
inches long, driven into her brain
Though her nose.
one Jew was brought in with one hin
Doth ankles and wrists broken. his sew
cred hands and feet dangling BY the
skin
A Jew named Charlton had lost his
upper and under lips, which had been
cl4t away with kitchen knife. after
which his tongue and windpipe had
Dsen pulled out through his mouth with
The ears of Jew named Seller had
peen cut away and his head battered in
WE'VE places. He was a raving ma
A carpenter was surprised at work
ana both his hands were sawed off with
his own saw
A Jewish girl was assaulted by sew
efal Drutes, who then cut her eyes out
with a pocket knife.
one woman, after trying to defend
her children, was thrown upon the
pavement, disemboweled, and feathers
and horse hair from her bed were
stuffed into her body
small children were flung out of win
doWs and trampled upon by the mob.
torty-seven were killed on the spot.
eighty died of their injuries and 400
are under treatment. Many will be
cripples for life
Four thousand Jews are without food
or shelter, and it is impossible for them
to get away.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-16
MADE FULL CONFESSI
State Senator Busche of Mis-
souri, Has EaSed His Con-
science a Trifle.

st. Louis, May 15.-Unable to bear
( the strain Of mental torture which he
says he has suffered since the grand
I jury investigation into legislative
/ boOdling was instituted, former State
senator Fred L. Busche went before
/ Circuit Attorney Folk this afternoon
and made a complete and far-reaching
confession of his connection with cor
/ rupt deals extending over a period Of
eight years. Busche's declarations in
volve several men of prominence, and
7 he named those who have been con-
spicuOus at the state capital as dis
tributers Of Doodle.
Later Busche was taken before the
grand jury, where he remained an
hour When he emerged from the jury
room tears were rolling down his
cheeks. With his face buried in his
handkerchief ne hurried down the
steps to the Eleventh street exit Of the
building.
Il will give you until Monday to tell
all you know about bOOdling," was the
ultimatum which Circuit Attorney Folk
served on the former senator the other
day.
"Au right. Mr.. Folk" replied Busche.
L viii think it all over. 1t has wor-
ried me a good deal-''
7 had to do those things" said
Busche, in reciting his stery TO the cir
cult attorney. There were circum-
a
or else get the worst of it."
Busche then went on to narrate his
connection with legislation four years
ago He prefaced his remarks by say
ing that all sorts of money was used
at that time TO influence legislation.
Money" he said. was offered on
pretty nearly everything of impOr-
lance The steam and street railroad
interests were always very active, and
their representatives paid US"
Busche proceeded to name several
senators who profited handsomely from
legislation at the 1899 session, and in
cluded one or two who are members
Of the present assembly.
He broke down twice while con-
ferring with Mr. Folk and. weeping
bitterly, said: I am telling these
things only to ease my mind
Going back to the thirty eighth as
semoly, when the bill to create a school
book commission was one of the prin-
cipal issues before the legislature,
Busche said that the school book trust
put uD a big fund
Il got $1,000" he said, sand others
got Just as much. and some may have
got more. On one occasion" ne said J
There was a resolution presented TO
have all bills held in committee. I got
S250 for holding up that resolution
Killing bills by smOtheriug them in /
committee was very common" he !
Because of the statute Of linita-
tons, which prevents prosecution three /
years after the crime is committed 4
none of the men against whom Busche /
has testified can be Indicted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-16
SMALL AMOUNT MISSING.
Short Line Agent at Dillon, Mont,
Said to Have Absconded.

Dillon, Mont, May 15.-J. l. Craig,
travelling auditor of the Short Line, has
been In this city for the past three
days checking up the accounts Of Harry
Allen. the station agent at this point
who disappeared Saturday night.
This afternoon Mr.. Craig stated that
the agent had abscOnded and that the
amount of the shortage was not sUf-
hcient to justify the man in losing his
reputation He declined To make pub
lie the shortage, as a balance had not
vet been struck. Allen left his wife
and two children practically pennil5ss
and they We're sent to their home at
Ccrinne, Utah, last night at the eX-
pense of the company. Allen came here
from Idaho Falls nearly a year ago,
v here ne had been cashier. Previous
" he had worked iT Dillon as night
operator and accompanied the Dillon
company TO the Philippines and served
tEl cughOut the war in the islands.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-16
CHEATED THE GALL0WS.
Suicide of Wife Murderer in Presence
of Death WATCH


Lexington, Ky. May 15.-William
Mccarthy, wife murderer, who was to
have been hanged at s O'Clock this
morning, took morphine some time dur
ing the night and died from its effect
at SIS. The death watch, Alex Nc
keever, sat within three feet of Nc
Carthy all night, but says he is abso-
Iutely at a loss to know how or when
Mccarthy took the drug
County Judge Bullock and County
Attorney Kimba announce that under
the law the person who furnished Nc
Carthy the poison is guilty of murder,
and they viii make an Investigation.
Police and detective authorities have
been put to work on the case. It is
certain that Mccarthy did not have
poison concealed on him when he was
put into jail. The governor has been
notified and approves the course taken
by the county officials.
After the body of the suicide had
been taken to the cemetery. County
Judge Bullock ordered it brought back
70 the city and that an autopsy be
performed on it, The court is DESTROYS
10 ascertain absolutely the nature and
ingredients Of the poison used.