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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-19

I've only known you month and was
fool enough to think had found wo-
man who didn't care for them"
There is no such woman in exist
ence, dear man." She pounded open
another bur energetically. You need
not ever let one fool you in that
way. Now, as for me, have kept you
thinking me sensible for a whole
month. l let you talk about the isthmi-
an conditions and the trust problems
/ even fiatter myself that l conversed
intelligently enough upon the subject
to hold your attention as for com
pliments, l just love 'em!'
Jarvis turned his gaze from the
mountain back to her animated face.
Il should have thought you would
have grown tired of them long ago."
he said in unconscious tribute.
THAT does very well, coming from
a woman hating bachelor, but it might
be improved upon. For instance, the
long ago sounds bit doubtful"
''There the woman speaks again." he
grumbled. ''She can't bear the idea of
any ones even approXimating her age
Now, l know you have been a widow
seven years. yet you would probably
be pleased if 1 refused to believe you
were day over eighteen
She gave a little irrepressible gurgle
Of amusement.
1--WE don't marry quite SO young in
our part of the country; but, even so,
it's better than reaching the forlorn
state you have achieved"
sit is rather an achievement" he
said conlplacently, when all ones
relatives and friends seem afflicted
with mania for matchmaking
'sThen you should not be so-fascinat-
Ing" she said. with impudent sarcasm.
He sat erect, bracing both hands on
the ground beside him.
$50 what?' he shouted in mirth
that set the rocks echoing.
She beat open another bur non
chalantly.
s'Oh, well, you are rather good look.
ing, you know. If your manners were
a little better you might be-er-a ting
bit fascinating. I am not speaking
about your achievements" hastily,
smerely your potentialities.
@eay. are you trying the compliment
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-19
Retort of the "Boy Wanted"

A certain prosperous business
man posted on his Office window a
notice which read, ""Boy wanted
about fourteen years" +"
A lad of that age, with little that
was prepossessing in his appearance,
came into the Office and stated in a
quiet matter Of fact tone that he
had read the advertisement. r.
swell, do you think you would
like to have the position, my boy %
asked the business man.
eyes" came the prompt answer
in a meaning tone. Il want the
place, but I don't know that I can
promise to keep it for the full four
teen years Dundee Advertiser.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-19
Saved From Disqrace.

In one of the old families of Charles
ton, S. c., writes Mrs. Ravenel, there
was an important parsonage, Jack, the
butler. Jack disputed with another old
man, Harry, the butler of Mrs. Henry
Izard, the reputation of being the best
and most thoroughly trained servant i'll
town. From the judging of the wines
to the arrangement of a saitspoon there
was nothing which these withered
brown potentates did not decide and
maintain. Nothing would have aston
ished either more than that master or
mistress should dissent from his ver-
dict.
Jack was intolerant of anything
which he considered breach of the
etiquette of the table. Nothing could
have induced him to serve a gentle
man before lady, or younger before
an elder brother. To place fruit and
wine on a tablecloth instead. of on
the. mahogany was to him falling
from grace. On one occasion he was
much annoyed when a senator from
the up country twice asked for rice
with his fish. To the first request he
simply remained deaf; at the second
he bent down and whispered into the
senatorial ear. The genial gentleman
nodded and suppressed a laugh; but
when the servants had left the room
he burst into q roar and cried: Judge.
you have treasure! Jack has saved
me from disgrace, from exposing my
ignorance. He whispered, That
wouldn't do, sir; we never eats rice
with fish,"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-19
LOTTERIES.
Attitude of South Carolina Toware
Them In the Past.

It may be news to some of oul
readers, SO we will tell in a few
words what the old time people Of
Carolina thought about the conduct
of lotteries.
March 4, 1861, stringent act
was passed forbidding private lot.
teries. Again, Sept. 13, 1852, an
other act of a like nature was
adopted.
But by act Of March 25, 1884, the
city council Of Charleston was per-
Fs1itted to have a lottery. There
we're grave doubts as to the propri-
ETY. of encouraging any species OF
! ;,ssambling, but lotteries continued
to be permitted.
Dec. 10, 1913, under act, one OF
more lotteries were established, the
profits to be applied to the erection
Of Masonic halls in Columbia and
Charleston for the grand lodge OF
South Carolina, Ancient York Ma
sons, and for building a lodge room
in Georgetown for lodge No. SO, and
commissioners were appointed to
conduct the same.
Dec. 13, 1871, the trustees OF
Newberry academy were allowed to
hold a lottery to raise a sum OF
money not exceeding $4,000.
Under an act adopted Dec. 20,
1920, $4,000 was the tax to be
levied upon any person who should
sell lottery tickets for any other
lottery than those authorized by the
state.
Dec. 16, 1924, the vestry and
members of St. Peters Roman
Catholic church of Columbia were
empowered to establish a lottery to
raise $4,000 for the use, benefit
and support of the church.
Dec. 10, 1909, the president and
trustees Of the Second Presbyterian
church of Charleston were author
lied to run a lottery to raise an
amount not exceeding $4,000.
Dec. IL, 1895, a lottery was au-
thorized to raise funds to remove
Instructions in Savannah river be-
tween Vienna and Cambellton and
Augusta.
From 1900 to 1887 numerous acts
were passed allowing towns, socie-
ties, churches, ETC., to raise moneys
by way of lotteries, and about 1877
we had the famous Academy of Mu-
sic lottery in Charleston, in which
so many goody-goody people bought
tickets with the hope that fortune
would give them a slice of buttered
bread, but the majority of whom re-
ceived only a backhanded slap in
the jaw.-Beaufort Is. c. Gazette.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-19
Duncan, ?. c.
BY rMlLE cIRARD.
copyrighted, 1907. by Homer sprague.
By rMILE CIRARD.

.a5.
Marion looked up hopefully as the
card was brought her Even the an
nouncement of Duncan's name was
comforting. But the little obloag of
cardboard bore. III addition to the name.
the initials ?. c. Perhaps II meant
.'penitent cu!Drit'' Duncan WAS al
ways doing old things. The mage let
tel.s might be his expression OF regret.
But when he came brisIsly into the
room there was no penitertial sorrow
in his couatenance- only the same 12ee...
~ twinkle Of the eyes, the CID lifting
of the corners of the mouth.
''They tell me that Tad is no bet
ter he said as he took NIarion's hand.
am a physician to children"
Marions face darkened. This, then,
was the meaning Of the card He was
worried about her brother. Tor mo-
ment she was minded to renew the old
quarrel, but she needed help and sym
pathy, and so she laid her head on his
shoulder and sobbed out her troubles.
Her father had been obliged to go to
Europe on business and had taken his
wife with him. Marion had been left
in charge of her nine-year-oM brother,
and almost before the ship had passed
Sandy Hook Tad had come down with
typhoid.
His robust constitution had thrown
Off tie disease, but the battle had left
him weak and .listless, and even the
gray bearded physician was worried.
'There is no actual danger" he eX-
planned to Marion, t'but ne must be
reused from this Iethargy or he will go
into a decline''
He had confdetl the same fear to
Fenry Duncan when he net the latter
on the street and the younger man had
asked after his little chuln. Then, de-
spite the misunderstanding between
Marion and himself. he could hold out
no longer, and his call was the result.
= ''If he should Gle before mother
comes back, what should do?" walled
Marion
''Send a cable" advised Duncan
promptly, "but there is not going to be
any more worry now that the physi-
clan to children has stepped in. May
see my patient?''
Marion led him to the boys room.
Tad's face lighted as he saw Duncan,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-19
cITY's LOST ISLANDS.
ilIk,ois Has Three That Once Belonged
to ST. Louis,

st. Louis has lost three islands,
though the names are as well re-
membered now as when the islands
themselves were actually in exist
ence. One is Bloody island, just
opposite the city. The old timers
used to go there to fight their duels,
and in those days the river channel
ran on the Illinois side of the is
land, and except in high water there
was only slough between st. Louis
and the dueling ground. The gov
ernment and railroad works put
Bloody island on the Illinois side,
and now a good part of East st.
Louis is built over the sand bar that
was once thieket Of willows.
Arsenal island, too, used to be on
the St. Louis side Of the river, and
boys rolled up their trousers and
waded across the narrow slough
from a point a little south of the
Workhouse. The boats went on the
other side of the island, but the
channel began cutting into the Hi
nois farms at such rate that the
government threw up dixie just
across from the arsenal, turned the
river to this side, the island was
joined to the Illinois shore, was
finally purchased by the state of
Illinois from the city of St. Louis,
and the former bed of the river is
now covered by farms.
Duncan's island was a big sand
bar that began near the foot of
Lami street and extended north to
Geyer avenue. It was purchased by
the Iron Mountain Railroad com
pany, which wanted to locate its
yards in that neighborhood and fill
ed up the site with earth from Pi-
cots hill in Carondelet. The
names. still live, for the people of
East st. Louis make a difference be-
tween the island" and the main
land, Just as the farmers in the bot
tom still talk about Arsenal island
and the sWitchmen in the yards
south of Chouteau avenue tell one,
another that a certain car is down
on Duncan's island. = St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-19
racket on mer he demanded sas-

A0@A~s va ASSA aA0 ASAAA&AAsS>e -
piciously.
'tNo, indeed!" A man Of more ex.
perience in reading the female express
sion would have detected too great q
show of innocence in her eyes. Il
never referred to your looks at ail-iI
fact, / don't know that l should call
you exactly good looking, just strong
and muscular looking"
This time the flush on his face had
tinge of qualification in it.
That's all the looks a man has any
business caring for he agreed and
felt a sneaking desire to tell her that
he had been the star man on the foot,
ball team at college and that there
was not man at the club now who
could bruise him with boxing glove.
''You see, we are all more or less
alilze-men and women" she contem-
plated him from the corner of her eye.
'Ncw, l have special weakness for
being told that my hair has a tinge of
red in it, and you like to be called
strong" She again gave a little CUR
gle of merrin3ent.
.fYou ought to have been named De
lflah,'' he said in disgust; there was
the very essence of treachery in the
way you rounded me up them
She climbed up the rocks to reach
limb that hung heavy with huge burs.
She broke them off gingerly, throwing
them one by one at his feet.
s'They remind me Of old bachelors,
she said, holding large prickly one be-
tween her thumb and forefnger, but
with a little experience a woman OF
intelligence can manage them fairly
well and avoid the prickles. I don't
suppose, if I hadn't been a widow,
with a certain amount of knowledge
Of the characteristics Of man, that
would ever have got you sufficiently
tame to have been allowed to take
these woodland strolls with you"
There was a glimmer of admiration
in his eyes as she stood on the gray,
moss covered rock, her slim figure
reaching up to the deep green of the
chestnut bough. She gathered the last
bur within her reach and threw it at
him energetically.
''That is for you to keep as a souve-
MR." she commenced, but her voice
broke in a gasp Of alarm as she lost
her footing on the messy rock and fell
on the ledge below.
Jarvis, his face anxious and white.
lifted her gently, and her head fell OIL
his shoulder
He gazed helplessly until the stiffness
Of the woods grew oppressive.
''NIy dear; oh, my dear he said anx-
iousIy, putting his cheek against hers,
eff you would only open your eyes
your beautiful eyes"
The corners of her mouth betrayed
her to an involuntary smile. She gave
him one look, then put her head back
on his shoulder.
I'm not hurt-much.' There was
mixture of emotions in the mirth of
her voice. "But do SO love to hear you
say that, and 1 told you that neither a
bur nor a bachelor was hard to man
age-if one knew hOw'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-19
As Father Saw 1t.

He gazed upon her in fond admi-
ration. He loved her to distraction.
Lovers had loved before, lovers
might love again, but no lover
might, could, would or should love
as he loved Dora. And then Ferdi-
nand exclaimed with startling sud
denness:
"What in the world ever induced
you, Dora, to care for a fellow like
me?"
Il really don't know, but pa
threatens to send me to a brain
specialist. STRAY Stories.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-19
A Fur Lininq.

He found his hair was leaving the
top of his head and took his barber
to task for it.
"You sold me two bottles of stuff
to make the hair grow
ct is very strange it won't grow
again., interrupted the barber. Il
can't understand i"
ssWeI, look here" said the man,
3I don't mind drinking another bot
tie, but this must be the last. -
DETROIT News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-19
A Scriptural Bull.

Even the Bible is not free from bulls.
In chapter thirty-seyen of the. book Of
Isaiah appears the following confusion
of ideas: "Then the angel of the Lord
went forth, and smote in the camp Of
the Assyrians hundred and four
score and five thousand; and when
they arose early in the morning. be-
hold, they were all dead corpses."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-19
So Fatieuinq.

$50 young Richley Kadd isn't to
marry Goldie Stiles after all 2"
ssNo; he got scared
well, well! And I heard they
had gone so far as to rehearse for
the wedding"
sYes, that was the trouble. They
had rehearsed five times, and Rich
ley said the preparations for matri-
mony were such hard work he was
afraid he couldn't stand the real
thing at - Catholic Standard
and Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-24
TIGERS HAVE GREAT TWIRLER.
Heyniger is Giant and Equal to all
Emergencies That Arise.

Many a collegiate fan who saw any Of
III" tnS"h"ll games a Princeton this
season went away with the conviction
pretty firmly estIhliShe Il in his mind that
he hld seen one of the coming pitchers
of the country in the Young giant Wh"
was serving en- IN for the Tigers. II"
marked the case of delivery of tie Zig
pitcher. WlStlcd at his speed. and if IN"
was fortunate enough to he sitting behind
lhc CHtrher'S office. was amazed at tn"
variety of shoots. twists, aud Blenders be
fore WEch tie hattcrs went down Ike
Sraiu before tn" reaper.
The Princeton nine started the season
with Just one pitcher OF proven varsity
calihrr That WAS IIcyniCcr. And per
hal : never in the history of college base
hall has Il pitcher responded To the needs
of hiS team and delivered the goods as
nc las.
Earlier in the season the TIGER fans
good pitching material at present they
would regard another varsity tWrlcr rs
Il surclfluity. Hcymircr is plenty. H.
meyer gets ratified, never goes to pieces
ITcNnigcr is six feet one and q half
inches t1ll and weighs lS3 pounds. It is
due to his great size and strength that he
is as fresh at tho end of game as at
the beginning. Add to his lasting pow o.
bulldog grit ana q Stoadin"ss which re-
scmhlcs CIV Youn@'s and Won hay" Som"
Of tn" personal characteristics which 90
to MAX" up the Ti-Crs' idol. IIcynGcr
SAYS that he has only been at the hisi
ness about four or five years. practically
his frs: work being done for the Law
rcnccviIln team in 1908
The IaWrnnrcvillo hcX artist made good
as soon rs he Joined the Tiger staff. Last
year. although only a freshman hc won
the harvard Can" hV the score of > TO q
and wien J." WLaS put in against fal" to
stop tho slau~ht"r Of Eyram took that
game too. w the score of :: to :" Since
thlt time ~" hiG fellow has stood in the
first rank Of college pitchers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-24
THE PORTLAND YACHT CLUB
Finishes Its Cruise With Run to and
Night At Mere Point.

Brunswick Me, June &c The last
days run Of the Portland Yacht Club
before its return home ended at Mere
Point Saturday evening, the - yachts
coming today from Love cove. a dis
tancc Of Is miles. The yachts left Port
land Thursday and that night an
chorcd at Potts harbor. Friday the run
was made to Long cove and Saturday
to Mere Point
Each days run has been race, pen
nants being awarded as prizes. Satur-
days run was won by the flagship
Clique, with the Comono second and
The GWcndolen third. Commodore Ru-
ben *. Dyer entertained the captains
on the flagship ana the pennants We're
awarded to the yachts making the best
records for the three days.
In the second class the blue pennant
went TO the flagship Clique, the red
pennant t. the ComOno and the white
p"nnant to the Gwendolcn. Two prizes
were awarded for the third class
yachts, the first going to a Onc-deSign
dory and the second to the BurgOmaS
ter. The yachts in the afternoon re-
turned to Portland. II miles from here
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-24
RESULT OF FALL.
L. E. Netting Dies from Injuries Re.
ceived In Race At Dresden, Ger.

Boston. June 1.-The parents Of
Louis ;. Netting, the Jamaica Plain
biCyclis,. received q cablegram from
Europ" yesterday stating that nc il
dead as the result Of injuries received
~ race at Dresden. on June ..
Details of the aCciden are lacking.
The cable was signed ny "Schreyer." a
friend Of Netting. who went abroad
with him Schreycr is a high diver. who
WAS being managed by Netting as a
side line on his European trim.
Netting il undoubtedly another vic
tim Of the German mania for high
speed. In that country the men follow
machines fitted With % ana "a horse
lrGWcr engines. 1nd hour races in which
the mon cover " ana ~ miles are com
mon.
1t WAS following the big machines at
Erfurt. Germany, that Walthuur was
:" badly smashed mp some time ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-24
PONTIAC CROSSES FIRST
But Loses to Marie, In Marblehead to
Isle of Shoals and Return.

Narblchead. Mass, June 23.-After
being out in all kinds of streaky winds
for nearly q hours, the 3O-foOter Pom
tiac, owned by w. f. Whitney, crossed
the finish line first tonight i'll the an
nual ocean race Of the COrinthian
Yacht Club from Marblehead to the
Isle of Shoals and return. a distance Of
66 miles. While the Pontiac was the
first to finish and the only one of the
fleet 10 cross the line inside of "A hours
She lost first prize in Glass B to Marie.
owned hy j. Y. Santry, on time al
loWance. The Pontiac was across the
line last night at 7.35 and came home
tonight at 1.15.29
In class A Littlehope. owned by T.
X. Lathrop. Jr. and in Class G. The
Gringo. owned by W. II. Brown, came
across the line first In Glass q. Little
Rhody. owned by c. r. Tillinghast, was
the winner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-24
Augusta Pounds Out Victory Il to 5 from
Bangor=WaterviIle Beats Portland
5 to 2=-BiddefOrd 3, Lewiston 2.
MAINE LEAGUE STANDING.

Augusta had revenge on Bangor
Saturday. winning out IL to >, in a
game which combined snap and drag
and which eat UP hours and % min
utes of the hot June afternoon.
"CyClOne" Thompson Officiated for
Augusta and held the league leaders to
seven scattering hits, all singles.
Brother Gleason for Bangor. was not
so fortunate for Manager Wreath'S
braves pounded out IA hits with a
total Of 1S bases. without much effort.
The crowd was better than has been
graCinG the new bah field on like oc-
caaIons lately. but should have been
twice as large. The weather was
aCOlChing hot for everybody. yet lust
tn" Kind that the boys can timber up
iE.
The batting was done by Allen. KEEL
ley Cote and Mahnncy. who contribute
cd hire Of the whole humber. dud No
Lalan. the only Rangorean who made
more than one hit. He landed two.
The fielding was both bright and
ragged. Henderson. Whnllcy. Ma
honey distinguished Themselves 50
did Paqu"t. Montgomery ana Gleason.
Kelley did finely as usual The score:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-24
BASEBALL NOTES.

Manager C;rrv of sanford has closed
I dc1I with the Dartmouth College
haroh1II team for their Who'll" inficld
iu"lulliu" pitchers IT, represent Dover
in the York ana STAFFORD County
LcaGu" after july I Tn" Dartmouth
inficld viii report IN season for the
game between Dover and Somcrs-
worth on July 1.
Pop Williams saws his team will
continue tn play independent ball. flo
predicts that augusta ana Watorvillc
viii u" unable to keep UP with tn"
procession ami Will soon drop out.
Then. he says. his team will h" ready
to 70 into 4 four-Corncrcd league with
Riddofnrd. Lewiston and the other
Portland Biddcford Record It
WAS reported sometime ago that Will
liamG would not enter the Maine
League because he did not believe two
League teams in Portland would pay.
We have not heard any previous init
nation that Pop" had changed his
views in this respect.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-24
BiddefOrd and
SO. Portland In.
Waterville Out.

Portland Me ,Tm~ y At a meeting or
the Maine state Baseball League. the
South Portland ana Eiddeford teams were
admitted ana WatcrViIlc Was dropped A
schedule was adopted, tile fist two weeks
az which arc as follows:
lime A--5-Augusta al Bangor. Portland
at Lewiston.
Juno = South Portland at Biddcford.
June @S-"7-huEusta AZ Portland. Bidde-
ford at Bangor. South Portland at Lew
stcn.
J,'ne So Portland ut RanEor RIddc-
ford at Lewiston. Augusta at south Port
land.
July South Portland At Augusta
Lewiston ut Bangor. Bddeford ut Port
land.
july 3-South Portland at Portland
Lewiston at Bangor. Augusta IT Bidue-
ford.
July IA. NJ. South Portland at Port
land. z. NJ. Portland ut South l'ortl1nd;
Augusta ut Eidd, ford 1.-TWO Sames). Ban
Gor ut Lewiston 1.-TWO Iames}
Jl;ly Augusta 1T Lewiston Portland
at Eiddefo!d, Bangor at South Portland.
July G-Lewiston at Augusta. Brngor at
Portland. South Portland at Biddeford.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-24

League has signed with Biddcford. lie
does Mt like I'll" New Eng!anL LoaEu,
ana prefers IA ulav ia Maine. He has
many friends i'm Biddefnrd and Saco,
rs well rs in other SECTIONS of the
State and is one Of the strongest
twirlcr+ liz the Main" League.
pwiull Has pitched her" several
times against Eiddof"rd ANA his de-
livery has been rcrk"ned one Of tue
toughest problems rUt NJ for the a"lu-
ton &c EiId"ford batsmcn liz IL
popular with ~" rams ana tia manage
m"ut IL rl'tod at its good fortune in
securing him.