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The Song of the Hair There are four verses. Verse 1. Ayer's Hair Vigor makes the hair grow. Verse 2. Ayer's Hair Vigor stops falling hair. Verse 3. Ayer's Hair Vigor cures dandruff. Verse 4. Ayer's Hair Vigor always re stores color to gray hair. The chorus is sung by millions. " Before using Ayer's Hair Vigor I had very thin and very poor hair. But 1 continued to use the Vigor until my hair greatly improved In every way. I have, used It off and on for the past ten year." MKS. II. Dbcmmohd, Newark, N. J. MAdebrJ.O, Co.. Lowell, Mass. A jLim9 maui turers or 9 SARSAPARILU. vers PILLS. CHERRY PECTORAL. Very Proper. "Now, madam," said . the photog rapher after expending about half an hour getting the lady ready to pose, "please look at me and smile sweetly." "Sir, I am indignant with you! I didn't come here to engage in a flirta tion, I'd have you know, but to have some photos taken." Might Have Saved Money. De Grippes Great heaven! There'", going to be a collision and we'll all be killed. Tightwad Just my luck. I went and bought a round-trip ticket! Cleveland Leader. Helen Keller With a Rose. (Picture in January, 1905 Century.) Others may see the; 1 behold thee not; Yet most I think thee, beauteous blossom, mine: For I, who walk in shade, like Pros erpine Things once too briefly looked on, long forgot Seem by some tender miracle divine, When breathing thee, apart. To hold the rapturous summer warm within my heart. We understand each other, thou and I! Thy velvet petals laid against my cheek, . Thou feelestall the voiceless things I And to my yearning makest mute reply: Yet a more special good of thee I seek, - For God who made oh, kind! Beauty for one and all, gave fragrance for the blind ! Florence Earle Coates in July Century The Woman of It. Husband But you must admit that Tnv tiiarn Vi?rtr rhnn vnnrs j -- -- rf Wife Yes, of course it is. Husband I'm surprised to hear you ay so. Wife Oh, there is nothing surprising about it. The mere fact that you mar ried me and I married you proves that your taste is much better than mine. MISS GENCVIVE MAY CATARRH OF STOMACH CURED BY PE-RU-HA Miss' Genevive May, 1317 8. Meridi an St., Indianapolis, Ind., Member ''jBecond High School Alumni Ass'n, writes: "Pcruna is the finest regulator of a dis ordered stomach I have ever found. It certainly deserves high praise, for it skillfully prepared. "I was in a terrible condition from a neglected case of catarrh of the stom ach. My food had "long ceased to be of any good and only distressed me after eating. I was nauseated, had heartburn and headaches, and felt run down completely." But in two weeks after I took Peruna I was a ' changed person. A few bottles of the medicine made a great change, and - in. three months my stomach was cleared of ca tarrh, and my entire system in a better condition ."Genevive May. r - Write Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, for free medical advice. All corre spondence held strictly confidential. Efri...:.:. Beet Cough Syrup. Tastes Good, baa ,ua uiiCDr tirr ran. time, soia ny armnnst. "Say, pap, what's a floating debtr "Your mother on her annual trip to Europe." Town Topics. "Can you tell me the quickest way to get to the postofflceT" "Yes; run." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Johnnle--Mummie. I lust feel ill all over, somehow. Mother Where da you feel it the most? Johnnie In cnooL Half-Holiday. Vicar's Daughter Well, John, I see you are looking as young as ever. John Yes, miss, thankyee. An' they tell me I'll soon be an octogeranlum. Punch. "Do you take an Interest in society?" "No," answered Mr. Cumrox, "I make the investments, but mother and the girls take all the interest" Washing ton Star. "You're such a wretched writer it's a wonder you wouldn't get a typewrit ing machine." "I would, only that would show what a miserable speller I am." Philadelphia Press. Miss Ascum I've often wondered, Mr. Rymes, why you poets always speak of the moon as "silver." Mr. Rymes Well er I suppose ifg be cause of the quarters and halves. Philadelphia Press. Fat Gentleman (gasplr-j) W-what do you m-mean by making m m-me run after the car bo? I'll probably die of apoplexy! Polite Conductor Yes, sir. Transfer to some car going past the morgue, sir? Ex. Mr. Slack Johnny, don't ever let me hear you talk that way again! I won't have slang used in this house! Johnny But, pa, I 'Mr. Slack Cut It out or I'll hand you one, see! Browning's Magazine. . The Dentist I'll have to charge you two dollars and a half for pulling that tooth. The Patient Oi thought yea charged fifty cints? The Dentist Yes; but you yelled so loud you scared four other patients out of the place. Judge. Husband Have you heard of the latest cure for nervous prostration? Wife No. What is it? Husband The patient Isn't allowed to talk. Wife Pooh! One might as well die from prostration as exasperation. Il lustrated Bits. "What's the matter, dear?" her mother asked. "I was just thinking," the beautiful heiress answered, "how terrible it would be if the earl should decide not to take papa's money on the ground that is was tainted." Chicago Record-Herald. Mamma When that naughty boy threw stones at you, why didn't you come and tell me instead of throwing them back at him? Little Willie Huh! What good would it do to tell you? You couldn't hit the side of a horse. Washington Life. Hicks How do you happen to be going fishing on Friday? I thought you believed Friday was an unlucky day. Wicks Well, I always have. But it occurred to me this morning that perhaps it would be unlucky for the fish. Somerville Journal. "You don't recognize titles of nobil ity in this country?" said the distin guished foreigner. "Oh,, yes, we can," answered Mr. Cumrox; "mother and the girls . can not only reeognize 'em, but they can quote their market valu ation off-hand." Washington Star. . Miss Fleyme Oh! Mr. Nocoyne, how lovely of you to bring me these beautiful roses! How sweet they are-rand how fresh! I do believe there is a little dew on them yet! Mr. Nocoyne W-well, yes there Is, about ' fifty cents, I think; but I'll pay it to-morrow. Ex. Police Judge With what instru ment or article did your wife inflict these wounds on your face and head? Michael Mooney Wid a motty, yer anner. Police Judge A what? Mi chael Mooney A motty wan o' these frames wid "God Bliss Our Home" in It. Cleveland Leader. Marmaduke Before we were mar ried she used to say "by-by" so sweet ly when I went down the steps. Mont morency And what does she say now? Marmaduke Oh, just the same thing, "buy, buy." - Montmorency Ah, I see! She exercises a. different Bpell over you. Washington Life. "Now about those noomerous scan dals," obesrved the Pohick philoso pher, "the situation is jest this: The papers say they wouldn't print 'em if the people didn't read 'em, and the people Bay tbey wouldn't read 'em if the papers didn't print 'em, and there ye be." Louisville Courier-Journal "What do you believe is the ultimate solution of this 'good - roads' move ment?" asked the farmer. "One part water, eight parts cement,' three parts sand and the balance In broken stone," replied the engineer absently. "Say, pard, I asked you for an opinion, not an analysis." Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. - "Oh, George, dear." she whispered, when be slipped the engagement ring on her tapering finger, "how sweet of you to remember just the sort of stone I preferred. None of the others were ever so thoughtful." George was stag gered for but a moment Then he came back with: 'Not at all. dear; you overrate me. This is the one I've al ways used." She -was inconsistent enough to cry about it. Cleveland Leader. ... . You should be entirely too consider ate of To-day to spoil its visit worry ing about To-morrow, which may not come. ' '' -- " RARE STAMPS ON OLD LETTERS. ! Find . of Value Sometimes Made Stamp to Look Out For. "Never burn up or throw away old letters or papers without first giving them a careful examination," advised a Twenty-third Btreet stamp dealer, "for there'i many an apparently worthless piece of paper that bears a stamp i Which would brinsr in nnon mjirkAr hnn- dreds and maybe thousands of dol- . Irf. "There are plenty of the old post master stamps still In existence, for InJltn TXStA a a thaM ffiflm a awu4 man ( of them originally Issued, and It has not reen so long ago, say fifty-five years, wnen they were In active use. Now, any one of these early issues Is worth from $300 up. Any one who has access to old files of correspond ence from 1840 to 1866 ought to hunt for such stamps. "The chief reason why more of these old stamps have not come to light is probably that they have so ordinary and unattractive an appearance that a person unacquainted with their value would not waste a second glance upon them. They were very similar In most cases to the postmaster cancellation marks now in use. in the postofflces, with the exception that the postmaster was required to sign his name to them. "The rarest of the whole lot of post master issues Is the 10-ceat Baltimore stamp, with the name of James M. Buchanan. One specimen of this stamp old for $4,400, which is the record price for a stamp of United States Issue. There's no reason In the world why there shouldn't be more of these stamps packed away somewhere. In the case of this stamp none of them was used on envelopes, but all on let ters. "The design of the Baltimore stamp is a box made of hair line rule, one and a half inches long and half an inch wide. In the center is the signa ture, 'James M.-Buchanan,' while un der the name is the denomination, eith er 5 or 10 cents. There are two kinds of these stamps, in black or blue. The 10-cent black is the scarcer. "Next to this series probably comes the New Haven stamp, at the bottom of which Is the signature of 'E. A. Mitchell, P. M.' In the center Is the figure 5 with the word ?Paid' directly underneath. At the top are the words 'Post Office, New Haven, Ct' The words are all inclosed in a black bor der wtth a small curve at the corners." New York Sun. : PHONE AID TO MATRIMONY. Girt with One in Her Home Always Popular with Young Men. It is needless to say that the tele phone is a great institution, says the Utica Press. It has long been an abso lute essential In every place of busi ness. Just now there is a great in crease in the number of pnones in pri vate houses. It is possibl to talk with pretty much everybody at his or her home. The companies are evident ly endeavoring to boom that branch of their business, because they are ad vertising it extensively. The other day a St Louis paper had a big dis play ad. at the top of whichvwas a picture of an attractive young lady telephoning and represented as saying: "Is that you, Harry?" The text be neath It includes this statement: "It Is a well-known fact that the girl who has a telephone' is the girl who has the most friends, and consequently has the best time." This appeal to the young people is adroit, and doubtless will serve to make the St Louis exchange bigger and busier. The parents who have marriageable daughters will do well to consider this ingenious contrivance and modern aid to matrimony. It is some thing of a bother for a young man to call or even to write a note asking the young lady to go to the theater, go for a walk or drive or a ride to the park, but if he can transmit the message by telephone it is an easy way of making an appointment Many a delicious message is telephoned these days, and there is reason to believe the statement made by the St Louis company. It applies, of course, with equal force in every American city. The -young la dies for whom a life of single bles sedness has no charms are not exactly buying a lottery ticket when they hire a phone. They can get much pleasure and comfort out of it as they go along, for it is a constant contributor to con venience. It is worth the price, with the enhanced matrimonial possibility thrown in as an extra inducement Arabia's Laughing Plant. There Is a curious plant that grows in Arabia and is known by the name of "Laughing plant" This name comes from the fact that any one who eats Its seeds cannot control his laughter. The natives of the district where this funny plant grows dry the seeds and reduce them to powder. - A small dose of this powder makes those who eat It act much like those who drink more liquor than Is good for them. The so berest person will dance, shout and laugh like a madman, and rush about cutting up the most ridiculous capers for an hour. , At the end of this time the reaction comes. The dancer Is ex hausted and a deep sleep comes upon him. After a nap of several 'hours he awakens with no recollection of the antics he has performed. The Boy. - McCall Who is that youngster? Merchant Merely our new office boy. . McCall Oh, I see. His face seemeri familiar. Merchant Perhaps it Is, , but his manner is more ; so. Philadelphia Press. The poorest thing you can offer a friend Is an excuse. - - . fceen one discovered that is the equal of S.- S. S. It is especially adapted for a systemic remedy, because, it contains no strong minerals to derange the stomach and digestion, and affect the liver and bowels. It is made entirely of roots, herbs and barks selected for their purifying and healing qualities and possesses just the properties that are needed to restore to the body strong robust health. When tie blood becomes impure and clogged with waste matters and poisons the body does not receive suf- I have used your S. S. S. and found it to be an ficient nourishment and 8uf- excellent tonic to build up the general health and fers from debility, weakness, ve tone "1 strength to the system. I have used Sleeplessness, nervousness, other things highly recommended, but S. S. S. did loss of appetite, bad diges- meJnfe than everything else combined As tion and many other disa- toflt3 ?B1C properties it gives a splendid appetite. . 7 ; j . refreshing sleep, and the system undergoes a sreni ordered blood circulation, 548 Woodland Ave., Warren, O. MrsTkaTB Bscs. and if it is not corrected some form of malignant fever or other dangerous disorder will follow S S S builds up the broken down constitution, clears the blood of all poisons and impurities and makes it strong and healthy. The nerves are restored to a calm restful state, refreshing sleep is had again, the appetite returns and the whole system is toned up by this great remedy. ' S. S. S. is a blood puri fier and tonic and acts promptly in this run-down depleted condition of the System. Book on the blood and medical advice furnished by our physicians Without charge. HIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, GAr ' Fly-Leaf Memoranda, Every now and then .you will find in some periodical an item relatiner to the fuihienf nf n Tirwib- in whiftli vaii oka in terested. It is a good plan to enter on the fly-leaf a reference to this passage, so that you may find it again when needed. Such notes, neatly written in pencil, do no harm, and will often save you much time. You may in the same way make notes of the numbers of pages in which you have been special ly interested. A correspondent writes to us asking whether we. recommend "marking books." To this extent we certainly do, provided the book is not so fine an edition that it should be kept as spotless as can be. Besides, very light pencil notes can be removed in a moment without harm to any page. But the marking of books that extends to disfiguring them will never be done by any one who realizes how long a good book may continue to delight new readers, and to bring them help in right living and thinking. St Nich olas. ; Meindert Hot) be ma. Very little is known of Hobbema's life. He appears to have been born at Amsterdam in 1638, "but as we have seen, other towns claimed to be his birthplace. It is probable that he was the pupil of Jacob van Ruysdael, and certain that he lived in Amsterdam. He died poor, his last lodging being in the Roosegraft the street in which Rem brandt also poor, had died forty years before. His works were little appreci ated in Holland until nearly a hundred years after his death, and most of them found their way to England. St Nicholas. From Bad to Worse. TM T" .J 11-11 - . . j- ue xjttuy vveii, marie, nave you i .'ound the ornament for my hair yet? The Maid Yes, ma'am. But I've mis- . laid your hair, and now I can't find that 1 " - Quite Proficient. : , j Jack Your friend Miss uusherly is . always using slang phrases, isn't she? j Edyth Yes, indeed.'- She is quite fa miliar with the English slanguage. 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The i'riisslaa Remedies nave sained a great reputation in this section. Ernest Behncke, Newark, H. y v " . PRICE: AT DEALERS, SOc; BY MAIL, 60o FffEE: W-page Farmer's Hand Book. Pkctman Remepv Co., St. Paul. Minn. rOHXLAKl, BJCKD OOm Portland. Or.. Coast Aa-anks Vvheti tTu STrstptn create AthftiifA J j -vuinkuitu cuiu ui a - LvuxAbAwu it. uvua tuuit u-iiu tuere nas never At " About 80 " When one knows the age of a woman one knows the woman. The very fact that she permits you to know her age exposes her character. She no longer masquerades. She hasJost a certain uncertainty, an evanescent delicacy, that was an irresistible charm. Wom en, like philosophy, are divided Into two classes, the knowable and the un knowable. Also, like philosophy, It is the unknowable woman who is the speculable. Therefore to get her at her highest capacity she must be unmar ried and about 30. The married woman presents certain Inescapable telltale data. She has children, and those children have ap parent ages, two facts which go far in determining her annals. If she is un married and is not "about 30" she is under 30, again a definite fact Being "about 30" is indefinite. She may be more or less. No one hazards a guess. There is a delightful vagueness in be ing "about 30." It has nothing to do with dates, and many of us who from our youth up have felt no attachment for dates can forgive the unattached their confessed indifference. . Exact Definitions. Young Hopeful Father, what is a "traitor in politics?" This paper says Congressman Jaw weary is one. Veteran Politician A traitor is a man who leaves our party and goes over to the other one. ' Young Hopeful Well, then, what is a man who leaves the other party and comes over to ours? Veteran Politician A convert my son. Boston Transcript . , Natural Sequence. Mrs. Jolliboy (to-sick husband) The doctor has arrived. Jolliboy Then you had better tele phone for the undertaker, my dear. Mrs. Jolliboy Why, Tom, what do you mean? Jolliboy Well, coming events cast their shadows before them, you know. A sunny temper gilds the edges of life's blackest cloud. Guthrie. , .. Good humor is the health of the soul; Badness is its poison. Stanislaus. The first step to knowledge is to know that we are ignorant. Cecil. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature In Use For Over Thirty Years m u tar UP An Off Day. ' Miss Newage What was done at the ' rlew Woman international Progressiva viuu tu-uuj I Bachelor Girl Nothing. You see, Mrs. Sweetie happened to come in with her baby, and before we all got through kiss ing the little cherub, it was time to ad journ. Fixing Railroad Rates. Making railroad rates is like playing a game of checkers or chess. Commun ities to be benefited, producersmanu facturers or shippers to be aided, repre sent the pieces used. Every possible move is studied for its effect on the general result bv skilled traffic man agers. A false move in the making of freight rates may mean the ruin of a city, of a great manufacturing interest, of an agricultural community. Rail roads strive to build up all these so that each may have an equal chance in the sharp competition of business. So sensitive to this rivalry are the rail roads that in order to build up business along their lines they frequently allow the shipper to practically . "dictiate rates. Rate making has been a matter of development ; of mutual concessions for mutual benefit. That is why the railroads of the United States have vol untarily made freight rates so much lower in this country than they are on the government-owned and operated railways of Europe and Australia that they are now the lowest transportation rates in the world. Female Enthusiast. Each evening now my good wife Fondly greets me at the door; And this query she propoundetb: "Say, John, what's the scors?" ' Fot bronchial tronmes try Piso's Core for Consumption. It is a pood cough, medicine. At druggists, price 25 cents. A Sons; of the Sea. He never bought a gold brick Nor tried the bunko game, But he played at steamboat poker, Which is very much the same. Washington Star. Mothers will fin3 Mrs. Wlnsiow's Boo thing 8yrap the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period. Small farms are the rule in Japan, and every foot of land is put to use. The farmer who has more than ten acres ia considered a monopolist. Yon Can Get Allen's Foot-Ease FREE. Write Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Eoy,N. Y., for a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease. It cure! sweating, hot swollen, aching feet. It makei sew or tight shoes easy. A certain cure foi corns, injrrowingnails and bunions. All drug, gists sell It. 25c Don't accept any substitute, Gray Torpedo Craft. The British admiralty has decided that gray is the best all-around color for torpedo craft, and a change to it is to be made from black. riTQ Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness fl 10 afterfirstday'suseofSr.Kline'sGreatKervs Restorer. Send for Free 2 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. K. H. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. The Invisible Snpply. Mr. Astorbilt I wish a genuine im ported cigar. . " Boy Very sorry, sir, but the boss is out. "I don't want the boss; I want an im ported cigar. Haven't you any?" "Yes, sir; we've got two, but they're in the safe." OREGON PORTLAND ST. HELEN'S HALL A GIRL'S SCHOOL OF THE HIGHEST CLA S3 corps of teache rs, location, build ing equipment the best. Send for cat alogue. Term Opens Se-ttemberlfi,l904 THE DAISY FLY KII.tEU d3Stroys all the nies ana affords room, sleeping room and all places where flies are trouble some. Clean, iieat and will not soil or injure anything. 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He guarantees to cure catarrh, asthma, lung, throat, rheumatism, nervousness, stomach, liver, kid neys, etc.; has hundreds of testimonials. Charges moderate. CaU and see him. Patients out of the city write for blanks and circulars. Send stamp. CONSULTATION FREE. The G. Gee Wo Chinese Medicine Go. 251-253 ALDER ST, PORTLAND, OREGON sJaT" Mention paper P. M U. No. 26-1 90S awaasasail WHEN writing to advertisers mention this paper.