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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
Green Potatoes.

Nearly every farmers wife and
other good .housekeepers know that
when potato has turned green by ex-
posure to the sun and wind it is neither
pleasant nor wholesome for food, and,
in fact, it is very poisonous. Fortu-
nately the taste is such that no one is
likely to eat enough to get fatal dose.
This is due to the presence of solanin,
an active vegetable poison, which pro-
badly exists in all potatoes, but more
abundant in the white sorts than the
red, it is claimed. In some German ex-
periments, it was found hat old pota-
toes contain more solanin than those
freshly dug, perhaps three times
as much, and if they have
sprouted five times as much
and with very much more in the
sprouts. If peeled before boiling the
water extracts much of the poisonous
solanin, but this is not the case if boil
ed with the skin. Potatoes when
spouted should not be given to animals
it is stated, as the boiling does not re-
move the poison. If fed with them ami
mails become lame in the knees or
other joints and sometimes they die.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15

with Rolla what they would do when
rather came to his senses" But Jim
Shotwell was not to be deceived, and
one bright afternoon some mysterious
shots We're heard up at the bend in the
road, and rumor says that .44-caliber
bullets buried themselves In the red
clay close to where Rolla White stood
waiting for the coming of his sweet
heart.
But the Spanish war came on and
Rolla White volunteered. He was
made sergeant, promoted for soldierly
conduct. He came home with his regi-
ment, was mustered out and brought
to Corbin with him a wound received
in action which caused the girl to add
compassion to the love which she al
ready bore him. He renewed his atten-
tions under the same protest from Jim
Shotwell.
The other day the boy passed close
by the spot where Jim Shotwell was
sitting, his chair tilted back against the
wall of the drug store. A quarrel fol-
lowed. How it began no one knows.
A passer-by heard the contemptuous
words, You don't stand for nothin' in
this community, and you can stay
away. You understand"
With flushed face and uncomfortable
anger expressed in the flashing of his
eyes, the boy flung back the answer,
''If you don't like me, you old scoun-
drel, you had better come and get me
now and stop me for good"
Jim Shotwell started to rise from his
chair, but only started. Like flash,
Rolla White had drawn his weapon and
Shotwell fell. wounded in four places.
He was carried to his son Johns resi-
dence across the street, to die the next
morning. Rolla White took refuge in
his brothers store.
The shooting occurred at noon. At 6
o'clock it was dark and the Shotwells
had gathered their clans. Old man Bill
Shotwell, brother of Jim Shotwell, and
his two sons, Dee and Parrish, the
McHargues and other friends, had col
lected. Then the riot began. Who par
ticipated in it the courts will have to
determine. The White store and res
taurant was blown up. Windows and
doors were wrecked and the men in
side dashed to the ceiling. Well know
ing what was attempted and what
would follow. the White boys barri-
caded themselves in their back room,
making a breastworks of -four sacks.
The debris caught fire and Sutton Far
ris rushed in attempting to put it out.
Then the first volley of shots was fired
and continued until eighty or hun
dred bullets had pierced the wall.
There was respite for few minutes,
and hoach White. stepping into the
main room for other sacks of flour to
add to the barricade. stumbled over the
body of Farris.
Then the shots were heard half
square away. 1t afterward developed
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15

that the White home had been fred
into. Mrs. Bette White, the aged in
| valid mother of the White boys, rose
from her bed. and calling her daugh-
| tiers to her side knelt with them in
prayer. She thinks she was spared on
| account Of her petition to the Heaven
~ Father But the wait at the White
store was not long. Again the bullets
whstled through the building, and
the Volley was repeated time and time
again. Lets fire ino that door and
see If they will answer" a voice was
heard. The Whites crouched lower,
Dut for some reason the yolley did not
come. They would have been killed
mad the suggestion been acted upon.
Sher1H Sutton arrived at midnight
from the county seat at Williamsburg
with a force of deputies, and spent the
night in the store with the White boys.
From the time of the explosion no one
inside dared strike light, and In utter
darkness the night was spent.
| Morning dawned, and outside the
store was found the body of Susan
Cox. The woman had tried to climb a
side fence in order to reach Rolla
White and warn him. Two bullets had
stopped her. They plowed their way
through her brain and she fell, face
down, to the ground. Two days she lay
unburied. She was a woman of bad
character, had left no friends and no
money and the town was bankrupt.
private subscription finally was taken
up and the body buried in the COM
mons in plain wooden box.
The Cry for Vengeance.
Rolla White and the Shotwell boys
are in jail at Williamsburg. and moth
Ing further is expected to happen until
their release. While Sheriff Sutton was
conveying Rolla White to the Will
iamsburg Jail fifteen of the Shotwells
boarded the train, armed with shot
guns and rifles, and entered the bag
gage car, where the Sheriff had his
prisoner. The train was then lust leay.
ing Corbin. Jump and run for your
life" said the Sheriff to White. and
himself faced the intruders The next
day the militia arrived with a Gatliny
gun squad and the Shotwells were
placed under arrest.
John Shotwell, since his fathers
death the leader of his faction. is about
30 years old. has a robust, sturdy fig
ure, cold blue eyes and light, mus
tache. Determination is written in
every line of his countenance. and he
has said to close friends that he will
not rest until he has avenged his faith
er's death He says they may put him
in jail and refuse him bond or keep
White behind prison walls. but they
cannot keep him from accomplishing
his revenge. He is something of
silent man and expresses himself in a
few words His brothers rely on him
implicitly, and will support him In any
action he may plan to carry out .e.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15

tailors. shoemakers or bakers, and
only 1 $40 carpenters, butchers and
masons out of 10000 were suicides.
Sweden had the lowest average of all
the countries considered, namely, L
suicide to $1,000 persons; Russia had
l to $4,000; the United States l to 49,
600; Saxony. to S.446. In st. Peters
burg and in London the proportion
was l to 21.000. If we take the statis-
tics of the fifty years just passed for
France the following results: For
every 100000 Inhabitants of France
there were in 1S41-45. nine suicides; in
1S46-50, ten; in 1S61-7O. thirteen; in
1S71-75, fifteen; in 1S76-S0, seventeen; in
1889 alone, twenty-one: in 1898,
twenty-two;. in 1894. twenty-six. Dur
ing the years 1s26-1S90 the percentage
Of suicides increased in Belgium II
per cent; in Prussia, All per cent; in
Austria, 23S per cent; in Franch, 318
per cent; in Saxony, 212 per cent. !;
in Sweden, 72 per cent; in Denmark,
35 per cent.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15

There has broken out in Corbin, KY,
a real old-fashioned feud. One with love
as beginning, and hate, murder and
death as an ending. In the very begin
ming of 1.-THE first battle-two men
and a woman have been killed, one
mousse has been blown up with dyna-
mite, another riddled with bullets. and
several people are in Jail charged with
murder. 1t is a feud which has every
prospect of long life and is marked with
all the wild passions and semi-savagery
which have SO long characterized the
mountaineers of Kentucky.
The story of the love of Rolla White
for Jane Shotwell would read much as
other love affairs where the father of
the girl objected, were it not for the
fact Of the peculiar temperament of the
mountain people, and their custom,
from time immemorial, of taking the
law into their own hands and them
selves demanding and taking IAN eye
for an eye and tooth for a tooth"
Six years ago the Whites moved to
Corbin from their Virginia home. There
were the three sons, two daughters, and
the aged mother. The boys-Bill, Roach
and Rolla-estab blished restaurant and
store in one part Of the town and a
hotel in the other. They lived as peace
ful citizens until the present tragedy.
The Shotwells have been residents of
Corbin for about the same length of
time. Their family home is at Rock
hold. about ten miles away. The father,
James Shotwell, set up -four and saw
mill on his arrival in Corbin, John
shotwen and the other boys aided
their father in the milling busi-
ness. The Shotwells did not lead
the same quiet life as the Whites,
and Were frequently in shooting
affairs. In October. 1897, the Shot
well boys figured in street fight in
which Police Judge Moffett was killed
and w. S.. Holland badly wounded.
Holland was the man who had quar-
relied with the Shotwell boys, and they
ran him into building and riddled him
with bullets. Judge Moffett was killed
by shot from within the house. Last
February they figured in another riot.
in which Deputy Marshal Henry Hart
ford was killed.
Roll Meets Jane.
About three years ago it was noticed
that Rolla White had begun to spark"
Jane Shotwell, the pretty brunette
daughter of Jim Shotwell, Time went
by and other boys did not cease to call.
but Jane seemed to prefer sitting out
on the little porch with Rolla, resting
easily against the railing and talking
with him, to receiving the attention of
other suitors who were more to her
fathers liking. The father -banished
Rolla from the house. and often the girl
would slip out from the house. meet the
Boy in the big road" just where the
turn cut off the view from the house.
and stroll away over the hills. planning
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
BEST in ALL THE UNIVERSE.
American "pectac1es Are Worn in AL
Parts of the Word.

American pectac1es Are Worn in All
Parts of the Word.
"Up to fifteen years ago." said an
optician, "four-ffths of all the finer
spectacles used were made in France.
In the past six or eight years French
spectacles have been largely supplant-
ed by American glasses, which are
now sold even in France.
American spectacles are now easily
the best in the world. and their superb
ority Is due to the same characteristics
that mark SO many American manu-
factured oductions-namely. adapta-
bility to their use, good workmanship,
uniformity and interchangeability of
parts. There have been made in this
country great improvements in the
special machinery with which the
spectacles are made, so that the parts
are produced with precision.
you will see an increasing number
Of signs saying that spectacles can be
mended while you wait. This can be
done with these finely made American
spectacles. You break a bow, for in
stance. Of your steel spectacles any
one out Of a thousand bows of the
same style will fit in place of it.
American spectacles may not be
the cheapest produced in world, but
they are certainly the best, and a good
proportion Of the population of the
world that uses glasses now looks
through spectacles of American manu-
facture.
"We pay much more attention to
our eyes in this country now than we
formerly did. There are many more
oculists here than there formerly
were, and many more skilled opti-
clans. And Of people who ought to
wear glasses, including. for instance,
children, greater proportion now
than ever before do wear them.
II dare say that third of the spec
tacles now made in this country are
exported, and our exports of these
goods are all the time increasing. We
sell spectacles in China, In Australia
and New Zealand, in South America
and south Africa, and some, as l said.
In France, and more or less of them in
Germany and other countries Of con-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
Statistics of Suicide.

In a paper printed in the American
Journal of Insanity, G. Styles presents
statistics regarding the occurrence Of
suicides. Forty years ago it was
shown that only out of 10000 per-
sons rated as paupers died by their
own hands, while coachmen or
other servants, 5 bankers or other pro-
fessional men, nearly s soldiers,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15

Little Boy-How soon are you and
Sis goin' to be married?
Accepted Suitor-She has not named
the day yet. l hope she does not be
lleve in long engagements.
Little Boy-She doesn't, l know.
cause all her engagements have been
short. .-Tit-Bits,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
In One Word.

1t is by no means necessary for a
man always to enter into an elaborate
explanation of his feelings in order to
make them clear. @
whats the name of the fellow who
wrote the tune Of that coon song we've
just been favored with?' asked one
man of another at meeting Of the
Amateur Composers Club.
Jones'" returned the other man.
James Jones, believe. Frank Wal
ley wrote the words"
"Ah, was about to ask the name of
Jones' accomplice," was the rejoinder.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
New StY1es

"More new gownsr he cried.
"Why, yes" she answered, sweetly.
"All of mine are last century Styles
Philadelphia North American.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
) CautjOus Auswor

Where is Josiar?' asked Mrs. Corn
tossel, uneasily.
Well answered her husband, as he
proceeded to fill his pipe, Il won't say
fur certain. If the ice is as strong as
he thinks it is, he's gone skatin', an If
it amt. he's gone swimmin'."- Boston
Transcript.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
He Cot Back.

Wife tangrily)-Seems to me that we
have been married so long that l can't
even remember when or where we first
met.
Husband (quietly)-I can. 1t was at
a dinner party and there were thirteen
at the table
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
Disasreed with Her

Mamma-Ethel. must really forbid
you touching that lobster-you know
1t does not agree with you.
Ethel resignedly)-Very we'll, man.
ma, but it does seem as if everything
In this world that is nice is either
wicked or indigestible.-Life.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15

Briggs-I hear you have been oper-
ating in Wall street.
Griggs-A great mistake. l have been
operated upon.-Harper's Bazaar.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
Anfidofe for Oninna

Il should think you would be afraid
TO eat onions in the middle of the day.
said the blonde typewriter to the bru
nette when they met at dinner.
I'm not Bit replied the dark one
you see. our office is on the thirty.
sixth floor, and when go up in that
elevator it takes my breath away
Yonkers Statesman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
Trunk WRESTLING.

Lady-Why don't the railroads have
mechanical appliances for loading and
unloading trunks?
Depot Master-Well. you see. mad
an' h1tlng the trunks into the cars
doesn't hurt anything but the men and
throwing them out doesn't hurt any
thlng but the trunks.-New York
Weekly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
Costly Hailstorms in France

The annual loss to France caused by
the ravages of hailstorms is said to
amount to about 100000 francs.
From 1878 to 1895 the figures, varied
from 100000 to 1874, ,O0O, 600 francs.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15

'sHave you done anything to boom
your town?"
wal, l reckon! Held tew indigna.
ton meetin's tew pertest ag'in the
smoke isancev'-Detroit Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
Realism.

Scene: Children's party punch and
Judy show going), Tom discovered by
his hostess papa in tears.
Hostess Papa-Afraid, Tom? Cheer
up, old man, they're only dolls
Poor. Frightened Tommy-They
won't be dolls when I dream of them
to- Onight.-Life.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15

Mr.. Cripps-Can you induce the cook
to have one of her friends come and
take dinner with her to-night?
Mrs. Cripps-The idea! What for?
Mr.. Cripps-I expect to bring Jones
and Smith home with me. and I'd like
to have nice dinner for them-Phila-
delphia Record.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
A Panacea.

Fortieth Friend (since breakfast)-Ry
Jove, old fellow, you've got fearful
cold. What are You taking for it?
Sufferer (loarsely)-Advice = New
York Weekly,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
SpOOuholders.

Here's girl" remarked the query
editor, who writes to know what is
the popular spoonholder this season."
Evidently replied the snake editor,
"she's never had any beaux."
"Why?'
Because if she had shed know that
the most popular one is the parlor
sofa. a."-Philadelphia Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
The Real Thing.

The divine right of kings isn't in it
with the right of the married daughter
who comes home for the first time to
show off her baby to her parents
Atchison Globe.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
Fixed at the Fox Office.

Willie-Pa, what's a fixed star?
Pa formerly an actor)-A fixed star.
/ suppose, is one who gets his salary
regularly. ly.-Philadelph:a Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15

Mrs. Poppers-Oh, John, you must
raise side whiskers.
Mr.. POpperS-What? You've often
told me you hated such things.
Mrs. Poppers-I want you to raise
nice long ones like Mr.. Markleys. He
called to-day, and baby enjoyed pull
ing his whiskers so much. 1t was too
cute for anything.-Philadel Press
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15

tinental Europe. Large numbers of
American spectacles are sold in Great
| Britain. l guess you would find that
| shipments of such goods from here to
England are made as often as weekly
imagine that there are now worn in
England and in Scotland more spec
! tacles of American than any other
manufacture. New York Sun.
Two Converts.
No man, it is said, is a hero to his
valet The association is too intimate
But man may be hero to his re-
porter. There is a story of two
brothers, shorthand reporters, work.
ing on different newspapers, one of the
| brothers being Republican and the
other a Democrat, which affords an
illustration of this truth.
The Republican reporter was detail.
ed, during the recent presidential cam
! paign, to follow Mr.. Bryan wherever he
went, and to take full notes of his
speeches, sending the same by wire
every night to the paper on which he
was employed.
To the Democrat reporter was given
similar assignment, except that he
was to accompany Governor Roose-
velt, whose speeches he was to report
in full.
After the campaign was over the
two brothers met at the paternal man.
sion for the first time in many weeks,
and they looked rather sheepishly at
each other.
"Well, George" said one of the two,
"after campaigning with Bryan three
months I've come back a Democrat.
I'm of your politics now"
Not bit of itv' returned the other.
1--WE been campaigning with Roose-
velt, and I've come back a Republi-
camp
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15

"1s the boss IMP asked the stranger,
entering the drug store.
NO.. replied the absent-minded
clerk, but we have something just as
good. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15

1ess-Miss Scrawney says she Just
hates to 60 to the opera.
Jess-Yes, but what she means is that
she can't bare" to go to the opera.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
The Palm;st.

The Palmist-This line in your hand
indicates that you have very brilliant
future ahead of you
Simkins-Is that so?
The Palmist-Yes, but this other line
Indicates that you are too slow to ever
catch up with it.-Chicago News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
His Superstition

Hicks-Do you believe that it is un.
lucky to postpone wedding?
Wicks-Yes, when the young man
needs money, and the girl is rich
Somerville journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
Italians as Cotton P,cker.

In the south the Italians are found
to be good cotton pickers. They are
quick and have nimble fingers.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
thel-Count Spaghetti seems to lead

111LeE-CUuIt NPdSHettI SetIlS 10 ftdu
a mOnotonOus life.
Gladys-Yes; little change would
do him good.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15

"Oh! my poor woman! My heart
bleeds for one in your condition.
Thanks, sor; Oh was thinkin' the
same of the likes of your
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
A Sure Thine.

He-Wasn't that you on the piazza
last night?
She-No.
Then | wonder who in the world l
kissed?"
You can probably tell by going there
tonight at the same timew-Life.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
Tn Theatric Psr.,nc>

Amatenr-What does it mean in the
atric circles when they say the ghost
walks?'
Veteran Actor-It means that the
rest of us don't have to.-Detroit Free
Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
Well, WeIyi

"Old Crouch went to the masquerade
the other night disguised as bear.r'
did any one recognize him!''
Nobody but his wife.'-lndianapolis
Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15

stimulants seldom hurt a man-if he
leaves them alone.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
Easily Answered.

Teacher-Why should all good little
boys like Washington's birthday?
Chorus of Five@Cause they amt no
school that day!
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
Hi Hnna.

Sea Captain-There is no hope! The
ship is doomed! In an hour we will all
be dead!
Seasick Passenger-Thankh heaven,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
The Hall of Eloo,euce.

He-Oh, yes; he's eloquent. But l
can't say l admired the whole of his
speech.
She-No. his mouth isn't pretty, but
then it's partially hidden by his mus
tache.-PEiladelphia Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15
Should Have Know =.

you had no idea what a fool you
were.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-15

She Tin her equanimity)-The fact
that was willing to marry you should
have removed all doubts on that point.
Boston Transcript.