V
"ft
be warned by the experience
others
of
A TERRIBLE WEAPON.
WHY IT WAS CHOSEN
FARMING NOTES.
A series of experiments have just
Washington. Sent. 26. The taken place in England in connec-
CJ M I -
commission that recently visited tion with the 36 pounder quick-fir-
the Pacific coast to lind a good ing gun. The experiments weie
place for a nav v yard, made an to determine ( 1 ) the velocity of the
exhaustive report, much of which armor-piercing shell at different
is devoted to a description of the ranges which would enable it to
points, and the statement of penetrate armor plating; (2) to de-
reasnns which impelled the com- termine at what angle to ine line
mission to reject their claims. In of fire one armor plate will keep
jsiimmine- nn the advantages ai out the 36-pounaer arnior-pieiu
Port Orchard, or Point Turner, as shell; (3) to determine tne uuck
it is called, the report says that ness of plate which will keep out
the situation is on a good harbor, a common steel shell fired direct
-. mi
with ample extent and depth ot with a full charge ol powder, ine
wrnfnH fnr OTITIC i' trlA ljir.ACf, filZft racillfc WPTfl that, at 2.600 yards
naici u oj . . o 4vD.v .
and heaviest draught, and is ac- the armor-piercing shell, with
cessible to them at all times. The velocity of 1,076 ft. per second,
principal lines of defense has not penetrated a plate of mild steel
yet been laid down, but the opin- 3 in. thick. At 1,000 yards range,
ion given by the commission as to with 1,537 ft. velocity, it pene-
their probable location, coincides trated a 4 in. plate ot nara sieei,
witli the conclusions of the chief and a 5 in. hard steel plate was
engineer of the United States army, penetrated at 500 yards range
The sis-lit chosen is weJl witnm w th 1.748 It. velocity, in uie
any probable line of defenses in- second experiment it was found
tended to cover the principal cities that the shell penetrated a 3 in.
, , , ... .
Piiwof cniinri it. mav hft nrldea I milrl crol n ate at an ansriw tt
- "o-- " ' " r .
that it is also favorably situated 35 dec or 55 deg to the normal
to support that line of defense Against a hard steel plate of the
while itself remaining secure. Its sn.me thickness the shell broke up
position and natural surroundings at an angle of 30 deg. At a 4 in
ro siipIi ns aflTnrd local securitv Mm r1 steel rdate the shell glanced
from attack by naval force, whether 0ff at an angle of 30 deg., while at
by dash or bombardment, with 45 deg. the plate broke up, as aid
an unusually small expense in aiso a 5 in. plate when fired at
preparation of defenses. from the same angle. , In the third
The water front on Sinclair har- trial it, was found that a 36-pounder
bor is a mile and a half long, which, cannon shell, fired direct with a
alter all deductions, for dry docks, fuU charge,' was able to penetrate
buildings, ships, etc., will allow at a 3 jn. mild steel plate, out iaueu
least a dozen of the heaviest ships against a 4 in. plate
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1 rt I -i n t lia rlfn.tra in n 1 -
Kill) YV 1 1 1 KJ lie CL U IIIV V.
, , ' A CENTURY IN FRANCE.
single uer.
is fifteen
OVERLAND TO GALIFOBHIA
GET YOUR-
The site is fifteen miles Horn FrannA in 1879 and in 1889 is
Seattle and thirty from Tacoma, curiously ' contrasted in some
the -principle centers of labor and recently, given to the
Pnret sound. Both
labor and supplies can be obtained tUry ag0 jand was worth $100 per
j, -1- I. ' . -1 1 ip
irom mose ciues. hectare (two ana one-nau acres;,
All accounts agree in the natu- arainst $300 at the present day.
ral healthfulness of the region Tne popuiation of the whole
generally, and that outdoor labor C0Untry has grown from 27,000,-
eanbs carried on throughout the nnn fn 38-000.000. while that of
year with the loss of but very few paris has increaSed from 600,000
days. to 2,310,000. Cab fares were
Touching the cost of the pro- cheaper a hundred years ago, and
Tenser! site, the commission refers rrt -niana ttt the theatre onlv
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to the active speculation in land, cost one franc, but bread was three
ana says it was uuij&cva, m vim. t-imas as uear as now. ax.
to- prevent inordinate advances m
values- consequent upon the selec
tion of the site, to obtain fiom the
land owners in advance, written
propositions to sell to the govern
ment.
Successful dairymen believe that
a cow, to be a success, should earn
an annual sum equal to her -entire
value.
A row of raspberries one hundred
feet long will give an abundant
supply for an ordinary family.
Plant a few red raspberries thi3
fall.
Soot has considerable value as a
fertilizer. As much as 50,000 tons
of it is taken from the chimneys
of London in a year. It is estima
ted to be worth $100,000, and is
used as a fertilizer, half a ton to an
acre.
"Where animals horses and
sheep, to wit have their teeth
sound and complete, it is claimed
there isno advtaange to be gained
by erasing their grain rations. It
is otherwise in the case of old
liorses, cattle and pigs.
Experiments show that for mere
sustenance a cow of 1,000 pounds
weiVht must digest about eight
w
pounds of nutritive material from
her food, to supply which the food
must contain about seventeen
pounds of dry organic matter.
In J. R. Kettle well's garden is a
pumpkin vine which has twined
around an olive tree and grown to
a height of about fifteen feet. Near
the top are two large pumpkins,
and Mr. Kettle well has had to
have boxes erected on poles to let
them lay in to keep them from
breaking the limbs of the tree. St.
Helena Star.
In planting or cultivating a forty
acre field of corn a farmer walks
700 miles. To plow the ground
with a sixteen-inch three horse
plow he travels 350 miles; to har
row the ground thoroughly before
planting he walks 50 miles; to
cultivate it afterward he will have
to travel 300 miles, making a total
of 700 miles with the gathering.
VIA
Southern Pacific Company's
LINE.-
THE AIT. SHASTA ROUTE.
Time Between
ALBANY and SAN FRANCISCO
35 HOURS.
California Express Traiss Sua S&Uy . ..
PORTLAND and SAN FRANCISCO.
SOKTU
flllflll
Lt Portland . . . 4:00 p. m. Lv San Frisco 7:ipm
f ill.... o.ic n i.tf i mnr. o 13 am
. n FTico...7:4S p.m. Ar Portland 10:45 m
A BIG GUN.
PROHIBITION IN IOWA.
Local Passenger Train, Daily, except Sunday
U Portland.... 8:00 a.m. I Kufeue .9:00 a. m
UT A1UBU) .... ... I " J - i
Ar Kmreiie 1:40 p m Ar Portland 3:46 p m
Local Passenger Train. Daily.exceptfcanday
ff.nn ,. , fZ Altiiv Ar. ..6:30 a in
Q-dfi n m. . Ar. . .Lebanon. ..Lv. .11:35 a in
lt:50 p m...Lv... AlVauy Ar...2:45 p m
1 :Mo p m. . Ar. . .leoanon. ..uv. . .-w p m
Pullman Buffett Sleepers
TOURIST SLEEPING CARS,
For accommodation of second-class
passengers, attached to Express Trains.
im.. a D rn 'a PArrt' mabtkU onnnention with all
1U6 a. . v.-. . : , . I
lh Tabular trains on tue East aiue aiitimsii ire
foet ol t street.
Vest Bide Elvlslon.
BETWEEN PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS.
KaUTials. Diily Eicept Sundiy.
LUTE.
Portland 7:30 a. m.
Corraltis 1:80 p. m.
AR&1VB.
Corvallis 12:25 p. in
Portland 6:20 p. m
At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains of the
Oregon Pacific Railroad.
Impress Triln. Sail; Except Sunday.
I. RAVE.
Portland 4:50 p. m.
Mcllinnrille 5:45 a.m.
A R Rl VK.
MvMinnville... 8:00 p. m
Portland 9:00s. m
THROUGH TICKETS
to all points
South and East Yia California.
Vnr nll 4nfnrmt.iim reffardin" rates, niapa
tc , call on coinpauy's agent at Corvallis or I
Albany.
R. KOEHLERManfter.
0REG0HRAILWAY&HAV1GAT10H
CO.
"Columbia River Route.
Train a for the East leave Portland at
7:45 a. m. and 9:80 p. m. dnlljr.
m T A XT' T71 m P to and from princi
I 1 I J 1 V PJ L k5 ual lohti in the
.e-. - - : 7. i , i
i UmteU States, Uanaaa, ana juurope.
The French war department is
rejoicing in the possession of a gun
which is thirty-five feet long and
weighs forty-three tons. It car
ries a projectile weighing 800
nnimds. and with 425 pounds of
x j
A n nrti nrohihition society has powder that shot is carried ten
----- - -
iles and three-auarters. In
UBBU UXiiallliCVA SIM. iU" A I -
I , "l 1
n nf which is to labor for the re- other words, unaer orainary cn
peal of the prohibition laws and cumstances the projectile will fall
secure the enactment of rigid hign at a point entirely Deyonu me range
stead. The society of vision.
SWEPT BY THE TIDE OP POPULARITY.
To the topmost pinnacle of success, Hoa-
teter's Stomach Bitters stands a shining
Droof of what genuine merit, backed by the
living force of proven facts, can attain.
The North and South American continents.
Europe. Australia, the West Indies, Gnate'
mala and Mexico have all contributed wide
patronage and testimony of the most favora.
ble kiud but unsolicited to swell the
reDUtation of this sterling remedj. Among
the maladies for which the most convincing
public and protessionai testimony proves
that it is benign curative, are chills and
fever, billiou3 remittent, dumb ague and
nata A vartAiiaifl livir comnlaint.
nervoueness, debility, kidney and bladder
complaints. . It mitigates tne innrmities 01
na h:uitana convalescence, has a tendency
to prevent ill cousequences from exposure
and exhaustion. Persons of sedentary
habits and laborious ocsupations will and it
an ever useful tonic.
ELEGANT NEW DINING CAES
PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPS RS.
Free family sleeping cars run through on
.Express trains irom rortium to
OMAHA,
and KANSAS CITY.
Free of Charge and without Change.
Close connections at Portland for San
Francisco aad Puget Sound points.
For further particulars inrfiiire of any
Agaat ot tne uompanv or
L A fflftAltrilili,
G. P. and T. A.
C. J. SMITH,
Gin'i. Mahaoer, Portland, Oregon.
llv fnrmed is a state or-
v"-
ganization, but it is the intention
of those at the head of the move
ment to organize local societies,
and it is hoped to have 40,000
mamWs ATirnlled within six
mnrrf.ha Tn this W3T lt is eX-
AUWMVUI
uected that much can be accom
plished toward securing high li
cense legislation
Iowa's experience with prohibi
tion as a means of remedying the
liquor evil has been disappointing
to temperance people, who now
realize that some other plan must
be adopted to secure the desired
relief. Prohibition has proved to
be as much a failure in low as in
other states where it has been
tried, and the people can plainly
coo that, mnra harm is beins done
throuah its influence than good
Edward. Bellamy, speaking of
his "Looking Backward" in the
Nationalist, says that- he had at
the outset no idea of attempting
a serious contribution to a move
ment of social reform. The idea
was of a mere literary fantasy, a
fairy tale of social felicity. Orig
inally the date of the 6tory was
3,000 A. D., and the romance was
of an ideal world, instead of, as
finally, a nation. After many re
castings the story became the " ve
hicle of a" definite scheme of indus
trial reorganization, the scheme
having worked itself out in the
mind of Mr. Bellamy while he was
trying to fashion his lairy romance
Among the 15-cent, 25-cent, ' or
even $1 barbers none rank any better
than John S. Moore aud P. Lewis.
They are new well prepared to shave you
in the neatest style and fix you up as
trim as a fighting cock or a Chmse I
pheasant This shop is on Main
street, nearly opposite the brick livery
stable. If the Oregon papers see fit
they can copy this with due credit.
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castor's,
mmMwmmm
An old servant of Charles
Dinkens stole 70 and lied about
it. Dickens detected him, dis
rFnnrsa thnsfl hvnocritical noli- charged him and settled an annul
ticians whose desire is to use pro- ty of $300 on him lest he should
a v, ne leu 1UIU vviumiicim uiuiuuuij
hi ni uon in ui iuicicou, ua iuc , . - .. - i
wui uon iu . by financial necessity. .; A good
repeal of the law, but the wise
judgement of the intelligent peo
ple is houud to prevail, and high
license laws, the success of which
has been many times demonstra
ted, will be substituted. Let those
states in which it is desired to
regulate or suppress liquor traffic
Children Cryfoi;
deed like that shines ' in this
naughty world. How many would
be rescued from criminal lives by
a little timely help and forgive
ness. . ' - -.
As a rule all but one of the work
teams should be mares, aiid the
mare should'bringa good colt every
year
Pitcher's Castoria.
iiA.-li.tfifvr. at ff-r in'Ishi'I :i:icl rti.4 Uiiti't
cirt-alaTlon of I'.'P'rcf hf'ii.-'s hp nilf1.
Fi:liy iilnstrl-rt, Jteyt 'ii;-- i.i Vrf! V'Jii ir.v.
MUNNJtl'O., li:ni.i:TXF:?.Sl !lr:;3rtv.ay, N.V.
RSH1TESTS & milMZ$-
Edition cf Ssiariifio Ascencan. V
A Krt'S nU'.tTi.;.-.. :.n;.i .1 n-- ...... .
tlthiwrnTtli:r jnr.in r rm: :try nnil : v rps-iilri
Ctfs or putifir t):::i!:;t::". ;m:ii i ic it.nivtt
and fuii rlaiu a.: i c:'t' -iiiixisx 'r : i
nnliarimicH.!ii..:f "ii'ii is?. rnfmr y-;..
26 ctn. a copv. .".;trx:" 4-n I'l ni isi;t:i s.
?ZA Ki-l , i...u -
sssV .sak. ssaar (Vnm fMln ITaH la Bv
a VIiifar Portrait ofMr.Girri-
VlVfa sou. ot Salem. Ohio.
jjHp write: MWa at work on a farm for
9-4 0 a month ; I now have atf afrencr
r... it n s it c -.' ii...n.. ni ,..,Kir
ihmi and often make SM day."
William Kline, Harrisbara-, Ta
. writta: "1 have nrer known
anything to sell Jlke your album,
Vcattrdn y took order enough to
pay me over t;fi.V" W. J. Kl
mre, Bane-or, Me wrftea: MI
IliiH an ni vn.iv slhiiniat
aim t erery houae I viait. My
pront i on en as mucbaa 9 W
ifor a. inele day work."
..Iiri.niiwiigHiiiwwnci. -
gvw have nut space to ave ex-
" " imsrii ";i. s..;
one who takes hold of tbti qrand buMiiess piles up sand profits.
Shall we start YOU in this business,
reader? - Write tons and learn all about it for yourself. We
aro startins; many ; we will start yon if you don't delay until
another gets aheml of you In your part of the country. If yon
take hold you will be ableto pick up void fast. Q&"C?1
On aecountof a forced manufacturers sale 1 95,000 ten
dollar PhttofgrniH Albums areto be sold to the
people for 1SS each. Bound in Koya) Crimson Silk Velvet
rlush. Cliarmmgrly decorated insfdes. Hnndsotiiest albums fn the
world. Largeit Size. Grvatest barfrains ever known. Ajmita
wanted. Liberal terms. Big money for accents. Anyone can
become a successful afretft. Selto Itself -on siaitt little or no
talking: necessary. Wherever shown every one went to pur
chase. Agents tak thousands of ordera with rapidity never
before known- Great profits await every worker. Agents are
making fortunes. Ladies make as much as men. - Ton, reader,
earn do aa well as any one. - Full information and terms free?, '
to those who write for same, with particulars and terms for our
Famlty Bibles, Books and Periodicals. After yon know all,
buuidyou conclude to go no further, why no harm la done.
Address K. G AIXKN 4 CO., AUGUSTA. MALIK.
i M. JOHNSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CORVALLIS, OR.
tSVom s gettenl fTscHc. in U the cotirts. Also
arm for oil the'tirat-claMs nuuranM eompaiMS. 2:84
pj 3t? '
pond slice (;ri-rir "'-'''.
TRADE fVIARK.3.
-i.f'- ..... -...j '! n rl iit flm PT
-.. . jhuh ... i. it. i.. f-v-. t ft:fi rt:i-I:
ilillilt'dii.lP l'l"tt"!lt;ll. M;!i:i fo' i !lrj:'li--t:..
flV V It lf;ilTS f..r -nn. ('.-.ar!?, IMP!
lc. itliic-i.v (rt.-uri!. AMri.
aii.'.NX & !.. rI-':t S":ri'or.
TJia -RTTT-EES' QUIDB is
issued Msjrcb and Bept
leach year. It is an. ency
clopedia ol nsaroA mior
' mation for all who pop-
chase the luxuries or las
nflRAftflities cl life. "We
oan clothe you and famish ycu with
all the necessary ana unnecessary
appliances to ride, walk, dance, sleep,
at, fish, hunt, work, go to church,
or stay at home, and in various sizes,
styles and quantities. Just figure out
wht is required to do all these things
COMFORTABLY, and you can make a fair
estimate of the value of the BUTEBB'
GUIDE, which will be sent upon
receipt of 10 cents to pay postage,
MONTGOMERY WARD & CO.
. 111-114 Michigar A.venue. Chicago, IU.
WL-.JB
FOR
PILES
- ; ' AMD Ait
SKIN DISEASES
MOOSE'S CELEBRATED FOISON OAI BEMEDY.
- It kills all lnflsmmstlon and irritation, and Is the
only sure destroyer of Microbes aad other Bkin
Parasites. .
r freely. Price. 25 cents a Box.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
TSntlra im krhv nrai thai I will be re
sponsible for no debts or book accounts
whatever contracted : by any. body except
oy myeett or oy my written oruers. ivier
ehanU take notice. W, W. DOW. .
Oouvalus, June 22, 18S8.
Done at 0120.0!
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Gazette Office. Corvallis Oregon,
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