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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-01

the American bicycle from that mo-
ment.
This" continued Mr.. Harmsworth,
lis not the only American industry
abroad that is being killed by the
'snide' manufacturer. You have a big
chance now with automobiles; the
American shoe, too, is making great
progress. We shall shortly be spending
$oOO,OOO,OO0 converting our horse car
services to electric; you can get most Of
that. We must put up two or three
times that amount for new suburban
surface car systems for our big city.
Much of that will go to the immigrant
from America.
In the newspaper business your i'm
migrants have already captured much
of the rotary press trade and nearly all
the typesetting and typemaking, and
the best and fastest papermaking ma
chinery comes from your side. Our pa
per will be supplied by our own people
in Canada, who will supply you, too,
unless | am mistaken. The American
immigrant is selling us much of our
farm machinery, and the rest of that
we import we get from Canada. In
steel and iron he will do we'll; in loco
motives and other railroad supplies he
is apt to make the mistake of not giving
us what We want, but he will succeed
nevertheless"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-01
Hazing Fifty Years Ago,

AT the present time, when so much
of public attention is being directed to
hazing at college and in government
academies, the following extract from
letter written over half century ago
will be of interest. The writer was, at
that time freshman of Yale, but was
not at the college when inditing the
epistle. He says:
Il had letter from - the other dav
they are having great times at Yale
plaguing the fresh, etc. That business
is carried on to a great extent here.
Many OF the poor devils have been
ducked under the windows a dozen
times, ETC., etc. The greatest sport is
to break into their rooms at midnight
Ia whole party of sophs at a time)
make the scarf fellow get I'D. mount
the table in his shirt sleeves, answer
questions in geography, arithmetic
Latln grammar, etc. (the simplest DOS
slble, so as to be suited to a fresbman,s
comprehension), read little Greek
and then, what. is the greatest trial. de-
claim. If he refuses to comply he ra-
ceives shower from his water noi1
until he submits. If he answers we'll
ne Is highly complimented and flatter-
ed and politely bid goodnight"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-01
Not Second Sicbt

In happenings that SAVIOR of the sn.
pernatural, there is often less rather
than more than is "dreamt of in orr
philosophy"
In the English county of Wiltshire
there lived a woman whose deceased
husband had been a pig-dealer. After
his death it was her habit to remark IN
chance visitors, without looking ont tho
window:
That's nice lot of young pigs
those"
"Where"' the person present was snro
to ask.
Comm down the road" was the in
variable reply. "They're in cart and
what's more, there's a fine fat zow
among 'em."
And it would not be long before cart
would appear, and in it litter of pigs
and among them the sow which the
woman had perceived at such dis.
tance up the road. One day a visitor
who saw in this exhibition an evidence
Of second sight, exclaimed:
How do you do it? 1t is simply won.
derfulv'
"'Tatn't no miracle" was the mod
est reply. ''I've just got my ear trained
to pigs-thats ALL"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-01

wear. Then comes the man who sells
oeits of every description, and parasol
handles. Perhaps your next window
Will have such display of diamond
necklaces as would Justify you in sup
posing that the stock would make Tiff
fany choke with envy; but if you enter
you will find yourself in an aperture in
the wall which holds an iron safe,
tWo-by-four showcase and three chairs,
and you will find that everything of
value the owner has, except the clothes
he wears, is in his window.
SO long as these shops are all crowd
ed together, and so small, to shop in
Paris is really much more convenient
than IN one of our large department
stores at home, with the additional de
light of having smiling, Interested ser.
vice. The proprietor himself enters in
to your wants, and uses his uuickness
and intelligence to supply your de-
mands. He may be, and very likely is,
doubling the price on you because Won
are an American, but if your bruised
spirit is like mine you will be perfectly
willing to pay little extra for polite
ness. 1t is a truth that have brought
home with me no article from Paris
which does not carry with it pleasant
recollections of the way bought it.
Can any woman who has shopped in
America bring forward a similar STATE
mem" :"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-01
How One Firm Struck Oil.

A peculiar accident near Six Points,
Ohio, recently gave an oil-producins
hrm visions Of limitless wealth.
This firm drilled well on the Wake
neld farm, near the village. All of the
nitroglycerin shells were lowered safe.
" into the well except the last one
which lodged within TWENTY-FIVE feet
of the surface, and was exploded in the
efforts of the shooter to dislodge If
This was considered unfortunate. but
to the amazement of the men the oil be-
gan to gush forth in a manner which
promised to make it the biggest well
IN the history Of the oil business. The
flow was so strong that the derrick was
almost instantly deluged from top to
bottom, and it soon caught fire from
the boiler and was burned to the
ground.
The Buckeye Pipe Line Company's
e1ght-inch line. through which 5000
barrels Of oil pass each day, suddenly
shut down. The company stopped its
pumps and started to make an inyes.
tigation. Before many hours the shut.
off had been traced to this well. They
discovered that the well had been
drilled almost on the line, which had
been broken by the shot, and the oil
which seemed to come from the we'll
was coming from the pipe line. This
investigation ended the career of the
greatest spouter in Northwestern Ohio
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-01
A Trick of the Trade,

"I-I think would like to look at a
diamond ring" said the young man as
the jeweler ca&e forward.
Exactly, sir. A diamond ring for a
lady"
"Yes."
"a young lady?
"Yes.'
"a young lady to whom you are en-
gagged"
whats the difference whether I'm
engaged to her or not?' asked the GUS
toner, with considerable tartness.
ga great deal, sir. You intend this
ring for a Christmas present, prob
ably"
81 probably do"
every well We have diamond rings
for $25 and diamond rings for $50, $75.
and $100. If not actually engaged to
the girl, take $25 ring, and when she
brings it in here to find out the cost
We'll lie $50 worth for your benefit. If
really engaged, take higher price, and
you can pawn it for two-thirds of its
value after marriage. Now. then, make
your Washington Post.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-01
SHOW A HEALTHY GROWTH.

Eastern Towns Have No Reason to Be
Ashamed of their Progress.
The rapid growth Of the cities of New
England and middle Atlantic States is
perhaps the most striking revelation vet
made by the twelfth decennial
census. OF the 159 cities of the coun-
try having a population of more than
$4,000, about eighty had made greater
numerical gain in the ten years Just
closed than in the ten years preceding.
Since it goes without saying, also, that
about the same number grew faster
than the average-32.5 per cent-it is
interesting to ascertain from study of
the bulletin where these cities are, con-
sldered by sections. Such a study af-
fords an admirable test of urban
growth and reveals in a striking man
ner the remarkable progress of the
northwestern part of the country.
OF the eleven cities in the South At
lantic group of States only three grew
faster than the average for the coun-
try. These were Atlanta, Norfolk and
Jacksonville. In the south central re-
Gion only seven out of eighteen grew
faster than the average. In the west
crn group six out Of the twelve grew
faster than the average. In the north
central group, comprising the States
north Of the Ohio, the old free States,
with the addition of Missouri, twenty
two cites out of forty-eight made more
than average progress. With the coun-
try thus divided into five great sections.
none of the four so far mentioned shows
a group of cities in which more than
half were growing faster than the ay
erage. The remaining section is the
north Atlantic; in it forty-two out of
seventy cities have grown faster than
-32.5 per cent. In Connecticut all five
of its cities of this grade made show
ing above the average and this can be
said of no other State in the Union. ex-
cept Rhode Island, in which all three
did the same thing. In New Jersey
seven out OF ten cities were above the
average; in Pennsylvania there were
eleven out Of eighteen; in Maine one out
Of one, Portland, and in Massachusetts
eleven out of twenty.
1t should be borne In mind that the
actual growth of the cities in the north
central region was faster, due to the
presence Of few cities on the great
lakes. but the number of cities to show
this tendency was, as already indicated.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-01

OF them drink to excess; and few have
any thought beyond this one crop. The
result is that the failure of a crop means
partial starvation.
The city Of Rosario is the Chicago of
South America. 1t is the chief wheat
market of the Argentine Republic. 1t
ships thousands of tons of wheat, corn
and linseed every week. Rosario is sit.
uated on the Parana river about 200
miles by land from Buenos Ayres. 1t is
500 miles by water from that city and
about as far inland from the Atlantic
ocean as Pittsburg. Ocean steamers sail
for 200 miles up the Rio de la Plata past
Buenos Ayres into the mouth of the Pa
rama, and then for about 300 miles up
the river to Rosario. Rosario itself is
one Of the thriving towns of the Argen-
tine. 1t was founded about IT'S years
ago, but wheat raising in the Argentine
gave it great boom, and within the last
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-01
HamIet's Grave

Everywhere the vandals are; but, on
the whole, says Jacob A. Riis in the
Century, rather think that Elsinore
has turned the tables on them. Hamlet
being dead, there had to be Hamlet's
grave, Of course. The English tourists
demanded it, and in due course of time
there appeared a mound on the bluff,
marked with plain granite shaft that
bore the name of the melancholy Dane.
The relic-hunters Clipped it to pieces
in one brief season. The hotel-keepers
provided another, and it went the same
way. When last l stood at HamIet's
grave 1 beheld it a mighty heap of
stones and Stag, several cart-loads. NV
friend, one of the solid citizens of the
town, nodded knowingly at my look Of
amazement.
"We caught up with them at last I.
he said. eve just have enough carted
out from the glass works every wear
to fill up the holes they made the sea-
son before; then let them 20 ahead
Want to go and look at Ophelia,s
springY'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-01
FAMOUS SCHOONER POLLY.

the second war with Great Britain
broke out. The boat was then owned
and commanded by Captain Jeduthan
Upton, a patriot, who fitted his tiny
vessel up with cannon, put on board an
armed crew of twenty men, and start
ed out as a privateer to prey on British
shipping. A few months after the
Polly was captured by his British Maj
esty's ship Phoebe, of forty-four guns.
The. Captain and his men were taken
to England, where they were impris-
oned for seven months. The prize crew
placed on board the Polly, however, re-
volted and went over into the service
of the United States.
At the present time the Polly is
owned and commanded by Captain Nc
Farland, Of Calais, Me. For ninety
years it has been known as one of the
fastest sailing vessels on the north
coast, and it can still show clean pair
of heels to many of it's more modern
rivals. 1t has been long time since
the Polly made regular ocean voy-
age. 1t is now employed in trading
between ports on the Maine coast
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-01

and he has to rely upon the railroads fol
getting it to the markets. The wheat is
carried to the cars from such farms as
are far from the railroad in bullock carts
the wheels of which are about eight feet
high. A load weighing several tons is
balanced between couple OF these
wheels, and from dozen to sixteen bul
locks are harnessed in front of it. In
some few of the large farms modern ma
chlnery is used, and the threshing is COM
monty done with European or American
threshers.
The Argentine is subject to droughts,
and the crop rises and falls according to
the weather. The worst thing, however,
that the farmers have to contend with
is the locusts. The pests that infest
the Argentine are fully as bad as the To-
Gust plague with which the Lord afflicted
Pharaoh. The only difference was that
Pharaoh had his locusbs for few days,
but the Argentine seems to be having
theirs as regular thing. The locusts
are produced by the millions every year,
and swarm thinks nothing of flight of
800 miles from it's breeding ground
through the heart Of the wheat country.
s,
which often darken the sun if they fly be-
tween you and it. They light on every
thing green and begin eating. The
branches of the trees bend down wi h
their weight, and you can hear the snap
ping Of their jaws as they crunch the
leaves. They will clean the crops from
the fields, eating the grain down to the
ground. Sometimes they will take the
green wheat from one side of the road
and pass by that on the other, and they
sometimes fly on and on for days over
rich fields to feed on those beyond. The
next swarm may eat that which is left.
This pest OF the locust has been so
great that the Argentine government has
get rid of them. The methods for ex-
terminating them are many and costly.
Thousands of dollars are spent every
year to kill them. They are caught in
traps Of corrugated iron. They are scoop
ed up with scrapers and killed; poisons
are used, and the grass, plants and weeds
are sprinkled with arsenic. kerosene and
creosote. They are caught in bags, driv
en- into bitches and are killed in all sorts
of ways. In 1896 it is estimated that
$50, 100000 worth of wheat was destroy
ed by locusts in two states of the Argen-
tine. This impoverished the farmers of
those states, and the national government
spent $1O.OOO,OO0 that year in giving
them seed wheat. Ii the locusts are to
come every year it will be a long time
before the Argentine can have a serious
permanent effect upon the wheat market
of the world.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-01
China Rich in Coal Denosits

China contains some of the riches,
coal deposits in the world. Last fall
Professor Drake, Of Tien-tsin, visited
the coal fields in the province of Shan
81, which were examined by Baron Won
Richthofen in 1870, and found that thew
are of immense extent. The coal area
is said to be greater than that of Penn.
sylvania and the anthracite coal alone
contained in these fields has been esti.
mated at 63O,O00,OOO tons. The shansi
coal beds are so thick and lie so mi.
formly in horizontal position that tn
practicability has been suggested OF
running long lines of railroad tunnels
through the beds SO that the cars can
be loaded in the mines all ready for
distant transportation.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-01

A. - H. h"s"ohfH' London Daily Mail,
has the largest circulation in the world
-1,25O,OOO copies.
Speaking of American Immigrants to
England Mr.. Harmsworth says: You
ask why the British empire, with its
population of 3SS0OO,0OO, needs immi-
grants, and l answer that we don't
want them in the bulk, as you do but
that we obviously offer unique oppor-
tunities to certain special skilled brain
workers. Take Mr.. Yerkes, for exam
Pile. He will make more money in a
day in transporting the densely packed
millions Of London in his electric tubes
than he does in week in Chicago We
have lots of room and money for all
your experts in electrical transit. The
brains you have given to these matters
we have devoted to shipping and gold
mining.
1--WE own and run under our own flag
100000 of tons of shipping. with q
100000 under other flags, as against
less than 100000 Of tons owned by the
United States, and We also own most
Of the best gold fields Of the world, with
the control Of the diamond industry
thrown in. But We know practically
nothing about electricity, and your
people can make all the money they
want selling us the wonderful products
of American invention and industry.
Money is more easily made in our coun-
try than in yours.
I'VE have in that small section of the
empire known as Great Britain at least
4O,OO0,O00 Of people. and though We do
not produce Rockefellers and Astors Il
except, of course, my compatriot, Mr..
w. W.. of that ilk}, we have muth tho
richest and quite the worst educated of
modern peoples. Our American immi-
grants are protiting by this lack Of eda-
cation to seize Industries right and left.
1--WE shall learn their methods slowly,
and meanwhile they are making for
tunes while we are paying the price of
national apathy In regard to modern
methods of transit and manufacture.
But our American immigrants are not
SO successful as they. should be, consid-
ering the advantages they possess.
Tale the men who tired to capture our
bicycle industry as an example. We
were the real pioneers Of the cycle
trade. Then you came along with an
equally good bicycle, made by the tilou-
sand by automatic machinery. You
could easily undersell our handmade
article.
"But you suffered at first by sending
us machine unsuited to our national
roads and our national prejudiccs.
When l heard your statesmen trying TO
force goods we did not want at the
cycle exhibits, 1 could not but be struck
by your similarity of mind to ours. We
lose all the time by telling customers
what they ought to have, while the Ger
mau gives them what they want.
'Weli. after a time your bicycle men
got wiser. But what happened: The
makers Of all kinds of American BIZ
cycles, good and bad, mostly bad, who
had got caught in the slump, dumped
down their stocks In England and killed
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-01
Observation-Disclosures

| took the tilIer from my hands. You put
Don't be afraid, dear wifer | knew
we We're drifting out to open sea, to
storm and death, and was aware that
you knew it. Don't be af.ad, little
Wife you said, and suddenly you put
your arm around my neck
Il remember
Yes, l know: Let me 90 on. You
brought my face to yours and laid your
lips on mine. Oh, that kiss-that kiss!
1t still stings on my lips. In it felt
the depth of your love. l felt that |
loved you, felt that we were man and
wife, and the only beings alive on
land or sea. That kiss is what regret
that kiss, the one moment of rapture
in my life"
She paused.
81 remember"
why did that foolish steamer save
us? could have died there, happy in
your arms--quite happy"
Quite happy?"
Yes, quite. To think that we quar-
relied within a week-at least | did
and things went worse than ever al ter
ward! What are we women made of?
The old song is wrong, we are made Of
gall and wormwood and marble. To
think that we are here, and that paper
lies there! You've acted handsomely,
allowing me more than half your in
come and letting me keep the fat"
DO you think l could live in it after
you had gomez" he answered. with
break in his voice. There's nothing in
it that does not speak of you. It's
graveyard of memories
She looked at him over the fan and
saw tears in his eyes. Then she rose
and walked across the room.
Herbert" she said, in timid voice.
lit is o'clock. He'll be here In five
minutes to see the deed executed"
The man bowed his head and hid his
face in his hands.
She took out her handkerchief, a RI
diculous bit of lace and lawn. and
touched her eyes.
Herbert, tomorrow is just one year
after that day. The night train starts
at o'clock. If we went to Etaples we
might find-might fnd-that kiss
again."
They both took hold of the deed and
tore it into two pieces. at is a new
way he observed, 'of executing deeds
of separation. From After Dinner.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-01

t1p, naay rs sa"s wss ss saa
to any extent in the Argentine
Republic. The country was then import
ing millions of dollars worth of wheat
every, year. and the farmers who were
pasturing stock on what are now the
principal wheat fields were eating -four
shipped from the United States and
Chill. To-day the Argentine has to
large extent the wheat trade of South
America, and is shipping wheat to Eu-
rope. 1t plants millions of acres every
year and it produces from thirty to eighty
million bushels season according to the
weather and to the invasions of '',e To-
Gusts. When the Argentine has a good
crop the prices of wheat in the European
markets are affected and our farmers
often get less for their wheat in conse-
quence. In the past year or SO flour
mills have been springing up and the Ar
gentine has now more than 500 -four
mills, many Of which use machinery i'm
ported from the United States. The
producing area of the Argentine in.
-creases every year.
In the United States the average Weld
OF wheat per acre, taking the whole coun-
try, is from twelve to thirteen bushels.
That of the Argentine is not over ten.
In England, where the soil is more care
fuily studied and cared for, the average
Is twenty-nin bushels per acre, in Hol-
land twenty-five bushels and in France
eighteen. The most of the wheat of the
Argentine is raised by Italian innmi-
grants, many of whom farm the land on
shares. They do their work in the rough
est and most slovenly way. Much of the
wheat is sowed on the ground as it is
hrst plowed, the grain being dronned
among the clods. Other farmers drag
brush over the field. and some of the hat-
Ter farmers use the harrow, The nIow.
ing Is done with bullocks, who drag tho
plows through the burrows by means of
YOKE attached to their horns. The only
idea OF the man seems to be to get tbe
"heat INTO the ground and then sit down
and wait for the crop. The farmers do
NOT seem to care for anything but their
wheat crop. Most of them have no gar
dens. They run their accounts at the
nearest grocery and make annual settle
ments when they sell their wheat. Most
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-01
SHOPPING IN PARIS.
In the Opinion of Lillian Bell Earth
Holds No Greater Pleasure.

In the Opinion of Lillian Bell Earth
Holds No Greater Pleasure.
Lillian Bell gives the result of her
shopping experiences abroad in the
Ladies' Home Companion in an inter-
esting paper entitled Shopping in the
Great Cities of Europe" Of Paris, the
most delightful of all cities for the
woman who would buy, she says:
II consider shopping in Paris one of
the greatest pleasures to be found in
this vale of tears. The shops, with the
exception Of the Louvre, the Bon
Marche and one or two of the large de-
partment stores of similar scope. are all
small-tfny, in fact-and exploit but one
or two things. A tiny shop for fans
will be next to milliner who makes
a speciality of nothing but gauze thea
ter bonnets. Perhaps next will come a
linen store, where the windows will
have nothing but the most fascinating
embroidery, handkerchiefs and neck