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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
The Salt In the Sea.

, The amount of common salt in all the
oceans is estimated by Schafhautt at
3,O51, 342 cubic geographical miles. or
about five times more than the mass of
the Alps, and only one-third less than
that OF the Himalayas. The sulphate
of soda equals 633, 644.36 cubic miles,
Or is equal to the mass of the Alps, The
CHLORIDE of magnesium, AL, ,S1I8a cu-
bic rnlIes. The lime salts f09, 339. A
cubic miles. He supposes the mean
depth to be about 800 meters, as esti-
mated by Humboldt. Admitting with
Laplace that the mean depth is from
four to five miles, which is more prob
able, the mass of marine salt will be
more than double the mass of the Hima-
layas. The weight of water in the oceans
equals 2, 494, 500, 900. 900, 900 of tons,
and the percentage of common salt in
the oceans is 81. Therefore, the amount
of common salt in all the oceans taken
together is about 673, 515, 600, 600, 600
of tons: Were all the salts of the oceans
precipitated and spread out equally over
the land they would, it has been COM
puted, cover the ground one mile deep
over an area Of 2, 900, 900 square miles.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
An English "Water Witch"

A young man of the name of Rodwell,
in the employ of the Grinton Coal COM
pany in north England, has shown won.
derful powers in his occupation as pro-
fessional "water finder" or "water
witch" Professor E. r. Lancaster, the
great English scientist, stated very plain
ly in one of the journals that he doubted
the attributed powers Of either the
"witch" or the "divining rod," with
which he is armed in all professional
operations. This evoked the following
from DR.. Mcclure, the chairman of the
Grinton company: 81 deny emphatically
that the lad is an imposter! He has been
tested time and again and has never
failed to locate veins of either mineral or
water, depending upon what the search
was being conducted for. The 'divining
rod which he holds only moves in obedi-
ence to the muscular contractions of his
hands and arms, and he can use rod of
any kind of wood or material, providing
it be what is known as a good conductor
of electricity Another oddity about the
lad, and one of which have never heard
in connection with water witching,' is
this: The lad habitually walks with his
hands clasped behind him, and as soon
as he steps upon the ground directly over
a mineral or water he is powerless to un-
clasp them until he moves away from
the region of the lode or conduit. st.
Louis Republic.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
Boards and Diplomacy.

Sir Edmund Monson was the posses
sor of the finest and longest beard in
the diplomatic service, but he has just
sacrificed it in Difference to the friend
ly advice of the Prince of Wales, who
is standing authority upon all mat
ters of personal appearance, uniform
and etiquette. His royal highpess was
of the opinion that patriarchal beard
would not be considered becoming in
Vienna, and her majesty's ambassador at
the imperial court is now almost clean
shaven. Not one in hundred of his
old friends can recognize him, and the
hall porter at st. James club will GER
tainly require some proof of his identity
when next he comes to London. The
unexpected change sorely puzzled Prince
Henry of Battenberg and those whe, met
Sin Edmund at Gratz.-Vienna Letter.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
HE PERSPIRED BLOOD.
Edward Dunn Was One of the Very
Suffers From Petechial Hemorrhag

Edward Dunn Was One of the Very Few
Suffers From Petechial Hemorrhage.
Edward Dunn, 80 years old, employ
ed in a printing establishment at 26
Vandewater street, and apparently per-
fectly healthy, went to the Chambers
Street hospital the other day, blood ex-
uding from the pores of the skin of his
arm and face. He said he must have
lost much blood, but wasn't weakened
by it.
DR.. Taylor was puzzled over the phe-
nomenon and said he hardly knew bew
to treat it. There was evidently no
artery severed, as the blood did not
squirt out violently, as it would have
done in that case. While the doctor
/ was trying to decide what he could do
for Dunn, the curious flow stopped of
itself. 1t had lasted about an hour.
Dunn returned to work.
Superintendent Lake of the hospital
told me last evening that Dunn's all
ment was exceedingly rare and that he
might enjoy the distinction of figuring
in medical annals as one of few suf-
ferers from what was generally known
as petechial hemorrhage.
1T is really an exudation of blood
from the pores of the skin,'' said Mr..
Lake. "That is the generally accepted
explanation of the perspiration of blood
of the Saviour. Medical opinion does
not seem to have as yet come to an
agreement as to the cause of the mani
festation. New York Letter.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
WHY THE JUROR, HELD OUT.

The Extraordinary Secret Impaired to
Chief Justice In England.
The most remarkable case of jury
"standing out" against what seemed
irrefutable testimony, and all through
the resolution of one man, occurred be-
fore Chief Justice Dyer many years ago.
He presided at murder trial in whic
everything went against the prisoner,
who on his part could only say that on
his going to work in the morning he
had found the murdered man dying and
tried to help him, whereby he had be-
come covered with blood, but when the
man presently died he had come away
and said nothing about it, because he
was known to have had quarrel with
the deceased and feared he might get
into trouble. The hayfork with which
the man had been murdered had the
prisoners name on it.. In other re-
spects his guilt appeared to be clearly
established, and the chief justice was
convinced of it, but the jury returneda a
verdict of mot guilty."
This was Chief Justice Dyer's case,
and he put some very searching ques-
tions to the high sheriff. The cause Of
the acquittal, said the official, was un-
doubtedly the foreman, farmer of ex-
cellent character, esteemed by all his
neighbors, and very unlikely to be OBJ
stinate or vexatious. "Then," said the
judge, 81 must see this foreman, for an
explanation of the matter will have"
The foreman came, and after extracting
from his lordship a promise Of secrecy
proved at once that the prisoner had
been rightly acquitted, "for," said he,
sit was myself who killed the man."
It had been no murder, for the other
had attacked him with the hayfork,' and
as he showed-severely injured him,
but in the struggle to get possession of
the weapon he had the misfortune to
give the man a fatal wound. He had no
fears as to his being found guilty of
murder, but, the assizes being just
over, his farm and affairs would have
been ruined by confession, through
lying in Jail so long, go he suffered mat
ters to take their course. He was hor-
rified to find one of his own servants ac-
cused of the murder. He supported
his wife and children while in Jail;
managed to be placed on the jury and
elected foreman. He added that If he
had failed in this he would certainly
have confessed to his own share in the
business, and the judge believed him.
Every year for Is years the judge
made inquiries as to the foreman's exis-
tence, and at last, happening to survive
him, he considered himself free to tell
the story.-London News.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
Somewhat -EquiyocaI.

The unconscious humor of human ma
ture sometimes shows itself in strange
forms. For instance, news dispatch
published the other day in a st. Louis
paper ran as follows:
''St. Joseph, Mo-, Dec. 9.-The third
annual session of the Northwest Mis-
souri, Press association ended shortly
after II O'Clock this morning, and the
members were driven to State Lunatic
Asylum No. 2. -
In order that no erroneous impression
might be drawn from its statements the
dispatch went on to explain that the
members of the association went to the
asylum as guests of the superintendent.
Nevertheless the connection Of the state
ment that the body had adjourned with
the facts that its members had been
" driven to State Lunatic Asylum No.
Q" is humorously but unconsciously
suggestive. New York Herald.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
PRINCESS ELIzABETH'S LOVE.
She Preferred the Man of Her Choice to q
Crown and Throne, T.

She Preferred the Man of Her Choice to a
Crown and Throne.
Some time ago it was believed that
the heir presumptive to the Austrian
throne. Archduke Francis Ferdinand,
daughter, Princess Elizabeth. l now
hear that the idea existed and was
much favored by the emperor, but the
young princess frustrated these plans.
More than year ago she began to
look approvingly upon a handsome
young lieutenant, Baron s. The officer
began by riding past her windows a
couple of times day, then he obtained
room with windows facing Prince
Leopold's palace. In the winter, at
court balls, the lieutenant danced oftener
than any other with the princess, and
in the spring lawn tennis brought them
moro together still.
All at once the young officer was
transferred to regiment stationed in
'Alsace, and this seemed the tame end
of romantic story. But in the sum-
mer, when Princess Elizabeth staid
with her emperor grandpapa at lschl,
she is supposed to have used her time
SO we'll That the emperor promised to
make the baron prince, to give him
some landed property and to allow the
happy couple to marry if their love
was proof against time.
The princess is 10, pretty, perfectly
natural and very sweet tempered.
That she should have preferred union
with the man she loves to the certain
ty of an imperial throne will not alien
ate the sympatbies of those who know
her and love her for her natural grace.
Vienna Correspondent.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
England and Wyoming.

A certain Mr.. Horace Plunket made
speech in the English parliament the
other day which sent the members off
into fits of laughter. The occasion was
the debate on the woman's suffrage
clause in a proposed bill. Mr.. Plunket
has lived 10 years in Wyoming, and
therefore spoke as one having author
ity. Mr.. Plunket excited the merriment
of his listeners by referring to "a fe-
male justice of the peace" with whom
he was we'll acquainted. He said she
knew how to use her authority and her
revolver. But the funniest thing was
when Mr.. Plunket told about women
jurors. That practice, he said, had
been abandoned in Difference to the pro-
test of one man who complained that he
had to take care of the baby all night,
while his wife was locked up with II
good menand true. New York Sun,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
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DUPED BY A SHARPER.
Sullivan County Men Will Have to Pay
More Than They Bargained For.

Sullivan County Men Will Have to Pay
More Than They Bargained For.
twenty-five of the former residents
Of Sullivan county were last year inter-
ested ina scheme introduced by trav-
cling sharper. - and now they must
settle.
The agent represented that he was
organizing an association for thespYr-
chase Of p Percheron stallion=for the
agreed price of $4,000. Each member
Of the association was to take one
twenty-second part of the venture, and
pay accordingly.
Three notes were given, each for the
sum of 1894, the first due on Oct. 12;
the second on the same date in 1894,
the third in October, 1895. The notes
were joint and were signed by the
members of the association. A Month
cello lawyer has the notes for collection,
and the collection of the first one is to
be pressed at once.
AS some of the signers are not con-
sidered solvent, and as the notes are all
drawn, 1--WE, or either of us, the en-
terprise promises to be costly one for
some of the members.
The unfortunate men who form the
association claim they were grossly de-
ceived by the agent, as the extent of the
liability which they supposed they as
sumed was only 1928, but by signing
the note each member assumed the en-
tire debt, providing his co-sureties
proved to be insolvent. The notes are
all in the hands of third parties, and
no defense can be entered against their
payment.
"If I have to pay all that money!"
said one of the men today, "my wife
will go crazy, and shall go to the poor
house. 1 cannot imagine how I could
ever have been such fool as to enter
into such an arrangement anyhow. l
always prided myself upon being a
match for any of them, but L will never
do any more boasting. This is indeed
a wonderful age"
One of the victims decided that if
ever {" travelling agent attempts to sell
him anything again he will never live
to approach another party"
"Oh, nonsense, exclaimed his wife.
"You will be ready to deal with an
other man tomorrow. ."-Middletown
On. " Special,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
"sence I Was to tile Fair,

"sence Was to tile Fair"
Oh, yes, went an seen it all,
The hull consarned creation;
The stuff they brung from round tn
world
An ev'ry loren nation.
1 trolleyed down the Midway street,
Seen ev'rything was there,
And I'll admit feel quite proud
Sence was to the fair.
] never made no sort of bones
OF study or book larn;n:
never thought know'd it all
The why's or the consa rnin.
But don't mind of tellin you
I've got, 1 du declare. =
A liberal edication
Sence was to the fair.
They's many folks is stylisher
An more stuck up than me;
They's many that ken hold their heads
Straight as a poplar tree,
But ken tell ye confident
An strictly on the square
They's none on 'em ahead Of me
Sence was to the fair.
I've told the folks sence got back
The thousand things I've seen;
Described the sights thai really was
An some thet orter been.
I've lied a heap, will admit,
But bout thet don't care.
amt afraid to stretch the truth
Sence was to the fair.
An now s'pose I'll settle down,
Same as I've allus done,
An try an make the money back
I've spent in havin fun.
But never mind how hard work,
Or how much strain or care,
I've got heap to think about
Sence was to the fair
RoSSiTER RAYMOND.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
AT HALF RATE IN A BOX.
A Nebraska Mans Solution of the Problem
of Cheap Railroad Travel.


| of Cheap Railroad Travel.
!. The Burlington operates line te
Sheridan, Wy, at which point fhe
Adams Express company has an Office.
About two weeks ago a man calledsupon
Mr.. Smith, depot agent for the ADKINS
Express company in Omaha, and In
J aufred the cost of shipping a box,
weighing about $50 pounds, TO Sheri-
dan. He was informed that it would
be about $40.
A few minutes before train time an
express wagon brought the box to the
/ depot. It was unloaded, weighed,
properly marked for shipment, and inn
/ mediately placed on board the express
car, preparatory to taking a 750 mile
! journey.
! The box was about feet long and 3
feet wide and weighed 273 pounds.
The express charges were $1215 and
were paid by man whose identity the
! express company is now attempting to
establish. The train duly arrived in
Sheridan and the box, among other
goods, was unloaded from the express
car and stored in the depot and the
doors locked.
In about half an hour Agent Wood
was Informed that the express Office
door was ajar, and the belief was voiced
that burglars were at work robbing
the place. The agent at once secured
the assistance of several men, and after
arming themselves they entered the
express Office. Nothing was found dis
turbed except the Omaha box. It was
empty. The lid had been forced from
the box, and the contents were gone.
When the box was critically examined,
it was found that no instrument had
been used from the outside to loosen the
cover.
Upon the inside at one end was plain
ly to be seen the print of a mans feet.
The size of the box, the weight and the
footprints were sufficient to convince
the agent it had certainly contained a
human being, and that upon his arrival
at the end of the journey he simply
opened the box, walked over to the door,
unbolted it and disappeared.
There are many theories advanced as
to the purpose of the man in the box.
Some believe that arrangements were
on foot to rob the express company,
either on the train or at the Sheridan
Office, while others think that the occn-
pant of the box was an escaping crimi-
nal.
In any event, he beat the railway
company out of half of fare-for the
fare for human being, alive or dead,
is $25. .50.-Omaha World-Herald.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
Four Heirs Get a Quarter Each.

-Four iegacies Of 25 cents each result
from the will of Matthew Stanley, late
Of Watervliet, just probated before Sur
rogate Conway. The estate consists Of
real estate valued at 81, 500, mortgaged
for SIS, 600, and So, 500 worth of person
al estate. The will devises to the testa-
tors wife, Eyeline, the income of one
third of the property during her life
time. A son, Edward, of Barton. VT,
is bequeathed 81. The rest of the es-
tate is devised to William L. Stanley
and James Oscar Stanley. Edward
Stanley is dead, and his bequest of 81
goes to his children, Susie c. Stanley,
Eliza A. Chapman, Springfield, Mass.
Samuel E. Stanley, Barton, VT, and
Freeman c. Stanley, San Francisco,
who will receive % cents each.-Al-.
bany Argus.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
Newly piscovered Bura1o.

A deputy game warden has discover.
ed small herd of buffalo in North
Park, Routt county, one of the most
isolated regions of Colorado. The herd
is said to consist of some two dozen OF
the rare animals. In spite of the wild
ness of their home they are very tams
and are fed regularly by some OF the
few farmers who inhabit the lonely
park. These farmers have constituted
themselves special protectors of the
herd and will see that they are not ex
terminated. News.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
Reproved bv the Prince.

Not long ago the Prince Of Wales was
one of a house party, his host being a
well known peer. After dinner the roy
al guest, the host and the other male Wis
itors repaired to the billiard room. On a
table at the side were two or three boxes
of cigars, and the prince was helping
himself to one, when an ambitious mil
lionaire approached him, and taking
from his pocket cigar case held it out
to the prince, saying, 81 think, sir, you
will find these better.''
"Mr. - replied the prince, eff
mans dinner isgood enough for me,
his cigars are good enough for me-
The millionaire was unexpectedly
called away to town next morning on
business. Free Press.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
Killed a White Deer.

A short time ago mention was made
that white deer was seen by hunters
In the vicinity of President, this coun-
ty,and afterward at Clough's dam, near
Marionville, Forest county. What is
thought to have been the same deer was
shot near Foxburg, Forest county, by
81. A. ellison of that village. 1T is the
first albino deer that has been killed in
this vicinity for the past quarter of a
century, and visitors from all parts of
the country called at the Du Bois house
to get sight of the freak of nature
Oil City Derrick.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02

to rest his boast that he is true artist.
The fate of the wooden block alters
the figures of the engineers plans. Per-
haps the alteration is such that new
drawings and a new model follow.
Thus, by borrowing and lending, the
two soon agree, and upon the two-the
model and the plans-the ship will be
built. Sometimes a model 1s on the
scale of a quarter of an inch to each
foot of the ship, but the scale differs
with different builders. - Harper's
Weekly. ia. - -
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
Novel Insurance.

At an inquest held in England the
evidence brought to light the queer fact
that the dead mans life had been In
sured for 800 by the liquor dealer whose
bar he chiefly patronized. No secret
was made about the matter, it being
perfectly fair and above board, the liq-
uor dealer only wishing to insure him.
self against the loss of business conse-
quent on the death of valuable Gus
toner. The practice is stated to be
quite frequent.-London Letter.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
How to Save slippers.

A recent advertisement emanating
from bootshop reads like this: Slip
pers for ladies should meyer be used for
spanking purposes.
Careful mothers with unru1y chill
dren will be presented with fine, well
made rattan carpet beater with every
pair of shoes. The wearing quality
of our slippers will not then be endan-
gered by using them for correcting pur-
poses.
Bring your boy with you, and we
will show you how to use the carpet
beater. Pearson Weekly.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
Newspaper Advertising.

How much money is spent annually
in newspaper advertising? Probably
any estimate less than 5000, 900, 900
would fall short of the facts. Some
single firms have spent as much as
$500, 900 in year. To put out such
enormous sums requires large ma
chinery in and out Of the advertisers
offices, and the business-or the art,
as you may choose to consider it-com-
mands the services of men of a high
order of ability.-John Irving Romer's
Lecture
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02

Although the French president trav-
els free on the railways during his Off
cial tour in France, his secretary calcu-
lates what it would have cost if paid
Tor at regular rates, and this sum is
handed over to be distributed among
the poorest paid of the railway men.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
The Bones Were All There.

An auctioneer in New England city
recently sold horse at auction for so
cents. The horse was so bony that the
auctioneer said, by way of explanation,
that ''they the bones) We're exhibited
Intentionally, for the purpose of show
ing that none had been extracted. -
Profitable Advertising.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02

Aluminium has been put into anoth-
er use. The French couturieres now use
the metal in the making of the modern
gown. A hoop of aluminium is placed
in the bottom of the skirt for the pur-
pose of making it hang we'll.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
HOneI9Ss.

Physician (severely)-I have no hesi-
tation in saying, sir, that your wife's
nervous fits are occasioned by your stay
ing out SO late every night.
Wltherby-Great heavens, doctor,
didn't know she was suffering from an
incurable disease!-Exchange
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02

The greatest depth recorded of Lake
Michigan is $40 feet, or about one-sixtE.
Of mile. The mean depth is about g..
feet, or one-sixteenth of mile.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02

Germany is the greatest zinc produc-
ing country in the world. The main
district is in Upper Silesia, where the
metal is made from calanine and zinc
blended by distilIation.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
His Honors.

"And so your son has finished his col
lege course? Did he graduate with
honors?''
''Oh, yes, but he tells me that some
of the other fellows carried them off.
Rascally, wasn't it?'-Bostoa Tran
script.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
4 \ A.HODE;S' <.

Headquarters for Foreign and Domestic Groceries,
yNEAQ FROM 25c TO $3.50 PER POUND COFFEE FROM
zoe to soc per pound All kinds Farinaceous Goods in
Stock Canned Fruits Fish, and Vegetables complete line
OF Smokers Arces Cigars Tobacco Brer Meerscbaum Pines
always hand. Stationery Playing Cards Notions and Pocket &
ey Also full line OF Willow Wooden Stoneware Tea Co
lee and Spices Specially Agency Antifermenne to pre-
serve fruit without cooking. " p
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02

A woman is never known to advel
Use for the return of stolen proper
and no questions asked" She WOE
ask questions or die.