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Corballis (layette. HAS SAMSON'S STUENGTH. New York, Sept. 13. Mary Mar tin, a young woman who was sent to the Kings, county penitentiary, has been transferred to the hos pital at Flatbush, where the doc tors will endeavor to find out the source from which she has a re markable power. She is timid and extremely sensative, but possesses the strength of a Samson. She is only four feet six inches in height, small-limbed and has the hand of a child of ten years. When arrested in Brooklyn she had torn up a lamppost in the street, and it required five officers to arrest her. She was lccked up in an iron cell, and an hour later surprised the Sergeant by appear ing before him, having bent the door bars aud crawled out of the prison. She was given the strongest cell, but a tew hours later was found ailing herself in the prison yard. Mary had snapped the bars, of her cell door as if they had been sticks of cealing-wax. Warden Hayes gave orders for the confinement of the lemale Samson in one of the strongest cells in the woman's prison. Mary quietly submitted to her transfer, and the following morn ing the discovery was made that she had again escaped. She was carried to another cell and a special guard placed over her. The girl escaped from the "cooler" by using her fingers as a wrench for the purpose of remov ing the nuts from the ends of the lockbolts, and afterwards taking off the lock. She wouldn't remain locked up, so Judge Moore remitted her fine, and she was discharged to be again arrested and taken to the hos pital. Mary can't account for her re markable strength. EABDER OF A "LI NEE.' We grumble at a hotel or on board ship if our food is not exact ly what we desire, but few have any idea of the provision needed on one of the American liners. The passengers on the Royal Mail steamship Umbria, on one of her recent voyages from New York to Liverpool, consumed the follow ing: 9,500 pounds of beef, 4,000 pounds of mutton, 900 pounds of lamb, 256 pounds ' of veal, 150 pounds of pork, 140 pounds of pickled legs of pork, COO pounds of corned tongues, 700 pounds of corned beef, 2,000 pounds of fresh fish, 20 pounds of calves' feet, 18 pounds of calves' heads, 450 fowls, 240 spring chickens, 120 ducks, 50 turkeys, 59 geese, 600 squabs, 300 tins of sardines, 300 plovers, 175 pounds of sausage, 1,200 pounds of ham, 500 pounds of bacon,-10,000 eggs, 2,000 qurts of milk, 700 pounds of butter, 410 pounds of coffee, 87 pounds of tea, 900 pounds of sugar, 100 pounds of rice, 200 jxmnds of barley, 100 jars of jam and jelly, 50 bottles of-pickles, 60 bottles of sauces, 20 barrels of ap ples,. boxes of lemons, 18 boxes of oranges, 6 tons of potatoes, 24 barrels of flour. Pall Mall Ga zette. A WHITTLING ARTIST. There is a man in Biddeford, Me., who has whittled so industri oosly and skillfully for eleven years as to bring himself into no tice. Among the products of his jack-knife are a violin case made of 2,937 pieces of wood of 106 different kinds; a yoke of oxen and a cart, put together in a glass jar with a small neck, and a great number of really well made ani mals that would sell readily as toys. But this Maine genius will ot part with any of his- creations for love- oe money, and, as he does nothing but whittle, he is getting together a large and interesting collection. Children Cry for; WHAT WOMEN CAN DO. She can come to a conclusion without the slightest trouble of reasoning on it, and no sane man can do that Six of them can talk at once and get along first rate, and no two men can do that. She can safely stick fifty pins in her dress while he is getting one under his thumb nail. She is cool as a cucumber in half a dozen tight dresses and skirts, while a man will sweat and fume and growl in one loose s'u'rt. She can talk as sweet as peaches and cream to the woman she hates, while two men would be punching each other's head before they had exchanged ten words. - She can throw a stone with a curve that would be a fortune to a base-ball pitcher. She can say "no" in such a low voice that it means "yes." She can sharpen a lead pencil if you give her plenty of time and plenty of pencils. She can dance all night in a pair of shoes two sizes too small for her, and enjoy every minute of the time. She can appreciate a kiss from her husband seventy-five years after the marriage ceremony is performed. She. can go to church and after ward tell you what every woman in the congregation had on, and in some rare instances can give you some faint idea of what the text was. She can walk half the night with a colicky baby in her arms without once expressing the de sire of murdering the infant. She can but what's the use? A woman can do any thing or every thing, and do it well. She can do more in a minute than a man can do in an hour, and do it better. v She can drive a man crazy for twenty-four hours, and then bring him to paradice in tijo seconds by simply tickling him under the chin, and there does not live that mortal son of Adam's misery who can do it. RAPID TANNING. This talk about tanning leather in a few. hours by electricity is all rubbish. You might as well try to fatten pigs by electricity. But leather can be tanned in a very short time, although a perfect ar ticle cannot be produced in less than five or 6ix months, Some time ago a Buffalo man asked me how long it would take me to tan a goatskin and make a pair of boots. I told him it could be done in twelve hours. He bet me $100 it couldn't be done. That night I went to a butcher and bought a goat. At 6 the next morning the goat was skinned, twenty minutes later I had the hair off the hide, colored and in the liquid. By noon it was dried, dressed and dried again, and glazed ana reaay ior tne boot-maker who finished the boots by 5 o'clock in the. evening. It cost the Buffa lo man nearly $200 after the wine and extras were paid for. It was leather, but it wouldn't do to risk a reputation on its wearing quali ties. Shoe Man in Globe-Democrat. , . BUILDING DOWN. A visit to Japan tells of the pe culior metheds of construction em ployed in that country: "Speak ing of house-building, the Japan ese begin their work at the top. The roof goes on first, and then they begin to build the walls and to construct the interior. One of the greatest curiosities to me in Tokio is a new hotel which is being built. It is to be on the 1or eign style, and is to have four stories. It will be the greatest hotel in Japan. It covers 'about an acre of ground. As yet not a stone of the foundation has been laid, but the roof is already up, Pitcher's Castarfa. and this stands on a great four story skeleton of scaffolding, await ing the building of the rest of the structure. This scaffolding is made of long poles from the size and thickness of a campaign flag staff down to the size of a bamboo fishing rod, and the whole is tied together with ropes. Imagine an acre of scaffolding of this nature upholding a heavy roof, and the whole made up of sticks and ordi nary rope. There are, I was told at the office, 7,000 poles in the skeleton, and 2,000 men had been at work for months in making it." NO THIRDS. A story is told of a farmer who rented some land to a colored man for a third of the crop. -When the drought came on his corn and cot ton were affected by ' it. He gathered two bales of cotton and two wagon loads of corn. The latter he penned up for his own use and the cotton was sold. When the landlord called for ( his share he was told there was none for him. He was thunderstruck, and asked "Didn't I rent you my land for a third of the crop?" "Yes, boss," said the darky, "but you see, dar was no ' third. Dar was only two bales of cotton and two' loads of corn; all mine, and nuffin lor you by the con tract." And the landlord could not make Cuffee believe any other way. He left the premises, say ing. "No man can make me say dat two am three, nairy time." York ville (S. C.) Enquirer. DONT ROB IT. The Bank of England's doors are now so finely balanced that a clerk, by pressing a knob under his desk: can close the outer doors instantly, and they cannot be open ed again except by special process. This is done to prevent the daring and ingenious unemployed in the metropolis from robbing the bank. The bullion department of this and other banks i8 nightly submerged several feet in water by the action of the machinery. In some banks the bullion department is con nected with the manager's sleeping room, entrance cannot be effected without shooting a bolt in the dor mitory, which in turn sets in mo tion an alarm.' If a visitor should knock off one from a pile of half sovereigns, the whole pile would disappear, a pool of water taking its place. New York Sun. S WEPT BT THE TIDE OF POPULARITY. To the topmost pinnacle of success, Hos teter's Stomach Bitters stands a shining proof of what genuine merit, backed by the living force of proven facts, can attain. The North and South American continents, Europe, Australia, the West Indies, Guate mala and Mexico have all contributed wide patronage and testimony of the moat favora ble kind but unsolicited to swell the reputation of this sterling remedj. Among the maladies for which the most convincing public and professional testimony proves that it is benign curative, are chills and fever, bullous remittent, dumb ague and ague . cake, . dyspepsia, livir complaint. nervoueness, debility, kidney and bladder complaints. . It mitigates the infirmities of age, hastens convalescence, has a tendency to prevent ill couseouences from exDosure and exhaustion. Persons of sedentary habits and laborious occupations will find it an ever useful tonic. Among , the 15-cent, 25 cent, or even $1 barbers none rank any better than John S. Moore and P. Lewis. They are now well prepared to shave you in the neatest style and fix: you up as trim as a fighting cock or a Chinese pheasant. This shop is on Main street, nearly opposite the brick livery stable. If the Oregon papers see fit they can copy this with due credit When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla, ... When she was a Child, she cried for Castor!, When she became Hiss, she clung to Castorla, When she had Children, she gave them Castora, P. M. JOHNSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CORVALL1S, OK. APoea a general practice in all the court. Also arsnt for all the urat-elass insurance com paniM2:24 OYEKLAND TO CALIFORNIA : ' ' "; ... via : ; Southern Pacific Company's LINE. THE MT. SHASTA ROUTE. Time Between ALBANY and SAN FRANCISCO 35 HOURS. Calffornia Express Trains Boa Sally PORTLAND and SAN FRANCISCO. south. L Portland ... 4:00 p. m. NORTH IiV San Frisco .... 7:00 pm A San lTiico...7:45 p.m. Ar Portland 10:46 a m Local Passenger Train, Daily.except Sunday lir Portland.... 8:00 a. in. I Eugene ...9.00 a. n Lr Albany. ...t2;40 p. m. I Lv Albany 11:85 a. m Ar Kujreue 2:40 pm Ar Portland 8:45 pm LT AUrEy......8:lSj. m Lv Albany.... B:46 aoi Local Passenger Traiu. Daily.except Sunday 4:20 p in.. .Lv... Albany Ar...6:30a m 9:06 p m..Ar. Lebanon. ..LiV..ll:JS a m lt:50 om. ..Lv... Albany. . .. Ar. ..2:45 p m l:3t$ p m. . Ar. ..Lebanon ,.L v. . .2-00 p m Pullman Buffett Sleepers:- TOURIST SLEEPING CARS, For accommodation of second-class passengers, attached to Express Trains, The S. P. Co.'s Ferry makes connection Jtfitb all the regular trains on the East side mrwien irom toot oi r street. Wect Side Slfhian. BETWEEN PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS. Hail Trait. Daily Except Sunday. IKA VS. Portland 7:30 a. m. Corvallia 12:25 p. m Portland 6:20 p. m AKBIVK. Corvallia 1:30 p. m. At Albany and Cortrallis connect with trains of the Oregon Pacific Railroad. Erpteu Train. Daily Sxeopt Sunday. LBAVS. ARRIVE. Portland 4-.50 p. m. McMinn villa 5:45 a. m. McMinnville... 8:00 p. m Portland 9:00 a. m THROUGH TICKETS to all points South and East via California. Eor full information regarding rates, maps etc., call on company s agent at Corvailis or Albany. E. P ROGERS, Asst. O. K. &P. Agent R.KOEHLER Manager. CO.- "Columbia River Rout." Trains for the East leave Portland at 7:45 a. ra. ajid 9:30 p. m. dally. nrrrrrT' urTicj to a to and from prinoi JL O pal points, in the United States, Canada, and Europe, ELEGANT NEW DINING CARS PULLMAN PALACE'S LEE PEBS. Free family sleeping cars run through on Express trains from Portland to OMAHA, COUNCIL BLUFFS, and KANSAS CITY Free of Charge and without Change. Close connections at Portland for San Francisco and Puget Sound points. For further particulars inquire of any Agout ot the Company or A. L. MAXWELL, G. P. and T, A, C. J. SMITH, . Oen'l Manages, Portland, Oregon. . .-'.. .-n'1 r s r-i .t !:; f'.f.r 1 1 t; t;-:h.i,::i; rm -rr ).w .:-' :..:rj i ' ';viy rvuia iff s" T1" p-- ' ; ;.' r-: v i : r. iViliy i'htM i;.;'.J. Itf u :' V . ; !"i:fr:i :ijf. fXi?i- vM';.iv, r- ,1 fii.- M: r .:: OH?. PrJ. K n r. f'ir if t; 1 rir. i 1. l Edition f f.r'sr.lirs Aorlcrj:. 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"We an clothe you and furniah you with all the necessary and unnecessary . appliances to ride, walk, dance, sleep, eat, fish, hunt, work, go to church, or stay at home, and in various sizes, styles and quantities. Just flfruro out what is required to do all these things COMFORTABLY, and you can make a fair estimate of the value of the BXTYEHS' GUIDE, which will bo sent upon receipt of 10 cent to pay postage, MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. 111-U4 Miohigar Avenue. ChioagcvIU. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. Notice is hereby given that I will be re sponsible for no debts or book accounts whatever contracted bv anv bodv exeunt by myself or by my ' written orders. Mer chants take notice. - VV. VV. DOW. Corvallis, Jane 22t 1888.. Done at 5s) Gazette Office, Gr aig m Gono ve -CrET YOTTR- iiiiiimirMrHirM ww mar.m k.m ir-j iin a mm . mvjm wm mm . mm m a ' Home! E2 Corvallia, Oregon