The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-05-31
Gorballis Ga7ette,
GENERAL ITEMS


that fully 80 per cent. of it is due
to- causes that are easily avoid
able.
A cotton fabric which has been
pateuted in England has the ap-
pearanee and soft feel of chamois
heather, and it is guaranteed will
not lose its special qualities when
washed.
Louis Conlon of Montlucon,
France, has probably the longest
beard in the world. He is scarcely
five feet III height; his beard
measures seven feet, and he wears
il around his neck.
Horton Bailey of Omaha is suing
for divorce, and one of his allega-
tions IS that his wife once hit him
OH the headEwifh a picture frame,
in which was the motto, "God
Bless. Our Home"
The arrival of a Chinese laundry
man at Albany, Ga, has caused
the greatest excitement ameng,the
eolored people. who threaten to
cut short his life if he does not
aBffeviate his stay in the place.
Some genius with a fancy for
handling babies; has figured out
that piece of wood the size of a
month old baby would be worn
p down one half in six months if
bastlled as. much as the average
baby.
The young ladies of the Wiscon-
sin university are studying carpen-
try and they are gaining profici-
ealcy in. the mechanical depart
ment as rapidly as in the more
intellectual studies in which they
are engaged.
The most successful electric
brake. Is controlled by a dynamo
OH the locomotive. In case a
train breaks in two sections a
separate motor automatically stops
the train. The system is made
up of a series of magnets on each
oar.
Under the terms of a will left
by an Iowa man, the same gold
watch was left to thirteen different
persons. He was not friendly
with any of them, and he probably
did it hoping they would fight
each other, which they are doing
in lively manner.
The total imports into this coun-
try in 1889 aggregated $23, 100000
in value, against $73a, 5000, 700 tor
the past twelve MONTHS, while the
exports were $2O,000,0OO and
$723,5O0,0OO respectively. Great
Britain furnished the bulk of the
imports and received most of the
exports, the latter reaching Sc, 1885,,
97S in 1889, in comparison with
1855, 100000 in 1883.
The Boston Budget is authority
for the statement that shirts are
being made out Of paper at fac
tory in a New Jersey town. They
are made Of MANILA paper, COM
bined with other properties, and
are peculiarly adapted, for winter
wear owing to the properties
possessed by the paper as a non
conductor of heat. They have a
warmth preserving power far out
OF proportion to their thickness
and weight, and are said to wear
and wash as we'll as linen.
Saturday, from noon, all the
year round, is a legal half holiday
within the state of New York.
No other state has as yet framed
similar law, yet the majority Of
business houses in every large
city throughout the country volun-
tarily close their doors Saturday
afternoons during the summer
months, and many of them during
a part of the spring and autum.
and some throughout the entire
year, aud very large proportion
close an hour or So before six
o'clock on the first five week
days,
We are acquainted with quite a
number of persons who "get more
papers now than l can read and
do not want local paper AS
hong as they can borrow it from
a neighbor. These fellows always