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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05
Forty Years Ago.

Sheridan overlook Lees army at
Sailors Creek and defeated it after a
days fighting.
A new stringent tariff law went into
operation.
Richmond and Petersburg were
evacuated by the Confederates and oc-
cupied by Union forces.
Peace rumors based on President
Lincoln's visit to the army at City
Point were telegraphed over the
North
The Wisconsin Legislature memorial
lied the Postoffice Department to es-
tablish railway distributing stations in
that State.
Municipal elections held in many
cities throughout the North showed
great strength of the Union party.
Dispatches from President Lincoln
at City Point announced that the
Union army, after three days fighting,
succeeded in breaking the Confederate
center at. Petersburg and flanking Lee
on the left.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05
Choosing a Drag Saw.


In choosing a saw, hold 1t up clear
of everything with one hand, and ring
the blade with the other. 1t will hum
where your knuckles hit 1t, according
to the temper and quality of carbon
in the blade. The longer it huns or
vibrates the better the quality of the
steel. Then look down the teeth from
end to end and see that the blade is
straight, and look along on the fat of
both sides to see that it is not ''bumpy"
that Is, hollow in some places and
full in others. This is great draw
back to a saw, as it pulls hard through
the full spots or bumps, knocking
against the cut ends as it runs through
the log. It is a fault very hard to de-
tect in new saw, in an old one very
easy, as the bumps show bright and
polished from knocking, and the hol-
lows dull from escaping the friction.
See that the saw Is not too thick, or 1t
wastes too much strength to saw
with 1t.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05
One Hundred Years Aao.

The Jewish oath bill, several times
passed by the Commons, was thrown
out by the House of Lords.
About 500 Indians held council Of
war at the mouth of the Wabash.
Emanuel Lisa founded the first trad
ing post in Nebraska, at Bellevue.
New Hampshire passed law divid-
ing its towns into school districts.
The United States government was
negotiating for 100000 acres of In
dian land west of the Wabash, oppO-
site Vincennes.
The Spanish consul at Philadelphia
Informed the merchants of the United
States that the port of st. Augustine,
Fla, was opened for importation of
provisions.
Russian troops were assembling at
Corfu and adjacent islands
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05
General Farm Notes.

1t is well to mark the eggs on which
the hen is placed for Matching pur-
poses.
A dog that worries the fowls should
be broken Of the habit without delay,
for hen will not do her best while
such nuisances exist.
If you find that the young chicks are
disappearing, keep an eye on the fam
lily cat. 1t may develop that this ami
NAL is doing the damage.
Dampness will cause more troubles
in the brood than any other condition
in the poultry house. Dry floors are
as necessary as, proper food.
Agricultural implements to the value
of $2.S35, $50 were exported from this
country during the month of January
1905, the exports for the same month
of 1904 being valued at $1,9s7, 1856.
For the tree lice, the New Hamp.
shire Station successfully dips the in.
tested twigs of young trees In weak
solution of tree soap. Probably kero
sene emulsion would answer the same
purpose.
A Chilean government expert asserts
thst at the end Of twenty years. wher
thirty-five million tons Of nitrate Of
soda have been extracted from the
great mines on the coast Of Chill, the
exhaustion OF the nitrate deposits viii
have been accomplished
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05
CHAPTER Xxx

1t was a wild night. The wind howl
ed mournfully through the passages and
corr::1Urs Of the house down in Essex,
swaying the shivering poplars, stripping
them of their leaves, and soughing
among the branches. Heavy masses of
cloud drifted rapidly across the sky, and
large drops of rain pattered occasionally
upon the dry leaves. At times, the
moon broke forth in fitful radiance, but
only to render the succeeding darkness
deeper. There was a terrible spirit
abroad that. night-a spirit of destruc-
ton on land and sea.
Before the fire in his somber bedroom
sat Silas Carston, watching sadly the
Pickering flames blown about by the
draught that came roaring down the
huge chimney. He was alone; the nurse
had been removed, and his door securely
locked. Dark and despairing were his
thoughts. and over all there hovered the
spirit of the night, boding death.
In the chamber above him, watching
the tempestuous changes of the sky,
with her eyes, but not with her mind,
sat Clara, sad, dreary. hopeless, at the
mercy of her enemies. She also was a
prisoner fast secured, and over her
DroOQeO Lne spirit oI the ulSnt, UouiHs
death.
In the kitchen below sat two female
servants covering over the blazing fire,
shuddering at the bowling wind, and
"supping full of horrors" on ghost
stories.
In small room upon the same corri-
dor in which Clara's apartment was sit
uated, sat the Rev. Mr.. Porter, trying to
drown dark memories and stupefy re-
morse, the specters still fioated upon the
surface, ana .he worm gnawed cease
lessly. He shivered and looked around
and then crept closer to the cheerful fire.
Over him hovered the spirit of the
night, boding death.
ITO he continuedl
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05

Uprisings in Belgium were daily oe-
currences, the country being on the
verge Of a revolution.
The Legislature of Georgia annulled
all laws made by Cherokee Indians.
The State road from Lake Michigan
to Madison, on the Ohio, was begun.
The parish prison at New Orleans
was erected at a cost Of 100000.
East Tennessee was swept by ey-
clone.
Work was begun by the surveyors
for the laying out of the city of Chi
cago.
France addressed its ultimatum to
the Dey Of Algiers, demanding pub
lie reparation and $16,OOO,OO0 mdemni-
ty for the expenses of the war.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05
Fifty Years Ago.

Butler University at Irvington, 1nd,
was opened.
Charlotte Bronte, the English novel;
ist, died.
England signed treaty of peace
with Mohammed of Cabul, India.
Sir George Gore left ST. Louis with
forty men to explore the head waters
Of the Powder River in Montana
The bronze equestrian statue of Cen
eral Jackson was unveiled in the Place
d'Armes, New Orleans
Four sons of John Brown, abolition
ist, settled on the Pottawatomie River,
eight miles from Osawatomie, Ark
Was election day in Kansas and the
polls were invaded by 'emigrants"
from Missouri, who carried the State.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05

Wherever the Baldwin, Northern Spy
and similar varieties of apples can be
grown successfully, the Fameuse,
shown in the illustration, should have
a place, for it is one of the most de-
sirable varieties for commercial pur-
poses. In quality it is one of the best,
and its attractive skin, highly colored
and tender. makes it sort easy to sell
to consumers. The flesh is white, with
generally red streaks and of good quail
ity. The trees are productive, come
into bearing quite early. and, with
proper care, bear consecutive seasons
In season it is late fail or early win
ter sort and is good keeper and a
good shipper, if care is used in pack
Ing, so that the rather delicate and
thin skin is not bruised All things
considered the Fameuse may be class
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05
Thirty Years Ago.

The Illinois Legislature passed the
municipal Incorporate ton act.
Charles R. Ingersoll, Democrat, was
elected Governor of Connecticut.
The monument to the late Emperor
Maximilian at Triest, Austria, was un-
veiled
Through telegraph operators blum
der two trains came together at Bur
lington, Iowa, killing several and In
juring many persons.
Archbishop Manning was created q
cardinal, the ceremony taking place
before many English and American
pilgrims at Rome.
The Pope issued an encyclical re-
newing the accommodation of the
old Catholics of Switzerland.
Henry Ward Beecher began his tes-
timony in his own defense In the
Brooklyn court which was hearing the
Tilton- -Beecher case.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05
Married Unawares.,

An astonishing story of involuntary
marriage is brought to England by the
steamer Anversville, which has just
arrived from the Congo.
The Belgian officials declare the in
cessant risings in the Congo Free State
to be due to the missionaries, and they
are alleged to lose no opportunity of
making things uncomfortable for these
self-sacrificing evangelists.
Sites for new mission buildings are
refused, natives are forbidden to sell
food to the missionaries, an exorbi-
-tant tax has been put on fuel, and
numberless petty measures of irrita-
ton are devised.
Recently one of the missionaries
died on an Upper River station, and,
in accordance with Free State law,
three of the dead mans colleagues
lady and two gentlemen, who were
present at the deathbed-traveled to
the nearest state post to report the
matter to a Belgian official.
This official professed to be unable
to speak any language but Flemish
which none of the party understood
He made them repeat after him in
Flemish what they believed to be q
declaration as to the cause of death
and then swear to it and sign 1t.
A week later they discovered to theil
horror that the document they hat
signed was not death return, but 9
marriage certificate, and that the lady
who is over nifty, had been legally
married to the younger of her TIVE
companions.-Londo Express.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05
more than grain in some sections. The

more than grain in some sections. The
cutting of the bone into available sizes
is now rendered an easy matter, as the
bone cutter is within reach of all.
Bones fresh from the butcher contain
more or less meat, and the more of
such meat the better, as it will cost
no more per pound than the bone,
while the combination of both meat
and bone Is an excellent food from
which to produce eggs.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05
CUTTING POTATOES.

splitting the seed end. Cut potatoes as
you want to use them and after they
are cut never expose to the sun or air
to dry out
If you cannot use them Immediately
pour out on damp ground in the shade
of trees OF building and cover with a
blanket. Seed the least bit dry comes
up slower. blights easily, and yields
lighter, just in proportion as it is dried
out.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05
Lettuce.

Lettuce is a salad plant, salable
greens, extensively forced in green
houses during the winter, and in hot
beds and cold frames in early spring.
1t can be sown from spring till fall,
and is remarkable for being able to
stand quite severe ~frosts. Lettuce
thrives best in clay loan soil well
treated with well-rotted barnyard ma
nure. In early spring the seed is
sown in rows foot apart and thinned
to stand about six inches apart in the
row. For the very early and very late
crops, the loose-growing varieties are
best for the reason that they mature
the quickest. For early summer and
fall crops, the larger head lettuces are
the finest. In order to have crisp, ten
der lettuce, the crops must be sown
rapidly. To secure quick growth, the
soil must be very rich. Nitrate of soda
scattered broadcast along the rows and
well raked in, will generally give a
quick growth. 1t can be used at the
rate Of 200 to 800 pounds to the acre.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05

If it is large cut
off a good sized
piece with two or
three eyes. Re
volve the potato
to the right and
keep cutting off
about the same
size pieces, finish
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05
rweaty Years Ago.

The British forces under General
Graham captured and burned the Arab
village Tamai.
General Grants condition was such
that the end appeared to be near.
A Cabinet meeting decided that
while this nation was not concerned
with the internal affairs Of Colombia.
then In a state of revolution, it was
responsible for free and uninterrupted
transit across the isthmus.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05
An Egg Producer.

Green cut bones are not used as ex-
tensively as they should be, because
grain can be obtained with less diff
Guilty and at a minimum cost, but as
egg producing material the bone is far
superior to grain and does not cost
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05

The colossal statue Of Prince Bis
marck being erected at>Hamburg, will
be unveiled In 1905. It's height Is over
20 feet, and the sword is SO feet long.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05
Cutting Potatoes for Seed.

In cutting seed potatoes, Farm and
hand with the stem end toward you.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05

ed among the very few really desira
BILE sorts for market use.-Indianapolis
News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05

the wings in natural position and it
will do no harm, yet the bird will not
be able to fly any distance.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-20
they WANT
the RELICS

4 plan il on rooi by the friends q
the University of Washington 10 90.
cure the valuable collection 81 fu-
dian relics owned by w. ~ stew
art. which IL now on exhibition Isl
the Washington building at the
Lewis and CLARK exposition TIE
collection IL said 90 be She finest in
the country. II Was secured b. pF.
Stewart and is composed exclusive
~ Of relies and curios from this
state nr. stewart spent years COLI
iseflnK the relies in Eastern wash
inRfen.
The value o. the collection Il
placed nt about tiTioQ. Many
friends Of the university have looked
over the collection Cor the purpose
81 aAeertainiug itr valge 10 the uni
vefaliy and they are heartily in
favor Of purchasing u 90 " can re-
main III this state.
II II known that Eastern people
have been looking over the collec-
ton with n Wow Of purchasing II
for Eastern universities but the
patriotic WashlnEtoninns are very
DESTROYS % having q remain IN the
state. II ia now almost assured that
Il xill BE purchased for the local
university.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-20

manufacture OF "kanteu.~ and the
output last year was a.aan 100
pounds. valued az $3.50. o0o. The ldeus
teal aigac nom which IL Is made
ahouuda on our Pacific and Atlantic
coasts. hut not a piece OF It IL nov
utilised
The Japanese are the only people
tn the world Co farm a bed OF the
sea. Halt Il million dollars worth
If palasahle food IL produced this
way A species 90 rod aiEa. which
II found IN every part OF the world
L afiificially Erown By the Japanese
Ia the thousands OF bays ard tnleIs
which abound in their country. Hun 8
dies % hrushwood Or bamboo are
planted az low tide Ia the mud flats
and IN a couple Of months they
have gathered a crop 81 iaver. great
plumss og wavy red sea plants. 81
the amount OF tise an acre. In
sofne years the yield has been as
htEh a. tsi0 an acre. There are
ace acres under cultivation Is law
er. smployins Assoc famgle~ aud
Welding a crop annually valued 1t
tseo. 600.
Another line ~ the artificial eui-
tute % pearls A. Il we'll known
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-20

japanese are almost exclusively
used for picking and sorting the
grapes used In making raisina. In
former years there was always an
abundance Of japanese for that
work. but when the war broke out
70 many Of the men returned 20
Japan 10 serve In the army against
the Russians that japanese help Of
every kind became extremely scarce
an the coast. Now, that the picking
season is on. the growers experience
great difficulty In securing the re-
quired help for bringing In the haf-
vest. The southern Pacific and the
Santa Re railroads have been APP
peaisd 10. 10 allow reductions In the
fare Of Iahorefs on the coast who are
willing to come here 10 work in the
vluYards The result. 30 far. has
not been very satisfactory.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-20
Largest Showing of Blankets
We've Ever Had

made Of the mixed woo and cotton blankets
IN Whit and IN ralorci burdeA
white priced tTa fzho. 500 $3.50 800 0be
1850 and - 90 pair we'll AZ lover and
intermediate prices -
Tho-e In gray priced 500 $3.50 and
well as At lower and intermediate pricea
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-20

the pearl iH disease 81 the oyster.
AID results from getting some lfri=
tatlHR foreign substance into his
little inHidoa.
II occurred 60 Prof Mitnukuri. 81
the Japanese fish rommlHHlon. that
Il minht be- profitable 20 stimulate
the troubles OF tho oysters by In
sorting artificial irfitatinna within
their shells, Ito inEcnlounlY inherta
small mother W pearl peleta be-
tween the she'll and body OF the
oyster. then returning the oyster 20
his bed. there 90 remain FOR nas
Rod Of four years, 10 WreHtle with
his new trouble ~ the end 81 ihat
time a pearl 81 beautiful brillianey
IL found in place Of the original nelz
let The profcuHors pearl fnrm. IN
the bay OF Ago. 10 now treating soc. :
600 oysters ia this fashion every
year aud already u very consider
able output OF peHrfh h being mar
teted IN an the principal cities of
the world
Near Toxic n tcrraplu farm GA
which are. raised 10000 teffanln a
year Tor the market
In Japan 100000 people are en-
EaHed Ia the different branches Of
the fishing industry, as compared
with $4,000 in the United etatea.
Nearly one sixteenth 81 the pop
uintion make thNr living fron tho
sea. a. against one five hundfsdth
IN the United States. The coast and
inland waters % Japan give ~ each
year yield ~ animal and vrReta hle
product valued at $50 600 .oeo. aud
amounting To- 100000 tons.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-20
euYs LINcoLN,s pRIVrg eAR

MfNNEAPoLiS. MINI. Sept. ..
Thomas Lowry. ~ Minneapolis,
president Of the 500 Line and % the
Twin city Rapid Transit company.
has bought the historic private ear
used bY Abraham Lincoln. The ear
will be presented 90 the park board.
which viii place It permanently in
one Of the parks.
The car Nns used by Lincoln dur
Ing his administration and bore hts
body from Washington to Spring
field.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-20

worth no less than t1.eoo oeo.
The gatheriug Of kelp from the
rocks employs thousands OF men.
women and children. and the =kum-
hu.r as Il q known when dried aud
prepared Tor the table. l. as conn
mon an article % diet In the Japss
nese household as 10 the potato IN
the United states.
Agar-aEar IL marine gelatin. be-
Ing the product left from boiling eeF-
tain pnlpy seaweeds rich in gelatin
Gus material There are 500 estab-
iishments In Japan devoted TO the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-20
VOW JAPS MAKE A LIVING
FROM the SEA
MUCH PALArAsLE FOOD as W ElL AS vALuABLEs SUCH As
PEARLS ARE CULTIVATED AND UNCLE SAM Will
LESSON FROM THEM

From a STAFF Correspondent ef The
star.
WASHINGTON. II. g. sept "a
In the development % its fisheries
japan ls 20 become a model Ter the
United States.
This Is the conclusion reached BY
a special agent % cur government.
sent over to Investigate. namely.
Deputy United states Fish Com
missioner Hugh M smith.
Our annual crop % marine yeKe-
tables Ia worth but $4,000 a year.
whereas In japan these products are
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-20
NO DELEGATE
FOR ALASKA

WASHINGTON. Sept. 20 Those
senator's and representatives Who
visited Alaska this summer. ineiud-
ina Speaker Cannon we're not favor
ably impressed with the Idea Of Civ
InK that territory n delegate IN con-
Erssa but have outlined a substitute
plan which they will bring forward
next session They propose treat
ing Alaska as congress treats the
District OF Columbia appoint n
special COMMITTEES In the senate and
house to consider and handle all
legislation relating 90 Alaska.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-20

the bullet grazing bis abdomen
aud crashing through a window.
An UNCOAMuNiCATlNE corps
81 surveyors are nov ~ work IN
the Kitilias valley II 10 believed
they arc surveying Tor the proposed
cutoff between EllsnHbuFg aud
Lind.
kfTTtTAe FARMERS have en-
played an expert 20 analYxe sugar
tasfa
HOQrIAM 10 20 have nsw 81 600
theafer
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-20

FRESNO. Cal. Sept. 2i.-The wal
between Russia and Japan has had
an unforeseen effect uron the raisin
industry Of California and the own
ers Of vineyards in this part Of the
state have great difficulty 20 over
come the complications arising from
the lack OF japanese grape pickers
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-20

EFS0N. Mass, sept &c. Miss
Efhei - Cram. daughter Of the late
Iienfy A. Cram. q prominent New
Vera lawyer. u dead at her mothers
summer home. HiEhwood. after Is
ing for two months IN an uncon-
A. lzaa condition from fractured skull
Sustained on July 10 hy "a kick from
y peny.
The skull waR crushed over the
left ear. ana Hhe never spoke after
seewfving the blow within the last
few days ccrchro meningitis set In
ard death had been expected hourly.
The accident occurred while Miss
Cram Was driving home from PITTS
IleIn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-20

The Ideal short trip for tourists
IL 90 the 4. = navy yard and bat
tieshipa The Puget Sound navy
yard r. the largest on the Pacific
coast. Fast steamers leave pier 2
at and 10 n. m; lis. 2.30 and
4a0 2. m. Fare, round trip. zoe.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-20

slra. 4. Lynch aud draughter have
Just returned to their home Ia Spo-
kane. after very pleasant visit In
this city.