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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
THE GREAT CITIES.

Of the worlds great cities Paris
has the greatest number of inhab-
itants per acre. For its 2,731 900
inhabitants an area of only 1925
acres is available, so that each acre
has 142 inhabitants.
Berlin is almost as thickly popu-
lated, inasmuch as its city ground
NOW almost entirely built up) COM
prises only 1865 acres, and in this
space 2,O34,0o0 people live, or 131
TO each acre.
The conditions are considerably
better in London, where 4,536,000
people live in an area of 1880
acres, or 60 to the acre.
Vienna has only 80 inhabitants
per acre, the city ground comprising
p 2,503 acres and the population be-
ing 1,615,O00,
Of the great cities New York has
the smallest ratio of population to
the acre. It's 3,716,OOO inhabitants
have an area of 203,566 acres (by
far the largest city territorially in
The world), so that there are IS peo-
pie to an acre.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
Crioin of "HoodIunn."

''Hoodlum," Americas equivalent OF
the English word ''hooligan," was coin
ed at San Francisco very early in the
seventies, but did not become general
ly popular in the United States until
about 1877, by which time all certainty
as to its origin was lost. One version
is that the leader of the San Francisco
.larrikin push was a man named
Muldoon, whose name a newspaper
writer ingeniously reversed to christen
his gang 'noodlums." and a compost
tors mistake of III for "n'' did the
rest Another explanation is that
''Huddle 'em.'' was the San Francisco
rowdies' cry when the police appeared.
and third alludes to curious fez or
''hood" worn by an eccentric character
which the young rowGies adopted as
their uniform.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
A Great Fish Story.

D. B. Rundle Of Rockport says
that before the Kansas City rail-
road was built a part Of the AIissou-
ri river ran by their place and that
his brother James, now residing in
Kansas, set his trout line one night,
using minnows for bait. On exam
ming the line next morning they
found the catch included a 140
pound catfish, which had swallowed
the hook. When the hook was pull
ed from its mouth it brought with
it a white perch weighing five or
six pounds, which had previously
swallowed the hook, and in remov-
ing the hook from the perch it was
found a club weighing one or two
pounds had swallowed the minnow.
Mr.. Rumble says his former neigh
Dor and schoolteacher, Hon. John
P. Lewis, will verify the correctness
of the above.-Kansas City Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
Only Half the Time.

''That is no defense at ALL" said
Senator Curtis during a discussion
Of emotional insanity at dinner
''What you have just said, sir, is as
weak a defense as the young auto
mobilist's.
"The young mans father said to
him:
"Look here! I am ashamed of
you. You spend all your time choo-
chooing around the country in a
motor car
"'Not all my time, father said
the youth gently, only half of it,
"'And the other half p asked the
Modified old man.
That is passed underneath, sir,
with a monkey wrench ''-Phila-
delphia Record.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
A House With Malls of Mind,

Percy A. Rockefeller, son of Viii
liam Rockefeller and nephew of
John D. Rockefeller, is building a
country home in Connecticut which
is unlike any other ever planned.
Perhaps the most extraordinary fea-
ture Of it is confined air space in
the walls, forming a nonconductor
Of heat, cold or moisture. The air
space, it is said, will make the house
warmer in winter, cooler in summer
and drier all the year around than
any other mans home, rich or poor.
1t is said that if all the windows and
doors were closed on a hot summer
day, air being introduced only
through the basement, the tempera-
ture would be from Is to 20 degrees
lower inside the house than without.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
Why He Was Spared.

a motor bus without passengers
came tearing into the Boulevard des
Italiens, Paris, from side street,
ran into a cab, knocked it to pieces
and threw over the horse, the cab
man having luckily just got down,
lurched across the road, then back
again, spreading terror, hurtled off
into the Rue Drouot, apparently
bent on demolishing the Figaro Of
fees, but changed its mind and
charged into a bakery at the corner
Of the Rue Rossini. It stopped at
last in a wreckage of loaves, rolls
and broken glass. By a miracle no
one had been hurt. But the crowd
which had collected was in a temper
to damage the chauffeur. He was
dragged out of his seat, and things
looked ugly for him. But he yelled:
"Spare me! 1t was my first trial
trip!" And the crowd was tickled
and disarmed.-Paris Cor. London
Telegraph.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
Goina Out on Strikes,

'1 do not think there's any ex-
cuse for a man going out on
strikes,'' remarked large, smiling
young man on an Eddy street car.
"Uh-hugh," observed passenger.
FFThat's one Of your bloomin' capi-
talists. That's their talk
"When he can't reach 'en," re-
sumed the large young man, "a fel-
low ought to let 'em pass, but when
they do come his way he ought to
watch his chance and lam 'em good,
soak 'em for all he's WORTH
"Gosh! l thought he was a cap
italist, but he talks like red eyed
anarchist"
The car stopped. The large,
smiling young man headed for the
Olympic club.
"Wonder who that is ?" queried a
passenger.
"Him ?'' said another passenger.
''Why, that's Jack Gleason, manager
of the San Francisco team. San
Francisco Chronicle.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12

II > oALA MISS PEITlT. HE GkoWLED.
came to her each Saturday was little
enough without iudulging the luxury
of an Afternoon off.
Jimmy Nelson, coming into the room
to consult with Miss Petit about an
order, looked with kindly sympathy at
the tired Girl. When he had had
charge of the room, he had been more
gentle. She had told him something
of her story in the noon intervals,
when he had insisted upon standing
treat to hot coffee 10 augment the scan
~ sandwich that usually constituted
her lunch. Coffee costs ) cents 4 day,
and the eElauJ girl who made the trips
to the lunch room must be tipped in ad-
dition. The Rotary Addressing COM
pany paid only from So to 50 week.
and coffee was a luxury to those who
did not live at home.
There had been Il time when Jimmy
had dreamed Of little fat Wherein
Nell should he mistress. That was just
after he had been promoted to the Of
fee and had had his salary raised to
$15 week. lie had lacked the cour
age TO make his proposal in person and
had written her note.
1 snail consider silence polite neg
ative, he had added.
once Jimmy had aSpired to the stage.
and he had obtained the phrase from
the advertisements in the dramatic pa
pers that he studied with religious
care. 1t had strUck him as being a
phrase of singular elegance. She need
not refuse him. She could just ignore
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
Tattooed Doqs.

For a long time dog owners have
been at a loss to know just how they
could place permanent identifca-
ton marks upon their pets. Dog
collars are out of the question on
account of the numerous petty
thieves who make a speciality Of
stealing them from dogs all over the
city. An inventive Chinaman of
the Tenderloin, who heard of the
thieves operations, has hit upon a
plan which makes collars useless.
His name is Len Hung, and he is
an expert in tattooing. Len reads
the lost and found columns in the
newspapers and gets in touch with
dog owners all over the city. He
tattooes the masters initials under
the dogs left ear and also any pri-
vate mark that the owner desires.
The marks are guaranteed to last
as long as the ear or until the an
imal is ready for dog heaven.-Phii-
adelphia Record.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
His Delayed
PROPOSAL.
tBy Il. n. KERNER.
Copyright. 1907, by NJ. NJ. Cunningham.

For a moment NeIl's hand faltered.
The pounding of the machines and the
endless click of the shifting stencils
seemed to pierce her very brain She
cast a quick glance down the long
workroom Of the Rotary Addressing
company.
Out through the windows at the other
end could be seen a patch of blue sky
blurred now and then by a puff of
steam from the pipes Of the adjoining
building: Z modest seven story struc-
ture. Here and there some building
larger than their own reared its head
to cut the skyline, and through the
open window there came occasionally
sounds from the street below, sharp
notes in the monotone of the machines.
Within, long rows of girls leaned
over their work, their deft fingers fore
ing envelopes into the hungry maws
of the machines with only a pause now
and then when a fresh stack of stem
cils were needed. Between the aisles
paced the sharp eyed forewoman. A
man had been in charge of the room
once, but the firm had found that he
was too easy, too commiserate of the
women under his supervision, and they
had moved him into the office, sending
in his stead the angular Miss Petit,
who forced the girls in her charge to
the limit of their endeavors. Her sharp
eye detected Nelrs pause.
"Burrowes," she called acidly. She
never wasted time on Miss IF you
have one of your silly headaches, put
in your time at the Office and go home.
This is no hospltal.''
NeI'snervous fingers clutched fresh
package Of envelopes, and the pound
ing Of her machine added its noise to
that of the others. She could not af-
ford to 50 home The ptttance that
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
AS Arranged
By Archie.
By Carson Hg,flfard.
Copyrighted, 1897, by Mary McKever.
o Q Q : . . 9 9

Had trouble with sis:'' Archie re
garied Deering with sympathetic
gaze. Dearing nodded. They We're
good chums, these twe- 4 couple o.
years before DeeriIg had talked Mrs
Shelly into taking Archie out Of the
Blister Brown suits he detested, and
since then Archie had been Vance
Dee-i..g2's sworn ally
Eat even Archie could not hep mitch
win Lefty Slalny. At heart Lefty
loved Da2rjug, but she was not II be
easily won, ana, though Vance had
proposed a score OF times, she had
turned aside the question without Civ
ing Il decided negative.
Lefty was only nineteen, and she had
formed a theory that it would be fool
ish to marry early.
81 like you,'' she admitted to Vance.
but you see Il girl who marries SO
young loses an awful lot of fun. None
OF the boys pays any attention to a
young matron."
eff you really loved me-" he re-
preached, you would not care for
their attentions"
My dear Vance," she smiled, 'unless
l had some attention paid me, how
could L learn to value your devotion
1t is through contrasts that 1 shall!
learn to appreciate you BEST
Deering gritted his teeth. In the face
of such arguments he was powerless.
Somehow Letty's way of quietly set
ting aside his protests was aggravat-
ing in the extreme. They could not
even quarrel comfortably, for she had
a way of quietly retiring when the ar
gument grew TOO strong for her and
throwing the blame upon him in a way
that was maddening.
That was. just what happened. She
had swept from the room with an i'm
perioUs air and remark that she
should be glad to see Mr.. Dcering
again when he had a better command
of his temper. That she was at the
moment sobDing out her regret in the
security OF her own room was thing
he could not know.
He was preparing to let himself out
when Archie Strolied into the room in
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
Patent Office No Pauper.

More patents were issued during
1906 and more money collected by
the United States patent Office than
in any single year previous, with the
exception Of 1905, since the estab-
ishment Of the patent office in
1886. It is shown that the recei pts
reached a total Of $1,790,921.39 for
the twelve months, while the ex-
penditures of the office were 81, ,554,-
691.20, making a net gain for the
year of $236,O3O.1S. The patent
office is one of the very few self sup
porting departments Of the govern
ment. The amount of the patent
fund to the credit of the Office in
the United States treasury is now
$6,427, 7,O21.86. During the past
year there were 56,4S2 applications
for patents for inventions, designs
and reissues, and a total of 31,965
patents we're issued. - Technical
World.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
Give the Chef a Chance.

1t is my belief that the man who has
dined in the best Partisan restaurants
without finding them wonderful. says
Julian Street, is either a dyspeptic or
q self reliant ignoramus who did not
give the chef chance. You know the
story OF the miner who, having struck
it rich,' arrived in New York and,
anxious to do it right went to Del
monico's for dinner. After studying
the menu with growing despair he
turned to a patient waiter with. Just
bring me $45 worth of ham and eggs!''
Some of our fellow countrymen give
similar performances in Paris. l have
known them to go to famous reStau-
rauts ana order plain broiled chicken
or steak and fried potatoes, dishes 50
elemental that the greatest chef could
hardly cook them better than Maggie
in the fiat at home could do it. A
Partisan chef broiling chicken makes
7 pathetic figure. The asking him to
10 so is like requesting a learned pro-
fessor of higher mathematics to add
laundry bill.-Travel Magazine.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12


blissful defiance of his bedtime. His
sharp eyes quickly sensed the situation,
and he sat down to talk it over with an
odd assumption of elderly dignity that
would have been amusing had Deering
been less upset.
Archie had mixed more with his
elders than with children of his own
age and had acquired an odd faculty
of observation. Now he swung his
stocky legs to and fro from the high
est chair he could find and regarded
Ueering with the impression of owl-lke
wisdom.
You see," he explained, Lefty is
odd. 1 heard mother say so. When
she gets mad the only way is to get
her scared. Then she'll come around
quick. The time she got mad at me
for losing that invitation 1 set the dog
on her and then grabbed him quick.
She was frightened and thought 1
saved her, and she cried over me and
gave me candy and said 1 was dear"
81 don't believe that it would work
in my case," said Deering, with a
smile.
''I'n fix it for you,' offered Archie,
eff you'll make me one promise"
Whats that?" demanded Deering.
''You remember when Tommy ATul
lens sister got married they made him
wear white satin pants and hold up her
train?"
Il remember the ornate Master AIul-
Ien," chuckled Deering as he recalled
Arches pointed remarks at the time of
ihe wedding.
''If 1 fix it SO you can marry Lefty
1 don't want that sort OF thing done to
me-"
Its a PROMISE said Deering.
''Shake hands,
Archie shook hands and slipped from
the chair. Il guess you'd better be
going now he said Hospitality. You
come round Thursday"
Archie solennly ysuperintendedV Vance's
departure and then disappeared down
cellar. 1t was nearly II when at last
his sister remembered that be was sup
posed to be in bed at 7:30 and found
him innocently reading in the dining
room.
Il thought you was with Vance
peering." he remarked casually, "and 1
didn't like to disturb you"
"Afr. Deering is not coming here
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
again." Lefty said severely. but her

again." Lefty said severely, but her
eyes filled.
But for all of that box Of flowers
and a note preceded his arrival, and
Thursday evening found him in the
Shelby parlor and not at all happy over
the fact. Lefty Wore her most i'm
penetrable armor of reserve, and the
slightest suggestion of reconciliation
was met by a frig;d silence that was
most depressing.
Mr.. Shelby had gone out of town.
and Mrs. Shelby was calling on
neighbor. Archie was safely tucked
away in bed, and they had the lower
part of the house pretty much to them
selves.
Suddenly from the basement came
the sound Of pistol shots and frighten-
ed cries, followed an instant later by
the appearance Of Archie in pink and
white pajamas and bare feet.
u slipped downstairs to get drink
Of milk" he yelled, ''and three men
fred their guns at me! Go down ami
kill them. Vance!'
y wink from Archie conveyed a deal
of meaning. and Vance headed for the
stairs leading to the cellar. Lefty sat
in the parlor with her fingers in her
ears and could not possibly have heard
Archie's whispered injunction
BILLY Widner's pistol is at the head
of the stairs,'' he explained as he pat
tered ou. into the dining room after
Deering
Feeling half ashamed of the subter-
fuge, Deering carried out Archie's Oh
vious scheme The house was some
distance from the street, and his ar
tistic stimulation of a fight attracted no
attention. Archie was doing solemn
ly ecstatic dance in the dining room
when Vance came back up the stairs.
Il saw 'em from the kitchen running
across the back yard" Archie explain
ed. Now, stick to it,
Lefty shrieked as Vance came into
the dining room and threw herself sob
bing upon his neck.
q was sure they had killed your she
cried. "It was awful, Vancer'
Did you care so much?'' he asked as
his arms went around her. Did you
really care, little woman?'
II didn't want you to be killed." she
sobbed.
And you do love me?' he insisted.
'Was that why you cared so much?''
u guess it was,' she confessed. Il
do love you, Vance, but it wasn't good
for you to tell you So"
"It was the best thing in the world,''
he insisted. 1--WE been two years try
ing to get you to confess, dear. Don't
you think that my patience ought to be
rewarded with 'yes?
Perhaps" she admitted. Suppose
they had killed you, Tance?"
''There was no danger" he laughed
shamefacedly as he bent and kissed
her, consoling himself with the reflec-
ton that all is fair in love and war.
''It was not half as bad as you think
anyhow" she dimpled, sit showed
me just how much L loved you"
''And that is all important" confirm
ed Vance.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
THEODORE TILToN's WIT.

Although the last years of Theo-
dore Tilton's life were spent in re-
tirement and poverty and he avoid
ed the society of all but few of his
most familiar friends, he never
ceased to enjoy the company of
young people, punning and joking
with the merriest of them. One
young member of the American col
onv in Paris who knew him well has
related some of his quaint. wit
>ticisms.
4 remember once," she said a
few days ago, s'that he had been to
the hairdresser and had his long,
flowing white name considerably
shortened. As soon as we saw him
we all called out, ooh, Mr.. Tilton,
what did you have that done for"
For so centimes,' he quietly replied,
with a merry twinkle in his eve.
|EOn another occasion he received
a letter from the late Philip Mars
ton, the blind poet, who was very
anxious to live in Paris, but who
was not certain that he could do so
on his slender means. Accordingly,
he wrote to Mr.. Tilton, asking him
to go to the Palais Royale and to
test the two franc dinner served
there and to let him, know the re-
suit. Mr.. Tilton's reply was:
s'My Dear Friend-Do not ask for too
frank criticism on that two franc dinner.
Yours r. To-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
O'Conne,ps Hat.

At meeting of the County Kildare
Archaeological society some years ago
hat worn by Daniel O'ConneIl was
exhibited. O'Connells name in his
own handwriting was written on the
inside of the hat, which was of large
dimensions, the width inside being
eight and one-half inches and its Ion
ger diameter ten inches. The chairman
Of the meeting put on the hat, which
entirely covered his head and went
Cl:.Eu - his chin.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
China's Priority.

Priority in the Invention of not only
gunpowder. but also of the art of print
ing, is attributed to the Chinese. Ac-
cording to Du Halde and the Jesuit
missionaries, printing was practiced in
China nearly fifty years before the
Christian era. Books in the Celestial
empire were made out of slips of bam-
boo 500 years B. c.; in $50 A. D. pa
per was first made; by 745 books were
bound into leaves, and in 900 printing
was general in China.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
The Apparent Reason,

Statesmen in Washington over
their black coffee and cigars are
telling about Chief Justice Fuller
of the United States supreme court.
The chief justice, so the story runs,
met an old time friend and after a
hearty hand clasp Mr.. Fuller re-
marked:
"You are looking exceedingly
well. Aren't you filing out lit
tle?"
"No, indeed" replied the friend.
on probably think so because I'm
looking Fuller in the ace."-Judge.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12

Within twenty years Japan will
send her missionaries to London for
the conversion of England. They
will come claiming a morality that
is higher, an idealism more lofty
and philosophy of life more sane
than Christianity can show. eve
will bring you not the yellow peril,
but the yellow blessing" japanese
teachers declare. Londan Stand
ard.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
wb-% Ae Toolr

airs. Bacls'ay-Gocd morning, sir.
Will you take chair? Installment
House Collector - No, thank you,
ma'am. I've come to~take the psaAo.-
Philadelphia Record.
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Spitefui.

Miss Elderleigh - Jane Jones is a
mean, spiteful old cat. Miss Younger
What's the matter? Miss ElGerlefgh
I told her that my family came over
in the Mayflower and she aske 1 me II
was seasick.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1907-02-01

The Germans rs q nation are away
behind the times. Their ideas Of polit-
zeal freedom are crude and their yaun,-
ed higher civilization is dclusion and
q snare Their form Of government is
4 complete failure and the sooner they
send 4 commissioner 90 the United
States 10 study the higher ideals in the
great science Of freedom and self-goy-
eminent mixed. the better OF they
vii be. To DC morc specific, they
should send their commissioner 90 Ken
tucNy. We read that they held gem
eral election the other day. There Was
not policeman On duty az the polls
There was no clubbing done ard not
shoI iifyNi There vas cyca - stab
hing aftrays and NO, a halo, boN stuff
I'd. No bribery. No intimidation.
Every voter yo,ei IS he chase and no
one tried 60 buy his vote. The Gcy.
mans are too slow They are not up
TO date.