The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-06-28


that in that country the women do
the work and the women do the
smoking, gambling and cock
fighting.
The man who invented the re-
turn ball, an ordinary wooden
ball, with rubber string attached
to pull it back made $1,000, 900
from it.
During the last nineteen years
80 amendments 10 the constitu-
ton of the United States have
been proposed i'll congress, but
only three have been adopted.
Secretary Rusk said in late
interview, in reply to an intima-
ton that he was not conducting
himself with sufficient dignity for
cabinet officer: elf | were presi-
dent l couldn't help having some
fun now and them
Benjamin D. Sullivan of New
York city says there were only
495 lawyers in that city when he
began his practice sixty years ago,
but that the New York bar is now
adorned with 5,575 members,
some of whom have grown rich.
The rapid transit of the age is
not confined to the railroads. The
steamer is showing wonderful
progress i'll this respect also. The
steamer Owego has recently made
the run from Buffalo to Chicago,
around the lakes, in fifty-eight
hours, the fastest trip of the kind
ON record.
In the future every great iron
clad will have IFS suit, composed
of a small fleet. This will consist
of two frst-class torpedo-boats, a
fast guDboat ram, generally towed,
and a very fast 2oO-ton "turnabout
torpedo catcher" fitted with the
latest improvements for destroying
torpedoes.
The African teak wood is said
to be almost indestructible by wear
or decay. 1t has been known to
last over one hundred years i'll
l vessels. 1t weighs from 42 to 50
pounds per cubic foot. The tree
requires from 60 to so years growth
to produce the size suita' lie tor
ship building.
The census of 1890 will furnish
information which no other federal
census has yielded relating to the
recorded indebtedness of the peo-
pie. The idea is to present sta
tistics showing the extent of this
private Indebtedness OF record
and the form in which it exists
=. namely, whether in real estate Oh
> mortgages, debts othrrwise secured
or in general Indebtedness through
notes and bills payable.
} In these peaceful times no bust
ness is more profitable than than
the manufacture of death-dealine
instruments. At Steyer, in Upper
Austria, is the biggest small arms
factory in the world. Day and
night the factory is busy making
repeating rifles for the Germans
Germans. At Birmingham and
Enfield plant is being put in, IL
anticipation OF big orders for the
, British service rifle. The British
orders will keep English arms
! factories busy for at least tive
years.
, James Gordon Bennett, while
, at Monaco, just before his late de
, parture for Egypt, had a quarre
with the princely ruler of thai
famous gambling resort, and the
, princeling gave ordors that thu
American millionair should be ex
cluded from the borders of th'
prinefpality. Now, as all thu
world knows, the palace at Monaco
: stands on great rock overhang
ing the Mediterranean. Mr.. Ben
nett's yacht lay near at hand, and
! after the quarrel, he went OF
board and spent the night in steam
ing up and down in front of th'
castle with the foghorn BLOWN!
every other minute. The disturbed
: prince next morning made peac'
4 with his old friend, and Mr.. Ben
:, nett returned to Monaco.