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THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, AUG. 1, 18S0. A Menagerie in an Ulster. I had little idea when I boarded a Third avenue car that bowled quietly along past Eighteenth street last even Jng, says a N. If. Herald reporter, that it contained an invisible menagerie in transit. There were only two other passen gers in the car an elderly Woman, who seemed to be running a pony ex press, as her arms were loaded with bundles, and a man in a heavy ulster, with his head down as if asleep and ap parently nursing an uncomfortable "jag." I had not been long seated when the noise of fighting cats was heard directly under the seat where the lady sat. In an instant the pony express was in the air and the bundles Hew to all parts of the car. "Kill them!" she shrieked. "Con ductor, let me off the car quick!" ' The conductor stepped forward to calm the terrilied woman, but she re fused to be pacified until hef bundles had been gathered up, the car stopped, and she had reached the sidewalk in safetj', where she gazed after the car with the look of a person who had been snatched from the jaws of death. The conductor then began an inves tigation. Suddenly the cats broke out again, but this time in the coal box. There was a look of having met and captured the enemy on the conductor's face as he graped the car-hook and quietly raised the lid. But only the silent, dusky lumps of coal met his as tonished gaze. He closed the box with a bang, while the horror that comes from the first suspicion of "jams" crept over him. Suddenly he jumped back and look ed down, and well he might, for the voracious growl of a bull-dog was heard at his feet. But he saw nothing there except the company's barred trap for catching the change that falls from the hands of passengers. Then the chirping of birds was heard above his head, and the whole car wa3 transformed into a - canary cage. Another instant and it was a small African forest of howls and cries of wild beasts. The conductor looked at me, but only the alternate of per plexity met his gaze. A conviction of having "got 'em" was settling on his face when he noticed the edges of a quizzical smile creeping up above the coat-collar of the man in the ulster. Then he "tum bled." He asked the man if he were making that noise and was auswered With a burst of laughter that could hot be controlled any longer. The gentleman would not give his name, but said he was a well-known Ventriloquist and had traveled all over England and Europe giving exhibitions of his art. He apologized to the con ductor, but said there was a certain kind of women he met in his travels that alwaj-s excited an uncontrollable desire in him to springa meuagerie un der them. He got off at Grand street. A Small Boy's Heroic Independence. A Lewiston little boy declared a philosophic independence and accept ed the consequence in so matter-of-fact a way last week that it may make a story ( even if it is not so very fuuny. His mother dressed him up in a flaunel shirt Friday and sent him to school. The shirt irritated his cuticle, or, in other words, he itched. When he came home that night he was cross and very cross for so small a boy and he declar ed that he and the flannel had parted company for ever. The next morning as his mother prepared to dress him for school the boy drew the line at the shirt. "No," said he, "I don't wear that shirt." A brief debate ensued, in which the boy appeared to have form ed his opinion and decided to stick to It. The question when put to the house, was carried by the boy, who Would not don the shirt. "If you will hot wear if," said his'nothcr, "I shall send you back to bed." Back to bed he went. He got no dinner. After noon came. A neighbor went in to see him his mother telling her that she had a bad boy up stairs. The boy lay there in bed, wide awake, his little cheeks flushed with the situation but showing no sign of change of heart. "Don't you want to go to school?" asked the neighbor. "School?" was the reply. "I shall never go to school again." "Don't you want to?" "Yes, but I can't. I've got to stav here." "All your life?" les'iii," was the re ply, "all my life. I shan't ever get up again, prob'ly." What could a moth er's heart do against so philosophic an acceptance of the termination of a life career as this? What but kiss him at tea-time and go down and buy the lit tle bunch of pluck some downy little undershirts that should never tickle him even once! Lewiston Journal. How Far Can You Hear? Some experiments in judging dis tance by sound were carried out re cently by one of the London brigades of the lletropolitan volunteers. This branch of military tactics is quite a hew departure in volunteering, and one which, if it is to be made of serv ice, will require more than an ordinary amount of practice. It was first ex plained to the men that sound travels at the rate of 1,100 yards in three sec onds, and on this basis they were to es timate the distance at which some rifles were being discharged in the darkness. The answers at first were wide of the mark, some of the men be ing as much as 150 yards out in then calculations. With a little practice, however, a great improvement was shown, many of the men guessing the distance exactly. I am told, however, that the experiments are not as satis factory as was hoped, and it is thought some time must elapse before judging distance by sound can be relied upou With any certainty. Life. Sauerkraut and Champagne. Mme. Jananschek. who is fond of German cookery, has invented a new and remarkable dish. It has been the habit with lovers of sauerkraut to pour a bottle of Rhine wine over the pickled cabbage. Janaoschek, with the inspir ation of genius, has substituted cham pagne for the Rhine wine with great success. A cave discovered near Chico, Cal. Js said to rival the famous Mammoth Carve of Kentucky . . ,. Lively Fight With a 'Gator- Tom Knott and Judy Branch, who left for the Branch plantation well sup plied with guns, dogs, etc., had a terri ble fight with a large alligator, saysyi Florida letter to the Globe-Democrat. It appears that the boys were out hunt ing some cattle, accompanied by their pet dog. In hunting around they came across an immense saurian, but as his 'gatorship was engaged in watching some calves, he d-d not notice the two "bloods" from this place. The dog not being well up in the 'gator business, commenced the attack at once. As soon as his 'gatorship could change his mind from calves to dogs he made a sweep with his tail that brought the ca nine around to his business end, and before the dog had time to think of his part, made a snap that would have end ed his career then and there, but the 'gator miscalculated his distance, and instead of taking the whole dog, tail and all, he got his tail only. The dog, being thus freed, started on . home run; but the 'gator wanted dog if he could not get calf, and, therefore, start ed after him, rolling over and over. This method of locomotion was so un usual that the dog became disgusted, and made such good time that tiie 'ga tor gave it up and turned his attention to his .human enemies. They, in torn, were so badly frightened they lost their gun, armed themselves with fence rails, and then the fight was fast and furious, ah e 'gator would take the rails be tween his teeth and crush them up as if he enjoyed them for a diet. To vary the exercises he would snatch a rail and sweep it round in a way that made his assailants give him plenty of room. Finally, after a terrible struggle, he was forced to go where all 'gators go, and hunt calves and dogs no more. Messrs. Knott and Branch say that he was, un doubtedly, the wildest 'gator they ever saw. Freaks of Photography. Most people are aware of the fact that with few exceptions the faces of their friends are unlike when viewed from opposite sides, but it is not gen erally known what causes this in some cases, remarkable difference. Napoleon Sarony, the well-known photographer, has made human faces the study of his life, first by painting portraits and, later in his career, by posing his sub jects before the camera. No one has ever doubted the excellence of his work, and the reason for his great suc cess undoubtedly arises from his observ ance of his patron's features and quick ly determining which is the best side. Frequently, he says, these facial differences are caused by accidents re ceived in youth while playing rough games, but the principal cause of the variation in the outline of the nose is due to carelessness of mothers in allow ing their babies to lie and suck their thumbs, for then the forefinger is pressed against the delicate cartilage of the nose and slowly but surely is mak ing an indention thereon. Mr. Sarony proves his theory by the statements ol many mothers who have remembered the childish trait in their boys and girls, and those who have evenly formed features, or faces which aj appeared exactly the same on each side, were those who scorned the comfort which is derived by putting the thumb in the mouth while sleeping. The poet Longfellow is cited as hav ing a much better profile viewed from the right side than from the left, and General Hancock was another noted man who was always photographed in one position, his best side looking quite unlike the other. In fact, there was such a difference that two photo graphs, one of each side of his face, would hardly be recognized as the same person. Doing the Right Thing The train was jnst pulling out of Weston, Mo., for St. Joe, when one of the passengers in the smoker put his head so far out of the window that a man near him felt it his duty to utter a note of warning. "Yes, it is a little risky," replied the man, as he pulled in his head and sat down, "but I was looking for a grave in that field. Reckon it has been ploughed under and forgotten." "How did they happen to bury him there?" "It's a sad story, gentlemen very sad. It was just ten years this mouth, and I was living here then. A stranger came in from the West with three horses to sell, and he acted so queerly that we clapped him in jail. He never denied that he stole 'em, and one night the boys turned out and hun; him to a tree back there. That used to be our way of discouraging the busi ness, and I believe it is still practiced further west. We buried him near the tree, and it was his grave I was look ing for." "Never denied it, eh?" queried one of the listeners. "Never did, although we gave him every chance. Just a week from the time he was hung we found out that he was an honest, honorable farmer, liv ing about forty miles below us. While he hadn't stolen the horses, he had killed a man, and he no doubt believed we were banging him for that. We felt mean enough when we discovered that he was no horse thief, and that all he had done was to pop a man over, and a Kansas man at that, and he must have been sadly puzzled over our con duct. We made such reparation as we could however. "In what way?1' "Oh, we rounded up the grave, passed resolutions of sympathy for the wife, sent the horses on home, and a few months later I went up and mar ried bis widow. She's in the next car behind." An Eye to Business.- Most young men have felt a longing to be independent and have formed visionary ideas of what they'd do if fortune should drop into their hands; but a Portland youth has hit upon a highly original way of asserting his good luck, should it come. "If I were left $100,000," said he, "I'd strike my boss for a rise in pay the next morn-1 ing." Lewiston Journal.- An Orange Wrapper-. Some genius has invented a ma chine for wrapping oranges that does the work of three men.-. He says it can wrap 2,500 oranges in one hour. HE SWEARS OFF, Ho His Wife Induced Him to 1tI Vp the Practice of Smoking; A Voting benedict in this Citv, says the Kansas City 2Ymes, tells a good joke on himself which illustrates the influence a wife has over her husband, provided she can reach his pocket-book. The young husband is in charge of a department of one Of the larger retail Main street stores, and before many months hopes to become a member of the firm. He is addicted to smoking, and in a moment of weakness confessed to his wife that his cigars cost him $1 a day. "Do you smoke 10-cent ci gars?" sheasked. He replied iu the af firmative, and the young bride, who had ideas of her own regarding econo my, asked if he would not give her in the evening when he returned home 10 cents for every cigar he had smoked during the day for pin money. She explained that her idea was to break him of smoking, and as he acknowl edged he wanted to quit, but did not have the courage to do so, he readily consented to the proposition. "I was as good as my word for one month," he said theotherevening, "and kept a faithful account of the number of cigars I smoked each day. Some times it would be nine, but more often er it was a dozen. When the month had passed my wife informed me that I had given her $32. That made $64 I had spent for cigars and ray salary was only $150 a month. I saw it would not do. I had numerous consultations with my friends before getting married as to whether a young man could af ford to marry on a salary of $1,800 a year and had been told that he could if he wasn't too extravagant in his no tions. There were only two things to do, quit smoking or tell a story every night when I got home. would hardly give me time to put on my smoking jacket before she would ask: "Now, how many today?" Her tone expressed so much confidence that I would have to 'fess up, and at last I told her that, with her permission, I would swear off. She readily consent ed, and I haven't smoked a Cigar since." A Dog's Good Sense A fare instance of brute intelligence was witnessed on Chestnut street the other evening in a dog which was at the wrong end of the rope; a drunken man was at the right end or, in other words the relative positions of the two should have been reversed. The at tention of several men who were pass ing was first attracted to the pair by the antics of the dog. The brute that is, the four-legged one was almost a fully bred pointer, and when first no ticed, was jumping up in the most sin gular manner, each jump succeeding a tugof the rope in the hands of the man. At times the canine, man, and rope would become tangled in the most inextricable snarl as the man and dog made their way up the street "Just watch that dog," suddenly said one of the men who were looking on. "He knows more than the man, by Jove!" - - The man, dog, and rope had just got oat of a snarl, when the man gave the rope a vicious tug. It was then no ticed that the rope, which was about the thickness of a lanyard was fastened around the dog's neck in a slip knot, no collar being around the dog's neck. At each tug of the rope it was plain that the brute the fore-legged one was almost strangled, and when the strain was removed the dog made his regular jump. One of the onlookers indignantly started to rescue the suf fering quadruped, when he was stopped by one of his companions, who said: "Let them alone. Just see what the dog will do." The deg had jnst completed one of his jumps, when it was seen that he bad taken the rope in his teeth and thus relieved the strain on his throat. He then trotted along contentedly un til the nian gave another tug and pulled the rope from between the animal's teeth. Tins had ezidently gone on for some time, to juilge by the weariness of the dog. But the animal pluckily tried again and again and succeeded each time in saving himself a chok ing. Fiiuadelphia Inquirer. Hie Latest Fads In Bangles. "Have you seen my new Shakspeare bangles?" asked Genevieve. Shakspeare what?" replied the aston ished listener. "Is it possible you don't know? See here!" and she thrust out a round, white wrist. The entire forearm Was covered with narrow, plain bands of oxidized silver. There must have been twenty or twenty-five of them, and through the eenter of each ran a row of lettering, embodying a suitable sen timent from the great bard. One from Cymbeline ran: "Her pretty action did outsell her gift, and did enrich' it, too," and one from Coriolaaus was still prettier: "Now the fair goddess Fortune fall deep in love with thee." "But this Shakspeare idea is rather old," said Genevieve regretfully as she replaced the slender bands. "To be utterly swagger one must have the new 'name set It's very discouraging and wearying work, this keeping up with the procession, I assure you. You see 1 had just completed my Shakspeare set When the name set came out." "And that is "Oh, yes! Yon must hare a brace let for every letter in your name, with one letter cut in each band, and your friends must present them to you. But I had actually forgotten the Kendal. That's the very latest. The latest of everything is the Kendal, yon know. Well, the Kendal is the cbime bangle. That can be made in silver or gold, and has only three strands, each with its own tiny bejl that rings out the most delicious little, note, the first one high and clear, ' the second a little deeper, and the last the deepest of them all ding, dang, dong, don't you see? That was one of the clever Mrs. Kendal's inventions. She's very clever, Mrs. Kendal is." tf. T. Even ing Sim. : - ' . Buffalo has . a commercial concern whose firm name and style is "Irish & English."1 -v The debt of Canada at the beginning of the present jeat was $284,518,8-11. EAST AND SOUTH VIA Southern pacific Route Shasta Line. Express Trains Leave Portland Daily. SOUTH . Lv Portland ...6:00 p.m. Lv Albany ft NOUT1I Lv San Frisco. . . .9:00 pro Lv AllHiny ... .ti-.U am Ar Portland.... 9:i5am Ar han risco...7:4.!s p.-ni. Above trains stoi only at following stations north oi Kosebur, hast Portland, Oregon City, Wood burn, Salem, Albanj-, Tangent, Sliedds, Ha.'aey, Har risburg, Junction City, Irving, Eugene. 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