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TELLS EXTENT OF, UNIVERSE It la Berred That. Milky Way, la 200,000,000 Times Eartt'3'. f . Dictanca from Son. '. To determine a single position of any one star involves a great ileal of computation, and if we re flect that, in order to attack the problem in question in a satisfac tory way, we should have observa tions of a million of these bodies made at intervals of at least a fraction of a century, we seehat an enormous task the astrono mers dealing with this problem have before them, and how imper fect must be any determination of the distance of the stars based on our mqtion through space, writes Simon Newcpmb, in Harper's Magazine. So far as as estimate can be made, it seems to agree fairly well with the results ob tained by the other methods. Speaking roughly, we have reason, from the data so far available, to believe that the stars of the Milky Way are situated at a distance be tween 100,000,000 and 200,000,000 times the distance from the sun. At distances less than this it seems likely that the stars are dis tributed through space with some approach to uniformity. We may stato as a general conclusion, indi cated by several methods of mak ing the estimate, that nearly all the stars which we can see with our telescopes are contained with in a sphere not likely to be much more than 200,000,000 times the distance to the sun. The inquiring reader may here ask another question. Granting that all the stars we see are con tained within the limit, may there not be any number of stars with out the limit which are invisible only because they are too far away to be seen? AMERICAN SWINE INDUSTRY The Hog Has Proved an Important Factor in the Wealth Production of the United States. The swine industry of the Unit ed States is a feature of resources that figures high in the agricul tural wealth of our country, says the Nebraska Farmer. To the hog, more than any other influ-. ence.'are we indebted for the fine ly improved forms and beautiful cities that have, as by magic, spread out over the vast area of agricultural lands from Ohio in the east to the Missouri valley in the west. The civilizing influence of the corn crop has changed the millions of acres of wild prairie lands to the fertile, cultivated fields, rich with the clovers, grass es and improved crops of modern agriculture. Without the hog this great district of agricultural lands, lying in the center of what is known as the corn belt, could never have attained its pres ent distinction of wealth and business reptation. As a fac tor in wealth production the hog is justly entitled to the distinction of "the pioneer" among our meat producing animals. The Ameri can hog has fastened his hold so firmly, not only upon our own peo ple, but upon those of almost every country on the globe that the industry of swine raising is of necessity made as progressive in its increase of production as the increase of population demanding pork production. LEAVES LEGACY TO HORSE St. Louis Physician "Wills 82,000 to Squine Which Had Served I Him 83 Years. 'A Btrange case of the affection a man may have for a dumb brute came to light at St. Louis when the will of Dr. John Gilwee was nrobated. The first clause of the instrument provided for a trust ; fund of $2,000, to be held in the 1 name of a faithful old horse, Tony, which had served the -physician : continuously for nearly 23 years. The clause in the will was as fol-! lows: "In case that my horse Tony, which I have used for nearly I 23 years, survives me, I order that 2,000 of my estate be placed in trust at six per cent, per annum, and said interest used for his food, : shelter, and care so long as he ; lives, and after his death the said ' $2,000 shall be divided among my ' legal heirs." , j His Regular Price. They were playing checkers. "Crown that one," said the law yer, pushing a piece into the king row. "That will cost yon f 15," said the dentist, absent-mindedly. Chicago Tribune. NERVE OF YANKEE CAPTAIN Old 8aa Bog Frightened by Amount . of Sail Carried, But SUppr Xta It Stand, . In parallel 57 degrees, in th dog-watch four to six p. m., whet the chief officer came on deck to re lieve the second officer, he swiftly cast his eye. toward the horizon ir the direction of the wind, then at the struggling canvas, and partic ularly at the main topgallant sail, which threatened every minute to blow away, says Frank J. Mather, in Atlantic. As nautical etiquette forbids the officer in charge to al ter canvas when the captain is on deck without his command or consent, the chief officer, after his hurried " survey, ' said : "Capt. Mather, that main topgallant sail is laboring very hard." fit is drawing well let it stand, Mr. Bartlett," was the reply. At six o'clock, when the second officer in turn relieved the first, he also gave a rapid glance about, and said: "Capt. Mather, that main topgallant sail is struggling hard." "It holds a good full, let it stand, Mr. McFarland," was the reply. Even the old sea dogs among the crew begged the petty officers to send them up to take in sail, while it was held safe to do so. As the helmsman turned his wheel, every turn of a spoke would make the ship jump in the water like a frightened bird. Men were stationed at every belaying pin, holding halyards and clew lines, by a single turn "under and over," ready to let go and clew up, at a signal. We were making a record passage, and sail was to be carried to the last minute, the utmost the ship could bear, while every exi gence of storm was anticipated. Later in the evening, the captain could not ielp asking if the crew still thought that he had married the owner's daughter. Capt. Mather illustrated then, as al ways, a quality of mind usually ex hibited by those who succeed in most any direction n extreme daring and extreme caution run ning parallel. APPAREL BARS MAIL WOMEN See Koines, Iowa, Postmaster Finds That Carriers Must Work in Male Clothing. The postmaster of Des Moines, la,, finds himself in a somewhat peculiar position. With a view to economy he decided to invite wom en to apply for positions as post men. A number of women ap plied, and, having been put through an examination, which they passed satisfactorily, the documents were then sent to the postmaster general for ratifica tion, and that exalted function jary, seeing that the names were i presented with the initial only for j the Christian name, failed to de jtect that the subordinate bad in troduced a change. The women. therefore, being appointed start ed work in due course, and it was only when the uniform depart ment came to deal with the new en trants that trouble arose. The uniform of all letter-carriers is set tled bv law. It consists of three ' garments, which need rio be spec jified otherwise than to say that jthe postmaster of Des Moines , found they were unsuitable for ' his new employes, j The postmaster general is con sidering it, but it looks as if the , women would not be retained. The j suits of uniform are lying in the post office of Des Moines, and the women are delivering letters clad in their ordinary raiment. CREDIT AT PAWNBROKERS. Favorite Patrons Can Obtain Almost Any Amount They Desire on J ew elry or Personal Property. The men that can and do estab lish a line of credit with pawn brokers is a proposition beyond belief to the man who has been of fered only $ 20 on a watch that cost 75. The fact remains, however, says the Philadelphia Record, that all pawnbrokers have favored pa trons on their books who can al ways get the amountof money they wajit upon almost any old thing that takes the shape of jewelry or other "hockable" personal prop erty. A local sport .tried to raise 50 on his split-second stop watch the other day, and was offered $30 less than the value of the case melted. A friend who had an es tablished credit took the same watch to the same pawnbroker and got $75 on it without a ques tion being asked. 11 was the man, not the watch, that made the loan nna&ible. . . CHOLERA ViCTi.Vlw. Heroic JCea'sures Practiced in Balnea Ayres to Checi Spread of Disease. ,"'-'' "Some years ago I found myseL in the city of Buenos Ayres at s time when the cholera was raging in that capital," said D. J. Aur buckle, of New Orleans, to s. Washington Post man. '-; It happened tha as I walked aloner a dubIic thoroughfare one day while the plague was at its neigh t I saw a man fall to tm ground, and I surmised that h had been stricken with the dreed disease. Before reaching mm i noticed a policeman approach the unfortunate and -administer drink to him from a bottle whic I had no doubt jontained a restov ative or some kind of medicine. At the same time the policeman blew his whistle for an ambu lance. ..'.''- "The vehicle came very quickly. and yet before it arrived the man was dead, and it was a corpse that was removed. I remarked to the officer that the medicine had been of no avail. 'Certainly not, senor he answered, 'it was not medicine I gave him, but a deadly poison. That is the way we have to do now to check the spread of the chol era. Besides, the man would have Jied anyway.' ; "I never experienced a deeper feeling of horror in my life am? looked on the- policeman in thf light of a murderer. Yet he doubt less regarded what he had ene as? in the nature of a disagreeable ne cessity, and, politely bidding nif adios, went his way." - FAMOUS ROYAL GRAPEVINE. Grows in the King's Gardens at Wind sor, England, and Is 129 Years Old. While, in these days of widely diffused knowledge in relation to the production of grapes, many persons find it difficult to obtaiii well ripened clusters from com paratively young vines, it is ex tremely interesting to refer to a, great vine planted 129 years ago and bearing a crop of some '1,000 bunches, the berries finely devel oped and as black as sloes. This grand old vine, says the frardeners' Magazine, "is 'growing in the Cumberland lodge portion of :he royal gardens .at Windsor, md is known as the Cumberland odge vine. ,It is one of the de scendants of the famous vine at 'Tampion court,' which ws plant ?d 139 years ago, and itbne oatdis t a need its venerable parent in tii mensions, in viror and in produc tiveness. Occupying a great glass structure 120 feet long by 20 foot wide, it , spreads its.- luxurinnt branches over a roof areu of 2,400 feet which is fully one-th-ril greater than the area of the house ovnpied by its venerable parent at Ilampton court. '.' For so large a vine 1,000 biinfb . weighing in the aggregate 1.500 pounds, is not so heavy .: rop, but the grapes are in every way befitting the royal table, and to overtax the strength of so old a vine would be unwise. VACATION AFTER BIG SALE. Man in Soldier's Uniform, Claiming to Be a Veteran, Enjoys lif e When Wares Are Sold. There is one person at least who does not agree with Russell Sage in his theory that vacation is un necessary. A man with a wooden eg and wearing a soldier's uni form stood for a long time in Park Row selling guide books and maps of Greater New Xork to strangers from out of town. He gained some celebrity because of the efforts of a policeman new to the beat to ioust liini from his stand, relates the New York Times. , .. "Sure vou're no soldier; you're only a fake," declared the guardi an of the peace. "I'm a soldier all right, and don't you forgit it. I lost me leg in the Spanish war and I've me pa pers to prove it," stoutly protest ed the vendor of guide books. Tii' bystanders at once took th--side of the veteran who could "show his papers," and the police man ceased to molest tliim. He soon disposed of all his stock in trade to the sympathizing crowd, and the following day .the hotly contested spot was occupied by a man in citizen's clothes. - "Where's the soldier?" inquired one jnf his yesterday's customers.; "Oh, he's gone oh his vacation," was the unexpected reply of the; substitute. GAUGES IMPURITY IN AIR. Clever Swiss Inventor Originates In strument Which Tells Health . fulness o Atmosphere. - , - . " A clever Swiss inventor has originated an instrument which tells the exact condition of the air in a room tnat is, its aegree ov impurity, according to the Xev. York Herald. , It is generally be lieved that if the air in a room is bad it will be sufficiently notice able to the persons in the room without the aid of any instrument: But if one stops to remember how quickly the suffocating odors in a crowded room are perceived Jay a person entering from the pure air outside she will see that this state of things might be remedied by this new invention. The instru ment .consists of an airtight glass receptacle in which is a red fluid. J A bent glass tube is inserted in this and up this tube the fluid runs, to drop at the rate of two drops a minute on to a cord which is stretched by a weight. This fluid possesses the .property of chang ing color when submitted to the action, of carbonic acid gas. The more of this gas there is In the room the - more pronounced the change in the color of the fluid. With this fact in mind the prin ¬ ciple on which the indicator works is easily understood. The drops of fluid as they fall on the string change it according to the condi tion of the atmosphere. Should the atmosphere be pure-the string remains red all the way down. Should it be slightly tainted the top of the string appears white. The fouler the air the longer the white marks on the string. By the side 6f the string runs an indica tor, graded to show the exact con dition of the airf The highest point on the scale marks "pure," the next "passably pure," then "bad," and from there down to "very bad' and "extremely bad." The instrument has been thor oughly tested and found to work perfectly. - BISHOP VICTIM OF A JOKE. Opens Gate at Bequest of Child and Finds Hands Covered with. Tresh Faint. The archbishop of Canterbury, ays the New York Times, is known among his friends as espe cially partial to two things chil dren and jokes. As bishop of Lon don he won no little of his great influence in the slum districts be cause of his immense popularity with the small citizens whom he sJT truly loved, and as for the jokes one need but to hear the famous prelate tell one upon himself to re alize how keen is his sense of and zest for humor. Not long befpre his translation he was one day walking in the sub urbs of the English capital when he chanced upon a. little girl, who was standing looking up some what wistfully at a four-barred gate. "Oh, please, sir," she asked, "will you open this gate for me?" Smiling upon the demure maid en, thr;. bishop lifted the latch and pushed back the gate, but in spite of its size it swung so easily thai: he said: "You're such a big little girl that I should think you could have opened yourself so nice a gate as this." "Oh, I could, sir," she replied, "but then I should have got my hands all over fresh paint." And then the bishop saw that this was just what had happened to him. THORN TREES FOR LAWN. Have Several Virtues to Recommend Them as Ornaments Also Suit able for Hedges. More than 30 years ago an em inent botanist called -attention to the beauty of oury native thorn trees and their suitability for hedges and for lawn ornaments. Their hardiness and graceful shates, thick foliage and brilliant fruit clusters all recommend them, while the ability to .tiotms-a -ps-der a severe pruning is an .udut-d virtue in tLe i yes of those who de sire formal shapes. Yet i:p to the present time, says a v.v.ier in Oor.r.try- Life in ;.i.aiorku, our i-thorn trees remain the ornaments. not. of pri vate grounds, but of way sides and pastures; while the only pruners . to exercise their skill upon them are the cattle, which eagerly browse upon the' young shoots. Many "a pasture contains shrubs fitted to grace a public park and worthy of considerable pilgrimage on the part of lovers of the beautiful. A Practical Joker. The following - dispatch from S a ttle. dated January 1 recent ly appeared in the Journal: 1 - nee and detectives of Seat- u i cevoting most 01 tneir r m at the present to lookmgfor t ::VterieJ It ' u devotinsr '.most of their V fotions of humor who has j sent the department on - many a ii lit chase in the last two weeks and also nearly driven a . score of Seattle women to nervous pros ttation.; Xast night this individ ual amused himself by calling a d ztn- of Seattle's most prominent jhsiciatis to BollofcgV fcaioon, 1 10 James ; street, to dress the w unds of a man who had been stabbed by the police. About the time the doctors arrived with their medical: cases five hacks drew up in front ot the salcon to take the wounded mar to his home. While the doctors and hackmen were in angry dis cussion some eight messenger ovs tumbled into the saloon looking for the same man t ful fill a contract to carry a message to his wife. Bollong appealed to the police for aid, 1 wo days ago some jester, be lieved to be the man who busied himself last night, telephoned to the residence of Samuel C. Cal- derhead, the prominent politician and editor of Forest Echoes, the official organ of the Woodmen ol the World, 'that he had met an acHdtntal death . The familv was prostrated by the new. An hour later Calderhead appeared hungry for bis dinner and found his family weeping at his death. Christmas eve the same indi vidual .-sent a message to the police tht Dr. Crooks, a prom inent physician, had been mur dered in the suburbs. A patrol wagon full of police and detec tives was sent a mil'e and a half to investigate the case. When they arrived they found three dead wagons of local undertak ing establishments searching the neighborhood for fear ot missing the corpse. Friday night a telephone mes sage was sent to police headquar ters that there had been a murder committed at 110 James street, and a wagon load ot efficers was sent there. When they arrived there they found that the practi cal joker had been again at work. FACT VERSUS FANCY. Supposition Iieads for a Tlmj, But "Things That Are" Finally la Allowed to Prevail. ' "What would you do," she asked, according to the Chicago Record-Herald, "if you had taken me away out in the country in your automobile and" "But I have no" automobile." "0,'well, we will suppose that you have one, and that you had taken me away out in the country 20 or 30 miles from here, and it was . getting late, you know sun going down behind the western! hills and whippoorwills calling ! vand all that sort of thing and ' suddenly, when we were in a very j lonely place, far, far from any human habitation, it should " j "Why, there isn't any such, place within 20 or 30 miles of here, i This part of the country is all thickly settled." "But this is simply imaginary. We will suppose that you have taken me away out to this lonely spot,., and suddenly, just as it is beginning to get dark and we were there all alone with dense woods on both sides of the road and probably not another person within miles and miles of us, the chain breaks and we have to stop, and" "If I were getting an automo bile I'd either get a chainless one or one with a chain on each side, so that such an unfortunate thing as you suggest couldn't happen to us." '. "O, well, if you think it would be unfortunate, let's go in the house and talk about the outlook for the apple crop or something of that kind." Matter of - "Langtli. Hnsband (g?" Why is it you pay Ihree times a much for stockins as I do for cine?, ' WL'j Ch, that's r 11 right. I .wear ny fatockins three times as long as r"J do. Cincinnati E-i- auirer. ''j...-- V'; The Gazette CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS CLASSHTKD ABVKBTI8XMXNT8; - Fifteen wonfc or lees, 25 eta t6r three TOwesrfve : insertions, or 50 eta y ,7 rr "d J"" insertion. v YT H advertisements om ?R word, ' per word tor the firsf ineorttnn, and Per word for ; rh additional ipppr Hon 'Noth?Bsr irwd for lean than 25 rnr.V '-. .'. - ' "; - TiOdsro.- pooipfv ; and cnrol potic, nther hr Rr?t1v rtfwn ronttor. Ul hn ATTOPMPYP v : vTpe "rropvpv. r t att AUCTIONEER P A KTrNTF. ITVV PTOPrT ArCTON pr. CorvalHp. Or P A. TTUp T,?r., VhrVP No. 1. P . pHdr.ce pT 1J, PTS hiptippf- Tir'rpo for U Vifdo of li- poV TVerfr Tpnrn' oTTwnpnnpj. WANTED WA ffTFn 500 PTrpcr-PTPFFP T THFj 07FttE anrt WppVv Oroironisn at 2 55 per year. BANKING. TPE FTP ST NATIONAL PANIC OF Corvatlic. Orepon, trnirts a pneral ronperrativp haPk'ner(bviP?TPS(. Toans motipy on arprovpH 'pprnritv. Drafts bonsrnt and oid ap-I ttoppv TP.PPfprrpf to the rrircipiI ritipp of tb United Stftep, Fnropp and forpipn ponntriea. Veterinary Surgeon DR. F. E. JACKSON, VFTFRTNARY Pnrgeon and Dpntipt-. Permanenllv lo cated here.. Drv Ja"lrann in post graduate an4 thoroppbly qpalified in veterinnrv wort. Pee him nt OrH- det-tal Hotel. lOUf PHYSICIANS B. A. OATHEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN" audSnreeon. Rooms 14, Bank Build ing. Office Hours : 10 to 12 a. m , 2 ta 4 p.m. .Residence: cor. 5th and Ad ams Sta. Telephone at office and res idence. Oorvallia. Oredron. MARBLE SHOP. MARBLE AND GRANITE MONTJ daeata; curbing made to order; cleaa ing and reparing done neatly : save agent's commission. Shop North Main Rt.Frank Vanhoosen, Prop, 92tf MISCELLANY. Cured Lttmbago. A. B. Carnon, Chicago, writes March 4. 1803, "Havinst been troubled with Lnmbago, at different times aud tried one phytician after another, then different ointments and liniment?, gave it up al- C T linA A.st xnf a nettle of Ballard's Snow Liniment, which gave me almost instant relief. I on nhoorft-illv ropommond it. Alld Will add m' name to your list of sufferers.'" Sold by Graham & Wortham. STEAMER POMONA For Portland and way points, Ieave Corvallis Monday. Wednesday and Fri day at 6 a. m. Albany 7 a. m. Fare to Portland, $1.75; round trip 3 00. H. A. Hoffmaw, AgK 103-10 Rev. Carlisle P. B. Martin, L. L. D. Of Waverly, Texas, writes: "Of a. morning when first arising. I often find a troublesome collection of phlegm which rodwef" a cough and is verv hard to die !odg; but a small quantity of Ballard's Horehonnd Svrno will at once dieVodge it. and the trouble is all over. I know of no medicine that if equal to it, and it i- mi pleaain t -t,e. I - i rurst cor .'i .!! !- -nuiend " t" :i 1 p rW'ns need iig a reoit-iiv for ihr' o- inn trouhle. S l! by (Jrsihv.ni Wi.rt' am. Mew Attack on the Sun. With the aid of ? 10,000 granted by the Carnegie institution the Yerkes observatory has sent an expedition to Mount Wilson, near Pasadena, California, for special investigations of the sun, under the personal direction of Prof George E. Hale. A horizontal re flecting telescope of 145 feet focal length is to be employed to pro duce an image of the sun 16 inches in diameter, which will be investi gated with a spectroheliograph of 30 feet focal length. The spectro bpliotrranh is an instrument with which it is possible to study the so lar surface in light of certain se lected wave-lengths, the other light being shut out. Thus a pho tograph of the aun taken with the light emanating enly from the calcium vapor in the photosphere presents a very different aspect from that taken with the light of the hvdrogen. ,vaKf. 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