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SONG OP THE TRAMP.
I (tthr hen anil tfcere a pie,
And keret and there a biscuit;
I Match apron wHn tin nan's by.
It always pays to risk it
I atoap at 00011 where waters flow
T sooth the weary comer.
FVir men may crane and men may go,
Bat I go on all summer.
I ride heaeath the rashing freight
Prom Boatoa to Chicago; -I
watch each chance to dKsaecrate
The box of Wells & Fargo.
I sitqr and wh tittle as I go
December!! fiuH me lonely,
Fnr in DeTember falls the suow
I walk in auomer only.
Jonah the Second.
S. W. Kiesler, late commander's
clerk. United States navy, now a
resident of Hoiiesdale, Pa., told
the following story to a Philadel
phia Press reporter of a very re
markable experience of an Ameri
can sailor with a whale, lis says:
Geo. Leonard, an acting master in
the United States navy during the
civil war, and stationed on board
the gun-boat Kathdin, West Gulf
blockading squadron, in 1863, told
a story of heroism, and exhibited
marks on his body that corrobor
ated his words. The year 1850
found Leonard as one of the crew
on the ship Enterprise, a whaler
in the north Pacific.
One day he was stationed in the j
bow of a whaleboat a long distance 1
from the 6hip, with a brave crew ;
who had sighted a whale and made
for the monster with all possible j
dispatch. When within proper
distance Leonard threw his har
paon, strikiug the fish hard and
deep. ' In some manner- the line
as it was runuing out caught the
body of one of the men in such a
way as to throw him overboard.
The man suddenly - sank, where
upon Leonard transferred his line
to a boatman and sprang into the
ocean - in aid of the drowning
sailor.
The whale, now maddened by
hi fast flowing blood, made a rush
for the boat. Remarkable and
horrible to relate, Leonard's friend
had managed to regain the boat,
while he himself was caught by
the whale between the jaws, his
position being inside the monster's
issue of this
mouth, with nothing piotruding
but one of his arms. In this man
ner the man was in reality wil hin
the jaws of death itself. The
whale instantly plunged down into
the deep, and, in the words of
Leonard himself, '-the fish seemed
to ; be going down, down into
eternity itself."
The imprisoned man, after all
this, had not lost his presence of
mind. lie mustered his entire
bodily strength and he was a
powerful man actually bracing
himself in such a position as to
compel the fish to spread his jaws.
At the same time, with his arm
that was free, he grabbed the
sheath knife out of its socket, cut
ting right and left. No sooner
was' there a sufficient opening
made than Leonard forced his body
outside.
Up to the surface he swam,
when, most strange to say, he
found himself within an arm's
length of the boat. He was saved.
The marks of the whale's violence
and the dents of its teeth were
very plainly visible on Leonard's
arms, and he was always pointed
ortt by his bipther naval officers as
'The second Jonah."
AN ASSAY.
This simple method of ascertain
ing the amount of gold contained
in quartz is from the San Fran
cisco Mining Review: First weigh
the quartz dry. Then weigh in
water, suspending the quartz by a
thread. Next divide the dry
weight by the difference between
wet and dry (adding .decimals if
necessary.) Subtract from this
result the weight of quartz (usually
260 or 261 for free gold, but 265
to 270 if filled with sulphurets.)
Multiply this result by the weight
of gold, viz: 128. Then multiply
this amount by result of? subtrac
tion of wet from dry. The result
will be, after pointing off all deci
mals that have been , addel, the
exact weight in gold.
Children Cry for
Pitcher's Castorla.
THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE,
N
INVEST
WHY THE LEAVES TURN.
"Probably not one person in a
thousand knows why leaves change
their color in the fall," remarked
an eminent botanist the other day.
The common and old-fashioned
idea is that all this red and golden
glory we see now is caused by
frosts. A true and scientific ex.
planation of the causes of the color
ing of leaves would necessitate a
long V and intricate discussion.
Stated briefly, and in proper
language, those causes are these:
The green matter in the tissue of
the leaf is composed of two colors,
red and blue. When the sap
ceases to flow in the fall and the
natural growth of the tree ceases
oxidation of the tissue takes place.
Under certain conditions the green
of the leaf changes to red, under
different conditions it taKes on a
yollow or brown tint. The differ
ence in color is due to the differ
ence in combination of the original
constituents of the green tissues
and the varying conditions of cli
mate, exposure and soil. A dry,
cold climate produces more bril
liant foliage than one that is damp
and warm. This is the reason that
our American autumns are so
much more gorgeous than those of
England. There are several things
about leaves that even science can
not explain. For instance, why
one of two trees growing side by
side, ot the same age and having
the same exposure, should take on
a brilliant red in the fall and the
other should turn yellow; or why
one branch of a free should be
highly colored and the rest of the
tree have only a yellow tint.' are
questions that are as impossible to
answer as why one member of a
family should be perfectly healthy
and another sickly. Maples and
oaks have the brightest colors.
Field and Forest.
Moore & Stewart, the boss barbers, op
posite the brick livery stable; shaving 15
cents; haircntting 25 cents.
Children Cry for;
Pitcher's Castcria.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1889,-
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la3 -
Novelties in Every Line.
iECr All goods new and of the latest designs from Eastern and
Local factorys. ,
A large line of Carpets and Smyrna Hags. We defy any competi
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-OYKitLAND TO CALIFORNIA
VIA
Southern Pacific Company's
LINE.
THE MT. SHASTA ROUTE.
Time Between
ALBANY and SAN FRANCISCO
33 nouns.
CaUbnia Express Train Sua BaOy
POKTLAND and SAN FKANCISCO.
SOUTH.
Lv Portland ... 4:00 p. m.
Lr SanFrUiB0....7W pm
Lr Albany....... .0:46 am
MOV TIC
m Ainacy una p. m
Av Kan FViBc-o.., ,J :jy g.ro. At Portland 10:j6 n
Local Passenger Train, Dail y .except Sunday
I Portland 8:00 a. in. I Eugene 9:00 a. m
hv Albany.... 11:40 p. m. I Lv Albany 1126 a. m
At Kugeite 2:40pm Ar Portland ....3:46pm
Lebanon Branch.
S:20 p m...Lv.. .Albany.. ..Ar... 6:30 a m
9:06 p m. .Ar... .Lebanon. ..Lv. . 5:45 a m
1:50 pra...Lv... Albany Ar...9:25p m
2:36 p m.. Ar. .. Lebanon.. .Lv... 8:40 p m
7 :30 a in . . Lv . . . Albany .... Ar ... 4:26 pn
8:22 a m. . Ar. . .Lebanon. ..Lv ...3:40 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 witb all
the regular trains on the East Hide Uiriaian from
loot of F street.
Wait Siia CMiim.
BETWEEN PORTLAND AND COBVALLIS.
Kill Trail. Sail; Except Sradsy.
LCAVB.
Portland 7:30 a. m.
Camilla. .....1:30 p. m.
ARS1VB.
Corvallis 12:25 p. ai
Portland 6:20 p. n
At Albany and Corvallis connect with trmJ M of the
Oregon Pacific Railroad.
Eiprm Train. Daily Ixeept Sunday.
UtAVR.
Portland 4:60 p. nv.
McMnnvilto. . ..6:46 a. id.
a sans..
McMlnnrille... 8:00 p. m
Portland 9:00 a. m
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to all poirfts
South and East yia California.
Eor full information regarding rates, maps
etc., call on company's agent at Corvallis or
Albany.
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