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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-04-02
to the clerk who attends his private tele-

to the clerk who attends his private tele-
graph office. Old habits Of discipline
picked up on the Galatea, and confirmed
by recent experience afoat, cannot well
be shaken of, though the sportive humor
of early days may have died out. Like
his brother, the Prince of Wales, he likes
good things in reasonable quantity, and
is steady opponent of the German Gus
tom of turning dinner into wearisome
ceremony, protracted beyond all reason
able limit by cumbrous menu. At the
little dinner at Eastwell there is no be-
wildering number of dishes, but good
Straightforward bill of fare. that may be
eaten through with perfect enjoyment.
Rare things, however, appear at these
modest banquets- dishes, the mere men
ton of which sets the gourmand agog-
wild boar from the forests in which Ar
minus brought the Romans to naught.
and sterlet from the more distant Volga.
The sterlet, which is to the sturgeon as
smelt is to whiting, arrives on some
lucky day at Eastwell packed on ice.
The eating of him is species of celebra-
ton, and very good indeed he is when
accommodates" after the genuine Rus
sian fashion. AS a rule. music follows
dinner at Eastwel but at times, on the
days, for instance, when the Reoue des
DeMc Aondes arrives-the Duchess of
Edinburg, who reads great deal in sew
eral languages, will retire to her boudoir
to learn the last word of the French au-
thors, whom she knows as thoroughly as
the Russian poets and novelists, whose
works are to be found wherever she is.
There are no late hours at Eastwell the
life in which is simply that of the young
parents of an interesting family, who find
fair quiet and sweet rest among the Kent
ish woodlands.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-04-02
Pathetic Scene in London Charity.

Pathetic Scene in London Charity.
With the temperature again below
freezing point, and in an atmosphere of
chilling mist, that struck to the heart
even of the warmly clad, and must have
been bitterly felt by the bare-footed,
miserably covered men, women and
from the poorest courts and alleys in and
around Steppey, sight never to be for
gotten was presented to o few kind and
helpful spectators in Conder street,
Salmon's lane, and drew tears from not
few of those eyes that looked upon it.
Liberal as was the dole of warm and
savory food on which 600 starving
creatures were rendered less deplorably
wretched by kind hands at the London
Cottage Mission, it was pitious to observe
how many scores and hundreds, in the
desolate street outside, had to turn
mournfully from the entrance at which
many of them had waited from 1890
until nearly 8.
A charitable lady, Miss Napton,
whose smiling hopeful face seemed to
cheer many of the most dispirited among
the guests, as she moved quickly to and
fro, was the chief assistant of Mr.. Austin
in the distribution of food. Those who
their own knives, forks and plates, or
basins; and it was pitably strange to see
what kind of table furniture served as an
apology for such civilized appliances.
Cracked and broken earthenware, no two
pieces alike, battered leaden spoons,
knives without handles, forks with
scarcely prong, anything in fact, that
would serve to hold a victual, and to
carry it from platter to mouth, decked
the well-scrubbed boards, ranged on
trestles with due regard to space.
The ravenous eagerness with which
the portions were clutched, after the i'm
patient suspense that could scarcely
endure to wait for a blessing, told its
melancholy tale. A mother cried before
she ate, because there were others not
there who would have been glad to
divide with her the smoking plateful. A
little girl, terrible hungry, refused to
touch a morsel until she was we'll
assured to carry home another portion.
Whole families were among the crowd,
and where any member had got sepa-
rated from the rest great was the lamen-
tation. An excitement natural enough
with unaccustomed visitors actually
spread to the servers of the feast, and for
a time both Miss Napton and Mr.. Austin
were overcome by visible emotion.
Grave city men had difficulty in main
tanning their usual demeanor; and one OF
them, after struggling from painfully
agitated condition to comparative cool
ness, said, with subdued and earnest
voice: "This is work of true practical
religion" Practical, indeed, even to
small details, was the lesson of the
day.
This kind of food has been scientific
cally monstrated-thoughs such dem
onstration was scarcely necessary-to be
the most nourishing that can well be de.
vised to meet the needs of the peer.
Where dire poverty and privation have-
not driven the family e the laborer to
seek help outside his h6ilIe, the mixture
of meat and vegetables, aparing though
the costlier half may be&iasat once the
cheapest, the most suficing and the most
palatable food that can he prepared on
his hearth.-IHe Telegraph. -.
cy
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16
The Cats Decision. ...A Fable.

One day bird of rare plumage and
song set on the limb of tree overlook
ing pond, when q Catfish arose TO the
surface and said:
"You may be able to fly through the
air, but you can't swim. You are not
half SO big gunboat as you pretend to
be.
This salutation nettled the bird, and
he spanked up and replied:
II am a better man than you are any
day in the week, and if you were up
here on this limb I'd prove it or break
off my wings trying to p
"Pooh If you were down here in
the pond I'd take the brag out of you
in about York minute ~ sneered the
Catfish. N si'.
After some further "sass" it was
agreed that they should 60 to the cat
and have a test to see which excelled.
1t so happened that the cat was out to
see if there was any chance to pick up a
bone at some one else's expense, and
the bird quickly brought her to the
banks of the pond.
You see," began the cat as she
stroked her whiskers and looked wise,
"this bird cannot swim and the Catfish
cannot fly. Therefore you must meet
on neutral ground. Each thinks his
cause is right, and you come to me to
decide. The Catfish will swim to the
bank and. the bird will alight on his
back. One win try to pull the other
down, and the other will try to pull the
one up, and may the best man win."
The programme was carried out, each
being certain Of victory but while they
were struggling, the cat raked in both
fol, the benefit Of her stomach.
-" When men can't agree, mused the
satisfied cat. IS she walked homewards,
they can always go to law. and the
law willssettls the dispute, If il has to
eat Che cause of it.. - - =
"P. S.-Titles examined and the
titlers devoured with sBeathees and dis
patch. ",sssrI zsEtaa.I .sais.sis,,q .gfa3
Moral.-In the first place, peg away
at what you, can do best In the sec
ond place, let other people have the
same privilege. Bag is, . good dog.
but the umpire rakes in all the pfo6ts.
Detroit Free Press
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16
Disposing Of Grain Stubble.

In many portions of the West the
practice of burning stubble before the
land is replowed or mown is general.
In other places it is customary to pillow
it under II the land is to be again sown
with grain, and to allow it to remain as
q protection to the young clover and
grass if o crop of hay is to be- cut the
following year. Farmers who pillow I'M
der stubble do it with the understanding
that they are restoring to the soil con-
siderable amount of fertilizing material
that is lost if the stubble is burned. In
point of fact the stubble of grain con-
tains very little material aside from
potash that is beneficial to prairie soils.
The potash is restored whether the stub
bic is burned or covered. The remain
der of the straw is chiefly carbon, with
which the soil is beautifully supplied.
Stubbie interferes with the action of
the plow, and when turned under seems
to render the soil too loose for good
seed bed.
Hard clay soils are benefited me-
chemically by turning under stubble,
and they are improved to some extent
chemically, as such soils are generally
deficient In carbon. BY burning stub
BILE many seeds and insects are de-
stroyed and the potash it contains is
rendered Immediately available for the
growth of plants. There is some dam
ger in burning stubble fields, but if a
favorable time is chosen the degree Of
danger is very slight Grain stubble is
uafeome benefit in protecting your grass
Md clover during the winter. It as
sists in holding the snow and in break
ing the force Of the wind. If suffered
to remain standing, however, it will in
terfere with the action of the moving
machine and rake when the hay is be-
ing harvested the coming season. Few
things take the edge from scythe or
cutting-blade quicker than grain Stub
ble.-Chicago Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

r. v. PIERCE, NJ. d:
I have used your Favorite Prescription,
Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purg-
alive Pellets, for the last three months and
find myself-(what shall say)-"nsade ness
again" are the only words that express it. !
was reduced to a skeleton, could not walk
across the floor without fainting, could keep
nothing in the shape OF food on my stomach.
Myself and friends had given up all hope, my
immediate death seemed certain. can new
er be too thankful to those who recommend
ed your medicines, for l now live Ito the sur
prise Of everybody and am able to do my
own work. I desire to make this statement
in order that those suffering may not des pair
until they have given your remedies a trial.
Yours resp'y, MRS VIM d. HICKMAN.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

was seen standing In his store with his face
tied up and smiling like house on fire.
"What are you grinning forp asked a
passer-by. az choost sold out all mine old
umprellas, and feel so glad ash never wash.
Dish rainy vedder was plessing." "What's
the matter with your jawp' my tooths
ache so pad wants to die. Dot rainy vedder
always makes dot.n And as his thoughts
went back to the sale of the umbrellas he put
his hand up to the jaw and laughed, and
swore and stamped and smiled until people
passing mistook him for lunatic.-Gaivesto''
Nears.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16
lHoboken Democrat.l

We refer to those peculiar, throbbing palms.
which seem to I'll the head to the exclusion
OF everything else. Such headache troubled
Mrs. A. Ettanger, Plainheld, N. J. She says:
Suffered for sixteen years with q painful
nervous headache, and l consulted many
physicians in vain. Some time ago l received
by chance Hamburg Family Almanac, read
the testimonials in favor of Hamburg Drops
and bought bottle for trial. The effect was
so beneficial that continued its use. Before
many weeks had passed was cured, and now
keep this wonderful remedy constantly on
hand
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16
Bakes PERFECTLY.

The CHARTER OAK COOK STOVE now in
my kitchen has been used ten years. II
bakes perfectly with less fuel than any stove
that know Of; is perfectly clean, no dust oil
ashes escape into the room, and l cheerfuly
firSt-rate stove.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

The Sun, indianapolis, Ind, has the follow
ing: Testimonials not numbered by hun
dreds, but by thousands, are in hands of H.
H. Warner 4 Co., all furnishing ample cor
roborative evidence that as . curative, for
specific diseases for which recommended,
Warmers Safe Remedies are an unqualified
and pronounced success"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

Ladies who have linen to mark should use
Payson's IndeIibIe Ink. It is the best In
quire of any Druggist or Stationer, or sample
can be sent you for 30c. postpaid by address
ing +. II. Stoddard u Co., northampton, Mass.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

"MALr BIrTERs" are Blood, Brain and
Nerve Food, peculiarly adapted to, and warm
ly recommended by, our druggists and physi-
clans for General Debility, Mental and Physi-
cal Exhaustion, Hysteria, Nervousness, Sleep
lessness EmaciatiOn and Dropsy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

All our customers agree in saying that the
CHARTER OAK is without doubt the best
Cook Stove they ever used or sold, and be-
lieve its large high oven, ample warming
closet, and an excellent Reservoir, make it
o.p h,v
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

Every one Of the more than 400, 900 CHAR
TER OAK STOVES now in the hands Of as
many housekeepers have proved eminently
practicable, easily kept in order, doing all
kinds Of cooking quickly. cleanly and with
great economy OF fuel and labor.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16
Best stove We Ever Used.

After many years. trial, we are satisfied
that the CHARTER OAK is the best Stove we
ever used, and cheerfully testify that it is
the best adapted to the wants of the general
public of any stove in the market.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

Diner (sniffing)-" Waiter, real
~ think this fish is not fresh!" Waiter
=" Yessir, cant answer for that, sir !
I've honly been ere a week, sir!"-
Punch
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

"Nor much, but every little helps" says
the Philadelphia newspaper man who has
been left $1O0,00O. That amount of money
would look large to almost everybody except
newspaper men, who make as much every
week Of their liyes.-Chicdgo Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

No PUMPKIN which thinks anything of its
size will fail to attend the State Fair.-Detroit
Free Press
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

ALL respectable dealers sell Frazer Axle
Grease, because it Is the Genuine and gives
perfect satisfaction.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

The man who knows his own rights wi
never trespass upon those Of his neighbour.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

Is IT good morals to file the teeth of ,
seventeen-year-old horse and sell him for {
nine We ar-old7
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

The greatest lover of the human
race is Toledo man. When he slips
down he prefers 10 have crowd see
him, so they can have the fun of laugh
inO
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

A DISTINGUISHING feature Of Redding's Rus.
sia Salve is its power to reduce infammation-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

A DISHONEST fruit dealers aim Is to pack
six quarts Of peaches in a four-quart basket
and sell them for peck
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

WHY we travel.-X. returns from months
jaunt, gets out of his dusty clothing, puts on
his dressing-gown, and falls luxuriously into
his easy-chair with the remark: my son,
have travelled ], 200 miles for this one minute"
-Ffench Paper.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

PEOPLE often get mad at those who cut
them on the street. This is getting angry for
a slight cause.-Boston Post
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16
THr ladies' best friend. National Yeast

WnHoFr's Fever and Ague Tonic, the
old reliable remedy, now sells at one dollar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16
Pittsburgh Dispatch.l

Brooklyn's Beautifnl BuiIdin6A
David Acker, ESQ.,, Sup't of Building Dept
Brooklyn, N. Y, certifes that among his men
the st. Jacobs OIL has been used for various
complaints with the highest satisfaction.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

ONE-HALP of the road belongs to the othe
wagon.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

DOES person become stone blind who ID
petrified with astonishmentl
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-10-16

A sHILLING's worth OF pork is Of more real
value than a dollars worth Of fattery.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-21


The naynidcrr. csun,ry east Of the
Cascade Mountaias /. thus described BY
correspondent Of the Sacramento
ReeosS- UaiOa. n
The vide interior region is beirg
rapidly pfospected and developed.
There il ssundsnt room. and the emf
grsnt finds il diaieait 20 choose his
iocatioa. The resources Of the country
are bat dimiy understood. agricultural
land IL scattered. and rich valleys exist
in isolated localities What IL called
the "Eastern Couutry" extsuds from
the British iine to the, California boun-
dAry. and reaches frsm the Cascade
Range To the Rocky Mountains. occupy
ing an extent Of country I've hundred
miles square. Two hundred and fifty
thousand square miles of territory lie
here. With . population averaging
about one person 10 over one thousand
acres. There 10 plenty Of room for
millions; there arc rich mining fields
60 develop and multitudes Of resources
TO unfold. aud though not yet noted fur
agricultural products. it is certsin th.
the future win show that in the present
its capacities for production ure but
dimly unders God.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-21

PACKING SHISGLEs.-"Lively shingie
packing" is the caption put on the fol-
lowing by the Sagina1 Courier Ten
years ago Bradley AtwAter astouished
the single packers BY packing 3d.
500 shingles in one day. From time to
time large days works were recorded
subsequently,, and last year John Silk
er. who works At A. w. Wright & Co.'S.
surpFised every one by packing 5000
IN enc day, bu. his glory vas short
lived. for the next week John Lyon at
Wylis Bros. put out $4,000 in IL
bours. Theo the contest rested till last
week, Tuesdsy. when sliker attempts
Cd 10 put out 5000 and accomplished
u In ii hours aud 40 minutes. /. was
at once stated that Lyon would do a
big day's work and yestsr day be made
his promise good. The news spread
rapidly that John Lyon was going to
beat Sliker, and scores visited the mill
during the dAyto ses him work. Al
noon he bad packed 81 500 aud WAS il
good condition. After halt an hours
rest be resume his work aud u $3.50
p. n. 6aished his 272d bunch, sc, 600
Phe best time made for single bunch
$50 shingles. was l:5618. He took til.
shingles as they came from the saw
withoat any sorting. His bin wal
kept level for him so that be could &c,
the shingles just when be waited
them. The logs we're large size and
even and the days work is remark
able feat. Sliker wilbnot undertake t.
equal it this year. Lyon thinks hs
could do even better than that.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-21

At religious meeting in San Fran.
cisco. . week ago last Sunday. ad-
dresses were made in many languages.
Capt Wells. q ses fairing man. talked
In English: Mrs. Jesen. in Irish; Edsr
Davis Ia African; DR.. Paterson in
Italian; Mr. Sanchex IN Spanish;
Francis y. Aksime in japanese Rev.
Mr.. Williams In Welsh. Mrs. Peterson
in Swedish; Rev. John q. Hook In
Hawaiian. Rev. Mr.. Verne In French.
and Rev. Mr.. Steinback in German.
To the average listener the service
must hsve been highly interesting.
We doubt that il al the Tower Of Babel
one.half ~ many tongues were heard.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-21
Tuesday, Sept. 81. 1880.


Ia the la Statenssa to hsad We rssd
of Mr.. siDgieton. sho u bsilding q
house st WalIa Wslla, having his lam.
Der hauled by wagon all the wsy from
Dayton -thirty-fyr miles. As four
horsa tam would he unable to haul
more then 1000 fsstin g week between
the two places. the cost Of transporia-
ton can be wildly realized. The COO
sumner IN Walls walIa bss TO pay $25 .
thousand feet for poorer article Of
Lumber than the Seattle consumer gets
for $40. Wheat that soils hssefsom 80
cents to si,25 per bnshel. is selling
there q 40 cents. and seldom gets
above 50. The completion OF the Seat
tie and wallsswslls Railroad will fur
uish Us market for oar Lumbar and
them market for their wheat. 10 the
great advantage Of the people Of both
places
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-21

ANOTHER STRAM COLLIER The Brit.
ish steamer Barnard Castle arrived at
Valparaiso on August eth. bound from
England to Departure Bay. She is
under charter to run between San Fran-
cisco and Departure Bay as a collier,
and will be good vessel for the bust.
ness. as she is said to b. ten knot
boat and capable of carrying $500 tons.
She viii be run in conjunction with the
Hyltou Castle.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-21

There are plsOss, even 10 California
and Nevada. whers II rains = nueh q
u does 10 Oregon and Washington.
During the past rear the rainfall q
Reddiug was gagged by the Central Pa
cidc Company - 81 inches. 81 Truekss
Al inchessat Auburn ~ inches. at Alta
~ inohes. 81 Collar 81 Inches. Ut Cissc
90 inches. at Emigrant Gap IS inches
and At summit 80 isches. II takes I
favored locslity 10 this latitude TO shou
up seventy or eighty inehes Of rain dur.
ing twe.vemuth. fss -
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-21

At the rsnent election 10 Vermont ths
nspublican andi date for Governor Uas
given & majority Of 2G.6i2. In 1878 >
majority Of eo.o3i was given the same
candidate. and In 1876 es.sss majority
was given Mr.. Hayes over Mr.. Ti,den.
At no election 10 the pasl twenty years
have the Republicans had less ma.
jority than seventeen thousand, while
over thirty tbowand was gives Gen.
Grant In 1879. Fifty. Ave thousand h
about thsassssge Stats vote.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-21

At Chicsso. the other day. the now
thoroughly famous Maud s.. squsen Of
The TURF trottsd her mile In 2 minutes
no.. seconds. or half second lee time
than thss bsst nils ~ tssstedaby 81,
Julien. "king Of the turf" These TOO
uagaiHosot animAls can now ~ lsksnsd
ooly 70 each other; they each having
repeatedly beaten the bcs, time made
by the fastest trotters before them.