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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-01-30
Austria and Prussia in European History

There is nothing more remarkable in
history than the simultaneous aggran-
dizement of the House of Hapsburg,
both eastward and westward, at the close
of the fifteenth and the commencement
of the sixteenth century. Before that
date it had indeed occupied consider
able position. On the extinction of the
House of Babenberg it had wrested Aus
tria, after sharp struggle, from the OF
tokar of Bohemia, and had given more
than one Emperor to Germany. But its
position was the reverse of undisputed.
It was in reality the fear of the Turks
and of the French, and the consequent
recognition of the necessity of some kind
of union among heterogeneous prlnci-
palities and powers which finally made
the Empire of Germany hereditary in
the House of Hapsburg and united it to
the crowns of Bohemia and Hungary.
The union was not altogether willing;
the decree of fate was long struggled
against But the fall of Constantinople
in 1453, the warlike policy of the French
Kings and the all but successful in
trigues of Francis the First to be elected
Roman Emperor settled the question.
The history of the House of Austria in
its broader features for the two centu-
double struggle against her two great
enemies east and west The final defeat
of the Turks before Vienna, and the VIC
tories of Eugene and Louis of Baden on
the Rhine and the Danube at the close
of the seventeenth and the commence
| ment of the eighteenth century, altered
| the situation forever. The huge ever
grown dominion of the House of Haps-
burg was no longer necessity as de-
| fence against the Turks, and the world
soon began to find it out. It may sound
paradoxical, but the fact is that the pow
| er of the Hapsburgs was destroyed by
| its own victories. Meanwhile, in Ger
many another power was arising which
had no foreign dominions or alien sub
| iects, and therefore considered itself q
| better guardian of German interests al
home and equally able to protect them to
the West. The statesmen of France made
no short-sighted calculation in allyine
themselves with the Hapsburgs against
the Hohenzollerns in the great struggle
of the Seven Years War, But the stars
in their courses fought against them, an6
against the French Empire when it aimed
at accomplishing the same object. Ros
bach was in this sense the forerunner o.
| Gravelotte, and Leuthen of Sadowa. Tht
peace of Hubertsburg led inevitably tt
that of Prague, and the treaty of Pres
burg was their connecting link. The his
tory of Germany from 1855 to 1866 is thu
history of the attempt of France to i'm
pose the headship of weakened Hous'
of Hapsburg on weaker Germany, ant
of the determination of the Hohenzol
lerns not to allow it. Austria by 1856
had ceased to be necessity to Germany
and the peace of Prague only sanctione'
the decree which fate had long sine
registered. = Lady Fits Maurice IN th
Academy.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-01-30

Senator Plumb's new article of war
provides that no senior officer at
gambling shall win the money of q
junior, under penalty of dismissal from
the service. The article is good one.
The junior officers of the army receive
the least pay, and they should rake In
the pile when they sit down to little
game of draw.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-01-30
RoTH SIDES OFT

Two steamers am a ringin' de bell,
Listen to de warnin';
One goes to heb'n and one to hell
Fairly in de morHfn'.
oh! dorkies git on bod dis craft.
Listen TO de warnin';
We's gwine to start de gospel raft
Early in de mornin'.
Dis is de only line to take,
Listen to de warnin';
To get to helm widout mistake,
Early in de mornfn'.
De debbel runs de udder line,
Listen to de warnin';
He's runners out to bab you jine,
Early in de mornin'.
Don't heah q word de debbel say,
Listen to de warnin';
We's gwine TO start at break OBJ day,
Early in de mornin'.
To cotch all sinners. such as you,
Listen tn de warniu';
Ds debbel's steamers painted new,
Early in de mornin'.
But If you git on bod wild him,
Listen 10 de warnin';
'Tis hell you will be landed in,
Early in de mornin'.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-01-30

An English paper advertises book
entitled ..The Amateur Poacher." Some
thing in the way of s.Hints to Young
Burglars" and ssThe Complete Forger"
may soon be expected.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-01-30
ASplend,d Gem.

I have recently been favored with a
sight of one of the most famous jewels of
the world-a stone that has it's history
and it's pedigree, and is celebrated in the
annals of the noted gems of Europe.
have held it in my hand and admired
beneath the rays of the sunlight the
finest sapphire that is known to exist.
This beautiful and well-nigh priceless
stone combines in a singularly perfect
degree the leading qualifications of size,
shape, color and water. In form it is O
fiat oval, being about two inches long by
an inch and q half wide. It is cut
slightly en- cabochon on top, and into a
multitude of small facets beneath. It's
hue is perfect, being warm, lustrous
Marie Louise blue, not SO dark as to
show black beneath the gaslight, but
having all the velvety softness and purity
of tint that is required in really fine
gem of this description. It's weight is
800 carats, and it belongs to a noble and
wealthy Russian family, in whose
possession it has been for the past two
centuries, and it has been placed by its
owner in the hands of one of the great
diamond merchants of Paris for safe
keeping. One of the Rothschild family
has offered for it no less sum than
$500, 900 but the offer has been refused.
"a asked the courteous gentleman in
whose care it has been left as to the
actual value of the stone. He told me
that, as it was perfectly unique, no pre-
else valuation could be set upon it, but
that he was inclined to estimate it at
some $4O0, 900.
He also showed me string of enor-
nous graduated pearls of extreme
purity and fineness 1.-THE center one was
as large as small cherry and he told
noble Russian was composed of six
similar strings of equal beauty and ex-
ceptional size. The great sapphire was
surmounted with large diamonds of
some twenty carats each. Its guardian
informed me that the pendant belonging
to this brooch was composed of large
pear shaped sapphire, weighing sixty
carats, and set in diamonds. The whole
collection of jewels belonging to this one
family is worth over So, ,000, 900. "There
is no such sapphire as the largest one"
continued my informant, sseven among
the crown jewels of Russia. I furnished
myself two very fine ones to the EN-
press, each weighing six carats, but they
do not compare with this magnificent
gen. The gentleman who spoke was
well qualified to give an opinion, as he
is one of the few diamond merchants of
the world, and is, moreover, a noted
expert. He it was who was recently
sent for by the Russian Government to
go to st. Petersburg to make full esi-
mate of the value of the crown jewels,
and he furnishes whatever ornaments in
precious stones are purchased by the
members of the Imperial family.
No man on earth can move me from
NV r,osition says T,11cy Stone LET
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-01-30

my position" says Lucy Stone Let
her sot. Who cares whether she moves
or not?
thing for him father, mother, brothers,
sisters and home-inds out sometimes
that, however much the wife may have
given up, the father, mother, brothers,
sisters, etc, have not given her up.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-01-30
FRANKLIN CAUTH0RN. M n;
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Cervsllis, Oregon,

Special attention given to surgery and diseases
of the Eye. Can be found at his Office, in rear of
Graham, Hamilton Co.'s Drug Store, up stairs,
day or night
June 3, 1879. 16-23H
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-06
We Sra or TxxE u.ss

Eve CASES o! smallpox we're discorc.cd 10 .
gIrsIe house 10 Chicago Mocday last.
Local option was carried ia tbs several dis
tricts 10 Somerset county, Md, 10 which vote
was taken on Tu, s1ay.
Gen. NJ. W. Gary, one Of The most accom-
plisned Confederate officers, recommends that
the South Carolina Legislature stall pass law
making ii q mi:demeaDor FIR citizen 10 GARY
dead weapon COT !sled.
The PARTIES Who bid off the Savannah and
Memphis railroad Oh the 81 for 1884 500 failed
| to comply with the conditions OF tbs sale, aud
the road will be again advertised and sold 10
thirty dsys at Opellka, Ale.
William 7. D4Dsetfald, presiding Judge of
the Superior Court st San Frarc $50, dropped
dead on the beIcA from heart dis,ego yester.
day. lis was native CT Virginia end was Sc
years OF sge.
At Red Bank, N. j yesterday, Willie
Masses. eleven years old was fouod hanging to
ratter by the thumb, 10 which position be had
been Tor three hours. When cut down the boy
| tainted. His mother hsd stl:ottd this mode q
| punishment.
The Baltimore Stock Yard Company Of Bel i
mere county was organized yesterday Stock
yards will be fitted up on the line Of tho Balt-
| moro and Ohio railroad, nesr The city, aud
everything will be 10 readiuets boforo The opon.
| Ing OF the fall cattle trade.
Republican State conventions wire held Yes
| terday 10 Mississippi, Tennessee aud Wiscopsir.
Shefmsn devtl1ped the greatest strength in
Mississippi; Washhurne 10 Wi:coosio, AID
Grant received q m5iori'y in Tennessee. The
New Hampshire cemtc:eIic convention has
cltc:ed Tlldeu delegates 10 Cincinnati.
10 the General Conereroo of The NJ. E
Church, in Cincinnati yesterday, reports al
| some length were made by the frsterna dele
gates appointed at tho last co1fererc, to visit
| the General Conference Of the NJ. Il. Church
Sou:h, aud the Wesleyan connection 10 Amc1i
Ga. Among petitions referred were q plumber
asking that women be licensed to preach, and
that they be ordained ss descops.
Harvey's canal, leading from New Orleau:
| into the bayous connecting with Barataria Bay
| was yesterday sold to Capt. Cowden's Baratsris
| Ship Canal Company, of which Capt. Thoual
Z. LeatherS is president. The price paid fol
the canal was 500 000 This company pro
poses TO construct a ship canal. Got less Thar
twenty feet deep, from the Mississippi river, o.
New Orleans. to deep water en- tho Gulf.
On Monday the villages Of Tuck ahoc, Mid
| dlctowo and Petersburg. 10 Cape May county
N. D.. wore threatened with destruction by 6
! forest fire. About SIX miles OF woods were
burned ever. and the villages were savec
| through the tXoltions Of the residents. NJ
| merous buildings wcro on fee, bat were extir-
gulshed, with a'slnglo exception. Two hundred
| cords Of wood in ono tier near Petersburg were
| cor sumed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-06
ROREIGN NE lt"S.

ltiI again pstrtod that tn, jaws are perso.
cnIed 10 st. Petersburg.
Dom Pc1ro urges tie BtZ Ian Pr ilmer
to provide for extensive railways ADD uavlgatio o
works.
Tho King Of Siam has sent a message 10
London saying lis ,urncy abroad has been
abandoned for the present on account ii i'll.
health.
Tho trial Of The diicc'tr, OF tho West oil Eqg
Ian! and South Wales Bank, which suspended
10 December, 1873, who were charged with f4si.
fylog the accounts OF the bauk and con.ilng to
derAud. hOs resulted in their acqulttal.
1t has been asoertained that the lodia budget
published ty tho Bcaconsti lid ADMINISTRATION
msreprescnled tho Afghan war expenses to rhs
txicnt Ct about $50, 100000. There is much
excitement in EogIaud 10 coust lenc,.
1t is believed The days Of German FREQ towns
are numbered. Proceedings like those agairs
lismburg ara 10 lie btgua araiCs! Bremen end
L1bcck. TIE separation Ct Hamburg AMI st.
isuIs by ar.vcnue lue will s1hec. III 600
persons 10 revenue INSPECTION daily.
The French CouIcl OF Ministers ycscrd ~
dcllbcrs;ed regarding the cx> culion tr the de-
GOES against unauthorized CONGREGATIONS. Tao
government is firmly determined to apps the
existing laws Up tho PRESENT time DC con-
gtegnlon has applied for au:hcriz .ioo.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-06
New Hampshire Republicans.

CONCORD N. H., May Tho republican
State convention to elect delegates 10 the ra
tioual convention at Chclgo, met at Phtniz
Hall tfis forenoon. There vas an unusual larr e
attendance and but little or no excitement. 10
the morning previous to the open OF the c,nveu
ton Blaine and anti. Blaine tickets wcro quietly
circulated among the delegates as they cutered
the hall. Fl. Ii. Huse, chairman Of tho State
committee called the convention to order aud
Rad the list of officers selected By tho State
committee last evening consisting OF Hon
Aaron L. Stevens, Of Nashua, fjr president ef
tho convention aud one vice president from each
county. The list was adopted
Iie Blaine aud anti Blaine men hold eau
cuses this morning and agreed upon tickets TO
luo 10 convention to-day for delegates at largo.
4 After the appointment Of the usual commit
tees General Stevens. the president, mado a
speech reviewing the history If the republican
party. The chairman Of the Committee on Cra-
dentisls reported that Gt3 delegates were present.
VIM. Il. Chsndler appesrod before tho conven-
ton and made long speach. In it he favored
tho nomination Of MIR. Blaine.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-06

The result Of each of tho State conventions
that have recently beeo held or arc now occur
ring almost daily tutsanlistss what wise men
have asserted from the first, that Grants
sf,eogth lies in the South and TiIdcu's 10 the
NNth; 10 other words, that each is strong 10
a seci1n which, strange it may sem, though
cApsbl, OF nominating. is utterly incapable OF
el,nting him. The republican party in the
South. which, it is fir to presume, will rot
cL,t single electoral voto Tor tho nominee OF
the Chicago convention. wants to mako Grant
the nominee Of that convention. and the
demo cratic party Of the North which will add
to all the electoral votes Of tho South barely
enough to ell, C: the democratic ticket, lii rity
want lidon. Truy, politics Hro strange thirgs
and American polite the s;rsrgest OF nlI
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-06

According to fac5, cgc. custom. c2nsislcucy
and Common sense democrat must be E bard
money Dan and free trader. 10 say that a
democrat doesb't believe 10 thess two cardinal
and essentially dem cratic principles is as ridicu
lous as 1t would be TO assert that q professor Of
Christianity douicd the divinity of Christ and
his resurrt c!ioa from the dead; and got II on h
there has been democratic Cougrts. fer morc
than year, soft money propositions arc b, Jog
ooustantly introduced by democrats, and all
efforts to relieve the people Of tho BURDENS Of
high and oppressive tariff meet with signal
failure. Ths democratic convention that nomi
mated the present member of Congress from
this district passed resolutions for soft monty
and repeal of tho specie resumption ac., ard
the Ways and Means Committee of tho House,
With large democratic mtj,rty. among which
IS soother member from Virginia, refuses
oven to let measure for tariff reform como be-
fore the House. so that tho members Of that
o1dy nay have au opportunity to vote upon il.
verify thlogs-democrsi, tbirgs, at least-a.e
MT what they seem.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-06

Il IS understood thst Mir. Il. NJ. J. iuycr,
"s Virair}a, hna hrtn recommended 70 :he
P.esiifn. - worthy aud ithleoliai scn;Iomcn
h both poI!,ics! parties az proper and rui.
abb. p rson to I'll the rac ,pcy oa thu Spaoish
CIslDis Comms io1 rc,eniIy made vaceGt ly
tbs death of the lsto Colonel Joseph Segar.
That Mr.. ll1nt,r would perform tic duties Of
tic po>itlcn honestly ard efficiently nono Ct tho
1any who know him cntertains d ,ubt. AID
nI5 aHpJatmaut you'd be great favor to
himself that would DO tba5kfulIy received, AID
compliment not ouiy to Virginia but to tho
whole Stu:h that would bo duly spprr ated.
Mr.. Huatcr, while q demtc7a!. has not, 81, CO
the war. taken aDy scivo part 10 politics, ard
We received letter from Eim, dutirr the
tr1uoGus tines succeeding the last pr: siientis,
election, strongly aGvisiog a peaceful a,ogi-
escoco3 in tho decision Of the electoral OR,
mission.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-06

II has been inke among the Republicans
ot Missouri ever sioco tho democrats
reeain.d thsir ss,cndAucy there that the
people of that State diIu't know tho names of
the gentlemen VITO represented them 10 tho
UDlicd States Senate. Ii this ike ever had
any real point it certainly has none DOW for the
r c9nt spot Oh OF Mr.. Vest in thn Sroif,rl-
kelloiE case NIX the namn OF n NJ s1uri
Senator WILL, and what's more, tavorably kcown
not onIg 10 his own State, but throug houttvtry
State 10 tho U1ion. Tho South is slopl, but
surely recovering the high position sho OF CO
occupied in tho COUNCILS Of the na,ion, acd
though the tax Is a heavy orc. those engaged
IN L are enc ,nruscd iy such Successes ~ That
exhibited 10 the case Of Mr.. Vest. t. rcdouYIc
tncir cff4rtS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-06
s-kkGSTeY |Ell-E

Lieut.. Geo. +. Ilu!ttr, of tho Uo,cl States
navy, lies i'll 10 Liberty, from q stroke of pa.
rlys.s.
The Richmond City Council hes appropriated
$4,000 for the purpose Ct charging the re-
concentrations for the public schools of that
city.
Col. Thomas 3. Bigger, ooo Of the Oldest and
bea; know oilZ,Us CT Richmond died there ves
terday. lie was born 10 Prince + lgard ,uo,y,
IN 1875, aud served 10 the war CT 1872 II was
Tor somctlDo posm Ct Richmond.
The ctlor:d womcn OF Richmond have formed
snclatles all over the city .lied The Colored
Sisters OF Enterprise, and are engaged 10 saving
money from their Own e4roiogs anu collecting i,
IRON others, for the purpose of devoting lhs
same to tbs payment OF the poll taxes of voters
OF their race who cannot or will MT pay them.
s,lycs
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-06
The FIOWery Month of Mny.

The name of Msy is not derived, aS has boon
thought. from maj eatss. or mi ores and surely
not from Msis. mother Of Mercury, as the word
YVES IN use long bsfore Mercury or Msia had
| been invented 1t comes from the Latin maius
| contracted from msgius, from a root, mag, or
the Sarskrit nah, to grow, meaning the season
OF growth. AS all nature shoots into new life
and beauty during the month feelings of heer
| tulness and delight are 81 instinctiyey excted
| IN the human breast that il Is easy to see wby
May should at al tmss have been celebrated
! Among the Cd Romans the month was sacred
TO apollo, and nearly every day was festival.
Hn me 9th, lltn, and 18th days. the feast of the
| lemurla, in memory Of the dead, was observed
consequently, weddings in this month were desm.
ed unlucky, as the persons married were thou1 ht
| not likely TO live long. The ancient supersti.
tlon seems strange to u5, for May is now count.
ed IS the love m)nth. and it sounds sstiricsl,
though 1t may be true, to say that love matches.
IS they arc called, often turn out ill., The su oe,
| shtlon is preserved in the French proverb, Nocts
de Maia. ncces de mort. Tho ancient festival in
honor of Flora. among the Romsns-shs cor
responded TO the Greek divinity Chloris-w.s
commemorsed from April q to May 2 and
was one of the most joyous of the wear. Flow.
| ers OF every kind and in great proflsioa ware
used at tho Floralis, which were frequently car.
RED 10 e1cess. In this month the fsss,s of Bona
Dea, the goddess of chastity, as she has been
HauiOo' WOO hnius Just WHAT sue represented
not known. Shs was the daughter of Fsunu,
but very mysterious. Der worship was secret
and confined 30 strictly 10 women that en- were
not SLOWED ever TO refer TO her. Her sanctuary
was IN cavern in the Aventnian Hill, lu!
r'tea we're celebrated 10 the dwelling OF the Gu
su! VINO then held the faces Avery masculine
thing was bsnlahsd on the occasion, and sill male
statues were covered The vine drunk Wa. call.
81 milk, and IL was dunk prodigslly After
Inc sacrifices there were Bacchic dances, and the
women, according to JuVensl, were lavhhly
llcentious which would indicate that the il u.
OF c, OF the goddess was exArc sed By contraries.
al! tn" poetry and sweetness of May is Danish
90 IN thls city. where the month 10 identified
win the extreme prose of moving For floral
s'.ats we substitute overloaded vans for merry
fsasti subverted households; for dancing youths
swearing Mlesians; for sparkling libstions,
broken mirrors and manned furniture Nay in
New ork 10 the sntipodes of every thir classic,
beautiful, or desirable. 1t ID the essence Of dis.
satisfaction, the tedious enic Of all conceivable
discomfort-Feao York Times.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-06
ATTACKED by Indians

GALVESTON. May CA special dispa Cd to
the News from Messils, N. NJ, says sCooncvs
mining camp 10 the Mongolen mountains. WA
attacked on Thursday evening by Iudians SUM-
posed to DO Vlc:orias. Gao man was killed and
one wounded. Tho attack wss made about
shutdown and tho men being scattered ttls re
slstacc, could DO made The attack WIS re-
newed on Friday morolng and the fighting
continued til night, 81 white met being eng aged
against 40 or SO Indians -Four whites were
killed ADD two wounded. The Indians less is
not known. They disappeared aud it is not
Known iH what direction they went. Upon the
receipt of the news 10 Silver City. Nv, compa
MES. numbering 65 men we're organic d and
started 10 search.
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gG.s-tG Esi2SsfGJf.iE EE3CEEDE.fGS.
WASHINGTON. d. G., May 8, 1880.
SFN\TE

SENATE.
MIR. Hoar submitted resolution instluoiing
the judiciary Committee 10 report bill pro.
vdiog compensation f,r Ill pprsors whose
shirs were destroyed By Confederate cruisers
during the late rebcllioos from the moneys re-
c,ivad under tho Geneva award. L,id over
uader tho rules.
Mr. Morgan subni:ted resolution providing
rule tor couctl1g the electoral vote. Referred
to tho select committee Gu the sui cot.
Mr.. Eaton, from the Committee 90 Aprro
psiating $3.50 coo for public piiaLing, and seid
he had Intended to ask for its rreseat consider
| a,icn. but u0deIs anoiog that tho senator from
Minnesota. Window, Intended to Gffar cor-
tain amendment, no would not ask it. Tie
| would lrtt:r not to have any public printing
rather than renew tho fight Cv:r the mas lals
| appropriation.
MIR. Edmunds asked present cu sidera;cu G
| the bill. and it Vas taken up.
MIR. Window offered an amendment, appr>
p:ialiDg $500 600 to pay maGshals aud lhei
| deputies.
This was opposed By Mess Eaton, Davi
| CT w. w., Salisbury and Bailey, and a1yocas
ed by Mossrs. Elmuds. ConkDg and Window
the latter referring to The closing Ct the u. S
Court 10 New York, aud saying the amendmen
| provided fJr rs Necessary so Oh lay, as the bill
| itself did.
The president pro ten, Mr.. Thurman, dc
ciled on point Of order, that the sneudmeu
was iu order, this net bling o gerlrsl appro
priation bill.
MIR. Window amendnt ut vas rtj c'td by
| party vote, and the bill was then passed with
out division.