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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-01

THE man with grievance at the Col
lege OF Music has captured another morn
ing paper.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-01
HOW THEY HANG IN GREAT BRITAIN.

The London lines puDllSned recently
a very interesting interview with Mr..
Marwood. Mr. Marwood, be it noted, is
the successor of the late Mr.. Calcroft as
official hangman of Great Britain; or, to
give him his proper title, perhaps he
should be styled Hangman in Ordinary
to Her Majesty the Queen The subject
of the interview possesses rather a grim
interest to communities in which hang
ings may, or at least ought to, OCCASION
ally occur. 1t is not to be supposed,
however, that any regular reader of the
STAR will ever have any personal interest
in the process of legal neck-breaking, but
then he may have friends who read the
wicked political papers, and there may
be some solemn satisfaction in under
standing the methods by which they are
liable to drop politics and their bad ways
The Queens hangman is said to be a
very pleasant, intelligent and rather
cheerful middle-aged man, rather stoutly
built, and quite comely except that he
is bandy-legged and quite swarthy. He
has been public eXecutioner about seven
years, and during that time has swung
off some over an hundred, or on an av-
erage about twenty a year-although
there is great tluctuation in the busi-
ness-some years being much duller than
others. -Four women have come under
his treatment during this time, and as a
general thing Mr. Marwood says ''they
die Laore gamely than men,"
The drop is regulated by the weight OF
each customer-to light man he some
times gives nine and 4 half feet fall
and calculates to so adjust this distance
as to break the neck and snap or wrench
the spinal cord. He claims to have
improved on CaIcrofts method of ad just
ing the rope to the neck, and thinks thu
results are more satisfactory, so far a
heard from. Marwood usually holds
conference with his subject on the morn
ing of the execution, and tries to max
them feel cheerful by assuring them tina
he will give them as little pain as posi-
bic, and that at his hands they will hav
nothing to complain of. ellie isnot preju
diced i'll favor of Friday particularly
but works off his customers on any othe
day of the week, excepting Sunday, tina
may suit all parties. Taking sole charg
Of the business from the hands of tn
Sheriff and furnishing his own rope, h
has never been guilty of turning off an
of those bungling jobs such as frequentl
occur in this country to the annoyanc
of sensitive spectators and the diocon
posure of the lprit.
As hanging a man is one of the thinI
which, if it must be done at all, shoul
be done with neatness and dispatch-an
is in no possible view to be regarded as
q linked sweetness to he long drawn out
every State or country should employ
professional hangman, one who unites
his person all the courtesies of gent
man with the scientific attainments tn
will always at all times and under
circumstances enable him to make de
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-01

B. H. Dorsey, agent B. & 0. r. r., COM
mitted suicide at Martinsburg, w, Va.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-01

sure success of whatever he undertakes
The law should tolerate no bungling
here.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-01
RAILROAD TIM Il
Corrected to Accord with Cincinnati
Time.

CINCINNATI SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Depot, corner Mclean ave. and Gest street
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CINCINNATI q WE5I WUUD INHHfsOW "7hVIF7J'
Daily except Sunday
Leave C., Fl. 4 d. Depot 22S m, Asp In, els
am.
Leave Robb's (Westwood), 5:43 m, 705 m
l2:3S m, 1913 p m, 533 pm.
Leave Brighton 6:2S a m, e:O3 N, 2:3S p m, 5ls
So p m, 6:2S pm.
Sunday trains
Leave Robb's (Westwood), 1858 m, 1888 a. m
Leave Brighton, 9:53 a IN, 1853 a m 5:5s m
| 2:8S D m, 5:55 p m,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16
QUEEN ELIZABETH.

This queen, in spite of the representa-
tions of so many historians, was wanton in
morals, heartless in the cruelty of her dispo-
sition, and ugly in person. In her sixty
first year she was thus described -" Her
face oblong, fair, but wrinkled her eyes
small, but black and pleasant her nose a
little hooked her lips narrow and her teeth
black she wore false hair and that red
her bosom uncovered yet was this prin-
cess vain to the last degree, and as accessi-
BILE to fattery as any ever heard of, as the
following instance may show When the
States of Holland sent a splendid embassy
to her, at the first audience one of the en-
bassador's suite said to an English gentle
mann that he did not know why they should
speak with such indifference of the queens
beauty that they did her great injury that
he thought her very charming, and should
be happy IN having SO fine woman for his
wife. The queen, who had her eyes fixed
upon the whole saite of foreigners, when
the audience was over, sent for the English
gent eman and commanded him, under pain
of displeasure, to tell her what the Dutch
man had said to him. The gentleman ex-
cused himself a long time, pretending the
conversation was nothing but trif1e; the
queen, however, was determined to know
what the discourse was, upon which he told
Her Majesty the whole of what had been
said. The conclusion of the matter was
that the ambassadors were presented each
with chain of gold of eight hundred
crowns each but the gallant Dutchman,
who had found the queen SO very handsome
had chain of sixteen hundred crowns val
ue, which, it is said, Meynheer wore to the
| day of his death.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16
A CLERICAL MISTAKE.

A prominent and highly cultured Metho-
dist clergyman, residing not more than a
hundred miles from this city, was out re-
Gently calling upon his prishioners, availing
himself of the only few hours he had to
spare since his advent among his new peo-
pie. At several residences he was cordially
received by those who had heard, saw and
knew him. As his time was limited, his
stay at each place was necessarily short.
Upon his list was the name of Hervy, a per-
son represented to him as being a most de-
voted and active member of his congrega-
tion. The clergyman was within stone s
throw of Mr.. Hervey's residence, and he
made up his mind to call and pass the COM
pliments of the day. Anon the bell was
pulled, once, twice, three times, but no re-
sponse. Concluding that the family were
not at home, the good preacher turned to
leave the premises, when he thought he
heard a stir at the back part of the house.
Thither he retraced his steps, and appeared
at the back door, knocking for admittance
The gentleman of the house appeared in
propria persone, and after gazing at the cler-
eyman moment, asked:
"Well, sir, what do you want 20
'' thought would call and"
:" You did, did you," replied the man of
the house; you're the chap I've been
looking for. Well see whether you dirty
tramps are to be continuously bothering my
house " and taking the preacher by the
nape of the neck, and the coat tail, pate,
fanaihas bounced the clerical gentleman
through the front gate and ordered him to
leave the premises.
Imagine the feelings of the said Hervey
when he listened to an eloquent sermon on
the following Sunday by the parsen whom
he took for pesky tramp. Appearances
are sometimes deceiving. Dubuque Herald
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16
CHINESE RICE PAPER.

The thick, soft. translucent material call
ed Chinese rice-paper, is commonly supposed
to be made of rice, or some sort of fibre OBJ
tanned from the rice plant A recent writer
says that it is not so made, but is the pith
of Fatsia papyrifera, sliced thin. The
tree grows about twenty feet high. and it's
pith is an extensive article of commerce
in China. for it is used in the manufacture of
many articles, especially toys and artificial
flowers. The cylinders of pith exposed on
removing the bark and woody fibre are rare
ly an inch and half in diameter, and as
the substance is delicate and tender, rare
skill and practice are required to cut the
whole stick from the circumference to center
into one continuous sheet. A long, thin,
very sharp knife is used for this operation.
The largest sheets that can be obtained in
this way are about fifteen inches long by ten
wide. As soon as the sheets are cut they are
spread out, all little holes carefully mended,
and then they are pressed under heavy
weights until dry. The refuse scraps, etc. +,
go to make pillows the ordinary sheets are
dried brilliantly and sold to the flower max
ers, while the largest sheets are destined for
the foreign markets after being carefully
printed by skillful native artists. There is
no substance yet discovered thatso well rep
resents the delicate texture of the petals of
flowers as this paper of pith, and it is ex-
ported to some extent by artificial flower
manufacturers. The tree no doubt could be
grown here as our climate is much like that
of Scientific american.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16
A story for the Nationals.

The following story of Moses Hawks ex-
plains the. workings of the irredeemable
greenback theory better than anything we
have yet seen, and we recommend its perus-
al to our National readers:
Nose Hawks was editor of the Allegan
Michigan Journal during the war of the re-
bellion. Nose was queer old chip, and
loved his bitters in the morning and all 9TH
er times in the day; and by that same to-
ken, it got him into no end of ridiculous
scrapes, both editorially and personally
In conjunction with the newspaper business
Nose kept '' shingle shanty." The news
paper was run during '' flush'' times, and
old Nose shaved shingles the rest of the
year.
Hawks was great man in his burg, and as
currency was scarce in that community, be-
cause one had anything to purchase it
with, a bright idea struck him. He went
into the office one morning and printed a
large batch of promises to pay-quarters,
halves and doliars-and occupied several
days in affixing the autograph of Moses
Hawks to every one of them. Hawks, that
is. Moses, Wsas now wealthy man and pos
sessed unlimited resources. He bought ev-
erything offered for sale, and paid his new
currency, and also loaned it to his neighbors.
The thing worked like a charm until tax
rime, when something better was required.
The people focked to Hawks and demanded
redemption. He redeemed by issuing new
batch of scrip and more of it. Prior to this
the scrip had passed current among the peo-
pie, but the new issue had so inflated the
currency" that people refused to receive it
longer, it having become SO plentiful as to
be worthless Merchants and dealers had
sold their goods for the stuff, but could not
buy a new stock with it. Hawks was bank
rupt and could not redeem, and the people
were in bad plight.
One morning a stranger presented himself
to Hawks and demanded that he should re-
deem some that he (the strangely had re-
ceived at Saugatuck, where he had been to
look after some business matters. Hawks
declined the accommodation. The stranger
asked: ''This is good, is it not, Mr..
Hawks ?"
"Good thunder!" replied Hawks, sit
ought to be, for every man and woman with
in fifty miles of this place has from a peck
to half bushel of it,
"But, Mr.. Hawks, you redeem, don't
yov ?"
REDEEM thunder i" exclaimed Hawks /;
it wasn't made to redeem it was made to
circulate
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16
/. Grant and the Democracy.

Some one has said that the name of Cen
eral Grant has the same effect upon the ner-
vous sensibilities Of the great mass of DEM
ocrats, that red flag does upon those of a
Spanish bull. Hence, the late reports of the
Democracy that the ex-president is becoming
the victim of softening brain and several
other fatal diseases.
The wish no doubt is father to the report.
With Grant under medical care for hope
less disease, or honorabiy laid away in some
mausolem by the Army of the Republic, the
chances for Democratic success in 1880 would
be of the most encouraging character, SC
think Tilden, Hendricks, Thurman, and
their supporters.
Grant carries the prestige of Fort Donald.
SON, of the victories of the Potomac and oi
the glories of Appomattox as well as OF
the Presidency of 1868 and 1872 and is
therefore an apparition of terror to the Dem
ocratic party.
Victory and Grant, all Democrats know,
are words of synonymous meaning; and
hence his nomination in 1880 signifies gen.
eral rout of the gray uniforms from Maine
to Texas Commercial Is. FL Adrocate.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16
AIXNASHO ~ 11Hs11<F
Monroe, April 25th 1879.

THE UMA1ILLA RESERVATION
This Reservation embraces seven
hundred and fifty square miles, or;
nearly halt a million acres of good
arabic land. 1t runs from Pendleton
south and east, into the foothills of
Blue Mountains thirty miles, embrac-
ing some of the finest lands, on the
Pacific Coast. One OF our exchanges
speaks of this Reservation as being
owned by the Indians. This an error.
They do not own a foot Of it except
very few who have taken steps to
possess 80 or 100 acres in seyeralty,
in accordance with the treaty. When
the treaty was ratified they parted
with all their right and title to it;
but 1T was set apart by the Govern,
ment, for them to occupyefar twenty
years, as an. estate at sufferapce.-
Dayton Nesos.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16
THE PuRITANs.

Ed. GAZETTE Puritan era,
began in 1850. During the reign of
Elizabeth the English Protestants were.
divided into two parties; there were,
those who thought the reformation
had gone far enough; a great many.
were about too GO farther than the,
English Church had ever gone; this
party was divided into different bod,
les; some wanted to govern the,
church by means of Bishops; others
wanted to govern it by means of ell.
ders, like the church in France and.
Switzerland. A third party wanted,
to introduce the independent system
which existed in Germany. During.
the reign of Elizabeth severe means
were adopted against the independ-,
ents, forbiding them to hold meetings;
the result was to drive them into,
Scotland, where full liberty was given,
them. Among the Independents was
a congregation from Scrooby in
Nottinghamshire, England; they set.
tied at Leydon; they remaine;: there.
about ten years; they prospered and
grew to be very numerous, but they
were not satisfied at Leyden; their
children were exposed to the tempta-i
tions of the city; and they determined
to form settlement in America. Ac-
cordingly l2o of them embarked
from Southamton IN two ships;
one of the ship proved to be un-.-
seawothy ana returned: the other
made the voyage in safety. On.
the 9th of November they land
ed near Cape Cod The first thing
they did was to form themselves into
a body with power to make laws for
the government of the Colony. The
early, history of the settlers is a long
story of suffering and hardship. The.
first meeting Of the settlers with the,
Indians was hostile, but the Indians.
soon became friendly and helped the
settlers in many ways. The first win,
ter about half of the settlers died,
For the first five years the. settlers
had no cattle, and when their corn
gave out, they lived entirely on fish.
At the end of four years the settle.
ment consisted of but $50 persons In,
all. The government of the colony
consisted of Governor, a body of
Assistants and an Assembly. For
the first sixteen years the Colony was.
governed by the laws of England.
In 1886 committee was appointed
to help the Governor and Assistants
in drawing up a.eode Of laws under;
which the colony was 10 be governed
in the future. These laws were sim
pie, and were not copied from the5
laws of England; but they suited
the wants of the colony and answer
ed every purpose; if case was too
trif1ing to be tried before the Assis-
tants, it was tried before the magis-
trate of the township. The settle
ment increased slowly at first, but
after few years more emigrants arr
rived from England and the colony
increased rapidly, and enjoyed high
degree of prosperity ana peace.
LIGRIo WERDAN.
Monroe, April 25th 1879.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16

The Astorian says: "The PRIME cause Of
failure to supply the markets of San Fran.
cisco with Shoalwater Bay oysters latterly
is because of the fact that the oysters dc
not fatten on the beds below as formerly
They must go direct to the markets now,
without transplanting The result is that
there are about nine -tenths more oysters
produced than can be marketed. The rem.
edy for this must be found in cannery
establishment on Shoalwater Bay. In con
nection with the oysters, fish and CLAIMS car
be had in great abundance, and cannery fol
this business would find profitable employ.
ment !"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16

AN Egyptian newspaper states that the
Persians gave the Afghans their present
captive by Nebuchadnazsr, they were full OF
lamentation, and the word afghan, in Per-
sian, has primarily that zsignifcation. 9th
ers say that Afghan was the name of one of
SauPs grandchildren, and that the present
people ascribe their origin to him. The In
dams and the inhabitants of Kandahar,
Khost and other neighboring districts give
their names slightly varying from each other,
but evidently derived from the same source.
Others, again deem the Afghans the descend
ants of the Israelites, and trace the name
to that of place in Palestine
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16

LOVE AND A, GINGHAM UMBRELLA-There
was comical scene at railway station in
Birmingham a short time ago. A young
English couple had been in the habit OF
meeting together on one of the platforms,
in order to exchange words of tender import.
They met, some young ladies and geutle-
men have a way of doing, without the
knowledge of parents or guardians, and an
,irrascible aunt of the dansel, hearing of the
elandestine courtship, went down to the sta
tion in a towering rage, determined to ferrit
out the whole matter and chastise the Of
tenders in manner that they would not
forget. The fond lovers came together as
usual and promenaded over the weii-known
and to them almost sacred ground But
just when the young man was apparently
breathing his tenderest sentiments into the
willing ear of the blushing maid, whack
came a gingham umbrella on the top of his
head, and the ardent swain had a narrow es-
cape from measuring his length upon the
pavement. The old lady, not content with
assaulting the lover, turned upon her niece
and served her in similar manner, the
gingham being fourished for several minutes,
to the intense amusement of a crowd of spec
tators.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16

SAD END OF CLANDEsTINE WEDDING
A love story with tragic ending is reported
from Cincinnati. For over year young
law student there has been paying attention
to young woman, whose parents at last
looked upon him as an aspirant for her hand,
and were quite willing to give their consent.
The young persons, for some reason best
known to themselves, while taking drive
last April, decided to go to a justice of the
peace and get married. During the follow
ing months they kept their marriage so well
concealed that none of their friends suspect
ed it, but recently they agreed that conceal
ment was no longer necessary, and the hus-
band informed his wife that he would 60 to
the Justices Office for the marriage certifi-
cate and would then claim her from her
parents He left her in the best of spirits,
but the hour for his return passed, and he
did not come. At about midnight messen-
ger arrived with the announcement thst he
was dead. In driving under a railroad
bridge passing train of cars frightened his
horse, which ran away, and he was thrown
out and killed. Secret marriages almost
always have some unhappy ending, but few
of them terminate in SO sad fashion as this
one.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16

Salmon by the wagon load have been taxi
en- by the famrers residing on Big Butte
during the present spring and used to fertil-
,ze the soil around their. fruit trees
s The Linn county council, P. of H., will
hold it's next regular monthly session at the
hall of the Sand Ridge Grange on the oath
inst. ~
The Thomas Bros. of Kings Prairie have
taken up the sulphur spring on the Mimic
pass road, and will erect house there.
r John Harb1n who is charged with steal
ing horses in Lane county, was arrested at
Lebanon in Linn county last week. He will
be tried at Eugene.
The house of Mr.. A. Wheeler Of Albany
was robbed last week by burglars. Among
the articles taken was a gold chain and q
prize medal won by Mr.. w. when school
boy.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16

:: An Albany man of enterprise has lately
gone into the business of weaving WIRE He
weaves all kinds of wire cloth, which is
used in miller's rolling screens, grain separ-
ators, fruit driers and in great many other
ways. Three looms in his establishment are
running almost constantly, and he is now
making arrangements to put in two more.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16

The keeper of the toll gate on the Gas
cade Mountain Road says that he has a Large
force of men at work putting the road II
good condition for travel. There is no snow
now this side of Hackleman's Pass, but The
season is going to be late and the snow will
not disappear in the Big Lake country unit
along in the first Of june
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16

WHEN Johnny was questioned as to why
his engagement with Miss III. had been bro
ken of, he rolled his eyes, looked very much
panied, groaned, "Oh! she turned out q
deeeiver" But he forgot to mention that
he was the deceiver whom she had turned
ont
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16

It requires a CERTAIN culture to dress well
Ia fine perception of the eternal fitness of
things.
Ruth must have had trouble with her
first lover, as she got another Boaz soon as
possible.
Mary Anderson may be a good actress,
but Nine Anderson can walk right away
from her.
A hint to ladies who will wear outside
Have your purses made up to look
like prayer books.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16

The Odd Fellows of Roseburg will con-
duct an excursion from that city to Albany
on the 22d inst Tickets for the round trip
are only So so and large party is expected
TO 60.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16
THE GREAT Fruit CATHARIIC
DELICIOUS
HAMBURG FIGS!
Price, rs cents per Box, Sold Everywhere
ABRAMS & CARROLL, Sole
Agents, SAN FRANCISCO.
2lfebl6:Sm3*
Change of Firm.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN the general merchandise business here
tofore carried on next door south of the
postoffice, in Corvallis, under the firm name
nd efylo nf
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16
Sheppard & Jaycox,

Have this day taken in as partner, Mr.. {
u. Barlow. Hereafter the business will b
carried on at the old stand under the fir
name and style of
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-05-16
Sheppard. JaycOx & Go.

Sheppard, JayCOX e co.
Mr.. George A. Sheppard, of the firm, will
in future reside in San Francisco in connec-
tioe with the firm, thus enabling us to offer
superior inducements to customers Our
motto being in the future as in the past. low
prices and fair dealing, a liberal share OF pat
ronage is solicited
Anconsequence of the above change all
parties indebted to the old firm are request
ed to call and settle their liabilities without
delay. SHEPPARD & JAYCOX.
january l, 1879. 2lfebl6:8tf.