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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-16

TO THE HONORABLE COUNTY COURT OF
BENTON COUNTY. OREGON.
Below is the Finance Report of the Coun-
ty School Superintendent, for the year end
ing June Both, 1880.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-16
BRICK.

Mrs. Dennick is burning kiln of brick.
Ever since that work fell to her, she has
laborel to keep a supply constantly on hand
and she h succeeded. Her brick are of
the standard sise and make. A brick layer,
well and favorabIy known in Corvallis, with
lime and mortar, for email jobs, can be had
at her yard.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-16

REcovERING.-On the 2Sth of June, Mr..
Jos. Ferguson was thrown from wagon
near Junction city anil his skull fractured
to an extent that no hopes were entertained
Of his recovery. After thirty-fve hoars
from the time of the accident, DR.. J. b.
Lee. of this city, was called and removed
the fractured portion AMI the patient has
been improving rapidly and is now consij-
cred convaiescent.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-16

GONE TO ALBANY.-Rev. W. c. Kantner,
who has filed the pulpit of the Evangelical
Church, in this city. for the last three years,
was by the arrangements of the last Confer
ence been changed to Albany, and Rev. j.
Bowersox stationed at this city. Mr.. K.
has made many frien Is during the time he
has lived in Corvallis. and been the instru-
ment of much good in the cause he has so
zealously served. He is an able pulpit orator
and the personal friend of every msmhsr Of
his church. and we can not bat feel that the
Conference has male mistake in changing
his field of usefulness.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-16
BORN.

In Blodgett's valley, July 5th, 1880. to
the wife of X. b. Bod sett, a son.
In this city, July llth, to the wife of o.
v. Motley, daughter.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-16

Ma. J. FL. BATES, Newspaper Advertising
Agent. Al Park Row Times Bnildin5). New
York, is authorized to contract FOR advertise
msnts in the GAZETTE at our best rates.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-16
Notice of Final Proof.

Dated June 2l. 1880.
, 1880-07-30
Destructive Influences.

- .
Doubtless countless myriads of living
creatures come into existence, Of which
by far the greater part must be de-
stroyed One aphis may be the parent
Of 5,904,900,000 individuals in five
generations, and when these are swal-
lowed up by lady birds and other enc
mics in mass, it is no individual varia,
tion that can avert their fate. The un-
checkered produce of q couple Of her
rings would stock the Atlantic in q few
years, until there would be no room to
move; and when these are engulfed in
shoals as mouthful for the balenoptera
they can make as little struggle for their
existence as the grass can that ths scow
,licks up, or the vegetation of,ao district
that is devastated by water, II; is, an
unwritten law Of Nature that one race
must die that another race may i've;
this other, in its turn, subscribing the
same end, and 30 on constantly until
the cycle be complete Without this
law, against which there, is no appeal,
Nature would be chaotic impossib bility.
The destructive influences are so pre-
dominant that the carnage is indiscrim.
mate and without struggle ~ 'esq 'di
, 1880-07-30
Sunshine.

Did you ever notice what aadifferent
aspect everything wears in the sunshine
to what it does in the shadow And
did you ever think what an analogy
there was between the sunlight of the
cloudless skies and the sunshine that
CLEANS into the darkened chambers of
the human being2 How blight and
beautiful are the golden beams that
break through the riven clouds to light
up the world after a succession of dark
and stormy days4 How peaceful and
happy are the blessed words Of hope
and cheer that touch the heart and fill
the spirit with emotions of peace and
Joy after long period Of sorrow
There are none living who do not, in
greater or less degree, have an influence
over the earthly happiness Of others.
The sense of contributing to the pleas
ure of others augments our own happi-
ness. Unselfshness, Christian charity
and loving kindness are sunbeams of
the soul. 'ls|'-~''
, 1880-07-30
A Resolution Broken.

"You see, my children" said an old
acquaintance of ours the other evening,
as little group huddled around him /;
'there is no habit you cannot rid your
self Of, if you are so resolved. Now,
in my early youth was sailor, and
contracted the popular habit of swear
ing at everything and nothing. With
out provocation would rattle of a
string Of oaths and violate the command
ment hundred times day, When 1
LETT the sea-, my mothers early teaching
returned to nae, and / mentally resolved
that I would never swear again. That
was 40 years ago, and I have never
violated the promise made myself.
Some of you have little habits which
you can: as easily rid yourselves of.
Promise me now, my dearies, that you
will call up your worst habit and drop
it tonight" '
The promises were readily given, and
then came calls for q story. 1t was
his habit to supplement his little lee.
lures by stories, 'ps.G ed5 t., m
"Teli US story Of the sea-" lisped a
little voice.
.i The old man smiled and picked up a
conch from the Hearth. lr aE d'
swell, little beauty, 1 will let the
shell tell it,, ",,,e-f -. .,,a7t aW .
He placed it to his ear, closed his
eyes and said -
''Hark hear the sea, it is the
Mediterranean, and before me is ship
plunging upon the stormy waves. The
crew are huddled about in terror, and
the vessel plunges along in the lightning
rent night with no hand at the helm.
But there is One form that trembles not.
1t stands at the bow with upturned face,
gazing into the heavens.
'Oh, that's Paul, 1 know !" exclaimed
a childish voice.
'Right again, my child. Insoired by
divine faith, he stands unmoved in
the night fear nor pain can move him.
He is true man, and" n af .1rn 20.
The old man paused the shell
dropped from his hand and look Of
startled inquiry passed over his face.
He sprang to his feet and danced can
can in the room he called on his patron
saint and swore a-string Of oaths thir-
teen feet long as he rent the night air
with discordant shrieks the women
screamed, children cried, the police
came, and four neighbors at last bore
him to the floor and sat on him while
another removed with a pair of com
passes a bug from his ear. yufl
One little cockroach hid in shell
had upset the resolution Of forty years
standing. - .rr, aa
, 1880-07-30
An Exciting Adventure.

Canadian tourists, or those familiar
with the river st. Lawrence, need not
be told of the picturesque danger of the
Lachine rapids. Many traditions and
some authentic stories are told of luck.
less persons who have been engulfed
there, and the shooting" Of the rapids
even by the most skilful pilots is an anx-
ious and delicate piece of work. . uau-
Another sad example was Friday
morning added to the calamities at this
celebrated locality. In this case, as in
others, the presence and exertions Of
+skilful pilot--named Daillebouts, in the
present instance--failed to avert the cat
astrophe. Ten lumbsrmen, under Dsille-
bouts command, started early the, pre-,
vious morning from Caughawaga village
to make the descent Of the Lachine rap
ids Another raft under Baptiste, also
a well known pilot, set out at the same
time from the same place; and those who,
were on board the last raft saw all that
happened to the crew Of the first one
It seems that,by some some mischance,
Daillebout swung his raft out Of the
right channel at a critical moment. Be.
fore he ana his men could retrieve their
error, their control ofthe raft was gone.
In few moments they were driven
with awful velocity into the vortex Of
foaming waters that the tourists steam
ers pass through when running the
rapids. .s.,,,q. bl, ,rsb ooge ga do.
Those steamers, steered with match
less dexterity, and having their engines
to steady their course, get through habi,
tually in safety. But with raft, having
nothing but human strength to shape her
course, it is, of course, far different. In
this case the frail structure was rolled
over and over and hurled in every di-
rection She had to go through mile
Of tumbling, seething waters-for the
most part indeed half acataraet before
she or any fragments Of her could emerge
into smooth safety Of the river below,
The spectators saw a moving and extra
ordinary sight. Logs sixty feet long
were tossed in the air like SO many twigs
Piece by piece the raft broke asunder.
No power on earth could aid, her
wretched crew, and it seemed inevitable
that they must perish to man.
But it was otherwise decreed. Despite
this amazing ordeal, and despite most'of
their number being frightfully bruised,
eight of the occupants Of the raft, went
through the rapids alive. Not only that
but they managed to cling to portions
of their shattered bark SO as tJ'be res
cued at last by their brother lumbermen
who had seen without being able to aid
them in their peril. The remaining
three raftsmen perished, and the wonder
is, according to the reports that have
reached us, that there should have been
any survivors atall from a catastrophe
which in former cases has usually been
fatal to every man concerned. Er,oa
, 1880-07-30
sooHe Quits Politics.

Uncle Dobbs is the leading man OF
Roundabout, in the hill country, the
king bee Of the party in the settlement.
Drives his turkeys to market on foot,
and deals in shingles, wild honey and
coon skins, and rarely ever comes to
town.. 1''.o. E, ,,.
He, was indicted last term for timber
cutting on government lands, and was
forced to come to trial before the United
States District Court, under the whole
some dread Of the august tribunal which
pervades the hill country. The case had
been investigated and submitted to the
jury, who had retired to consider their
verdict. THor1
The trepidation which had possessed
the defendant reached its climax His
lawyer, who had had great difficulty in
keeping him in the court room during
the trial, retired and left him alone with
his great fear and the deputy marshals
in the courtroom. isn 81 IT.
An hour passed of, and his suspense
and agony grew apace. He thought OF
the fayen. haired children and spouse in
his distant cabin in the pine hills land
he grew wild with fright. At lass the
omineus- knock was heard from within
on the door of the jury room. Uncle
Dobbs couldn't stand it any longer. He
broke and ran down the steps, through
the street, straight for the cypress swamp,
as crow, flies, toward his home. it,i J,.
The Jury entered. the box and were
asked if they had agreed upon, their.
verdict. They had, but where was the
prisoner He was non est. 1he law
yer was called; he knew, nothing OF his
client. a.., az, r.......,. ..
The marshals were ordered to bring
him into Court upon inquiry they
learned the route of his flight, and pur-
sued him on horseback. Soon catching
view Of ,ithe game the pursuit waxed
warm, and was about ito result success
fully, when. the. quarry reached the
swamp, and plunging through the briars
took water in the slough. The minions
of the law surrounded the cover, and
dismountiag they close in upon his re-
treat. Heis dragged out, tattered and
torn, reeking with ooze and water.
Returning to the Court room, Uncle
Dobbs was arraigned, a piteous sight, to
hear the verdict.
The foreman presented it to the clerk.
The clerk read it under the order Of the
Court. ltwas: "We, the jury, find
the defendant not guilty" ~
His lawyer tenders his congratula-
tions, but. they are ruefully reiected, a
"No, Squire, said he, "don't speak to
me. I ain't 6tten to be spoke to- I'm;
no longer in polisicz.& Eor forty odd
years I've voted the straight ticket, but
now I'm done Anybody that's ssch
derned; fool as have been amt Rt to
go TO the polls, and L shall stay away
from this day on" .,,. 5e nIa ~, .,., 1. b
He skulked out of the Courta changed
man.
, 1880-07-30
A Leadville Joke.

x Life in Leadville is full Of excitement
even for a barber. The other day cit
zen named Plug strolled into a BARRIERS
establishment, where there we're two
chairs, both full, and fourteen men
waiting. If there is one thing that
Plug despises, it is waiting around while
lot of other fellows get shaved. He
figured on how to avoid it, and espying
friend in one Of the chairs, he stepped
up to him and spoke few words in a
low tone. Suddenly he became excited.
Addressing his friend, he cried = A1'''
"You third.rate mule-whacker, I'll
have your gore y 1a a5guo aJUl
And the friend yelled back: ',.t,-
:. "You greaser, I'll shoot you full Of
holes !" '.i,rs~.-re
81 can shoot first "yelled Plug, draw
ing his revolver. -, '....
'1'll let you see you can't " roared
the friend, leaping f:om his chair.
BY this time a scene Of wild excite
meht was taking place in the shop. The
whole fourteen waiting customers were
wildly struggling to get out before the
shooting began. The man in the other
chair, without stopping to wipe the
lather from his, face, or remove the
apron aboutFhim, leaped from the win
dow upon the head Of policeman, who
At once arrested him, for madman.
One Of the BARRIERS had bump I'd his head
terribly and got his mouth full of dust
crawling under sofa, and the other
barber was promptly concealed behind q
barrel in the closet.
a., ,", As soon as the shop was cleared the
two friends ceased threatening each
other, put up>their pistols, and after a
hearty laugh coaxed the BARRIERS to come
out and shave them, Plug tried to ex.
plain to the head barber that it was all
ajoke. 20 . raa ..imieaa go. .9
"But,' said the barber, ''you're
fighting man" n. .' '@.'''
mo-" said Plug, "I am a regular
coward and couldn't lick u flea." nH
''Then, by tunket," yelled the barber,
"you've driven over $5 worth of trade
away from me, and iii take The value
out of your hide"
And he got in several lusty blows on
Plug before the latter could offer to set
tie. And, somehow, Plug doesn't think
it was such good joke after all.
, 1880-07-30
Romance of a Mustache.


A police officer in Toledo was in
formed by a detective, that he had seen
the mustache of a young fellow-a pas
senger 'byia Lake Shore train fall off
while he was asleep, and advised him to
arrest the youth. Although this is not
an offense against the statutes of Ohio,
the officer laid his hand upon the bad
young mans shoulder, and he, looking
up said he knew what was wanted and
would 90 with the officer. On arriving
at the police station she" said 'She" was
the wife Of a man living in Nebrazka
who was close fsted, stingy and cruel,
She had left him twice in her own fe-
male apparel and had been caught and
brought back. The neighbors advised
her to disguise herself in mems clothes,
which, by saving money and buying a
suit, she finally did, 0 She was going to
Buffalo to live with her brothers, who
would whip her husband if they came
for her. The Toledo police, having no
authority to detain her, let her go, and
she went on her way rejoicing, to her
brothers. ii they are as "close-6sted"
as her husband, he will jbe careful about
putting himself In their way. .~a'i 2l.
, 1880-07-30

An old sign is, that child grows
proud if suffered to look in mirror when
less than twelve months old; but what
the average infant, can see in a mirror
to make'ft proud is difficult for any but
its parents to understand
, 1880-07-30

Education is a better safeguard of
liberty than standing army. If we re
trench the wages Of the recruiting ser.
geant.
, 1880-07-30

Soup should be swallowed whole.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-16
ALL SORTS.

Something to lie about-a bed.
Ministers as rule marry for money.
The Chinese plank-an ironing board
The sun is the old settler in the West
Vows made in storms are forgotten in
Gains.
The iercest storms toss their drift the
highest.
Every one can master q grief but he
that hath it.
To be wise too late is the exactesi
definition of fool.
Great souls attract sorrows, as noun
tains do tempests.
Censure is the tax man payeth to the
public for being eminent.
Men should not talk to please them
selves, but those who her them. !.
ia rather any day be an ill-bred origi-
nality than q well-bred nonentity.
If were to trade in winding-sh
my luck would make all men live
The highest reach of human science
is the scientific recognition of human
ignorance.
In all evil-no matter how great-can
be found the germ of good that will out
weigh it.
We should choose for a wife only the
woman we would choose for friend,
were she man.
Every man has his own reputation to
make, and that is why so many men make
such poor ones.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-16
May Girls Jump the Rope.

A surgeon in western city has pub
Ished an article designed to warn parents
against allowing their children to jump
the rope, an amusement of which they
are very fond. His objections to this ex-
ercise are that it produces continuous
concussion of the joints in the spinal
column Of dangerous character, often
resulting in Inflammation and necrosis
of the bone, deformity and death. He
concludes by saying: 81 would warn
children against rope dancing, and ad
wise parents to prohibit it under all cir
cumstances." His opinions are founded
on the fact that he has seen very bad re-
suits from the practice. While we do
not doubt that jumping the rope may be
carried to a dangerous extent, we deny
that it is dangerous exercise. 1t is only
when carried to too great an extent that it
Injuries, or when practiced by very deli
cate children longer than it should be.
Children in their sports are apt to go to
extremes, and here lies the danger. How
many thousands of children have lost
their lives by eating too much food, or
eating unwholesome food, and yet we do
not prohibit our children from eating,
but try to teach them how to do it right
Many children lose their lives in the
water, yet we continue to teach our chill
dren to swim, and shall to the end of
time. Children become injured by
jumping the rope, and the wise course is
to teach them not to go to extremes in
this or any sport. Jumping the rope is
of itself perfectly safe exercise. 1t is
one that children enjoy. It cultivates
all the lower parts of the body in re-
markable manner, giving skill and grace
of movement. Mothers need not pro-
hibit it, but only watch their children so
they shall not go too far in its practice -
Herald of Health.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-16
Dabbs and Carter.

Old Dabbs and Jim Carter, two colored
men, having grown tired of farming,
came to this city and opened kind of
grocery store. Dabbs was shrewd,
bow-legged man, with broad feet, and
with o nose shaped like the half of pear.
Carter was young and inexperienced.
After the stock had been purchased,
Dabbs remarked:
Garter, Use de olest. In dis case hit 8
naisessary fur yer ter be de jungier
podner."
"All right" said Carter, ST don't keer
money whut comes in ober de counter" F."
''Dat's n fack, Carter. Yer'll make o
sharpe business man. Dar's a lot of mig
gers got dar eyes on dis sto', but we'll
fool 'em. Garter, does yer owe any
debts in dis worl?"
.'Lemme see; yes owes man for q
saddle blanket"
"How long hab you owed him?"
Bout five years"
low much wuz hit wurf?"
Bout two dollars"
'fLemme count de intrust. Two is two,
adden onto de five, duplex fractions
comm in twixt de two an de five; COM
poun' cathartic fractions comm in twixt
de duplex fractions. Mines nine. wild
ten as podner. Ten goes way an
| 'lebben STAINS up. Mr.. Carter, you owes
dat man lebben hundred dollars an q
quarter"
"How's dat?"
.Why, 'cordin' to de intrust. De in
trust am awful heaby. Hit fairly makes
a man sweat. Hit breaks up de white
man, and robs de niger of his labor.
Dat man could come and break up our
sto'. He could sell us out. / heard a
plantation nigger talking bout Us yesteri
day. Now, if yer wuz de signer partner,
which means de olest, de men couldn't
do nothin.' Dis is fault OBJ de law.
De Laigeslature is o awful rascally lot of
fellows. Well, now, yer mus be my ST.
lent partner. Does yer heah?"
Use hsenen'."
'Den de man can't tech yer. Use got
head as long as water million. Wall,
now, let me read yer this paper.
Then Dabbs read the following: "Dis
heah is ter certify dat Dabbs and Carter
is podners. Dabbs is de action podner
an Garter is de silent podner. Dis is
also ter certify dat as soon as Dabbs
quits bein' de action podner, de whole
sto' longs ter Carter, an when Carter
quits bein' de silent podner, without an
udder 'greement; de sto' all longs ter
Dabbs."
''Dis were wrot up by cullud law
YER" said Dabbs. Sign de paper. ;"
The two men signed the instrument and
called in witnesses. Next morning
Dabbs came down to the store early,
and when Carter arrived all of the wit
nesses were sitting in the storeroom.
GOOD mornin', Dabbs," said Carter.
Dabbs didn't say anything, and Carter
continued: why de deuce doesn't yer
speak ter me?'
''Do sto's all mine,' said Dabbs, arls-
ing and turning to the witnesses.
'sHow's dat 2" asked Carter
''Case yer's no longer silent podner.
Yer's talkin'. When a man talks he's
not silent. Yer1l please leab my sto
Carter, an go off down in de country.
Eff yer'd stuck ter de 'greement cherry
thing been all right. Hits plain ter be
seed dat yer won't"
Carter appealed to the witnesses, but
was informed that he had broken silence,
and of course was no longer part owner
of the store. The disconsolate man left.
He is now candidate for the Legisla-
ture, and swears that if elected he viii
work for the repeal of the odious laws
Little Rock Gazette.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-16
4 LIERs EoHM

loved him in my dawning yeara--
Far ysarls dtylneiy dim,
Ny bllkheet smiles. my aaddegt tears
" ere egoEln0fo for hinf.
NY dreaming when the day began
Che iAte e thouehk had.
Wna still Bome loving plan
10 make nay darling glad,
They deemed be lacked the conauer.np wiles
That other children wear;
TO me hiH faees In ffoWn OF smiles.
Was never aught but MIR,
They said shat 1nlk Wns all his eoai
BE kneW no thought beyond;
To me, know no loving soul
Was half 20 true and fond.
All. many . love Was milne ere zow,
IN ltfesn capricioue May,
And many . lightly whispered vow
The hreezes bore away.
Yet, looking back On friends befravad
Aud gWeethoarts iaft TO rue.
Ny soul can say. In shine CT shade
At least he found me trae.n
In loves eclipse, in friendships dearsh.
In grief and 1eud and bate.
Ny heart has learnt the sacred worth
OF one that cannot fail:
And come what must and come what may
Nor power, nor praise. nor pelf
Shall Iure my fAlih from him 70 stray,
Ny darling one himself.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-16

ANOTHER FADED IDoL.-One by one
the roses fade. It seems that now We
have lost Beatrice de Cenci, William
Tell and host OF other old standbys, we
are to be called upon to bewail the de-
parture of that scantily attired eques-
trienne, Lady Godiva. A writer in
Notes and Queries says she is a myth.
1t is impossible that she should have
ridden through Coventry, for the reason
that Coventry was not in existence at the
time. There is, however, some founda-
ton for the legend. Godiva was lady
possessing vast wealth, with which she
determined to found and endow an
abbey, This she did, stripping herself
of all that she had, and thence the le-
gend. Coventry gradually arose round
the abbey, and had no streets, and conse-
quently no tolls, until Godiya had been
dead ct least q century.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-16

When you read of a remedy that will cure all
diseases beware of it; but when you read of
pure vegetable compound which claims to cure
only certain parts of the body, and furnishes
high proof that it does this, you can safely try
it, and with the assurance that it will help you.
This is just what Warmers Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure does. 1t cures all troubles of the
lower portion of the body and none others. 1t
will not help the tooth-ache, ear-ache, nor con-
sumption, but it will put your body in vigorous
and healthy state where you can enjoy life and
appreciate It's good things. Try it.