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Daily Republican., 1879-02-03

Os Saturday Mayor Forwood of Ches.
ter issued proclamation closing cigar
stores and all shops engaged in world
ly business on Sunday. A telegram
says that the proclamation was strictly
adhered TO and that things there We're
more quiet than Tor some time past.
Daily Republican., 1879-02-03

THE average Democratic editor thinks
it was a far greater crime to gobble and
translate the ciphers than to have sent
them, and the chief point of interest
now to know is not who attempted
frauds, but who stole the dispatches.
Daily Republican., 1879-02-03

THE Southern FIRE. eaters have spoken
their little speeches against Bragg, but
all yet remains serene. "a little more
grape, Gen. Bragg" is what is now
needed.
Daily Republican., 1879-02-03

TnR Legislature again goes back
fresh from the people to its work to.
day. Mr.. Dean to push his investiga.
tons, Mr.. Ware to spread himself all
over the State, and Mr.. Cochran to
fight to the hilt for the Democratic
party.
Daily Republican., 1879-02-03
III J. PYLE,
GUNSMITH, IOCKSMITH, AND
BELL HANGER

Rollers put on wringing machines. Um.
brellas and Paras0ls recovered and repaired,
railors and BARRIERS shears sharpened. Ali
kinds OF light machine work. Guns, Pistols
and Ammunition, and n variety of sporting
goods for sale. Shells loaded to order. All
work guaranteed and at prices to suit the
times.
No. rs NJ ARBET STREET.
dc6-3md
Daily Republican., 1879-02-03

A Brutal Murder Near Bradford
At Lewis Run, six miles south of
Bradford, horrible double murder was
committed on Friday afternoon. DR..
Jacob Bartholomew fired thirteen buck
shot into the back of Charles j. Ives,
aged eighteen, pres umably because the
latter broke his window. The father
of the boy, who came to his rescue, was
shot in the abdomen and killed instant
ly. The murderer was taken to Brad
ford by yoficers to prevent lynching.
Daily Republican., 1879-02-03
PAINTS, OILS, &C.
~ EDUCE YOUR RJI,I,Do IN An -,

EDUCE YOUR GAS BILL 20 to 40 per
~ cent. ana improve the quality Of light
by having the automatic gas governor at.
tached to your meter, and # there is not a
saving OF ~ to 40 per cent. you can have 1t re-.
moved free Of charge. L. p. BLAIR, No. 2l9
West Seventh street, agent for CIark's patent
wasting and non-ireezing hydrant. Can
be repaired without digging up the ground.
as long AS the old style waste hydrant. Gas.
hitting and plumbing promptly attended to.
Old Ras.hxtures taken down, re-bronzed and
put up the same day. H9 W. eth street.
lnll-1md
Daily Republican., 1879-02-03

WHAT would Kent County Legislators
do if they had not the charter of GRAY
ely run, to tinker at every session
Daily Republican., 1879-02-03

THE next United States Senate will
not only have Jonas on board, but
can "pull down its Vest"
Daily Republican., 1879-02-03

And the NOTION and FURNISHING
GOODS HOUSE. Cheap goods and sub
stantial Overcoats and Clothing for Men
Youths, and Boys. One low price, 8 off 4
cash. Prices to suit these time. Travelling
Bags, Bundle Straps, Umbrellas, Gum Goats.
Logging, Shirts, Underwear, Neckwear, col.
lars, Ties, Cuffs, Gloves, Money Purses,
Pocket Books, Penknives. New Methodist
Hymnal in variety. Discipline's and Alma
macs for 1879. American Agriculturist Club
81. and splendid premium. dc2l-dawtt
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-09-12

'sHere, Bose, your pistol! Quick! I
whispered, and the heavy charge went
crashing through, followed by shrieks
and curses of pain and rage.
"Now, then, out with you! had the
place, I said, rushing back to the win
dow. "Come, Bose, hurry, or all will
be lost"
The brave fellow now wished to insist
on my going first; but he saw that time
was wasting and glided down the rope,
gradually disappearing in the shadows.
The fall of one of their number had
caused only a momentary 1ull, and I
heard them renew the attack with ten
fold fury.
I dare not fire again, for felt that
every bullet would be needed when
affairs were more pressing.
It seemed an age before felt the sig
nal from below that the rope was ready
for me; but it came, and let myself
down, pausing an instant, as my eyes
gained level with the sill, to take last
look into the room.
AS did so the door gave way, and the
b1oodthirsty demons poured over the
threshold.
I knew that had no time for deliber-
ate movements. They would instantly
discover the mode of escape, and either
cut the rope or else fire down on me.
had taken the precaution to draw on
my heavy riding gloves, and my hands,
thus projected, did not suffer as much as
might have been expected.
With my eyes fixed upon the window,
I slid rapidly down, and struck the earth
with jar that wrenched every bone in
my body.
Quick as lightning was seized by
Bose, dragged some PAGES on one side,
and close against the face of the cliff.
Not second too soon, for down came
a volley, tearing up the earth about the
| foot of the rope, where moment before
I had stood.
Thunder, they will escape! After
them, down the rope!" yelled voice,
almost inarticulate with rage.
And I saw dark form swing out and
begin the descent.
'sNow, Mars Ralph" whispered Bose.
significantly, and with quick aim I
fired at the swaying figure.
Without sound the man released his
hold and came down like a lump Of lead,
shot through the brain.
Another had started in hot haste, and
was more than half out of the window,
when suddenly the scene above was bril-
liantly Lit up by the glare of torch.
Again the warning voice of the watch
full black called my attention to the
figure now struggling desperately to re-
gain the room, and, as before, I threw
up my pistol, and, covering the exposed
side, drew the trigger.
With convulsive effort the wretch,
springing far out into the empty void,
turned once over, and came down with a
rushing sound upon the ragged rocks
that lay at the foot of the precipice.
A single look to see that the window
was clear-we knew there could be no
path leading down for long distance
either way, or they never would have
attempted the rope and we plunged
headlong into the dense forest that
clothed the mountain side.
We got clear, it is true, but with the
loss of our animals and baggage; for the
next day, when we returned with party
of regulators, we found the place a
heap of smouldering ashes, and no liv-
ing soul to tell whittier the robbers had
fed
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-09-12
Extraordinary Versatility of Westen
ssDusters. 3,

A day or two ago a motherly looking
woman of 45 entered Woodward avenue
store having mans linen duster on her
arm, and when approached by sales
man she said
Some one in here sold this duster to
my son Yesterday"
Eyes, ma'am, sold it myself" replied
the clerk, as he looked at the garment.
"Did you tell my son that this duster
could be worn to picnic, funeral, bridal
party or quarterly meeting?"
81 did madam, and SO it can."
"Did you tell him it made good fly
blanket when not otherwise needed?"
81 did"
'srhat it could be used as a sail boat, a
stretcher, straw bed and bed
spread?"
"Yes, ma'am I did"
"And many people used them as table,
covers?"
81 did,"
"And that they would last for years and
then make excellent stuff for rag car
pet?"
"I did"
aAnd you only charged dollar?"
"Only dollar, ma'am."
"Well, when John came home last
night and brought the duster, and told
me all you said, 1 made up my mind that
he must have been drunk, and was a
leetle afraid he stole the garment. I am
glad it's all right"
cit certainly is all right, ma'am, and
since he was here yesterday we have dis
covered that the duster is great con-
ductor of sound, preventative of sun
stroke, and that no man with one on his
back ever dropped dead of the heart dis
ease."
LAND save us! she gasped, as she
reached for the bundle; "but who knows
that they won't fix 'em so fore long that
they'll raise a mortgage off the farm p
Detroit Free Press.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-09-12
The Youog Corporal.

There was young Corporal in the gar
rison of Mates, in the year 1874. He was
spirited young fellow, barely twenty,
but, young though he was, he has already
learned to drink to excess, according to
the too frequent custom of the day.
Brave and excitable, wine was bad
master for him; and one day, in mo.
ment of intoxication, he was tempted to
strike an officer who was giving him an
| order. Death was the punish nent of
such an offense, and to death the lad was
condemned. The Colonel of his regiment,
remembering theintelligence and bravery
of the young criminal, spared no pains to
obtain a remission of the sentence at
first with no success, but finally hampered
with a certain condition-that the prison
er should never again in his life be found
intoxicated.
The Colonel at once proceeded to the
military prison, and summoned Cam
bronze.
"You are in trouble, Corporal, he
said.
"True, Colonel; and forfeit my life
for my folly" returned the Corporal.
"It may be so," quoth the Colonel
shortly.
"May be?" demanded Cambronne.
"You are aware of the strictness of mar
tial law, Colonel; I expect no pardon; l
have only to die
But Bu suppose I bring pardon, on one
The lads eyes sparkled. "a condition ?
Let me hear it, Colonel; would do much
to save my life and honor"
"You must never again get drunk"
Colonel, that is impossible!
Impossible, boy! with death as an al
ternative3 You will be shot tomorrow,
otherwise think of that!
81 do think of it. But never to get
drunk again! I must never let one drop
of wine touch my lips! You see, Colonel,
Cambronne and the bottle love one an
other so well that when once they get to :.
gether it is all up with sobriety. No, no
I dare not promise never to get drunk"
"But, UNHAPPY boy! could you not
promise never to touch wine?"
Not drop, Colonel?"
"Not a Drop"
'sAh! that is weighty matter, Colonel.
Let me reflect. Never touch wine NOT
a single drop in all my life ?" The
young soldier paused; then looked up.
''But, Colonel, if promise, what guar
antee will you have that shall keep my
promise
"Your word of honor" said the officer,
81 know you; you will not fail me"
A light came into the young fellows
"Then 1 promise" he said solemnly,
"God hears me. I, Cambronne, swear
that never to my dying day shall drop
of wine touch these lips"
The next day the Corporal Cambronne
resumed his place in his regiment:
Twenty-Five years afterward he was
General Cambronne, man OF note, re-
spected and beloved. Dining one day in
Paris with his old Colonel. many broth
ers-in-arms being present, he was offered
a glass of rare old wine by his former
officer. Cambronne drew
back.
"My word of honor, Colonel; have you
forgotten that?n he asked excitedly.
"And Nantes-the prison-my VOW r.
he continued, striking the table. Never
wine passed my lips / swore it, and
kept my word and shall kept god |
helping me- to the end"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-09-12
Not If 1t We're My Boy.

Some years ago the late Horace Mann,
the eminent educator, delivered an ad-
dress at the opening of some reformatory
institution for boys, during which he re-
marked that it one boy was saved from
ruin it would pay for all the cost and care
of establishing such an institution as
that. After the exercises had closed, in
private conversation, a gentleman rallied
Mr.. Mann upon his statement and said
to him:
Did you not color that little when
you said that all expense and labor
would be repaid if it only saved one
boy?"
emn and convincing answer.
All! there is wonderful value about
''my boy" Other boys may be rude and
rough; other boys may seem to require
more pains and labor than they will
ever repay; or other boys may be left to
drift uncared for to their ruin, which
is so near at hand-but my boy'-it is
worth the toll of lifetime, and the
lavish wealth of world around to save
him from temporal and eternal ruin.
We would go the world around to save
him from peril, and would bless every
hand that was stretched out to give him
help and welcome. And yet every poor,
wandering, outcast, homeless. man, is
one whom some fond mother called my
boy. Every lost woman, sunken in the
depths of sin, was somebody's daughter
in the days of her childish innocence.
To-day somebody's son is a hungry out
cast, pressed to the very verge of crime
and sin. To-day somebody s daughter is
weary, helpless wanderer, driven by
necessity into the paths that lead to
death. Shall we shrink from labor, shall
we hesitate at cost when the work before
us is the salvation of soul?
Not if it is my boy, not if we have
the love of Him who gave His life to
save the just.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-09-12
SELECTED MISCELLANY.

He that gets out of debt grows rich.
Light burdens long borne grow heavy.
Where the will is ready the feet are
light.
Agreeable counsels are rarely useful
counsels.
Talking comes by nature silence by
understanding.
Open your mouth and purse cautiously.
The greatest scholars are not the wisest
men.-Rdbelais.
No man ever vet looked on the dark
side of life without finding it.
Pluck and. luck are twins, and were one
is found there is another also.
It is only for innocence that solitude.
can have any charms.-Leczinskd.
Flattery is false coin which has circu-
lation only through our vanity.-La
Rochefoucauld.
Conscience is the voice of the soul the
passions are the voice of the body. J..
Rousseau.
Manner is one of the greatest engines
of influence ever given to man.-SunGdy
afternoon.
Hidden virtues is often despised, mas
much as nothing extols it in our eyes
Massillon.
Men seldom improve when they have
no other models than themselves to copy
after.-Goldsnsith
You cannot dream yourself into char
acter; you must hammer and forge your
self one.-Froude.
Modesty is to worth what shadows are
in painting she gives to it strength and
relief-La Bruyere.
There are many men whose tongues
might govern multitudes if they could
govern their tongues.-Prentsce.
If man have love in his heart, he may
talk in broken language, but it will be
eloquence to those who listen.
Don't despise the small talents; they
are needed as we'll as the great ones. A
candle is sometimes as useful as the sun.
Lydia Thompson has viewed Sara
Bernhardt, and says she would not draw
in the legitimate drama of the Thomp-
sonian type.
"Will you always trust me, dearest !"
he asked, looking into her great blue
eyes with unspeakable affection. She
was saleswoman in an up town store,
and she told him business was business,
and he'd have to pay cash every time.
Quit brooding oyer troubles, misfor-
tunes and losses. A brave man, with a
heart in him worth anything, gets over
such pitiful ruts and laughs at discourage
ments-rolls up his sleeves, whistles and
sings, and makes the best Of life. This
earth is not Paradise-you are only on
the road there,if you take the right direc-
ton.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-09-12

The Principal of vassar College step
ped suddenly into one of the recitation
rooms and said: 'sThat person who is
and put t on the desk. The whole
school stepped forward with one accord
toward the desk, while the teach er slip
ped her quid beneath her ton que and
said: Leally, guls, I'm suppri seld!"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-09-12

.Put out your tongue a little further, !"
said doctor to fair invalid. A lit
tie further still, If you please. " Why,
doctor" do you think q woman's tongue
has no end ?" said the gentle sufferer.
g An end, perhaps, madam, replied the
physician, but no cessation.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-09-12

How MONUMENTS WEAR Our IN LON
DoN.-This morning the Albert Monu-
ment, in Kensington Gardens, was
inspected by several scientific gentle
men. Their attention was drawn to the
fact that the marble was sensibly af-
fected by the atmosphere, and that the
statues forming the fresco had the ap-
pearance of being sculptured from chalk
rather than marble. The cause of this
was stated to be that the SCOT, under the
influence of rain, yields an acid capable
of acting on the marble, and the rough
washing it is occasionally subjected to
perforates and destroys the smooth sur
face. Another agent consists of the car
bonic acid evolved from the lungs of ami
mails. They were of opinion that if
something was not speedily done, this
splendid monument will rapidly fall into
decay. It was suggested that it should
undergo cleansing process similar to
Cleopatra's Needle, and then be in
durated with colorless solution which
will not only preserve it from further
decay, but restore the marble to its origi-
nal condition. London Echo.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-09-12

How GERMANY HAS SPENT THE FRENCH
WAR INDEMNITY.-An account has been
lately published of the way in which the
indemnity paid by France to Germany on
the conclusion of the war Of 1901 has
been spent: Altogether, including the
war contributions imposed upon upon
Paris and the departments occupied by
the German troops Germany received
from France the sum of {, ,254, ,OOO, 900 francs,
or about s2I0, 10000. OF this sum e9l, :
74S, ,543 were in the first instance set aside
for Imperial purposes, and the remainder
was divided among the several States
forming the Empire, the old North Ger
man Confederation receiving 970,114, ,235 !;
Bavaria, e13,468,s19; Wurtemberg,
G4,248, ,3O4; Baden, So, 3,O50.593. and Hesse,
81, 500. OF the s91, ,548,543 set aside
been appropriated to form pension
fund eI0,800,O00 to strengthen, enlarge
and add to the number of the fortified
places of the empire; eS,58000 for the
purchase and construction of railways in
Alsace and Lorraine, and the woannexed
provinces 96,000,0 900 have been placed
in the Imperial war treasury; 100000
have been awarded in grants for eminent
services; e242,740 have been spent in
providing a range on which to carry on
artillery experiments; s3oo, 900 have been
from France, while smaller sums have
been appropriated to recompense railway
com panies for the damage done to their
rolling stock; to improve the military,
telegraphic and postal services to COM
pensate German ship owners for losses
sustained during the war to extend the
military Typographical department; to en-
large the military workshops at Strasburg
to provide commemorative medals, and to
L r. a L n 49,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-09-12
Latest Medical Endorsements.

MARTINEZ, CAL, Feb. II, 1879.
W. j. Horne Proprietor California Elastic
Truss Co., 729 Market street, S. F.-Dear Sir:
In regard to your Cal. Elastic Truss, would say
that have carefully studied its mechanism, ap
piled it in practice, and do not hesitate to say
that for all purposes for which Trusses are worn
it is the best Truss ever offered to the public.
Yours truly. j. II. CARoTHERs, M. D.
Endorsed by n Prominent Medical Insti
SAN FRANCISCO, March 6, 1879.
W. j. Horne, Esq.--Dear Sir. You ask my
opinion of the relative merits of your Patent
Elastic Truss, as compared with other kinds that
have been tested under my observation, and in
reply frankly state that from the time my att
tention was first called to their simple, though
highly mechanical and philosophical construction,
together with easy adjustbiiity to persons of all
ages, forms and sizes. I add this further testi-
monial with special pleasure, that the several
persons who have applied to me for aid in their
cases of rupture, and whom have advised to try
yours, all acknowledge their entire satisfaction,
and consider themselves highly favored by the
possession of your improved Elastic Truss.
Yours truly, BARLOW ]. SMITH, M. d.
Proprietor of the Hygienic Medical Institute,
635 California street. San Francisco.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-09-12
HALLS
SAFE & LOCK COMPANY,
CAPITAL $1,000. 600.
General Cffices and Mandatory
CINCINNATI, OHIO.

PACIFIC BRANCH,
No. 21O Sans0me St., s. e.
Agency for Oregon and Washington Territory,
with HAWLEY, DODD & CO., Portland.
HALL,S PATENT CONCRETE
MRE-PROOF SAFES.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-09-12

Have been tested by the most disastrous confia-
grations in the country.
They are thoroughly fire proof.
They are free from dampness.
Their superiority is beyond question.
Although about 100000 of these safes are now
in use, and hundreds have been tested by some
of the most disastrous confagratons in the
country, there is not single instance OH record
wherein one of them ever failed to preserve its
contents perfactly.
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| through its many turnings, and then,
| gathering the coil in his hands, he drew
up the sash and prepared to take sound
ngs.
1t failed to touch the bottom: but no.
wise disheartenen, he seized tie cotton
coverlet and spliced on. This succeed
ed, and the cord was drawn up, prepara-
tory to knotting it in place of cross
pieces.
In the meanwhile, the sllence without
had been broken once. A shrill, keen
whistle, such as we had heard before,
was given by the man on the watch, and
replied to by some one seemingly little
way off. Then I heard footsteps--soft,
catlike ones-on the verandah outside.
showing that robbers were on the alert
at all points.
At length Bose announced the clad
der ready. It was again lowered from
the window, and the end was held and
made fast to the bed we had dragged
over for the purpose.
..Now den, Mas'r Ralph, I'll go down
fust, and sem if 'um strong 'nough to
bar us.
And he was half way out of the win
dow before could speak
No, Bose, you shall not, answered
firmly, drawing him back into the room.
You must
The words were lost in the din of
furious and totally unexpected attack
upon the door.
The dull heavy strokes of the ak were
intermingled with the sharp quick clat-
ter of hatchets as they cut away the bar
rier, and once in while ] could hear
deep oaths as though they had been rem
dered doubly savage by our resistance.
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A Remarkable Cure.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 90, 1879.
". j. Horne, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss, 720 Market street, San Francisco-Dear
Sir: I am truly grateful to you for the wonder
full CURE your valuable Truss has effected on my
little boy. The double Truss I purchased from
YOU has PERFECTLY CURED him of his pain
full rupture on both sides in little over siz
months The Steel Truss he had before bought
yours caused him cruel torture, and it was hap
nv day for us all when he laid it aside for the
CALIFORNIA ELASTIC TRUSS. l am sure
that all will be thankful who are providentially
led to give your Truss trial. You may refer
any one to me on the subject. Yours truly,
WIN. PERU, 638 Sacramento st.
This is to certify that have examined the son
of VIM. Peru, and find him PERFECTLY
CURED of Hernia, on both sides.
L. DEXTER LYFoRD, M. D.
Surgeon and Physician.
Irusses forwarded to all parts of the United
States at our e1pense, ON receipt OF price.
send stamp for Illustrated Catalogue
and Price List.
Giving full information and rules for measuring
California. ELASTIC IRuss
72O Market Street, 3. +.