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GAZETTE.
Vol. XLI.
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, Tuesday February 9, 1904.
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Published every Tuesday and 'Friday by the
GAZETTE PUBLISHING COMPANY.
0. A. Dearing, Editor and Business Manager
WAR BEGUN IN THE ORIENT.
Japanese fleet Seize Russian Vessels Happened
Yesterday at 5 P. M.
War has commenced between Japan and
1 Russia, bv Hi seizure of Russian vassals
by tba Japanese fleet. ' Time, Monday after
noon at five o'clock.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT.
We wonder if there is any real necessity for low
ering the asbestos curtain between the Chamber
lain vice-presidential boom and the democratic
party.
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The name of the president who pulled down
the flag in Hawaii is Grover Cleveland. And this
is claimed to be the best that democracy can offer
to the loyalty of the country.
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A republican congress is another name for wise
national progress. It is the best expression of the
genius of the American people. The duftv we owe
to posterity is to maintain it in its integrity.
Nothing like taking advantage of your oppor
tunities as they turn up. The Mormon elders who
are proselyting in Idaho are enco enraging -the "leap
year doctrine." Now, ladies, speak up lively.
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Fresh-laid eggs are like gold dollars; they are
either good or bad. There is no middle ground
lor tuem to occupy, w nen an rip-nt eacn nas a
standing value that nothing can take away from
it. When bad they are worthless, except in Kings
Valley, where they are found useful in enforcing
needed lessons in the social status of visitors.
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Delaware witnessed on Saturday last, an act of
justice for which she is to be commended. A brute
by the name of Corbett Lee, at Newcastle in that
State, was fastened to the whipping post and
received ten lashes, well laid on, for wife beating.
This is to be followed up by a month in prison.
The gentleman probably deserved what he got,
and we hope he enjoyed it.
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Isa't it strange that the first thought with
which a democratic politician approaches any sub
ject of national interest is to see whether any politi
cal capital can be made out of it. There is no
thought as to how the interests of the. -United
States are advanced by any policy which the ad
ministration has adopted; the one question ever
present in the democratic mind is whether the inci
dent cannot be distorted in some manner to the
purpose of exciting some prejudice in some minds
against the administration. What a misfortune it
must be to be a democrat, anyhow !
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One of the most fascinating myths of our child
hood days was certainly the story of Atlantis the
fabled continent which was said to exist in the At
lantic ocean, between, America and Europe.
How the imagination reveled in the wondrous tales
of its splendor and its power, its palaces and its
pyramids. How fancy run riot in picturing its
marvels. But the inconoclastic hand of science is
tumbling traditions" about our ears. The ' fairy
tales of myth and fable, the dim traditions of an
almost forgotten past the haunting memories of
vague and shadowy legends, are, bv the aid of
modern science and research, shaping themselves
into actual historical facts. Recent paleontologi
cal researches have established the fact of there
having really existed an Atlantis a land connec
tion between Europe and America in the ter
tiary period. This was a continent, savs the earlv
Egyptian records, lying over against the Pillars of
Hercules, in extent greater than Libya and Asia
put together, and was the passage to other islands,
and to another continent of which the Mediter
ranean Sea was only the harbor, and that within
the pillar of the empire of Atlantis reached to
Egypt and Tyrrhenia. A little while later there
was an earthquake, and the great island of Atlan
tis with its 64,000,000 inhabitants, sank beneath
the sea. From this continent branchins- out from
the Mediteranean, Europe-and Africa received its
-first people and its first civilization; a civilization
that has left its impress on Egyptian history, and
frhich the boasted progress of two thousand years
has hardly equaled and seldom surpassed. Atlantis
Is one of the stern and stubborn facts of history
and cannot be ignored.
.There will be no U. S. Senator to elect in the
next legislature, and that body, ought to do some
good and effective work next session. Benton
county has a state senator to elect next June. See
to rt, gentlemen - politicians, that a man ot high
character and good, business ability is nominated
to that position. This is not a question of factional
fighting it is the selection" of the .best man tor
Benton county's interests. ' Here'is an opportunity
to do some good work. . Our county has been well
represented in the position heretofore. -K Keep up
the standard, gentlemen. Y
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Japan has at last reached , the limit of her pa
tience, and it is more than probable that the pres
ent week will witness the beginning of hostilities
in Coiea and Manchuria. It is certain that Russia,
who has simply been playing for time to complete
preparations, will not yield to Japans demands
relative to Mauchuriai. If Japan has the spunk
she is every where credited with, the war is certain.
It is for her to decide whether it goes on or not.
Russia has crippled herself to some extent in the
large loans she has been forced to make to com
plete the Trans-Siberian Railway, to build her new
navy, and internal improvements throughout her
vast empire. Her indebtedness to France alone is
nearlv one and one-half billion dollars, and it is
doubtful if she can make another loan. On the
other hand Japan . has just received a voluntary
subscription of one million dollars toward her war
fund. She has just made her first call for the re
turn to Japan of all her people in America who
are liable for military service. It is said that, there
are at least 150 men in San Francisco alone, who
will obey the call, and return to Tbkio on the first
steamer which leaves port tomorrow. Failure to
comply with this call forfeits all rights of citizen
ship in Japan. It is unnecessary to say that the
call will be obeyed. There is a feeling of relief in
Tokio at the fact that all donbts regarding the out
come of the negotiations have been practically set
at rest " Patriotism is rife among the little brown
men'and they are stirred to a high pitch of excite
ment. Let the battle begin.
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r -While the people are- still -discussing State
Superintendent Ackerman's plan for teaching agri
culture in the public schools, it is well to study
and profit by the experience of. other countries on
similar lines: . The government of Denmark spent
$500,000 last year for the purpose of making more
farmers. Any laborer in that country who saves
one-tenth of the price of a plot of land can bor
row the remainder of the money from the govern
ment, paying three per cent, interest. The gov
ernment sends expert professors, of agriculture to
give every farmer free lessons in farming, and each
new farmer is given a free trip to a model farm, so
that he may learn how to make the best possible
use of his land. An example like this is surely
worth our attention, if not our emulation. If it is
to the interest of a small country like Denmark,
with only limited resources at its command, to
spemd large sums to make more farmers, surely
our own country, whose possibilities of agricul
tural development are almost unlimited, could well
afford to spend millions to establtsh farm training
schools, where every man or boy who desires the
knowledge might learn how to till -the soil and
become -an independent producer on the land. As
a preliminary measure to these schools, surely
nothing could be better, as a foundation, than
Supt. Ackerman's plan of giving the scholars of
our district schools a first course in agricultural
topics. This will be a fit training for a fuller
course in our agricultural colleges, even if the
plan as practiced in Denmark were not carried out.
The Danish plan ot promoting agriculture and
encouraging homemaking will result in a more
contented and patriotic people and raise the stand
ard of citizenship in that country. It might be
followed with profit in this country.
. Kew How to Ket a Hotel.
? Guest I'd coon starve here.
Proprietor (country hotel) There's
plenty to eat.
J "Perhaps so, but those waiter girls
of yours don't attend to me."
rThey don't? Well, thafa, easily
fixed. Here's some wax." '
,"What good is . that?"
J'Put it on your mustache, of course,
and curl the ends. You're got too much
dfa married look." N. Y. Weekly.
' I ' -'.Moat Uafaaaloaaala, -
"My gracious!" suddenly exclaimed
little Mabel Blugore, who had been day
dreaming; "I suppose there's no helo
lor it." ,
J "What are you thinking of, dear?"
saucea ner mamma.
-- Why, I was just thinking when we
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aie we 11. nave to wear ready-made
neaveniy robes for a few days till We
can be fitted." Philadelphia Press, v v
T That's Waat.
Out of barrel and out of sack,
Out of closet cheat and pack,
, : Burglars take thinrs bow and then
For burg-lara are auch taking- men.
Chioaso Dally News.
Reductions for.
. HARD OH BIK,
Youngwed I say, old chap! what
would you consider the hardest thing
to learn-about a baby? .
Cynicus Not talk about it. Phila
delphia Press.
Undoubtedly True.
The progressive woman
Would like, it appears,
To advance in ideas ,
And retrocede in years.
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Tkt Proper Secarlfy.
Jinks Johnson wants to borrow 10
from me. Is he good for that amount?
Binks Yes, with proper securities.
Jinks What would you suggest?
Binks A chain and padlock, a pair
of handcuffs and a dog. That would
be enough, I think, to hold him. Tit-Bit
Log-leal, .
Willie Mamma, I dreamed last night
thai papa gave me a bicycle for my
birthday, and you gave me a watch.
Mamma But, Willie, you- know
dreams go by contraries.
Willie Then you will give me the bi
cycle, and papa the watch? Brooklyn
life.
OUR BRAINY CONTEMPORAPIES.
- Portland papers are agitating the question of
whether or not the Lewis and Clark fair shall close
on Sunday. Better wait "and see whether congress
puts up the wherewithal to insure it opening on
weekdays. Eugene Guard.
The home of ex-Presideht Cleveland has been
blessed with a new baby. The family scales could
not be found, and recourse was had to the sacred
set used only to reccrd the triumphs of the father's
famous fishing. What was the delight of the fond
parents to find the infant-son weighed exactly 47
pounds. Oregon City Courier.
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You may call him a "rube," or a "hayseed," or
a "yap," but the farmer is nevertheless the biggest
man in the country. He could buy all the national
banks, pay the national debt, purchase both the
steel combine and the Standard Oil trust and put
Wall street out of business, out of the product ef
his own honest toil, and still have half a billion
dollars left for pocket change. , To sum it up in a
sentence the farmer, by whatever name he may be
called, is the most important class in the United
States and has a right to grow chesty at the show
ing he makes. Agriculturist ' ,
Part of Her TroaUa.
Mrs. Millions The clergyman spoke
quite bitterly of the extravagant en
tertainments given by wealthy mem
bers of the congregation.
Millions Did he mention ' any
name?
Mrs. Million (with a sigh) No; he
didn't mention a single name! Puck.
A'Ooldea Baad.
Tea7-I hear you're taking an inter
est in church work. You have a Band
of Hope, haven't you?
- Jeaa Not yet, but I'm to get it to
day, and it's to have twt 4iamonda in
it. v Charlie only proposed last night.
Philadelphia Press.
Hot Certala.
"Did you," the landlady archly asked,
"ever taste Belgian hare, Mr. Smyth
ere?" "1 don't know," the star boarder
answered; "there was one in my soup
at dinner. What is your cook' na
tionality?" Chicago Times-Herald.
A Btretoa ot Ima&lnatloa.
"Mrs. Binks has a noble stretch of im
agination, hasn't she?"
"I' don't know her very well. Why do
you think so?"
"I heard her speaking of the flat they
live in as 'our town house.' " Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Not Safe Guide.
"Daughter, wouldn't you trust your
father to choose a husband for you?"
"No, indeed, papa. You would con
aider any man eligible who would lis
ten to your talk about your rheuma
tism." Chicago Record.
The Store the Better.
Mrs. Oldboy A, short golf skirt 1T,:
this makes a woman look ften yaors
younger.
Oldboy In that case, my dear, yon
should wear about three. Town Topics.
A Ifcsjmtive Poteney.
Money," said the philosophical per
son, "does not always bring happi-
"No," answered the matter-of-faet
friend. "But the lack of it invariably
brings discomfort Washington Star,
Stady la Kooaoanlea.
. "She acepted me, bat wouldn't letine
art by her on the sofa."
"Whr not?"
"Said she'd juet paid 80 cents to have
her white dress done up." : uetrow
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20 Dozen Clothes Pins.
10 Packages Tooth Picks.
Defiance Wash Boards
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DISHES.
One set decorated Cups and Saucers 5(X
" " ' Dinner Plates 5a
" " " Soup Plates... '.. SO
" " " Breakfast Plates
" " " Pie Plates.. 40
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