The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-07-02
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have, to great extent, replaced the
sitter aigrette in London.
New Zealand exported $4,44s, 900
worth Of gold last year. Three-quar-
ters Of it came from the west coast Of
Otago.
There are baseball clubs In all the
mountain towns of Tennessee this
year. The craze is more widespread
than ever.
In Colfax County, Nebraska, the
sloughs are alive with eels and the in
habitants are hunting them down with
guns.
An English professional cricketer's
yearly income is on the average $3.50.
which is less than the wages of the bet
ter class Of workmen.
Quill toothpicks, as a rule, are i'm
ported from France. The largest fac
tory in the world is near Paris, where
100000 are annually produced.
Some high prices were paid for fine
old snuff boxes at Christie's in London
the other day-$9, 900 for one, $500 for
another, and $4,000 for third.
If the armies Of Europe should march
at an eight-mile gait, five abreast, fif-
teen inches apart, it would require nine
and one-half days for them to pass a
given point.
The largest bronze casting ever made
In America is the buffalo's head which
hangs at the eastern entrance of the
Union Pacific bridge, between Omaha
and Council Bluffs.
Has there been any better example of
self-control afforded by modern civili-
cation than that given at the Louisville
Woman's Congress, where speeches
have been limited to three minutes
each?
About 1000 miles Of railway are
under construction in Japan, and the
London Times says there are signs
that American engineering and materi-
al will be preferred to English hereaf-
ter by the Japanese.
Napoleon's lucky day was the second
Of the month. He was made consul
on Aug. 2, 1902, was crowned Dec. 2,
1904, won the battle of Austerlitz Dec.
q, ISUO, anu uldTfl6u Lie AICuuuCucSS
Of Austria April 2, 1910.
The pavement in front of the William
II. Vanderbilt residence in New York
City cost over $4,000. The single stone
lying directly in front is the largest
known paving stone, and cost. trans
portation and all, $4,000.
The Argentine Republic is going to
send a team of polo players to England
next summer, and much interest is ex-
pressed to see their ponies, which are
said to comprise specimens Of every
kind bred in South America.
pillow for tired heads. The pillow is
filed with dried lavender and gives
forth that refreshing odor always so
pleasant. The covers are made of fine
white linen delicately embroidered
with violets.
The steamer Joseph L. Colby has
been chartered to tow three coal-laden
barges from Philadelphia to Montreal.
This is thought to be one of the largest
runs on record for a steamer to tow two
barges, the distance being about 1,6OO
miles.
Baltimore, the new estate of George
Vanderbilt, in North Carolina, has 95,-
is SO perfect that Mr.. Vanderbilt, who
is wheelman, can go 100 miles over
the macadamized road without going
off his estate.
Westminster Hall has been closed to
the public, except when under surveil-
lance, since the dynamite explosion
eleven years ago. The st. James Ga
zette suggests that it is time to take
away the policemen and to let visitors
enter the hall freely.
A league for the elimination of for
eign words from the French language
has been formed in Paris. It is not
likely to be more successful than the
German associat ton to turn the French
element out of German has been in
translating the bill Of fare.
1t Is curious coincidence that while
the hundredth anniversary of Edward
Jenner's first successful vaccination in
the little Gloucestershire village where
he practiced was being celebrated
throughout Europe the town of Glou-
cester was suffering from an epidemic
Of smallpox.
A method Of mummifying the dead
by absorption Of humidity and grasses
after the body is placed in the coffin
has been devised by an Italian named
Vercelloni. The body seems to be pre-
served as if in life, except that the color
is the yellowish copper tint peculiar to
Egyptian mummies.
A German inventor has hit upon a
method of putting stone soles on boots
and shoes. He mixes a waterproof
glue with a suitable quantity of clean
quartz sand and spreads it over the
leather sole used as foundation. These
quartz soles are said to be very flexible
and practically indestructible.
A sensational mining discovery has
been made in the Black Jack mine in
Oneida County, Utah, not far from
Preston. In coal mine it was found
there were rich deposits Of silver, and
the discovery has created the greatest