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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19
An Intelligent Bird.

A species of woodpecker inhabits the
driest parts of Mexico, where during
the droughts it must die of starvation
unless it made store. To prevent this
it selects the hollow stem of species of
aloe, the bore of which is just large
enough to hold nut. The woodpecker
drills holes at interval in the stem, and
fills it from bottom to top with the
nuts, the separate holes being apparent
Iy made for convenience OF access to the
column of nuts within.
The intelligence which not only con-
structs special storehouse, but teaches
the woodpecker to lay by only the nuts,
which will keep, and not the insects,
which would decay, is perhaps the high
est form of bird reasoning which has
yet been observed. London Spectator.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19
FIagpOIes,

With proper care fagpole ought to
last great many years in spite of the
incessant exposure to the elements. OF
course the best preservative of wood is
paint, and man who has a flagstaff
which has cost him a good sum of
money should see that it is painted at
least once every 12 months. Flagpoles
generally rot at the bottom first, and
then have to be taken down to prevent
them from falling of their own weight.
The usual length of pole on top of a
high building is from so to rs feet. 1t
is not difficult to get pole in one piece
so feet long, but when man wants to
add 25 feet to that he has to do it by
means of splicing. Herald.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19
THE DEATH OF MARLBOROUGH.

The sun shines on the chamber wall.
The sun shines through the tree;
Now, though unshaken by the wind,
The leaves fall ceaselessly;
The bells from Woodstock 8 steeple
Shake Blenheim's fading bough.
''This day you won Malplaquet''-
AYE, something then, but now!''
They lead the old man to a chair,
Wandering pale and weak;
His thin lips move: so faint the sound
You scarce can hear him speak.
They lift a picture from the wall,
Bold eyes and swelling brow.
''fhe day you won Malplaquet''-
Aye, something then, but nowr'
They reach him down a rusty sword
In faded velvet sheath;
The old man drops the heavy blade
And mutters tween his teeth.
There's sorrow in his fading eye
And pain upon his brow.
with this you won Malplaquet''-
AYE, something then, but now!''
Another year; a stream of lights
Flows down the avenue:
A mile of mourners. sable clad,
Walk weeping two by two;
The steward looks into the grave
With sad and downcast brow.
''This day he won Malplaquet''-
AYE, something then, but nowl'
Walter Thornbury in New York Ledger.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19
THREE OLD DEATH SIGNS.

A Case Where Their Application Furnishes
Food For the superstitious.
Do you believe in the superstitions
connected with the house of death:
| The contributor confesses that he has
| always been skeptical about them, but
here are three old signs which prophe-
| sled death in Waterbury home, which
are almost remarkable in their coinci-
| dence, if not in supernatural signif-
canoe.
A group of people were sitting in a
pleasant room one evening in one of the
suburbs of Waterbury, where neighbor-
ly intercourse is often freer than in the
city itself. There was knock at the
door, and another neighbor came in on
an errand. Another knock and another
neighbor, and then a third. Then some
one remarked: "Three knocks and three
callers. The next will come in without
knocking, and death will come in after
him" The next incomer opened the
door without a knock, and it was a
neighbor's boy, as strong and healthy a
lad as one is likely to see anywhere
And death was behind him, though
they did not see him nor think much of
what had been said.
This boys mother has always been
disturbed by an extraordinary anxiety
and restlessnes at the approach of death
to any of her relatives. 1t has happen
ed several times that she has been pur-
sued, as it seemed, through the house,
from garret to cellar and through all
the rooms, by an incorporeal something
which she tried to escape. No one
could stop her or quiet her for long
time. A day or two after the myster-
ious fourth call at the neighbor's door,
this mother, who had heard nothing
about that incident, was seized with
this intangible fear and began her per-
picked wanderings through the house.
In and out, up and down, she walked,
with frightened air, trying to escape
what? She did not know, but they
agreed that death was pursuing some
member of the family.
One day not long after, the boy who
was the fourth caller and whose mother
had had this premonition was sick.
Not very, but little. His father was
oOho 1ol LII Gilo ClGy " COiIl0 uOIuo. I1O
was detained and walked home in the
early evening. A strange cat followed
him home, crossing his track and wind
ing its way in and out OF his along the
road. At home was another strange cat
which had followed a sister home.
They were stopped at the door and soon
were joined by two more. The four
stood there on guard all night and all
next day with dreadful patience and
persistence, craving admittance with
signs of horrid appetite, lodging into
the house whenever the door was open
ed. and kept at distance only by great
difficulty. They might have been
stoned or shot, but that is not the way
the old superstition reads. The boy in
side grew worse and died the next day.
This is not very remarkable story,
but it made good deal of an impress
sion on the contributor as it was told to
him by member of the family who
knew that those things had happened in
just this way, that they were old super
stitions which still live, and who asked
him if he believed there was anything
in it.-Waterbury Comm Republican
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19
A Missing "v" Discovered.

The Buffalo Express says, Pack my
box with four dozen liquor jugs is the
shortest sentence which contains every
letter of the alphabet. Says the Roches-
ter Post-Express, Where's the letter
in that sentence?"
To which the Rochester Herald re-
piled, Probably they went to the man
who sold the jugs"
None seems to have seen that it was
probably originally five dozen,' etc.
journal Of Education.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19
A Long Tramp,

Boneta Rosalis, Mexican, has ar
rived here, having walked all the way
from Vera Cruz. He travelled up the
coast to British Columbia and then fol-
lowed the Canadian Pacific railroad to
Manitoba, where he struck north into
the woods. During the past sixth
months he has not met any one who has
understood his language, and he cannot
speak English. His hands and feet
are frozen. He is being taken care of
in Jail. Winnipeg Special.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19
He Married Her.

He (after the honeymoon)-Why did
you use to talk so much about being
afraid that some one would marry you
for money?
She Ia smart woman)-Becausei if any
one did marry me for money, it would
be such a terrible mistake, You know,
because haven't any.
-Oh-um-yes yes, of course
New York Weekly.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19
Dumb Luck.

saw a case of luck awhile ago that
nearly made me crazy. [ was in a pool
room down in Baltimore, and I was
playing close to the cushion. Nothing
came my way, and had but few dol
lars between me and the touching of
some friend for stake. I saw little
fellow come in there with So bill and
get out with 81, 400 in cash. I WASH t
next, and didn't get a cent of it. After
it was all over he told US his system,
and it almost made me daffy to think
that any such fool scheme would go
through.
There were five races that after
noon, and he played them all. He par
leyed his money, and 81, 400 is what he
pulled out. If he'd had a good sized
roll when he started, he'd have broken
the room sure, and every other room in
the city. And what do -yeu think his
system was? You couldn't guess in
thousand years. He placed the seventh
horse in every race. He started at the
top and counted down to the seventh,
and she won. Then in the next race
there were but four horses, and he count
ed one, two, three, four and then start
ed at the top again and counted five,
SIX, seven. He played that horse and
won. That was his scheme. His pick
won every race. And what do you think
made him do it? His girl told him to.
Luck? Why, some people have it to
burn, and he was one of that kind. Not
again in $1,000, 600 years would that
scheme work. L tried it for week,
and know. Buffalo Express.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19
Graduated From Heidelberg.

The daughter of the late Professor
Windshield, the famous German au-
thority ON Roman law, has been gradu-
ated from the University of Heidelberg
with the degree of Ph. D. Fraulein
Windshield is the first woman to be adj
mitted to the old seat of learning with
the privilege of taking her degree. She
passed a brilliant examination. The
university, it is said, will probably soon
be opened to women.--Exchange.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19
The Last "Iion Sermon. IS

The last annual ''lion Sermon has
been preached in the city, and the leg
acy, left for the purpose az centuries
ago, will in future be devoted to other
uses. Sir Richard Guyer, who subses
quently became lord mayor, so the story
runs, while travelling in Arabia was at
tackled by a lion. He fell upon his
knees and vowed to devote his life to
charity if spared from the lions jaws.
The lion thereupon walked quietly
away.-London Tit-Bits.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19
Helping Her Out.

Mr.. Wayback-Great Scotti What
you got the hired man plowin up the
front yard for?
Mrs. Wayback-Our darter says that
the first pictur' she takes with her new
camera will be the house, and her book
of instruction says she must break up
the foreground, but of course she can't
do that herself. Lowell Times.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19

The Cardiff Giant the famous
stone man hoax of 20 years ago, was 10
feet 21a inches in length; had a nose
6 inches long. a mouth inches wide
and foot 10 % inches from toe to heel
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19

J. Hippisley says that he has looked
upon the whole range of the Swiss Alps
while removed from them by distance
of 200 miles, and Sir w. Jones affirms
that the Himalayas appeared to his
view from distance of 224 miles.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19
Modern Conveniences,

Little Dick-I could lift our front
shutters off the hinges myself. What
good is they anyhow?
Little Dot-Oh, they is just for papa
close when it's time for sisters COM
,any to go home.-Good News.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19

Eleven million six hundred and
twenty thousand families, with an av-
erage income of 1868, pay 80 per cent
of the taxes in the United States.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19

According to a decree rendered by
the British courts of law, payment can
not legally be enforced for any order
given to debtor ON Sunday.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19
FLEET FOOTED zEBRAS.
Their Dash of Speed When Alarmed by the
Whiz of a Rifle Ball.

| WhiZ of a Ri1e Ball.
The rapidity with which the different
zebras have been exterminated, owing
| to the advance of civilization in South
| Africa, is shown by reference to such
works as that of Sir CORVALLIS Harris,
J written in 1910, in which the author
tells US that the quagga was at the time
I found in 'interminable herds," bands
of many hundreds being frequently
seen, while he describes Burchell's ze-
bra as congregating in herds of 80 or
100. and abounding to a great extent,
but now, after the expiration of but so
years, the one species is extinct or
practically so, while the other has been
driven much farther afield and its num-
bers are yearly being reduced.
This authors description of the COM
mon zebra is well worth repeating. He
says: Seeking the widest and most
sequestered spots, naughty troops are
exceedingly difficult to approach, as
we'll on account of their extreme agility
and feetness of foot as from the abrupt
and inaccessible nature of their high
land abode. Under the special charge
of sentinel, so posted on some ada
CenG craS as TO command a view OF GV-
cry avenue of approach, the checkered
herd whom painted skins adorn' is to
be viewed perambulating some rocky
ledge, on which the rifle ball alone can
reach them. No sooner has the note of
alarm been sounded by the vedette. than,
pricking their long ears, the whole
flock hurry forward to ascertain the ma
ture Of the approaching danger, and
having gazed moment at the advanc-
ing hunter. whisking their brindled
tails aloft, helter skelter away they
thunder, down craggy precipices and
over yawning ravines, where no less
agile foot could dare to follow them.''
OF Burchell's S zebra he says, "Fierce,
strong, fleet and surprisingly beautiful,
there is perhaps no quadruped in the
creation, not even excepting the noun
tain zebra, more splendidly attired or
presenting picture of more singularly
attractive beauty Zebras are by no
means amiable animals, and though
many of the stories told of their feroc-
ity are dou btless much exaggerated they
have so far not proved themselves
amenable to domestication.- Saturday
Review.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19

The first man to succeed in weldine
aluminium to glass was Bradford NJ"
Gregor, mechanical expert of Cinci
natl.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-19
Just
A FRESH LOT of SUMNER SATSAGES
\ A. .HODES'| k

Headquarters for Foreign and Domestic Groceries,
WEA& FROM 25c TO $3.50 PER POUND COFFEE FROM
25c to SOC pound. All kinds Farnaceous Goods in
STOCK Canned Fruits Fish and Vegetables. complete line
OF smokers Articles Cigars Tobacco Ber Meeschaum Pipes
always on hand Stationery Playing Cards. Notions Pocket Gut
ery Also full line of Willow Wooden and Tea Cof
serve fruit without cooking ~ fN'
, 1894-07-28
2|lQoemeiner proouftenmorft.

Sot9e10e 4reiie wurOen bel grOBeren Gar
ttelG eritelt
Me6l- Starter QGei3en (9uteute) 1pareu
0n9elebt 5u S3.15@3.40 III {0ol3; mei6er
g&eiSeu QSotente) So. 10; barter Nei3etz
C5Gderme6O S1.80@2.00 III SGdelt; pei6er
8eiSen=C SGdermebD 81. 60@1.90; ,,9teb 0o9"
$1.30@1.4O III SGdeu; 8~iutermei5eu S2.4O@
2,55 III 6ol5.
8o89eH- @erfaufe mad 9rO6e tporeu =:
SEQ. 2 40@-c., 9to. 8 36@-c.
6eu-9ut bis por3iigli5 SO. OO@11.O0.
Corn 8erfdrie ua6 Hrobe mareu: geo.
442c. ~
8iuterwei5en- 8ertdufe mad 9robe
rparcu go. 3 roth 49@50c.
TrI9to brS @et5en- gto. 3 &eine
SerfGufe.
@erre- 45c@53c.
@oter- 9ertGufe mad grobe rparen:
SEQ. 2, 31@339e.
@Gmeretem 6la6s $1.18@1. 1871;
(~1teuer) 8irnotbp $40; Glee 1910.
6lete- II. so.
@ btSfep- S1.22.
8utter- 8elte Creamery Saare 1876;
quite 174@183c. m~ittelmdBt9e 154@163c. {;
9oirp, bette, 16c.; mittel9ltte unb CUTE 1871
@14!c; frtl6er Podiu9 Stof 104@11c.
ga e'-Youu9 American9@93c. S6pei=
5%ertQle 13M14c., Stmbur9er SIC. @7c.
Sell g el Spring @btdens 11@12c. ;
@dlie S4@6.OO bos 3ubenb.
@ier-103c. per Gubeto.
8obnen- gelte Stables 81. 300;
mittelgute S1,80@1.85; nit ser Mai9iIe ge>
reintgte 81 .35@1.4 {.
@rbieH- 9etrofltete, CRIME, $4,000.
8ortoffelu 8Oie S1.5O@1.6O bos
6aB. Garlp 06to S1.25@1.35.
8rOmbeereu- 81 .50@1.75 per @afe.
6tmbeereu- 1.15c@1.25 per Sale.
NetbeIbeereu- 81. 50@$1. rs.
Sto6e lbeereu- 81. 25@1. SOC.
&iri den S .5O@2.OO per @aie.
Nep fel- 1O@25c. Die gor.
M q Ell melDNeH-- per 100.
8au0uen- $1.25@1.5 80 per 8u19.
6ttrOueu- 81. 00@8.OO Die Dor.
@ont9- 9SeiBer Slee, III 8funoe ob9e=
tbetlt, 114@124c.; ui6t 10 bed, 10@11c. !;
0untel 1O@1O3c, bas Piun0; oWsgelafener
5@Gc.
@emitie- @eiBfraut, s1.OO@1.25 bic
Crate; ~8lumettobt 25c@50c per 9uteuo ;
Selerie -@-c. oaS 9uBeuo 8eiBe 8ibeu,
4O@5Oc. ooS Sllbel; Stedriibeu o. baS
SAP WfDorriiber 10@15c. oas Suteuo; Sur
fen 25@35c. Oas TubeuO G99 8lant @
oGS 0us. iun9e Grbieu, $1.75 Il 8u. Gaf ;
53lDle6elll, iln9e 81. 10000 per Sap Coma
ten 35@50c. Der Sale, % 4 60rbe; 8obueu,
$1.75@9.25 Der II 8uI6el=Saf; Spargel,
S 1.00@1.25 per ] Sor; SiBtorlt, 1O@15c per
0uBeno.
&olg- go, 1 44c., go. 9 &c.
S9mterfett A 44c., B &C., GEL
beS Sc.
9eiencorn-2( uf Ser So6m ,,foir" bis
uGbotce", grimes 34@34c.; mittleres, roth
o0er bloBforbt9 3@34c.; raub unb 9rob go
24c,; ,,Gboice", grimes, Su Carpet 8iirten
33c. oSelf=1oorftng", grimes 24@3c. ROTH
ober 9elb enOigenbes 2@3c,
, 1894-07-28
EOttieBan9 fOlGt.}
Q(r 8or6 6es 0fterreicbt1chen QIobf

- 2(n 8or6 6es 0~fterreibii3en QIoD6=
Samplers rGleftra" e%reignete it9 auf Scr
9eiie bon BirGus mach BatraS Elm Qufs
regenber Gorfau. Sin @riecbe aus Gepbae
lonia, NamenS %Qlmboteuo, geriet6 nit
etuem anOern 8aIiagier, einem tiirfiiden
llnterOfficier, in Streit unb D~eripun6ete i'm
Ourc9 brei Wteiieriti9e. 6ierauf neriebte ct
einem W}atroien, Der tDn feitnebmen poute,
eineu Wteiierfti6 unb ~itiir3te ii9 ms Meer.
3rOB6em iofOrt Eettun9Sboote allSge1eBt
tpurOen, Deri6wanO Nmbateuo ooc6 ret
.trngSloS in ben 0eIer. Sn 8atrQ8 auges
fommen, puroe Don benz 8Drfaue 2(n3eige
e~ritattet Gapitdn unb W}anni6aften tpurz
BEN Dernommen. Der 3uitano oeS Watroz
len lit u~nbeOentltcb, Der llnterofft5ier lit
ibtDer perleBt, oob birfte ct nit benz 2es
ben oappnfommeu.
, 1894-07-28

nGeuti9es (Germau) @als", pSiinitIiGes @Nrls6ooer
GoI5", oeer uSmprooeo GorlSbaber Gait, uuO inter
pielen auberen 8eaetbuuu9eM 81 ~perfoufen indeM unter
Der aupretiuug, baB rbieie ebenio gut" ieien, lpie Die
6dteu 8rubufte oeu @arlsbae, Wel5e sireft aus ben
me(t6eribmtea Guenen 9elUouueu iperOen.
Sizes 6erubt nun aaf elmer 3auiGuug OeS 4ublitum8
Oes srbBeren 0eroienites pe9eu, ben Der betrefeuos
gambler an sieeu 6atibuugeu ma6t. SIT tiuitli.
der @etu . gut Wte 66ter? @iroe ir9eul
Semans l~piiientliG fiu'tll6eu 9Getn benz uatirllteu
Gait Der &ebeit ~Dor3ie1eu 3? @arum teun Iib pou OieIeu
SaliGuu9en Diuterfabrcu lailen, Ipe5iea lueuu Die Sc.
iuuobett babel in SSr0ge fDmult! 3ie uotirllDeu 9ro'
QUITE Der 2ueueu bon GorIsbao eutbazteu 8e1tauotDeilc.
bic tinitlj9 uiDt ~bergeiteat >ueroeH t5unen, Set Sabr.
~bunberteH ftuo Die @86ifer opu @arl3bab lpegen ibrcI
5eil&pirtuu9 BEL &roufBettcn Der 2eber, Nleren uuo bea
@{ogeus riDmIi6it befanHt.
9as Gdbte @erl&baber Spru0eI=SaIB miro brett ana
Der SpruOeIquete inter Der Hejtuu9 Der Staotgemeiuos
@orl86oo 9eppHueu, uHO Our9 oereu @9euten fir Die
9eretHi9ten 9toateu, 6e Gtsner g. MtenbelIon Gonl.
PAM, Stem 0Ort, ~Oerfauft. Seoe JIoiae be8 aDt impor-
tirteu @aier8 uub @pruOsls9 ol3es mug obtges Stabt.
ie8eL iopie be unteri9rift Der N9euteu rGisuer &
Gtenbelion 60, 152-154 Jroutliu Ctr, g&elu gortS
al Il Der @titette BADEN. gu Doben in alien Qpotbefen.
MeH bite lid pOr sat- 9un9em
Ser St0Strat9 G~arlSbaS.
, 1894-07-28
W0rftberiht.
Gbica9o, 28. Sui
2IuswGrtioe mdrfte.

G6luBpreiie III 28ei5en uu6 Corn III aroe'
rel StGoten mareu:
@eiseu- Stem 0orf: Suli 543c; Sep
TENDER sc. - ct. Souis: Suit 475c; Seps
TENDER 485c. 0ulutb Sui 554c;
September 533c. - M~iuueapoIis Suli $500;
September 518c. - Baltimore: Sui 533c:
Septem6er 535. - 5oleoo: Sab 504c; Sep=
TENDER 52c. - Wtilpaltfee: Sab SOC; Sep=
TENDER sic. - 8etrott: Sab 5Ogc; Sepz
TENDER 52c.
Corn Nem gorf; Suit 5O4; @eptent=
Der 49, - ct. GOuiS Suli Ale; September
41gc. - Baltimore: Sab 494c; Suli 1926.
, 1894-07-28
oFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.
Animal Statement Of the ORIENT INSURANCE
rt"uu"l OlGlQhVAt P OF Hartford in the
state of Connecticut on the 31st day of De.
cember, 1898: made to the Insurance Superin-
tendent of the State OF Illinois, pursuant to law:
Capital.
Amount of Capital Stock paid up in
, 1894-07-28

Animal N9tpmpnt of the RELIANCEINSURANCE
Ahnuol OtotVhlVnt of Philadelphia in
the State of Pennsylvania on the 3lst day of De-
cember, 1898: made to the Insurance SuperinUen-
dsnt OF the State Of Illinois, pursuant to law:
Capital.
Amount of Capital Stock paid up in
, 1894-07-28
Total expenditures. IS 296, $685. 5
miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.
Total Risks taken during the year in
Illinois :. :..... :.......s 5000, 1851
Total Premiums received during the
year in Illinois ......... ............ A,7925o
Total Losses incurred during the year
in Illinois 15,8897 70
Total amount of Risks outstanding. .. "a, 036, 64O0 90
VIM. GElubb, Vice President.
CRlaS. Js Whistler Bee Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this goth day
of January, 1894.
(ScaD S G. MOORE,
Hap Notary Public.
, 1894-07-28

baB ale Nelt bon bem Blabe Be @aloluna
bis mach 8el6n Die Bdi@e Qlnita gu BIZ
9eln CAB.
, 1894-07-28
NaEnnng q.

9a5 8utlifunt tnir0 Dor ge=
minenIOisH 9dnOIern gea
ipofut, Die 9ew61nli8e5
SlauberIal5, ODER cine @tia
f9uug bon 9eluDbuIi9em
oeibiiB-@u(oer ais n@orIsba'
Der Sols", vSprueel=Sal 5"
, 1894-07-28
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

Animal Statement Of the ROCKFORD INsU.
nnuuoi DtdlUlhUIt RANCE COMPANY of Rock
lord IN the State of Illinois on the 31st day OF
December, 1898: made to the Insurance Superin.
tendent Of the State of Illinois, pursuant to laws
Capital.
Amount of Capital Stock paid up in
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01
AMERICAN BEEF.

The Action of Germany to Be Closely Scru-
tinized by This Government.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-The action of
the German govern ment in prohi biting
the importation of cattle and fresh
beef was not entirely unexpected by
the agricultural department, al
though the officials had hoped, up to
the last moment, that the Germans
would prove open to reason. The mat
ter will not be allowed to rest where
it now stands. but our government will
cause a thorough investigation to be
made of the cases of the alleged Texas
fever, on which the German govern
ment has seen fit to act in such sum-
mary fashion. No doubt is felt here
that these alleged cases will turn out
to be founded on a mistaken diagnosis,
for, if there is any cattle disease that
the German veterinarians know little
about, that disease is Texas
fever, purely climatic, nom
infectious fever, peculiar to Amer
lea. That is the opinion of the
agricultural department experts, who
have studied the disease for years, and
are aware of the state of knowledge on
the subject in Europe. If the depart
mental examination, as expected, re-
SulGS III UlSprOVlnp Une existence OF the
cases complained of, our government
will enter vigorous protest against
the action of Germany, and seek to
make it clear that the reason assigned
for the destruction of our meat trade
is disingenuously stated, which fact is
not expected to influence congress very
favorably toward the ratification of
the sugar schedules of our tariff act,
sought SO urgently by the German gov
eminent