Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
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Montreal professor makes marble flow
like molasses.
The density of population in the
United States is greatest In the Dis
trict Of Columbia. There the number
Of inhabitants to the square mile is
54,645.3O.
The late Professor Marsh, of Yale,
bequeathed his house and grounds for
a botanical garden. They are to be
made the home of the newly created
School of Forestry.
A Kansas boy In China writes that
the custom of the Chinese In burying
their dead n mounds above the level
Of the ground "makes the whole coun-
try look like an exaggerated prairie
dog town."
A revolutionary war claim for $4OO,
the original value Of which was $4,000,
contracted under the act of ITO. has
been liquidated by the Treasury De
partment. The interest and principal
amounted to $12,9O82O.
A special agent of the United States
Department Of Agriculture reports
that beyond doubt grain can be
matured anywhere in Alaska. Bar.
ley, oats. wheat and rye have deyel-
oped perfectly from seed accidentally
sown and grown wild. Flax Of good
quality has also been grown.
An Oklahoma country postmaster
sent the following notice to the postal
department: "Sur wish to notify you
that on next Wednesday this offic will
be shet as am gone dear hunt. You
kin fire me If you see fit, but I'll give
you apinter that I'm the only man in
the nayborhood that kin rede and rite.'
The most recent triumph of the
French postal administration is an in.
genious little machine, which not only
automatically weighs letters and sam
pies. but records on an Indicator al
the side the amount required fol
stamps. When the article deposited on
the balance exceeds the regulation
weight the indicator promptly hoists
the sign, ''Too heavy"
The plan Of the Central Pacific Rail
road to cut off 107 miles by crossing
Great Salt Lake involves a great engi
neering problem. The lake has to be
crossed at point where it is thirty
two niles wide, trestle-work being ne
cessitated for the whole of the dis
tance, excepting two miles across the
rocky Promontory point. The view
afforded passengers over the new route
will be novel and picturesque.
A notice board has been erected OF
shore near to the naval anchorage a
1 Woo-Sung. China, with the following
information: 1--WE open at Woo Sung
on the south of the telegraph company
for sale Of foreign milk. the taste ar,
sweet, the milk are pure, the price ar,
just. We have not put any waite
in It. n examine out won't pay singl,
cash. If you want to buy it you vii
know the foreign cow chop No. !.
milk. Yih Pingshan dairy"
/ The forestry department of the st
Louis fair intends to have an exhibi
| tion that will be an object lesson to al
who see 1t of the practical side of Woo
working In all its phases and branches
1t will show the woods of the countr.
and the uses to which they are adapt
ed; it will endeavor to show wher
they grow, at what price the standin,
timber can be bought, the size of tn,
tract, accessibility and everything tina
prospective purchaser would want t,
/ know.
Wolves are increasing rapidly Il
many parts of the forest lands o
Northern Canada. This is undoubted
I: ly due to the large increase in tn
herds of deer throughout the country
AS these have grown In numbers s.
have the wolves that live upon them
Fleeing from the ravages of the wolye
the deer have made their way towar,
the settled parts of the country, unit
in many places they have become
nuisance to farmers, in whose fields O
oats and other grain they often do cor
siderable damage.
The managers of department stor
in Harlem, N. Y, have rescued Charlie
Kreig, one Of their employees, from tn
4 clutches of a, particularly rapaciou
loan shark. In 1898 he borrowed $2(
giving his note and receiving only 81
the remainder being retained as con
mission. The note has been renewe
over and over again. Sc being deducte
each time, and although he had mad
many payments the loan sharks d,
clared he still owed them $780, Threat
Of persecution for usury induced thel
to cancel the note on payment of $14.
!, Forgot and Kissed the Queen
Courtly old Richard Vaux, of Phil,