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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-10-29
Latest Medical Endorsements.
MARrIsEz, CAL. Feb. IT, 1877.

MATINEE, CAL, Feb. II, 1879.
w J. Horne, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss Co., 702 Market street, S. F.-Sir: In re-
gard to yoar California 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, ]. H. CAROTHERS, M. D.
Endorsed by a Prominent Medical Instr
tute.
SAN FRANcrsco, March 6, 1879.
W. j. Horne, Esg.-Sir: You ask my opinion
of the relative merits of your Patent Elastic Truss
as compared with other kinds that have been
ested under my observation, and in reply frank
ly state that from the time my attention wes first
called to their simple, though highly me
chanical and philosophical construction, together
with easy adjust bility to persons of all sizes,
ages and forms. l add this testimony with spe-
cial pleasure, that the several persons who have
applied to for aid in their especial of rup
ture, and whom have advised to use yours, all
acknowledge their entire satisfaction, and consid-
er themselves highly favored by the possession
of one of the improved Elastic Truss.
Yours truly, BARLOW j. SMITH, NJ. D.
Proprietor Hygenic Medical Institute,
635 California street, San Francisco
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-10-29

An expert in the oil boring business
was sent to this State by California capi
talists to make search for indications.
He went in various directions and made
close examinations without success, until
striking the coal, gold and limestone re-
oions of Butte creek in Clackamas
county. where excellent indications were
found. It is probable well will be
bored to the depth OF about 1900 feet as
an experiment.. That is mineral sec
sion OF the State, as soda and sulphur
springs abound Goal, limestone, gold
marble, ETC., are also found in limited
quantities.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-10-29
Sculpture
CURED
From, a Merchant.

DAYTON, w. T., Feb. 10, 1879.
W. j. Horne, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss Co., 7O2 Market street, San Francisco-Sir:
The Truss purchased of you about one year ago
has proved miracle to me. have been ruptured
forty years, and worn dozens of different kinds of
Trusses, all of which haye ruined my health,
as they were injurious to my back and spine.
Your valuable Truss is as easy as an old shoe and
IS worth hundreds of dollars to me, as it affords
me so much pleasure. 1 can and do advise all,
both ladies and gentlemen, afflicted, to buy and
wear your modern improved Elastic Truss imme-
diatels. meyer expect to be cured, but ana sat-
isied and happy with the comfort it gives me to
wear it. It was the best $40 ever invested in
my life. You can refer any one to me and will
be glad to answer any letters en- its merits.
remain, yours respectfully,
D. B. BUNNELL
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-10-29
A REMARKABLE CURE.

SAN Francisco, Oct. 20, 1879
w. j. Horne, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss, 702 Market street, San Francsco-Sir /
am truly grateful 10 you for the wonderful CURE
your valuable truss has effected my little boy.
The double truss / purchased from you has PER-
FECTLY CURED him of his painful rupture on
both sides in little over six months The steel
truss be had before bought yours caused him
cruel torture, and it was happy day for us all
when he laid it aside far the CALIFoRNIA ELIAS
TIC Truss. l am sure that all will be thankful
who are providentially led to give your truss a
trial. You may refer any one TO me on this suo-
ject. Yours truly, VIM. PERU,
63S Sacramento Street.
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.
I11tsses fora0ared to alt parts of the United States
at our expense on receipt of the price.
iend Sfanps for Illustrated Catalogue and
Price List.
Giving full information and rules for measuring.
California Elastic Truss Co.
702 Market Street, S. F.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-10-29

No JUDGE OF WATERMELoN.sI say
Parker. can you tell the difference
between ripe watermelon and decayed
head of cabbage 2. Give it up; cant
tell.' Brown laughed softly, as he said,
You'd be nice man to send to buy
watermelon, you would"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-10-29

AAAAA MONTH guaranteed Twelve
V9uu dollars day made at home by
oNsH III the industrious Capital not re-
YOVV qnired; wewill start you. Men,wo-
men. boys and girls make money faster at work
for us than at anything else. The work is light
and pleasant, and such as any one can go right
at. Those who are wise who zee this notice will
send us their addresses at once and see for them
selves. Costly outfit and terms free. Now is the
time Those already at work are laying up
large sums of money Address TRUE CO.,
Augusta, Maine.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-10-29
San FRANc1sco. March 6, 1879.

Endorsed by Prominent Medical Instr
tute.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-09-02
Answers to Correspondents.

Felicia, Circleville, O. We are
obliged to decline your poem on
"JuIy," not because it does not
possess great literary merit, but be-
cause we are bound by q solemn VOW
never to encourage young persons to
compel ''fete champetre" to rhyme
with '.sweet and sweeter.' Memo,
Elyria, Owe believe it is now gen.
orally maintained by scientists that
Cain killed Abel with q croquet mallet,
and the apparently innocent game has
always had that same tendency in fam
lilies ever since. Geraldine, Wsllsville,
N. Y.-s'What is the best book for
summer readingP' Something that
combines severe morality, broad judg-
ment, liberal views, profound scholar
ship, general information, artistic taste
and pure humor, and . tender SYM
patty for struggling humanity.
Miriam Coffin, Nantucket, Mass
..How can keep my husband from be-
ing cross and i'll natured on wash day?''
Well, there are several ways, Miriam.
You might chloroform him about six
o'clock in the morning and renew the
anesthetic at intervals during the day
until midnight. Or, you might give
him fifty dollars and tell him to run
down to Boston and enjoy himself.
Or you might row him out in the
Sound early In the morning and drown
him. All these plans are practicable,
but the last one the most efficient and
inexpensive. Especially II he is In
sured. Student, Elgin, III. AT which
end do you sharpen = pencil" At the
other end, OF course. -BsrlissQt0n
Hasckeye.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-09-02
Fruit From Barren Trees,

A correspondent of the american
Agricultxrist says: II wish to describe
to you method of making fruit trees
bear, that Numbered on. Some fifteen
years ago l had a small apple tree that
leaned considerably. l drove stake
beside it, tied string to limb and
fastened it to the stake. The next year
that limb blossomed full, and not an
other blossom appeared on the tree,
and, as Tom Bunker said, . it set mo
to thinking and came TO the con-
clusion that the string was 50 tight
that it prevented the sap returning to
the roots; consequently it formed fruit
buds. Having q couple of pear trees
that were large enough to bear but had
never blossomed, took coarse Irvine
and wound it several times around the
tree above the lower limbs and tied it
as tight as I could. The next spring
all the top above the cord blossomed rs
white as snow, and there was not one
blossom below where the cord was tied.
I have since tried the experiment on
several trees, with the same result. l
think it is q much better way than cut
ting of the roots. In early summer,
say June or July, wind q string Irvine
around the tree or q single limb, and
tie it, the tighter the better, and you
will he blessed with the result. The
next winter or spring the cord may be
taken off,"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-09-02
Take Your Hands Out Of Your Pockets.

Take your hands out of your pock-
cts, young man. You are losing time.
Time is valuable. People feel it at the
other end of the line when death is
near and eternity is pressing them into
such small quarters, for the work of
this life Graves hours. days, weeks,
years. If those at this end of the line,
if youth with its abundance of re-
sources, would only feel that time was
precious! Time is quarry. Every
hour may be nugget of gold. 1t is
time in whose invaluable moments we
build our bridges, spike the iron rails
to the sleepers, launch our ships, dig
our canals, run our factories. You
might have planted twenty hills of po-
tatoes while I have been talking to
you, young man. Take your hands
out of your pockets.
The world wants those hands. The
world is not dead. asleep under the
Pyramids, mummy by the Nile. The
world is alive, wide awake, pushing.
struggling, going ahead. The world
wants those hands. You need not
take them out of America. They can
find q market here at home. The
country wants those hands, selling dry
goods in New York, grading wheat in
Minnesota, raising cotton in Alabama,
weaving cloth in Lowell, picking
oranges in Florida, digging gold in
Colorado, catching mackerel from the
deck of a Down East fishing smack.
Take your hands out of your pockets.
And what laudable thing it is to
meet the wants of society and do your
best! When you are an old man, what
an honorable thing your hand will be!
Did you ever think of the dignity in
vesting the wrinkled hand of an old
worker? It has been so useful. lifted SO
many burdens. and wrought in such
honorable service. Who wants hand
without a character when old age
comes-a soft, flabby, do-nothing
hand?
You are willing to work, you say,
but can't find anything to dop
Nothing to do! Do the first thing that
comes along. Saw wood, get in coal,
go on errands. In short, do anything
honest with your hands, but don't let
them loaf in your pockets. Golden
DnNS
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-09-02

I'd have time to finish it, wien thew
said the Gear was coming to look at us;
but l suppose he's too busy amusing
himself to care about us poor fellows"
The soldier gave such terrible frown
that the men nearest him started back
in dismay, and even Osterman himself
looked startled. But the next moment
the Russians face cleared again. though
it was still very sad.
"You shouldn't talk like that, my
boy" said he; "the Gear would have
come to you directly you landed, if
he hadn't been i'll. However, he's well
again now, and shouldn't wonder If
you were to see him here to-day"
Just then the door opened again, and
in tramped a dozen grand-looking Of
ficers in splendid uniforms, the FORE
most of whom, making low bow to the
shabby soldier, said, very respectfully,
"All is ready, your Majesty"
At the word Majesty" all the emil
grants started as if they had been shot;
for they now saw that this shabby-look-
ing fellow, whom they had taken for q
common soldier, was no other than the
Gar Peter the Great himself. But lit
tie Osterman did not seem frightened
in the least. He slid his soft little hand
into the Emperor's huge brown fist, and
cried, joyfully:
"rm so glad you're a good Car,
after all, for the Cars that I've read
about were all very bad fellows, in
deed, and 1 know shouldn't have liked
them.'
"Well, we'll, my boy" said Peter,
clapping him on the shoulder, with a
hearty laugh, II hope you'll find me q
little better than some of them, even
though l am an Emperor. Come along
with me, and I'll find you something
better to do than chalking an old WALL"
The boy went with his new friend,
and any history of Russia will tell you
how high Osterman rose, and what
great things he accomplished. Peter
the Great made him his secretary; the
Empress Catherine 1. made him her
chamberlain; and the Car Peter II.
gave him title of honor; and before
the Empress Anne had been many years
on the throne the little student whom
his comrades had laughed at in the old
warehouse thirty years before had be-
come Count Osterman, Prime Minister
of Russia. Ker, in Harper's
Young People. -.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-09-02
Too Much Economy.

"Would you mind standing here I'LL
I 20 in and get q cigar?" he asked.
"Of course not" she replied; "but
don't you think, Henry. that smoking
is offensive, and that it will be easier
practicing economy after marriage if it
is practiced during courtship?'' you're
right" he said; al sha'n't smoke any
more, sweet" and she looked unutter-
able love at him as they resumed their
stroll. Just then they came to an ice
cream saloon, and he said, There.
now, meant to treat you to ice-cream,
but, as you say, it is best to practice
economy during courtship. Ten cents
for cigar, thirty cents for two ice
creams-forty cents saved in 9 single
night. Let's 60 over to the fountain
and take q drink of water" They
went; but she was mad enough to bite
her own head of.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-09-02
Youths Department.
BABY JEAN.

Eyes as bright as diamonds,
Mouth oil sweet and clean,
Cheeks with tempting dfmples;
That's my baby Jean!
Hands as soft as rose-lcaves,
Teeth like glistening pearls.
Little sunbeams woven
On her head for curls.
Little feet that patter
Here and everywhere.
Little mind that's busy,
Filled with childish care.
Lips from which the kisses
Bubble all day long,
Tongue that's ever singing
Some sweet cradle-sOng.
How love my baby
Words can never tell:
And she-she loves papa
Just as much and well.
She's the dearest fairy
That was ever seen;
And from Heaven I'm certain
Came my baby Jean!
-. +. Hamilton, IN Nursery.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-09-02

The returns made up to the end of
June show that during that month
Lightweight ships left the Mersey, with
20.757 emigrants. OF these $40 were
English, go Scotch, 3,079 Irish, 1882
foreign, and the nationality Of 1856 were
not know. OF the whole 1896 were
bound for the United States, while
3,O23 sailed for British North America,
106 for South America, 81 for the East
Indies, for the West Indies, for
China and 81 for the west coast of Az
RIGA. There is q decrease of 1856 as
compared with the previous month. but
the emigrants were 9,2O6 more than in
june last year. During the last three
months the number Of emigrants who
left Liverpool was 79, $40, being 10000
more than left Liverpool in the second
quarter of last year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-09-02
WIT AND WISDOM.

Love-" says the Philadelphia
Chronicle, makes many good right
arm 60 to waist"
-" Just dropped in for bite" as
the shark said when he drew near a
watering place.
The Boston Transcript gravely OBJ
serves that musicians are known by the
accompaniment they keep"
The accommodating fish puts the
hook in his mouth and then BY Jerk
on the lifeline notifies the man at the
pole to pull.
Some people dislike cat concerts at night,
Which they never can cease from abus-
But it always struck us that a cat concert
At ali times and places a-mew-sins.
Boston girls battle with perfect
security from sharks. They merely
put on a pair of blue spectacles, and
look intellectual, and the sharks light
out for deep water.
"A person is expected to be thank
full because he enjoys good health.
Only small boy can enjoy bad health,
and then it must be bad enough to keep
him out of school.-N. O. Rcayune.
"A gentleman who married widow
complained to her that he liked his
beef well done. "Ah! I thought that
was cooking for Mr.. Brown" said
she; "he liked his rare. But. darling,
I will try and forget the poor dear"
"A reporter calls at q banking house
and takes notes and it's all right.
Along comes another fellow, takes some
notes, and gets jagged for five years.
This illustrates the privileges enjoyed
by the press. Baltimore Gazette.
What pity that big heart is SO
often compelled to keep company with
q small income?-N Y. Ne,Cs. Rather,
what a pity that big income is SO often
compelled to keep company with
small heart.--B0ston Transcript.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-09-02
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The Crees, of Hudson Bay, have
abandoned heathenism and become
nominal Christians.
"A club has recently been formed in
Boston to secure the cooperation of la
dies in the cause of school suffrage, and
to induce them to vote at the fall cleo
tions.
"A Bible class "for beginners in the
Christian life," is held at 6alf-past nine
every Sunday morning in Association
Hall, New York. where all the begin
ners are welcomed.
-Agentleman has presented to the
General Assembly of the Church of
Scotland, in Victoria, a check for $780,
600 in aid of building a Divinity Hall.
and another has made gift of $780,
600 to found a University in South Aus
tralia.
Brother Boole, pastor of the Meth
odist Church of Asbury Park, N. j.,
makes every new applicant for men,
bership in his church sign total absti-
nence pledge. All who refuse to do this
are refused admittance.
"A section of the Jesuits expelled
from France have entered upon the oc.
cupancy of the Corbet Hotel, Aber-
dovey, Wales, large structure erected
at the time of the formation of the Cam
brian Railway. They have secured the
lease for twenty-one years, and intend
utilizing the hotel as large school.
NO more ''candidating'' by the
Protestant Episcopal clergymen in Con-
necticut. The Bishop saws that the
churches and ministers must become
acquainted with each other in some 9TH
er way. But nobody offers to show a
way which is practicable, except for
ministers who have achieved such
reputation that churches are safe in
calling them without actually seeing and
hearing them.
The recently discovered manuscript
of the Gospels of Matthew and Mark
dates back to the fifth century. The
leaves are of purple parchment. It is
carefully written in silver ink, and en-
bellished with numerous small paint
ings in the style prevalent in those
days. It was discovered by two Ger
man scholars in the palace Of the Arch.
bishop at Rossano, Italy, and is in fair
0VssVO Va PAOoVA VUUlOUs
The arrangements for the Presbyte.
rian Council which meets in Philadel-
phia have been announced. The pre-
paratory reception will take place on
the 22d of September, and the regular
sessions of the Council will begin on
the following day. The opening SER
mon is to be preached by the Rev.
William Adams, ID. d.. of New York.
The subjects to be discussed during
the sittings include Inspiration, Anthem.
ITCHY and Interpretation of Scripture,
Future Retribution, Modern Theolooi-
cal Thought, Creeds and Confessions.
Presbyterianism and Liberty, and Bible
Revision.
The Empress Eugenie's return to
England was welcomed in q kindly
fashion. Princess Beatrice boarded the
steamer off Yarmouth from the Yacht
and remained with the EN-
press until they reached Southampton.
A British knight presented bouquet
to Eugene accompanied by some ex-
tremely poor verses written by his
and the Empress, in q very
pretty and graceful fashion, thanked
Tor their courtesy all the steamship Of
icials who had attended her upon her
lOurn0V.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-09-02
FACTS AND FIGURES.

darlington County, s. c., is the
largest cotton-producing county in the
United States.
An English geologist says it took
6W,OOO,OOO years to form the earth's
limestone strata.
The next transit of Venus occurs in
1882, but after that there will not be
another for hundred years.
Two Georgia farmers grew 500
bushels of Irish potatoes on one acre of
land and sold them for $500.
California has as many acres under
wheat. 1921, 900, as Great Britain, and
produces half as many bushels, Sc, 0OO,-
New Orleans expects to export 80,
600, 900 bushels of grain next season,
and produce exchange has been es-
tablished.
1t is stated that there is now in ex-
istence in this country $1,000 miles OF
railroad. The gross earnings of 1879
were $3.50, 90, 1000.
The largest cotton seed oil mill in
the world is building at Little Rock,
ARK, and is to employ $50 men, using
800 tons of cotton seed daily.
/: The railroads of Pennsylvania car
ried last year 81, 252, 778 tons of coal,
OF which 80, 815, O96 tons were anthra-
cite and %, 437. 682 were bituminous.
It. Speer, of New Orleans, has ex-
hibited fine specimens of fiber from the
banana plant. He estimates that an
acre will yield 10, $40 pounds of fiber,
worth $3.50; this, added to the fruit,
will make the cultivation of this splen-
did plant profitable.
Statistics of English mortality show
that during the last thirty years more
women have reached the age OF
seventy-five or eighty years than men.
The latter suffer more from lung, heart
and kidney diseases, which have OF
late been on the increase in England.
Petroleum stands third on our list
of exports, breadstuffs and cotton alone
exceeding it in value. During the past
five years the average quantity of pc
troleum sent abroad each year was
valued at about $40, OOO, 900, exceeding
the exports of tobacco by fully &c.,
100000. The Standard Oil Company
controls eight-tenths of the petroleum
wells in the country, and, therefore,
nearly the entire trade.
Six hundred men are at work grad
ing the Interoceanic Tehuantepec Rail-
road. The work was commenced at
Cratzacoalcos, where the wharf is now
ready for the landing of materials for
the road. The line is to follow the
slope of La Malinche Hill, toward
Oluta and Acayucan. The grades are
not to exceed one foot in ten, and when
completed to La Ventosa, on the Pa
cific coast, transit from ocean to ocean
may be accomplished in four hours.