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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-11
MARCH %.
An Eventful Day in the History Of the French
Republic.

An Eventful Day In the History Of the French
Republic.
Most people, writes Paris corre-
spondent to The Nea0 York Times, sup
posed that the Ferry cabinet fell in
consequence of hostile vote in the
chambers, but the Ua1iUers is not OF
that opinion; on the contrary. it as
serts and proves to the entire satisfac-
ton of the editorial staff that sit was
the hand of the Almighty which
pushed Jules and his colleagues into
The abyss." There can be no possi-
ole doubt on this point, declares nj.
Veuillot; look at the date, he says,
and then, if you do not believe, you
must be more incredulous than Didy-
mus. Did not the news Of that disas-
5er at Langson reach the ministry on
5he 2Sth of March, and does not the
worlds history show that the 28th of
March is fatidical? 1t was on that
date that the ''abominable" DEGREES
against the religious orders of France
were promulgated; it was two days
afler the 2Sth of March that the
Kroumir rebellion began in Tunisia; it
was on-but l will quote as curiosity
and for the benefit of amateurs of datal
condolences a list of incidents con-
nected with the 2Sth of March which is
calculated 'to make to creep the flesh
of a raven" and leave conclusions
therefrom to your readers:
A. ID. 3.-Death of Herod the Great,
who M. Renan affiirms did not order
the massacre of the innocents.
A. d. 35.-(See Pliny, Book IV.,)
Burial, with great pomp, at Rome, OF
a crow which could distinctly articu-
late "Ave Imperator
A. d. 59.-Beginning of the Swiss
immie ration into Gaul.
A D. 19S.-Death of the Emperor
Pertinax.
A. D. 440.-Death of Pope Sixtus III.
A. d. 752.-Coronation at Scissors,
by Zacharias, of Pepin lie Bref
A. d. 12S5.-Death of Pope Martin
~.
A. D. 1477.-Decapitation, for high
treason, of Murgonnet, chancellor of
the duchy of Burgundy, and his ac-
complice, the Sire d'Imbercourt.
A. ID. 14S2.-Death of Mary, of Bur-
gundy, who had vainly endeavored to
procure their pardon.
A. d. 1563.-Death of the mathema-
tician and poet. Henry Glaireau.
A. d. 157S.-Death of the Cardinal
de Guise.
A. D. 1662.-Death of Pierre de
Boiset, one of the original forty i'm
mortals of the Academia Franchise.
A. d. 1719.-Coronation of Uric, at
Upsal.
A. D. 1757.-Drawing and quarter
ing of Damlens, who tried to kill Louis
XIV. with a pen-knife.
A. d. 1790.-Passage by the French
national assembly of law abolishlng
the use of that gallows which M. Paul
de Cassagnac suggested on the last
Monday as the most suitable form of
punishment for M. Ferry's shortcom-
ings.
A. D. 1793.-Edict of the convention
against the emigres and proclamation
of Gen. Dumouriez outlawing the con-
vention.
A. D. 1795.-Capture of the Vendean
chief Charette.
A. d. 1S03.-Letter from the Comte
de Provence to Gen. Bonaparte re-
serving all his rights to the throne of
France.
A. d. 1SO9.-Death of the actor
Dazincourt.
A. d. 1S46.-Triumph of routine and
red tape in the great speech of the
legitimist barrister Berryer denounc-
ing the electric telegraph.
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hurdle race, unwilling to see men risk

hurdle race, unwilling to see men risk
their necks needlessly;. he came
away from one of Blondin' s exhibitions
at Niagara, angry and nervous at the
sight of one poor wretch in gaudy
clothes crossing the whirlpool on a
wire, But he could subordinate such
sensations when necessity required it.
He risked his life. and was ready to
sacrifice it, for his country; and he
was ready, if need came, to sacrifice
his countrymen. for he knew that they
too made the offering.
''It was undoubtedly as a fighter
rather than maneuvrer that Grant
d1stin guished himself. He was ready
with resource and prompt in decision
at Belmont and Donelson, but it was
the invincible determination at both
these places as we'll as at Shiloh that
won. AS with men, SO with armies
and generals: skill and strength are
tremendous advantages, but courage
outweighs them all. In bat
tie, as in strategical movements,
Grant always meant to take the initia-
tive; he always advanced, was always
the aggressor. always ought to force
his plans upon the enemy; and If by
any cndnce OF circumstance Ine
enemy attacked, his method of de-
fense was an attack elsewhere. At
DonelsoH, as we have seen, when his
troops were pushed back on the right
he assaulted on the left; and this was
only one instance out of hundred.
This, too, not only because he was the
invader, or because his forces were
numerically stronger, but because it
was his nature in war to assail. In
the Vicksburg campaign his army
was smaller than Pemberton's; yet he
was the aggressor. In the operations
about Iuka his position was a defen-
sive one, but he attacked the enemy
all the same. 1t was his idea of war
to attack necessarily and advance in
variably, and thus to make the OPERA
tions of the enemy part and parcel
of his own
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Taken Without BlOOdshed.

The barttered old fort (Sumter) was
in possession of the Confederates, says
General Rosecrans, and one night a
Union soldier of the force that was
holding Morris Island said he believed
he would pull over to Sumter and get
brick for relic. He had been hit
ting the commissary bottle pretty fire.
quentiy, and was in a condition to do
anything. Taking an old water logged
skiff he pulled out, and was lost in the
darkness. 1t was a long way, and he
was beginning to think himself gone
up, when he suddenly entered under
the shadows of the walls, and heard
click, ..Who goes there?" Standing
up as we'll as he could in the boat, he
threw up both hands and cried,
"Yank."
What do you want. Yank?"
"Want one O. them bricks"
"You got one in your hat now"
s.You bet L have, but 1 want an
other.''
..All right; come ashore and get
one"
'sHe landed, walked up short dis
tance, and, 'sobered up by this time,
took the first brick he found, and
started back in quick order for the
boat.
..Say. Yank. are all you uns drunk
over there?"
''Pretty much; how is it with you?"
.sSome of us air, and some us amt.
Good night, Yank.''
'.Good night. Johnnie"
THAT man. continued the General,
with quick twinkle in his eyes, .'that
man, if he is alive to-day and has the
brisk Imagination of some men know,
is telling his children how he arrived
at Fort Sumter one stormy night, and
in terrified single-handed combat
with forty rebels, killed thirty y-nine
and brought the fortieth away badly
wounded. 20 Chicago Ledger.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-11
Specimen Orchards,

OF all classes of business men, fruit
growers should be the slowest to take
things from hearsay. Nothing but
deznonstrable facts should satisfy
them. Their business is dealing with
Futures, too far remote to be trifed
with They plant trees to bear fruit,
not next autumn, like field of corn,
but five or trenty years from now.
Hence they must be very sure that the
tree they plant this spring is not only
of the best age and shape, but of the
variety best adapted to their purpose.
How are they to know this? Only in
one way-by actual experiment. A
grower sees a beautiful specimen of
fruit, and finds 1t highly recommended.
The fruit pleases him; as a specimen
it seems perfect; but unfortunately it
was grown many. miles away, or in an
other state, and how is he to know it
will succeed on his farm? The soil
may be different, perhaps the climate
is also. His only sure way will be,
to buy five or ten trees, plant them in
a specimen orchard and see. In due
SIne he will know whether to plant
THAT variety by the hundred, or dig up
the trees he has. If every one of his
uezghbors also had a few trees on trial,
thear united testimony would be con-
elusive for that locality. This should
apply to small fruits as we'll The
Big Bob may be the biggest of
Strawberries, but how can we know it
is the best for us, if not by actual
trial? Let each grower set apart a
plot of ground for specimen orchard,
and each year add several new varie-
:fT fNIUn a n on 1f
growth, habit and pecuharlties of the
trees, and finally the fruit of each.
Tie writer has such an orchard of
trees, gathered from four States. 1t
comprises new varieties and '.promis-
ing seedlings" The trees are not yet
large enough to bear, but if the future
profits equal the present pleasure OF
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-11
Minor Topics.

1t is said that the Baldwin apple has
seven synonyms, the Fallawater sew
enteen, and some others as many as
thirty different names.
1t is said that eggs from hens in
close confinement seldom hatch well.
1t is also advisable in selecting fowls
to breed from not to take the largest.
Half pint of sunfower seeds given
to "a horse with his other food eac h
morning and night will keep him in
good health and spirits and his hair
will be brighter. Horses soon be-
come very fond of the sunfower
seeds.
There is no better investment for
farmers than in draft horses. They
are as much a staple in the markets as
wheat, pork or coffee, and can as
quickly be turned into cash.
An experienced dairyman says
E'Never churn your cream till the but
ter comes in chunks as big as your
fist. Stop churning when the butter
grains are twice the size of pin head.
Such butter has good grain and brings
more than greasy butter"
Potatoes should be planted, as far
as possible, on new soil, for natural
vegetable refuse, such as grass or
clover sod turned under, is better
than stable manure for this crop.
Plow deep. so as to encourage the
growth of tuber rather than of top.
From a single kernel of wheat l, O20
pounds of grain have been produced
in three years in Grass Valley, Cal.
The first year there we're twenty-five
stalks and heads, yielding $50 kernels.
These were planted and yielded one
fifth of a bushel, and last season there
was raised from this seventeen bush
els.
For the early fattening of lambs pro-
vide small troughs IN yard adjoining
the sheep fold, with entrance u little
too small for the old sheep to go
through, put few oats or little corn
meal or cottonseed meal every day.
The lambs will begin to eat when three
weeks old and grow rapidly.
Sheep husbandry is well worth con-
sidering on account of it's peculia
adaptibility for association with all
branches of agriculture. A well Sc
lected flock will, in a majority of in
stances, add to the value of grain and
grass crops, while adding in other di-
rections to the poft side of the balance
sheet.
An Ohio farmer expresses the opin-
ion that if person takes proper care
of his land, uses clover, occasionally
plowing a good crop under; keeps
sheep and feeds them clover, hay and
corn fodder in the barn, and spreads
the manure in mis- fields, he can raise
good crops of grain and grass without
the costly commercial fertilizers.
Objections are raised to plank floors
for hog houses, on the ground that
they are colder than the warm dry
soil. Protection over and arouud the
hogs will keep them quiet, while they
would be constantly squealing on a
plank floor. rheumatism, catarrh and
lameness, from knotty legs, are also
said to be caused by plank flooring.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-11
Hiyinp Bees,

Some apiarists practice clipping one
wing of each queen. Then when a
swarm issues from the hive, she can
not follow, but crawls about upon the
ground in front of the hive. The bee
keeper catches, cages, and lays her
aside in the shade, moves the old hive
to a new location, and by the time the
swarm has decided to return, because
&c has no queen, he has new hive
similar in appearance to the old one,
upon the old stand, and the bees,
taking it for their old home, enter it,
and while they are gong in, the queen
Is allowed to run in with them. Thus
the bees hive themselves without being
allowed to even cluster. An objection
to this method is, that queens are
sometimes lost in the grass. When a
swarm of bees returns, it may enter
the wrong hive, and if it makes no
mistake in this direction, it OCCASION
ally clusters all over the outside of the
hive, and remains there a long time be-
fore entering. If the queen is allowed
to enter the hive too soon, she may
come out again, thinking, perhaps,
that she has not s'swarmed," and the
bees follow her. There are some in
oHesS ItSOAS lIC LC-
garded by the bees with dissatisfaction,
and are thus superseded. A queen
that is lost can often be found by look
ing for the little knot of bees that
usually accompanies her. If swarm
attempts to enter the wrong hive, a
sheet can be thrown over the hive. If
8 queen is not given to swarm until
the bees begin to show signs of un-
easiness, she is not apt to leave the
hive When the queen is unclipped,
swarm will usually soon cluster upon
the branch of some tree. AS the clus-
Ger begins to form, it should be noticed
whether 1t is in a favorable location
for removal. If it is where several
branches cross. some of them should
be cut away with the knife or pruning
shears, leaving but one branch for the
bees to cluster upon. If the bees are
slow in clustering, and more swarms
are momentarily expected, their move
nlents can be fastened by sprinkling
them with water, using a fountain
pump.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-11
EARN AND GARDEN.
Grating the Grapevine, and Other Topics of
Interest.
Grating the Grapevine.

GralLlnS Cne GrapeVlne.
Numerous inquiries have been made
this spring as to the method of graft
ing the grapevine, but too late for a
reply to be given in time to he useful
this season. Some of the writer's pro.
pose to take wild grapevines, and use
them as stocks upon which to graft
desirable varieties. This would be
very poor economy. An old vine of
any kind is rarely worth removing, and
least of all, a wild one. Such vines
are poorly furnished with roots, and
would make very poor stocks. If one
already. has an old vine of a poor va
riety, and wishes to graft it with
more desirable kind, he can do SO by
digging down and inserting the cions
below the surface of the ground. The
proper season for this operation is in
the fall, when vegetation is at rest. If
the old root is in healthy condition,
q very. vigorous growth will follow.
Another method of grating is to in
eert the cion in a strong cane, or branch
of the vine, selecting one that may be
bent down, and have the union of
stock and cion, with joint or two of
the cane, covered with soil The
method known as whip-grafting is en-
ployed, the cion and stock being held
together by a tie, instead of wax. The
grated cane is then laid in shallow
trench, in such a manner that bud
or two of the clon will be above
ground This, it will be seen, is
combination of layering and grating.
The cion is nourished at first by the
old vine. but in the course of the sea-
son, the buried portion of the cane
will produce abundant roots, and in
the fall may be separated from the
parent plant. This operation should
be performed early in spring, before
there is danger of copious "bleeding,''
which might prevent the union. 1t
may also be done upon the new
growth, after the shoots of the season
have become sufficiently matured, in
this case using cions of similar new
growth. This method with new wood
we have not tried, but it is said to be
successful. Nearly all of cur hardy
grapes are grown SO readily from cut
t1ngs, and come into bearing SO soon,
that this is the usual and least trouble
some manner OF propagating them.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-11
The jersey Cattle Boom.

The leading aim of the best breeders
now seems to be to breed for the but
ter record. This Is so much the case,
that the great majority of Jersey COWS
that have record below fourteen
pounds of butter week, are compara-
lively cheap, while those with a record
of fourteen pounds week, upwards
to twenty-five and thirty pounds a
week, are comparatively high. Those
at the top of the scale are sought for
and bring fabulous prices, or what
would be called such a few years ago.
Great emphasis is put upon their but
ter record, and the conditions of the
tests, as to rations and previous feed
of cow, continually grow more precise
and satisfactory. The aim is, to show
the value of given animal on speci-
fed value of rations, as a machine
for making butter, or what the COW
will do on grass alone, in flush feed.
These tests are made under the super
vision of the American Jersey Cattle
Club, or under the direction of such
witnesses as secure impartially and
give entire confidence in their correct
ness. These butter records of the Jer-
seys are quite remarkable. compared
with the average yield of other cows.
They are remarkable especially, as
showing the prepotency of bulls
american Agrtcuttasrtst.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-11

Overheard on the telephone between St.
Petersburg and London: "Look here, Czar
you are Russian things too much, you just tell
your men to Komoroff from Penjdeh." "Don'i
you worry, Gladstone, this Is Ameer joke
Don't you get too Bombaystic about it. We've
made up our minds Tirpul along still further
-Attleb0r0 Adpocate.
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comparing the different trees, the ven-
ture will be very satisfactory one, to
say nothing of the information gained.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-11

Senator Sp Nouer, of Wisconsin. doesn't
weigh as much as barrel of sugar, but the
gir;s say he is nevertheless big .spooner.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-11

Ex-Congressman Converse, of Ohio, is a
capital conversationalist.
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cHIcAeo's TRUNK TRAGEDY.

A Confession of the Crime and the Manner
of Its Commission Obtained From the
Culprits-The Deed Done Simply for Mon.
ey.
CHICAGO, ILL, May l3.-Giovanni
Azzeo, Antonio Mercurlo and lngazio
BOve, the three Italian suspects In the
murder of Philip Caruso, have confessed
in the presence of witnesses all their con.
nection with the murder, and out of the
mouth of each one enough evidence has
been secured to hang all three. They
were brought TO the Central Station yes
terday, and each was subjected to a rig
orous examination by Lieutenant Shea,
with the help of Officer Morris, the Italian
speaking policeman. The confessions of
Gilardo were exaggerated so mewhat in
order to brighten them. They were in
formed that Giardo accused them of
committing the murder, and saw them do
it. This seeming treachery had the de-
sired effect, and first Azzeo, then Mer-
curio and Bove in turn implicated the
others. Their dispositions implicated
Gilardo as accessory only.
The way in which the murder was COM
mitted Is contained In all three of the
confessions in more or less complete
manner. 1t was the custom of these men
TO shave each other when occasi III re-
quired, and in order to take Caruso un-
awares, it was proposed by Mer.
curio to shave their victim.
When he was seated In the chair Bove
and Azzeo took him by the arms to pre-
vent his escape, and Mercurio pulled his
head back upon the top of the chair,
gripping his windpipe until the wretched
victim of their avarice ceased to move.
| During the frantic efforts of the strang-
ling man to escape from death, his
trousers pocket containing the coveted
money was cut by one of the assasSins
and the savings of his life extracted. The
trunk was then purchased and the
| body packed therein. The confessions
| allege that murder was not at first in-
tended, but that simply the overpowering
of the man so that he could be robbed,
was the object of the assault, but that the
murderous grip of Mercurio was too
quick in its result, and when he let go
after the money was taken, Caruso fell
forward on the floor dead.
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LATE NEWS ITEMS

MRS. CATHARINE MAIN died at Kalama-
zoo, Mich, on the 18th, aged 116 years.
JOHN ROACH started the Dolphin from
New York on the 18th, on her third trial
trip.
DIPLOMATIC relations between Italy and
Russia are becoming strained.
THE Hotel Mems Mutual Benefit As
ISOLATION held Its annual meeting at
Chicago on the 18th.
THE Supreme Council of the Catholic
Knights of America began its annual ses-
sion i'll New York on the 18th.
COLONEL FRANCIS DE WINTER and not
Henry NJ. Stanley, has been made Gov
ernor of Congo.
DIR. VIM. II. SUTHERLAND, an 1ndianap-
oils dentist, killed himself ON the 18th with
morphine.
john NENEIG HBoR, living near Spring
field, o., shot his wife ON the 18th, inhict-
ing a slight wound.
RUSSIA is pushing Turkey for payment
of war indemnity long overdue.
THE National Temperance Society be-
gan is twentieth annual session in New
York ON the 18th.
GERMANY and England are declared by
the German press to be on splendid terms.
THE Iowa Supreme Court has decided
that the Governor had a right to GUST
Auditor Brown.
A NOVELTY in the commercial world
was The Offering in New York, on the 18th,
of 1000 sacks of Russian -four.
TURKEY has given a large order for big
guns, to be made by the Krupp factory.
JARVIS WAINWRIGHT was killed and ia
cob Vetter fatally hurt in a runaway
smashup at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 18th.
RUSSIA is strengthening her frontier
guards on the line toward Austria and
Prussia. The latter powers will follow
suit.
MRS. ANNIE PERsBlNG, six weeks mar
ried, killed herself at Pittsburgh, Pa, on
the 18th, after quarrel with her husband.
GEORGE p. BURKHART was convicted of
murder IN the first degree fer killing his
wife at San Antonio, Tex.
FRANCE wants China to cede her the
Fishers Islands lying between Formosa
and the main land
WILLIAM WRIGHT, in custody at Bloom
ington, Ind, for the recent express rob-
terry, stoutly asserts his innocence.
CHICAGo's trunk murder mystery has
been solved ly the confession OF the per-
petrators. Caruso was killed for money.
WHEN the british troops withdraw from
the Soudan, 1900 Egyptian soldiers will
take their places.
THE hall erected for the opera festival,
at Chicago, has been declared fire trap
by committee of the Chy Council
WILLIAM S. RoBERTs, President of de-
funct bank at Augusta, Ga, cut his throat
with a razor on the 18th. He may re-
cover.
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----a b----"---
A KENTUCKY VENDETTA.

Bell County, Kentucky, the Scene of An
other Horrible Tragedy-Andrew j.
johnson, the Notorious Outlaw, Adds
Three to His List of Victims.
WooDBINE, KY, May l9.-Intellgen
has Just been received that another chap
ter has been added to tie bloody record
Of the Bell County vendetta, and three
more persons sent into eternity by An
drew j. johnson, the notorious outlaw
and apparently implacable demon.
On Sunday, as Josiah II. Hoskins, jaileI
of Bell County was returning from church,
accompanied by several of his children aud
Thomas Napier, the whole party was
fred upon by johnson, who was lying in
wait behind building in the town of
PinevlIe, and Hoskins, his little daugh-
ter, ten years old, aud Napier were in
stantly killed. The weapon used was a
large revolver, the first shot killing Ma
pier, the second killing both Hoskins and
the child, who was standing behind her
father, in the wagon, with her hands upon
his shoulder.
This assassination is the result Of
difficulty between Napier and Johnson
upon the day OF the last Presidential cleo
ton, when Napier was wounded in the
eye by shot from Johnson's ever ready
pistol.
As soon as johnson had committed
the bloody deed he called TO his aid two
of his friends, and they were intrenched
in Johnson's house at dark last night,
and threatening to kill the first person
who undertook the arrest of the MUIR
derer.
Excitement was at fever heat when our
informant left Pineville, and posse was
being summoned t. storm Fort Johnson,
and CAPTURE the culprit and his command.
The three persons killed By johnson
swell the list of his victims to five
all killed in the last three years.