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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17
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Sir Isaac Holden, who recently died
in England at an advanced age was
famous in science and invention. He
was the son of a collier, but his inven-
tion and enterprise brought him a
splendid fortune. He retired from
parliament in 1895. He has the repu-
tation of having, among other useful in
ventions, been the first man to make
lucifer matches. Sir Isaac had q
method Of his own in regard to eating
and drinking. For breakfast he par
took of baked apple, one orange, a
bunch of grapes and biscuit made
from banana flour. His midday meal
consisted of very little beef or mutton,
with now and again small cupful of
soup. If he partook of fish, he had SO
much less of meat. For supper he
practically repeated his breakfast menu.
After the system has been built up,
and the period of manhood reached, all
starch foods should be banished from
the human diet" Such was the creed
of this good, quaint old man and gen.
erous philanthropist. An absolute
teetotaler he was not, and Yorkshire
will be as proud of him as it was of Sir
Tatton Sykes, who lived On ale and
apple pie. Sir Isaac's son Angus in
herits the title. He represents the
Buckrose division of Yorkshire in Par
lament
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

slowly at first, and increasing in velo-
city, the water began to come with
force into the reservoir. 1t gushed for
awhile, when one of the smaller parts
of the engine became clogged, and it
was stopped for arrangement. Just
then, as all stood still, there was a
splash and wild shout came from
those who had climbed upon the edge
of the reservoir. All rushed up and
found Mr.. Stice, of Red Bluff, who is
here buying fruit. foundering around
in the water, having lost his balance
and tumbled in. There was much mer-
rlment at his expense, and it had a
healthy action on the crowd. bringing
laughter and good will all around.
Again, the engines started, and fore
ing 1900 gallons to the minute, the
great reservoir was soon overf1owing,
and all pronounced it the grandest of
successes.
The success of Mr.. Packers enter
prise will show conclusively that it
will be immensely profitable to irrigate
even wheat lands that are at all favor
ably situated. Who would not give
sack of wheat an acre for the privilege
of 10 inches of water at will? 1t would
make difference, one year with an
other, of five to ten sacks; there need
be no summer-fallowing. A certain
crop every year. But then there comes
in more profitable crop-alfalfa and
sugar beets.
This plant was put in for Mr.. Packer
for 800, but the head of the COM
pany informs us that this was an in
ducement and that another would come
higher.
-Colusa Sun, August 6, 1897.
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London.s Smoky Tunnels.

The chief objection to the under
ground service is the foul air in the
tunnels. Thus far no serious attempt
to introduce electric traction has been
made on the N'circle." Within few
years, however, the City and South
London railway, better known as the
Greathead Underground line, starting
in the city near the monument, and div
ing beneath the Thames, has been con-
structed to the neighborhood of Ken
nington Park and it is being extended.
This is double tunnel-two great iron
tubes, in fact, one directly beneath the
other-and the trains are operated and
lighted by electricity. 1 can testify
from personal experience that the air
is pure and the motion of the trains
easy. Passengers are lowered to the
platforms and raised therefrom by
huge lifts. This system was the in
vention and the pet scheme of the emil
nent engineer whose name it bears, and
whose recent death was distinct loss
to technical science.-Time and Hour.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

home place, the largest gasoline pump
ing plant in existence, which will be
used for pumping water from the river
with which to irrigate several hundred
acres of land.
This plant consists of an 80-horse
power, horizontal single cylinder, Her.
cules engine and Krogh Manufacture
ing Com pany's 15-inch centrifugal
pump, guaranteed to raise 5000 gal
Ions of water per minute 27 feet high.
There is also smaller pump of 400 gal
Ions minute capaci y driven by the
same engine. This is for tank purposes.
The engine is arranged to use either
gasoline or distillate oil, and as the lat
ter is very cheap it will no do Ibt be
the fuel selected for use. The 2O-lnch
suction pipe, made of No. 10 steel,
passes through the levee, on an incline,
into the river, and at it's lower end is
large foot valve weighing 1900
pounds.
A 20-inch discharge pipe carries the
water from the pump to head box %
feet square and feet high. For the
foundation of the machinery an excava-
tion was made and filled with concrete
The first test made showed a much
larger pumping capacity than the con-
tract called for, the flow Of water ex-
ceeding 1900 gallons minute or 432, :
600 gallons an hour, or 1O,368, 900 gall
Ions per day of "A hours enough water
to cover 384 acres an inch deep, or 3S
acres 10 inches deep every day of "a
hours.
A very important part is the exceed
ingly small cost of the fuel, it being
only one-eighth gallon per hour for
each horse power actually used, and
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17
CHAPTER XVIII.

The name Rest Haven had heeu
given to the house in the mountains to
which the Percys retreated from Win
chester. The first idea was to make use
of it for only few weeks-until the
war was over. Nobody in the south
after the Confederate victory at. Bull
Run doubted that peace would be long
coming. They were hardly settled when
jackson recaptured Winchester. They
had scarcely heard this news when the
town was reoccupied by Federal force.
In the last battle for possession the Per-
cy mansion and all outbuildings were
burned to the ground Others shared
the same fate. Indeed the flames Of
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17
Queen of the Netherlands. 8.

The queen of the Netherlands has re-
fused to wed Bernard of Sake Weimar,
who, in addition to his i'll looks, is
reported to be shy and retiring, al
though likewise reported to be exceed
ingly amiable and good natured. She
has declared that she will marry one of
her own choice only. Eligible princes
to mate with her are by no means
plentiful. Her future consort must be
decidedly a Protestant prince. The
choice, then is practically limited to
German, Danish, Swedish or English
princes. There is some question as to
whether the German Emperor, who
must be reckoned with at this juncture,
will allow prince of any of these
nations to step in.
Prince Bernard of SAKE -Weimar is in
reality German subject The grand
duchy over which he will eventually
reign is one of the six comprised in the
German empire; is the largest of the
minor Saxon States, and consists of
three detached districts, Weimar,
Eisenach and Neustadt. The Sake
Weimar family is the oldest branch of
the Ernestine line. and hence of the
whole Saxon house.
By treaties of succession the Grand
Duke is the next heir to the throne of
Saxony, should the present Albertine
line become extinct. He is entitled to
the predicate of royal highness."
The entire coast line of the gIol Q
measures 1t6, 900 miles.
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1hey k7leet beside the deU0 and search
each pocket.
ghoul steals away from the dying camp
fire into the darkness and skulks and
creeps and crawls about in search of
plunder. Every army has its human
hyenas. They may have fought brave
ly during the br tile, but as night falls
and men cease their work of killing the
ghoulish instinct cannot be resisted.
They kneel beside the dead and search
each pocket. Their knees feel the earth
wet with blood. but they do not shrink.
Their hands touch gaping wounds and
are smeared with blood, but there is no
disgust. Whatever plunder they secure
is blood stained, but on the morrow
they will wash away the stains.
"Here-this way-for Gods sake
give me water!"
1t is wounded man who has heard
the ghoul moving about. No matter
whether he is friend or foe, he may
yield plunder. The ghoul bends over
him and begins search. The wound
ed man may quietly submit, hoping at
least to be rewarded with water enough
to moisten his parched tongue and burn
ing throat. If SO, he is spared. If not,
strong fingers seize his throat and fasten
there until he is dead, or his own bay
onet may be driven into his heart.
And when the summer sun comes up
again hundred burial parties will be
scattered along this front, and thou
sand men will be busy digging the long
trenches into which the dead are to be
heaped. There will be no time wasted.
The dead will be picked up as fast as
possible and dragged or carried to the
trenches. No one will ask their names,
no one search their pockets. Side by
side, like sticks of wood, heads all one
way, and then covering of dirt is be-
grudgingly given. Years later the
trenches hidden by brier and bush will
be opened, and the bones lifted ont to
be carried to the spot where single
monument must serve to cherish the
memory of thousands.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17
A GIANT PUMPING PLANT
Packers Great Irrigation En-.
terprise a Success.
Hundreds of Acres of Wheat Land Along
the Sacramento River Sup
piled With Water.

Pumping plants have been SO i'm
proved in the last few years as to lead
one to hope that in that direction lies
the solution of the irrigation question.
George F. Packer, although considered
one of the most conservative men in
the county, has led off in a number of
things. Some years ago he checked off
some land and put in fume for win
ter irrigation and planted alfalfa. He
made survey himself to determine the
practicability Of taking the water out
of the river below Stony creek to water
the river lands, and wanted the cooper
alton of some of the farmers to build
the canal. He oppo sed both the Colusa
and the Central districts because he did
not believe in that plan-and time has
shown that he was wiser in that than
many of us. He wanted to know who
was to manage.
Again he comes to the front. The
Hercules Gas Engine Works of San
Francisco has just completed, on his
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17
A Substitute for Amputatton.

"a new and simple mode of treat.
ment has been introduced in France. /,
says the Medical Times, "by which il
is claimed large proportion of injured
limbs now usually amputated can be
saved. The method, which is due To
DR.. Reclus, was recently described be-
fore the French Congress of Surgery,
and is thus explained:
Whatever the extent or gravity of
the LESSONS, he never under any circum-
stances amputates the injured limb.
but merely wraps it in antiseptic sub
stances by veritable embalming pro-
cess. leaving nature to separate the
dead from the living tissues. This
method of treatment possesses the dou.
be advantage of being much less fatal
than surgical exaresis, and of preserv-
ing for the use of the patient, if not the
entire limb, at any rate a much larger
part than would be left by amputation.
"'He advocates this very conserya-
tive treatment ON account of the excel
lent effects of hot water, which he uses
freely. After the skin has been shaved
and cleansed from all fatty substances
by ether, etc., in the usual way a Jet of
lot water 60 to 62 degrees C. GAO to IA
legrees), but not higher, is made to ir-
tate all tie injured surfaces and TO
,enetrate into all the hollows and un-
der the detached parts of the wound
without exception. This is the only
way of removing all clots and to wash
away all foreign bodies, together with
the micro-organisms they mayecontain.
The advantages of hot water at this
high temperature are tbree-fold: First.
h0t water at this temperature is anti
septic, heat greatly Increases the po-
tency of antiseptic substances; second,
it is hemostatic (blood rSching) third,
it helps to compensate for the loss of
heat resulting from the bleeding, and
especially from the traumatic shock.
After the. "embalming' process, and
the dead tissue has been separated
from the living, the surgeon has moth
ing to do except to divide the bone at
suitable spot. According to Reclus the
results attained are remarkable
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17
improvements in London.

American Improvements are more
and more attacking London. West
minister and Waterloo bridges and the
Victoria embankment are to be lighted
by electricity, and one of the reasons for
its use, urged in the London council,
was that it would make the city more
attractive in the sight of rich Ameri-
cans. The proposed improvement will
cost about $11O,O
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17
ANANp<EE
s 5A@!sG ! !: @!!;s;GHAy =;
~ ~

For weeks and weeks stores had been
accumulating in rear of that grand
army. There were thousands of beef
cattle, train loads of bacon, rice, salt,
beans and other eatables. Thousands
of spare tents had come forward, thou
sands of blankets, uniforms, shoes, mus
kets and other supplies. Boxes of hard
tack were piled up 1e~feet high for
miles and miles. Barrels of -four, COW
cred with tarpaulins, shut out some of
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

The German Emperor imperial train
cost $3.50, 600 and took three years to
construct. There are altogether twelve
cars, including two nursery carriages.
The reception saloon contains several
pieces of statuary, and each of the
sleeping cars is fitted with bath.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

JdckSon's men rushed to the attack.
the camps from sight of the highways.
Here and there in forest and field were
great heaps of forage for the animals,
and here and there great heaps of fixed
ammunition for cannon or musket.
There was the value of millions of dol
lars lying about, and nearly all must
be sacrificed. Withdrawal meant re-
treat. Retreat meant that Lee and
Jackson would assume the aggressive
and seek to utterly annihilate the Fed
eral army.
The work of destruction began almost
before the cheers of Hoods Texans had
died away Whole regiments were de-
tailed for the work. The cattle could
be drived away. A part of the most
valuable stores could be hauled off. 1t
is rule of war to leave nothing behind
in retreat to benefit your enemy. He is
often left the dead and wounded to en-
barrass him. The soldiers were ordered
to destroy, and they seemingly took de-
light in obeying. The heaps of -four,
meat and clothing were given up to the
flames, and as the heavens were lighted
by the midnight fires people on the
house roofs in Richmond believed the
green forests to be fercely blazing.
Never had a general more to sacrifice
that he might be stripped for fight;
never was the hand of destruction more
1uthlessly applied. A night was not
sufficient. All next day while those in
battle line held the enemy at bay thou
sands of men were burning and destroy
ing. When the Confederates marched
over the ground, they were appalled, at
the sacrifices made. When the last heap
of forage had been given up to the
flames, Mcclellan was ready. His lines
were abandoned, and his army was in
retreat, but there was no panic. Lee
and jackson were ready to follow, They
hoped to find fleeing mob, but when
ever they attacked it was to be beaten
back by men as valiant as Napoleon
ever saw turn at bay. Mile by mile
they retreated, pausing now and then
for fierce grapple in which they could
justly claim victory, and at last the
James was reached, and the army had
been saved. What of the dead and
wounded? Nothing. They figure in the
reports of battles only as figures.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17
India.s Populous Cities.

India has 2,035 towns with an aggre.
gate population of 27,251,176 about
one-tenth of the total population. OF
these towns % have over 100, 900 inhab.
itants, 4S more over $4,000, and $50
more over 10000. The largest are Bonn.
bay, s21, ,764; Calcutta, III IA; Madras,
452 2,51S; Hyderabad, 415 5,O39; Lucknow,
273,O2S; Benares, 219,467; Delhi, 1922
SO; Mandalay, 18S,S15; Cawnpore,
1SS,712; Bangalore, 1896; Rangoon,
1S3.324; Lahore. 176,S54; Allahabad,
175,246.-New York Sun.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

Between 1878 and 1881, in single
Roman village district, 797 heads of
families in population of 1900 fam
lilies were dogged for not paying their
taxes.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

An Angora cat, which by accident
was locked in trunk under some cloth
ing at Tullahoma;, Tenn. remained
there for seven days and revived when
taken out.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

Some peevish, querulous people seem mere
bundles of nerves. The least sound agitates
their sensoriums and ruffles their tempers. No
doubt they are born so. But may not their
nervousness be ameliorated, if not entirely re-
ieved? Unquestionably, and with Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. By cultivating their digestion
and lnsuring more comp plete assimilation of the
food with this admirable corrective, they will
experience speedy and very perceptible gain
in nerve quietude. Dyspepsia, biliousness,
constipation and rheumatism yield to the
BitterS
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

An electric omnibus which goes four
miles in half an hour, is now running
in the streets of London.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

After forty years of hard, dangerous
and expensive missionary work there
are in Japan today about 11O, 900 ma
tive Christians, in population of A.
600. 900.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

Alexandria, Va, has raised the ban
which from the earlier days of the set
tlement made it unlawful to bring in
oysters between April and September.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17
urpleasantx su1.est;ve

THAT rich Mrs. Sloper said she
thought she'd seen me before :.
people always hate to hear her say
that"
why"
''She used to be the female detective
in her husbands store" Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.

A postoffice clock in Sydney, New
South Wales, emits an electric light
flash lasting five seconds every hour
during the night, thus enabling those
living miles away to ascertain the exact
time.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

At the last congress of German Vine
yardists Prof. Workman reported that
he had found living bacteria in wine
which had been bottled 25 or 80 years.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17
The Indian Twin Diamonds.
Three Millions for a School.

Three Millions for School.
Boston is to have new public school
named after Paul Revere, which will
cost, including the site, about $3, O00,-
400. The building will be constructed
Of light pink granite, gray, red and
whjte brick and terra Gotta. It will
contain public bathing facilities for the
eIiiidren. Sc n s. IS
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

schILpREM IEEIHlMS.,1
4HS. WuBLcWs9 eooIEIIe SYRUP should Always be
used for ehidrenteethins soothee the child, soft
ems the gua aays Al pain cures wina COLE and 70
= Z ~ q 4 g & 2eea1aAaAAAAA -
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
of all cough cures.-George W. Lott, Fabu-
cher, L;i., August g. 1895.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

In Meriden, Warwickshire. stone
cross on the Xyillage green marks the
geographical centre Of England.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17
Passed the Painful STAGE.

Gan you ride your bicycle yetY
'sOh, yes! 1t seems just as easy now
as it~did before ! began to learn."-.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

One advertisement ought
to make you say to your
grocer:
Give me a package OF
ScAi2la,lg's Best tea, if you
can really afford to returs
my money when | don't like
it."
A Schilling & Company
San Francisco EOS
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

DUPTURE and PILES cured: no pay un-
n til cured; send for book. DRs. MANSFIELD
PoRTERFIELD, 1888 Market St., San Francisco.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

There is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For great many years doctors pro-
nounced it a local disease, and prescribed local
local treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be constitu-
tutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by F. J. Cheney d Co., Toledo, O., is
the only constitutional cure on the market 1t
is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to q
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, Toe.
Ha1l,S Eam pills no hoe
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taken out

trial. / took two bottles and was
cured. can cheerfully state, If more
ladies' would only give your medicine
a fair trial they would bless the day
they saw the advertisement, and there
would be happier homes Imean to do
all I can for you in the future. +
ave you alone to thank for my reco--
cry, for which am very grateful"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

The Central London Underground
railway, which is to be operated by
electricity has large contract for elec-
trical equipment with prominent New
York firm.
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AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive of the word 'CASTORIA," and
T. Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of 81 PITCHERS CASTORIA," !"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac-simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original ' PITCHERS
CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the Kind jon haze aEzOays bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas H. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MD.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-17

The entire coast line of the glol Q
n ensures 1.6, 900 miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-14
The
COrcOran Scientific School,

CHAKLES E. MUNKUE, Ph. D., Dean.
This school offers to men aud women the fol.
lowing four year courses of study. IN Of which
leads to the degree of s.. General Science
Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechan
ical Engineering, Chemistry. Analytical: Caemis-
try Mathematical physical; Mathe ratics Meteor
oloGy, Geography, Geology and MineraOgy, Ar
chitecture, Finance and Economics, Language AID
Literature There twenty five departments in
the school, in which 1856 different topics for study
ere offered, and special students permitted 10
register for any of these topics that they are
qualified to pursue The Instruction is given be-
tween and 10 pm Students intending to take
mitted the choice of desks in the order of their
registration. The opening exercises will be held
September %, at pm, in University Hall,
when address will be delivered by Professor
+. $. Farwel c. E. The Dean will he in his
Office at che University from TO $50 pm, daily,
to meet students.