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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-12-19

How Rich MAN Cor Hrs WILL
CHEAPLY-A millionaire who lived and
died in the vicinity of this city, as he
felt his last days drawing nigh, sum-
moned a distinguished neighbor and
lawyer, who since has occupied one of
the highest positions in the gift of repre-
sentatives of the people, to prepare a last
will and testament. When the will was
drawn the man said: ''I propose to make
you my executor, and shall require no
bond from you. Write that, ALSO" The
ex-Judge complied, after thanking his
client, and promised to execute the will
to the best of his ability. 'sWhat is
your bill for drawing up my will?"
asked the millionaire. "Oh, under the
circumstances, of course, shall charge
you nothing" was the answer. "But,"
said the other, ethan is not the my way
of doing business. Make out and receipt
bill for your services and I will pay
you now" sWell, since you insist,
will make out bill for nominal sum
say $25." And this member, who seldom
draws breath without charging some
one for the respiration, made out and re-
ceipted for $25 bill which, under other
circumstances, would have been $500.
The good mad died and was buried.
When the will was read it was found
that the name of his son had been in
serted in the place of that of the distin-
guished lawyer. The ruling passion is
strong in death. The man who knew
how to accumulate wealth understood
the value of tightly drawn will and the
difference between $25 and $500. He
had merely copied the words in the
order they were written by his legal
friend and thus obtained an irrefragible
will at small cost, and an executor of his
own choosing. Cincinnati Gazette.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-12-19
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
corvalii. Lodge no IA. :. q A. M.
ROBERT N. BAKER.
Fashionable Tailor,

FORMERLY OF ALBANY, WHERE HE
has given his patrons perfect satisfaction,
has determined to locate in Corvallis, where he
hopes to be favored with a share Of the public
patronage. All work warranted, when made
under his supervision. Repairing and cleaning
promptly attended to.
Corvallis, Nov. 2S, 1878. 15:4Sft.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-12-19

Irate landlord land Free-Kirk elder,
before being called in for the fftieth
time about some repairs): The fact is,
Mrs. McRacket, yell never be content
till We re i the hoose made wi'out hands.
(Severely): ssSee Second Corinthians,
fifth chapter and firrist vairse, Mrs. Nc
Racket
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-18

EVAPORATION OF FRUIT-The pre-
servation Of apples, potatoes, sno the
like by eyaporating their juices rapid
ly, is becoming an important industry
in Ohio and Michigan. A cOrrespOn-
dent Of 8 Detroit psper describes the
operation Of factory in Lensvee
county, having q capacity Of four hun
dred bushels a dav. The apples are
pared, cored. and sliced at once BY
hand machinery The slices are then
spread on galvanized screens and then
placed in the evaporater, a chamber
running from the top Of a large furn-
ace in the basement upward, out
through the roof OF = three story
building. The current Of heated air
is kept as near as possible to two
hundred and forty degrees. The
screens OF fruit rest on endless chains
that move upward at intervals of three
to five minutes, when 8 fresh screen Is
put in below and one is taken of at
the third story completed. The dried
or evaporated produce is then packed
in pasteboard boxes holding from one
to five pounds, and these in turn srs
packed in cases Of two hundred pounds
each
A bushel of apples makes about five
pounds of the dried fruit and lhe
/ process Of evaporation is so rapid that
the fruit loses none of its freshness
and flavor. In some Of the factories
. the cores and peelings sre converted
into vinegar in others into apple
Jelly, out of which every variety o.
fruit jelly is made by the addition o
favOTing extracts.
Sweet corn, potatoes, and other We
getables have been successfully pre-
served by this process. The CHIEF
market for these products is the min
ing region Of the west. Doubtless :
large export trade will ultimately re
suit from it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-18
STNGTTAR MFSSAC.ES

SINGULAR MESSAGES.-A curious list
might be made Of the strange methods
employed III transmitting many import
ant historical messages The intell-
genCe which enabled Cyrusto overthrow
the Median monarch was conveyed III the
body Of hare sent him As a present.
The instigator of the Ionian revolt
against Persia sent his agent. a trusty
slave, with verbal orders to shave his
head, when the necessary Instructions
appeared traced on the skin beneath.
During MUhammed' S wars letters of this
kind were frequently plated in the long
hair OF the female slaves. The medieval
fashion Of writing in ink, which only be-
comes visible when held to the fire is well
known, but Cardinal Richelieu surpassed
even this by the device of a dispatch
whose alternate lines made an entire diff
ferent sense from that of the letter rs a
whole
One of the French chiefs Of the Fronde
war concealed an important letter in a
roasted crab. Warren Hastings. when
block2ded i'll Benares by Cheyte Sing.
apprised the English army of his situa-
ton by dispatches written upon rolled
up slips of parchment, which his mes
s1nGeTs carried in their ears instead of
qUills usually Worn there. The letters
which recalled General Kaufman to the
relief of SamarCand, when besieged by
the Bogharlotes III June. 1868, was stitch
ed up in the sandal of loyal native. Ii
is even Stated-though the story certain.
" flavOrs of MunchauSenism-th 2
French spy, in 1870. carried a photo
graphic dispatch through the German
/ lines in the hollow of one Of his teeth.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-18
THE GREAT PYRANID OF EGYPT.

The Great Pyramid was originally 4SO
feet high, and each side of its base meas
ured 764 feet, dimensions slightly re-
duced by its use as a quarry in later
times. The successive Moslem capitals
OF Egypt, of which Cairo is the latest,
have been built OF the monuments Of
Memphis. The city and its temples have
disappeared, and left scarcely trace,
yet the larger Pyramids have lost but
small proportion of their materials, and
where there are marks of ruin, it is Tath-
er due to the efforts of explorers than
to the actual removal Of the stones from
the site. Seen from afar, on what Ho-
race well calls their royal site, the
yastness Of the Pyramids strikes us as
we approach them, and begin to dlStln-
guiSh the COarseS Of stone, this impress
sion wanes, to return with an oppressive
force as we stand sbeneath them. All
other works of men are dWarfed by
them, but it must be remembered that
no other works of man occupied a whole
nation, as it is all but certain the great
er Pyramids did, for one OF even two
generations each. No public. works,
save the Pyramids, are known of the
Memphite kingdom. When true public
work began, Pyramids become far less
costly, like that Of the wise King who
excavated the Lake Meris.
The object of each Pyramid was TO
entOmb a single mUmmied king some
times two sepulchTal chambers may
point to a double burial ; in one case an
early monument, the third Pyramid,
seems to have been enlarged by later
sovereign but in general each monu-
ment seems to have been designed for a
single entOmbment. The purpose of so
vast a labor is no longer a mystery. if we
may assume that the Egyptians held the
preservation Of the body to be essential
to immortality. 1t is certain that all
Egyptian tombs were constructed under
the influence of a belief in the immor-
tality OF the soul. The final aim of the
Pyramid builders was that each head Of
the religion and State should rest secure
ly in these vast monuments, whose form
is a type OF Immortality, resting on the
solid rock, themselvs solid and indeStruc-
tible, yet pointing he2venward. It is
weakness of practical nature to laugh
with Pliny at the Pyramids. as mere
monuments of human vanity
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-18
WONDERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE.

The atmosphere rises above us with Its
cathedral dome arching toward heaven,
of which it is the best synonym and sym
bol. So massive is it that when 1t be
gins to stir it tosses the great SHIPS IKE
nlavthings. and sweeps cities and forests
like snowfiakes to destruction before II.
And vet it is so mobile that we nave 10
live for years in it before we can be per
suaded that it exists at all ana the
great bulk of mankind never reallze the
truth that they are bathed III an ocean
of airs.
ITS weight is so enormous that iron
shivers before it like glass, yet soap
ball swims through it with lmpunlty,
and the tiniest insect waves 1t aside with
its wings. 1t ministers lavishly to our
senses. We touch it not, yet 1t touches
us. It's warm south winds bring back
color to the face Of the invalid; its cool
west winds refresh the feyered brow and
make the blood mantle to our cheeks :;
even its north blast braces into new vigor
the hardened children of our rugged
climate.
The eve is indebted to it for all the
magnificence of sunrise, the brightness
of midday. the chastened radiance of
the morning. and the clouds that cradle
near the setting sun. But for 1t the
rain how would want its triumphant
arc. " and the winds would not send the
feecv messengers on errands around the
heavens the cold ether would not shed
snow feathers on the earth, nor would
drops of rain gather on the flowers. The
kindly dew would never fall, nor hall
storm nor snow diversity the face of the
sky. Our naked globe would turn Its
tanned and unshadOwed forehead TO the
sun. and one dreaTy, mOnOtOnOus blaze
of light and heat dazzle and burn up all
things.
Were there no atmosphere, the even
ing sun would set in moment, and
without warning plunge the earth INTO
darkness. But the air keeps in hand a
sheaf of his rays, and let's them slip
slowly through her fingers, so that the
. shadow of evening is gathered by degrees,
and the flowers have their time to bow
1 their heads. and each creature space TO
+ to find place of rest and to nestle to re-
/ pose. In the morning the garlsh sun
would at one bound burst from the bO-
( som of the night and blaze above the
horizon: but the air watches for his
coming, and sends first one little ray to
announce his approach, and then another,
and then handful, and so gently draws
aside the curtain of night and slowly
lets the light fall on the face OF the
( sleeping earth, till her eyelids open, and
like man, she goes forth again to labor
till evening .-AeteOrOlOgist.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-18

A STRANGE PEOPLE.-BOtel IObsgt
is an island in the South Seas which
mas lately been visited by 3 party Of
United States naval officers. They
were surveying s rock east OF the
South Cape of Formosa, and called st
this island. They found a curious
race of Malay stock. These sborigi-
nes did not know what money was
good for. Nor had they ever used TO-
baceo or rum. They gave the Officers
goats and pigs for tin pots and brsss
buttons, and lay around the vessel 81.
day in their canoes waiting for = chance
to dive for something which might 5s
tbI own overheard. They wore Ci0uts
only, ate taro and yams, and had AZ
es, spears snd knives made of common
iron. Their canoes were made Win
out nails, and we're ornamented with
geOmetrical lines. They wore TIE
boards of goats and small shell as Orns
ments
Such is the account of these strsng'
people given by DR. Siegfrjed, IN &
letter read at the last meeting Of TIE
Philadelphia Academy OF Natursl SCI
ences
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-18

CYCLOPEDIA or LITERATURE.-A list of
the celebrated authors whose lives and writ
ings are represented in the third volume OF
the new ACNE edition Of CHAMBERS CYCLO-
PEDIA OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, Just re
ceived is certainly very attractive to any
person Of fine literary taste. Fox, Penn,
Baxter, Bunyan, Locke, Newton, Browne
Hale, Walton, Dryden, Temple, Evelyn,
Pepys, Butler, Addison, Swift, Pope, Ram
say, CibbeT, Steele, Berkeley, DefOe, and
BolingbrOke, are few OF the brilliant stars
which brighten the 416 pages. 1T will bring
gladness to many scholars heart, j." says the
Times Of Philadelphia, ''to find that this tru-
ly admirable work has been brought within
the range Of shallow pockets Eight such
volumes, beautifully printed, and elegantly
bound in cloth, for only 80, OF by the single
volume for 43 cents, postpaid, is certainly a
marvel OF cheapness, and should establish an
enviable reputation for the publishers, if it
can not make their fortune. Already they
report a sale of nearly 60, 600 volumes. 1t
ought to be in every library and home in the
land. Specimen pages and full particulars
as to various styles Of binding, terms to clubs,
etc, will be sent free on request by the pub
fishers, the AMERICAN Book EXCHANGE, SO
{ BeeFnan- street New York The work is
sold only TO subscribers direct, and the pres
ent wonderfully low rates are offered only to
early purchasers.
Volumes of the work can be seen at the OF
fee of this paper, and those who desire may
add their names to club soon to be for.
warded
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-18

a MYSTERIOUS SPRING.-The Chat
tauOOga (Tenn.) Commercial tells the
following amusing story:
In the summer of 1888 the Third United
States Artillery, commanded by Col. Gates,
was encamped at the foot of the Missionary
Ridge, engaged in the removal of the CherO-
kee Indians One day the Colonel ordered
out fatigue party to clean out the spring,
beautiful fountain bubbling up at the foot OF
the ridge. Shortly after the sergeant report
ed to headquarters that his men were all
drunk. Says the Colonel "N on should not
have let the men drink whiskey." Ibid not, -
replied the sergeant 'they drank nothing
but water from the spring" The sergeant
and men were ordered into the guaTd-houSe
and q new detail ordered and lieutenant
placed in command, with orders not to let
the men have access to any spirits. Not long
after the lieutenant reported the men all
drunk The men were ordered to the guard
house and the lieutenant under arrest. An
other party was ordered out, of which Col.
Gates took the command. He took his seat
on stump, so he could overlooked the whole
ground, determined there should be no get
ting-dTunk this time. But behold in a short
time his men were all drunk. He was GER
tain they had drank nothing but water, which
they frequently did, getting down on their
knees and drinking from the branch Just be
low the spring. The Colonel was at his wits
end. The men were ordered to the guard
house and he repaired to his tent to think
After weighing the matter pro and con, he
had to give il up, and repairing to the guard
house he told the men if they would show
him how it was done he would release them
otherwise he would punish them severely
To this they agreed, and took him to the
spring. Just below the spring, in the branch.
they unearthed a ive-gallon jug filed with
whiskey, the mouth OF which was stopped
with a cork, in which was inserted a quill
which reached to the bottom. When buried
in the sand the upper end of the quill was
Just above the surface Of the water, and
when they wanted TO drink they stopped
down, inserted the quill in their mouth, and
while apparently drinking pure water were
drinking pure whiskey, and the Colonel, sit
ting on the stump in plain view, was none
the wiser for it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-18

RAISING SQUAsHEs.-Mr.J J. I. Chan
dler, of Everett, states that he has
adopted the following method Of rails
ing squashes, and assures US that since
pTacticing it he has never in q single
instance failed OF good crop He
first digs a small hole for each hill, into
which he puts liberal quantity of
manure and covers it TO the depth of
an inch or two with soil. The whole
is then covered with coal ashes with
which the hole is filed and the soil on
the manure covered. The seed is plant
ed. or plants set, in the ashes directly
over the manure. At each hoe;ng a
fresh supply Of ashes is scattered
around the plants, which are thus kept
entirely free from grubs, while in his
experience every hill planted without
ashes will be destroyed.-Anl CtItira-
tor
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-18
FACTS ABOUT PRINTING.

Movable types for printing were
not used until the fifteenth century.
Books were printed by the Chimes.
and other eastern nations from engrav
ed blocks long before the invention Of
type.
The first type were wood. The same
material is still much used for the larg-
er varieties of letters.
Johannes Guttenburg is generally
believed to have been the first to msnu-
facture movable types.
An edition Of Donatus was the frst
book printed from movable types.
The finest letters were characters
initiating handwriting. Printing was
introduced into Paris in l740 ; into
London four years later.
Roman type was first made in l465
Italic about the year 1900.
Tyre founding was q part Of the
business of a printer, and was declar.
ed 8 distinct art by a decree Of the
Star Chamber.
The largest-sized type used for
books is great primer the smaller
sizes are English, plea, small plea, long
primer, bourgeois, BREWER, minion.
nonpareil, agate, pearl, diamond and
brilliant.
Pearl is the smallest type found in
ordinary printing offices.
+ In America printers are paid by the
/ 1000 ems (M), an EN- being equiva-
F lent to about two letters. In England
the matter is measured by ems (N), 2
600 Of which equal 900 ems.
A good compositor will set, correct
and distribute about 5000 ems q dSv
. OF ten hours. Several of the New
York newspapers are printed from
stereotype plates, which are prepared
with great rapidity and melted over
for use again in printing the next edi-
ton. So rapidly is this work perform
ed that in some instances forms have
been got ready for the press in twenty
minutes after the last page hal beea
given to the stereotyper.
The hand press WAS invented in 1850
and is still used, without any import
ant improvement, in the majority Of
country newspaper Offices.
Ink rollers are made Of mixture OF
molasses and glue, aud were invented
by one Gannal, a glue manufacturer
Of Paris.
The first newspaper ever printed by
steam WAS the London Times OF Nov.
2S, 1914.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-18
How Chandler seFir' in the War.

A c. Buell. writes in the Washington
Capital:
1t is not generally known that immediate
ly after he had fired off his mouth with such
deadly effect upon poor Sliden, Gen. Chand-
ler ordered the unfinished Washington mOnu-
ment to be provisioned for siege, and pro
ceeded to garrison the Patent Office with a
large force of male and female volunteers
from Michigan. Then, having secured his
base of supplies, he took the field. He mount
ed horse which had been bought for the
Government by the celebrated Pennsylvania
firm, of which Gen. Simon Cameron, as Sec
retary of War, was silent partner, and arm
ed himself with Spencer rifle manufactured
by Blain in his capacity Of mo deadhead."
He drew on pair of military boots made by
a firm in Massachusetts, under a contract
procured by the late Henry Wilson in his ca
pacity of philanthropic chairman Of the Sen
ate Military Committee.
His noble head was covered with cap
made by the Hon. Thomas Murphy, of New
York subsequently friend of Grant and
Collector of the Port. The rest of the uni
form was supplied by a firm in Manchester
\. H, under contract procured at the rea-
sonable figure Of twenty per cent. of the pro
fits by a lOyal Senator from that State and
he strapped upon the cantel OF his saddle
three days forage supplied by some partic-
ular personal associates of the Hon. Reuben
+. Fenton, of New York. He also took
three davs rations OF hard tack supplied BY
some intimate friends of the Hon. a G. Cat
tell, OF New jersey ana the same OF salt
pork from some especial constituents of the
Hon. B. F. Wade in Cincinnati. Then com
pleting his equipment with a shovel to dig
the graves of the dead, from the manufac-
tory of Oakes Ames, Gen Chandler took the
field. as / understand il, with Col. Carroll as
his chief Of staff. From that time until the
present moment Gen. Chandler has never
slept. His life for eighteen years has been
i, one constant battle.
He has led 11S fOrlorn hopes, charged the
imminent deadly breach "A times formed a
square to repulSe cavalry on 81 occasions.
when the fate Of the nation hung trembling
in the balance, and has won no less than 500
pitched battles. to say nothing Of some thou
sands Of skiTmShes. He has literally been
shot to pieces. You wouldn't think it tC
/ look at him but really there is no more than
three or four ouuces of the original General
Chandler now left for the applause Of his
Countrymen. As for the shovel which he
took along to dig graves for his dead, it was
worn out early in the action in fact General
Chandler used up shOyels for this purpose SC
rapidly that Oakes Ames, who had the ex-
exclusive contract for making them, amassed
, an immense fOTtune-made so much money
that he was subsequently able to buy 9
whole Republican Congress, including Gar
field.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-18

AUTOMATIC MACHINERT.-An ex-
traOrdinary statement in regard to the
introduction of automatic machinery
into some factories not far from Low
Moor. near Bradford, England, has ap-
peared in the Wdreh0uSendn and Drd-
perS' Trade journal. The writer SAYS:
we have visited the Oak mills by night. in
company with Mr.. Burns and friend. The
building itself was in darkness, but we could
hear the rumble of machinery as we approach
ed. The door was unlocked and couple Of
candles were lighted. By the dim light we
saw the machines all at work, and passing
from one to another we noted also what they
were producing. There was no possibility
of deception, and no room for doubt. We
We're not there to examine the construction
of the machinery; it was sufficient to be able
to verify the main fact-Which is that when
the working hours OF the mills are over the
lights are put out, the building is locked VI
and the machines are left working all through
the night, producing large quantities of beau
tiful articles in great variety of patterns in
silk, cotton and wool. The method by which
this result has been attained remains a secret
The only night attendant at the factory ap-
pears to be an engineer, inasmuch as the en-
gine and boiler cannot be left to themselves. "
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-18

How TO MAKE COLOGNE WATER.-With
no trOnble at all, any one can make i'll her
own store room better article of cologne
than that which is usually bought, by thor
Oughly dissolving fluid dTachm Of the oils
Of beTgamot, orange, and rosemary, each
with half drachm of neTOli and pint Of
rectified spirits As good as can be made out
of Cologne itself, however, is also prepared
simply by mixing with one pint of Tectified
spirits two fluid dTachmS each OF the oils Of
bergamOt and lemon, one of the oil of orange,
and half as much Of that of rosemary, togeth-
er with three-quarters Of a drachm of neroli
and four drops each of the essences Of am
bergTis and musk.
If this is subsequently distilled it makes
what may he called perfect cologne, but it
becomes exceedingly fine by being kept
tightly stoppered for two OF three months to
ripen and mellow before use.-The Chemist.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-18

How TO PRESERVE EGGs.-By the
following process eggs may be kept
fresh for many months On removing
the eggs from the nest, they are coat
cd with butter in which two or three
per cent. of salicy lIc acid has been
dissolved, and then they are placed,
Individually, in 4 box filed with ex-
tremely fine and absolutely dry saw
dusL. Care must be taken that the
eggs do not touch each other, and
that they are completely enveloped in
sawdust; and should these precautions
be strictly observed they will keep
fresh for several months, possibly for
more than a year.