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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1908)
THE MAIL. tame of the Tangles Uncle 8m' Official Have, to Tackle. TTncIe Sam is the most faithful servant in the world, and, moreover, be is the cheapest. You give him 2 cents and a letter and he will de liter it from New York to San Fran fisco, from Maine to Florida tt from Buffalo to New Orleans. He Will carry jour business communi cation or your love letter 3,000 miles and deliver it safely to its des tination for less than it would cost you to send a district messenger boy around the corner for a couple of cigars. While it is true that thou sands of letters yearly find their way to the dead letter office, there to remain buried for all time, it is eaually true that many thousands of others that should go to the dead letter office because of insufficient and improper addresses are deliver ed by the intelligent carrier. Let ters from foreign countries to peo ple only a short time in America Cause the most trouble to Uncle Sam. Very few foreigners have any idea of the. geographical ivisipns of the United States, and some of the addresses are amusing. .-One letter . from a German city was addressed to a father or brother. in America at ."Michigan, Ohio." It went to PUZZLES 4M the dead letter office. A letter tallic tasj in. the mouth, a blue lire off, together in. search vo aconven- whafrwe may call.the chemical equi Was recently" received at the New 0n the edge of the gums, some- : ient hole in theground for the per- llbrium of the blood. It is also not .York postofSce from -Italy address- ed to "Giuseppe Fernandio,. United States." One of the carriers in the Italian district remembered that he had a family named Fernandio on his route. They were, moreover, of the more intelligent class of Ital ians, who frequently received mail, and he took the letter to them. An tonio Fernandio remembered that he had a cousin Giuseppe, who had recently moved to this country. He also remembered that this cousin had gone on to Buffalo. To the Queen City of the Lakes, then, the t.i. ..-i.-i n j "l letter, was forwarded and eventual ly found its way to the addressee, who was living in that city with a Well known Italian family. Instances in which peculiar ad dresses have been deciphered and almost impassible directions follow ed might be quoted without" num ber. A letter was received at the -postoffice in a large city we will say Boston which was addressed as follows: John Harris, Around tho Corner, Depot, Boston. The letter carrier found a John Har' around the corner from the Um D7i station, and the letter was for him. AVlien Pop Anson was leading the Chicago baseball Colts to victory Rome vears aco a friend mailed him a letter, but instead of putting any rade at Brighton, umbrella expand address on the envelope pasted a ed to keep off the sun's', rays, the picture of the popular leader on the faithful Eooney following at a re envelope. The communication was spectf ul distance in his wake. Poor delivered to him in Providence, Eooney at length grew tired of the E, j, Buffalo Times. ; promenading and taxed his wits to . j get a holiday. Opportunity ere long ; He Did Not See Them. A story is told of a certain politi- dan whose education was somewhat defective and who in particular was ance, etc ? Eooney hesitated a mo not a "born speller." He became ment and then replied: prominent, and his correspondence "Your honor might be vexed if I therefore took on a certain impor- tould." . . . ne J "Not at all. I command you to One day a particular friend came tell me," said the lordly Frank, to him and said, "Look here, Wil-' "Welk sir," said . Eooney, with liam. vou must have a secretary pretended diffidence, when they write your letters ana never under take to write any yourself. Why?" asked the public man. jaecause people axe lauKuuur y6ttt latters, wd they wiU doyou mt - l- l - - -1" harm", ,, , , ; I " vvhy do they laugh at them f iaastonishjnent. , . '"Because yon inak a ' , " . aa " T J . wionn mil. them, and 1 never Word." He had not jt thoueh to ascertain may safely be "a law unto himself,1 tto one cail be a dictionary unto himself. Took Something, fclrs. Brown, living in the coun try, had five trunks carried up from the station, some three miles away, by an old man. . The day was very rainy, and the old fellow was soak ed through when he drove up to the house. Mrs. Brown (with sympathy) Why, Hamilton, you must be wet. Hamilton (shivering) Ye-es, ma am. Mrs. Brown Aren't you you'll take cold, Hamilton? Hamilton Ye-es. ma'am. afraid Eheu- Inatiz pretty bad, ma'am. Mrs. Brown Don't you ever take something when you get soaked through, Hamilton? Hamilton (eagerly) Ye-es, ma' am. (Rubs the back of his hand across his mouth.) Mrs. Brown Well, here are f oqr two grain quinine Tiilla. Hamilton. Take them as soon as you get home. London Scraps. COPPERVPOISOMNCL Chronic and Acuta Phases, Th?rwond rf a Nest Havoo Wrought . Symptoms and Treatment. Jj Workers in copper, miners, smp.ltpr. molders and eonnersmiths are :-more fortunate than those who nave to ao witn otner metaia . lead, for example in that copper ' to say is metallic copper, that is not a very dangerous metaL In- stances of poisoning by it are com- rrarativelv rare, There have indeed been cases of copper poisoning, both acute and chronic, but they are in- frequent, and the symptoms are mild as compared with those of poi soning by lead, zinc or arsenic The symptoms, of acute copper poisoning, by sulphate of copper, are those of an irritant of the di gestive tract a metallic taste in the mouth, nausea and, vomiting, colic and purging, followed by faint ing spells, perhaps , delirium and convulsions. ' The best antidotes for copper poi- Boning are mine ana eggs, eitner separately or beaten up together. If these cannot be obtainea at once, soap may oe given.- it nouia Dei;they completely nil, the iceiL. Tne dissolved in. waiter, but, not given latter is then sealed up, and in a few. nn.ihe.fonn of frothy suds,, the air jn which would unduly innate the stomach, . In chronic poisoning occurring as : an industrial disease the symptoms. are mild. consisting chiefly in a me-. times ulceration and recession of the. gums, leading to exposure and de.cay6f'tBeJ.itfcTheitli" are often of a green eolor. ' ' " ' ' "Erass founders' ague" .is prob- the branch of a tree or in the grass ably due more to the poisonous ac- of a bank. The little family works tion of the zinc than to the copper, very hard to manufacture .the, ma The symptoms ' consist ; of a chill, terial of which the nest is made a with .clammy sweating, followed by nausea and vomiting. The workers also suffer from more or less bron- chitis and asthma. Milk is the accepted remedy for this condition, but the use of in- spirators by the workmen, ventila- . ... . -. ... ., tion of the shops and strict atten- tion to personal cleanliness are im- egg. . perative in the prevention of fur- j Things now proceed, apace, the ther attacks and of chronic poison-1 feeding of the grubs and sealing ing. them up in their cells going on as The fumes in smelting works and before, but the queen is now assist emanations from the ashes removed edin her labors by her dozen or so from the furnaces are dangerous, as original subjects, and the others join they are charged with oxide of cop-' in the work as they hatch out. As per and may in time cause symp-; the summer advances the nest gets toms of chronic Youth's Companion. poisoning. A Clever Ruse. "Faithful Eooney," the servant of Mr. MeDonogh, an eminent Dub lin barrister of the last century, was almost as well known as his master. During the long vacation Mr. Me Donogh, who was a great dandy and very -vain oi nis personal appear- ance. promenaded daily on the pa- 'arose. Hi3 master inquired what i the people said of him were they , not struck by his distingue appear see me following your honor they asr I' iuijttrw. i TOnnTiav" cairi Mr- Mollnnncrh 1TI I .v.xy,p.-- . awful accents, I must go without j . Where WemH Rules..; , TTta.lTiiBua nf Tnrlift. nnmberim? : -" : - T- over 176i000, an aalnpleteljUBur, primitive part of the community she is the only ownervf real prop erty, aadi through' hieralone is in heritance transmitted.? On marriage the man leaves his father and moth er and cleaves to his -wife,, as seems to have .been. the custom. when..the. hook of Genesis was written, uvmg. with her .in his mother-in-law's "After awhile he shook his head as if range as well as its certainty mnii nnviBo v Tn' nnr is -feminine and the l v.n mott re bAvond bis mmnre- tine the mark is materially in- moon . masculine, ana iemimne nouns predominate in the language. Chicago Journal. It Struck 1. An Irishman on his way home -.. -. ae a ni&n asked a pedestrian the tune, xne latter, xninsing ne was a dangerous tramp waiting for an opportunity to snatch his watch, swung his heavy stick and knocked the Irishman down. He remarked to the prostrate man, "Ifs 1 o'clock, and thafs how I strike one." .The poor Irishman scrambled to his feet 'and rubbed his smarting . "f6 us ' 1 Tgn imc "S J , Jj1 Ilour j Laei- earlier l" Imdee Adver- PAPER 1.. . by tho Insects. . - ; Tt is the last loving act of the ' in fn nmWnf thMi- , , ii i. - t6"?;? ?". ? rou f"tc:" of "feeding them up, fbr a wasp " ' A. iilll.': 11 ' ' qn e , son ol. hex. size ana noi. pewsei any claim , to aristocratic descents This feeding lasts the , queen -wasps all the winter through, during which tt,o tin hihomnte in Rome warm Corner out of the way of frost and snow, says the I'all Mail uazette. . About March they come forth once more and proceed to look about for a nesting place. Having chosen a site for this generally in a hol low tree or in some sheltered and annnv nomer amoner drv Tubbish the oueen forms a cocoon of "wasp WASPS AS : paper," wherein 'she constructs' given off in very appreciable quanti about a dozen cells and lays an egg ty in the perspiration and in other in' each. In due time1 the 'eggs be- forms of waste resulting from, our come grubs; and these " are fed as siduouslv by the queen.mother.nntU: ;day&, each gmbi which meanwhile ;has.. developed .wings: and legs ..and changed irom-- white to. yellow .and, black, emerges as. a full grown wasp. . .Thelreal. work of, nest .building now..beeins. and, ther whole nartv go manent headquarters. -.This at, least js .what the commonwasp. does, There are several varieties in Great Britain, and some of them build . on wonderful substance of the texture of paper pulped up from the bark of trees in the wasps' mouths. The wasp was making pape.r from wood pulp for centuries before man thought of it. This nest proper contains a large amount of comb, and in each cell the queen lays an stronger in numbers until the very end of the season, and even then some of the grubs never see the light, v A wasps' nest may contain as many as 10,000 wasps, but an average nest would be about half that number. . " . , Wasps are such hardworking lit tle creatures that it se'ems a sin to j destroy their wonderful labor, for the nest is a triumph of architec tural skill. At the same time they commif such havoc in, orchards and are so troublesome everywhere where food or drink is to be found that every man's hand is against them. They seldom sting unless molested or touched by accident. A certain amount of good is done Dy -vasps in killing noxious insects, especially house flies, but this one ennd arvfc is ouite overbalanced bv o i . " , their many deeds of evil. All sorts I of methods are adopted, therefore, j to destroy them at nighttime in their nests, but the very best plan of. all is ;to procure some cyanide of potassium,, a deadly poison, trom a -TAajmnnnful within the hole that leads to the jnest, afterward sealing the entrance with a. sod -of -turf. .Next morning;. ;n i j j j ai.- every wasp, wiu .oe .ucau, aiiu vu V onH AaBtrnvoit hizb tuj .a.uutvu. uvt.uwwvwy. fr 4b.t3lL-.,i - : ,. . Ne Precedent. . "Qne,0I th.y0eerjcnaraCT.ers oi IndepfiRdenca aojna jeafiiago, said an, -old fesident iviths(t ttowa, le owet jyj a,jRn fiia, ieioarose sixipooer-ioannpn,,,, Pn.all fertLJ AAitaiiiATia a .liaTilAil . f Vila Tvrfn .itn the town square and celebrated noisily as longas the ppwderjlast? ecL une.f ourtn ing' unusuallV with ertby a baW charce that it burst. The old fellow was for a time overwhelmed by this ' disaster and sat down with' his elbows on his tn.ee his fbin in bis hands and eta red irloomilv at the' fragments, . . , . oi J my ne was ieei- ij aa"v4 h vv iit1p wv 'patriotic and tram- cident wwh its. fin .ot night, , is pre-, of ordnance served ihus direct path without be- hension and muttered:' creased. The nrst nlied gun was "Well, it's derned funny! The made by Augustin Koster of Nu- thing never did that before!" remburg in 1530. Kansas City Times. - ; The s9,. National Airs. It has been proved uyo-nd doubt The national airs of great coun- : that the sponge is an animal ith a tries are short, while those of small-' complete digestive organism. A a er ones are long. "God Save the ' matter of fact, the sponge as pie King" is fourteen bars; the Bussian "pared for toilet and other uses is national hymn is sixteen bars, out the dry, flexible skeleton of the "Hail, Columbia!" has twenty-eight creature. Chemically its fibrous ma- bars. Siam's national hymn has seventy-eight bars, that of Uruguay seventy, and Chile's national hvmn has forty-six. San Marino has the lroRt national hvnin eTOAnt f!bi- lnno- iat nonnU take half a day off to listen to it. Boston Transcript. importance f thoineral Compound t to th Hunwn Bdy.i, vV "bait assumes the most promi- nent -place in the list accessories, writer Dr. Andrew most ancient Wilson From the . times man- has valued -salt as-p-. -ty; a needful item in-his die- f J C 1 substances,; ana even-lower an- afc exhibit an instinct for salt such as represents an inborn crav- ing arising from a dictate of nature herself. The history of salt in rela- tion to the body is itself interesting. . It seems to be a mineral compound universally cusiriouiea uirouguoui. our tissues: It occurs universally in the living unless salt be specially supplied. -Even the freshest of our i meats contains ..salt as part : and parcel of its composition. ;. Equally notable is the fact that salt is found ; in the excretions of the' body. It is: bodily wear ana tear. o important a constituent of the blood -is salt that in cases f loss of blood the surgeon iniects into the circulation a -solution, of t saitj and water and thus contrives to replenish in a cer- iain- fashion. the depleted-supply, In some way or other, as yet im perfectLyU understood,! salt . appears to- .be Vnecessary ..for .maintaining vet clear !.to us why salt .should be so ireely excreted, but .even -the tears contain it, and 'the salt, salt tears' is ; a phrase for "once at least showing harmony betwixt science and poesy. Leaving the reason why aside, it is clear that we demand salt not only for the maintenance of the body's normal constituents, but likewise for the perfect discharge of many of the functions. "I believe one of the punishments inflicted under the old laws of Hol land and one regarded as in severity next to that of death was the keep ing of a prisoner for a certain length of time on a diet from which all salt was excluded. The result was emaciation and death if the depri vation was long persisted in a barbarous punishment truly, but one which reflected credit, in a sense, on the physiological knowl edge of the framers of the Dutch penal code." Chicago News. Hope For Rufus. Uncle Erastus had been polishing -his musket for half an hour. At last he gave it a final, love pat and turned to his grandson. . "Chile," he said, "does you see dat bottle about thirty yards ovedere?" "Shore I does," Eufus agreed. The old man threw up the mus ket and balanced it rather shakily. "Whang!" it bellowed. "Now does you see dat bottle ?" the old man de manded. "Yes, I does, granddad." "I's powerful glad to hear dat, Rufe," the old man said calmly. 'Ts been af eard from de way you sorted taters lately dat your eye- sight was failing, but hit ain't. .Yous good fo several yeahs yit, -Kuie. -Youth's Companion. Spiders Set a Style In, Lace Making. : ome Jeais S imssumaru. taught the natives of .Paraguay to make lace by hand. Ihe. art has .uwu.uauueuuunu gciiaanuu to generation, and in some of the towns lace making is the chief oc- cupation umosi ail me women wiumeu om uumj m nr -pTioraopd ifh it ' A " sin cnllar fact --- , - ' T MTi-TJ"' HUOttt .nUWaSTBU lUCBii' 18 lUttt me . ...... ,t - . , ... , i .n?" ous webs spun by the semitropical ! spiders that abound' in taat coun-j ;wy. ; tor ws reason vue abcu ia called 'by the' natives nsnduti,' an Indian W.brd' that meahs spider Web. ; r?h .f1"8 epuuxtu. The great vadjvantage. . gained hj " the yied gun is that the bullet dia? in "subiect : to "the aberrations that injure ,the precision of aim in .firing with the, smooth , bore gun. As a necessary consequence of the pror. iectile beinir carried ..more directly in its line oi "aim, its ,iengm oi t j nru tenal would, appear to De cioseiy ai- lied to the substSnce spun by the : silkworm. When first removed from j its stronghold on the bottom of the sea and observed in a living state ; the soonffe bears not the faintest t tnC lainieSS possible resemblance to the domes- articldwide World Magazkiv- "Oregon, MjrOrexon. Th chief of subjects, small, and great, 7 To me is my adopted state. ' umoi. naiung song, Of ail the states in this irrmt land. . Old Oregon will lead the band. Her climate seems to me joek riant, . -ujUmi wane other places are a fright. l i ry. too, inspiring sterns. y vistas or ourm " ?JLyI v - mjw.j dw vi uur urates. rise sublime, " . ? 00 in many things she takes the lead And progress seems to be her creed ; And people coming find cortent, Call life elsewhere but illv spent, For heM w have jost lota of wood, We wouldn't change it if we could. ln "nmnier we've old ocean's braese, WDich we tnjoy in. perfect ease. We've fruit and other things galore How can a-mortal wish for more? And all along her monataios steep,. ' Are wandering herds of goats and sheep. Along ber fertile valleys, wide -The farmers dwell in joy and pride. Her mines have furnished wealth in store, And yet they'll f Ornish millions more. And in the edacition 'line, v?e'e ""f aBd. ckools divjne. Aud if you travel the whole world over, Sip better place will yon discover. To people in less favored climes : Come out and share in our good times, And we will say to great and small. "Deaf friends, come on, there's room for all' The above excellent story in rhyme ia contributed to the Gazette by Clara De Lay, a little girl of the Cor vail is grammar school. The effort shows de cided liteary ability on the part of the little lady. Editor. WATCH YOUR TONGUE. If Furred and Coated, it is a Warning of Trouble to Come. When it is the morning after the night before, vou do not have to look at your tongue to know that thestonauh ia upset, the head is achmg with a dull rhythm, aDd that all the world looks black and dreary. It may have been lobster Newburgb, Welsh rarebit or some other tasty dish that looked much better at night than the morning after. There ia no need to look at the tongue thermometer then for symptoms of trouble. You naturally go to your box of Mi-o-na stomach tablets, and with one of the little relievers bring joy and gladness to the physical system. The real time to watch the tongue is all of the time. If it is coated with a white fur, or possibly with dark trimmings, even though the stomach doea not tell yon by the acute pains of indigestion that it needs help, yet the coating shows that yon are getting into a bad way and that there ia need of Mi-o-na. Mi-o-na is ao positive, so sure, so reli able in its curative action npon the stom ach . that Graham & Wells, the local agents, give an absolute guarantee with every 50-cent box they sell to refund the money unless the remedy gives absolute and complete satisfaction. ' Why . Should your baby suffer? When he is fretful and restless, don't experiment on him and use any old thing your neighbor recommends. Bay a bottle of White's Cream Vermifuge,, greatest, known w,orm medicine and cure for all children's dis eases. It is mild in its action, builda'np the system, makes thin puny babies fat. Mrs. Jt C. -Smith, Tarapa, Fla writes: ''My baby was thin and sickly, could not retain its food and cried atl Bight. ' I need one bottle of White' Cream. Vermi fuge and.in, a few days, baby was laugh ing happy and jrtll." Sold by Graham & Wortbam. 1 T " " . , .: Carrie Nation , Certainl; ilysmashea a noie in the oar KaoBaa,' bot Ballard's. Hore- rooms 'of bonnd Syrup has smashed air records as a Cure for contus, Hroncmtis, innoenzs and all Pnlmonary diseaass; T. C. H Hortoav Kaasa,- Write: 'Z bare ttSver found - jmedieiae that wonJd . eur a cough ao quickly as Ballard's Horehoand Byrup., I havf.nsed it for years." .Sold by -Gtahsm & Wortham. ' ' : ' '' , v'-i .. i, i ' . i j The Joy Of living is to have good health. Use Herbine and you will have bushels of joy. Yon need not be bine, fretful and have that bad taste in vour mouth. Try a bottle of Herbine. a positive cure for all. liver complaints. E. Harrell, Austin, Texss, writes : "1 have usaa tier Dine ior over a. vear. and find it a fine regulator. I gladly recommend it as a fine medicine for Uvspepsia." bo'Q Dy unoam ct Wortbam. - - JJV44. BO YEARS' D Trade Marks Copyrights Ac Anyone sending a eketcta and description may Qnlckly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Commnnlea tioMmrtttly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patent, sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive Cffetlfifif HltlMCatl VVIVHlliV JIUIVI WH tpeeiol notice, witnoal cnarge. in tne ( cuiattonof any BCientifie JfrnrnaL- Terms. 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Voop an' Thont, Cfl, ?n Johnonn HM. Ind. 'phnne at of fiop and ps?dpncp. House Decoratino. FOT? PATNTTVO ANTPAPERTNGPWT? W. K. Panl. Tid. 488, 4ttf UNDERTAKERS WILKTNS& BOVFE. FUNERAL. Di rectors and Tionpp"d Emhlmer. Snecppsers to S. N. Wilkine, CorvslHi", Oregon. Phone 4s. 8gtf HFNKLE PLACKLFDGK. UNDFR skprs and Hopneerl prrbalmera, South Main St., Corvallis, O'. ATTORNEYS J. K YATES. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Offioe no etafm in Ziemlf PniMinc . Only set of abstracts in Bentoii County E. H. BBYPON ATTORNEY AT LAW. OflRce fn Poet Office Building, Corval ' lis, Oregon. ": . Wanted WAlSTEn 600 SUBSCRIBERS TO THE ' CAavrnt and ' Weekly OreRpnian at HOME FOR SALg WILB SELL. IXrTS IN CORVALLIS, Opi. o" Snatatment piu. apn sst pnvebasers to bnfld Vomes on tlftm ff (fMired. Address First 'Nationat Bank,' CtorvalKsjsOr. ' '. ; ' WILL SELL MY LOTS IN NEWPOKT. pr., for, apot ,cah, balance nstaV : ment,' and help partita to build bom thereon, if desired. Address M. S. Woodcock, Co-valh. Or; ' 11 ' BANKING. THE" FIR" NATIONAL BANK OF Corvallis, Orepon, transacts a general conservative banking business. Loans money on approved security. Draft bought and sold and money transferred to the principal cities of the United States, Evarope and foreign countries. The Gazette for Job Work. CASTOR I A j Tor Infants and Children. ' The Kind You Have Alwajs Bought ' Bears the EUguatare of I i