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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-07
BRED UNDER GLASS.
Obnoxious Insects Hatohed and
Reared by the Government.
THE DISPLAY AT THE FAIR.
Conservatory Built for the Purpose-Both-
ersome Beetles and Flies Turned Out BY
the Quantity-StudyinE Their Life His
tories.
II + DEPARTMENT
Of Agriculture has re-

IL r DEfA II TMEN1
Of Agriculture has re-
Gently erected . build
ing for the breeding
and rearing of in
sects. Attached to il
is q large glass con-
servatory, which serves
IS a sort of hot house
for the propagation Of
bugs Of ever SO many
species. Those selected
for Matching out and
bringing I'D are such as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-07
She Was willing to Try,

fro-l Smith. GRAY Co. : Monthly
Fond Parent wishing TO console his widowed
daughter -''No wond er you grieve for him
my child; You will never find his equal
Afflicted One-'.I doubt if IL can, but Ill
do nv best"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-07

The bin filed by Maggie Cooper sesans
Frank Cooper Wednesday asks alimoay snd =
a divorce, as published.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-07
THE CITY OF CARACAS
Delightfully."- Situated and With the
Most Charming Climate.
VEN ELIAS CAPITAL.
Temperate and Tropical Products Growing
sid. nv sisie-The story OF the city's De-
srrssti-n by An Esrthauaks-titi1ens Dis
eIplined After Dsrk-Some Mistakes Made

IRON The stars TRAVELLING ConInssi0zar.
CAR.CN-. VENEZUELA. November 20. 1S99
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-07

air as in water, they are hardened to endure the
cold of winter and the scorching heat Of the
sun. 1t is these raccoon oysters which are
counted upon to afford seed for future cultiva-
ton OF the bivalves In the waters Of South
Carolina
Raccoon oysters themselves are not very good
to eat, being tasteless and watery; but by
transportation to suitable beds beneath the low
water mark they are altered in every respect
Their long thin shells become rounded and
heavy; the animal itself grows portly and solid,
and the meat acquires an excellent flavor. In
cidentally the oysters, being no longer obliged
to gather in masses in order to keep above the
suffocating mud. adopt the habit Of living
singly. There is no great difficulty involved in
raking the "raccoons" from a convenient ledge
and scattering them in water about fathom
in depth where the bottom is suitably firm.
They will do the rest.
INVESTIGATIONS OF THE FISH COMMISSION.
Success in oyster culture depends to a great
extent upon The feeding conditions which the
oysters can obtain. The French have shown
that oysters should be well fed, like fowls. il
they are to be marketed proftably. II has
been proved that cultivated oyster may be-
come of marketable size and quality in one
third Of the time required under its natural
and undomesticated conditions. Accordingly. the
United States fish commission has devoted much
attention to studying the food supply afforded
to oysters by the Carolina waters. One way in
which this Investigation was conducted was by
examining the contents Of oysters sto4nachs
This Is done by removing With clip Of the
scissors tho tip Of the soft body Of the oyster
pointed pipette ID then introduced into the
stomach cavity, and the fuid contents are
drawn out, to be subsequently put into labelled
homeopathic vial.
Oyster food consists mainly of diatoms. The
latter. unlike any othcr plants. are encased in q
pair OF saucer-like CLASSY shells. fitted one 10
the other like the top and bottom Of pill boz.
The oyster rejects the shells Of the diatums
| after digesting their contents. Animal orsnnn-
isms also enter into the diet Of oysters, such a.
minute erustaceens and eggs Of shrimps and
oyster IL quite an epicurs In it, feeding. With
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27

TUE universal motto of Eastern
Oregon is GA long pull, strong
pull and a pull altogether" for all
open river from the sea to the in
land empire. Their zeal is well
directed and their motives COM
mendable. There efforts should
be seconded by every citizen of
the state who believes in seeing
fair Fplay and a decent chance for
their lives On behalf of all men
and communities. Eastern Ore
gon has never had such a chance.
She has been throttled, hampered
and overborne by outrageous fright
tariffs levied by monopolists to the
last notch of what her resources
would bear, and it would be the
manly thing for the state TO help
her out of the clutches of the un-
considerable skinflints if it can
reasonably be done. A portage
road at the dalles of the Columbia
would help them out wonderfully
and state aid toward securing such
improvement is what they are ask
ing for. The wheat product of the
inland empire is annually 25,OOO,-
900 bushels, while its possible out
put is estimated at 100000, 900
bushels per annum, and the most
conservative estimate that in five
years, when the river is opened
and the Nicaragua canal COM
pleted, the wheat product of one
year will. amount to sufficient to
build the Nicaragua canal and pay
every dollar of cost for All open
river.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27
GREA TEST THRIFT KNO WV.

The record of prosperity stated
so concisely and forcibly in Presi-
dent Harrison's message is sus-
tained by the non partisan reports
of the great commercial agencies.
Bradstreet's and r. G. Dun & Co.'S
at the close of the year.
Both report that the year 1892
has been the most prosperous i'll
the history of the country. The
full volume of business has been
about 10 per cent greater than
that of 1891. Agriculture, manu-,
features, mining, transportation
and trade have all prospered and
labor has never before been so
we'll employed or at such good wa
ges. All this has made goods
abundant and prices lower. Even
foreign commerce, which tariff re-
formers said would be ruined by
the Mckinley bill, has been larger
than ever before, and has shown a
balance of trade In our favor (that
| is, an excess of exports over i'm
ports of merchants) of some $70,-
100000 for the year. The only
weak spot has been in the iron
trade, in which production has
outrun consumption Oh both sides
the water, and in which the re-
duced duties of the Mckinley tar
if have invited increasing impor-
tations.
The decline in mercantile fail
ures is a good test Of the general
thrift. They were II per cent.
less than in 1891, and the liabili-
ties decreased Al per cent. Or in
other terms, only one in every 113
traders in the United States sue
cumbed in 1892, as against one in
every SO in 1891 and in every 102 in
1890. The average liability of the
failures in the last year was $11,.
600, being the lowest average re-
ported since 1878.
In view of this happy condi
ton, it seems almost incredible
that there could have been any
such general discomfort as to
cause the people to vote for an i'll
dustrial revolution. But by hook
and by crook the reactionaries viii
come into power. 1t remains tt
seen what they will DO, but they
cannot escape the fact and the re-
sponsibility stated in the closing
sentences of President Harrison's
message: "There are no neal
frontiers to our possible develop
ment. Retrogression would be {
crime"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27
OUT OF WORK IN LONDON.

1t is estimated that 100000 men
are out of work in London, and
that 100000 women and children
dependent upon them are on the
brink of starvation.
The men have issued a mani
lesto in which they give the main
cause as "Contiuued strikes in all
trades during the last three years,
which have driven tons of ship
ping into the hands of foreigners,
displaced twenty thousand men,
cost the workmen of London ST.
100000 in wages alone, and prov
ed the greatest curse that ever
visited London"
Commenting upon this the Irish
World says with fine sarcasm:
"Why we thought it was only a
protective tariff that caused strikes,
and that free trade meant constant
employment: good wages, and gen.
eral prosperity. Evidently there
has been a mistake somewhere.
Somebody has been misinformed."
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27
REST FROM HIS LABORS.

The death of Rev. 7. F. Camp
bell at his home in Monmouth on
the 18th inst. ends a life of unsual
activity, and his labors upon the
most exalted plane of life has
brought upon his name the bless
ings of many people. Mr.. Camp
bell had been in failing health for
some months. Still he delivered
the usual Sunday sermon two
weeks before his death. Few
lives have been fuller of activity
and usefulness than his, and his
history is closely connected with
that of the churches and schools
Of this and other states.
Among the important positions
he has held may be mentioned
the presidency of three schools
an academy in Texas, a university
at Canton, Missouri, and the COL
lege at Monmouth. He was presi-
dent of the latter school from 1869
to 1882, and it is indebted to him
for its present prosperous condi-
ton probably more than to any
other man. He was at one time
a probate judge in Montana, and
was the first superintendent of
public instruction of that territory.
During his active life he delivered
many popular lectures on various
religious topics, which have since
been published in two volumes.
At the time of his demise Mr..
Campbell was a pastor of the
Christian church at Monmouth.
He was born i'll Louisiana, May %
1922, his parents being of Scotch
decent, the characteristics of which
sturdy race have distinguished his
long and active life. He was a
pupil of the great Alexander
Campbell, whose cousin he mar
ried. There were six children by
his first marriage, three of whom
are living-President p. L. Camp
bell, of the state normal at Mon
mouth; A. F. Campbell, a leading
Portland Attorney; and DR.. A. z
Campbell, of Denver, Colorado
In 1885 he married Miss Mary
Stump, of Monmouth, who with
three children survive him. With
his death the Christian church
loses one of its leading minister:
and the cause of education warm
friend and supporter.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27
HONEY LAKE VALLEY.

In the California Illustrated
Magazine for January appears an
interesting article, descriptive of
Honey Lake Valley, from the pen
of Con. N. Peterson. Various
plates illustrate the description
with views of the valley in various
aspects of natural situation, its
towns and trade centers, industries,
enterprises, etc. Irrigation is the
one great improvement that is
carried forward upon a system
attic basis and bids fair to make
its sunny wales blossom as the
rose; though for that matter, if
the sketches of it referred to are
anywhere near accurate, Honey
Lake is already veritable pari
disc, as it nestles in placid beauty
in the picturesque shadows of the
mountain monarchs which sur
round it. The valley is settling
rapidly. The land is taken from
the government under the 'sdesert
act" A company is at the head
of the irrigation scheme, under
which each locator has his choice
Of paying 1925 per acre in money
or working out the amount on
the irrigation Improvements to Sc
cure for his lands a perpetual
water right. Hundreds of people
are so employed, and making for
themselves and families han dsome
dwelling places. The project has
already reclaimed a million and
a quarter acres of the public do
main from a sage-brush plain
to a community of fertile farms
and lovely homes and fiourishing
business centers.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27
The dreaded fogs which have


The dreaded fogs which have
hung on SO teaiously and disagree
able this winter are prevalent to
an unsual extent all along the
principal waterways of the state.
Recently the dense bank which
enveloped the Columbia and lower
Willamette rivers has been the
cause of considerable damage to
water craft in that section. The
other day the steamer Telephone
nearly collided with large ship
lying in the stream opposite the
elevator in Portland, and in get
ting clear of the ship the steamer
backed into the Ocean Wave, a
sidewheeler lying at the boneyard.
The latter steamer had a hole
knocked in her pilot house, and
the Telephones wheelhouse was
damaged SO much that she had to
be towed back to her dock. On
the same morning the steamer
Kellogg hit snag near Caples
WASH, and had to be beached te
keep her from sinking. Both
boats were badly damaged.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27
The Salem papers are out with

The Salem papers are out with
sharp sticks after the committee
who investigated the insane asy-
lum scandal, for the report it
made. Those brethren should
calm their ruffled tempers. That
report, to unprejudiced readers
on the outside, was noteworthy
for its unbiased tone, speaking in
straight forward terms the faults,
when faults were found, and exon
Grating where groundless accusa-
tions had been made. Let our
neighbors dry their tears for the
"fair name of Oregon" When
any "fair name" gets into a situa-
ton that it can't bear the light of
honest scrutiny, it had best be
taken in out of the wet.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27
SHOULD BE REVISED.

1t goes without saying that ses-
sions Of the circuit court should be
held in this county oitener than
twice a year. Conditions with
this regard are not, by any means,
what they were twenty years ago.
The system as it now stands is a
relic of the past generation and an
expensive arrangements to all con-
cerned. Litigants are over-taxed
by it; the public expense account
IS in many cases just about doub-
led. Equity suits are dragged
along by the year to the great ex-
pense and annoyance of clients as
we'll as attorneys while the ex-
treme volumes of public business
which accumulate through a dura.
ton of six months in the midst of
an active populace such as ours
must necessarily double up the
expense where it takes so long to
dispose of them when court comes
in session and especially so
when a good share of the cases are
criminal, and witnesses, jurors, etc,
are detained OH pay during the
process of clearing away a long
drawn docket.
1t is understood a bill will be
introduced in the legislature-if it
has not already been, providing
for three terms of court a year for
Benton county. The measure can
not be gotten in operation any
too soon. Other districts have
already caught onto the change in
keeping with the times. A bill is
now before the legislature for the
readjustment of the third district
and providing for terms of court
in the various counties as follows
Linn county second Monday III
March, fourth Monday in June
second Monday in November;
Marion, second Mondays in Octo
Der, February and June; Polk, sec.
ond Mondays in January, May and
September; Yamhill, fourth Mon
days in January, May and Sep
tember; Tillamook, fourth Mon.
days in April and October.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27

At an adjourned meeting of the
council Monday evening Mayor
Burnett, as usual, swedged in his
vetoing power ternenst the $780,
600 pond authorization, and the
council just as usual passed the
ordinance over his dissenting man
date. There will be an under.
standing reached between the ex.
ecutive and legislative branches
of our municipal dynasty, if this
thing keeps on. q
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27
FREE TRADE BROUGHT HOME.

10 carry on an election, or to
spite the manufacturers, or to dis
criminate against the north, or
New England or Pennsylvania,
the average democrat is a free
trader; but when it comes to 'ap-
plying the doctrine to his own
section, or city, or industry, he
crawfishes, as the boys say. In
stances by the score could be cited
daily showing the intense selfish
ness, dishonesty and falsehood of
the average democratic free trade
sleight of hand performer. An
instance or two appended are
of a kind with many.
For example: The solid south
talks free trade through the nose
from January to December, but
when it controls congress it takes
the duty from cotton ties, highly
finished product of steel made in
the north and used exclusively in
the south, but keeps the duty on
the raw material because it is
largely produced in the south. 1t
buries In hopeless pigeon holes
the free coal and iron bills of its
New England allies.
And here is another example,
like many more which we shall
soon see: The Troy N. Y. Press,
democratic to the backbone, be-
gins to fear for the great linen
collar industry of that city, and
in commenting on "the fearful
Shearman's'' assertion that "a
protective tariff is tax upon the
poor for the exclusive profit of
those who are already rich," it
says:
ga material reduction in duty upon
linen collars would be decidedly detri-
mental to thousands of working girls and
women. It would mean lower wages and
cheaper living for the operatives, and
smaller sales for the merchants, grocers,
butchers, milliners and the like who share
their patronage. 1t would be decided
loss to Troy, and to none more than the
wOTklBK CidSSSS VI pulS ClGfs uS ITCH
manufacturers might live as well as they
do to-day; they are not the ones who would
feel the pinch of lower duties. Mr.. Shear.
man is monstrously mistaken in his assump.
tion when We apply it to collars, although
he may be right in regard to certain non
competitive importation"
9 Why, to be sure. Could any
republican protectionist draw the
lines any sharper than thats The
republican tariff, be it remembered
makes non competitive imports
Except luxuries) free of duty
But democratic policy tries to I'll
the tariff to democratic backs.
And so it will 80. all along the
line. Free trade promises are
good enough until after election
but when they begin to gore the
democratic OK there is a wild
weird howl.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27


WHEN the town of Grants Pass
was laid out the brainy proprietor
reserved a hundred foot strip all
around it as a sort of wall which
prevented the laying out of ad-
ditions. This has remained pri.
vate property to this time, except
when it has been pierced by
streets here and there, and it has
now, of course, become valuable,
but the city must have outlets
across it as extensions of certain
streets. How to get it without
paying the owner full price for his
property is now troubling the city
council.-Ex.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
with all its ability, is also pretty
much OF stormer. 1t is having
as ''fussy" a time with the legisla
tors Of Washington trying to keep
them i'll line on the senatorial
question, as an old hen with a
brood of young ducks at a mill
pond. People somehow don't
wallop into partisan lines like
they. used to do good naturedly,
even at the crack. of the lash of a
great newspaper.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27

Catholic church is always ready to
establish schools; so also with
other christian denominations here
in Oregon and elsewhere in Amer
ica, if proper inducements were
offered. "Proper inducements"
generally means land and money
enough to establish the school and
a good share in the necessary out
lay incident to the school each
year. The Catholic church, how
ever, is far in advance of any other
denomination in that respect, and
| think there is considerable force
in the argument elucidated in the
article under consideration on the
subject of educational advantages,
and educational industries"
That "they will not let us 60 be-
cause we pay too much taxes" is
news to this part of Benton coun-
ty. There has been 10 such ar
gument used here that know of.
Now with reference to the real
issue involved in this question:: In
dependently of any consideration
such as county seat probabilities,
real estate moves, county official
ambition, or personal or sectional
animosity or jealousy, l believe it
is the single purpose of every man
WHO signed any remonstrance to
the division of Benton county,
simply to preserve the county and
its interests, and consequently
their interests, from great danger
of losing prestige as county and
of losing the ability to carry on
the county government at the
minimum of expense and conse-
quently at the minimum of taxa
ton to all. The more counties we
have the more the cost of govern
ing them. There is no doubt of
that. 1t the officials who are elect
ed TO administer the government
ofcounties are not capable OF do
ing it to the best interests of the
counties, then the thing for the
people to do is to elect officials who
can do it. There is one thing Ger
tain and that is that men who are
successful in private life, and the
administration of their own affairs,
are better men to have in charge OF
public affairs than men who are in
competent to handle successfully
their private business. There can
not be urged against any of the per-
sons intrusted with the functions of
government in Benton county, any
of such objections nor has there
been any such suggestion But
that is where the protection to the
interests of property owners is. to be
found. aud instead of endeavoring
to divide up the territory and ere.
ating additional burdens to an al
ready tax ridden people the wiser
course might be to try to better
our laws and keep men in power
who would enforce those laws.
/! / do not sign my name for two
reasons; first | do not want any
newspaper notoriety; secondly
am of the opinion that any cause
that cannot stand on its own mer
its ought not to be bolstered vi
nor attempted to be. by reason o
this or that person advocating it.
49,. TAXPAYER.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27

THE death of justice L. @. G.
Lamar, of the United States Su.
preme Court, removes another star
from the constellation of American
craftsmanship. He died the 22d
instant at Macon, Georgia, with.
er he had gone in qnest of better
health.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27

AT last, after long series of all
kinds of schemes unsuccessfully
worked to get Peter Jackson, the
colored pugiiist on the stage, it is
now said he has about consented
to appear as Uncle Tom in Uncle
Toms Cabin. That settles it.
aThere's millions in it"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27

MYERS bill to secure to laborers
from corporations their earnings
has passed the senate and will
doubtless become law.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27
A. F. PETERSON,
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER.

Special attention given to job work. stair hniding,
store and ofcs fitting. Keeping hand choice linz
Of room and picture mouldin9s am prepared to an
orders for al sizes Of picture frames with peatnsso
and dispatch Satisfaction guaranteed. Give mo .
cal Office asd shop two blocks southwest Of public
school.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27

In railroad collision at Alton,
ILL.,, Saturday, and the holocaust
that followed in the explosion of
several oil tanks, twenty people
suffered horrible deaths. The
scene is described as fearful.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27

People are freezing to death in
the eastern states. It's woful.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27
FOR SALE CHEAP.

A tract of land situated on the Little Elk
road. known as the Parrish ranch, for sale
at $1,000 per acre cash, on or before
the lst of November, 1892.
JAS. ROBERTSON & Co.,
Newport Oregon.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27

Children Cry for Pitchers Castorla.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-01-27
Columbus at the Court of Ferdinand and
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