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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
CLOTH FLOWERS
 THAT LOOK REAL Improvement in Art of Making
 Artificial Blooms ONE SET COST OVER S1OOO Advantages of Them Recognized by Savage, Belasco and Other Man
 agers-A Stage Grass Mat
 That Cost $eooo.
ONE SET COST OVER 5000
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune
 | great many people must have guessed in the last few years that the manufac-
 ture of artificial flowers for use on the stage has become a considerable indus try, but probably few know that the
 leading manufacturers of artificial flowers
 in this city count their stage trade as
 only a part of their business; that arti-
 hcial flowers are used to adorn the homes
 of the rich, to decorate great balls elab-
 crate fetes and public dinners.
 The ballroom which was the scene last winter of James II. Hyde's now
 famous French costume ball was dec-
 orated with artificial flowers, and so
 have been many others. A well known
 wine agent in this city has a grape
 arbor in his house which is made of
 artificial vines and artificial grapes.
 Dozens of hotels that seem to Haunt red
 geraniums in their window boxes and fire places in the summer are supplied
 with these adornments of nature by the
 manufacturers of artificial flowers. Even in the drawing rooms of some houses
 where real flowers might bloom all the year round and still leave some income
 
 taking their place Real flowers have to
 be watered and water spoils the carpets.
 Besides, this is an artificial age, and tho
 manufactured flowers look like the real l thing and have no disagreeable odor! As matter of fact they do look as- l tonishingly like the real thing. Artificial flower making in this country, or this city. at any rate. is coming to be almost 1 as much of an art as it Is in Japan or France and the crude paper flowers of | decade ago have become the realistic
 muslin blossoms nf today. The cause for this Is probably the stage Artificial flow CTS first began to be used extensively on the stage about eighteen years ago, but | they rapidly grew in favor till the flower l maker became almost important in 1 outdoor scenes as the scene painter The flowers continued however to be pretty | shabby limitations, with no pretense of accuracy. If tropical scene was called 1 for, as likely as not roses and the other | blossoms would be used.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
staqe Grass at $s Per Yard.

Then came David Belasco, Clyde Fitch
 and few other playwrights and man
 agers who insisted on stage accuracy and on soidity of effect as well in all their scenes. The fimsy partition that shook when the leading man banged the door
 gave way to solid walls and the stage
 foliage also became more realistic About four years ago this reform reached the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

Phone 276 tPeople'D if you want the Gawk Engraving Co
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
ity of the town. and will be about t miles long,
DoubIe.Header Played.


 Doube-Header Played. The Bessemer baseball team and the South Highland team of Birmingham played a double-header at Fourth Avenue park this afternoon. The Bessemer team won both games by good margins.
 The first game stood TO ' and the sec ond to g. both in favor of the home team
 Batteries for Bessemer were Llewelyn and Houston, and Ball and Underwood for the South Highlands. D. D. yining um- plred the games.
 The attendance was very good and all seemed 10 enjoy the sport. A number of fine plays were made.
 Injured In Mines.
 Harry W. Massey, well-known young man. late of Bessemer. but more recently of Blocton, was seriously injured by an accident in one of the mines or the Ten nessee Coal, Iron and Railway company at that place yesterday. He sustained a broken arm, several fractured ribs and received a number of cuts and bruises about the body.
 Two cars broke loose in the mines and after running with terrific force for more than 200 feet, knocked him down and ran partly over him.
 MT. Massey was employed as master me chanic in the mines. He was brought to the company's hospital at Readers, where he Is resting very well under the circum- stances.
 MT. Massey was recently elected noble grand of Bessemer Lodge, No. 109, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and is one of the most popular young men in the community. His injuries Will not prove fatal. but will keep him connned for some time.
 Notes and Personals.
 Charles M. Ray has gone to Cave Springs Ga, where he will spend a few days with his father. After his return to Bessemer he will move with nIs family to Henry Ellen, where he has accepted a position with the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway company
 MT. and Mrs. R. L. Crook of Birming- ham are visiting relatives In Bessemer. Mrs. H. w. Crook, who has been sick for some time, is convalescent
 Mrs. w. R. Taylor of Macon is the guest of her brother, R. J. Miller of this place.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11

Recklessness and old fashioned sup
erstition In peculiar mixture are shown
in the different fads and fancies wom-
en- follow in caring for the hair. The
gasollne or dry shampoo" of late the
fashionable cause Of numerous explos-
ions in Paris, is now frequently but
vainly requested at the Chicago hair
dressers, says the Tribune.
1t is asked for by the woman who is
in a hurry, by the one who doesn't want
the wave taken out of her tresses, by
she who is afraid of taking cold, and by
the white haired woman who approves
Of the peculiar and beautiful blue white
tone and silky softness which every pro-
fessional hairdresser admits this pro-
cess gives to gray locks.
In contrast to this there is Chicago
establishment especially devoted to
clipping, singeing, and such processes
where fashionable customers come in
great numbers at the new of the moon
This is at the request Of the proprietor
who has imbued her customers with the
belief that the oils and coloring matter
flow upward at this time, whereas they
would go in the opposite direction and
devitalize the hair If it were clipped
during any other time Of the month.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
STROKE AFFECTS NERVES.
lightning Strikes Building Occupied
by Part Of Regiment-Attend-
ant Results Interesting.

It is with great rarity, says the New
York Medical Record. that one Is
enabled to observe the effects of light.
ming on the animal organism on such
large scale as has been studied by
Rippe, who reports that building oc-
cupied by three squadrons Of Rus
sian dragoon regiment was struck by
lightning. There were % men in the
building at the time. One man and a
horse were killed, and all the others
were more or less severely injured.
Post mortem examination of the dead
man and horse revealed as the most
important abnormities hyperaemia of
the brain and it's membranes, haemor-
rhage into both hemispheres, augmen-
tation of the subarachnoid fluid, and
congestion of the internal organs, es-
pecially the lungs, liver and kidneys.
The symptoms in the survivors were
the severest on the part of the nerv
Gus system. All the men~were rem
dered unconscious, and in some in
stances there were convulsions, de
lirium, and other signs of conclusion
of the brain. All these symptoms dis
appeared.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
MIsTooK cHINK FOR JAP.
Chicago sympathizer Meets Yellow
Individual, Makes Demonstra-
tion, and Is Rebuffed.

Among the Chicagoans who are enthu-
siastically pro-Japanese in their view of
the war in the east Is one man with a
business Office on Dearborn street, says
the Chicago Inter Ocean This man buys
all the extra editions of the newspapers
and gets up in the morning as early as
he hears the paper strike his door. He
has even become such war news read
er that he imagines he can pronounce
the names in the dispatches. One day
Mr.. Japanese Sympathizer started up
Dearborn street. At the corner of Mon
roe street he came face to face with a
yellow-skinned individual. The en-
thusiast grabbed the yellow man by the
hand.
"Put her there, old mani" yelled the
enthusiast. "Hurrah for Japan! Hur-
rah for Kirooky! We nxed 'em at Hay
ching and Layonyoung. didn't we!
Keep it up. old man" The yellow man
jerked away his hand and bseFed away
"Me no Yapanee. Me Chinee." said
the yellow man. The enthusiast
Strengthened up a little, fed to news
stand. bought another paper, and ducked
back to his Office
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
ILLINOIS STATE LINE STOLEN
Lake Michigan End Of Mark Disap-
pears and Special Survey VIII
Be Necessary.

The Lake Michigan end of the state
line between Indiana and Illinois has
been lost or stolen, and the police of
two states are hunting for 1t. The
mark for years has been stone at
One Hundred and Eighth street and
Indianapolis avenue. On one side was
cut the word Indiana" and on the
other illinois," The stone was four
feet long and two feet high, one and
a half feet projecting above the ground.
Not only has it been removed, but
the hole from which it was taken has
been filled, so no one can tell exactly
where it stood. The police believe
some householder, more thrifty than
honest, has imbedded the stone in the
foundation of q residence of used it as
a base for lawn flower pot
The next boundary stone Is five miles
inland, and survey will have to be
made from that point before the place
for a new Lake Michigan mark can be
established.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
TO NEW YORK FOR REST.
Pittsburg Goes to Gotham and Rstires
to a Sky-Scraper for
/ Quiet.

Isn'titstrange that people should
go to New York to rest up? You
know what Broadway and Fifth
avenue are from Thirtieth to Thir.
ty-fifth street.-the densest, noisi-
est place in the world, writes cor
respondent of the ,Pittsburg Dis
patch. Yet 1 know a prominent
Pittsburg business man who,
when he gets tired, slams down his
roll-top desk, seizes his case and
takc- the train east. In New York
he patrenizes a well-known hotel
much favored by Pittsburgers,
asks for room on the twelfth
floor, and if he gets it, or one on the
floor either above or below, he is
happy. Twelve floors up he is re-
moved from the noise of the busy
pavement below. So far as qui-
etude is concerned he might as
well be in a country village. In
the morning the bright sunshine
steals in at his window, which
oyerlooks the river and the docks
| below. At night the view is one of
/; enchantment, watching the ves-
| sells move to and fro with their
myriads of lights. And, although
there is gayety below in a dozen
corners of that self-same hotel, no
+, sound of it ever penetrates to his
quarters. But this is only one OF
the many possibilities of a won
| derful town.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11

much inconvenience to your
selves and to the detriment of
your business. l think I am
warranted in saying that no other
grand jury in this country has
been confronted with respon-
sibilities at once SO onerous and
SO serious as those which have
confronted you. Whatever the
result of your labors may be,
you have done your duty, and in
so doing you have acted solely
from a sense of the obligations
imposed upon you by your Office.
You report your labors ended,
and I now dismiss you from
further service.''
In the above Judge Bellinger
has given voice to popular senti-
ment as regards a duty well done
by the jury. 1t has been an
opinion pretty generally shared
by all classes that while this jury
had on hand a stupendous task
the result would be satisfactory.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
THE MAKING OF LENSES
Glass Is Made Principally in Euro
pean Countries and Shipped
in Small Slabs.

When a popular camera was
first under consideration, it be-
came necessary to secure a good
lens at a popular price. This was
possible only by the devising and
making of special machinery and
tools, and by buying the raw glass
and manufacturing in large guam
titles, writes w. B. Ashley, in Out
ing. Lens glass, as all the world
knows, or will after this story is
published, is made principally in
Germany, France and England.
Brought to the manufacturer in
small slabs, it is cut by revolving
saws into the different sizes and
then subjected to a series of grind
ings and polishings that must
eventually enable the tester to fit
the lens over an absolute form of
the shape and size required, so per-
fectly that a deviation of one two
millionth of an inch is instantly
detected. The cement used for
building up lenses from single
lenses is a preparation so delicate
that it cannot alter this perfection.
The making of lenses for photo
graphic work has now become an
immense industry, and in many
cases the shutters are also made
in conjunction. Highest skill is
employed to perfect this first re-
quisite of the apparatus, but care
i full as these makers are to PROVE
their work, the lenses are also al
ways thoroughly tested by the
camera experts. This does not
mean that they are subjected to
anything like the different tests
the amateur will apply later on,
but finish, focus and mount, and
the focal scale is tested by objects
at the stated distances; the finder
! is brought into alignment, and
then the camera needs only the
final touching up of rubbed spots
to be ready for the market.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
Last Hope Vanished.

When leading physicians said that w.
M. Smithart, of Pekin, Ia, had incurable
con assumption, his last hope vanished;
but Dr.. Kings. New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, kept him
ou of his grave. He says: This great
specific completely cule ed me, and saved
my life. Since then, have used it for
over 10 years, and considered it marvel
GUS throat and lung cure" Strictly
scientific cure for coughs, Sore Throats
or Colds; sure preventive of Pneumonia.
Guaranteed. soc and $I.oo bottles at
Allen & Woodward's drug store. Tria
bottle free.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11

81. M. STONE, REAL ESTATE AND
Intelligence office-After AZ years in
Benton aud Linn counties. I feel lusti-
fed in coming before the home-ssekers
of Oregon. and feel that I am com
petent to locate all such as wish to
buy homes here, with Judgment and
competency. For 27 years l was
bridge builder in Benton, Lane. Polk,
Yamhill and Linn counties. I have
property in the above named counties
to sell, and am thoroughly conversant
with the same I ask no exclusive
right of sac and unless property is
sold by me I ask no pay. Parties
wishing to employ help or if looking
for position, will find it's conven-
ience to phone or call at the office.
Kindness and courtesy extended to all.
Office, South Main street. Corvallis,
Oregon. Office phone 1878, res. phone
66.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
Jury Dismissed.

Last Saturday evening Judge
Bellinger dismissed the federal
grand jury, which has labored SO
conscientiously regarding the
land fraud cases, with thesfollow-
ing words: "This grand jury will
be memorable in the history Of
this country. You have served
through your long session at
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
AGENTS.
WHEN IT COMES TO BUY1n

WHEN IT COMES TO BUYING
lands. newcomers in this county will
make no mistake in consulting James
Lewis. Mr.. Lewis has been in Benton
for 80 wears and not only knows the
county but the entire valley. He has
been actively engaged in selling and
buying live stock and real estate all OF
this time and naturally his judg-
ment is sound. He knows soils snd
values. His knowledge is worth money
to anybody desiring correct and sincere
information. 25-77*
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
Experts Watching America.

ments both have experts in Colorado
this summer studying the irrigation
systems of the state. Colorado is ac-
knowledged to have the best irrigation
systems in the world, and the ideas OF
her experts are eagerly sought by the
countries of the old world, which, have
to deal with arid-land problems, in their
colonies and at home.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
STAGE LINE.

AND ALSEA STAGE
Stage leaves Alsea 6 30 a. m. arrives
vt Philemath at IL m; leaves Philo-
nath / p. NJ, arrives at Alsea $3.50
p. m. All persons wishing to go or
return from Alsea and points west can
be accommodated at any time. Fare to
Alsea $l.O0 Round trip same day $500.
NJ. S. RIcKARD.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
DOCS AND AUToMo5ll e.
Aftsr CANNES Have onss; 8n.n R4rucsr
They Win Never Seek Z
Second Dose.

"A dog that has once come In contact
with an automobile never goes back for =
second dose," said man who lives out
on the Old York road, to the Rhiladel-
phia Record 81 know, because have
six. I mean dogs-not automobiles.
See 'em limping around! Well, every
one has been hit, and now they give the
autos q wide berth. You'd think that
after one or two had the experience
they'd put the others next, but that's
where the meanness of dogs nature
comes in. They say that every dog has
his day. suppose they regard expert
ence as the best teacher. It's hard to
figure the thing out; but, at any rate.
every one Of my six dogs has been struck,
with more or less serious results, and
now their curiosity is satisfied They
are quite content to let the machines
whiz by, and save their barks until the
do-~-er ic no st -
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
Biggest Wedding Ceremony.

The biggest wedding occurred when
Alexander the Great married Statira,
daughter of the conquered king of Per-
sia. By Alexander's orders 22,202 per-
sons were made husbands and wives
In, the same ceremony. The grooms
were Greek soldiers and the bridsa Per-
siaRs sEomen. ..i.-,-' - :
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
,AUCTlONEER

? A KLINE, LIVE STOCK AUCTION
eer, Corvallis, Or Office at Huston's g
hardware store P. U. address Box II.
Pays highest prices for all kinds OF
live stock. Twenty years. experience.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
POULTRY.

COLLEGE VIEW POULTRY FARM,
Barred Plymouth Rocks, Brown Leg
horns. Eggs, $1.OO per Is, at yards.
My Barred Rock hens are of the best
laying strain on the coast. have add.
ed cockerels from Parks worlds best
egg strain. Brown Leghorns are good
as the best. S. Fl. Meore, Corvallis.
19tf Indp' Phone 555,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11

BARRED ROCK EGGs-sTANDARD
matings, $3.50 per Is; special exhibl-
ton matings, So per 15. If you want
the best, call on or write w G. Emery,
Barred Rock Specialist, Corvallis. 23tf
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
Good Health
to the
Children

Children especially arefond Of dainties,
and the housekeeper must look carefully
to their food.
As good cake can be made only with
good eggs, SO also cake that is health
full as well as dainty must be raised with
pure and perfect baking powder.
Royal Baking Powder is indispensable
in the preparation Of the highest quality
Of food. 1t imparts that peculiar light
ness, sweetness and flavor noticed in the
finest cake, biscuit, doughnuts, crusts, ETC.,
and what is more important, renders the
food wholesome and agreeable to young
and old.
~ ROYAL sAu.e So~Dsa co, NEW soak. J
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11

AN ENERGETIC LADY CAN Sc
cure the agency for this city and sur
ROUNDING country for hieh-grade
line of Flavoring extracts, Perfumes
Toilet Articles, Toilet Soaps, ETC., by
addressing the Pearsall Mfg Co., Des
Moines Ia. Write them for sample out
fit. They allow big commission, also
give premiums. l9t1
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11

THOROUGHBRED BARRED PLYM-
outh Rock Cockerels for sale cheap at
$500. J. I. Taylor, at G.. & E. cross
ing.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
HOTELS.

OCCIDENTAL HOTEL, CORVALLIS,
Oregon. Good, clean cooking; clean
beds, and rooms we'll ventilated; first.
class service; splendid facilities to ac-
commodate the public. Across the
street from First National Bank. 23tf
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
PHYSICIANS

B. A. OATHEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN
and Surgeon. Rooms IA, Bank Build
ing. Office Hours 10 to II a. m. 2 to
4p. m. Residence: cor. 9TH and Ad-
anna SITS. Telephone at Office and res
idence. Corvallis. Oregon.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11

EASTERN OREGON PROPERTY FOR
sale. We have over $4,000 acres of
improved wheat farms for sale in
Gillian, Morrow and Sherman coun-
ties, Oregon. Prices of these lands
SIS to $40 per acre. Small cash pay
ment and easy terms on balance. We
also have first class implement busi-
ness for sale in live Eastern Oregon
town on railroad. ADDRESS. Moore
Bros, 621 Washington ST.. Portland, !,
Oregon. 23-32
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
MUSIC.

PIANO INSTRUCTION 1IVEN IN
any grade Of advancement. Also
pianos tuned and repaired in first-class
manner. Ind. phone No. 405. F. A.
White.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-11
FOR SALE

THE "VAPOR BATH CABINET FOR
sale at Graham & Wells, with printed
instructions for administering the bath
at home, to cure numerous ailments
without use of medicine internally.
Applications can be made at home
without aid Of experts. Try one, the
price is small.