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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
Mlndine His own Business.

Wallace Cummings used to drive
the old stage which ran between
Bridgton and Portland. One day Wal
lace had as passenger out OF Port
land young city chap or dude, as
Wallace called him. The scenery
along the stage route was both beau
tiful and diversified; the young man
was much interested, and as he sat
on the box, or post Of honor, beside
Wallace literally piled him with ques-
tions as to what mountain that was
and what river this was. etc.
The old driver, who detested this
sort of interrogation, stood it as long
as he could. Finally he blurted out
Say, stranger, if you'll mind youl
business I'll mind mine."
Thus snubbed, the young man re
lapsed into silence.
They had driven about ten miles
farther when they came to long hill
where the driver was obliged to apply
the brake. AS he showed his foot to
ward it he Immediately noticed tina
the mail bag, which always lay there
was gone. Evidently it had dropped
off along the road.
Wallace stopped his horses; then
breaking the long silence, he said
"Say, stranger, did you see that mai
bag slide OFF,"
"Yes, 1 did; some ten miles back,
calmly remarked the young man.
"Well, why in thunder didn't yo1
tell me" gasped the astonishe'
driver.
The dude" looked him squarely Il
the eye for a moment, and then n
drawled, initiating Wallace's tone
Say, driver, you mind your bushes
and I'll mind mine"
The rest Of the journey was drive
in cold silence.-Boston Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
Couidn't Be Both.

During the taking Of religious
census of the District Of Columbia the
past winter relates a representative
from Tennessee, "a couple of young
ladies who were engaged in the work
stopped at my home on Capitol Hill,
and when the bell rang it was an
swered by the negro boy I brought
from Tennessee with me. The ladies
asked him:
"'Will you please tell me who lives
herer
"'Yessum; Mistah Johnsing,' was
the answer.
"Is he Christian
"'No, ma'am. He's er congressman
from Tennersee.'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
GETTING OFF A "HleH HORSE "
The Experience Which College Grad
nate Encountered.

ii
uate Encountered.
Any business man of long expert
ence, college man though he be him
self, will attest to the wrinkles that
have to be taken out of the average
college man at the first brush, says a
man in business. 1 had an experience
with one of them a short time ago.
When 1 first talked with him he was
willing to accept position if it paid
500 a month, for instance!
I turned him out in one minute and
thirty seconds, asking that he call
again about the middle of the next
week. He came-that is the charac-
teristic of the college man, by the way.
I jumped on him before he got his
breath from the walk upstairs. 1 ask
ed him II he knew about how much his
first three mistakes in the place he
wanted would cost the house? He
didn't, Of course. I asked him if he
worth to me or to another employer if
he could assure me or them that there
would be no mistake to cost anything.
He thought he did.
Then came down to the brass tacks
Of the whole question:
"How long," I said, will it take for
you to forget in the first place that you
belong to one of the oldest families in
Virginia; how long to forget that you
were the valedictorian of your class;
how long to lose recollection of your
having proposed accepting a position
at 500 month, and to make up your
mind that if allow you to fill place
here at $50 month for the first year
you will be fortunate young man?"
He was hurt. An old friend of mine
had been an old friend of the young
mans father. He said he would call
the next afternoon, and he came.
81 am ready to 60 to work in the
morning, he said, simply. He has
been at work ever since, too, and if he
keeps to the gait he is going shall be
stuck into paying him $50 a week in
stead of his present $50 a month.
Mothers will find Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing 6
Syrup the best remedy to use for their children
during the teething period.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21

be gone. But she could not have her
baby and q manly boy, too, that was
certain.
"Well, If + must I must Now,
jamie, if you'll stop crying this very
minute I'll have the curls cut off this
afternoon"
Sunbeams broke out all over JAMES
face and dried up the tears.
"Oh, mamma! An pants, too! Can
have pants"
We'll see."
That night when papa came home
there was a strange boy at the gate
to meet him. A boy with crop OF
yellow bristles, and trousers with
pockets, and a face as jolly as q har.
vest moon.
Hello, pop! See me. I'm real boy
now"
Jamie's manly traits began to de
velop rapidly. He stamped heavily
when he came into the house ant
threw his hat at the hall rack instead
Of hanging it up as he had beer
taught. He grew a whistle and 60
chummy with the boys.
Mother was startled one evening t.
see her baby of two weeks ago stand
ing in front of the long mirror ant
thrusting his fists at his own likenes
in a manner most ferocious, frownini
meanwhile as if upon hated foe.
"Why, Jamie, what are you doing?
/ Her last fears for her sons manli
ness vanished as he looked up an
stopped in the midst Of terrific uI
percut, and answered:
''I'm jes' practisin', mamma. 1 GO
to lick a feller tomorrow. It's abou
| q GIRL
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21

Capt. W. W. Jackson, 705 G St., N.
W., Washington, D. c., writes:
Il "I sn eighty-three years old, vet
eran n the Black Hawk, Mexican and
the Civil wars. / am by profession q
physician, but abandoned the same.
''Some years ago was seriously af-
fected with catarrh of the stomach. My
sMferings were protraCted and severe.
tried every known remedy without obtain.
ing relief.
''ln desperation began the use of your
Peruna. ] began to realize immediate
though gradual Improvement.
"After the use of three bottles every
appearance Of my complaint was re.
moved, and have no hesitation in rec
ommending it as an infallible remedy
for that disorder. Wv. W. Jackson. :
Address DR.. 8. B. Hartman, Presi
dent of The Hartman sanitarium, Co
lumbus, Ohio.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
The wilfn1 kangaroo.


The little Kangaroo
Of. this story is quite true)
Could not be made to bathe him in the
river.
He said he never yet
Saw water quite so wet
The mere suggestion made him shake
and shiver!
His mother said, absurd!
You're a ninny, on my word!
What well-bred jungle creature would
act SO?
The little Elephants
Are glad to have the chance
Their bath is just a frolic, as you know.
1.-THE little Barbary Ape
Does not try to escape
When threatened with cold water and
the soap;
The Hippo-potamusses
Don't maze such awful fusses,
Nor the Jaguar, nor the little Antelope.
'The mild, obedient Yak
Would never answer back,
Nor does the Rhino-cino-roarer-horse:
And the baby Crocodile
Why, the water makes him smile;
! And he takes his daily plunges as of
| course"
st. Nicholas.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
DOubt4.

Governor Douglas Of Massachusetts,
tells this of the Southern darky:
There was a darky in southern
Tennessee named Eph Friday, who
died a short time ago. Eph was
neither a member of church nor of
a lodge and thus had no one to deliver
an address or a prayer at his burial.
At last an old uncle consented to say
a few remarks for the departed soul
AS the coffin was being lowered into
the grave the old uncle said to the as
sembled mourners:
"Eph Friday, we trusts you hah
gone to de place whar we 'spects you
amt Philadelphia Ledger.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
Showing 1t to Him.

Scout (from the city)-Where Is the
beautiful view you advertise?
Farmer Takemln-Why, Ye Jest walk
over ter Pokeville an take tn stage
to Hen Lake, an tn steamer ter Moose
Landing, an then climb up Skeeter
mountain ter what they call Lovers
Leap" and thar ye git tn view, an
It's a dandy.-Puck.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
Chin of rha Old Block.

Growells-What makes the baby cry
SO when the nurse is trying to wash the
dirt from his face?
Mrs. Growells-Oh, suppose he takes
after you.
Growells-Now what in the world dc
you mean by that, madam?
Mrs. Growells-He evidently wants
the earth.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
Spinning an Egg,

Did you ever try to spin an egg? All
you have to do is to boil the egg hard
and twirl it in your fingers. Then try
to spin it on Its side. In this you will
fail, as the egg will stand and spin on
its large end.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
mony.
Any man who \

Any man who works around a mill
can tell you what he weighs to-day
and what he weighed yesterday. Mer
working around q mill do all thei1
loafing on the scales.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
The wren,s Funny Nest.

The mother wren, with her saucy
tail tilted at saucy angle, loved to
come around the lattices and porches
Of the house to make her home.
A gray-haired gentleman sitting
quietly reading on his front porch one
morning watched her with mixture
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21

Infant mortality is reported to be
greater in Prussia than in any other
country except Russia. The deaths the
6rst year are 6 to per cent in Sweden,
Is in France and 23.6 in Prussia.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
Cold Mine 8, 900 Feet Deep.

The deepest gold mine in the world
Is said to be at Bendigo, Australia. 1t
Is called the New Chum mine, and its
main shaft is sunk to depth Of three
quarters Of mile. The most difficult
problem of working a mine of such
depth is how to keep the tunnels and
general workings cool enough for the
miners to work. The temperature is
usually about 1OS degrees, and this is,
of course, greatly eHervating. To make
it possible for the men to work at all q
spray Of cold water is let down from
above and kept continually playing on
their bodies. They are naked from the
waist up.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
where Extremes Meet.

Modiste-What style of sleeve would
you prefer, Mrs. DeStyle?
Mrs. DeStyle-I hardly know. What
is the correct thing this season-too tight
or too loose?
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
Chicago Sequence.

The Maid-What is love?
The Bachelor-Lov is the prelude
to matrimony.
The Maid-And what is matrimony ?
The Bachelor-The prelude to ALI
mony.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
p. N. U.
Sewing on buttons is not wifely duty
in Japan-there are no buttons.

TITO Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness
[ttO after first days use of DR. Klines Great Nerve
Restorer Send for Free Sc trial bottle and treatise.
Dr. r. H. Kline, Ltd, 93l Arch ST.. Philadelphia, Pa.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21

of amusement and affection till she
fitted out of his view.
Presently he felt the futter Of wings
around his head, and then a pair Of
small feet rested there. 1t was the
wren.
A most vigorous pulling and tugging
at his hair betrayed the purpose of the
enterprising little bird. When she had
secured what she could carry of the
soft white hair she few away, return
ing now and then for another supply.
After the leaves had fallen and all
was brown and bare, the nest was
found, with its lining of white hair,
swinging among the branches of some
dead hop vines on the porch.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21

Piso's Cure is remedy for coughs, cold
and consumption. Try it. Price 25 cents
et druggists.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21

Plenty used to mean enough before
trusts got to hoGging thinga
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
An Interesting Experiment.

A pretty and simple experiment is to
change the color Of flowers. Immerse
the flowers in ammonia, and you will
be surprised to see wnite lilies change
to yellow; pink roses turn a lovely
light green; dark red sweet peas as
sumo blue and rich purple tints. The
change is SO rapid as to suggest the
presence of q ma gician.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21

Patience What is that the choir is
singing?
Patrice-Oh, that's called '"rhe Bat.
tie Song"
Gracious! Is the choir going to
have another fght?"- -Yonkers States
man.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21

The young man who gets a gooi
start in life doesn't always make sat
isfactory finish.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21

A guest at a recent golden wedding in
Dantzic, Germany, was the wife's moth.
er. aged 81.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
SCROFULAAA< 4 A. Pi;sssf }sss.;f

The tainted blood
untold suffering transmitting through
traced family blood trouble
the of Swelling uceraing
weak abscese
skin euptons white SWELL aPEealea on tn mead OF my little
ing, hip disease other % y 70 ln9n.ns o ana spreaa
defornes, wasting s eyes and we feared she md
of the strength we decided to v Fiat
vitality and conpet
iests itself had sign of the disease
Transmitted through the 1905 5th Saln Kan MRS BERKLY
blood poes fluid and in place
nuve qualities fills scrofous matter
deposits often resulting consumption
family blood for generations Perhaps
ferer requires constitutional S S.
W@ CQ is the remedy best fitted for this.
- - blood of all scrofu1ous tubercu1ous poisons
~ ~ makes rich and under the
of this great blood medicine the general health
all
while poster
and advice wished, furnished by without
5HE SWIFT SPECIFIC Coz ATLANTA Ga
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
Good Reason.

Good Reason.
A little girl Of flve summers went
out to tea party, and during the
evening her sash became united.
'"T1e my sash, please" she said to
her hostess.
Cant you tie it yourselfY asked
that lady.
"Of course can't"
"Why mott"
Because I'm in 'front.'" said the
child, surprised at her elders stupid
fU.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21

A pretty girl can teach man any
thing but common sense.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21

Mothers will find Mrs. WinsIow's Soothin 6
Syrup the best remedy to use for their children
during the teething period.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-03-08
Omnibus Appropriation Bill.

Wednesday evening the appropria-
lions committee had their last session
and completed the omnibus ~approprla-
ton bill. 1t is long, but is carefully
summarized as follows: For deaf and
dumb, $42, 900, with $4,000 for extras
(all other appropriations revoked);
School for Deaf, Dumb and Blind. $780,
900, with $500 extra; State Hospital
at Raleigh, $4,000, with $4,000 for
lights and water, $4,000 for berths. So
900 for repairs, $1,335 to pay debt,
$40, 900 for new buildings, half this
year and half next year; State Hospi-
tai at Morganton, $135,000, with $780,
600 for berths and $4,000 for amuse-
hall; State Hospital at Colds
boro, $3.50 90, with $4,000 for boilers
and spur track, $25, 900 for new build
ings; Soldiers Home, $4,000. with
5000 for new buildings; Agricultur-
al and Mechanical College, $4,000,
with $4,000 for textile machinery;
State University, $45, 900, with $4,000
for chemical laboratory and biological
laboratory; Cullowhee Normal and In
dustrial School, $4,000, with 100000
for equipment and heating; State Nor
NAL and Industrial, of Greensboro, $4O,-
600 with $4,000 to replace burned
buildings, $4,000 for connecting cen
trail heating plant and $4,000 to pay
debt incurred in replacing burned
buildings; Agricultural n Mechanl-
cal College (colored) at Greensboro,
$500 with $500 for dormitory and
connections; Appalachian
Training Schools for Teachers, $500,
with S4,O 900 for new buildings whenever
the trustees of the Watauga Academy
convey buildings, grounds and proper
ty in fee simple, abstracts and free
from incumhrance.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-03-08
New Burden on Railway.

st. Petersburg, By Cable.-In a long
dispatch from General Kuropatkin
which was received here, the COM
mander-in-chief of the army in Man
churia gives details of various ct
tacks by the japanese during the last
few days, and a dispatch from Mukden
received at midnight, indicates a con-
tinuation of the artillery duel; but
neither report throws any light upon
the rumored intention of General XII
ropatkin to withdraw northward,
which has been the gossip of st. Pc
tersburg for the past two days. A
private Dispatch received last night
concludes with this significant sen
tence: within two. weeks you may
expect great events.'*
The Siberian Railway, which is be-
ing worked to it's full capacity by
purely military traffic, is about to
have a further burden imposed upon
lt-namely, hal of feeding the resi-
dent non-combatant population. The
stocks of provisions in Siberia were
not as large as usual at the beginning
of the winter and are now run low.
The government has been informed
that provisions must be imported by
the railroad Or that the towns will be
face to face with famine within a
fortnight. This will necessitate some
delay in the forwarding of military
supplies, which are sorely needed at
the present moment"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-03-08
Worse Troubles Confront Russians
At Home
LAB0RING PEOPLE STILL RESTLESS
Labor Delegates Representing the
Whole Industrial Population of st.
Petersburg Issue Peremptory De-
MAIDS Which the Government is
Almost Certain Not to Grant.

st. Petersburg, By Cable.-Black
clouds are again lowering yer the in
dustrial situation of Russia. The
strike at Moscow has been resumed on
a large scale, anarchy reigns in the
Caucasus, and at st. Petersburg the
measures which the government ad-
vanced to quiet discomfort and restore
good relations between masters and
men appear to have failed, with the
probability of causing the storm to
break anew.
The labor delegates representing
the whole of the industrial population
of st. Petersburg, and who were elect
ed to choose fifty members Of the
Schldioski reconciliation commission
met again Thursday and reaffirmed
the resolutions adopted the previous
day, which threatened, in case the
demands are not granted, not only to
refuse to elect labor representatives
to the commission, but to order a re-
sumption of the general strike.
These demands are for the release
of imprisoned workmen and freedom
from arrest, unhampered speech, full
publicity of meetings of the commits
sion, and the abolition of the censor
ship.
A practical ultimatum was deliver
ed, calling for an answer today, and
there is little expectation that the
government will grant the conditions
demanded. The strike already has
assumed large proportions here, about
$4,000 men being out. Among those
who struck yesterday are the employ
es of the st. Petersburg shops of the
Warsaw Railway. The strike has not
yet extended to the trainmen, but the
leaders may decide to order them
out in order to paralyze one of the
most important railroads in Russia.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-03-08
LABOR WORLD.

Building contractors and union brick.
layers adjusted their differences at
Chicago by signing all agreement for
n year.
A conference of governments for the
protection of workers against accidents
has been called to meet in Switzerland
next May.
In 1904 the free delivery mail carrier
system of the United States employed
20, 761 persons in towns and cities and
24,56G on rural routes.
Over the matter of a half holiday on
Saturday, $500 carpenters and $500
bricklayers are in a deadlock with
their employers at Chicago.
The Boot and Shoe Workers Inter
national Union expended during 1904
S17,277.67 for strike benefits and $685.
O29.52 for sick and death benefits.
The smallest international union in
the country is the National Chemical
Plumbers and Lead Burners Union.
There are about $50 mel in the bust
ness in this country.
The Michigan State Butchers Asso-
citation will endeavor to have a law
passed for the examining and licensing
of butchers, and also a law for the Sun
day closing of butcher shops.
Organized Labor, OF San Francisco.
a newspaper published in the interest
of working men and women, declares
that i'll many parts of California farm
hands work fourteen hours a day.
The cigarmakers' unions of Ohio
have notified their representatives i'll
Congress that they are opposed to the
lowering of the tariff on cigars coming
to this country from the Philippine
Islands.
The Brotherhood of Blacksmiths anl
Helpers and the Journeymen Horse
shoers' Union, of Pittsburg, have
signed a contract that in the future
will provide that n craft will not in
terfere with the other in work to bs
done.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-03-08
Wellmdn

vast work 20 be done in mitigating the evils of war, if VIZ there must be.
With the tre genius of a worldstatesman, Mr. Hay took a long step forward
when he made his memorable move toward deimiing the area of the Russo
Japanese conflict and toward reservation Of the integrity of China.
It is in dealing with the collateral issues of war. rather than with the
it reassembhs, promises to be of tie highest service to mankind. There is the
ships. MIR. Roosevelt renewed to the congress lastw winter a suggestion which
had already been made by President McKinley-that the executive re author
I'D to correspond with the governments of the leading maritime powers With
a view to Incorporating into the permanent law of civilized nations tn prnc-
pie Of exemption Of all private property at sea, not contraband Of war from
capture Or destruction by beIigerent. Congress authorized such negotiations,
and the state department now awaits a favorable moment-which cannot be
regarded as at hand till the struggle between Russia and Japan will be brought
to cose-for presenting the matter to the attention of the powers. During
the summer, seizures at SCI by Russian cruisers brought this prolific cause of
VexaGous an hazardous international disputes more acute1y before the world,
and it is obvious that if the next Hague conference Iaheves nothing else than
settlement in the international law Of what is regarded as contraband ofw war,
i will have justified its reassemblage. The first Hague conference earnestly
Recommended such a. agreement.
Other questions raised at that conference, O in the experience Of mankind,
and now pressing for adjustment, may be briefly summarized: A convention
concerning the laws and customs of war o. land; adaptation ton naval warfare
of the principles of the Geneva convention; the prohibition of throwing pro"
jectles from balloons, Of the diffusion of asphyxiating gases, and of the use
of bullets which expand easily in the human body; the use Of submarine and
the inioabiity Of all private property O land; the regulation Of lombard
ments of ports and towns by naval forces; the rights and duties of eutrals;
the naturalization of certain territories and waters: the protection OF weak
states and native races the condition of the Armenian. IL other subjects OF
the Turkish Empire, and the situation in the valley of the Congo-From The
United States and the Worlds Peace Moyement"-AmencanM Monthly Review
of Reviews