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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04

Another Search for the" Missing Link -
The German biologist, Haeckel, has
been so captiyated by the discovery of
certain fossil remains in Java that he
means to go out there himself and in
stitute further Investigations, says the
New York Tribune. The bones referred
to were found by DR.. Dubois about six
years ago, and were believed by the lat
ter to belong to species intermediate
between the highest apes and pre-
historic man; In fact, the missing
link" DR.. Dubois called this crea ture
Pithecanthropus Erectus. His opin-
ions have been received with favor by
many scientific men, among them Prof.
Haeckel, who has never ceased to ad-
vocate the importance of making
further excavations In the district of
Java where DR.. Dubois found the re-
mains.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
YOUNG REFoRMERs m CHINA.

Her Hone Lie. in the New and Liberal
Generation.
"Some have a tendency to say that
the present troubles in China arose out
of the missionary question. This Is an
extremely narrow view, and it indlcates-
that the one who holds 1T knows notn-
ing back of what has occurred during
the past year. The present troubles
are the last efforts Of the old Conserva-
tiyes to preserve the conditions which
have existed in China for four thousand
years.
81 have a number of friends among
the young scholars. first, second, thlro
and fourth graduates. They are young
men who have studied English, ana
who have started English schools.
Their schools have been destroyed Dy
the Conservatives, and for the past two
years they have been out OF employ
ment All Of them, SO far as l know,
are still pursuing the same line OF
study, confident that conservatism Is
thing of the past that reform must
come, and when it does come they will
be ready for 1t. Such men are OF the
class of Minister WI Ting-fang, Lo
Feng-lo and Mr. Yu, Minister to France,
who called upon me a few days before
he sailed for France. During our con-
versation 1 alluded to the attempt he
had made to entertain some foreigners
ON New Years Day, and to serve them
with tea, coffee, wine and cakes.
''The Conservatives Of the Tsungli
" oil n
tain the foreigners on New Years Day
as you wished" said.
"'No, he replied, but this thing will
not continue The world is rapidly
slipping out from under these old mems
feet. There are not any strong men
among the young Conservatives. They
are simply hangers-on. and when these
few old Conservatives die, China can
easily be reformed
'The wife of Mr.. Yu is a Eurasian
woman. His two daughters dress in
European clothing when they go call
ing in Pekin. They converse freely in
Japanese, Chinese, French and English,
as do also his sons. On one occasion
some of the old Conservatives went to
the Empress Dowager and said to, her:
ado you know that the man whom
you have had as Minister to Japan, and
whom you are about to appoint as Min
lister to France has foreign wife?
"'Has he any childrenY the old Dow
ager asked in return.
eyes, indeed, he has grown sons and
daughters
"'Then 1t Is late in the day to report
him to me. Why did you not report
him before? We cannot separate a
man from his wife and family even
though she Is foreign devil" "'"I.T T.
Headland. In AinSlee's
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04

There are no startling sereeches that
Make all the neighbors look;
His playthings are all piled away,
No books bestrew the floor;
But have found hair to-day,
Deep-rooted, glistening and gray,
That hid itself before.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Tank Heaters.

1t has been many times proven that
cows will give much more milk In win
ter and fattening, stock will put on flesh
much more rapidly If they have warm
water than if it is coated with Ice or
even If of the natural temperature at
which it comes from a well or spring.
There are heaters made to put in a
trough or tank that raise the tempera-
ture at very small expense, and we ad-
wise those who have many cattle to
water to investigate the matter.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Rack for Fodder,

A very good fodder rack for cattle is
made either of poles or of lumber. A
plank will answer for the bottom of
the rock proper, and the boards should
be far enough apart to let the cattle get
the fodder freely from the rack. The
outside rack will catch the surplus and
stock will pick that over later on when
the supply runs short in the rack. 1t is
built on runners so it can be moved
from place to place with team. The
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04

CToTHEks PEACH. Gu Win tue variety
that he mentions 1t as without an equal
of its color and season combined. 1t
has also been fruiting at the expert
ment station at South Haven. Mich.
for several years. where it Is much
liked. The tree Is very abundant and
regular bearer, strong growth and
somewhat dropping form. The fruit is
of medium size, nearly round in shape.
not pointed. and has slight suture on
one side; color, creamy white, with a
bright red cheek, making handsome
appearance; flesh. creamy white, red at
pit, very juicy, melting; flavor. rich. yet
mild, yinous and very pleasant.-Rural
New Yorker.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Grain WeeyiJs.

Grain Weevils.
Those who are troubled by weevils in
the grain bins or their barns should not
forget that bisulphide of carbon is
sure preventive of their ravages. About
one ounce of it is sure death to all that
would be in hundred pounds of grain
and other seed, and vials of that size
just thrust down into the surface and
uncorked will go to the bottom of the
bin, as it's fumes are heavier than the
air. AS 1t is explosive take care not to
carry any light near it. 1t Is also sure
death to other insects and to squirrels
and rats. Do not use more than the
above amount, as it may prevent ger
mination of the seed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04

Since Willie goes to school, the cat
Lies DOING in her nook;
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04

Since Willie goes to school, hear
No pounding ON the stairs,
Nor am called to help my dear
Make horses of the chairs;
A sense of peace pervades the place,
And l may be fool
To shed the tears that streak my face,
But boy is in my baby's place,
Since Willie goes to school.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04

. HE ballroom at the Casino was
aglow with light and puls;ng with
S music The ball was at its height
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30
By RAN through the HOLY Land.

There is no rush il the orient; the
train moves slowly through holy places
as if loath to disturb the shades and
phantoms haunting the Land of Prom
ise," writes Mrs. Lew Wallace of "Jeru-
salem as We See 1t Today" in The Ladies'
Home Journal Deep emotion possesses
u.s. The Yafa gate is the entrance from
the west, a market where there is much
traffic carried on in various languages.
We hear names that start farreaching
associations in the remote past. We see
costumes such as Absalom. the beautiful,
the beloved. wore; men in soft raiment,
flowing robes, beggars, lepers. Chief
among the motley swarm is the uncon-
quered Arab. stately as Saul, silent in his
picturesque garments, as though the
stiffness of the desert had passed into his
soul, 'unmoved at sight of the foreign ma
chine come to break his civilization. Job
was such a one-sheik of the desert, with
lordly bearing. as became the leader of
horsemen with spears and the owner Of
camels, greatest of all men Of the east.
Does this sound irreverent? Wait, we
are nearing the hill where David set his
throne; the slow wheels turn slower, a
shrek, a jerkKstop. The turbaned
brakeman calmly scalls Mount Zion;' a
rush Of feeling. thrill that can come but
once. We lift our eyes to the city of our
Lord; whether in the body or out of the
body cannot tell"
<szz
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30

The time has passed when the appear
ance of boy choir in an Episcopal
church could be regarded as an evidence
OF tendency toward ritualism, although
II was formerly this feature of the serv-
Ice that was thought to be the first sign
of the advanced opinions. For a long
period the boy choir stood for a determi-
nation to depart from the old order, and
Its first appearance was the signal for
revolt in many parishes on the part of
those not disposed to defer to innovations
as they were at one time called. The
recent introduction of one of these choirs
into church on the upper west side was
accompanied by so little change as to
make it evident that in the Episcopal
church a surpliced choir of boys has ceas.
ed to have any doctrinal significance.
Some of the churches described as low
have adopted this feature of the service
and explain that it has been accepted
merely for its beauty and good influence
on the service and not with the idea of
leading to further use of the ceremonies
common in the ritualistic services. Even
the Methodist congregations and other
bodies not connected in any way with
the Episcopal church have adopted the
boy choirs to add heartiness and at.
tractiTeness to the services.-New York
So
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30
.ATHA TOBACCO.
S5s, .-iuf ESpsriment by the Govern
iIlrnt ia Connecticut.

s3,. -.iuf ES,eriment by the Govern.
ui~n, ia Connecticut.
N.~lug Js, Dec. 27.-The following
lln~ .ra -lven Gus by the secretary Of
a. ur-. who reports a successful
teJmil1'irn of experiments conducted
a Ga.fnrc icut experiments station in
the prulaciIun OF Sumatra tobacco near
Hartford
Oie-fnIrd of an acre was planted
-uud"r chrrse cloth shade nine feet
high md cultivated and fermented
under ths direction of NJ. l.. Floyd,
tulwc,n cAu.rt of the department. The
yield uf cured tobacco was 700 pounds
-;,lt.sng an estimated yield for one acre
~'2I00 ">rn3s, which lost about 10 per
-.-.. 80 - t.: mentation.
T.s cIop has been cd for $473. 10,
making an estimated value for one acre
of 1921 The cost OF production, in.
GLIDING he whole cost of the shade-the
franz irf which will last for five years,
will aO' exceed 500 PEI acre, leaving a
net profit of over 5000 per acre. This
was All av rage price of II cents per
pound. The crop grown in the same
field without shade, and fernente in
the same Nay, yielded about the same
quantity unl brought ~ cents per
pound.
The Suuatra tobacco grown under
shade ha, All su omitted 10 New York
aud Pnl.d lplid merchants and has
been prOI.iL lccl satisfactory and fully
equal to Su'uIsra tobacco. These facts,
Gakeii in cnunectlna with the award at
Parts expos ion of two points for the
I'iurIda grown Sainatra, show that we
4 AN grow Sumatra tobacco of the highest
sCalsuity IN this country and save farmers
l,etween 81, 400. O0o aud 81. 900. 900 which
Is now sent abroad annually for the for
selgu grown leaf.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30
OLD SPANISH CUSTOM.
The Secretary of War Decides Against it
ut Havana.

Washington, Dec. 2S.-The secretary
of war has sustained the action of the
military authorities in Cuba in what is
Familiarity known as the slaughter
house case, without prejudice, how
ever, to the full legal rights of the
claimants which are left to the future
determination of the courts of Cuba.
This case involves many legal questions
and bids fair to be subject of litigation
for years to come.
This claim had its inception in a grant
b. the Spanish crown in 1888, early in
the century of Don Castro Puerta, of the
privilege of he dsg in his family in
perpetuity the ofhoe of sheriff of Havana.
The male line of the family having be.
come extinct, the Office by permission OF
the Spanish crown passed to Count
O'Reilly, then husband of the daughter
of the recently deceased high sheriff.
The last incumbent is the Countess
O'Reilly, and Buenventura, who is join
ed in the issue by DR.. Don Gustavo Gal
let Dupleszes of Havana, who purchased
an interest in the emoluments of the
Office at public auction in Havana in
1895.
The principal emolument was right
to receive about 81 in gold for each head
of large cattle killed in Havana slaugh-
terhouses. The military governor of Ha-
vana vacated this order on May 90, 1899,
and this was affirmed on appeal, by Gen.
Brooke in August. The case came up
on appeal to the secretary of war and
after several months consideration has
just been decided against the claimants,
SO far as the United States is concerned.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30


Iron q photograph Of counterpart spun and
dyed by Mrs. Edroelydon Gerry In the year 1900
and woven by a jourheyman weaver Of western
New York
woven on a haSd loom and working
out strange designs OF trees, flowers,
fruit and landscape Sometimes tie
pattern was a geometrical one, and The
fidelity to good drawing exhibited by
these homeIy artists is astonishing. AS
In old fashioned samplers, the worker
was apt to show a pardonable pride
In her work by weaving In her name
and the date of finishing In the wide
hem OF the quilt.
Today these quaint counterpanes are
being resurrected from cedar chests,
attics and the old fashioned spare
chamber to use in all sorts Of decora-
tive ways, says Good Housekeeping,
In which the illustration occurs. A
favOrite method is to hang them as
portieres in room where old fashion
ed furniture is used. These are tack
ed on wall behind a stiff old sofa,
draped over a four post bed or spread
on round table. Sometimes, If the
room is not subjected to the hardest
wear, they are laid as rugs on a pol
ished or painted floor. They make
picturesque draping for low couch or
divan, spread as a bagdad is, and one
sees them occasionally on a brass Ok
white enameled bed, with the super
huous length (for our grandmothers
wove them long enough to tuck I'M
der several feather beds) tucked in
neatly about long, round bolster.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30
AFTER pEWET AGAIN.
Knoa With Three G neraIs Are Fighting
the Whey BOer.


the Whey Boer.
London, Dec. 28.-The following dis
patch has been received from Kitchener.
pretoria, Dec. 26.-Knox with Barker,
Pitcher and White is engaged with
DeWet's force, holding a position in
neighborhood of Leuwkop. DeWet hopes
to break through and go south again.
Beers in the eastern column III Caps
Colony is apparently headed by our
troops about Reitport Spruit. Beers in
western column are reported to have
gone north in two portions, one towards
Prieska and the other through Stryden'
berg. They are being followed up,
The following dispatch from Kitchen
or was received from Pretoria, under
date of Dec. %:
Yesterday 200 Beers attacked g
small police post near Boksburg. The
police calamity drove them off before re-
Inducements from Johannesburg arriv.
ed. Beers damaged the mining ma.
chinery in the neighborhood.
"Boers attacked Utrecht at O'Clock
this morning and were driven off.
"Beers held up train three miles west
of Pan and were driven off.
Eastern force of Beers in Cape Col.
ony was headed yesterday and driven in
the direction of Ventersad. Western
force still being driven north through
Strydenburg.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30
OLD COUNTERPANEs.

The Blue and White Ones of Our
Grandmothers Now All the Rage.
Our grandmothers wed with one an
other in the weaving of wooden counter
panes. generally in white and indigo
blue They were of such workman
ship that today, after being handed
down from one generation to another,
they are as fresh. strong and handsome
as when new. The modern patchwork
quilt is not more varied as to pattern
than were these ancient counterpanes,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30
TROUBLE FOR TURKEY.
Soldiers Assault and Maltreat the British
Charge d'Affaires.

Soldiers Assault and Maltreat the British
Charge d'Affaires.
Constantinopls, Dec. 80. 1t is the
general belief here that the Cramps con.
tract for the construction of cruiser for
Turkey was signed without the first pay
meAt being rade. This view is sup.
ported by facts, proves the porte has
formally promised to pay nothing to the
Americans before pay ing Krupp and the
Germans.
Some Turkish soldiers have grossly as.
saulted and maftreated the British
charge d'ahaires, Mr.. Bunisen, and other
members of the British embassy, in the
vicinity Of the powder magazine at Ma
kriekeuy. Sharp demands for redress
have been made to the porte.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30
Greufen Pursuing Kruitzinger.

Burghersdorp. Cape Colony, Dec. 2S,
Colonel Grenfell continues in touch
with Kruitzinger's command of 700 mel
who carried off the British prisoners
Kruitzinger has abandoned his Maxims
and carts. An attempt of the Ninth
lancers to turn Kruitzinger's flank al
Plaisterheuvel on Dec. "a. resulted III
eight casualties among the lancers, in
Guiding Lord Frederick Blackwood, who
was wounded.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30
An EducationnI Pos.ibility.

Electricity is now being utilized in the
tanning business. What pity it could
not have been used in that way during
the schoolboy days of some OF the old
gray headed fellows who are now posing
as the very .pinks Of perfection.-St.
Louis Star.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30
A BOX OF DIAMONDS.
They Were Picked mp in e Coal Camp IN
New Mexico.

New Mexico.
Alamogordo, N. NJ, Dae. 28.-A prom.
inent railway official here has received
a box Of so gems closely resembling and
alleged to be diamonds. found rrsAr Cap
itan, the coal camp on the line Of the
Fl Paso and Northeastern Railway coma
pany. 80 miles north of this place.
The stones were found by ]. ]. Blow,
formerly associated with the DeBeers
Consolidated company at Kimberley,
South Africa, who has been secretly in
vestigating the field for the past month,
and letter from him accompanying the
shipment states that they are either dia-
monds or SO closely resembling the gem
that they deceive them. They stand
every crude test known. The gemsjwiIl
Resent away for an analysis.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30
Beers Discuss Surrender.

Bloemfontain, Dec. 28.-There are re-
neWed but unconfrmed rumors here
that General DeWet, President Steyn
ard General Haasbroeck had a confer.
erce and decided to offer to surrender
provided the colonial rebels were not
punished, and the leaders, including
themselves, are not deported.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30

port, La. on November OH
Tth, 1900.
All notices having been previously given
to ihe stockholders of the said company,
and the said meeting having been adver-
tised, as required by the existing laws.
The stockholders convened at the once OF
the company, at the appointed time, rep
renting more than three -fourJhs OF the en-
tire stock of the said company, and or.
ganiAed by electing Geo Z Thstcher, chair.
man OF the meeting, aud VA Hunter, Jr.,
secretary.
The following resolutions on the pro-
ped increase OF the capital stock OF the
corporation WAS Gfered by s. A. Robertson,
and duly seconded by J Fl Thatcher, which
resolution was as fellows, tc-1it:
rThat the capital stock of tbs Houston
River Canal Company, Ltd, be increased
from (so3, 500 O0) tifty-Three thousand five
hundred dollars to (S200,0O0 00) two hun
cred thousand dollars, paid up capital"
The yaid resolution was duly adopted.
! he number OF stockholders voting there
for was six. and the number Of shares voted
for the resolution was four Numbered and
eighty five shares. Alter the said resolu>
ton to increase the stock was duly adopt
ed by the said stockholders the following
amendment to article FIVE 10y Of the charter
was offered nv IS Hunter and duly sec
onded by : A Robertson, tc-wit:
BE IT. Yeanlvef. ETC.. thst article Eve ut
he charter OF the said company he amend
ed to read as follow: "Fhe capital stock
of this company is hereby fixed al Two
Hundred Thousand Dollars, divided into
Two Thousand shares OF the par value of
One Hundred Dollars each, and In all
other respects the said article remains
unchanged"
The said resolution was duly adopted,
six of the stockholders voting therefor
representing Four Hundred and Eighty
Five shares OF the capital stock OF the
company. w d HUNTNR. Jr.,
Secretary.
State ot Louisians, Parish OF Caddo.
have examined the foregoing amendment
tie charter OF the Houston River Canal
Company, Ltd, and find nothing therein
roUtraTy to the laws OF the state, and
accordingly approve the same.
This November Both, A. ID. 1900.
JOHN Il LAND,
District Attorney, First judicial District
OF Louisiana.
(Bndorsed) "Fted and recorded, Novem.
Der 30, 1900. r A LEONARD,
"Clerk and EXON 10 Recorder
State Of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo. 1
hereby certify that ths above and foregoing
ls true and correct copy Of the original
act, as the same now appears on fle and of
record in my Office.
Given under nv hand and seal of Office
this 30th day Of November, 1900.
FA LEONARD,
Clerk and Ex-Officio Recorder.
Dec 2.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30
Beers Repulsed.

Cape Town, Dec. 28.-A small party
Of Beers attacked Burghersdorp on Dec.
"a. They were repulsed after heavy
fighting. The Beers are active and Skin.
mishes in several places have been re.
ported.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30
Reported ReIease6.

London, Dec. %. - The Evening
Standard says it is understood the squad
ron of yeomanry which was entrapped
and captured by the Beers whom they
were following from Britstown, was re-
leased after the men had been relieved
of their horses and other equipment.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30
CHARTER AMENDMENTS.

Proceedings. Of the Stock
holders of the Houston
River Canal Company,
Limited. Held at Their
Office in the City of Shreve-
port, La, ON November 9th
Eth. 1900.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30
Ecz ma, No Cure, No PAY.

Ynur rugti'twiu refund your money II
PAZ0 ON rMENT fails to cure ri
vworm Tett.r. Old Ulcers and Sores, Pim-
p psa1I Blackheads on thu lace, and al
n An dis - ,ae aA@
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-28
New silver Certificates,

Washington ,Juue 27.-Five dollar
silver certificates of the new design
made their first appearance today
and took the place of the old fives
in all treasury payments from the
cash room. The feature of the
new note is large Indian head in
the center with blue seal and a
large letter "" with the word
Five" also in blue, running ia a
curved line across it. As an
artistic production this note is re-
garded as equal to any ever issued
By the government.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-28

The Beers are determined to
maintsin some kind of resistance
to the invaders of their country
and are now preparing for sea-
son of guerrilla warfare. This
character of resistance may serve
to keep the British concentrated
and prevent them spreading all
over the country. During the
darkest days OF the American rev.
olution it was the guerrilla forces
of Sumpter, Marion and Plckens
that kept the British forces con-
centrated in the towns and prevent
ed the complete subjugatlen of the
Caroliuas. The Beers may be
equally successful in their efforts.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-28

The Scot never forgets Bannock-
burn-the field on which Scotland's
independence was finally achiey I'd.
says the Westminster Gazette.
One Englishman, who was find
ing fault with everything Scotch,
said to a Scottish farmer that no.
body who had once seen England
would ever think of coming and
remaining in Scotland. The farmer
who was bit of a wag, replied;
"Weel, tastes differ. I'll TAX ye
till a place no far frae Stirling,
whaur thirty thousand o. yere
couptrymen have been for five
hummer years, an they've nc
thocht O. leavin' yet"