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About Corvallis daily gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon) 1909-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1909)
(UIET COMMUNITY . By M. QUAD. Copyright. 1909, by T. C. McClure.J Tbte village of Hainsville boasted that it was the most ;r.i't community In the state. Years bad gone by sTuce eveu a ''chimney bad burned out or a tramp had helped himself to onions from somebody's garden. It tvas just quiet, respectable and peaceful, and its inhabitants read in the uev.-spapers the happenings in other villages and patted each other on the back that they were Hainsvillers. Tims it was thiit when the' Widow Thomas made her advent in the village one day. looking for a quiet place in which to pass a few weeks, by the ad vice of a doctor, for her nervous trou ble, everybody put himself forward to assure her that she had come to the . ri.lit place and to make her welcome Tl:i widow had a rather peculiar nerv ous trouble, as she stated at once. To rr.re it she must stroll around more or less at nii'ht under the dew and under the moonlight., Would the villagers regard that as improper? They Wouldn't not as long as the doctor bad recommended it. In her strolling vculd she meet men who would try to flirt with her? Never! Flirting was a thing unheard of in Hainsville. If any man sought to introdu e such a thing he would be tarred and feathered and driven out. And so the little woman was settled Jn the house of the Widow Davis, who was glad to take her in for the bond between them and that they might sit of an evening and compare notes about the loved and departed. The stranger had taking ways with her and was a success from the start. She began strolling around nights almost at once, and such men as encountered her lifted their hats and passed on without a word. They had visions of tar and feathers before their eyes And almost from the first the boarder began to gain in health. The fresh milk and eggs and the dew and the moonlight had a wonderful effect in quieting her nerves, and when this became known throughout the village there was talk of establishing a sani tarium for the benefit of nervous per sons. Th Widow Thomas remained in Hainsville for six weeks. It was then announced that her cure had been com plete. As her coming had created something of a sensation, her going was not to be without its special fea tures. As the rumor of her contem plated departure crept about a certain deacon received a note asking him to call, and she said to him: "Deacon, on five different occasions, after 9 o'clock at night, as recorded here in my notebook, I have discov ered you peeking into the windows of a certain house., 1 am a little short of monejr and shall take it kindly f you will lend me $10." ' ;, The deacon, said "Um, urn!" to him self and handed over the money. He . bated to let it go, but that was a quiet community. In response to another note Mr. Jackson, who deals in real estate and Insurance, made his appearance. He was about the only man in the village who didn't believe in the dew cure. She shook his hand as warmly as she had that of the deacon and said: "Mr. Jones, as you will see recorded here in my notebook, I have on four different occasions at a late hour of the evening discovered you carrying baskets of apples from Mr. Sutliff's orchard to your kitchen door. There may or may not have been dew on them. I am a little hard up for money, and I hope you con lend me' ?5J "f-c-s, I might do it might possibly do it," replied the insurance man as !e rubbed his chin and looked at his oes. And the result was that he did 'fio it, though he bad to go out and bor row $10 of the sum. ,r The third caller was Mr. Brown, one of the merchants W the village. He had just introduced a new feature into his trade. He had taken in as sales woman a young lady from a town ten miles away, and the move was a suc cess, although his wife had stren uously objected to it. The Widow Thomas wished to congratuate "him on the success of his innovation and to -say: . "Mr. Brown, my doctor has sent in his bill rather unexpectedly, and I find myself rather short. Wouldtft you like to lend me $20 for a few days?" "But but you know you are a stran ger to me," he protested. "Certainly! But you know I have been walking around nights since 1 came. here. On three occasions, as you see recorded in my notebook, I have seen a gentleman and lady walk ing arm in arm in the pine grave. I could have wondered who they were, but I haven't." "Um! Um! I see. You haven't the least idea who they were?" "No." . - " "Then drop into the store : before you go. and I will hand you the mon Aiyi This is a quiet community, you know, and I, for one, am anxious for it to remain so." She got the money, and there were others. It was indeed wonderful how the de-w and the moonlight had sharp ened Tier vision and her hearing. She had even discovered an eminent citi zen feeding cucumbers' to his old cow in order to kill her with colic and pet the; live stock insurance money. ;; She went away in a halo of glory, and three dnvs after, when a drummer asked the village president if anythin ever happened 'there, the reply was: "Jfot a thing. ; We are. sir, a very quiet and very, respectable .community, and I hope your conduct during your brief stay among us will be without reproach.' ' ; ' Millions of Dollars' Worth of Grain Destroyed Every Year. It costs the American people $100,- 000,000 yearly in grain alone to feed the rat. This is only one of many in teresting facts gleaned from a state ment prepared by the experts of the biological survey of the department of agriculture entitled "The Rat Prob lem" and issued the other day. Untold millions are destroyed every year by the rat, which is also the prin cipal agent in the dissemination of bu bonic plague. The pest's bill of fare Includes almost everything eaten by man and a considerable number of things not included in human dietaries. as, for instance, carrion, mice, kid gloves, ivory and living horses' hoofs. Its most common food is grain, If fed on grain alone it is estimated that one rat will eat 60 cents' worth a year, while of oatmeal it will consume $1.80 worth. The rapidity with which rats multi ply is the main reason why man ap pears to make so little headway in their destruction. It is calculated that a single pair of rats and their progeny, breeding without interruption' and suf fering no losses, would in three years increase to more than 20,000,000. While praising the persistent use of traps and poisons, the experts believe the most promising lines of extermination effort lie in rat proof construction of buildings, especially the use of con crete in foundations, and in reducing the food supply of rats by the disposal of garbage and the protection of food supplies. NEW KIND OF ECLIPSE. RATS COSTLY BOARDERS. Professor Brashear Announces a Ce lestial Novelty For June 17. Professor John A. Brashear of Al legheny Pa., in a signed statement says that the eclipse of the sun on June 17 will be unlike any other eclipse within the knowledge of man. In part Professor Brashear says: "The eclipse will be of a very inter esting character from the fact that for a few sceonds it- will be an annular eclipse, then change to a total eclipse, then back to an annular eclipse for the second time. "The writer cannot find record of such an occurrence in any history of astronomy, although we have records of annular eclipses for 400 years and of total eclipses for thousands of years. The eclipse as a partial phase of great er or lesser magnitude will sweep over the North American continent from the north, decreasing in size as it passes down through Canada and the states. "The central line of a totality com mences southeast of Tomsk, in Sibe rian Eussia. courses only a few miles south of the north pole of the earth, skirts the east coast of Greenland, where totality ends near sunset." "CANNIBALISM SCIENTIFIC." English Authority Says Man Is the Best Food For Man, A scientific justification for cannibal ism was propounded by- Dr. F. Gow- land Hopkins in an address at the Roy al institution in London the othr day. 'What would be the most efficient protein for men?" he asked. "Clearly, although not a point of practical die tetics, the most sensible person in this connection is the cannibal. In con suming his own kind he is . eating ex actly the right stuff. "Though it may seem-a grewsome experiment, a worker in Heidelberg has just lately tested the point. He found that a dog when fed with dog was able to do with a much smaller quantity of protein than when fed with any other protein whatever. 'There Is a chemistry of species, and the nearer tlie two species of animals are together the more nearly does the chemistry of their bodies agree." New Pigeon Flying Record. Averaging a flight of 933.03 yards per minute, a pigeon owned by J. H. Fournier of Syracuse, N. Y., won a pigeon race of 200 miles from Corry, Pa., to Syracuse the other day. In all ninety birds were liberated at G o'clock in the morning at Corry. The winning pigeon reached Syracuse seven min utes before noon, covering the distance in 5 hours and 53 minutes. Loeb, the Customs Prober. Say. Ain't Loeb The probe And the way He jams it in ... A plumb cruelty sint '. By scud. He draws the blood, And It pours i Out of the old sores In a, flood! He puts the hooks Into the crooks. And, though he can't bust The sugar trust. Say, He can give it a weigh All right, can't he? He's gaffed The customs graft To a standstill so far, ' And he'll hand out the Jar To others before he is through Showing off what he can do. And yet Let us not forget That Loeb y As a probe Is doing what ' His predecessors did not. ; Not because he is so fearless and strong j So were they . In a way I , v . , . ' . Rut, ray. . . - Somebody somewhere somehow Declined to help them jam The probe in good, . . ,. As they knew they should, 1 And the load was on Uncle Sam. Nobody knows the story At least nobody will tell- But lately ' the probe . Has been passed on to Loeb With instructions to use It like well. Like he is ifsing It. - See? W. J. Lampton in New York Times. For Rent continues to at tract, and sat isfy our patrons with new bar gains every day and on all pur chases, no mat ter how small, you make a saving. $4.95 Buys Fine Tailored, DRESS SKIRT Worth more than double ' $13.00 For Fine Tailored Ladies' Coat or suit worth ; Twenty Dollars v- regularly. Thej are very suitable' for immediate " or Fall wear. . The yard for all wool Dress goods. Regularly worth a good -deal more , but we must dispose of the surplus some way. ,' 840 acres, 1 1-2 miles from Summit. 700 acres fenced in five pastures run ning water between each pasture, fair buildings, 72 bearing fruit trees-will lease 5 years straight. Also have for sale 220 goats and 4 good Jersey cows. D. F. Young. 203 N. 14 St., Corvallis. i 6-4-4 t w. Money To Pay Warrants Notice is hereby given that there is money on hand to pay General Fund Warrants endorsed to November 22, 1904, and all endorsed street warrants. Interest will stop on same from this date, June 5,. 1909, Z. H. Davis, 6-5-10-17 Citv Treasurer. Hay Baler Will rent on the shares for the sea son's run, a Hay Baler. Address M. S. Woodcock, Corvallis, Oregon. - 6-7-D4.Wtf. Daily Gazette 50 cents per month Why not take it. Powerful and rapid well ma chine run by gasciine engine. Wind mill pump repairing, and drove wells a specialty. Place your orders now before the season's rush work is on. A. N.HARLAN Bos 52S Corvallis, Oregon The Best Paint There is no better paint made for appearance and -durability than Acme Quality Paint Specially prepared for exterior and interior use. "FLOOR VARNISH THAT WEARS" j-m Miner WAI L PAPER AND PAINT STORE Second Street, Near Palace Theater WOODS BROTHERS GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Prompt attention given to repairing all kinds of gasoline en gines, autos, bicycles. Plows and axes sharcened. Saws filed. All work guaranteed satisfactory and done on short notice Give us a call. We can please you. Located back of Beal Bros-' blacksmith shop on Second street. Phone No. 3145 Ind. oods Brothers C0RVAL OREGON Occidental Lumber . Co. Successors to, , Corvallis Lumber Co. We are here to supply your needs in the Lumber line. Please call on J. B IRVING for information and prices. And take notice that if we have not got exactly what you want we will get it for you. G. 0. BASSET T, Local Mer. Succeed when everything else fails. In nervous prostration and female weaknesses they are the supreme remedy, as thousands have testified. FOR KIDNEY, LSVEK AND STOMACH TROUBLE it is the best medicine ever sold over a druggist's counter. All the News All the-. Time in the Corvallis Gazette Benton County Lumber Co. Manufacturers of all kinds of Fir Luml)8r, Mouldings, Cedar Posts, Sawec! and Split. Cedar Sliakes Dealers in 5 Dssrs, Windows, Lime, finest Cement Shingles, etc BS22 ES2 i 8 Yards Percale for One Dollar Regular value Fifteen Cents the yard 52c The yard 70-inch Table Linen guaranteed pure and regularly worth more than double. 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