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NATIONAL BANK
Depends upon your habits of saving, and your habits of saving- depend
upon your will power. Just thoroughly make up your mind to cave a certain
sum of money each day and you will soon become so enthusiastic over your
fast increasing" Savings Account that you would .'rather ; Saw than Spend and'that
you find it much easier to Get Rich than you thoug-ht for.
But in order to makea. brilliant success ofyour Savings Account
yon must follow some system, the same as you would systematize any
other business in order to bring it to a successful focus in all that the
word implies. This, however, we have decided for you and have
adopted the famous W. T. BURNS SYSTEM for the SAVING OF
YOUR MONEY. Men of learning have spent years in perfecting this
well-known system and we have seeured the services of, Messrs. C. O.
and E. P. Smith under the disrection of W. O. Azling, who are thoroughly' familial with the
work, to call upon you and explain the plan in full and loan you free of charge one of our
handsome pockctbook savings banks, or one of our Oxidized finished home M.antel Banks Just as you
prefer, so when these gentlemen call do not fail to START YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT and make yourself the proud
builder of your own fortune. "
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EEN1CN COUNTY
NATIONAL BANK
CCRVALLIS, ORE.
S Capital and burplu.-f6o,ooo
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k. J. JOHNSON, President
JNO. F. ALLEN, Cashier
C. A. DOBELL, Asst. Cashier
The Hustling Bank of Corvallis
Fair Notes.
, Supt. Nevins of the C. & E.
railroad has arranged with the
Fair committee for a special train
from the West to arrive in Corval
lis at 9 a. in. and return in the
evening.
Arrangements will be made by
the committee to secure a room
where all premiums are to be col
lected and placed on exhibition
for the benefit and inspection of
the public.
Tbe committee on parade will
canvass the business men in regard
to arrangement in the parade.
Every Grange in Benton couuty
is expected to participate in the
parade, each grange marching by
itself, led by officers in regalia.
An effort will be made to have
State Master Buxton and State
Lecturer Mrs. Clara Waldo take
charge of the Grangers.
Supt. Denman will appoint the
teachers in the various schools in
the county to arrange for and look
after children of districts where
they taught during the past term
and properlv arrange them in line
for the grand review. Teachers
will be notified this week in regard
to plans.
Gov. Chamberlain and Senator
Fulton will review the grand
parade.
Watch for the big bills for the
fair, to be posted this week.
Pupils having specimens to ex
hibit should not forget to secure
cards to label specimens and have
them properly filled out. They
can be secured of Supt. Denman
during the week.
Order-of parade will be as fol
lows : Grand marshal, marshalls
school children, grangers, busi"
sess men and conveyances, pri
vate citizens and horsemen.
We would call particular atten
tion to all participating in the
parade to the fact that to the
thorough and complete organiza
tion and management and to the
unique and novel designs of the
carriages and floats of the busi
ness men and citizens as well as
the orderly conduct of the school
children will depend the success
or failure of the parade ' which
should be one ot the most beauti
ful and imposing ever seen in
' Benton countv.
Masonic Improvements.
For some time our Masonic,
brethern have realized that more
ground 'would be necessary in
connection - with the Masonic
Cemetery, and have closed a
deal with Mr. Norm Lilly for
eight acres adjoining them on
the south to be opened for
cemetery purpose at such time as
the nature of the care may de
mand. They will, as rapidly as
possible, make various impiove
ments in the way of tiling, mark
ing and beautifying the ground.
If all cf our citizens who own
lots in the present ground would
make a small donation, these
beautiful grounds could all be
tiled properly then, making it a
very desirables pot a sa final rest
ing place for our loved ones when
the struggle of life is over. In
so doing you not only have the
satisfaction of knowing that you
have paid a tribute of ,iespect to
the loved and lost, but added to
the beauty of your own home
when you come to lay down to
rest in peace.
They also have under consider
aion the idea of new furniture
for their hall, which will add
greatly to the general appearance
ot the interior of their Lodge
room. By the way we might, in
this connection, commend to our
other lodge brethern as worthy of
emulation the enterprise display
ed by the Masonic Fraternity in
erecting a beautiful home of their
own, where they can set down to
rest and refresh themselves with
none to melest or make afraid
ard where the monthly rentals
pass into their own treasury.
Y. At. C. A. Jottings.
G. A. Roberts who came from
Iowa a year ago to take charge -ot
the Y. M. C. is now in La Center
Wash. He is to enter the Mis
sionary work of the Methodist
Episcopal church and will sail
for Africa some time this Fall.
The board of Directors ' has.
lost a valuable member in the
resignation of Prf. Edwards,
who has gone to California. His
place will be ably filled by Prof.
Cordley.
Persons who wish to pay their
pledges to the new building may
do so to C T. Hard, secy., and
treasurer of the building commit
tee. It is the hope and expecta
tion that the building will be
completed this year. '- '
Those who wish to " secure
rooms and boarders will be assist
ed in securing them if they will
notify the general secretary C.
T. Hurd at his residence any
time before September ist or
after that at the Y. M. C. A.
room at the college .
Persons wishing student help
in any way or who could use
students arid thus help them
selves will do a kind favor by
notifying the general secretary.
Additional Local.
Lieut. D. P. Quinlan is cow quartered
jn Sail Francisco with headquarters at
Van Neese Avenue.
Mr. Spencer, who lives across the
river on the Father. Yates farm, went out
to milk on Friday evening, and while the
cow was switching her tail at the flies she
hit him a stinging blow across the face.
To prevent a repetition he tied her tail to
his ankle. She was used to being milked
Din to nave her tail palled was a new ex
perience and after she had yanked him
about 40 feet and ; whitewashed him with
the pail of milk he found he had made a
mistake. He says he is a Methodist and
didn't swear but he thought about it.
That reminds us of that that other fellow
who took on a lag of 64-40 and in order to
be led borne tied the hitching strap to
his ankle, and then hit the horse over the
head with his hat. Ha walks with
crutches now.
Born, Sunday, to Mr. and Mrs. Estelle
Wilson, a eon.
.l Jrayne, newspaper reporter, of
Fayette, Iowa, has '.been visiting friend
and looking Jover the country the , pas
few days.
Marriage license were issued yesterday
to Herman I. Blanchard andLoren Ship
FIRE SUPERSTITIONS.
DoBt Be Blue
And lose all interest when help is
within reach. Herbine will make that
liver perform its duties properly.
J. B. Vaughn, Elba, Ala., writes: "Be
ing a constant sufferer from constipation
and a disordered liver, I have found
Herbine to be the beet medicine for these
troubles on the market. I have used it
constantly. I believe it to be the' best
medicine of its kind, and I wish all tnf.
ferera from these troubles to know the
good Herbine has done vme." Sold by
Graham & Worth am.
Curious Observances to Avert Impend
ing Evil.
In the lake land of northern Eng
land there is a well known case of a
fire that has been kept up for three
generations. When it accidentally
went out, the householder went to
some woodcutters who had lighted
their fire from his, says the London
News, and brought Daek their fire
to his own hearth, in order that he
might possess, as it; were, the seeds
of his ancestral fire. Undoubtedly
this arises from the old belief that
the house fire is derived from a sa
cred source. Then there are many
house fires which are kindled from
ceremonial fires once a year. Thus
at Bursrhead all the fires are lighted
from the "burning clavie" and kept
alight continuously during the year,
it being considered lucky to keep
the flame from the clavie all the
rest of the year. This clavie was
lighted first of all at a fire of peat
made by youths of the village who
were sons of the original inhabit
ants. Everv stranger was rigidly
excluded from the ceremony, and
peat only could be used.
The ceremony takes place on New
Year's eve, and after the clavie has
been kindled one youth after anoth
er bears it in triumph around the
bounds of the village. At certain
houses and street corners a halt is
made, and a brand is whipped out
of the burning clavie and thrown
among the crowd, who eagerly catch
its embers and from them kindle
the fires on their hearths. Finally
the remains of the clavie are placed
in the -center hollow of a pile of
stones called the "durie," and the
remaining embers are distributed to
the villagers, all of whom attend
the ceremony.
' Another curious feature of the
observance is that the long nail
which fastens the staves of the
clavie is made of iron by the vil
lage smith, but the hammer must;
be a round stone. Such importance
is attached to the ceremony that if
the bearer should stumble during
the perambulation of the village it
is looked on aa a dire calamity, fore
telling disaster to the place and cer
tain death to the bearer in the
course of the next year.
There are quite a number of cere
monial fires lighted on St. J ohn the
Baptist's eve. In Nottinghamshire
part of theNYule log is kept till the
following year to be burned upon
the next Christmas eve. The meth
od is first to put a bit of last year's
log into the fireplace and burn it,
then the fxesE log must be put on
the fire and allowed to burn for a
little while. . It. is then taken off
and bufa'eJ a Utile every night until
New Year's eve, when it is put on
the fire and consumed with the ex
ception of a portion which is kept
in the house until next Christmas
day. It is believed that the observ
ance of this custom will "keep the
witch away."
In Cornwall the practice obtains
of resorting to the hearth and
touching the cravel (the mantel
stone across the head of an open
chimney) with the forehead and
casting into the fire a handful of
dry grass or anything picked up
that will burn. This form of
"hearth sacrifice" is regarded as
the most effectual means of avert
ing any impending evils of a mys
terious nature.
All these customs in various ways
are derived from the sacred charac
ter with which our ancestors in
vested fire.
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
An Incident Concerning Marriage That
Happened to a Medical Man.
A wholesale druggist said of the
late William Wliiteley, London's
"universal provider :"
"Mr. Whiteley bought lots of
drugs from me and we were very
good friends. We often dined to
gether at the Savoy during my sum
mer tours.
'.'The. man-was an joptirpist . save
en ohe 'poinf Carriage. ffe was
continually relating an incident
concerning marriage that had hap
pened to a medical friend of his in
Dorset.
"Out walking one summer even
ing, this physician saw a cottager
eating his supper all alone on the
sidewalk before his little house.
v hy, J rm, he said, 'what are
you eating out here for?'
" 'Er chimney smokes, sir the
man stammered.
"The physician was practical, a
handy man, a jack of all trades.
" 'We'll have a look at that chim
ney, Jim,' he said.
"And he opened the door, and
bang! A broomstick fell on his
shoulders, and a woman's voice
shrieked in the gloom:
'"Back again, are you, you old
rascal? Well, just clear out again 1
dear out with you, or I'll'
"The physician retreated hastily.
Jim sat on the curbstone, shaking
his head in sorrow and embarrass
ment. The physician bent over him
and laid his hand in kindly fashion
on his arm.
" 'Jim,' he said, 'our chimney
.smokes sometimes too.' "
nUgHt "pay a "Tlsft' to your cousin:
Hiram on his farm this hot
weather ?"
"I don't know, Maria ; these coun
try cousins are so spiteful. Since
we made him go to a hotel last
winter when he was in town on busi
ness, I would not be a bit sur
prised if he ,was mean enough to
charge us board." Baltimore
American.
The Old Fisher,
A fishy old fisher named Fischer
Fished fish from the edge of a fissure.
A cod, with a grin,
Pu'led the fisherman in
Now they're fishing the fissure for Fischer!
New York Mail.
Henrvt-
' Dicta For OuCk Kaisers.
Ducks are much easier raised than
chickens. They are not retarded In
growth by the many diseases the
chicks must contend with.
The best remedy for duck ailments la
plenty of sliced raw onion in the mash,
and a dry, soft bed.
When you desire ducks for egg pro
duction have four to fire ducks with
an unrelated drake. Two ducks and
one drake produce too large a percent
age of drakes.
Do not let the ducks run with fowls.
Disease la sure to visit the chickens
that are allowed to drink from the Tea
sel the ducks have paddled In.
Always catch a duck by the neck;,
too often their legs are broken by be
ing caught by then.
Why Fret and Worry
The Spite .Spirit.
"John, dearfc..do. yfiu think, wp
When your child has a severe cold?
You need not fear pneumonia or other
pulmonary diseases. Keep supplied with
Ballard's Horehound Syrup a positive
core for Colds, Coughs, Whooping Cough
and Bronchitis.
Mrs. Hall of Sioux Falls, S. D., writes :
"I have used your wonderful Ballard's
Horehound Syrup on my children for five
years. ' Its results have been wonderful.'.
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