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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
Bill Arp on Storms.

A storm in the country is worth
something to see. We can look out
and afar off and see it coming, and we
can see the lightning flash and zigzag
and corruscate, and have no fear-it is
grand, but not fearful-not alarming.
The trees are all around us and have
never been struck. They are our
lightning rods, our insulators. Light
ming will strike one lonely tree, but it
rarely strikes in a grove or forest. It
has struck twice in our cotton field
and killed the cotton, but these trees
all around us scatter 1T and keep it
from concentrating. Nabor Freeman
saws that lightning has a likeing for a
wagon with one steer, for he passed
one on the road day before yesterday
while there was storm on hand and
the lightning struck the little one
steer wagon and tore 1T all to pieces,
and the steer just went on with moth
ing but one shaft hitched to him.
There was no driver. for the steer had
Just been turned loose to go home by
himself. Cobe says he never did un-
derstand this thunder and lightning
business, nohow, s'for' says he,
..some folks say it's the lightnin' that
strikes, and some say it's the thunder.
but he has noticed one thing, and that
is when any thing is struck they both
come right smack together and it looks
like it takes 'em both to do the work.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
1t has been the custom of Eastern

It has been the custom of Eastern
newspapers to speak of the West as
the home of cyclones and tornadoes,
but recent experiences at home have
made them change their tune. Some
of the worst blows ever recorded were
in the Eastern states. A Washington
paper is moved to say: obstructive
storms are evidently more commonin
the east now than formerly. What
the reason is, and possible remedies,
should engage the close attention of
science. 1t is likely that the American
architect of the future swill pay more
attention to cellars and Easements
than has heretofore been given to that
branch of domestic architecture"
The West has got bad reputation,
mainly on account of frequent exag-
gerations by reporters of the damage
done. 1t is not enough to state facts,
as they do at the east, but accounts
must contain a "fne writing and the
product of vivid imaginations, and
these things are transferred bodily
into eastern papers to the detriment
of western sections where such a thing
rs a cyclone was nexer known.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
Electricity IN the Menagerie.

Nearly every day some new use is
found for electricity, and one of the
most recent applications of this power
is in the interests of the professional
tanners of wild animals, says an ex-
change. The inventor is tanner
himself, and his instrument is an ap-
paratus shaped like stick and highly
charged with electricity. When the
animals become unruly he gives them
a shock from this battery, and the
effects are said to be instantaneous.
On experiment, three of his lions
Immediately showed signs of the great
est terror. They were seized with
trembling and growlcd titfully. The
tiger was more quickly subdued, be-
came stupefied and crouched IN a cor
ner of the cage. Bruin was more re-
fractory to the electricity, which
seemed scarcely to affect him. He
would growl and show his teeth, but
was subdued after repeated dis
charges.
The most astonishing effects. how
ever, were perceptlble in the boa con-
strictor. On receiving the discharge
the specimen from Cayenne, nearly
twenty feet in length, became at once
paralyzed and remained motionless
for six hours afterward. When he re-
covered he showed signs of helpless
ness for three whole days Finally the
elephant on being electrified by touch
of the stick upon the tip of his trunk.
set up a series of Wild crfes, and be-
came SO frantic that the tanner feared
he would break his heavy iron chains.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
Result of a Practical Joke.

A paragraph in the Cleveland paper
not long since told the sad story of q
hoax practised by three women upon
friend. It seemed harmless to them.
It proved almost fatal to the friend.
and illustrates fact that should not
be forgotten that frights may kill, OF
may craze the brain permanently,
Such jokes are criminal, and deserve .,
serious penalty. The victim of this
short time, leaving her husband and
little ones at home.
The husband went to work and the
three women thought it would be e1-
tremely funny to scare Mrs. Burns.
The chairs and tables were upset. and
everything was put "topsy-turvey." A
figure was made and clothed in suit
of Burns's clothes, and was laid on the
floor, its head tied with white band
age, resting against the sewing-ma-
chine.
Then the women secreted themselves.
Mrs. Burns, who is of a nervous tenn
permanent, came home and was struck
speechless with horror at the scene.
The poor woman, seeing the inanimate
form, Immediately supposed that her
husband had committed suicide. Tot
tering to the house of a neighbor, she
gasped out that her husband was dead,
and tainted away.
A physician was called, but she
went from one spasm into another.
When she finally revived enough to
talk, it was found that her reason had
left her. For days she lowered be-
tweed life and death. Although now
considered out of danger, the shock has
left its impression upon her mind, and
she may never fully recover.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
Where Scandal is not Relishea
Holland Letter.

Holland Letter.
The revolving details of crimes, the
highly favored testimony of the di-
yorce court, the scandals of society
and of court life have no attraction for
the average reader of Dutch news
paper. A shocking CRIME is committed,
d prominent citizen commits suicide,
an Official mysteriously disappears,
well known society couple are di-
vorced, rich girl elopes with her
fathers coachman, the king i'll treats
his wife, quarrels with his son, or
leaves the funeral ceremonies of his
hrst wife to go on a debauch with his
favorite mistress. Rich morsels of
scandal these for American, French,
and even some English newspapers.
LIS Amsterdam shocked, mystifed, as
tonished or disgusted? Not bit of it;
nor even interested. The crime will
merely be mentioned in an obscure
corner of the paper, the suicide name
perhaps Will be omitted, two months
may elapse before word is said about
the disappearance, and then merely to
announce the discovery of the remains
in the canal. The elopement may not
lind its way into print at all, while the
NouAo oSohod1S iduu GucTe are many OI
them) are merely spoken of as painful
facts OF which the less said the better.
And yet the laws relating to libels are
not stringent. Libel suits are exceed
ingly rare in Holland, simply because
there seems to be no inducement for
newspapers to print domestic or pub
lie scandals. There is one, and only
one paper in the country, given to
what is known in the United States as
sensational journalism, and that has
never been commercial success. That
paper often prints scandalous things,
sometimes about high officials, but no
one pays any attention to it. The
Dutch seem utterly Indifferent to pri-
vate scandals. A public man may
openly keep half dozen mistresses
and be otherwise involved in social
scandals, but it would in no way be
discussed in campaign for any pub
lie Office of honor or trust.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
The Battle of Austerlitz.

In the memoirs of Marshal Bugeaud,
Just published, appears a letter from
him, when still private, to his sister,
describing the brief Austerlitz campaign,
in which he says: "Three days before
the battle we had orders to leave the
town, and encamped league from the
enemy. The Emperor came there him
self and slept in his carriage in the mid
die of our camp. For the three days
that passed before the battle he was al
ways walking through all the camps
and talking to the soldiers or their
leaders. We gathered round him. I
heard much of his talk; it was very
simple and always turned upon military
duty. At last on the eve of the battle,
the anniversary of his coronation, he Is
sued proclamation, exhorting us to
behave with our usual intrepidity
and promised to keep his
distance as long as victory
followed us. Butt" said he, eff by mis-
chance you hesitate moment, you
will see me fly into your ranks to restore
order" Then he promised to give us
peace after this battle, assuring us that
we should go into cantonm ents. We
replied by shouts of joy, the harbingers
of glad success. Torches were lighted
and the bands played while the whola
army sang songs with eagerness. It
seemed that every man was celebrating
his return home, and felt the joy one
experiences at seeing father, mother
and brother. Yet how many of these
happy men were not to see their country
again. At daybreak the drums and
trumpets announced the fight; start
was made with shouts of 'Vive
PEmpereur.' The charge is sound
ing. These words are re-
peated again louder, and carry terror
into the enemy's ranks. We charged
like lightning, and the carnage was hor-
rible. The balls whistled. The al,
groaned with the noise of cannon and
our threatening voices, closely followed
by death. Very soon the enemyh
phalanx was shaken and threw into
disorder; at last we overthrew them en-
tirely. One point wlthstands us, the
batteries in moment are taken, the
gunners cut to pieces at the guns, and
any that escape our steel either seek
safety in flight or slower death in the
lakes. Nothing has ever been seen, my
love, like this memorable battle. In
the opinion of the Oldest soldiers it is the
most bloody that ever has taken place.
I will not describe to you the horrors
of the field of battle; the woiinded and
dying imploring their comrades pity.
prefer to spare your feelings, and con-
fine myself to telling you that was very
much affected, and wished that empers
ors and kings who make war without
reasonable grounds could be condemned
for their whole lives to listen to the
cries of the unfortunate wounded who
remained three days upon the field OF
battle without having any relief or as
sistance. The Russian loss is innumer-
able; what is certain is that there are to
be seen at least sixty Russian corpses on
the field of battle for one French; and
it is only in one spot that I have seen
as many French as Russians"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
AutOcrat Hamilton.

The island of Arran is the property
of the duke of Hamilton, whose para
mont object as '.lord of the soil" is to
convert as much of the island as possi-
BILE into game preserve for the en-
joyment of himself and his friends
during the month which he passes at
Brodick castle every autumn, so that
instead of its resources being devel-
oped and the population being en-
couraged in their avocations, every
thing Is done to keep strangers away,
and the aboriginal inhabitants are
mere serfs. Arran (Which is twenty
miles by ten) forms q great contrast
to the neighboring island of Butte, be-
ing fifty years behind in everything,
ana it seems monstrous that in these
days so large a domain should be sub
jected to the selfish caprices of one
man. The dukes latest proceeding,
as an absolute monarch of the island,
has been to refuse permission to the
United Presbyterians to erect a church,
and it is actually stated in the letter
of the agents that the duke ''w1ll not
sanction the use of a building for such
purpose for longer period than the
three summer months" One would
really think that they were back in
those palmy days of torryism, which
Scotland groaned under the iron yoke
and the unexampled jobbery of Henry
Dundas. The duke of Hamilton's po-
litical leaders will scarcely thank him
for this exhibition of intolerance,
which is certainly, unreasonable
and hardly a satisfactory return
for the thistle which Lord Bea-
consfield bestowed upon him.-Lon-
don Truth.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25

In England, as in the United States,
railroad freights are higher for short
hauls than for long hauls; and smaller
towns complain that they are dis
criminated against. The town of Hull
is just now complaining that her mer-
chants and manufacturers are charged
as high rates as those of Newcastle,
which is much farther from London.
They demand that their rates shall
be lowered, or those for Newcastle
raised, in proportion to distance.
Thus this question is not settled in
the old countries of Europe, after half
century of government regulation.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25

Senator Colquitt has furnished the
first instance in the history of Georgia,
says the New York Sun, in which father
and son represented the State in the
senate of the United States. Such oc-
currences are very rare. There are
only three on record. They are these
of Senators Bayard, Don Cameron
and Colquitt. The Bayards haverep-
resented Delaware in the senate with
cut interruption for three generations.
Don Cameron took his fathers seat.
7 here were 80 years between Walter
T. Colquitt and his son in the senate.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25

Gen. Sherman speaks somewhat
contemptuously of the great number
of projects that have been put on foot
for the building of Grant monuments
throughout the country. every
crossroads village wants one," he
says, and the result, he fears, will be
"too many poor ones instead of few
fine ones" Certainly a few fine ones
are much to be desired, and they will
be built, too; but at the same time, if
the crossroads villages chooseto erect
smaller ones, according to their means,
it may be doubted if their efforts
should be slightingly or discouraging-
ly treated.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
AT recent wedding in the Savoy

AT recent wedding in the Savoy
chapel, London, the bridesmaids were
very young children. One of these
midgets, apparently 2 or 8 years of
age, became rather tired of the service
and began to ask questions of one of
the bridal party as they stood IN the
chancel Finding, however, that her
prattle was unheeded, she very COM
posedly seated herself on the chancel
steps. facing the wedding guests, and,
emptying her basket of flowers, rear
ranged them to suit her infantile taste.
She came in for greater share of adj
miration than the bride
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
New Jersey, mainly on account of it's

New Jersey, mainly on account of it's
small area, is frequently subjected to
sneering remarks, but her late census
shows remarkable progress in popu-
lation. In 1860 her population was
672,O35; now it isreckoned at 1, ,277,-
900, Or nearly double the number
counted twenty-five years ago. The
same tendency which is observable in
other Eastern States is noted in New
Jersey, namely that the growth in
population is almost entirely confined
to the cities, while the country dis
tricts remain stationary.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
A Great Railroad Event in South
America.

"The great event of the past
fortnight" says the Buenos Ayres
Standard, "has been the completion of
the Andine Railway to Mendoza, capi-
tai of the province of that name and
lying at the foot of the Andes. The
Importance of this great event cannot
be exaggerated; the line, we may say,
crosses the continent, stretching from
the Parana to the Cordillers. A zone
of immense natural wealth is thus
thrown open by this quick means Of
communication, and the traffic on the
line promises to be very large. Mem
doza is one of the richest provinces of
the republic; it covers an area of about
5000 square leagues of land at the foot
of the Andes, with a population esti-
mated at 10000 souls. The rivers
Mendoza, Tunuyan, Desaguadero,
Diamants and Atuel irrigate over LOCO
square leagues of land; and the soil is
SO bountiful that the yield is often q
hundred fold. A very active trade is
carried on. in the export of fat
cattle to Chill, but the great industry
of the present and future is viniculture.
The Mendoza wines are well known;
the production is doubling every two
wears. The great drawback of the past
-onerous and difficult means of COM
munication-is now removed, and we
may look forward to q great develop
ment of all the industries of the pro-
vince. The mineral wealth of the
province is also beyond calculation"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25

man, from princess to peasant, pos
sesses fan and knows how to use it
as part of her artillery of conquest.
A traveller of the last century on his
return from Spain declared that he
had seen Spanish lady in
satin shoes and no stockings, but
he had never seen one without her fan.
Doubtless the ladies of Castillo and
Arragon taught their fair sisters of
France the fatal use IN the service of
Cupid of this all but deadly weapon
-"the tumbles, the somersaults, the
fullness, the febrile action of the fans,
handled, opened, shut. abandoned,
caught up again with most lively ex-
preston of enthusiasm, of languor, of
fainting, of delirium.'' Such were
the arts to be practiced in '.Mr. Spec
tator's" fanciful "London Academy
for Teaching the Use of the Fan" IN
the reign of "Great Anna" when
gentlemen as well as ladies used fans
to keep their painted faces from the
sun in summer, and in winter from
the fire.
HAPPY Eve may have used a fan in
paradise, and Deborah have famed
herself while composing the grandest
VA OoOo w XhooOS Auou AdfO
known-Ee was educated at an Egyps
the Pharaohs looked on the fan as the
emblem of happiness and heavenly re-
pose. The Athenians and the Etrur-
ians were famed habitually, and Prof.
Schliemann may yet discover along
with the hairpins of Helen of Troy
the handle of her fan. C@sar's wife,
who ought to have been, but unfortu-
nately was not, above suspicion,
doubtless employed a slave to apply
the same kind of fabellum to keep off
the flies as was afterward used in the
Romish church to fan the incense up
on the altar. The Etruscan vases and
the walls of Pompeii suggest and at
test such lighter facts-slight en-
brolderies on the robe of the historic
muse. Authors in comparatively mod
ern times TEEN with notices of the
fan, in prose or verse, from Brantome
to Gay. Not many persons, at this
end of the third quarter of the nine
teenth century, trouble to read Mr..
John Gays ''poem in three books
entitled ''The FAM with its Greek
motto from Homer. Mr.. Gay, author
of the famous "Beggars' OPERA" and
only less notorious Trivia invokes
''that graceful toy whose waving play
with gentle gales relieves the sultry
day." and calls on his ''wand ring
muse' to stay and ''say how this in
strument of love began, and in inn
mortal strains display the fam" For
five hundred and tifty-three weary
lines Mr.. Gay, in rather less than
more Immortal strains" apostro-
phises his beloved fan, the idea of
which he ascribes to Venus herself and
the first manufacture to her son Eros.
The poet, however, was both practic-
ally and historically correct when he
wrote, "Gay France shall make the
fan her artists care. And with the
costly trinket arm the fair That,
indeed, is exactly what dull England.
as well as '.gay France proposes to
do, if only the ladies of the haut ton
will occupy the happy example of the
the queen, and encourage native tai
ent in the production of what has been
called "the screen of modesty," and
likewise, be it said, 1.-THE symbol of
Eghtness and Inconsistency"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25

The States which stand at thehead
of the list as corn-producing States
are Illinois, 1926, 792, ,4s1 bushels; Iowa,
275, ,O24,247 bushels; Missouri, 2O2,-
4s5, ,723 bushels; Indiana, 115,4s2,-
800 bushels; Ohio, Ill, ,877,124, and
Kansas, los, 729,3 1926 bushels. Ken
tucky comes next, with over 72,O00,-
600 bushels, and Nebraska follows,
with over e5, 600, 900 bushels.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25

The Current Number of the North
American Review contains the opin-
ons of eight sculptors and critics as
to what the Grant monument should
be and all of them would involve the
expenditure of vast sums, one of them
calling for the outlay of million Of
dollars. It will probably be some
time ere any of them are carried to
completion by voluntary gifts.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25

Jenkins, who had been fishing all
day, and had caught two small fishes,
was, on his return, thus accosted by
Todd: well, what luck have you
had?' .'Oh, pretty fair" said Jen-
kins, II caught hundred or two.
81 am coming, oh. my darling"
sings a Western poetess. This is kind
on her part. If her darling allows
himself to be caught after this warn
ing he deserves his fate.
How can find out all about the
young lady to whom am engaged?"
asks prospective Benedict. Has she
a younger brotherP If SO, consult him.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25

When tramp sees woman with pistol
or a gun in her hands he goes right on with
out winkng, but Jet her appear ON the scene
with dipper of hot water and he makes
tracks like q kangaroo.-Burlington Fire.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25

A painting is called a rare work sometimes
because 1t isn't well done.-Bostou Transcript
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-26

luton introdacsd By Past CasGeellor
". kisrski, and was unanimously
sdostsd by the Grand Lodge g an ex-
preston Of their sentiments snd feel
inFs for the nsAy eoarsessss extended
- the visit rs.
WHEkkKs. We deem IL our boonde1
duty 10 give expression Of our 9raaitade
snd appreciation OF the generous. whois
souled and spleadid reception accorded
as bv the noble and gallant and ehivAl-
re Knights OF waila WAlla- Therefore
Dc II
RsSoirsf, That ve hereby tender cur
sinoere thanks 10 tie gallant and chiyal
nc Knights Of Walls walla. their Exec
aiive. Committees. Cnairmen and all
Knights. as well as off sers and members
Of s1b-co1mifsees for their many
countless sets Of kindness and nuDer-
Gus coartesies extended 10 as und all
visiting Knights
Rssolss3, That the lavish hospitality
and generous welcome accorded to as
daring our sojoarn here should be in
delibiy Impressed upon the highest spot
Of the memery of each officer, FepEesen-
tative asd member of the Grand Lodge.
ReS0ltstf, That We hereby recognize
the numerous courtesies extended TO as
by the press of Walia walla during the
session as well as the various kindly
acts and attentions extended to rs by
the citizens Wslla of Walla. Respectful
~ and fraternally Submitted,
Nm kIkRsKI,
Past Chancellor Queen City No. 10.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-26
CeRRECrED STATEMENTS.

EDrroR Pest
read an item in your WEEKLY of the
18th OF May, which | would be much
Obliged If sou will contradict. | spoke
the German bark Aathilde and asked
the captain II he wanted pilot. told
him l had letter for him. All the
answer | got was shake of the head.
After little he tackled ship. stood
toward hinl once more, holding the let
ter up. but | got no reply. There was
40 word passed bat this, aud don't be-
iieye the captain told your correspond
ent what the latter sent you. ] have
two men. who were both on deck. We
thought the Captain did not understand
English, or he would have taken his
letter if he wanted it. He was going
much faster than my schooner. spoke
the British ship Chapman Just before.
be asked ii | was Port Townsend
pilot and about the rates, and if il was
compulsory pilotage. told him no.
Then he dTd not want me. Now, sir,
never refused the man his letter he
could have got il without money or
price. | don't believe yet that he IN
derstood me. Anyhow. it is not true
that refused him the letter unless be
would take pilot. Yoar correspond,
emit makes mistakes. | see be told Won
| pil0ted the ship State of Maine to
Royal Roads. did not pilot the State
of Mains. II he makes one Le can
make more. A. McFARLAN.
Neah Bay, May 20, 1885.