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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-24
UNDER SIXTY FEET OF SNOW.
nhe Snow Storm as Reported Last
Night from Dunsmuir.

Dunsmuir. Cal, Jam. 21.-The SHOW
storm of yesterday continued uTtii this
evening and then changed to rain.
About noon a big avalanche came
down from the high mountains and
buried the railroad tracks sixty feet
deep under snow. Trees, brush and
rocks that staFted three miles up the
canyon where the snow it forty to
fifty feet deep end carried down every
thing in it's path and crashed into the
river and away up the other bank and
damned the river until it ran dry
below. Material will have to be shov-
eyed out and much of it loaded on
fiat cars and carried away. About 100
men are at work ON it tonight and a
special train has started from Red
Bluff to pick up all the section men
and hurry them to the scene. The
track cannot be cleared before to-
morrow night.
Superintendent Cooley says there is
more snow on the road above Sissons
than there WIS in the blockade five
years ago. 1t is from eight to ten
feet deep here and fifteen to twenty
hVe at Black Butte summit.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-24
DISHONEST OFFICIAL.
British Officer Embezzles Large Sums
of Public Money.

Nanaimo, B. c., Jan. 19-The SEN
sational disappearance of Public Mag
1Strate Planta, as an outcome of the
royal commission, is no longer a mys-
terry. 1t has been ascertained that he
left town yesterday afternoon in a
small sail boat with his youngest son.
The boat was seen late in the day.
heading for the American side by
passing steamer. An Investigation Of
his private affairs shows that for years
he has been using public moneys as
well as the property Of intestates for
his own Use. It Is estimated he has
gotten away with a very large sum
of money.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-24
BANGTAIL RECORDS.

San Francisco, Jan. 21.-Five and q
half furlongs, maidens-Arundel won
in 1:22.
Five and half furlongs-Imp Elise
won in 1:22A.
Seven furlongs-Blue Banner won
in 1:47.
Five and a half urlongs-Talbot
Clifton won in 1:21A.
Five and q half urlppgs-Rear
Guard won IN 1901
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-24

A policeman was sitting on one of
the North river wharves the other
| day looking the picture of despair.
whats the matterY' asked truck
man.
I'm all broken up"
"Had any hard luck latelyY'
"Lots of it" replied the guardian OF
the peace. as he wiped tear of his
cheek. Up to last week was sta
toned at the Polo grounds during the
afternoons, while baseball nlasEIles
easy thing, and I was getting fat
just as began to take such an inter-
est in the game that kept the records
Of the clubs on my cuffs, I was sent
down here to preserve order"
'That's an awful come-down," said
the driver.
'1'm always having that kind Of
luck. Last year there was brewery
on my beat. Just as soon as got ac-
quainted with the foreman and we
were on drinking terms, was shipped
off to walk around and watch a mile
of vacant lots in Harlem. That was
but the grass, and there were no
wagons or sheds around to sleep in,
and there wasn't a saloon on my
beat"
"That. was hard 1uckp'
'Hard luck-wen, just guess it
was hard luck" replied the policeman.
sadly; "but when I was appointed to
preserve order at baseball matches I
thought my luck had changed, and
that the future was bright. Then I
was sent down here. I'd like it down
here first rate, If could only indulge
in my favorite sport"
"What's that?'
Fishing. I'm very fond Of fishing;
but If I undertook to fish, the rounds
man would light on me, and I'd be
broken before I could put a sand
worm on my hook"
And the unlucky policeman drummed
on the string-piece with his feet and
looked gloomily down into the water.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-24

the home with old Boatswain. They
wandered around the place together,
but when I tried to lock Jean up in
the Office she jumped through a win
dow and escaped
A few days later the captain of the
Irwin solved the mystery. Jean had
evidently lost her passage on the
Planter, and the Irwin being the only
ship in Honolulu bound for San Fran
cisco she slowed herself away and on
arrival in San Francisco visited her
old friends. On her return to Homo
lulu she recognized the Planter and
removed her family to Captain Dow's
fostering care.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-24
CORRECT AGAIN, WILLIAM,
We Have Beaten You out OF Lots O
Good Citizens for One Thing.

Berlin. Jan. 19.-Du1ing a dinner
which Emperor William gave to the
diplomatic corps on Tuesday last, his
majesty, who was sitting opposite Mrs.
Runyan, wife Of the United States
ambassador, expressed admiration for
her splendfdly cut diamonds.
Nhey are American cut diamonds,
your majesty" said Mrs. Runyon.
Yes; 1 notice." rejoined he, "that
America is beginning to beat us in
more ways than one"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-24
WORLD OF WHEAT.

San Francisco, Jan. 21.-Wheat, No
1 shipping, 50 3-4; milling grades,
9O@921s; Walla Walla, rs to rs for
fair average quality; S5 for blue stem
and 7O@721a for damp.
Lfverpool-Wheat, spot, quiet, but
steady; demand poor; No. red winter
As I'd; No. 2 red spring, 5s Sd; No. 2
hard Manitoba, 5s I'D; No. 1 Califor-
mia, 5s 11ad.
Hops, Pacific coast, f2 15s.
New York-Hops dull.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-24
o. P. SALE CONFIRMED.
Judge Fullerton Overrules all the OBJ.
jections.

CORVALLIS, Jan. 19.-The sale of
the Oregon Pacific to Bonner & Ham.
mond. Of Missouia, Mon, for $1OO, 900,
was confirmed by Judge Fullerton this
afternoon. The objections offered by
certificate holders and creditors wera
over-ruled.
Notices Of appeal have been served
but the appeal has not been perfected.
The appellants are Wallis Nash, VIVA.
M. Hoag and others. The road is
now in possession of Bonner & Ham
mond, with Charles Clark, late receiv-
er, as superinten
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-24
NOTHING UNUSUAL.

st. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 19.-Prior to
bringing his bill of complaint for fore
closure, the Union Pacific mortgage.
Mr.. Pierce, said that the matter of
asking an order Of foreclosure and the
appointment Of receivers was purely
one of form. He said that it was
being done on all the q. p. lines
when interest defaulted, and denied
that 1t was done for the purpose of
stirring up congress,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-24
ALL TRAINS ARE LATE.

San Francisco. Jan. 2i.-Att pas
senger trains on the Central Pacific
and Shasta routes are delayed from
four to fifteen hours, on account ,of
snow. No effort will be made to run
freight trains.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-24

Analysis by the chief chemist of the
United States Agricultural DEPART
ment proves Dr.. Prices Baking Pow
def to be superior in leavening
strength and purity to all other bak-
ing powders,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-24
sPUNKY BUT INJUDICIoUs.

San Francisco, Jan. 21.-The Com
mercial Union assurance company
has withdrawn from the insurance
compact and announces it will cut
rates If 1t SO desires.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-24
THE FARMERS GIRL.

Is honest.
Is sensible.
Is not saucy.
Is contented.
Helps mother.
Is thoughtful.
Is wide-awake.
Amuses the baby.
Is always pleasant.
Is gentle and kind.
Does her work well.
Is careful in speech.
Keeps her dress neat.
Never neglects duty.
Learns her lessons well.
Always speaks the truth.
Makes father comfortable.
Is respectful to old people.
Teaches little brother and sister.
Tries to be in word and deed a true
little woman
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-24
The MONTANA HORROR.
Generous Assistance Pouring in From
All Directions.

Salt Lake, Jan. ia special from
Butte, Mont, to the Herald saws. The
relief committee has received between
$4,000 and $4,000 so far. Contribu-
tlons have been sent from nearly eyery
city In the West, and three trunk lines
nave each contributed $1,000 The
list of dead was today swelled to fifty
SIX. The four injured are in a critical
condition
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-24
IN HARD LUCK.

A policeman was sitting on one of
the North river wharves the other
day looking the picture of despair.
whats the matterY' asked 8 truck
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

fastened in THE mold so that II. WIFI
form n end Of the hole between tho
t"o parts. Then n of the parts is
fastened to the casting machine and
the other to a movable arm. The metal
1t kept fluid In a little furnace heated
by gas and is projected by great force
into the mold by means of IA pump.
AT every revolution Of the crank the
mold approaches the pump spout, takes
a charge Of metal and flies back with a
FULLY formed type. which is cooled with
air-blasts and water from above. When
the movable arm is as far back as DOS
siDle, a half of the mold lifts and the
type jumps Il At the lower end Of
each one there is a 'jet" Of metal
which clings and has to be broken off
by an automatic device. In some of
the larger styles of type the let is
removed by hand. When all the as in
the font are made the b matrix is put
in. and so on to the end Of the alpha
bet. A casting machine will turn out
from 100 to 175 type a minute.
A type font Is sometimes measured by
weight in pounds and sometimes by
the number of ms which it contains.
Job fonts are always turned out by
count. The proportion Of letters in a
font Is interesting as showing how
much more some letters are used than
others. In a 1900 lower-case m font
of 'minion g. weighing $50 pounds,
fhnro ro q ono o'c . nOA Nc A 900 o,c
5000 DIS, $4,000 e's, 800 ks and 500 is.
r Is used more than any other letter In
the alphabet. 1t Is followed by t, with
10000; then by | and a, with 5000 each;
then by S, with 5000. The least used
letters are z, with 800, and J and x,
with 800 each. OF the numerals 0 and
1 are most used, having 700 each. Some
Of the fractions have fifty types to the
font and the braces have only twenty
five each.
The great newspaper offices use thou
sands of pounds Of type every veal.
But the recent introduction Of linotype
machines, which cast the type line by
line as fast as it is set, has severely
injured the business of making body
type. A great Chicago dealer says
that the linotype machines have cut in
at least % per cent, the effect being
felt most in the orders from the big
city dailies. An effort is being made,
however, to fight the linotype machine
with a machine which will set real
type, and in this the type founders
place a good leal of hope for the future.
But the business of. producing new
styles Of job type and casting them is
still a great industry.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23
Silver Street.

The curious Chandni Chowk, or "Sfl-
yer street." Of Delhi, m Of the most
picturesque thoroughfares in the East,
derives its name from the dligree
wrought with unrivaled skill and taste
in the Mogul capital. Sunlight and
shadow contend for mastery among ir-
regular masses Of tumbledown houses,
where carved wooden balconies ap-
preached by external stairs glow with
rich embroideries. which form but q
1.-THE Of the varied treasures found in
the Chandni Chowk.
The muslin robed merchants stand
outside the shops to proclaim the value
Of the wares and to solicit inspection
Dark and winding steps lead to dusky
chambers, where an a~ll-pervading odor
Of sandalwoOd and musk creates tho
traditional Oriental atmosphere. and
~impregnates the bales of silk and CASH
mere piled around teakwoOd chests
filled with silver, gold and jewels.
Bargaining proceeds with Eastern de-
liberation, which yields to the rapid
methods Of the West when the adapt
able Hindu mind detects Il trace of
dawning impatience on English faces.
Temptation is rife, and through tons of
rubbish innumerable gems of art re
ward the explorer who can afford the
necessary outlay Of time and money
All the Year Round.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23
Wood Stains.

A solution Of fifty parts of CONNER
cial aliZarin in 1000 parts of water, to
which a solution Of ammonia has been
added drop by drop until n p%erceptible
ammonia Odor is developed, will give to
fir and oak n yellOw-brOwn color and
to maple a red-brOwn. IL the wood Is
then treated to a 1 per cen aqueous
barium chloride solution, the first nam
ed becomes brown and the latter q dark
brown. If calcium chloride be used in
stead of barium chloride, the fir be.
brown, the oak red-brown and
the maple n dark brown. If a = per
cent, aqueous solution of magnesium
sulphate be used, the fir and oak become
dark brown and the maple a dark vio-
let-brown. Alum and aluminium sui
phate produce on the fir reddish brown
and on oak and maple a blood red.
Chrome alum colors maple anN fir red
dish brown and oak Havana brown.
Finally, manganese sulphate renders
fir and maple a beautiful dark violet,
brown and oak a dark walnut brown
Scientific American.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

Dent" Her real name Is Julia Dent,
as she was chriStened in honor of Mrs.
Grant. her grandmother, whose maid
en- name was Dent. The younger girl
is generally called "Tottie." She Is 5
years old, and on formal occasions Is
called Fannie Dorothy. The baby Of
the family is a boy, and he is the young
est of the Grants to bear the famous
name of Ulysses S. He is only 2, and
the accompanying portrait was made
from a photograph taken by his moth
er. who is an amateur in photography.
Mrs. SartOris. the only daughter Of
the late General, has a very interesting
family of three children-a boy and
two girls. The boy, Algernon Edward
Sartoris, is now IS, and is studying in
England preparatory to entering OK
ford. He is q fine, manly chap, and
promises to resemble in looks his IA
nous grandfather. The elder of the
girls is Miss Vivian. who is now 16,
and promises to be the beauty of the
family. She is very bright and clever.
The younger daughter bears the odd
and pretty name of Rosemary, but is
generally called Rosie. She lives with
her mother In Washington, and, being
but II, Is still in the school-room.
Jesse Grants home at San Diego,
Cal, where he lives with his mother,
is happy in the possession of two chill
dren- a girl of 13 and a boy Of s.. Mrs.
Jesse Grant was Miss Chapman, and
the boy is called Chapman Grant. The
portrait Of Miss Nellie Grant, the
daughter, does not look much like her
now, as it was taken when she was
but 4 years old, and that was nine
years ago. This little girl was named
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

The thousands. 1t Is q big. busy build
ing humming with life and movement,
more than $50 men and girls working
at its benches every day.
Four metals are combined to make
what is known as type m~etal-lead. tin.
copper and anthony. The four are
mixed according to a secret formula
the lead being the largest Ingredient
and placed in the crucible. Anthony,
which is a most expensive metal. is
used because it gives hardness to the
decomposition and because it has
The unusual quality of expanding in
Fcooling. thus preventing the type when
Feast from failing away" from the
mold and produces sharpness Of the
face and body of the type.
The first step in type-making is the
|cutting Of the letters desired on the
Fends of pieces of hard. fine steel. This
IS very difficult work and the men who
do it receive high wages. Each letter
in a font must be exactly the same
height and the width must be cut &C
>Ni"i"S w lNit. n StpdldIc one VI luCSe
dies or punches" is required for each
|character in every font Of type, and the
making of them is the most expensive
larr of the business. Some of them
cost as high as 81. When a set Of
punches is complete it goes to the
matrix department. Here little rec
angular pieces of pure copper known
as Strikes have been prepared. For
mihion or long primer type they are
ABOUT two inches long by half an inch
broad. At exactly the proper point
hear the top Of each the steel die is
urlven in. and then the strike" or en-
ofyo matrix goes to the filter, who rubs
ana polishes it down on big pieces Of
sandstone until 1t Is everywhere square
and perfect and the depth Of the letter
) exactly the same as the rest of the
lont matrices.
Next the mold is made. This work re-
4ulfes the most skilled mechanics in
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23
Busts and Statues.

A correspondent Of a scientific jour-
nal stat that n bust or statue can be
most thoroughly cleaned, provided it
has not been painted. oiled or waxed,
by inverting it and filling it with water
free from iron. The water Is then al
lowed to filter through the plaster. AT
fer the altering has been kept up for a
sufficient time. and the outside surface
OCCASIONALLY washed with water and a
soft brush, the plaster is allowed to
dry. It is then found that all the dust
has been wiped out of the pores Of the
cast which Is thus restored to its orig
inal whiteneSs.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

age. aud was admitted into the Queens
Hospital ut Birmingham, England, in
April, 1893, with an epitheliOma Of the
left auricle.
The greater part Ofthe diseased ear
was cut off by the attending surgeon
and a plaster-Of-paris cast was taken
of the left side of his head. Then an ar
titicial ear was built up in wax to
match the healthy one on the opposite
side. This bogus ear was then made
in ~vulcanite and aluminium, tinted and
enameled to harmonic with the COM
plexion. No artificial contrivance.
such as a spectacle frame, was made
use Of to support the aluminium a
and adhesion to the head was effected
by NEAR of a saturated solution Of
mastic in absolute alcohol.
The man can now hear as well as
ever. but he takes care to sleep on his
right side at night so as not to break
off his new ear At the same
time he has no fear OF hav-
ing it frost-bitten, and he Is prob
ably the only man alive who could
even partly comply with the request
of Marc Antony: Lend me your ears
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23
THERE ARE. TWELVE.
THE GRANDCHILDREN OF GEN.
ERAL GRANT.
Now Thousands of Miles Apart-TwO
Scar the Name of Their IlIustrious
Grandfather-Frcd Grants Boy May
Go to West Point.
Descendants of a Soldier.

Seventy-three years ago Ulysses ).
Grant was born. He died in 1885. His
widow, three sons and Il daughter still
survive. and it is interesting to know
that there are twelve Grant g%randchil-
dren, two Of whom bear the name of
their illustrious grandfather.
The Generals widow and his sons
and daughter have been written about
time after time. but little or nothing
has been said about the younger gener-
alton of Grants. who are now growing
into manhood and ~wOmanhOod, and
upon whose heads will rest the respon-
sibility of carrying the name down to
posterity.
OF the twelve some are in England,
others In the far West and others in the
East. Many thousands of miles separ.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23
The Troublesome Khedive.

The Khedive Is not q wise ruler-peru
haps not even an endurable One-but
still 1t is In his nam that we English
limiting that he must be deposed, OF
even his house superseded, Is not pleas
ant--not a process which, however
necessary-and we are not denying itS
necessity-tends to diminish the Eng
lish civilians drawback in governing
their disagreeableness to the upper
classes Of the governed. They get
along with the proletariat well enough,
for the latter like justice and light tax
alton. but the gentry, who feel throt-
tied by our i%nfiexibility and "~prlggish'
desire for European justice, cannot
reconcile themselves to u authority.
They fret, and their titular ruler frets,
and those whom they influence fret,
till. whenever there Is a jar, rumors are
circulated Of approaching revolt, and!
alarmists talk Of massacre, and half
Europe looks on, thinking that though
the English govern successfully, they
govern without amiability or consider
alton for feelings, which the continent
holds to be exceedingly important. The,
Khedive Is, we do not doubt, q forward
person; but we do not know a Euro
pean prince who. in his position, would
not be boiling over, or who, If a weak
man, would not be tempted to give lit
tie pin pricks to his aggressive tutor
whenever he saw that that was SAFE
The Spectator.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

ate them to-day, but in each of their
childish hearts tender thoughts have
gone up to the man whose memory is
so lovingly cherished by them.
Col. Fred Grant has two children. and
they now live in New York. The elder
of the two is Miss Julia Grant. n young
lady of Is, who has already entered So
ciety. Unusual attention has been Civ
en- to her education. with the result
that she is O linguist of no small abil-
ity. The younger Of the two children
is a boy, who is the particular admira-
ton of all the branches of the Grant
family and of all the people who know
him. He Is Ii years Of age. This boy
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

neaslrement must be made to the
thousandth part of an inch, and If a
mold or a die is not exact to the hairs
breadth a whole casting may be lost.
For in this 9 of newspapers every
printcd page is judged to a certain ex-
,cnt from an artistic point Of view, and
if the impressions of some type are
heavier than those Of others or If the
alignment is imperfect or the spacing
Uneven it is subjected to condemna-
rion. In this way type-founding be-
comes a real art.
one of the largest manufactures Of
type In the world is located In Chicago
and the amount Of type in tons which
1t turns out yearly runs well up into
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

cave of the building, and may be push
ed from one window to another so Is
to permit access to 1t from any desired
point. A standpipe for water connec-
ton may also be permanently attached
to the escape, with a nozzle Mt each
floor and a coupling below, and water.
may thus be Immediately thrown where
needed. =
The device seems to be admirably
adapted to large buildings, where Many
people are likely to be endangered by
the breaking out of a fire.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

Is named Ulysses S. Grant, and he was
the pet of the closing years of his grand
father. 1t was Gen. Grants hope to
make a great soldier Of his young
namesake, and just prior to his death
he left a letter addressed to the Presi-
dent Of the United States in 1896 ask
ing that the boy be admitted ut West
Point. 1t will fall to Presidents Cleve-
lands lot to receive this letter and an
swer 1t.
The boy Is very tall for his age,
standing about 3 feet 8, and promising
to grow into an unusually tall man.
He is self-possessed and courteous. and
has displayed studious traits which are
regarded as extraordinary. He speaks
French and German, cOnverses in ltal-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23
Multiple Kew,

A nYiltiplc has been invented which
is said to be capable of making or
breaking two or more electric currents
at the same time. 1t is claimed that
the instrument will record variations
Of l~1000th Of a second.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

after two aunts, Mrs. SartOris on her
fathers side and a sister Of her mother
on the other.
AS long as the name of Grant lasts in
the memory Of the nation these little
children, so briefly told about. and their
descendants will always be subjects of
interest to the American people.