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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01

means Of earning a living, so that she
might not be a burden on the generos-
ity of her friends. BY chance there
drifted into camp a ranchman with
herd Of ninety Angora goats for sale.
Nobody cared to buy them, for it was
thought there was more money in cat
tie raising. With genuine intuition
Mrs. Armour looked a.. ,nelr sIlken
coats and knew that they would be
valuable.
But she hadn't any money and didn't
want to borrow. So she made propo-.
sition to take small flock Of the goats,
tend them and care for them and breed
them and at the end of the year divide
the profits with the owner. The propo-
sition was accepted. She took her goats
and her children and went up on the
mountain side, 5000 feet above the sea
level, where the scrub oaks grow in
profusion. Thus she secured the nec-
essary fodder, and as for shelter the
goats needed none. She located a
claim, built herself ranch, and set
tied down to work. At the end of a
year her success was such that she had
money enough to buy a flock of her
own and start out Independently.
Since that time each year has added
to her prosperity. She now employs
twenty goatherds to care for her focks.
The greatest precaution is required to
protect the goats from the inroads of
the mountain lions, or cougars, which
are SO numerous that the ranchmen
have to organize hunts to get rid of
| them.
Through her industry and persever-
ance and pluck, Mrs. Armour has made
herself wealthy. She has sent her eId-
est son to college, where he is now
studying law, and her four other chill
dren attend school in Kingston.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01
Ripening of Cheese.

A hitherto unknown element in milk,
q new ferment, has been discovered,
called galactose, which is proving Of
value in the ripening of cheese. The
properties of this ferment are similar
to the secretion of the pancreatic organ
in the human body. Old cheese is a
pre-digested food, and the digestion is
wrought by the galactose. 1t was found
that the galactose would 60 on working
at very low temperatures, temperatures
at which bacteria were practically
inert. Cheese was put into refrigera-
tors and kept frozen for months. Other
cheese was kept just above the freezing
point. 1t was found that the finest
cheese is cured at from 40 to 30 degrees
Fahrenheit. Practical cheese manufac-
turers had maintained that so degrees
was the lowest temperature at which
cheese could be worked without be-
coming bitter and worthless. The new
discovery will, it is believed, revolu-
tionize cheese manufacture, doing away
with all curing-rooms, the cheese being
sent directly to the refrigerator.-Scrib-
ner'S
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01
TWAIN WANTED TO BE A PILOT.
Sad Ending to Cherished Ambition o.
the Noted Humorist.

Sad Ending to Cherished Ambition OF
the Noted Humorist.
An interesting yarn recently spun py
an old st. Louis riverman seems 10 pe
a solution to the long -mooted questlon
as to why Mark Twain never followed
out his cherished ambition of becoming
a Mississippi river pilot.
According to the old man Mark Twain
never became a full-fedged pilot and
never stood a night watch alone. In
other words, while he had a plots IL
cense, his mastery Of the great river
craft on which he rode was always lin
tied by the understanding that an older
and more experienced head was Wlthln
easy call. This was 10 discred1t to the
young pilot. On the occasion in ques-
ton. it matters not what the year or
boat, the steamer to which young Glenn
ems was attached as cub pilot was
bound up stream with heavy cargo OF
cotton. At the officers table the first
day out from NacheZ, Miss, the talk
turned upon what to do in sudden emer-
gencies, and especially in case OF fire
on a steamer loaded with cotton. The
matter was discussed in all its bear
ings, each of those present giving his
ideas upon the subject. Mark Twain,
like most of the others, held to the no
ton that it was the pilots duty in such
an emergency to emulate the now IA
nous Jim Bludso and hold her nozzle
to the bank till the last galoot's S
ashore" Immediately after dinner
Clemens went to the pilot house to
stand his watch.
Among those at the table was lne as
sistant engineer, a young man whose
experience of life had taught him to
doubt the ability of human nature to
carry out the projects of its more boast
full moments. He went below at the
same time that Mark Twain went aloft,
but the two continued to think OF the
conversation just closed. The more the
engineer thought about it the less credit
he was disposed to give to the cub pill
OTIS scheme, however nice it might ap'
pear in poetry or the newspapers.
AS everyone knows the pilot house
and engine room of steamboat are
! connected, not only with bells for sig
mailing. but with a speaking tube
through which the important function
aries who operate above and below car
discuss the weather and politics in theil
spare moment. The mouth of the tube
at the upper end is but little larger
than the human mouth. but in the en-
CINE room it has shape of funnel as
big as a half-bushel measure. While
he assistant engineer was ponderins
the emergency question he was alse
wiping off a portion of the machinery
with a bunch Of cotton waste, and a:
he reached the mouth of the speaking
tube it was the work of but a momen
to touch a match to the infammabl'
material in his hand and thrust it IA
Into the tube.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01
Chicago Iron Workers Keen GIGS.

w. Abraham, NJ. P. C'Mabon'o, in
speech on his American experiences,
says that on rubbish heaps of the Uni
ted States there are thousands of tons
of machinery that in England and
Wales would have been used for ten or
even twenty years longer.
In Chicago, in one large steel works.
the men, after being paid on Sundays.
stepped into their gigs, which were
there by the score, and drove home.
Could they imagine Rhondda colIiers
driving home in their working clothes
in their own gigs ON pay days?-Lon-
don Mail
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01
THE CONCEITED COINS.

Pm just as good as silver!'
The Nickel proudly cried;
''The head of Madam Liberty
Is stamped upon my side.
l am as white and shining
AS any dime can be
He needn't put on any airs,
I'm twice as thick as heP'
I'm every bit as good as gold!'
The Penny clustered loud;
THAT tiny, thin, gold dollar
He needn't feel so proud,
For all his airs and graces
do not give fig;
I'm FURNISHED just as bright as he,
And half again as big"
But when the Cent and Nickel
Went out upon their way.
Alas, the world still held them cheap,
Whatever they might say. :,
The Double Eagle smiled. You'll nnu'
He said, that par is par;
1t doesn't matter how you boast,
But what you really are"
The Outlook.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01

Burghminster mammas, with mar
riageable daughters, were of opinion
that a woman hater had absolutely nc
right to own such a home as Bellairs
did. and that a heavy tax should be
instituted to discourage such fragrant
examples of cast-iron bachelorhood.
He was decoyed away into discreet
woods, where dovelike eyes were
flashed upon him; where tiny we'll
gloved hands grasped his with tender
appeals for help at the slightest obsta
Gle in the shape Of a stile or gurgling
brook.
But all in vain. Only one person sat
on the stile, and the brook gurgled on
mocking the aspirations of matchmak
ing humanity. The doyelike eyes OF
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01

No one saw the act, but everybody on
board heard from it in about minute.
Mark Twain, alone in the pilot house
and still pondering the dire things he
had heard of burning steamboats,, es-
pecially when they happened to be
loaded with cotton, was horrified to see
smoke pouring from his end of the
speaking tube.
There was but one thought in his
mind. The boat was on fire. Dropping
the wheel, which spun around and
around as it left his hand, he grasped
the rope by which the big bell was
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01
DEMON DANDY
..s..s.::....s..s.s..ss.s:ss

~ URING his visit to the Hunting
~ love with the beautiful and i'm
nerious sister of his host. 1t was the
night before the sale that the subject
of the Otfington horse sale was
broached by Huntingdon.
II see they are going to put up that
brute Demon Dandy" he began limo
Gently.
"Why brute?" queried Diana.
Rellairs. for her benefit, recounted
tbe history of Demon Dandy's ex-
ploits.
When he had finished the narrowing
recital with a thrilling account OF now
Demon had beseiged a stableman in
tho loft for space of twelve hours,
and how he had kicked two loose boxes
into matchwood in the same space OF
time. Diana Huntingdon lifted her glo-
rious dark eyes to MS
81 think | should like to buy that
horse" she said.
.Ny dear DIANA" eXpostulated her
brother,
.Don't think of it," said Mr.. Bellairs
Diana had will of her own. This
slight but ill-timed opposition called IT
into life.
..y'm sure should like to buy that
horse" she reiterated, with a rising
color.
More opposition followed from the
men.
Her brother grew angry at the idea,
-1,n nI
mount and ride anything between a
buck-Iumper and zebra, grew alarm
cd and almost angry with her, whom
he worshiped in private as almost a
divinity.
81 am going to buy that horse" said
Diana Huntingdon at last, with an an
CRY flash in her eyes.
Then out of his love and fear for her
Rellairs forgot his manners, which, as
general rule, were perfect. Worse
still, he also forgot diplomacy.
AZ don't think you will succeed" he
said coolly.
Then hot flush came up from his
boots, till he blushed in agony to the
crown of his head.
.'Indeed?" replied the girl, with q
note of scornful. Interrogation in hel
voice that caused his heart to sinh
within him.
Il am thinking of buying him my
self" said Bellairs, desperately.
.Indeed?" replied Diana, with an al
most imperceptible lift Of her eye
brows.
TO shoot" exclaimed Bellairs.
An angry flush crept across her fac
as she swept from the room, gain,
angrily before her.
You're quite right, Jack" salt
Huntingdon, sympathetically. as hi
friend returned disconsolately to tn
table. But I'm afraid you've upse
Di; she's a bit short-tempered, yo'
know. Do you really mean to buy tn
brute?"
Il do" replied Bellairs, "and 10 rid
him, too"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01

And he did.
Diana did not appear at the sale the
next day, neither did she put in an ap-
pearance at the dinner table. Where
fore. in the evening, Mr.. Bellairs or
dered the dogcart, bade his friend
farewell, and returned to his home
with a sorrowful heart.
A year elapsed and found him still
sorrowful.
All his male friends declared him to
have become a mysogynist, while all
his acquaintances of the softer sex
who might have been his friends but
for this painful popularity, declared
that he was a heartless brute.
The popularity was made all the
more unbearable to the eligible dam
sells of Burghminster society by the
fact that Jack was considered a goo6
"catch."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01

sounded and began pulling like sex
ton, at the same time raising his voice
in a cry of Fire! Fire! The boats
afirev Here the officers of the boat
and the passengers are said to have
found him, after hurriedly ascertaining
that the alarm was false, still valor-
ously determined to "save the ship
The boat, relieved of the rudder's guild
ance, had in the meanwhile swung
around in the current and dashed full
speed on a sand bar, from which it re
quired half a day to drag her. And
Mark Twain, having lost his nerve, left
the river.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01
Substitute for Sleep.

ALondon paper says that the health
of people in fashionable society Is be-
ing dangerously threatened by new
drug which is popularity regarded as
substitute for sleep. Very discreetly
it declines to name this dangerous sub
stance. When tea was first introduced
into Europe it was commended for the
same virtue, and it was believed that
it would no longer be necessary to
waste seven or eight hours In sleep.
But extended experience has shown the
disastrous results of cutting short the
period of natural rest and keeping
awake by the help Of tea, and there is
no reason to suppose that chemists will
ever be able to devise any substitute
for sleep which will not in the long
run bring nervous breakdown.-Spring-
field (Mass.) Republican.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01
woMAN's BIG GOAT RANCH.
Her FIocks of Angoras Bring in
$4,000 Year.

Her FIocks of Angoras Bring in
$4,000 a Year.
Mrs Armour, in Sierra County, n. NJ.
owns a herd of more than 25,0OO An
CORA goats, from which she is making
$4,000 profit year. Her COLUMBIA
Pascha" is the most valuable Angora
in America, and worth $1,000.
In 1899 she was left a widow penni
less and with nine small children de
pendent on her for support. The ranch.
men and miners took compassion OIL
the destitute family and contributed
a small sum for their immediate relief
Then she pluckily cast about for some
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01


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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01
Farmers in Alabama.

The total number of farms in Ala
bama is given at 223, ,22O, Of which 129.-
1877 are operated by white farmers and
"a ,OS3 by colored farmers.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01

and discouraged, always regrets that
he has no wife to whine to.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01

A man is usually doing the very best
he can, or else the very worst he can.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01

Ham smells better when it is frying
than it tastes when brought to the
table.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01
An Essential OIL"

Ernest Ingersoll is as quick at rep
artee as he is keen in his observation of
nature. 1t happened some time ago
that his daughter asked him question
concerning the difference between es-
sential and fixed oils. He explained at
some length.
Well said she, "to which class does
skunk's oil belong?'
ITO BOTH" was the prompt rejoinder
'sIts essential to the skunk and fixed
on the man."-New York Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-01

Opportunity is said to knock at every
mans door, but it is the usual expert
ence that he throws poster over the
gate and runs by.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-22
TOOK REFUGE IN LEGATION.
After shooting a Man Minister Hun
ter's son Seeks Asylum There,

Washington, Nov. sl.-The state
department has been informed
that Godfrey Hunter, Jr., son OF
the United States minister at Guate-
mala City. today shot and killed Will
liam Fitzgerald Of Grand Rapids, Mich
Hunter has taken refuge In the le-
cation and an interesting question has
arisen as to his exemption from ar
rest.
Important details are lacking In the
report OF the affair which has come
to the state department, and the Of
fcials are In doubt as to what should
be done. They have no notion or sur
rendering. without protest an Amer
lean citizen to the local courts or
Guatemala, unless satisfied that the
man Is q proper subject for punish
ment.
Even then. II is not at all certain
that the department itself has the
right TO waive any legal exemption
that the man might have. Inter
national law lays down the precept
that an ambassador, or minister, may
not of his own accord surrender any
such exemption in his own case
II is expected here that the shoot
ing ARRAY may mean the relief Of
DR.. Hunter from his post as minister
The doctor has been steadily embroiled
with members Of the American colony
almost since he assumed office in 1891
and lately, owing to his connection
with government railroad, and other
matters not supposed to be proper for
n minister TO NEEDLE with the pres
sure became so acute with the depart
ment was obliged to relieve him from
Office. 1t may be that Fitzgerald was
connected In some way with the
charges against the minister
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-22
NINTH LANCERs' CAST.
Commons Investigating Outrages on
An Indian Cook.

New York, Nov. decentralization OF
the case Of the Ninth lancers has oc-
oupied almost an entire sitting Of thu
house OF commons, says a Tribune dis
patch from London The AFFAIR has
been for days past the sole topic in
military clubs. A native cook was
found near the lines Of the Lancers at
Sialkot, India, dying from injuries In
flicted by unknown assailants. whom
the victim declared to be men Of the
regiment Inquiries failed 10 detect
the guilty persons Lord Curzon was
appealed 10 with the result that the
regiment, which IS one OF the crack
corps Of the British army, was pub
licly branded for having concealed
criminals and all leave Of officers and
men was stopped. Lord George Ham
ilton had a difficult task In tustifyins
the action OF the Indian vlceroy. but he
arose 10 the demands Of the occasion.
and when he sat down the sympathy or
the house was almost entirely with the
government. Lord Curzon, he pointed
out, had from the time he took ofiice
I'm India, exercised the whole OF his
power and influence In imprcssing upon
his countrymen that II was their duty
10 investigate outrages OF this kind
with the utmost promptitude and With
lust as sincere a desire 10 bring home
Justice 10 the culprits 40 IL white
man had been sissultsd
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-22
ton is oyerrued sentence will be pro-

tion is overruled sentence will be pro-
nounced.
Logan by the verdict has been found
guilty Of forging the names Of bank Of
ticials TO the Montana bank notes in
six Instances, passing illegal money and
having 1t in his possession. Three
counts. In which he was charged with
concealing bank notes to the amor
$500 were thrown out at the sugges-
ton OF the prosecution. The lowest
punishment on any of the ten counts
is five years, and the maximum fifteen.
Some of the counts being virtually the
same, however, Logan stands to re-
ceiye a sentence Of from thirty to nine
ty years.
Logan and his band, on July 8, 1901,
held up a Great Northern train near
Wagner, Mont, opened the express safe
by dynamite and secured $4,000 in in
complete new bank notes OF the Nationl
Bank of Montana, the notes lacking the
signature Of the bank officials. Logan
was arrested near this city on Dec. 10,
1901, after shooting two policemen.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-22

II has become necessary that their
oommonest study should receive as
slstance under the auspices and guild
ahce OF the apostolic see" To HIS end
the encyclical says. the pontiff has es-
tabllshed commission OF serious
men whose duty it viii be 10 devote
lhelr entire energy TO ensure that the
divine words may receive the explana-
lion demanded OF them by he times {"
The members Of the commission. tho
encyclioal says IN regard TO the uncom.
promising maintenance Of the authori-
~ OF the scriptures must exercise ear.
nest care and diligence. "In matters
OF faith and morals relating TO the
formation OF Christian doctrine. that
must be held TO be the true sense OF
sacred scripture which has and II be-
ing held by the holy mother church to
whom IL belongs to Judge Of the true
sense and interpretations OF the holy
scripture, and so that no one may I'M
lawfully interpret the holy scripture
contrary 90 this sense, or even in op-
position TO the unanimous concensus
OF the fathers"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-22
Late Increases Telr Testimony to
Good Business,
HEAVY RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
Larger Demand for staple Lines OF
Norchandise-sIiv Bullion Goes
TO Lowest Price ON Record.

New York. Nov. H,--R. G.. Dunn &
Co.'S Weekly Review tomorrow Will
say:
Voluntary Increases In wages by
some Of the largest railway systems In
the country bear eloquent testimony
to the amount Of business handled In
the past, and emphasize the confidence
OF officials in continued heavy traffic.
Moreover, by this addition Of large
sums to the purchasing power Of rail-
way employees there Is assurance Of a
larger demand for all staple lines Of
merchandise.
Temporarily, sales of seasonable lines
OF wearing apparel are retarded by
mild weather but this loss will be full
ly made up when low temperature be-
comes general Preparations for holt
day trade are on an Unprecedented
scale, especially at interior points.
There is no relief as TO the congestion of
railway traffic nor any immediate pros
pect Of free movements at the points
of most serious blockade. Coal freight
is steadily gaining. and all railway
earnings thus far reported for Novem-
Der exceed last years by SO per cent,
Orders are now coming forward for
iron and steel products that have been
held back many months in expectation
Of an easier market. Instead Of max
Ing concessions, however, producers ask
premiums for early delivery and hest
tate to accept contracts where material
and fuel are not In sight. No relief is
reported to the movement Of coke, nor
Is any anticipated for some time to
come, Plans for constructive work are
now Increasing. and very large ton
mage Of structural material will be re-
CURED, As the present congestion Is
due to inadequate facilities, the most
lmportunate inquiry is for railway
equipment.
Silver bullion declined to the lowest
price on record, and copper and tin also
receded from former quotations. Lon
don was a conspicuous factor in these
changes
Heavy lines of dry goods and foot
wear need the stimulus Of cold wealth
err. Orders for spring shoes are coming
forward freely. and there is supplement
tary buying Of winter goods on mod
crate scale Retailers have much mon
ey tied up In rubber goods fos which
there has been little demand, Both
sole and upper leather are quiet.
No concessions are obtained on hides,
except where new offerings are Of in
ferior quality, although stocks have In
creased and the western markets are
quiet.
Failures for the week number 266 In
the United States, against 2ls last year.
and "a in Canada, compared with 81 a
year ago.