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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-21

ster. when he would save both his own
life and that of the fish. Meeting Le-
viathan. he exhibited the ''seal Of Abra-
ham," whereupon the monster shot
away a distance of two days. To re-
ward him for this service the. fish
showed Jonah all the wondrous things
in the ocean (e. g., the path of the Is
raelites across the Red Sea; the pillars
upon which the earth rests. Thus he
spent three days and three nights in
the belly Of the fish, but would not
pray. God then resolved to put him
into another fish where he would be
less comfortable. Cramped for room
and otherwise made miserable, Jonah
finally prayed, acknowledging the fu-
tility Of his efforts to escape from God
psalm cxxxix).-From volume 8 Of
Jewish Encyclopedia, just published by
the Funk & Wagnalls Company.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-21
A Monkeys intelligence.

. An extraordinary instance OF the In
;telligence of a monkey in, the Royal
Park. Melbourne, Australia, has been
chronicled. A monkey in q large cage
was trying to reach a nut which had
been thrown down on. the gravel path.
Putting its arm through the bats and
stretching ais far as possible. it found
that the nut was just beyond his reach.
There. WAS VA straw on the ;, floor !qr OF the
cage, and going. to the back, where it
Evidently. expected : to. find the straw
less damaged 1t tested straw ..after
straw, ddseasd5ng them..one by ones not
thinking them strong enough for the
purpose. s.Xt4lasf4it found .satisfac-
tory one, returned with it to the front
of the cage, and very quickly, with this
aid, hooked the nut close enough to be
picked up.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-21
MAILS IN.TiME OF,.WAR.
Puzzling Questions Raised by Recen,
Acts of Russia. -

Puzzling Questions Raised by Recent
Acts of Russia. : :.
The present war bids fair to lead to
some fuller understanding concerning
the status Of the mails in time Of war.
says the New York Tribune. Russia
and Japan are both apparently acting
upon the theory that all mails consign-
ed to belligerent port are subject to
seizure as contra band of war, or at
least to detention and search. Japan
has contented herself with the seizure
of mails sent out froW Port Arthur.
| Russia has gone much farther than
that in stopping British and German
ships in the Red Sea and taking from
them in bulk all mail sacks marked for
Japan.
The status of the mails in time of
| war has been the subject Of much con-
| troversy, but has not been clearly de-
fined in treaties or in works on inter-
| national law. Hostile dispatches, mill
tary orders and the like, excepting the
messages of ambassadors, have been
recognized as contraband and, of
course, subject to seizure. Not only is
the transportation of them equivalent
| to the carrying Of contraband goods.
but the fraudulent transportation of
them Is regarded as peculiarly hostile
act, subjecting the offending vessel to
! the severest penalty Of confiscation.
Such is the argument of Sir William
Scott. But a regular mail-carryfng ves-
sci, which receives such dispatches in
the ordinary course Of mail carrying.
in ignorance of their character. is not,
according to HautefeuilIe, subject to
penalty. The principles apply, of
| course, only to hostile dispatches. Or
binary mails Of commercial, personal
or other acknowledgement character
should certainly enjoy different stat
us and would seem to be entitled to
exemption from seizure when under a
neutral nag.
Mr.. Seward long ago expressed the
American view of the case when he
said that "there is no recognized sane
ton Of the principle that q bona fide,
authenticated and sealed public mail
| of a friendly or neutral po wer, found
| on a commercial vessel navigating be-
tween two neutral ports, can be vio-
lated lawfully, either by naval officer
or a prize court, merely because the
vessel on which it is found Is searched
and seized as contra aband."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-21

us ashore.
"We were cast ashore together, it is
true, you a five-weeks old babe in my
arms, but your mother and father both
went down to watery grave"
"But you are my father now," broke
in Sankala. "I love you as my father
and shall always love you as SUCH
"That is true, my child, that is true,
but your real father is dead. 1t Is this
that places heavy responsibility upon
you and me. Your father was much
wronged and it is left to you and me
to right the wrong. Should 1 continue
to live, Sankala, 1 will right the
wrong, but should die the duty falls
upon you. You are young, 1 know,
but you already possess Yoman's IN
telligence and with the data before you,
you will be able to complete the plans
which have inaugurated, should the
worst come. I am failing rapidly,
Sankala, am failing rapidly" :.
"But you will live, father, you Will
liEe," sobbed the girl.
t'I intend to, my child, but should
1 fail you must finish the work. Un-
der the hearth there is concealed. a
small box. 1t is small metal affair,
but contains much of interest to you.
1t contains evidence, Sankala, that
shall some day make you the queen OF
the fishing village. 1t will do more
Sankala, it will enable you to travel
and to see the great world.
81 shall never forget your mother e
dying request ..gIt was on that fearful
nightsiust fifteen years ago when the
old ship made such a gallant fight on
the bar and finally went aground on
Sand Island.
"Your father was assisting the sail
ors and had been swept from the deck.
You were born aboard the ship after
we had left Ethe old country. The
ships surgeon had given certificate
of your birth. Your mother knew how
important that certificate was, San
kala. and when all were lost but the
captain and you and 1 she came to me
and threw you into my arms. She had
imbedded the certificate of your birth
in wax and thrust this deep into the
inside pocket of my vest.:.. She said,
calling me by my right name:
Il have presentiment. You will
live and rescue the child. I will be
lost. Upon the very eve of reaching
the place we SO long sought, my poor
husband went down in sight of his own
wealth. l must surely follow. Take
her, my dear friend, take the child and
see that she gets what belongs to her.
In the name of Him who will reward
you, 1 beg you to be brave and do that
for which you are now intended
3In few minutes all was lost.
God spared me the sight of seeing your
mother go. I lashed myself to spar,
clutched you in my arms with the grip
of death and became unconscious. az
the sea cut the remaining timbers
from the vessel"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-21
JONAH; AND THE WHALE
etai1s of His Experience from Rab
binicaI Legends.

binica1 Legends.
When Jonah went to Joppa he found
no ship, for the vessel on which he in
tended taking passage had sailed two
days before his arrival; but God
caused a contrary wind to arise and
the ship was driven back to port. In
his joy Jonah paid his passage money
in advance, contrary to the usual GUS
tom, which did not require payment
until the conclusion Of the voyage. Ac-
cording to some, he paid even the full
value Of the ship, amounting to 4,OOO
gold denarii. When the storm arose
the kind-hearted sailors, evidently re-
specting the rich passenger. first low
cred Jonah, only far enough for the
water to reach his knees. Seeing that
the storm subsided, they drew him
back into the ship, whereupon the sea
at once arose again. The sailors re,
peated the operation several times with
the same, result, each time lowering
him deeper and deeper, until finally
they threw him into the sea.
The fish which. swallowed Jonah was
created in the very beginning Of the
world for that special purpose. There
fore this fish had so large a mouth and
throat thai. Jonah found It as easy to
pass into its belly as he5would have
found it to enter the portals Of a. very
large synagogue 1t had eyes which
were as large as windows and lamps
lit up it's interior. According to anoth-
er opinion, a great pearl suspended in
the entrails of the fish enabled Jonah
to see all that was in the sea and in the
abyss. The fish informed Jonah that
he was to be devoured by Leviathan
Jonah asked to be taken to the mon.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-21

"Marm' duke Sefton," she replied,
with the pain.
A few minutes later Sir Marmaduke
Seton was called to the telephone.
"Halloav'
"What?"
"a child injured? Why do you tele-
phone me? Fathers name
Marmaduke Seton? Am I the only
one in the world? The name
is certainly an uncommon one, as you
say
His stern face softened for mo-
ment
Eyes, I'll come round" he said, at
last
A quarter of an hour afterward he
entered the children's ward. His face
turned white as he gazed into the
child's blue eyes.
"Private ward, please" he said, curt
ly, and at the millionaires word the
little one was taken into another
room.
While little Ruth slept Sir Marina
duke stayed by her side looking medi-
tatively at her face.
Duke Seton returned in about an
hour to his house. There was smile
on his face as he entered.
"One sovereign. We shall have d
bust, darling"
But his wife was lying in faint on
the floor. Quickly he brought water
for her, but when she came round she
began to shrek wildly.
| Little Ruth has gone," was all she
could say.
Then ensued twenty-four hours Of
agony to the distract ted parents. In
the. morning a policeman came and
told them where the child was.
/ They rushed round to the hospital.
but when they were received with the
utmost respect and taken to a private
ward they wondered exceedingly.
With a fearful cry Ruth ran to her
child and crooned over her. Duke
knelt by the other side Of the bed.
Look cried little Ruth. 'He says
that he is your dad. Why don't you
kiss him?'
A tall figure stepped from the corner
of the room.
Duke, forgive me-" Sir Marmaduke
broke in, eagerly, and there was a
tone in his voice that made his son
wonder.
For a moment there was silence.
kiss him, dad" the child cried.
And the two mems hands met in q
hearty grasp, while the mothers tears
fell over the child's pillow.-Illustrated
Bits.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-21
CHAPTER vi.

Disturbed Peace of the Seadogs.
s'I do not know why it is, husband,
but our Hazel, young as she is, is wor-
rying a great deal. That girl. Sankala,
disturbs her peace of mind. She does
not like her. The poor girl is kind to
our Hazel and all of that but our child
seems to have most natural antipathy
for her.
"Sankala is the most popular girl at
school. The teachers love her, the
girls run after her and the boys wor-
ship her. They look upon her as some
superior being and yet che is only a
poor little waif that you remember was
cast ashore here many years ago.
"Old Ringwold, her father, is drink
ing more and more, whenever he can
get it, and the child, poor thing, much
as as she disturbes our Hazel, seems
more devoted to the old man every
day.
"It would be better for her if he
should die, but then it would almost
kill her, for the poor thing worships
the old fellow. But it would be bad
for the village if Ringwold should die.
There would be no one to fill the diff
cult prescriptions at the drug store and
l do not know what poor Gosnell would
do without him.
"Do you know, husband" spoke the
woman more cautiously, 81 do not like
| that girl Sankala. She is all kindness
and deserving, but do not like the
child. Her name disturbs me and
when see her peculiar feeling comes
over me which 1 cannot explain. l do
not wish the girl bad tuck, but 1 do
wish that something would:' take her
away from the village where l could
not see her and where she would not
disturb our Hazel"
Thus spoke Mrs. Seadeg, the wife aof
old Seadog, the ruling power in the
great fisheries on the north side of the
Columbia river near it's mouth. :.
sT do not like the kid either, wife, d
said the rugged old capitalist. who had
made his wealth in various ways. He
had pulled oars through the storm-driv-
en- waves. He had sold goods over, the
4 counters of his great store at enormous
profit. He had dispensed whisky over
[ his bar that was said to have been OF
his own make and was warranted to
contain snakes to the quart; he had
thrown Cinnamon from his cannery in
to the bay because they did not earn
ten times their wages; he had robbed
the fish traps of his neighbors, stolen
their property rights by night, and was
charged with having sent eillnetters to
the bottom of the river. Upon all oi
this, old Seadog had built up an i'm
mense fortune, but it was whispered
about that he had come to the wealth
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-21
TO MY MOTHER.

Deal gently with her. Time; these many
years
OF life have brought more smiles with
them than tears,
Lay not thy hand too harshly on her
now,
But trace decline % slowly on her brow
That Qike the sunset OF the Northern
cline,
Where the twilight fingers in the sum-
mer time,
And fades at last into the silent night,
Ere one may note the passing OF the
Light,
So may she pass-since it's the common
lot
As one who. resting, sleeps and knows it
not.
John Allan Weyth in the Century.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-21
(To tie con'tinued)
Nothing White There.

Albert, the young man of the fam
lily, was undeniably ill. The doctor
was sent for. He pronounced it case
of taundice, as indeed the parents mad
suspected. from the patients yellow
ish appearance.
Albert's little sister was explaining
to a caller.
He's got the yauer janders," she
said. The doctor says So"
But how could the doctor tell, Bes-
sie?" asked the caller.
"Easy:s.y enough" replied Bessie.
Anybody could tell it by jes' lookin'
into the;-the yelks of his eyes"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-21
How He Got 1t.

Binks-Queer that Charley Mohter
could acquire such an automobile face.
He never drives his machine over eight
miles an hour.
! Jinks-I know, but he got it when his
first months bill for the repairs came in
Commercial Tribune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-21
All Bets On.

Miss Lakeside (of CievelanI)-You
can just bet your sweet life that I'll be
wearing an engagement ring before the
end of the season:
Miss Browning fof Boston)-Excuse
me, but / do not care to wager my sac
charine vitality.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-21

Old people sometimes complatns be-
cause they are left alone SO much, bnt
the truth is that they would be bored
to death IL the young people tried to
entertain them.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-21
The Lesser of Two Evils.

Nervous Passenger (as the train stops)
i say, conductor, are those two men
taking a straw vote?
Gonductor-No; they are taking up a
collection. Train robbers. you know.
Nervous Passenger-Oh, then-it isn't
as bad as / suspected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-13
AChameIeon President.

IT is said that there is in the White
House over the door going into the
presidents room Il stuffed chameleon.
1t is dead and no longer has the power
TO change its color. Were it alive and
susceptible to the changing political
opinions and economic beliefs Of the
strenuous occupant of the White
House it would. if we may believe the
presidents latest and most vOciferOuS
champion in the house, be kept busy
changing its complexion. 1t would
take on n different hue every time a
politician more or less at variance with
the presidents former opinions emery
ed from the presidents room.
The authority for this statement is
contained in the last attempt of Cen
eraI Grosvenor to eulogIZe the preSi-
dent. 1t is found in the Congressional
Record of April 81. Here is an extract
from this supposed euloSy:
81 have had access to and knowledge
of public men, and l will ny that
have never known a public man hold
ing a high position that WAS more
amenable to the sentiment of public
declarations and the advice of his par
~ and those surrounding him than is
Theodore Roosevelt. If il We're proper
l could go into details. showing where
he here changed his policy upon n GER
tain thing and there changed his dee
Iarations in his message and here did
this TO accommodate the opinion OF
men surrounding him.
Is our president. then. the living per
sonification of that old time statesman
who used to close his long and windy
stump speeches with the mild Gec'ara-
ton:
gentlemen, them's my principles. II
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-13
Getting the Worst of the Bargain.

The Protective Tariff league. which
is a league of trusts and protected
monopolists. is of course interested in
making the taxpayer believe that he.
too. is protected, but the palpable mass
ing Of the wealth of the country in the
hands Of n few and the continued strug-
gle for existence of the many is an un-
answerable argument to the farmer, the
storekeepcr. the clerk. the artisan and
the laborer that they have the worst of
rhe bargain. As the prOtectionists have
acknowledged that the sugar trust is
the worst trust, because it dictates the
price of its product and who shall deal
with it and bears hardly on the sugar
planter. why are not the other trusts
that protection pampers equally hurt
full to the American people: Tariff re-
form is the only way to reach them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-13
Fresh Air Cure For Grip.

An English physician adds grip to
the maladies for which fresh air is the
best specific. lie says:
Il have lately attended n case of in
fluenZa. l saw the patient thirteen
times. AS yet we have no antitOXin for
influenza. though we know the microbe,
so that l could only watch and wait.
However, l gave various drugs, etc,
that were perhaps of some little value.
But of those thirteen visits only two
were of direct and certain value to the
patient. On these two occasions 1
opened a window. The first time the
patient was under six blankets and
miserable for want of air. The second
time she had had four hours of dis
tresslng nausea, which vanished with
the advent of n little fresh air. The
public knows about open air for tuber-
culosis. and ii has heard that we now
treat pneumonia with open windows.
Why can't IT help itself TO air in case
of gripE'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-13
90 don.t nike tnem / can cnange

vou- don't ike them L can cnanGe
them
There is no doubt that our presi-
dent can change his opinions. In fact.
as compared with former presidents.
he may be said TO be Il lightning
change statesman. He has at various
rjmes been a free trader and a protcc-
ZIONIST. a Golden club member and a
"stand patter," an antiboss man ana
boss man, a civil service rcformer and
a spokesman, for law and order ana
against law and order, for union LABOR
and against union labor.
In fact, he is not only "all things to
ell men" but he adjusts himself quick
" to the changing conditions of chang
ing times. Consistency may be the
bugaboo of small minds: it does not
disturb our versatile president in the
least
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-13

The persistence and heToiSm of the
japanese in trying to block the chan
mel entrance to Port Arthur are be
yond all praise. While they have evi-
IDENTIFY succeeded in preventing the
egress IF the larger Russian warships
from the harbOr, the question arises
whether, by the use of explosives. the
Russians cannot clear the channel Of
the sunktn hulkS which form the OBJ
structicn. The Japanese fleet does
not maintain close and constant
blockade of the port. so that the Rus
sian engineers would have abundant
opportunities To perform the work of
blowing to pieces the sunken ships.
For the present. however. the naval
situation i such that il matters little
To the Russians whether the Port Ar
thur channel is clear or not of Oh
structions. They have little desire to
use the remainder Of their fleet out
side of the port in the immediate flu
turc. owing TO its great inferiority 10
the enemy But if the Baltic fleet
should ever reach the orient and find
Port Arthur still flying the color~ of
the ear. the need of an unobStructed
channel would at once be apparent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-13
\ Sure Thing.

1t is said that nothing is sure except
death and taxes. but that is not alto
gether true. DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption is n sure cure
for all lung and throat troubles.
Thousands can testify to that. Mrs.
&c. Il. NanMetre, of Shepherdtown. w.
Va. says: Il had a very severe case
Of bronchitis and for a year tried ev-
.erything l heard of. but got no relief.
One bottle of DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry then cured me absolutely" 1t is
infallible for Group. whooping cough.
grip, pneumonia and consumption.
Try il. Its guaranteed by Hartz &
.Ullemeyer. druggists. Trial bottles
free. Regular size. 80 cents and 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-13

Harry Lchr's rapid rise in society
mas been promoted greatly by a ready
wit. biting specimen of which was
given at a social gathering not long
ago. \ member of the ultra swell set
who had just sued her usband for
divorce and won verdict was chat
ting with Il bachelor whose gallant
rieS are matters of frequent comment.
The hostess remarked to Mr.. Lehr:
Mrs. Blank and Mr.. Dash seem to he
getting along nicely together" Moth
ing more natural. my dear madam.
was the reply. she j. Il grass widow
and he * Il rake
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-13
ROTARY TELEPHONE DIRECTORY.

ephonc arm bearing in its periphery
the names and telephone numbers of
the principal concerns with which bust
ness is done. \ thumbscrew at the
side enables the telephone user to rap
idly turn the cylinder and find the con-
Germ he is DESTROYS of talking to. As
the names are of course arranged al
phabetically, the ease with which the
desired information is Obtainable
through this method is apparent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-13
Another Scandal Coming.

The war depdri>ient is now run Oh
such an extravagant basis that mat
fer of Il million or two evidently seems
nothing to those who have tie order
ing of how the Philippine funds shall
he expended. When the matter is
finally investigated. another scandal
will be added which will probably ex
eel those already charged TO this ad.
ministratiOn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-13

BE kind to your dog. Mr.. lockwood
of Missouri. threw a stone AT his OWN
canine companion. missed his mark.
but hit "A surly bulldog that was pass
ing. The indignant bulldog proceeded
to do battle with Mr.. lockwood. and
would have used him badly if the
faithful animal that had lodged the
stone had not rushed to the aid of his
master. Could there be a better eX-
ample of fidelity and forgiveness?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-13
4 LESSON In Health.

Healthy kidneys filter the impuri-
ties from the blood. and unless they
do this good health is impossible. Fo-
ley's Kidney Cure makes sound kid
.neys and viii positively cure all forms
of kidney and bladder disease. II
strengthens the whole system. Solo
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-13
THE PEOPLE ALL
In Chorus Cried, Give Us Newbro's
HerpicIde.

This word OF late has been in every
ones mouth, and many are wondering
what the word signifies. though no one
has yet been found. who will deny that
NEWBRO'S HERPICIDE does the WORK.
Well, for the information of thousands Of
people who like to know all about n good
thing. we would say that HERPICIDE
means. a destroyer or killer Of Herpes"
Now Herpes is the family name of a
disease caused by various vegetable par
asites. similar microbe causes dan
drUT. itching scalp. and falling hair: this
IS the microbe that NEWBRO'S HERPI-
eide promptly destroys; after which the
hair grows. Sold by leading druggists.
Send loc- in stamps for sample TO The
Herpicide Co., Detroit Mich.
For sale by T. II. Thomas, druggist.