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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-22
VonWaldcrsee III Rome.

(By Associated Prcss.)
ROME. August 21.-Field Marshal Count
Won Waldersee the commander-in-chief OF
the allied forces in China, arrived here this
evening He will take breakfast with
King Victor Emmanuel and the Minister
of Foreign Affairs. Marquis Nisconh We
nosta, tomorrow morning.
Have Left Pckin.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, August 21.-The Gov
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-22
v,ilhelmina Engaged.

fRv Associated Pressl
hERL1N Muses the esgagemant anaa An Of
Onsen yViihalmina to Prince Frederick
Adolf. Of Meeklenburg. SchWerin.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-22
Work Of Chinese elobs.

~! 1s7sVEt EtstttSu Fross.
WASHINGTON. August 2l.-The Japa-
nese LeSation has received dispatch from
- japanese Consul at Annoy. saying that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-22
WEATHER FORECAST.

WEATHER. FORECAST.
ra~ao,st for "wednesday ard THURSDAY:
Vsr,inta-e;eneraisy FAIR Wednesday. ex-
.o,,. -.;n an the coast: Thursday fa.r. hght
=, fresn eas,ersy winds. shifting to west.
cry Sa,,h caro!ina-Local rains "Wednesday;
rrharsday fair. fresh westerly winds.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07

ton, through which there is hope of
perpetuating these groves. In the
northern groves the species hardly
holds its own"
In introducing history of the big
trees, with facts concerning each of the
groves now existing, the writer says:
AT the present time the only grove
thoroughly safe from destruction is the
Mariposa and this is far from being the
most interesting. Most Of the other
groves are either in process of or in
danger of being logged. The very finest
of all, the Calaveras grove, with the
biggest and tallest trees, the most un-
contaminated surroundings and prac-
tically all the literary and scientific as
sociations of the species connected with
1t, has been purchased recently by
lumberman, who came into full posses
sion on the 1st Of April, 1900.
"The Sequoia and General Grant Ma
tional parks, which are supposed to en-
brace and give security to a large part
Of the remaining big trees, are eaten
into by sawmill each and by private
timbering claims amounting to a total
of 1,172,S7O acres. The rest Of the
scanty patches of big trees are in fair
way to disappear-in Calaveras, Tuo-
lumne, Fresno and Tulare counties,
they are now disappearing the ak.
In brief, the majority Of the big trees
of California, certainly the best of
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07

). A, in urging the adoption of Mrs.
Harrison's plans for enlarging the
house, in the Ladies' Home Journal
Zone plea therefor has been that the
historic building should be left as it is.
This is certainly to be insisted on. But
it is said the mansion is too pure a
piece of architecture to be marred by
additions. This, however, is a specious
argument, since the original design CON
templated side additions, and if the
building in its present state were used
as offices it would be wrecked in five
or six years. Those who have no ex-
perience with public buildings or with
this building in particular, have no con-
ception Of the wear and tear on a Presi-
dents office. 1t surpasses that on any
other office in the country. The present
Executive Mansion was lightly built,
and is already expensive. to keep in
proper repair. Its floor beams are not
strong enough to endure office use.
Great difficulty has arisen in the past
with the few rooms now used as the
Presidents executive offices, and great
watchfulness has to be constantly ex-
ercised. Several times the floors have
threatened to break through. The stairs
have already broken down, one fight
being now supported by a chain. Still,
to remodel for office use only, the whole
interior of our historic Executive Man
sion, would be not only very expen-
sive matter, but would fail to meet the
requirements of the case, and also, it is
believed, the approval of the country at
large"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07

available means. The fragments of
logs blown apart In this way are not
only often of wasteful shapes, but un-
less very nice judgment is exercised in
preparing the blast a great deal of
wood itself is scattered in useless splin-
ters"
''At the mill, where waste Is the rule
in the manufacture Of lumber in the
United States, the big tree makes no
exception. This waste, added as 1t Is
to the other sources of loss already men,
toned, makes a total probably often
considerably in excess of half the total
only one side of the matter.
1.-The big tree stands as a rule in
mixed forest, composed of many spe-
cies. The result Of sequoia numbering
upon this forest is almost ruinous. The
destruction caused by the fall Of enor-
nous trees is in itself great, but the
principal sourse of damage is the i'm
mense amount of debris left on the
ground-the certain source Of future
fires. This mass of broken branches,
trunks and bark, is often five or six or
more feet in thickness and necessarily
gives rise to fires Of great destructive
power, even though the big tree wood is
not specially infammable. The devas-
tation which follows this numbering fs
as complete and deplorable as the un-
touched forest is unparalleled, beauti-
full and worthy of preservation. AS a
rule it has not even had the advantage
of being profitable. Very much of this
appalling destruction has been done
without leaving the owners Of the big
tree as well off as they were before 1t
began"
Series of Pamphlets to BE Issued.
The pamphlet which was published
by the forestry division of the Depart
ment of Agriculture is one Of series
which will be issued in behalf of the
big trees. The report was prepared for
the information of the Senate Commit
tee on Public Lands, which was at the
time considering the preservation of the
Calaveras and Stanislaus big tree
groves. 1t is the first document on the
subject which has ever been published
/ by the government, strange as the fact
may SEEM. Prof. W.R. Dudley, of
Stanford University, who aided with
the work, is now preparing a more de-
tailed account of the big trees and the
big tree groves, which will be published
by the government forestry office. The
pamphlet now out contains an excellent
map of the forests of California, con-
tanning big trees, together with a de-
tailed account of each of the larger
groves.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07

several occasions l thought vageuly of
having the device patented, but dis
missed the scheme as not worth while
Nearly two years afterward more in
telligent gentleman up in New England
did what l wouldn't do, and to-day he
is rolling in riches. l have been obliged
to buy one of his cases since, and nev-
er hated to give up money SO badly in
my life. Several other instances in the
same line have come under my personal
observation.
81 have a friend, for instance, who
stumbled upon the principle of the Bell
telephone long before the war. He was
at college at the time, and he and
fellow student actually went so far as
to construct an experimental line, over
half mile long. They had it in sue
cessful operation for several weeks,
when it was discovered and destroyed
by cantankerous professor, and thus
vanished what might have been one
of the biggest fortunes in the world.
The incident had almost faded from my
friends mind when Prof. Bell launched
his invention on the public.
another gentleman, who was for
merly client of mine, anticipated the
pneumatic tire years before somebody
else patented it. He Is fond of horses,
and away backfn the 7O's he had a light
road cart made that was almost the
exact counterpart of the modern pneu-
matte sulky. The big, clumsy looking
tires excited great merriment among
his friends. They dubbed them sausage
Wheels and he has told me more than
once that that foolish joke was the
thing that caused him to abandon the
experiment. Pneumatic tires have since
made half dozen big syndicates rich.
"Stfll another acquaintance figured
out the exact mechanism of the self
binding reaper nearly ten years before
the machine was covered by patents.
Not being farmer, he failed to appre-
ciate the Importance Of the thing. 1t
impressed him as being chfmerical, and
he pigeon-holed his drawings to gather
dust until he, awakened to the fact that
he had fortune by the throat only to
let go again. His comments on the Incl
dent wouldn't sound well at prayer
meeting"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07

them, are owned by people who have
every right and in many cases every
Intention, to cut them into lumber"
cientific va;ue of Big Trees.
Further along these same lines the
value of the big tree is thus considered:
1.-The big trees are unique in the world
the grandest, the Oldest, the most ma
jestically graceful trees-and if it were
not enough to be all this, they are
among the scarcest of known tree spe
cies and have the extreme scientific val
ue Of being the best living representa-
tives of former geologic age. They
are trees which have come down to us
through the vicissitudes of many cen
turies solely because of their superb
qualifications. The bark of the big tree
Is often two feet thick and almost non
combustible. The oldest specimens
felled are still sound at the heart and
fungus is an enemy unknown to it. Yet
with all these means Of maintenance
the big trees have apparently not in
creased their range since the glacial
epoch. They have only just managed
to hold their own on a little strip of
GUILTY WhSAC ehS SAAAhotC 10 1OSdAJ La
vorable."
Everyone who is interested in the big
trees, as everyone must be either from
curiosity, a natural love Of the forest
or for scientific reasons. must deplore
the destruction of these forests. Every
one who has visited forest in any part
of the world will regret the destruction
of these jungles of beauty. Every
thoughtful American is waking to
realization of the criminal carelessness
with which the forests of this country
have been wiped out. The numbering
of the big trees, with its accompanying
waste and devastation, seems partic-
ularly unnecessary and almost immoral
proceeding.
Forester Pinchot says Of it: "The
numbering of the big tree is destructive
to most unusual degree. In the first
place, the enormous size and weight of
the trees necessarily entails very con-
siderable breakage when one of them
falls. Such tree strikes the ground
with force of many hundreds or even
thousands of tons, so that even slight
Inequalities are sufficient to smash the
brittle trunk at its upper extremity into
almost useless fragments. The loss
from this Cause is great, but 1t Is only
one of the sources of waste. The great
diameter of the logs, and, in spite OF the
| lightness of the wood, their enormous
weight make it impossible to handle
them without breaking them up. For
| this purF ose gunpowder is the most
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
Russia's Pioneers.

The Cossacks are the arms and legs
of Russia, while the moujik is the back
bone The Cossacks won Siberia for
Russia when they were the daring
fringe Of her population, grown adven-
turous and warlike by their frequent
conflicts with the Tartars who crowd
ed Russia's borders. In them is con-
centrated the enterprise and aggressive
ness which the moujik lacks. They
cut the path and the moujiks followed,
and the descendants of these hardy
pioneers live throughout Siberia to-day,
forming a hereditary military caste. So
strict are the laws of heredity among
the Cossacks that 1t is almost impossi-
BILE for an officer who was not born one
to obtain a commission in Cossack
regiment.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07

for women and for helpless things"
writes IAN American Mother" in the
Ladies' Home Journal "He has usu-
ally, too, wide acquaintance with the
world which hinders him from intoler-
ance and vanity. He has also tact
too fine to blurt out unpleasant facts to
his companions, as does the English
man, who, quite unprovoked, hurls dis
agreeable truths at you with ferocity
and a gusto that is indecent. A week
with your dearest English friends is
enough to make you in love with lying.
The dearer you are to them the more
likely are they to talk incessantly OF
the mole on your nose, or your vulgar
kinsfolk. The American has yivacity
almost French: he gives himself easily
to the occasion: he is ready to weep and
laugh with you, and is sincerely inter-
ested in your new bicycle or baby. At
the same time he has something of the
phlegm of the Asiatic, and seldom frets
or grumbles. He shifts the odOrs of
foul drains, quaffs typhoid germs In
his water, sits in overheated steam cars
and stands in overcrowded street cars
year after year with imperturbable good
humor.
"Why, with all these qualities-why
is he not a more agreeable fellow? Why,
with all the traits that 80 to make up
courtly gentleman-whS is he vulgar?
Simply because he is not certain of his
own position. He asserts himself every
moment lest you may mistake him for
an inferior This uneasy self-assertion
is the explanation of all our bad man
ners. I'm as good as youv is the secret
thought with which too many OF US
meet every fellnW-creatureo
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
DESTROY BIG TREES.
CALIFORNIA GIANTS ARE RUTH
LESSLY GUT DOWN.
Necessary Waste of LAUNDERING Mann
moths Over Fifty Per Cent-Forestry
Dep plrtment Deman1 That Efforts Be

Clifford Pinchot, United States fores
ter, has issued a pamphlet concerning
the big trees of California which has
created no little comment through its
endeavors to state clearly and emphat-
ically the necessity for the preservation
of the California mammoths. The
writer protests against the rate at
which the big trees are being destroyed
by private owners, pointing out clearly
that the chances of a renewal of the
wonder growths are to be little consid-
cred.
'.Most of the scattered groves of big
trees are privately owned and, there
fore, in danger Of destruction" he
writes. ''Lumbering is rapidly sweep
ing them off; forty mills and logging
companies are now at work wholly or
in part upon big tree timber. The
southern groves show some reproduc-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
RUSHING INTO THE CITIES.
Young Men Invite Failure by Essay
ing Untrie Fields.

Young Men Invite Failure by Essay
ing Untrie Fields.
Some published fragments of the new
census statistics are very depressing to
the old-fashioned, yet very sensible,
people who have been hoping that the
movement of villagers and country peo-
pie to the large cities had been checked.
What Is the meaning of the continu-
Gus rush to the cities? The old expla-
nation was that farmers sons and
daughters wearied of work that was
never finished; they had heard of city
demands for labor and of city wages,
payable always in cash and at stated
dates. They had also heard of city
pleasures, some of which were said to
cost nothing, while others were very
cheap. But young people do not con-
stitute the whole body of people who
are crowding into the cities, for me-
chanics and artisans Of all kinds are In
the throng, for in the villages and coun-
try districts employment Is irregular
and pay uncertain. The more aspir-
ing Of them hope for the larger oppor-
tunities and recognition that the coun-
try dares not promise; they know, too,
that such of their children as incline to
study may become fairly, even highly,
educated in the city without special
cost to their parents. OF the "seamy"
side of city life they know nothing,
for their acquaintance who went to
town" have not returned to tell of it.;
few of them could return If they would.
The few who go back to the old home
steads are the men who have succeed
ed. and in any village such man In
effect resembles gold-laden miner
from Cape Nome or the Klondike-his
example threatens. to depopulate the
town.
Nevertheless the rural districts are
not going to be depopulated, except
when their soil is very poor and their
malaria overrich. A countryward
movement started in some cities few
years ago and it has been increasing in
volume, it may be almost invisible in
some localities, for 100000 square
miles is an area so great that any city's
overflow might be lost in it. The men
who are trying scientific farming are
all from the cities and they have car
ried their city ideas with them. AS a
rule, city brain and city money are
suggesting and backing the rural at
tempts to have good roads, pure wat
er, perfect drainage, high farming,
high-grade schools, free libraries and
many other amelioratio Of old-tilne
conditions. Yet in one respect the city
man in the country is disappointment
to all classes of the dissatisfied, for
when they talk of going to the city he
persistently says, Don't. and he sup
ports his advice with dismal array
of facts and figures.-Saturday Even
ing Post.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
ONLY ONE LIKE 1T ExTANT.
Omaha Man Greatly Prize. sixt.

Omaha Man Greatly Prizes Sixty
Dollar Bill He Owns.
The most unique piece of legal tender
in the city, outside of the Byron Reed
collection, is $50 bill, in the posses
sion of A. K. Rhoades, 1852 Spalding
street, says the Omaha Bee. Mr..
Rhoades brought the bill with him
when he left Maine for the West in
his early youth and it has been treas
ured among the family archives for
forty three years. 1t would probably
have remained far from the public eye
had 1t not been for the boast of SpO-
kane paper that a resident of that city
possessed the only $50 bill in existence.
Mr. Rhoades wishes Omaha to have the
credit Of a similar possession.
The bill was issued during the first
session Of the Continental Congress in
1779, and is document of peculiar
appearance. The paper is of faded
yellow material and is coarse and
heavy. It is cut almost square, four
inches by three. The promise to pay is
worded as follows: "The bearer is en-
titled to receive sixty Spanish milled
dollars or an equal sum in gold or sill
yer, according to resolution of Con-
gress of the 18th of January, 1779." At
one side is an engraving Of the earth,
with the motto "Deus regnat, Exultet
Terra" C'The Lord reigns, let the earth
rejoice'0. On the diverse Of the bill
are sketches of two leaves, resembling
mint leaf and sprig of pine, with the
printers signature, HAL & Sellers,
1779"
an $50 bill and several samples Of con-
tinental currency Of other denomina-
tions, but has no duplicate of Mr..
Rhoades' treasure. Neither does the
rich library on numismatics in the col
lection have anything to say regarding
the history or value of the document.
The bill bears every evidence of being
genuine, however, and is undoubtedly
worth far more than it's face value.
Mr.. Rhoades values the bit of paper
very highly, both as a curio and as a
keepsake, and has never made any eff
fort to ascertain it's commercial worth.
Otto Fiechtl, of the Occur d'Alene, Is
said to have been offered $1,000 for his
specimen spoken of by the Spokane
paper, but preferred not to part with
it. He submitted the currency to the
Treasury Department and after an
examination it was reported that the
bill was legal; such an issue Is known
to have been made in the year men
toned. The official signature inscribed
In ink is that of George Bond.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
Biggest of Toy Factories.

The largest toy factory in the world
is in New York, where playthings in tin
are manufactured literally by the mill
ion. 1t stands five stories high, and
turns out 1,607 distinct varieties in tin
toys. No. is tin horse, No. 1907 a
tin menagerie. The output of circular
tin whistles is 100000 per annum. To
make tin horse twelve inches long
dies have to be cast costing Els The
children of different countries have
different tastes, but tin swords are
wanted all over the world, the military
instinct being as universal in the nur-
series as in the courts and cabinets of
the world.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
n TFIl's''''|SEgnI1Az1
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The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen gained 300 new members in
the past year.
Laborers are SO scarce in Switzerland
that they have to be imported not only
from Italy, but from Bohemia and
Silesia.
The new United States census will
show that nearly 100000 females are
employed in the factories of the United
States.
Edison's plan to cheaper electric
power by abolishing dynamos will
throw hundreds Of mechanics out Of
employment.
Fifty-two thousand five hundred dol
lars has been spent by the United Hat
ters' Union in the past two years in ad-
vertising it's label.
The 100 local unions Of the textile
workers in the South are about to start
movement for ten-hour day in all
the Southern mills.
Judge Halloran, of Des Moines, Iowa,
recently rendered a decision that a
trades union is pool or trust, and in
violation Of the laws of that State.
1t is stated that 1OO,OOO,OOO of the
population Of China, or one-fourth of
the people, are connected with the vari-
GUS branches Of raising and marketing
! tea.
The average daily compensation of
the general officers of the various rail-
ways in the United States is STAT per
day, while the average of the working
employees is SLIGO.
Kansas City, Mo-, is now the second
-four making city in the United States,
having made 1920 barrels in one day
recently, and eclipsing all records ex-
cept that of Minneapolis, MINI.
The Minneapolis -four mills in the
past year surpassed all previous per-
formances in the history of the city's
great industry with an output of A.
SOC, 900 barrels of flour. The mills used
up between 100000 and 65,OOO,OOO
bushels of wheat during the year.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works,
Philadelphia, has received an order
for twenty-five heavy freight locomo-
tives for use on the Government rail-
roads in New Zealand. The first Amer
ican-made locomotive to be used in Ire
land was shipped by the same company
a few days ago.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
MISSING OF GREAT THINGS.

People Who Have Stubbed Their Toes
Against Big Fortunes Unawares.
81 dare say every great invention, be-
fore it is finally hit upon," remarked a
New Orleans lawyer to Times-Demo-
crat man, "has been within a hands
reach of dozens of men who were un-
aware how near they stood to fortune.
There Is nothing more singular in fact
than the way people can skate around
some huge idea without seeing it.
81 had an experience of that kind
once myself 1t occurred to me that a
revolving bookcase would be a handy
thing for Office use, and had one built
to order. 1t proved success, and on
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
Key to the working-Girrs success

Key to the Working-GirFs Success.
Whatever vocation the girl wage
worker Settles upon she may as we'll
accept the fact, first as last, that slim
shod performance and inadeouata
equipment will win no favor, will NOT
even secure foothold," writes Marea.
ret E. Sangster in the Ladies' Home
Journal. "The ranks are everywhere
crowded, and the seeond-rate work
must go to the wall In most fields tba
supply Is well in excess of the demand
and only the capable, the efficient. the
competent and the trustworthy msv
hope to find their niche As a grain of
satisfaction let it be added that those
possessed of these desirable Qualities
those who are ready for service and
are responsible in their work, are s,,ra
to be appreciated and will never cease
to be wanted"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
Phonographic Reminder.

An ingenious Austrian inventor has
just patented a speaking clock which
he claims will be of the greatest value
to persons of forgetful and irregular
habits. 1t consists of a clock phono-
graph combination. In place of the
usual striking attachment is phono-
graph, which can be set to speak sem
tence at any time desired, thus becom-
ing an unfailing reminder to its owner
Of the duties of each successive hour.