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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1906)
THE - COMLUS GAZETTE ?ablished Tuesdays and Fridays by GA.ZETTE PCBLISHIXG COMPAXY. The snKsriptlon price of the Gazette tor several years has been, and remains, ?S2 per annum, or 25 per cent discount if vpaid in advance. HIS LAST BATTLE. ' After an illness of six days General Joseph Wheeler, the famous Confederate cavalry lead er and Brigadier-General of the "iUnited States since the war with iSpain, died of pneumonia. The .general died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Sterling Smith, Thursday afternoon and was 69 lyears of age at the time of death Jn many ways he was a very re markable man. Joseph Whesler, soldier and statesman, was born at Augusta, Georgia, September 10, 1836, of New England parentage. He graduated from West Point in 1859, and first saw active service Kansas and New Mexico in Indian warfare. He resigned Ihis position in the United States Army early in 1861 and was ap pointed First Lieutenant of Ar tillery in the Confedrate Army. In the same year he was com missioned Colonel of the Nine teenth Alabam Infantry. At tthe battle of Shiloh he served with conspicuous bravery, hav ing two horses shot under him, ;and earned the title, "Fighting -Joe." In July, 1862, he was laced in command of the caval ry ftf the Army of the Mississippi- After serving in numerous-campaigns with distinction, ihewas commissioned Brigadier General, October 30, 1862, and became Major-General early in il863. At Chickamauga he f ougkt the most desperate caval ry, battle of the war. He was made Lieu tenant-General early in 18G5. He was elected on the demo cratic ticket from Alabama to ithe forty-seventh Congress and was -steadily re-elected serving when the war with Spain broke out. He offered his services and was appointed Major-General of Volunteers, in April, 1898. He , carved at LSan Juan and before Santiago, and was appointed senior member of a commission to negotiate peace. After his return to Alabama, he was unani mously renominated for Con gress and received the votes of all the political factions of his district. General Wheeler was married in 1866 at Wheeler, Alabama, to Daniella.v daughter of Richard and Lucy W. Jones. She died May 19, 1896, leaving two sons, Joseph and Thomas H., and four daughters, Lucy Louise, Annie -Early, Julia Hull, and Carrie -Peyton. Of these Thomas H. "was drowned in 1898. WERE THEY ROBBERS? ""Robbed of millions because of the iniquities of the tariff!" That takes in Morril of the war tariff, McKinley and Dingley. When Cummins can convince th pop!o of this country that Mor rill, McKinley and Dingley and all those who aided in framing our protective tariffs are "rob ber V then will the skies fall and we shall catch larks. Cummins is not in the center of the Republican platform, or even on its edges, or peeking -around the corners, but has gone clean over into the democratic camp so far as the tariff and reci procity in competitive products are concerned, The farmers of "Iowa are sizing him up and they will have something to say on -these matters in due season. In the meantime, republicans, let :your minds dwell on the thought, -were Morrii, McKinley and "Dingley "robbers" of the Amer ican people? Ii not, what shall be said of the man who deliber ately and willfully perpetrated this infamous, lying slander on their memory? We might just as well get down to a rock-bot tom basis in this business first as last--- If we believe Cummins tells the truth, let us follow him. If we believe McKinley ; and his followers were true patriots, true republicans and true states men, let us " follow them. We cannot follow Cummins and Mc Kinley both Anamosa, (la.) "Eureka." . : - v . IMPARTIAL TRADE. It is difficult' to see why con- sultion of any kind with the'Ger man Embassador is necessary or desirable. So far as it is known our government was not consult ed in regard to the denunciation of the existing treaty. -It : is not necessary to consult Germany in respect to the legislation which the German action will entail up on us. We know what Germany will propose. It will be to grant us a certain concession on cer tain articles of our export, pro vided that we discriminate in her favor against other nations. Well, we won't do it under any circumstances, and there will, therefore, be nothing to discuss. The American plan is impartial trade with all countries, and we will not depart from that plan unless compelled to do so. Of course, however, we shall not patiently submit to discrimina tion against our products, but our course is perfectly plain. It is to provide by general law that the rates of the Dingley act shall be increased by, say, 50 per cent on all goods coming from coun tries in which our products are discriminated against under any pretext whatsoever. Of course, some commodities would be ex cepted. Germany continues our cotton on the free list because she wants our cotton. There are probably articles coming from Germany potash, lor example on which we do not desire to increase duties. The work of the excutive departments, be fore congress meets, is to pre pare a list of those commodities on which we do not care to raise the duties. We do not, however, see that the German Embassador can be of any service in prepar ing such a list, and if he cannot help in that, he cannot help in anything, for there is no other preliminary work to be done. We do not wish for any commer cial war with Germany, but if she insists on having one we cannot help it. We shall not de part from the principle of im partial trade. San Francisco "Chronicle" Congressional Memorial. During the session of the Wil lamette Valley Development League last week in Albany a committee consisting of H. S. Westbrook, G. A. Westgate and W. S. McFadden drafted the fol lowing memorial to congress: "Whereas, It is the sense of the Willamette Valley Develop ment League that among the most urgent and important needs of Western Oregon is the open ing of the Willamette river from Oregon City to the head cf navi gation, to the end that . light draught steamers and all other means of transportation may operate on the river the year arsund ; and "Wheieas, An embargo has been placed oa the transportation of the Willamette river by the absolute ownership of the Oregon City locks by private corpora tion, to the irreparable injurv of the vested rights of the common people, notwithstanding the fact that about $300,000 was taken from our state treasury in the construction of said locks origin ally, and that by this embargo not less than $100,000 annually is being extorted by this corpora tion from the producers of West ern Oregon in freight and other charges exacted ; and ' "Whereas, The federal gov ernment has in commission a snag boat and river dredge, for the operation of which continu ous appropriations are necessary; therefore be it "Resolved bv this convention. That the free transportation ot the Willamette river as a God givcu conmoo carrier cf light belongs to the common "people of the state; that the ownership of the locks at Oregon City by 'a private corporation is an outrage on the vested rights of the peo- -a . . ' - 1 pie; tnat- our senators ana repre sentatives in congress be and are hereby urged to use every ettort toward the betterment ' of the Willamette river iu the interest of " the people; and that they aim unceasingly . for the passing of the Fulton bill or a similar meas ure carrying out the - sense . of these resolutions to acquire the locks at Oregon City by con demnation or other ; necessary proceedings, to the end that, the same be operated free of cost as a common : carrier for the sole use and ; benefit of the people of the state; and that through the of ficers of this convention this, its action and its will, be made known to our delegation in Washington." "Thou Shalt Not Steal.' One evening last week a high wayman held up a minister of the gospel in Portland and robbed him of a watch and 50 cents in cash. The minister talked kind ly to the thug and among other things repeated the eighth com mandment. The talk and the commandment so softened the stony heart of the robber that he returned the watch and the cash. Now let us suppose what might have been: Suppose the minister to have been a country printer, for in stance, what then? Mr. Robber would have found no fifty cents and if the print had a watch at all it would have been either a dumb one or a Waterbury. On the other hand had fortune smiled on the printer and he had a dol lar or two he was compelled to "cough up" it would have made him so angry that he would have insulted the highway man and his all would not have been returned to him. Rev. G L. Tufts is the gentleman who had the experience and he tells the following story in the Tele gram: "Your money is as good as anybody's, reported the high wayman, who appeared to be a thief as well as a philosopher. "Yes, and so is your manhood as good as anybody's is you choose to live honestly and fairly as men should," replied the minister. "I do not begrudge you the money or the watch, but I do know that you are injuring yourself more than yu are hurt ing mt. You have my word for it there is enough for you to do in ihis busy world to make such unpleasant work as this unneces sary." "Well, other, work is mighty hard to get," said Jthe thief, whose tone intimated that he had tried to be hones as long -as it paid. "True, but if you looked for it as hard as you did for a victim tonight you would likely find it. And almost any sort would pay better than this which doesn't pay ten cents an hour." "Well, you aren't a rich haul I'll admit" said the robber, dis consolately; "but," and he brightened up, "better luck next time," His smile the preacher said, was free and frank, but the re volver never wavered. "The next time," said Mr. Tufts, "you may run into the arms of a policemen." ."Oh I ,aint afraid." Punishment follows crime just as surely as day the night," con tinued the preacher, 'and a healthy man like ysu surely would not want to go" to prison lor 50 cents and a rather poor watch." "I guess you're right," said the high was man; "no use of doing time for something that can't keep time, eh? Well, here "take' m back," and he hand ed the minister his watch and money, and left him without further remark. "I think I preached- one of the best sermons of mv life," said the reverend gentleman at his home, 865 First, street. "It was timely and effective and results were immediate. I have carried the. watch more than 20 years. Sale of Circus Property. What proved to be the most sensational sale of circus property ever rmde occurred Jan 17, at Birmingham, Ala., when the 30 car circus belonging - to Sells & Downs was put up at auction to the highest bidden Nearly every prominent circus owner in the country was present and the bid ding for the, reallv excellent show property; was sensational in the extreme. - Prices soared high and there was considerable: feeling between the rival circus proprie- rtors. : V'.::. ' -"'y : : H. S. Rowe, general manager of the Norris & Rowe circus, had slipped. quietly into Birmingham with a certified check for a. hun dred :thousand dollars "and was prepared to spend any part ot it in the purchase of the wild ani mals, beautiful thoroughbreds; the magnificient heavy draft horses; big wagons; dens . and cages and the fine wardrobe and equipment of the Sells & -Downs show, so it was with great chagrin that the other great circus owners witnessed themselves being out bid ou nearly everything put up under the hammer and witnessed Mr. Rowe acquiring the finest bit of circus property ever offered since the Forepaugh-Show was bought by Mr. Bailey. H. S. Rowe will return home this week when a detailed account ot his purchases will be given. All this wealth ot new material will be added to the greater Norris & Rowe's present equip ment and lovers of the circus will see the very largest show visiting this section next season when Norris & Rowe play their annual engagement in this city. How hard a mother has to coax before she can get her child to take its lirst step. it is just aDout as nara 10 in duce a cpn farmed j" ln- valid ally ' one suff with weak ness of the ngs, to take the first step to health. There is a lack of confidence, and perhaps a crushing experience of a former failure which depresses and discourages the sufferer. In spite of doubts and fears you will take the first step to health when you take the first dose of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It never fails to help. In ninety-eight cases out of one hundred it never fails to cure. Never mind about the symptoms. Obstinate cough, bleeding of the lungs, spitting of blood, emaciation, night-sweats, condi tions which if neglected or unskillfully treated terminate in consumption, have all been perfectly and permanently cured by "Golden Medical Discovery." "T am thankful to say that Dr. Pierce's Golden Modical Discovery cured mo of con sumption." writes Mrs. Mattie L. Denton, of Morgan ton. N. C. "My health had been bad and for several months before I began the use of your medicine I had symptoms of con sumption. Had nig-ht-sweats, a bad cough, loss of appetite and a great loss of flesh. There were other symptoms of disease that disappeared by the use of the medicine. By the time 1 used one bottle of ' Golden Med ical Discovery I began to recrain my anne- 1 tite and after using two and a half bottles my cough was cured, 1 could eat heartily and all symptoms of consumption had dis appeared. Took seven bottles of "Golden Medical Discovery' and one of the 'Favor ite Prescription. Am very thankful X re ceived so much benefit. 1 believe I would have been dead if I had waited and not taken Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery." Sick persons are invited to consult Dr. R. V. Pierce, by letter, absolutely without fee or charge. Every letter is regarded as sacredly confidential. Each answer is mailed in a plain envelope. Address Dr. Ii. V. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel and Surgi cal Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. Four Hitadred Babies. St. Vincent's Infant Asylum, Chicago, shelters homeless waifs awaiting adop tion, and there are nearly 4C0 babies there. Sister Julia writfc?: "I cannot say too much in praise of Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough." Contains no opiates and is safe and sure. Ask for Foley's Honey and Tar aud insist on having it, as it is a safe remedy and certain in re sults. Refuse substitutes. Sold by Gra ham & Wortham . 500 Telegraph ers Needed Learn Telegraphy and Railroad Accounting. The activity in railroad construction throughout the Northwest has created a large demand for competent telegraph operators. We teach telegraphy, thor oughly quickly, and secure positions for our graduates. Salary $75 to $90 per mo. Tuition fee low. For terms and particu lar?, wite, Pacific Telegraph Institute, Portland, Oregon. 10 17 Another Good Mail Goae '.Vroaa. He ueglected to take Faley's Kidney Cure at the first signs of kidney trouble, hoping it would wear away, and hf was soon a victim of Bright's disease. There ia danger in delay, but if Foley's Kidney Cure is taken at once the symptoms will disappear, the kidneys are strengthened aad yon are soon sound and well. A. Ii. Bass, of Morgantown, Ind., had to get up ten or twelve times in the night, and had a severe backache and pains in the kidney and was cured by Foley's Kid ney Cure. Sold by Graham & Wortham. Estray Notice. 3-year-old red bull cam a to my premises in November. Owner please call and pay pasturage and price of this notice. Twelve miles southwest of Corvallis. 916 William Park espe- Kfz 5 B.vJ ering W-jr tagflj 4 LOOKING TO EASTER. Experience ia Growins ttvo Popoiar Plar-.i For the Spring Holiday, A vrnter m Garaenmg has related fcis experience in starting and growing Deutzia gracilis and hydrangea for Castcrr as follows: y - j : Deutzia gracilis should now be in pots .Plunge outside in some loose leaveu, to prevent pots from bursting by freezing. About Jan. 15 remove them into a greenhouse with a tempera ture of about 50 degrees for a few weeks. Then if they are a little back ward for Easter raise the temperature to 55 Oi CO degrees, but do not allow the temperature to ."ca any hizher if possi'ole. for there is no plant that can '. ba .spoiled hs a shorter time by tool racch heat when just . coming ' fcto l)3ooi::. . - Forcing the Hydrangea. All the lloi-tensis hydrangeas want abir.t the sair.o treatment. They should La fn a greenhouse as cold as possible, so they do not freeze, until the 1st of January. Then place them in a tem perature of 50 or t5 degrees for three or four weeks. Then raise gradually to 70 degrees or possibly a little higher if they are behind. That is a question each grower must judge for himself. Plants to be in bloom by Easter should have their cluster of buds about the "size of a twenty-five cent piece five or sis weeks before Easter. Give plen ty of water when you begin to give more heat and look out for red spider, a pest that thrives in a temperature that will flower hydrangeas by Easter. I A HOODOO TO HAVE. Sfnskmelon of Exquisite Quality Gooct For Field or Forcing;. -: Hoodoo is not the name we should have chosen for the melon shown here when its exquisite quality is consider ed, yet the originator, a Michigan man, has so christened it. The .cut is of a fruit picked 0 late in the season that the flesh is not of average thickness, yet its crystalline texture, always an index of high quality, is plainly shown. The melons are round, heavily netted and just the right size to pack well In baskets or crates. The vines are vig- ' HOODOO MUSKMELON. orous, healthy and exceedingly produc tive, the melons from' beginning to end of season being as like as peas from the same pod. ."We have grown Hoodoo four sea sons, both in the field and under glass," continues V. V. F. in notes from the Rural Grounds. "Far from being bad luck, it has given us our best melons every year, holding off blight from a week to ten days longer than Petosky. Emerald Gem or Rocky Ford strain of Netted Gem. Mr. Rose tells us he has been many years selecting Hoodoo in the endeavor to bring it to ideal ship ping form and size, and at the same time to retain the delicious quality, vigor and productiveness of Petosky and its ancestor, Miller's Cream." Protecting the Hyhrid Perpetaals. Hybrid perpetual roses should have a good mulch of manure placed over the roots. 'Whether or not to cover the tops is a mooted question. The labor of cov ering forty or fifty plants is consider able, and the benefits, except in, very severe seasons, are not always appar ent. Of the five varieties of ramblers on our porches only one, the yellow, winter kills to any extent. Every spring the strong shoots are dead half way to the ground, and we only get a little bloom about the base. A friend who has a fine plant saves it by laying it flat on the ground, but this Is no easy task when the shoots are fifteen feet in length. Country Gentleman. Kotfcingr Better For Late Use. The Catawba is one of the oldest and best known of native varieties of the grape. It is a very late grape and of recent years has succeeded well in only a few favored localities. Where it still succeeds nothing better can be planted for late use. STRAY PETALS Giendale, a new carnation originating In "Chicago, will challenge Fiancee for honors this season. The blossom Is of unusual size, the color white with scar let edging. , Instead of forcing Hoya carnosa, a wax plant, as so many do, give it a rest in winter. The best time to transplant dielytra, or bleeding heart, is said to be In the autnmn after a hard frost, but, before the ground is frozen hard. ' At a recent ship launching in Maine, flowers Instead of wine were used by Miss Cobb, daughter of Governor Cobb, In christening the ship. Decorative plants, particularly as paragus sprengeri, require larger pots than blooming plants. Sunken gardens are an interesting feature of modern home grounds. " - Id all its varieties, pneumonia is ' due to' infection, declares Pear son's Magazine. . .V . Twenty years ago even that, much wai enkaown, -Now it is an . undisputed fact that a majority of . cases of this most deadly, of acute diseases are caused bv a" germ known as the pneumococeus ag Jt .Q pairg the j- . . ' , -. PPlococcus pneumoniae. That there are other bacilli which cause pneumonia is also admitted. How many different varieties are in this ma-:dagg is a question, but several of them have been discovered beyond cavil. ' ;. . " . ' - . 1 . "Pneumonia,' says a distin guished authority, "is eauBed by weakening of the lungs due to con gestion, allowing the inroad of Kerms which were in the body be- fore." - Investications riniro nnnnranHv ! 1 X V established the fact that all the-micro-organisms which - cause pneumonia enter through the respiratory organs. The bacilli are found in large quantities in the mouths and noses and breath ing passages of persons in a nor mal condition of health. In fact, according to a Chicago physician who made many tests, pneumonia producing germs exist in the bod ies of 45 out of every 100 persons, under average normal conditions. 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