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r UYSTERY f OF THE TIDES. v : , - . i k TL. Wm A -J For Their Ebb 'and flow. The tides, those mysterious pulsa tions of the sea, have been the theme of curious speculation ever since man began to ask the reason of what he saw around him. Many tages and clever brains in the age Of the past tried to explain away the periodical ebb and now of tjifln ocean, ana many piauEiDie u. er roneous ideas were seized upon and used to solve the problem, and some oi xne curious uuuuus ui mew, world philosophers are worthy of in terest. Aristotle, who tried to find a log ical reason for everything in na ture, thought that tides were caused by the sun, which moves and whis tles the winds about so that they fall with great violence on the At lantic, the only great ocean knoVn to the Greeks, which thus swells and causes the tide. Plato account ed for them as being caused by an animal living in a cavern, which, by means of a huge orifice, created the ebb and flow. The ancient Arabs believed that tides were paused by the "moon heating the waters and J causing them to swell, while others averred that they were caused by the alternate decomposition of the sea by the air and of the air by the sea, thus causing an ebb and flow. A writer as late as the thirteenth -qentury coolly remarks that tides are caused by the efforts of the earth to breathe. " Saintly St. Jerome explained the mystery ' by means of caves, and Bede stated that the ebb and flow were caused by an enornyras ser pent, who swallows and vomits the water. Another old sage thought that they were caused by the melt ing of the ice at the poles. In Kus Bia, dwellers by the seashore popu larly believe that the tides are gov erned by the water king's daughter. The Shetlanders used to believe that neriodical tides were caused by a monster living in the sea, or, to quote from an old Shetland worthy, "a monstrous sea serpent that took " six hours to draw in his breath and about six to let it out again." The Chinese believe that supernatural beings, weird and wonderful, cause the tides, while the Malays aver that they are caused by the movements of a huge crab. sSome of these old thinkers have been very near the solution of the problem, while some Of their crude notions are only fan tastic. Scottish Nights. SUBINTELUGENCE. UAKINQ k DEW PONS. " GOT HIS REWARD. torn, - .miff mf-'i tho Action, of Other. , , En , i V V f The Duke, the Cow Driver and a MIse ina; Sovereign., FOREST ETHICS. Put Out Your Cempfire Youraelf aatf Plant a New Tree. -.- . - irk-;. .n o-Utui at least l: The father of :the present .Duke tu to Tiuf ont tout camo- im . .. ..f H " UM l lutac u " o --!- - . . . t r-- -.-- ... . oave juu - -w-nPriTi!r- eans of men who of iSucdeucn was not averse i fire b hn noratna whn have some- wiu 1q Invite xib.b juu ----- wanderinsr gang of men who ot uuccieucn was noi ve w i fire before you abandon it in xne an observant physician toe otter -cmaxmt' the modern farm- j joke as regarded his identity, and m0rning to take up the trail. Do obj,, UUwv-r -r ---- - - . Yibeh in any situation in i an amusing anecaote, wnu a some-; not ieave the task lor one oi your thing on their mmds imitate uneon- f" EitlT drv soil will always! what serious ending, is toldahout . servants, not even for jour Your sly the actions oi otners r . . water more in the heat of him. His grace purchased a cow I gde, wn0Be interest in keeping the 'Z -VZ winter B.' from a farmer near DsJkeith and, woods free of devastating fire, being sciously the actions of others?" A reolv in the negative broi forth a reiteration ol the T0rfcn7to an account given by gave orders it should be sent up "A subintelligence seems to be at Accorg to an acc g , followm morning. According- work," continued the physian in "rr ,-a n7t derived from lv the cow was sent, and the duke, tnat COnWOlB . j;i ll, wdlWmr in the avenue, es- our actions and causes usto ao a i"e - om,wt ,Hlet is Uied a small boy who was attempt- ciously. A nond. " niff ineffectually to drive the ani- nervous man or woman wiU twisi - r - great many things un'consciomv nervous man or woman win and tear a scrap of paper or toy The ran? of dew pond makers ImaL The boy, not knowing the . i i f o commences operations uy uuuuwuig uuac,w v. SenspoLnrsons out the earth for afar in e- start and look at the article in tneir -re ---- j - bands as though wondering where m , fc had obSed it In nfne cases thick cover the whole of tb, hol- out of ten this person saw some oth- -w r a f roJver3bv er person doing the same tning, ana -"-- " - . 1 i; 1 'Hi. mon, come here an' gi' us a han' wi'.this beast!" The duke, greatly amazed, deter- mined-to have a joke. He walked on slowly .and took no notice. At last the little fellow called: "Come here, mon, an' help it 1 n T A I hara TTinTl SITV hPin 11 ftU' unconsciously h or her hands .iSWiT. sure as anything Fll give ye fa aonAt out the paper or article to the clay is then closeiy strewn wun ge 1 -4.1, stones, play with. J , , . ken that the xne conversauou uwn pxutc m . e wailing room ui a . , , , m, 11 where a score of busmess men, au F-- - --J - preoccupied mentally with the com-, graauauy even though no rain may fall. If such a structure is situated on the ing business of the day and all anx ious to get to their offices, were con gregated, waiting for , a boat. To prove the truth of his remarks the physician suggested an experiment. He began a march up and down the waiting room. In two seconds a worried looking man who appeared to be a prosperous merchant or bro ker began to march also. .Two clerks and a stout person followed his example. In five minutes two men who were reading newspapers were the only persons out of the twenty odd in the room who were not walking about. The physician ceased suddenly. Peculiar as it may seem, his action appeared to give the whole assemblage a shock. They woke up, as it were, but not suffi ciently to know that they had been experimented upon. Before the boat arrived they had assumed the positions in which the physician found them. "Another thing I have noticed," added the physician, "is that the higher the intelligence, of a man is the more liable he is to be con trolled by subconsciousness. An un intelligent man seems to have none of it." New York Globe. .. Tenures of Scotch Landowners. Sir George Clerk of Penicuik House, JSainburgn, married me daughter of another baronet," the late Sir Eobert Napier, and he holds his lands on a curious tenure. This obliges him to stand at the bend of a road near his house and blow three blasts on a horn if the sov ereign visits Edinburgh. Andthere are other landowners with similar ria-hts or obligations. Mai or Horn- son-Crauf urd holds the lands of Braehead on the understanding that if the king, should happen to cross Cramond Brig, at the gates of his residence, he presents him with a silver basin filled with water in which to wash his hands. Then, should the sovereign chance to visit Hopetoun House, Lord Linlithgow orders that the chains which stretch across the principal avenue should be lowered so that his majesty may drive up the central approach. Glasgow Times. Miles and Miles. If you set out to walk a mile in Sweden, you will have to walk more The Written Koran. than five times as far as you would Mohammedans never use printed 1 have to walk in America to com lalf I This entreaty had the desired ef fect. The duke gave a helping hand. . ' "And now " said he, "how much1 do you think you will get ior tms job?" Ow dmna Ken, saia tne ooy, but I am sure o something, tor summit of a down, during the the folk up at the house are good warmth of a summer dav the earth 1 to a bodies, will have stored a considerable amount of heat, while the pond, protected from this heat by the non conductivity of the straw, is at the same time chilled by the process of evaporation from the puddled clay. The consequence is that during the night the moisture of the com paratively warm air is condensed on the surface of the cold clay. As the condensation during the night is in excess of the evaporation dur ing the day, the pond becomes, night bv. night, gradually nued. xneo- reticaUTwe may observe that dur ing the day, the air being compara tively cnargeu wiin moisture, evajj- oration is necessarily less man tne The Original Lemon. If they haven't the original lem on up in the Metropolitan Muse um of Art, they come pretty near achieving that distinction. In one of the cases containing the Edward C. Moore collection of oriental art objects there is a group of pieces of Venetian glassware consisting of cups and vase's of various kinds and shapes. " On the lower shelf of this case there is a large sized and perfectly shaped representation of a lemon in bright lemon colored glass that x i. ...nn'o i ,1 n a must represent suiuc m buau a of a joke, for it has nothing to do with the ordinary sort of pieces those glass blowing shops turned Out at that time. As it dates from the sixteenth century; it certainly antedates any lemon known to the present day. It never will be hand ed out to apy one, however. New York Press. As thev neared fhe house the duke left, the lad and entered by a different way. He called a servant and put a sovereign into his hand, telling him to give it to the boy who brought the cow. The duke then returned to the avenue ana was there met by the boy. "Well, how much did you getr "A shilling," said the boy."an'. there's the half of it to ye." ;But surely you got more than a shilling?" "JMo, said tne ooy earnestly, "that's all I got." "There must be some mistaue, said the duke, "and as I know the duke if you return I think I'll get ...i'noliMi rlnrmf tho TlicrVlt Ttl 1 VOU more." LTlCLiUliaUVU VLUAUac vuv I V . . -practice it is found that the pond The boy consented, and back they will constantly yieia a auppiy oi xne went. xiC - - nrrifirfid all the servants to assemble. UU1C61 WOIC1. - I " T. . . at. I "Now" said he. "show me tne An it tho lovpr nf straw nerson who gave you the shilling. should get wet, as it then becomes "It was that chap there, point- a matter oi bread ana ouiier, is therefore the keenest of any of your t camp followers, but who, none the less, is apt to be careless.-' See to iti yourself. Leave no smoldering back log of the nighfs friendly fire." Leave no smoking coals that have served to broil (so deliriously) the breakfast trout, for such relics so often are fanned into the tiny flame which, feeding upon nearby leaves or. moss or bush twigs, grows within two days to a devouring blaze that consumes acres of forest before its withering touch is 'stayed. If you are close to a brook use its water plentifully, and if water is scarce knock the live ends of the larger sticks until not a spark is left and scrape dirt over all the coals not a few handfuls of dust that the wind may scatter at its first (breath, but dirt that will bury and smother. No doubt my average - reader thinks I am writing a lot to deliver one small message, but let him con sider that hundreds of acres of for est land, worth thousands, measured by dollars, and of inestimable re sources of the country, are annual ly destroyed from just such insig nificant beginnings as the campfire which was not put out beyond the power of the passing breeze to re suscitate. v Therefore the warning appeal cannot be too important since we as a nation are using up from three to four times as much wood every year as the country is nroducing. Two worthy exhibits of genuine Americanism are, first, not to add to forest destruction by carelessly leaving fire around, and, second, al ways to plant a new tree young tree for every one you destroy. And plant it where it will do the most good. Outing Magazine. . inspection . Stock of v. of Ladles' and Misses' Coats Wool Dreea Goods, Cotton Wash Drese Fabrics Our Stock is Cent plete in Every Detail at Right Prices. Hcnkle & Davis IMIFIFO ADVERTISEMENTS CLABBIP1EU ADVERTISEMENTS; Fifteen words or less, 25 cts for threw iiioresnive insertions, or 50 nts per month; for all np to and1 innlndinpr t sd-i'tiwal woHs, j rant a word for esib insertion. For all advertisements over 25 words, 1 ct per word for the first insertion, and V ct per word for each additional inser tion. Nothing inserted for less than 96 "ontS. tiodee, society and chorea notices, other ttan strictly news matter, will be !hrrprt for. . of the same temperature as the sur rounding earth and ceases to act as a nonconductor of heat. This prac tically always occurs if a spring is allowed to flow into the pond or if the layer of clay (technically called the crust) is pierced. The Claw of the Devil. In .the middle ages people recog nized witches and possessed per sons by seeking on their bodies for ing to the butler, who, utterly con fused, attempted to apologize. The duke cut all explanations snort ana ordered him to quit his service in stantly. As for the boy, the duke was so delighted with his honesty that he sent him to school and edu cated him at his own expense. Kansas City Journal. - An Eye to the Main Chance. Lucinda had' a large box of choco- Korans because in -doubt as to the- ingredients entered into the compo sition of the printing ink. They are afraid of being defiled by taking into their hands a copy of the sa cred book that may have been pro duced with the ink in which pig's fat instead of linseed oil has formed plete your mile, for a Swedish mile is 34,980 feet long, while an Amer ican mile is only 5,2bU ieet. ine English and the American miles are the same in lengtn, wmie tne Span ish mile lacks 714 feet of being as long as the American mile, the Nor wegian mile is nearly seven times :m8 T I. . 1 1J what was called the claws of the iates. .every iew mmuies devil. It was a more or less ex- pass the box arouna to ner w tensive part of the skin in which and her mother's visitors. What the subject was insensible to any a dear little thing! exclaimed one touch or prick. The expert intrust- of them. "She is the very soul of ed with this work would close the generosity. Most children would eyes of the subject and armed with satisfy the dictates of conscience by a sharp needle, prick here and there passing the box around once, but the different parts of the body. The she seems to wish to share the sufferer was to answer with a cry whole box witty us. or. tho Maw nf the Lucinda's mother smiled know- devil on a certain spot was recog- ingly, and when the little girl went nized from the fact that he did not out of the room she said: Dont cry when this spot was examined. count too much on Lucinda s gener rfn TiTn-- s,r,km nf TTvstpria ositv. I know it looks that ; way, Htr PiArJ .TflnVt but as a matter of fact she is mere- ' ' lv working for herself. I don t per- Where the Shoe Pinched. mit her to eat much candy, but she "If they don't quit making that knows that every time she passes child cry, sighed the flat dweller the box around she'll get one her- as his sobs echoed pitifully through self. She knows I won't scold much the court. "I am going to apply to so long as She is passing her sweet- the board of health and have it stop- meats around to others." Ex- PHYSICIANS B. A. OATHEY. M. T.. PWYPTCTAKr -v 1 nrcpnn. Rnom14. Ttank TWd-'- Offi rTonnt: 10 to T? n m . 9 in 4 m. "PenidenpA : wit. Kth and Ad mu Ptw Telpihone t ofra end re Mwd Oorvs'lie. Orefm. one of the comnonent Dartsel They its length, and the Dutch mile is therefore confine themselves to ; only 3,380 feet. With the exception reading hand written reproductions : oi America ana Jngiana, mere are of the prophet's work, which are naturally very expensive. Redeemed' Himself. no countries in which the mile is the same length. MinneapolisTournal. Wouldn't Take His Place. ed. There's a limit to everything: "Whv the board of health?" ask ed her friend. "I should think you would apply to the Society For the "Provpnti.m of Cruelty to Children." "I am not thinking so mucn of him," acknowledged the flat dweller contritely, "as I am of my own health. His constant sobbing is getting on my nerves so that I can't sleep. JNew Xoric nress. change. .' . Her Sacrifice. A teacher in a certain Sunday school had been impressing on her girls the need of making some per sonal sacrifice .during ljent. ac cordingly on the first Sunday of that penitential season, which hap pened to be a warm day, she took occasion to ask each of the class in turn what she had given up for the sake of her religion. .Everything went well, and the answers were The Sun's Heat. Tt ia -nnt imTwiscihle in ATnresa the ' marvelous power of the sun's heat, proving highly satisfactory, until Sir Charles Napier had an effec-! Hearing of the sudden taking off but we can admit without shame she came to tne youngest ..ool'lwitii cow-! the staged life of a leading Tes- katit KPM imj?lfT? I "SfiV fcfwProiiBTtff for Lent On one occasion a flying sol pian while he was playing in Uhica- . , xae ai au.ua. - - " , v : - . ... v - --r xr.i t ix . oonh corvnri ia pniini T.n T.nflT. wninn i leuoc uiaaui. obauuuvAvs. dier was stODDea bv nis ieiiows. wd eo, 9 xew xorts. xuuibuau uut ui - - - . , j t ttt LlLlaZt him when the fob telegraphed the manager as fol-j would -result, from the combustion child, somewhat confused, I-Iye ;;neral intervened. I lows: , ' 1 of eleven quadrillions six hundred J lett off my leggings. o " tive ards. "Give the man another chance," "Having heard of the sad and; thousand millards of tons of coal 1 he ordered. "Place him in the tragic demise of Mr. , I'll take front rank, and if he turns again his place for $150 a week." let him be shot." As the message was sent collect, The" man eagerly embraced this it elicited the following reply : chance of life, overcame his fears , "Thanks. I wouldn't take his place and fnnsrht bravelv for the rest of for twice that amount." Minne- Proof Not Necessary. As General Benjamin F. Butler entered the lobby of the Boston statehouse one morning he saw two men whom he knew engaged in a heated argument. "One moment, general," said one of them to him. "Can't you settle a dispute? We are arguing as to who is the great est lawyer' in Massachusetts, and as we can't agree we will leave it to you." ' "That's easy. I am," said Butler, with perhaps more truth than mod esty. The two men were somewhat tak en aback. "Er er but, general, of course you know but but how can we prove it ?" the first speaker man aged to get out. ".Prove itr trove ltr growieu Butler. "You don't have tb prove it. I admit it!" Mirrors For Invalids. , "If you have a sick friend who can't get out of bed for awhile and want to provide entertainment for her," said the woman of experience, "give her a hand mirror. Nothing else is auite so fascinating. Often the bed may be placed with the head toward the window so the patient gets no glimpse out of it, but if she has a mirror it is all reflected for her. She can catch a sunbeam in the edge of it or count the clouds as they float past. She can inspect all the furniture in the room, and if she is alone in a hospital she can find conroanv in looking at herself. It is the most entertaining and harmless thing you could possibly give her." New'York Press. To Err Is Human. Eobert Browning once found him self at a dinner at a great English house RittiPcr next to a lady who t t 3 4-1,. lii'rrTiasf aria- was coxiiicutcu. wiiii tocracy. She was very graciously inclined and did her utmost to make p.m versation. "Are you not a poet?" she finally "Well." said Browning, "people are sometimes kind enough to say! that I am." "Oh, please don't mind my hav ing mentioned it," the duchess has- tened to say, witn tne junaesi ox W. T. KOWLEY, M. P.. PHYSTCTAN and fureenn. " Ppecial attention eiven to th Eve. Nfe and Throat. Offio in Jrhnann Bid?. Ind. 'phone at of fice ind esidnce. House Decorating. FOTt PATNTTW AND PAPERING BET! W E. Paul, Ind. 4AR Mtf UNDERTAKERS WILKIN8& BOVFE. FUNERAL. Di rectors and Licensed Emhelmers. Successor o S. N. Wilkins, CorvalHs,. Oregon. Phone 4s. 8gtf HFNKXE BLACKLF.DGE. TJNPER tpknro and licenxen emhalmers, South Main St., Corvallia, Or. ATTORNEYS J. F. YATEP. ATTORNE Y-A T-L, A W Office np stafrs in Zierolf Bnildinar. Only set of abstracts in Bentoii County E. R. BRYRON ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office 5n Post Office Buildinjr, Corval lia, Oregon. WANTED WAilTEn 500 SUBSCRIBERS TO THB RazkttB and Weekly Oregonian at . $2.50 per year. HOMES FOR SALE WILL SELL LOTS IN OORVALLfS, Oregon, on instalment plan and an p'st purchaser to bnild homes n them if desired. Address First National' Bank, Corvallis, Or. the day. Hitting Back. The elder Sothern; the creator of the Lord Dundreary fame, was ex apolis Journal. " His Introduction. Mark Twain said the only intro duction to a literary audience that tremely sensitive to interruptions he ever had that seemed to him the of any sort. Seeing a man in the right word in the right place, a real . . . i - j : - i ' met oi leaving ma dox uurwg ui ( mepiraiion, was as iuuuws . delivery of one of the actor's best j ''Ladies and Gentlemen I shall speeches, he shouted out: "Hi, you. not waste any unnecessary time in ur! Do you know there is another the introduction. I don't know any act?" The offender was equal to thing about this man. At least I iha occasion, however. Ha tuned only know two things about him. ' la the actor aad answered cheerful-; One ia that he has never teea ia burning at the same time. This a Tn 8.a,,,,w . . . . same heat would boil per hour seven A coal miner in the east of Scot- v, m;iunn, f .hii land was visited by a friend, ana miles of water at the temperature among the places of interest shown Bmiles. y0u. know Byron and Ten- of ice. Attempt to understand tnisl was,-oi wmw, v - nyson sou uui ii it. j. -2.x j I incr the ftire lowered into tne Dlt . Vnh'a PnTrmnnion. as well migns tue tuiu aiieuiuv w i e. o - -- . t i r drink the ocean! , mtix etou eel rope, tne min ers inena exciaimea: A Fronch Joke. I "My word I 1 snouian't UKe to go -Oh. jm Tkats why Vm g1 prison, and the otter is I cast sea Magistrate The plaintiff affirms down there on that rope.1 that you sold him an absolutely "Why," exclaimed the miner, rank cheese, although you told him I "Aw wadna like to gang doon there it was. the kine of cheeses when he withoot itr uunaee -a.avenu.er. boueht it of you. Defendant Quite true, but I nev er laid it was a good one. I simply said it was the king of cheeses. Magistrate Well? DefndsntWeil, in my -opinion the Jong - of cheeses would be tho rtt.' ' Are we republieans or it School For Waiters. It is often a matter of wonder why foreign waiters are preferred to English ones even in English ho tels. The reason is a very simple one. The foreigner is a far better waiter. -His aim is not always to remain a waiter, but to rise in the notel business to a higher positiyn. ha Had a Reason. The "Rev. J. Tut. tut ! How dare toii come before me and ask me to t Tjuioamie there is. a school for marrr you when he is in that die- vaiters. They are tauaht there for- graceful condition? x " ; eign languages ad not only to wait ' Would Be Bride Weel, aur, ploaa ven but ererTthing else connected aw, he'll no come when ombv the worhaf of a hoteL- Blnttrated Bits. I doa TratL WILL SELL MY LOT8 IN NEWPORT, Or., for spot cash, balance instal ments, and help parties to bnild homos thereon, if desired. Address M. 8. Vocdrook. Cr-vallte, Or. ONE HUNDRED TO FOUR HUNDRED dollars per month easily earned by ad writers and show card - writers. Onr system of 'correspondence instruction ia the only practical one in tbe West. Wiite for booklet abont tbsee most fascinating and profitable professions. Brains To Rent, F600 Deknm Bldg, Portland, Oregon. 98-2" BANKING. THE FIB ST NATIONAL BANK OF Corvallis, Oregon, transacts a gmerai conservative backing bnsiness. Loans money on approver security. Draft bought aad cold and money transferred' to the principal cities of the United Statea,.Eorope and foreign countries. The Gazette i way u nasa j. -