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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01
an offer of $1,000 for it has been re-
fused.-New York Evening Post
CURIOUS SENSES OF REPTILES.

Their Surprising Power to Divine the
Presence of Far Distant Water.
Prof. Werner, of Vienna, natural
list Of note, has reported the results OF
observations he has been making for
some time on the senses Of inferior YER
tebrates, and he has reached some Gu
rious and surprising conclusions.
The professor took all possible pre-
cautions not to let the creatures know
that they were watched One general
fact Is very evident, that reptiles and
amphibians are strongly attracted by
water. They go straight toward it,
even when they are at distances so
great that they could not divine its
presence by any Of the senses known
to us. It seems really that sense OF
which we have no knowledge Informs
them of the direction In which water
may be found. There seems to be a
sort Of chemical attraction, says M.
Werner. But how does this act, and
ON what part Of the creature? This re-
mains a mystery. Reptiles also seek
the light, but Independently Of heat.
They often leave comfortable and
warm retreats to seek the sunlight.
Sight is generally good with them. II
is probably the finest sense that they
possess, bat 1t would still appear to be
very limited. The caymans and the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01
Three Years late.

Persons who become fretfu1 over the
delays Of surface cars or the detention
Of steam trains ought to sit up and
be cheerful when they read what the
New York Press has to say of Texas
train. The Press declares! that recently
a Gulf & Interstate Railway train ar
rived in Beaumont nearly three years
late, and explains the matter as fol-
lows:
The train left Bolivar, just across
Galveston Bay from Galveston, on Sep
tember 8, 1900, and was caught in the
great storm which so nearly destroyed
Galveston. Bolivar is seventy-five
miles from Beaumont. Before the
train had travelled far on its journey
1t was caught in the storm. Thirty
miles Of the track were washed away,
and the train was left stranded on
sandy waste.
Dozens of persons who lived on Boil
ivar peninsula were saved from death
by taking refuge in the train. After
the storm subsided they walked to Boil
ivar with the passengers. But the
abandoned train was left on the prai-
rie
The storm bankrupted the railroad,
and no effort to rescue the engine and
cars was made until recently. Had the
road not suffered so seriously in that
storm the property would have proved
of great value a few months later,
when oil was struck at Beaumont.
The road is now undergoing repairs
and development, and little while
ago the train was drawn into Beau
mont, where it was greeted by a cheer
ing multitude.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01
ERRORS ABOUT MAD DOGS.
Popular Beliefs Concerning Them
that Are Deeply Rooted.

Popular Beliefs Concerning 1nem
that Are Deeply Rooted.
There are some popular beliefs not
quite classable as superstitions which
seem too deeply rooted for universal
education to destroy. Several of these
concern mad dogs. The idea that a
healthy dog which bites person must
be killed because If it should at some
future time 60 mad the person bitten
would have hydrophobia is reluctantly
given up, even by some persons of ed
ucation. Even more strange is the be-
lief in "madstones" about which much
has been printed of late. There are
many "madstones" in this country and
the believers in their efficacy always
know where the nearest one is kept.
In sense these porous stones are pub
lie institutions. Some Of them have
curious histories.
One was the property of an Ohio
negro named Depp, and on his death
was placed in the State library at Co.
lumbus, from which, according to re.
ports, it was recently taken and ap-
piled to the wound of woman bitten
by a supposedly rabid dog. The same
report stated that the dog was not
mad after all, but that the woman re-
ceived blood poison from the stone
and died. That stones career of heal
ing should be ended by now.
A Virginia newspaper recalls that
another maidstone" was kept at the
State penitentiary for many years and
was free for the use of any person
who wanted it applied to a bite or
other wound. Later a maidstone"
which may perhaps have been the
same specimen was sold at auction in
the country for $50.
Perhaps the stone having the most
remarkable history is in St Louis, and
one Of its "cures" has recently been
exploited III the newspapers. It was
brought to this country in 1887 by a
Russian physician who settled In Ne
vada. he said that the stone had been
used in Russia for 100 years, in proof
of which fact he submitted documents
written on parchment In Russian,
which the people in Nevada had to
take on faith, as they could not read
the language. He offered the stone
for sale at $500, and a farmer who
had seen a similar stone elsewhere
and had faith in it agitated the forma-
ton of a stock company to buy the
stone. About thousand stockholders
paid 81 each and the remaining sum
necessary was contributed by the pres
ent owner. The stone was used on all
the animals and most persons that
were bitten by dogs. In at least one
case, the owner says, the dog was not
shot on the spot, but kept until it died
Of unmista kable rabies. So celebrated
are the virtues of this stone that the
neighbors are willing to believe that
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01

1t is at once interesting and pathetic
to see how completely helpless in the
grasp of the bureaucracy, is the nom-
inal "autocrat of all the Russias" He
has managed to make it manifest that
he is a perfectly well-meaning man;
that he desires peace with all. the
world. and particularly that he desires
the advancement in civilization, includ-
ing political civilization, Of his own
people. The more his good intentions
are manifested the more it is manifest
how absolutely he is without power to
give effect to them.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01

'"The American people don't mind
grating" remarked an experienced
Philadelphia politician, ''but they hate
scandals. They don't kick SO much on
jiggered public contract for a boule-
ward. but they want the boulevard and
NO fuss and no dust" Unfortunately,
this politician wasn't far from the
truth. The experience Of almost every
American city will bear him out. This
peculiar attitude of honest Americans
toward dishonest politicians Is some
times attributed to Indifference toward
public affairs. The voters are 'too
busy" 1t Is said. to pay proper atten-
ton to their municipal government
But this explanation reduces simply to
the Philadelphia boss statement that
the people don't mind grating"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01

crocodiles cannot distinguish a man at
a distance of more than six times their
length. according to Werner In the
water fishes see only at very close
range-about half their own length.
This will seem perhaps unlikely to
anglers, although some of them can
cite instances showing that fish cannot
see far. Snakes seem to have a very
mediocre sense of sight. The boa. for
example, does not see at more than a
quarter or a third Of its own length.
Different species are limited to one-fifth
or one-eighth of their length. Frogs are
better of. They see at fifteen or twenty
times their length. Frog-catchers know
this from experience. Hearing is much
poorer than sight. If possible. Most rep
tiles are noticeably deaf, except cay
mans and crocodfies. The boa appears
to be absolutely SO.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01
A CARNEGIE STORY.

Made a Millionaire OF a Man Because
He was Born in the Same Town.
Mr.. Carnegie once made millionaire
Of a man who, all unconscious of the
fact that his visitor was born in the
same town, happened to say, Il am
from Dunfermline."
The story goes back to the time
| when Mr.. Carnegie's fiance was pur-
chasing a part of her trousseau in
Brooklyn. After she had been shop
ping for several days the clerk who
| had been waiting on her told her in a
sudden burst Of confidence that she,
too, was to be married, "but I'll not
have such nice things" she added, as
she fingered the delicate fabrics held
out before the customer.
The clerks confession struck a SYM
pathetic note in Mr.. Carnegies iance.
| She in turn told her who was to be her
husband and when, and then asked:
"And you will tell me whom you are
going to marry?''
"Mr. Peacock" was the reply. "He's
the floor manager here, and when we
are married I'm not going to be here
any more"
A few weeks later Mr.. and Mrs.
Carnegie went abroad on their we'd
ding trip and were gone several
months. When they returned Mrs.
Carnegie went to the store where she
had bought her trousseau to do some
shopping, and all unexpectedly she
ran across the clerk who had helped
her select her wedding finery.
"Why," she exclaimed, chow Is it
that you are still here? I thought you
were not going to stay after your
marriage. Didn't you tell me you were
to be married a few weeks after my
wedding?'
EYES," was the reply, ''but Mr..
Peacock became i'll shortly after our
wedding, and I've taken my old posi-
ton again and will keep it till he is
able to get back to work"
That evening, when she went home,
Mrs. Carnegie told her husband the
story of the clerk who had helped her
select her rousseau, and ended by
asking him to call with her at the
Peacock home.
A few days later when the Carnegies
made the call they found Mr.. Peacock
in bed, and while the two ladies chat
ted together in an adjoining room Mr..
Carnegie seated himself by the bed
side. He had been there but short
time when he asked:
"Mr. Peacock. from your pronuncia-
ton, I'd say you are from Scotland
Are you?"
"Yes,' was the reply, "I was born in
Dumferline."
''You don't say SOP exclaimed Mr..
Carnegie. "Why, that was my birth
place, Also"
That settled it Before he left the
house Mr.. Carnegie had made it plain
to his fellow townsman that he was
to leave his all and follow him. A. G.
Peacock did as he was told, and to-day
he is one of the millionaires of the
steel industry and a leading citizen of
Pittsburg.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01

York. present the wife of Count Waldersee had
for her first husband reigning prince the Duke Of
gustenburg. who eligible for intermarrage with
imperial family In Europe There have been fewer
ampes Of such marriages In Austro Hungary At this
moment recall but two that of Miss Carroll, who
ried Count Esterhazy and who lives in Washington
and that of Miss Mabel Wright, who first became Mrs.
Ysnaga, sster-inaw of the Dowager Duchess of Man
chester and subsequently married member of the high
est Hungarian aristocracy Whether the rule about six
Quarterngs which Is vigorously observed in the
court circle Vienna relaxed in her favor
know not. The truth is that the number of American
who have married European mobiles would be
found complete enumeration, have exceeded
siderably hundred We add that while there have
fragrant exceptions these international marriages
rule to have brought the average amount Of happ
ness.-Harpers Weekly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01

The time Is not very far distant
when this country will have to deal
with congestion of population in the
cities and consequent inadequacy OF
the rural population. Indeed, the prob
lem even now presents itself urgently
every summer when farmers vainly
seek help to harvest the crops, though
thousands of men are idle in the cities.
The tendency is more and more toward
the cities. Farmers sons no longer be-
come farmers. They disdain the slow
and uneventful routine of life on the
farm and as soon as they become their
own masters they are off to the nearest
city or large town to make their for
tunes. In a large majority of cases
they fare far worse in the city than
they would have Jared on the farm,
but their i'll success does not deter 9th
ers The tide flows all one way. The
country boy comes to the city, but the
city boy never goes to the country.
Fortunately for the nation the agricul-
tural population Is considerably,
though inadequately, recruited from
abroad. A large proportion Of the i'm
migrants from northern Europe, to-
gether with some Germans and Irish,
enter upon farming either for them
selves or for others Immediately upon
their arrival in this country Most of
the Scandinavians become tillers Of
the soil. In this way the growing dis
position of Americans to forsake agri-
culture for urban pursuits is rendered
less of a menace to our national fu-
ture. 1t cannot but be regretted, how
ever, that the native American farmer
seems destined to disappear almost en-
tirely, leaving the cultivation of the
soil entirely to immigrants. There is
no life SO Independent and vigorous
as that of the farmer and it is upon
the agricultural class that the prosper
ity of the nation depends. When the
farmer is prosperous we all flourish;
when he falls upon evil days we suffer
with him. The condition of the farm
ing population Is an index to the con-
dition of the country in general, and
the higher the type of that population
the better the prospect for national
prosperity. 1t is not impossible that
there may some day be a reversal of
the flow Of population to the cities. We
are so rich in national domain in this
country that our native-born citizens
have not felt the land hunger which
impels the European immigrant to
gain possession of farm as quickly
as he can manage it. The time will
shortly come when people born in this
country will realize the desirability of
owning a portion of the soil. and when
that realization comes there will be a
retiux from the cities to the country.
In the meantime it is upon the agricul-
tural immigrants that we must rely to
take the places Of American farmers
who are deserting their plows for the
attractions of city life. 1t is evident
that the native-born youth of to-day
cannot be counted upon to follow the
furrow. Possibly his grandchildren
will be glad to do so.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01

For years public-spirited people
have been preaching about the benefits
of soap. Some men have even gone so
far as to say that soap is the real
emblem Of civilization. Whether this
is 30 or not, 1t is well known that in
countries where the people are savage
there Is no soap. 1t has been difficult.
however, to get some people to accept
soap as q blessing or as q bulwark Of
the home. In spite Of the good work
the magazines have been doing by way
of disseminating soap advertisements
there are many inhabitants OF our
splendid country who continue to re-
gard soap with suspicion IL not with
downright adherence. But something
happened at Lancaster. Pa. the other
day that Ia likely to bring soap to =
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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01
OLDEST INDIAN IN THE STATES
He Cherishes an Intense Admiration
for Andrew Jackson.

He Cherishes an Intense Admiration
for Andrew Jackson.
Down in North Carolina among the
Great Smoky Mountains, lives an In
dian chief who is said to be the oldest
of his race in the United States. John
Kohlecostay is his name, and it was
11O years ago, according to the tradi-
ton of his people when he first saw
the light. More remarkable than his
age, however, is Kohlecostay's success
full defiance of the American govern
ment.
Seventy years ago the sixteen noun
tain counties of North Carolina were
inhabited exclusively by the Cherokee
tribe Of Indians. For more centuries
than they could count the latter had
pitched their wigwams there, and
when the United States sent troops to
the mountains with orders to move the
tribe to the lands provided for them
in Indian Territory. they showed no
disposition to give up their ancestral
possessions.
Five hundred of the rebels. led by
Kohlecostay. refused to leave their
homes, declaring that the mountains
belonged to them and not to the
whites. For five years this handful Of
braves defied the government, hiding
in impenetrable forests from the SOL
diers. until finally the United States,
recognizing their claim. allowed them
reservation among the mountains
they loved so well. where their de-
scendants, with the old patriarch,
Kohlecostay, still in their midst, are
living to this day.
Kohleeostay, who boasts of the pur-
est Indian blood, scorns the whites,
and has always refused to live with
or learn their language. He cherishes
an intense admiration for Andrew
Jackson. however. under whom he
once fought in an expedition against
the Greek Indians Of Georgia. ser
vice for which, he claims, the United
States promised to pay him, but never
did. And that makes one more griev-
ance the old man has against his pale
face observation-disclosures City Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01
Funny Old Signs.

One Of the most notable Of old LON
don signs, 1.-THE Dogs Head in the Iron
Pot" had its beginning in the early
wears of the reign Of bluff King Hal. 1t
stands out, a lonely figure on Black
friars road at the corner Of Charlotte
street, the sign Of a wholesale iron
monger's ablishment. The dog is in
the act Of eating out of three-legged
iron pot which it has overturned.
There were also ''The Black Dog'' and
"The Dog and Duck" ''The White
Greyhound" was the sign of John Har-
rison in st. Paul's churchyard, book
seller who published some of Shak-
speare's early works-St. Nicholas.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01

A member of the English commits
sion which is now investigating Amer
lean educational conditions has public
ly expressed the wish that in the next
few decades we give our attention to
turning out 1.-TWO or three Millions, one
or two Dantes and one or two Shak-
speares." We are disposed to be oblig-
ing, but is not the demand rather large?
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01
Bonny Doom.


Ye banks and braes O bonnie Doom,
How can ye bloom sac fresh and fail! :!
How can We chaunt, ye little birds,
And 1 sac weary fu' of care?
Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling
bird.
That wantons through the fow'ry
thorn,
Thou mind'st me O. departed joys,
Departed never to return.
Oft hae I roved by bonnie Doom,
10 see the rose and woodbine twine,
When ilka bird sang O. his love,
And fondly sac did 1 O. mine.
WI lightsome heart l puPd a rose,
Fu' sweet upon it's thorny tree,
But my fause lover stole my rose
And, ah, he left the thorn wi me.
Robert Burns.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01

The Duke of Roxburghe is said to be
SO hugely disgusted with Americans
that he has no desire to return to this
country. OF course the Duke reserves
an exception in the case Of one fair
American. But he may dismiss from
his mind any fear that a naval expe-
dition will be sent to bring him back
to America. deeply as his absence may
be q 'plored. So long as he keeps on
the light side of extradition laws, he
Is quite safe.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01
a ..L0ST' CHRISTMAS GIFT.

crscS~o~~eSec~
At the approach of the first Christ
mas after the wedding, a certain
bride. desirous of giving her best be-
loved something made by her own
anectonate but inexperienced hands,
manufactured truly wonderful night
shirt. 1t was made Of pink and white
outing flannel. trimmed with lace
edged ruffies. and was further embel-
l1shed with rows of elaborate feather
stitching.
The surprised husband expressed
proper amount of gratitude, and said
with Huth-that he had never be-
held a garment to compare with it;
but when asked later why he did not
wear 1t, he replied that it was
For too good
For human natures daily food,
and that he was saving it for some
occasion that really demanded night
shirt OF more than ordinary gorgeous
ness. 1t was just the thing, he aver
red. to wear If one happened to be
convalescing from broken limb or a
long attack of fever.
But one day the husband telephoned
that he was Unexpectedly called out of
town on business, and requested his
wife to pack his valise and to have it
at the station within the hour, all of
which she did.
Feeling tired after long days ride,
and having nothing better to occupy
his time. the man went to his room at
8 O'Clock that night, intending to go at
once to bed. When he unpacked his
valise he discovered that the long
dreaded Especial occasion" had ar
rived, for there. folded neatly in the
valise. was the pink and white night
shirt, ribbons, ruffles and ALL
The traveller was slightly bald, he
wore sandy mustache, and when he
had tied the broad pink ribbons in
bow under his decidedly masculipe
chin, he made a picture never to be
forgotten. He was just about to climb
into bed, hoping fervently that no sud.
den alarm of fire would render it nec-
essary for him to appear unexpected
ly in public, when he was startled by
loud rapping at his door.
Supposing his visitor to be the bear
er Of an expected telegram, he opened
the door to find himself confronted by
the last person he wanted to see-or
to be seen by-in the circumstances.
His caller, man upon whom, for
business reasons, he was desirous of
making a favorable impression, had
discovered his name on the hotel reg
lister.
"Good graciousv' exclaimed the as
tonished visitor. "Are you on your
way to a fancy dress ball?'
mo-" returned the embarrassed vic
tim. "I'm merely getting ready to go
to bed in the nightshirt that my wife
made me for Christmas
The young wife subsequently con-
sidered it strange that her husband
was never afterward able to recall the
name Of the town in which he alb
sent-mindedly left that unexampled
nightshirt under the hotel pillow.
"There were seven yards of lace on
it, too," she would sometimes sigh, re-
gretfully, land four yards Of ribbon;
but never mind, dear, I'll make you
another some time"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01

of active lfe But that need not be It
need only while 1t is lost time II young
allowed tarry for period under the innu
the IDEAL and Of the aesthetic family Idealism is
the foundation of all true practicaty Every grand
doer has been at first great dreamer. -
just surely the ideal Ii preparatory for high
living, study the foundation of surely
must the Of closral life which the col
ege give place later the serious workaday spirit
which the of social commercial perhaps
political life to accept the tasks and fulfill the duties of
patriotic citizenship The Of education is not meant
purely selfish Culture should terminate
the personal experience of the educated man
remains for the graduates to put that creed
into practice knowledge is power and knowledge is
sacred trust 1t is perfectly true that this idea being
abused in of the Industrial of the where
taught to become nothing but expert machines
capable of turning out much work. Of earning in
creased dividends for somebody ese at the Of
training Of the mind the development the religious
nature But such overemphass the Industrial idea
In education does not initiate against amount Of
utilitarsm, and while all knowledge be practical
In the sense of ymakng comfort bringing all cu
ture of the mind should have distinct relation to the
betering of human life and the elevation Of the
OF mankind.--New York Observer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01

1t is a wonder that no great fnancier
has thought Of the possibility Of organ
izing the eligible noblemen of Europe
into a trust and forcing American
heiresses to get their coronets at mo-
nopoly prices.