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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-30
NEW TO THE CITY MAN.

A gentleman who went into the
woods region on hunting excursion
ard put up at a farmhouse in a
remote clearing. was annoyed during
the daytime with the abundance Of
flies that found access to the house.
But when twilight Of evening came
he was treated to an exhibition Of
fly catching that more than repaid
him for his veXatiOn. The windows
were opened as the darkness settled
down, and the hostess's tallow dip
only partially dispelled the gloom in
the old-fashioned kitchen, when he
suddenly became aware of odd crea-
lures darting to and fro in the room,
often coming almost into his face,
while a queer little noise of ''snip,
snip, snip.' seemed to follow their
velvety ifuttering motions. For an
instant he was startled, not knowing
what to make of such intruders.
'It's only bats" said the landlady
quietly, as she pursued her work.
They're catching flies. Don't you
hear 'em snip off their wings? There'll
be hundreds of fly wings on the floor
in the morning."
The gentleman arose early and
looked for the wings, and sure enough
the floor and tables were Uttered with
Journal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-30
NICKELS IN THEIR EARS.

A Chinaman boarded Third ave-
nue. cable car one day last week, and
seating himself in a corner lapsed into
the condition of limp apathy char
acteristic of his race. His shoulders
sloped forward and inward, his head
dropped, and his hands rested open
palmed upon his knees. When the
conductor came around with his
usual salutation of "Fare, please"
the Celestial didn't make a move.
'Fare, please" repeated the con-
ductor. 'Come, wake up, there
Solemnly the passenger looked up
at the official. Then he put his hand
up and scratched his ear neditatively.
When he brought it down his fingers
clasped a nickel which he handed
over to the conductor. The conductor
smiled and returned to the platform,
but an inquisitive passenger was much
mystified as to where the nickel came
from. Presently another Oriental
boarded the car, and still another,
for there are many Cinnamon about
Chatham square. The inquisitive pas
senger watched them closely when
the conductor entered, and saw both
OF them scratch their ears before pay
ing. He concluded that it must be
a superstition and asked the con-
ductor about it.
"Why, they carry their nickels in
their ears" said the conductor. "When
Chink starts to go on a car he al
ways sets a nickle in his car. Per-
haps it's for convenience. II it isn't
| don't know why they do it; but
they always get the money with a
quick movement. 1t used to puzzle
me at first, but I soon got onto them.
Now, when a Chink boards my car
and falls asleep in corner, quite a
common performance with them, !
simply get his fare from the right
ear, for that's the one they carry
it in.''
AT this point a Chinaman got on the
car, and the inquisitive passenger
looked at his right ear. Sure enough.
snugiy fitted in, was a nickel.-N. Y.
Sun.
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RIGHT KIND OF MUTTON.

very much more mutton would be
eaten in the United States if we only
grew the right kind Very much of
what we grow is leathery, lean meat.
which nobody would eat with a relish.
We have been growing sheep very
largely for wool, hence, i'm nearly all
parts OF the country, we have but few
really first-class mutton sheep. If We
grew good, tender, juicy mutton we
would soon find our people calling for
more of it, SO that we would have to
greatly enlarge QUE producing capac-
ity to supply the demand.
But before we come to that we have
duty to perform to ourselves. We
should have mutton to use on orr
farms. And we may have it if we
only set to work to get it. I don't
mean that tough, lean mutton, such as
is so often put upon the market in
this country, but good, young, tender
meat ait once able to impart strength,
and 60 produce muscle, such as is
wanted on our farms. Now we can
have this kind of meat if we only set
to work to get it-Prof. Shaw, in
Farm, Stock and HoMa.
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of gems and then as darkness en-
veloped the chapel almost disappeared
In the superb vaulted stone roof. An
hour of such music and singing with
the shadowy surroundings was well
calculated to bring calm to the most
active mind. In the presence of these
magnificent and unequaled edifces of
bygone centuries even up-to-date
political economists may well bow
with profound respect and reverence.
Latter-day architects copy and imi-
tate these marvellous structures, but,
unlike the thrones of political econo-
mists, they cannot be knocked down
and pulveriZed by each succeeding
school of economies that fourishes
for generation, only to be sent kit
ing to Jupiter and Mars by the next.
These old specimens of an art almost
lost stand like mighty giants amid
the pigmies of modern architecture
Robert P. Porter, in Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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OCEAN NEWSPAPERS.
They Were Common in the Days o
Clippers and One Is Still Published.

They Were Common in the Days Of
Clippers, and One Is Still Published.
Years ago, before the big ocean
liners made trip from this country
to Europe a matter of only a few
days and the one way to get to
Europe was by clipper ship, and the
voyage occupied from four to six
weeks, it was the custom to publish
weekly newspaper on board the
larger ships for the edificatiOn OF the
passengers. The captain and officers
would store up news items before
leaving port, and these, enlarged and
greatly embellished, would be made
the leading features of the weekly
issue. Information from the captains
cabin as to the weather prospects,
and other interesting scraps of news
| of the ship, together with whatever
contributions the passengers cared to
| make, would help fill up the paper
and make it an exceedingly attractiva
sheet for people a thousand miles
from land. The mid-ocean newspaper
| was always curious-looking affair.
and copies of all the issues were
ever a ship touched port. But since
| the ocean grayhounds have made the
trip so short the ocean newspaper has
| disappeared. A year or so ago, how
ever, the American line began the
publication of newspapers on board
of the big steamers New York and
i Paris.
One paper is published each trip,
and is usually run off Of the press
| when the steamer Is four days out
and rolling in the Roaring Fortles.
On the Paris the publication is called
the Paris Gazette, while it is the New
| 10 ciSt0Ts The
limited printing apparatus on the
steamers makes it impossible to turn
out very large paper. The sheet Is
about six inches wide and nine inches
long, and is four-page affair printed
on MANILA paper. The first item OF
news that strikes the eye is descrip-
ton of the ship. signed by the cap
tain. This is stock paragraph, and
is printed in every issue. The daily
!runs of the steamer follow, and the
distance still to go and the probable
ties of doing it within a certain time
are discussed in short paragraphs.
The second column of the first page
generally contains some paragraphs
headed General Information" and
here the passengers find many useful
little hints as to cures for SeaSickness
the necessity of exercising by takin:
regular walks around the decks, ant
advice as to the handling Of luggage
In fact. this column is a mine of val
liable information for people making
their first trip. The paper contains
contributions Of prose and verse, some
of them decidedly clever, and there
is also a column devoted to queries.
The price of the Gazette is siXpence
in English, or fifteen cents in Amer
lean money, and it meets with q
ready sale in the second cabin and
steerage, as well as among the saloon
passengers.
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WHY?

Oh haunting word, which through all
ages past
Has Knocked and tempted all who
dared to think
Those who from Wisdom's fount
would deeply drink
To quench their thirst unslaked by
learning vast
Must come unto that time, their ques-
tions cast
Back in their teeth, they pause
upon the brink
OF Wisdom's deepest we'll, and
sadly think
This battling word must ever be the
last!
But then Faith whispers, 'In another
sphere
To questioning souls an answer
shall be given
When all the tangled threads OF
Destiny
Untangied be; all things that vex us
here
Explained" All then indeed will
1t be Heaven,
Whe1 eyes long blinded by eartt
dust shall see!
MAY HENRY.
Salem, Or, Nov. 14th.
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PACIFIC AND ARC
TIC OCEANS.

The committee of the Siberian rail
road, presided over by Gar Nicolas,
has made an appropriation for a sur
vey for a new railway from Perm to
Kotlas, which is, however, located in
European Russia, but will soon be
connected with the Great Siberian
railway system. The survey for this
line is under the control of a commits
sion of four members, two from the
ministry of finance and two from the
new ministry of agriculture, presided
over by a member from the ministry
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of way communications, Mr.. Tolman-
chef, G. e. The new railway starting
from Perm, the actual terminus of the
Oural railway, which is to be con-
nected with the Siberian railroad by
q branch from Ekaterinbourg to Che
labinsk, now in course of construction,
will run westerly to Viatka, and
thence northwesterly to Kotlas, near
the junction of the Nichehda with the
North Dwina, the latter river being
an old waterway to Archangel, the
oldest Russian harbor on the White
sea. The Perm -Kotlas line, in con-
necting the Siberian railroad with
the White sea, will put the Pacific in
direct communication with the Arctic
ocean.-Railway Gazette
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OFF THE BRIDGE.

New York, Nov. 27.-Henry Meniep
jumped from the center of Brooklyn
bridge today. He carried parachute,
which opened in the descent, when
Menier was about fifty feet above the
river. He struck the water on his
left side, but sustained no injuries,
and escaped arrest.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-30
A LIGHT ASSESSMENT.

Portland. Nov. 27-The tax roll of
Multnomah county was completed to-
nigT and shows the total amount Of
taxable property to be $4,000 900,
against $00,000,0OO q year ago.
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"ouR SILVER CHAMPION"
hour o
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-30
Indiarubber ButtOnhOle.

HERE were really two
John Simpsons. One of
them sliced off steaks and
cut up chops all day long
In the market, worrying
over the rise in Chicago
beef and the unrelnitting
%L 90 NHrs Clyivo,1t'S
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-30

will be the man who burieS his talent
in the EARTH
"But you are creditor country, so
urges Mr.. Giffen, and, therefore, inter
ested in everything which increases
the value of the gold due your cap
itaiiSts?'
'I might reply such Justification of
contracts is base and immoral. It
would be unworthy of a great country
to make fraud the aim of it's monetary
policy. Even Shylock only pressed for
his pound Of flesh. But, as generally
happens, the immoral is also the in
expedient. 1t has been urged that it
is not to the interest cf creditor to
crush his debtor. This is undoubtedly
the sound as well as the generous
view. England's greatest interests
rest on the solvency Of her debtors
and the prosperity Of her customers,
both of them sapped and endangered
by the insidious process of the appre-
citation of gold.''
And now I come to one of the most
important and pertinent answers Civ
en- by Professor FoxweH, because
upon it to very large extent re-
gard hangs the strongest argument
both in favor Of bimetallism and a
judicious protective tariff"
''How do you answer Mr.. Glad
stones and Mr.. Citizens continuous
statements that great progress has
been made under a gold monometal-
lie policy?'
..Of course" was the prompt reply,
progress has been made, for a bad
monetary system cannot neutralize
all the forces of civilization that are
working for Improvement. But the
rate Of advance has very greatly
fallen off. do not wish to be mis-
understood. Prosperity cannot
be brought about by monetary con-
juring. But if YOU play tricks with
money you may seriosly Fetard pros
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-03

came traitor. There arc scores and
hundreds of men In the various State
prisons today who were honorable and
upright for years, and until they fell. Il
was not strange that they kept the con-
fidence of their fellow -citizens. But II
would have been strange II, after
Gresham had shown the cloven hoof and
sealed his downfall by the kiss of the
traitsr, the Republicans had continued
to repose confidence in him.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-03
THE TARIFF BILL.

The Senate seems to have made up its
mind TO jump to conclusion ON the
tariff bill, contrary to the public belief
that delay would continue through the
rest of the week. A final vote is slated
for today, and perhaps it is just as WELL
The passage of the bill by the Senate
today, il it should pass, does
not mean that the bill will
become law. 1t simply means that it
has advanced another legislative STEP
1t has then to run the gauntlet Of the
House, then Of the conference commit
tee, then Of both houses, and then the
President himself. And until 1t
has finally received the sigma
ture Of the President it can
not be known what the bill will event
ually provide. IL the remarks sttri-
buted recently to Mr.. Cleveland really
express his sentiments, any tariff bill to
pass scrutiny and receive his approval,
must differ materially from the present
bill
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-03
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
Tactics That Do Not Pay.
Boston Globe.


The farmer who burns down his barn In
order TO get rid of the rats that have made q
home there accomplishes his object. but At q
most costly sacrifice. He is not at all the sort
of model by which the leaders Of organiza'
tions Of any kind should take pattern.
To put the business men of the country and
their thousand Of employees TO Inconvenience
and loss is the poorest possible way to gain
sympathy for any cause, however just. To
enhance the priceaf living by creating scar
city Of food suppl & line of tactics that Ii
by no means calct Jed TO win converts TO q
crusade, however iaudabe the principles
which Its advocates may champion.
There are multitudes of workingmen
throughout the country, men with families
dependent upon them. to whom the slightest
increase In the cost OF living is very serious
matter. Yet it is upon men like these In all
our large cities that the heaviest burdens Of
suffering must fall If an embargo should be
laid on transportation Of food from the West
TO the East.
Merely because local controversy between
capital and labor In q little Illinois city re-
mains unsettled how can 1t possibly pay" to
entail Inconvenience, suffering and loss upon
the American publics
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-03

A FARMER on the the Snake River in
Idaho has full section in his farm, or
GAO acres. He has developed three
artesian wells and has fourth down
17S feet. The water from all the wells
is hot. One Of the wells is down 1856
feet, another 200 feet and the third 15O
feet. There is splendid flow from
each. The pressure from one is 30
great the water was forced through
hole in the sand digger at the bottom of
the pipe, past several valves and fully
40 feet above the ground. He intends
to sink enough of wells to enable him to
irrigate his entire farm with warm
water. He will make a speciality of
early vegetables, which, with the hot
water, can be raised several weeks in
advance OF those produced by cold water
irrigation, and he expects to raise boiled
dinners to order on short notice.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-03
MT. PLEASANT ACADEMY REUNION,

The teachers and pupils Of Mount Pleas
ant Academy held q reunion at Tilling-
hast's parlors Saturday evening.
After the supper f. Il. Lakey presided
and speeches were made by Messrs. Jencks
and Mowry, Miss Ella Robinson, Miss K.
w. Gardner, Miss Amelia Perry, William
II. Perry, James Murphy, William II.
Barnard, Martin Budlong, Albert La
than, William Magill, Herbert Chatter
ton and John Nellis. +. Il. Lakey
Herbert L. Dunn, Theodore Dresser, John
p. Fox, Loren s. sheldon, and Walter g.
Reynolds had charge OF the affair. Walter
s. Reynolds, Loren s. Sheldon and Miss
Nellie Hogg were appointed q COMMITTEES
to make arrangements for future re-
npfnns
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-03

THANKS to the superior news service
OF The Associated Press THE NEWS was
enabled to give to its readers last even
ing all the particulars Of The terrible
disaster on the Canadian Pacific Road
in Maine, in which FIVE lives were lost
and many were badly wounded. The
United Press papers received the news
in time to print it 12 hours after The
News had printed it. The unrivalled
facilities of the Associated Press were
never more fully demonstrated. The
News for ONE CENT gives all the
news while it is yet news.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-03
ORDER MUST LIE RESTORED.

lne country owes mucn TO the nrm-
ness of President Cleveland and Attor-
ney General Olney in this hour of
trouble. The problem for them to
settle is one Of the most important that
has come up in this country in a score of
years. 1t is delicate one, and yet one
which must be faced with courage and
determination. 1t is one which the
mere politician would be likely to at
tempt to straddle, but it is refreshing to
note that Mr.. Cleveland rises above such
petty considerations as political expedi-
ency and resolves to uphold the dignity
of the law.
Any man has the right to sell his labor
where he can obtain the highest price
for it. 1t man is dissatisfied with
what he Is receiving he can leave his
situation provided he leaves it honor
ably without violating law. Having
left the employment of railroad or
other concern by his own act man or a
body of men have no right to interfere
with that road. or with those who are
willing to work for the wages they
themselves refused to accept.
IF n man places an obstruction on
track, throws a switch, takes up rail,
damages in any way the property of
railroad he becomes violator of the
law. He becomes criminal and as
such should be treated. The fact that
he was once in the employ of that railroad
does not grant him any immunity from
the penalty attached to bis crime. 1t is
cowardly, dastardly thing, crime
that has almost no equal to place in
jeaopardy the lives Of scores OF people,
1t is anarchy and rebellion against the
laws of the various states and the ma
ton.
1t is time that these labor agitators
who prate about the sacred rights Of
labor were taught that property is Just
as sacred as labor; that the wilful de-
struction of property is just as much a
crime as any other violation of the
laws of the land. The men re-
sponsible primarily are the ones who
undertake as leaders to direct strikes that
lead to disorder and violence. Today in
the West almost the entire transporta-
ton system is thrown into disorder
by the lawless acts Of the strikers and
hundreds Of thousands are today suffer
ing in every section of the country from
their lawless acts.
The United States Government recog-
nizes that interference with traffic be-
tween States is violation of the laws
Of the United States. 1t also insists
upon the prompt transmission OF the
United States mails The Government.
recognizing its right, has declared that
the business Of the country shall not be
paralyzed by violence aud interference
by mobs.
Washington advices this morning state
that the interstate commerce act, an well
as that against interfering with the
United States mails, is also violated. the
Attorney. General has no doubt. In speak.
ing Of the matter he said the govern
ment was now In position 10 act, aud
the whole strength Of the Government
would be used to prevent snv 'pt~s.r-
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WOULD HAVE BEEN STRANGE.

The Boston Globe thinks that it is
strange that those Republican papers
which are so bitterly denouncing Secre-
tsry Gresham did not discover what 4
terribly bad man he was as long as he
remained Republican" Not at all.
Benedict Arnold was an honored
and patriotic officer, who risked
his life time and again until
he finally yielded to temptation and be-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-03

ToMoRRows holiday seems a good
deal like mockery with thousands of
men interfering with the vast transpor-
tation and business interests of the
country at the dictation of one man, and
he an irresponsible nobody with anar-
chistic tendencies. Like Fast Day,
Fourth of July will soon lose its signifi-
cance if labor riots and boycotts are to
reign supreme.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-03
INSURANCE.


Caledonian- Niagara Separation.
NEW YORK, July 2, 1so4.-The con-
tracts existing between the Caledonian
Insurance Company and the Nj
agara Insurance Company, under which
their United States business has been man
aged by the same officers, expires today.
The Cayedonian is to pay the Niagara S40,-
tween the two companies. All OF the
business which the Caledonian had
reinsured In the Niagara 1t now
takes back and received from the Niagara
s25O, 900. The Niagara business In the
Southern states has been reinsured in the
Caledonian. The Caledonian will carry to
maturity the reinsurance affected with 1t
by the Niagara. No change has as yet been
made in the Boston and New England
management of the business. Mr.. George
&. Stearns the Boston manager OF the COM
pany leaves for New York today. 1t is
not yet decided which Company he VIII
represent. Clifford H. Rice Of Boston has
been appointed field representative in
New England for the Niagara.
Pennsylvania Appointment.
HARRISBURG, July 2.-Governor Patti
son has appointed Samuel w. Mccullough
deputy insurance commissioner OF Penn
sylvania.
OFF for Europe.
8. N. Sullivan, assignee OF the defunct
Columbian Fire Insurance Co., sails for
Europe on July 10.
Manager Relton Of the Guardian sails
for England on July IL.
New York Life's Examination.
The examination of the two big life in
surance companies by the New York de-
partment will not be completed before
January 1, 1895, owing to the enormous
labor involved.
Truisms.
"The insurance adjuster stands between
the insured and immediate wealth.
[Bill Nye.
Salvage Is what the fire doesn't burn,
what the water doesn't destroy and what
the crowd doesn't consider worth stealing.
Insurance Post.
Boston Management Of the Niagara.
1t is understood that on August 1st Mr..
q. Rodgers. cashier Of the Boston Office of
the Niagara and Caledonian Insurance
Companies, will become Boston's repre-
sentative OF the Niagara Insurance Com
pany. Mr.. George Q. Stearns, the present
manager, willresign, and it is probable he
will become agent here of the Caledonian.
Henry X. Turner, general agent of both
companies, will stay with the Niagara.
JACOB +. NJ. LYONS.
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THEY are circulating a ''History of
the Democratic Administrator" out
West in one volume. The volume con-
tains between the covers sheet of black
paper only. IL is an admirable review
OF the past year. message to the peo-
pie without words. Most OF US can
supply the words.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-03

Nowthe Mugwump journals coyertly
insinuate that Attorney General Olney's
drmness IN the strike matter is due to
his connection with railroad corpora
tion. II that is true. it is fortunate for
NE nation that he is thus connected.