The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-02-20

The Times evidently imagines it has a
sole proprietorship in news items It
finds that the two papers actually discuss
the same matters, and comes to the ra-
ther prevalent conclusion that the GA
zETrE copies from the Times. The issue
of the Times in which this charge ap-
peared, contained little of importance,
but that published in the GAZETTE two
days previous, yet this paper makes no
complaint on that account. If the Times
depends upon the GAZETTE for its infor-
nation, it displays good Judgment that it
does not elsewise exercise. The Times
claim to an exclusive right to the field of
actual news, must be gently but firmly
disputed. 1t may continue, however, to
Elonopolize the invented article. When
Straga's ghost walks through the town,
the moon darkened by thunder clouds,
the wind bowling and shrieking with the
voices of the damned, when the startled
murderer sweats big drops of blood,
when that marvellous woman, who is keep
ing secret, screams and collapses i'll
terror, and the other accessories confess
their guilty knowledge, the Times may
have the exclusive glory of the revelation.
Neither will the GAZETTE interfere with
the Times hobby of mysterious hints at
promised scandals that never develop.
Great interest is just now being taken
in Portland by members of the K. of P.
lodges, in the production of the play
'Damon and Pythias," to be given at the
Marquam Grand, Friday and Saturday
evenings of this week. The drama is to
be put on under the direction of VIM.
Rasmus, who has presented the play uH-
der the auspices of several of the subor-
dinate lodges of the state during the
past few months. Considerable local in
terest is taken iIithe matter from the
fact that the cast will include several for
mer Corvallisites, now residing in Port
land. The difficult part of Pyt1ias is to
be taken by Clarence w. Avery, son of
P. Avery, of this city, and he is said to
display splendid adaptation to the role
assigned him. Lawyer S. T. Jeffreys,
who distinguished himself as Philistius,
president of the senate, when the play
was produced here dnring the spring of
1894, under the direction of J. B. Wal
ker, is to play the same part iii Portland.
The part of Lucullus is also to be played
by Corvallis boy-Will S. Stock. The
III 90 xy1,0ea hanoEt =, III,
is being produced, is under the command
of Capt A. J. Coffee, and the proceeds of
the two nights entertainment will be
used for the purpose of taking this divis-
ion east next August, to compete for the
prizes offered by the supreme lodge meet
ing to be held in Minneapolis.
A few weeks ago, reference was made
to curious magnet which two of the
students in the mechanical department
of the Agricultural College at Corvallis
had sent to the Independent. The bar
sent to Prof w. N Ferrin of the chair of
physics in Pacific university, who writes
the result of his study i'll this paragraph:
81 have this morning been examining the
bar magnet which you kindly sent up to
us, and find it an interesting example of
what might be called abnormal magne-
tism. The magnetic curves produced by
iron filings show clearly the existence of
three poles in the bar, viz: strongly
developed south pole at one end, and a
feebly developed south pole at the other
end, and strong north pole between
them, somewhat nearer the weaker ter
minal pole. Secondary poles ere not
uncommon, and are supposed to be due
to inequally of temper i'll the steel, or to
some unusual method employed in mag
netizing the bar Bat think it is unu-
sual to find one of them at one end of
the magnet, as i'll this case. 1t would be
interesting to know what method of mag
net:zation was used, also, whether the
whole bar was tempered alike" It is
proper to say that every part of tho bar
was tempered alike, or as nearly SO as
possible, by raising the bar to a uniform
temperature and plunging it i'll cod
bath. This is shown by testing with a
file. 1t is a peculiar method employed
in nlagnetizing. 1t is not accident, either,
for he makes his peculiar magnets every
time. But whether he makes at will
north pole at an extremity or south pole,
was not stated.-Hillsboro Independent.