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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08

Sented. He wrote several Of them, but
one of them I have never forgotten, al
though boy at the time. It was this:
Good boys who to their books apply
VIII all be great men by and by
Here are two original lines from
Abe's own copy book, probably the first
he ever had, and which must not be
confounded with the famous scrapbook
in which his stepmother, lost in admi-
ration of it's contents, declares he "en-
tered all things"
abraham Lincoln, his hard and pen;
He will be good, but God ssssws when.
The same book contains the follow
ing, written at later day and with
nothing to Indicate that any part Of it
was borrowed:
Time! What empty vapor it's,
And days, how swift they are!
Swift as an Indian arrow,
Fly on like shooting star.
The present moment just is here,
Then slides away in haste,
That we can never say they're ours,
But only say they are past.
Rather Racy Chronicles.
Abe wrote many satires and chron-
icles, which are only remembered in
fragments. Even if we had them
in full they were most of them too
indecent for publication. Such, at
least. wcs the character CT 90 piece"
which is said to have been exceeding
ly humorous and witty touching a
church trial, wherein Brother Harper
and Sister Gordon were the parties
seeking judgment. 1t was very coarse,
but it served admirably to raise a
laugh in the grocery at the expense Of
the church.
His chronicles We're many and on
great variety of subjects. They were
written, as his early admirers love to
tell us, "in the Scriptural STYLE" but
those we have betray very limited
acquaintance with the model. In these
chapters was celebrated every event
of Importance that took place in the
neighborhood fights, Craw-
ford's nose, Sister Gordon's innocence,
Brother Harper's wit, We're all served
up, fresh and gross, for the amuse-
ment of the groundlings.
Charles and Reuben Grigsby were
married about the same time and, be-
ing brothers, returned to their fathers
house with their brides upon the same
day The infare, the feast, the dance,
the ostentatious retirement of the
brides and grooms, We're conducted in
the old fashioned way of all new coun-
tries in the United States. but a way
which was bad enough to shock Squire
Western himself. On this occasion Abe
was not invited and was very mad
In consequence. This indignation found
vent in a highly spiced piece of de-
scriptive writing entitled 1.-The Chron-
icles of Reuben" which are still in ex-
istence.
But even 1.-THE Chronicles" venomous
and highly successful as they were,
were totally insufficient to safe Abe's
desire for vengeance on the Grigsbys.
They We're important people about
Gentryyille. and the social slight they
had given him s.ung him bitterly. He
therefore began on Billy in rhyme,
after disposipg of Charles and Reuben
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08

WILL FURNISH LOTS AND BUILD
houses ta order in Newport, Lincoln
Co., Oregon, and sell same for cash or
installments Address M. S. Wond-
cock, Corvallis, Or. 34tf
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08

BALED HAY FOR SALE INQUIRE
T. o. box 344 or Ind phone 429.
Corvallis. Oregon. % If.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08
BANKING.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
Corvallis, Oregon, transacts general
conservative banking business. Loans
money on approved security. Drafts
bought and sold and money transferred
to the principal cities of the United
States. Europe and foreign countries.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08
HOMES FOR SALE,

HOMES NOW COMPLETED, OR
will build them to order in Corvallis,
Dr., and sell samefor cash or INSTALL
ments. Address First National Bank,
Corvallis, Or 34tf
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08
ATTORNEYS

j. F. YATES, ATTORNEY-ATLAW.
Office up stairs in Zierolf Building.
Only set of abstracts IN Benton County
(. r. BRYsoN ATTORNEY ATLAW.
Office in Post Office Building, Corval-
lis, Oregon.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08
WAN TED

WAITED 500 SUBSCRIBERS TO THE
GAZETTE and Weekly Oregonian at
S2.55per year.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08
House Decorating.

FOR PAINTING AND PAPERING SEE
w. E. Paul, Ind. 488 14tf
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-10
THE HINDU RELICION AS
MR. BRYAN SAW 1T.
To film 10 Seemed Simply Rsputslvs lie Describes the
BsthInd In the cInss, che BuHlHS Chat and The
tnsisAn TsmRiss N Be0as1

msn wrmsH aAd rhihifrN snd ur N"
ststa hi r. constant stream ~ ihusH shu
had finished their situations Voas N
thsm ctffio,l upon ihaif hrtis satef pr'a
n ahinlNa hfass HNd s,tpS %asTfie'i huHdles
~ FeHfing aprHrri
Tho hsfhins a done lciaifeiv w. N ac
eoriina ~ = riiHi 9TH frequent dip,
plnN sH,cf " rrHati nui w M atn and
rftgefs sre satd The Is'Bs the hal, snd
tho hiinsl nfe ihefe ANN picking theis cay
With rsinful step ottets aided w friends
Herr . lsper sought hesiiua IN the stfeafnl
near him . man win sruacisted form mlsed
HE medicine with Tho holy water ana not
far N q fsklf With msttod hair prayed
heneath his his umbrella On ons ~ the
piers 4 young man vas cultivatine r~ychir
powcf ~ standing On one leg while he told
his hNads with his face toward th@ sun
pressing and undressing Ia q simple
matter with tho mass ~ tho people Men
and women emerging from the wster throw
n clam robe around themselves and then
%unloosing IN" wot garment, vring " out
and are ready to return
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-10
AN OYSTER STEW.
Dream and Reality as Provided by Senator
Kean for Senator Lodge.

bTtdH uilu thNeitNs No " - -
Kean for Senator Lodge.
WASHINGTON, june s.-One day in the
Senate chamber at a quarter OF 2 o'clock
Senator Kean Of New Jersey slipped over
to the desk of his friend Senator Lodge Of
Massachusetts, and whispered something
in his ear, whereupon MIR. Lodge arose
smihngly and the twain left the chamber.
Arm in arm they proceeded down the
east marble stairway, crossed the public
| restaurant and seated themselves at one OF
the small tables in the dining room reserved
for the members of the upper branch Of
the national legislature,
Now" said the New Jersey Senat or.
who has been called the epicure Of the
Senate, as he seated himself with an air of
happy expectation Of the good things to
come. Il will give you such an oyster stew
as you will dream Of, Lodge, Waiter"
turning to the son Of ham at his elbow
and slipping a shining dollar into his palm,
waiter, I want you to go down stairs and
tell the chef exactly how l want this soup
made"
"Yas sab, vas sab" replied the darby,
pooketing the money with alacrity and
tending an attentive ear to the Senator.
Go down and tell him to take three dozen
Lynn maven oysters ana Qfy them carefully
on a towel. Then tell him to take a stew
pan and rub the inner sides with a slice Of
onion and a slice of garlio-but mind you.
not a shred Of the vegetables is 10 be left
in the pan, After that he is to put a small
tablespoonful Of -four in the pan with two
generous ones of butter and let them cook
TO a smooth consistency. when he is to add
a pint and a half Of cream and a pint OF
milk. When this comes to a boil he must
add the dried oysters and a small bit Of
mace with a little red pepper and sufficient
salt. These are to cook exactly two minutes
and a half, when be is to send the stew at
once to the table. Now, do you understand
what you are to tell him."
sYas sab, vas sab, n said the darky again,
and bowling low disappeared into the other
room.
What he did there, however, was to pro-
coed TO the dumbwaiter and call down its
oavernous depths the simple words:
Oyster stew fur two, wild sum mace in it,"
What Senator Kean remarked when he
tasted the soup which was TO have been so
pelectable cannot be recorded here.
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~ sns,ss Tssstsps ss,ss

esrysfs@. no 10 isssrs \ Hsatgf ClfVTsH -
fHflf HfFafa ~ TfAf fffNtf
srss ApNl . Hsfots t-plnmoa NE ttr
though me interior N fndia = paragraph
fo,tst hs alyea ~ lndlao ttavel
tbere ere ~ Pullman sleeprfa IN thla
eo,iotfv apd The tourist Must carry he
bs,iiNs 9Th hin Slsh' ifHlrs have ebm
pafi hrenfa enntainlna hfNnd seats which
est ~ taed ~ ertehe- and hanging shelves
utan whieh oue may le
Tho tfsvelleg caffies HE own blanke'
pailuw. snee, toweis crap NJ and occa.
aohaily has ~ rely m thesa ~ hotels ~
cell Ne on cha trains The eafs are entered
ffnfn tha Ode and cBe mus, take hia chance
N awakina at the fleht station Tor 'hsr"
Ia NO. official ~ give him Warning
In India n IL customary for Foreigners
n taks an indian servant with them who
acts a. interpreter and looks after the bag
aaes-ahd looking after haEEa ~ IL No essy
tash In this pert u tho British Empire
After we had made me short trip without
assistance, we wers glad 10 Yield 10 the
custom. and Ooolab q Calcutta Muasulnan,
proved himself an invaluable aid In dealing
with the baggage coolies. whose language
We could no, understand and whose charges
varied from the legal rate ~ tho minimum
10 three or four times that II the tourist
shows himself a novice al tho business.
The hotels Of India are declared by the
Guide books 20 be had. and one does not feel
like disputing these authorities after hav-
log made the trip. do not mean to say
that there Va no difference between them.
for in several places we found comfortable
rooms and in some places palatahle food.
Everywhere We were 40 Interested In
what we saw that we could endure almost
any kind Of accommodations, but at one
Mace the fare was 80 unsatisfactory that
we we're reduced to eggs n toast, Goolab,
overhearng some mutterings Of discomfort,
took it upon himself to report in the hope
of securing some improvement IND the clerk
asked rue for particulars
told him that ! had not intended to make
anv complaint. but that as he was good
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-10

large numbers Of fakirs pronounced fab
keers, with the accent upon the last syl-
lable). or holy men. They wear boards
and long hair and no clothing except. the
breech clout.
They put ashes and aver manure upon
their heads, and their hair and whiskers
are matted and discolored. These men are
supposed to have raised themselves to a high
spiritual state by asceticism and self
punishment. They undergo all sorts OF
hardships, such as hanging over a fire, hold
ing up the arm until it withers and sitting
upon a bed Of spikes.
We saw many fakirs at BenAges and
Allahahad and some elsewhere Gor they
are scattered over the whole country, and
at the latter place one accommodated us
by taking his seat upon the spikes.
FAKIR A DANCE n a NUISANCE.
At the recent mela 500 of these fakirs
marched in a procession naked. even the
breech cloths having been abandoned for
the occasion, and so great was the rever-
ence for them that their followers strug-
gled to obtain the sand made sacred by
their tread, a number Of people meeting
their death in the crowd.
These fakirs are supposed to have
reached q state OF sinlessness, but one OF
them seized a child along the line of march
and dashed out its brains in the presence
OF its mother, claiming to be advised that
the gods desired a human sacrifice.- He
was arrested by the British officials and is
now awaiting trial for murder.
The papers recently reported another
instance in which a fakir was the cause
OF a murder. He was consulted by q woman
who had lost several children and was
anxious to protect her prospective child
from a like fate.
The fakir told her that she could insure
her child's life if she would herself battle
in human blood, and she and her husband
enticed a se~ven-year-od boy into their
home and killed him to secure the blood
necessary for the bath.
The fakfrs are not only a danger to the
community in some cases and a source Of
decentralization at all times but they are q
heavy drain upon the producing wealth
Of the country. Adding nothing to the
material, intellectual or moral develop
ment OF the country, they live upon the
fears and credulty Of the people.
THE HINDU RELIGION.
The Hindu religion claims something
more than 200, 900, 900 Of human beings
within its membership; it teaches the trans
migration Of the soul, or reincarnation, as
it is generally called.
The Hindu mind takes kindly to the
metaphysical and the Hindu priests have
evolved an intricate system Of philosophy
in support Of their religious belefs. Gein-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-10
"peadhead" Originated In Delaware.
From he London Tribune

The term -deadheads" is in various con-
n~ections very much to the fore at the present
time. How did II arise? Its origin 10 purely
transatlantic.
Sixty years ago all the principal avenues
Of the city Of Delaware led In one direction,
to a ~tollgate close 10 the Elmwood Cemetery
road. This cemetery having been laid out
long before the construction of the plank
road beyond the ~tollgate. funeral processions
day as DR.. Price, a well known physician,
stopped to pay his toll, be observed to the
gatekeepcr..
the profession to which ! have the honor TO
belong. you ought to let US pass toll free"
No, no, doctor. the man replied. we
heads through here as Il is"
This, story soon travelled faI and vide
until ihe tern came to b applied n . one
railway system OF passing into q place OF
amusement free q cost.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-10

bails ~ No 'hF-aas M say ,hssush M
rfuNd
We htvs 81 seeH IN sny o'h~f tsed Hoh
sgidencss N sutsfs,Rlrn srh sHort 10
safd N evH spirits snd Nv ornrilta's Fin's
Tho sducsted Hlnf'w aRd lhesr sfn Macy
lesrhed men ssuena N" Hinita, frsaFd
thrss lfris ~ ofNy vlsIHir representations
N M iNvlslble IND bu' ihr mas-rs a"e'u
~ lrUb NJ tffitNe ihsN no usly HnHs"=
Irfote eAleh they hus
sas = frilsl Nv Nud reaf ihis dffs
popi N hialttfy IN INSTITUTION N ie'fNtns
pseenGlv fBundei shirh rrB'ut-rs ~ ~
" bufifvjNs gsftUs frfsf ~ Nv" tentfh
Hindu tolisae N shloh Vfs tHhie heHtn'
ihs ssn bopsn ihspsuphis' the hend
Altbmtgh ihr sehfsi h. hf asven yrFfs
uld II already iNrludrs 4 vHitth's efN'ir
n bWldlNga and he aufuo hve hinlfod
students Amona Tho rfufeserfs Fte "rverf'
Fu~eitshmen Win serve eithr'H r~tfurTnsa'
Inn, hNdjna aunneieN, rrtsfd IN IN" rrn-
s~ci1isnnaa ~ arSvice
4 ptaota aAPtAs fRpe
Nos, to Rsnafes. Allshahsd 10 the moe,
important Hindu osntre The city ~ on the
Gaasea. ~ ~ Junction With the Juinna
onr NJ Ne longest hrancb~s. Thefe " an old
tradition that anothef river howine unief-
afo,nd. sfnptiea into tho DANCES ~ thls
point. and the place Ia fefetred 10 A. the
Junction ~ the three rivers,
The Great Mogui Akbar built q splendid
fort where the aanees and the Jumna meet
and probably On this account Allahabad
IL The capital q ths united provinces ofAgra
and oudh. Within the walls 81 the fort
there is ann,hsr of the Asoka pillars. a very
we'll preserved m forty-nine feet high
and hearing numerous inscriptions, among
which are the famous edicts Of Aeoka Issued
In $40 n. G. aEainHt the taking Of life.
within the fort In n -ubterranean room
ia another object ~ interest, the Akhshai
Bar. or undergoing banySn tree. AZ this
tree IL described nv n Chinese fflgrim Of
the seventh century. Il ia either 81 remark
able antiquity or has been renewed from
time to time.
FAIR MILLIONS 90 TO.
The religious Importance Of Allahabad
4. largely due 10 a fair which Ia held there
every wear and which in every twelfth
wear becomes o national event. 1t is called
the mela. and last january brought to the
city a crowd estimated at from one and a half
to three millions.
This every twelfth year fair brings to-
eether not only the devout Hindus, who
COM as q matter Of religious duty, and
ipnumerable traders. who at such times
find a market for their wares; but il draws
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-10

Those who bring water pots fill them
from the stream out of which they have so
recently come and carry them away as if
some divinity protected the water from
pollution. AS the river contains count
less dead and receives the filth Of the city,
as well as the flowers cast into it by wor-
shippers, it requires a strong faith to be-
lieve it free from lurking disease and seeds
of p~estilenoe.
THE BURNT CHAT.
When we reached the burning CHAT,
we found one body or the funeral pyre,
and another soaking in the water as a prep
aration for burning. So highly is the
Ganges , revered that aged people are
brought there that they may die, if possi-
BILE, in the water.
While we we're watching, q third body
was prepared for the burning, and it was
so limp that death could not have occurred
long before. While the flames we're con-
Stunning those three corpses, we saw coming
down the steps a man carrying the body OF
a child, apparently about two years old,
wrapped in a piece of thin cotton cloth.
The children OF the poor are buried in the
stream because Of the cost OF wood.
The man bore the lifeless burden to a
little barge and made the corpse fast to a
heavy stone slab. The boatman then
pushed out from the shore and when the
middle Of the stream was reached the man
in charge Of the body dropped it overheard,
and the burial was over.
No one has seen India until he has seen
the Ganges; no one has seen the Gauges
until he has seen it at Benares; and no one
who has seen the Ganges at Benares will
ever forg ct it.
IpoLATRY NOT IMPRESSIVE.
In the suburbs Of the city stands the
Durga temple, better known as the Monkey
temple. because it is the home OF a large
family OF monkeys which are regarded
as sacred. Photographs Of the temple
present rather an attra ctive appearance,
but the original is anything but beautiful,
and the monkeys and general filth Of the
place deprive it Of all appearance Of a place
Of worship.
The Golden temple, however. is the one
most visited by tourists and il would be
difficult to picture a less inviting place.
The buildings are old and greasy and the
narrow streets are filled with ina ges and
throngeG with beggars.
One finds his interest in missionary work
quiGkened If he wanders through these
streets and sees the offering Of incense
to the elephant god and monkey god and TO
images innumerable. The air is heavy
with perfume and the odor Of deoaying
flowers, and one josues against the sacred
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enough Il. inquire, | would say that we did
not like the cooking, hat the crackers we're
sometimes mouse-eaten and that we found
q worm in the cabbage. He thought that
the mice were inexcusable, but, as if the
question dispose of the matter, as ed:
"The worm was dead, wasn't it?'
/ was compelled to admit that 1t was.
H HOLY CITY OF ENARE
Leaving Calcutta we sought the ancient
city Of Benares, which bears the distinction
OF being the centre of Hinduism. In fact,
It has beer the religious capital of India
for 1000 years or more.
At Sarnath, Just outside Benares, stands
the first Buddhist pagoda, said to have been
erected nearly 500 years before the begin
ming of the Christian era to commemorate
h spot in the deer park where Buddha
taught his disciples. Recant excavations
near there nave brought to light one Of the
Asoka pillars, which, though unfortunately
broken, still bears testimony to the skill
Of the sculptor as well as TO the zeal of the
great Buddhist king.
These ruins are all that there is left of
Buddhism in this vicinity. where Buddha
lived and taught anc where his doctrines
were once triumphant, for Hinduism has
virtually rooted out Buddhism. adopting,
It is said, the device Of making him one
OF the incarnations Of their own god.
At Benares one sees idolatry in its gross
est and most repulsive forms, and it is there
fore as interesting to-day to the student
Of the worlds religion as TO the devoted
Hindu who travels hundreds Of miles over
dusty roads to battle in the Gauges, whose
waters he considers sacred. Benares is
built upon the north bank OF the Ganges,
and It is estimated that each year 1t is Wis
tied by a million pilgrims.
When more than 100 miles from the city
we say the caravan of one Of the M~aharajahs
Mabarajah is the title borne by native
princes) on it's way to the river. There
were five elephants. q dozen camels and
twenty or thirty bull carts, besides numerous
pack animals and horses, The trip could not
be made in much less than two months,
And all this for the sake of q bath in the
waters Of the sacred river.
BATHING IN THE oANoEs.
The bank Of the Ganges is lined for a
long distance with bathing ghate las the
steps leading to the river are called. and
al one point there is a burning CHAT where
bodies OF the dead are cremated. Gre
nation is universal among the Hindus,
sa~ndalwood being used where the relatives
can afford 1t.
Taking o boat, as is customary, we rowed
UP and down the river in the early morning
and such @ sight! Down the steps as far as
the eye could reach came the bathers,
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Tuning Il Piano by Telephone.

From the American Telephone Journal.
The novel feat OF tuning a piano by the use
Of the telephone was accomplished by NJ. J.
Archer, a piano tuner OF Wabash. Ind. Some
time ago Mr.. Archer sold q piano 10 Thomas
Plkington at South Bend. Miss Pilkington
called Mr., Archer up and advised him the
piano needed a tuning.
She was asked to sound the instrument,
which was near the telephone. The tone was
transmitted clearly to Wabash, and directions
tension. The directions were carried out
and the instrument repeatedly sounded until
IL vas perfectly tuned and the tones all nor
NAL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-10

The Northern mans diary has entry Of
May /: First green corn Of the season
for dinner to-day. Fine! Not as big,
though, as an ear a friend sends word about
from Hidalgo county. Measured u inches
and Ia one Of a third crop grown on same.
field during last year"
May l6: "stra wberries gone. First Texas
their place. And the Texas dewberry!
Big as two big LAYTON ~blackberries and
~lusciousness in proportion! Must write
the folks about emil
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-30
WANTED.
THE DAILY LEADER WANTS A
LINOTYPE OPERATOR BAD.

a good IInOTpye operator
who wishes a position at
good wages is desired at this
Office. Come, write or tele-
graph and we will guarantee
satisfaction.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-30
CHRISTIAN CHURCH:
FAREWELL SERMON

Today will be the last Sunday in
which ReY. j. l.. Adams will occupy
the pulpit as pastor of the Christian
church.
During the one year Mr.. Adams
has been with this church "a adj
ditions have been made to the church.
also, beautiful Parsonage has been
built.
Rev Adams leaves many friends
I'm Blueneld and hi stay will be
remembered by many.
The subjects for today will be a.
follows: II a m What Have
Done" 1870 p: m. our Friends il
Heaven"
Rev. Adams leaves Monday nigh
ON train No for Columbus, Ind.
where ne will assist i'm meeting al
the Columbus Tabernacle church a
that place Tt is one of tho larges
congregations of the Christian
church
You are cordially invited to com,
out AID hear the farewell sermon OF
our departing pastor