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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-11-11
Two-AND-A.HAlF.DolLAR CHRISTIANS,

There are great many people in
their religion that remind us of Uncle
Phil" a pious old darkey of the old
times in Texas. Well, Phil was fer
vent Christian with a great gift of
prayer. He attended all the Saturday
night prayer-meetins on the neighboring
plantations, and could pray louder and
longer than any of the brethern. But
Phil had one weakness, he dearly loved
money, and different from the ne
gro generally, he loved to hoard it.
Near by us lived man who, not troub-
led by any scrnple, would pay Phil 81
to work in his field on Sundays. One
Sunday night as Phil came home late
| accosted him with:
"Where have you beem, .Phil7
"Oh. just knockin about, massa."
"You have been working for Miller.
Well, you. see massa, the old fellow
is in needs, and he jest showed me sill.
yer dollar, and I jest couldn't stand it,
"Ain't you afraid the devil will get
you for breaking the Sabbath"
Phil scratched his head minute and
said I:
II guess the Lord'll scuse me massa."
"No, He says, remember the Sab
bath day and keep it holy"
Phil went off looking sober, and it
was not long before I heard his voice in
fervent prayer back of the barn, and 70
I thought I would slip down near
enough to hear.
"Oh Lord" herad him say, "I
have this day ripped and feared, cussed
and sweared at them confounded oxen
of Millars, and jest broke the sabbath
day. Oh, Lord, please forgive me
please foagive, for you knows rs moth
ing but miserable heathen, anyhow.
II you'll jest forgive this time, I'll new
er do it again as long ive,' cepting he
gives me $3.50 day."
At this point Twas obliged to beat
hasty retreat, bnt I am thinking that
poor Unel Phil is not the only 4a5e
Christian in the world.-Lonisville
Christian Observer
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-11-11
NOTICE fUn tubLlLA...a.
Land ONCE at Oregon City, Oregon.

Land Office at Oregon City, Oregon,
October 20, 1881.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE FOL.
In lowing named settler has filed notice Of his in
tenton to make final proof in support Of his claim
and that said proof viii be made before B. w. VIII
SON. County Clerk Of Benton County. at Corvallis.
Oregon, on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1881,
We: Ben: :amin F. Owens preemytion d, g. No 3157,
for the N W Off + /, M of NV and SW Of N
w sec 20. TIL, SR6W
He names the following witnesses to prove his
tinuous residence upon and cultivation of said land
viz: Everett Hartman, Of Corvallis, Emanuel Bran.
non. Phlomath. Charles Logsden, Philomath, Leon
ard Williams Philomath, all of Benton county, Or.
lS:45w5 L. T. BARN, Register.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-11-11

resident OF the very toWh IN MissOu!l
where Sparks was going and making
himself very agreeable succeeded in
enticing his victim out for walk and
into saloon. Here the inevitable
confederate appeared and by series
Of maneuvers the sharper succeeded
in getting Sparks to get. the money
which his wife had sewed up in her
dress, just to lend it him with
which to win a wager with the new
comer-hIs own money being in the
hands of an absent party. The result
was what might have been expected.
The confederate snatched the money
and made his escape. The detectives
were appealed to and said they might
he able to get ''part" Of the money,
though up to this time they have not
done SO.
A singular thing in connection
with these robberes is the fact that
our police never report them, and not
one in four Of those that occur are
made public. We have, it is bell. we'd i,
very corrupt detective force. They
are accused of dividing profits with
some OF these swindlcrs, and circum-
stances certainly point that way.
II is very strange that they should
be able, az they said in the above
case, to get part of the money and
and not get it all or catch the thieves.
Washington is not very large city
and the Detectives ought to know the
crooks on sight, both those who live
here and those who make occasional
visits. Witt an honest, vigilant,
detective police it would be very
difficult for tte- perpetrators of such
jobs se the above TO escape. The
National Republican in order to help
the police detect the detectives keeps
the following notice in it's columns:
"Persons whose residences are
robbed in this city are requested to
notify the National. Republican at
once, as the police department do not
appear 10 want the matter made
public, under the erroneous impress
ion that secrecy leads TO the detect
ion of crime"
The only conviction growing out
ofthese confidence games that have
ever heard of was that OF Hambleton
threc-card monte sharper, who en-
ticed his victim over upon Virginia
soil and feeced him. The stranger
pointed him out to an officer next
day and he was prosecuted by the
Virginia authorities, sentenced to
five years imprisonment, and now
languishes in the penitentiary at
Richmond. He was well known
here. His father is prominent lob.
byist of "seeesh" proclivities, who
named-one of his sons Wilkes Booth
Hambleton.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-11-11
Real Estate for Sale.

Will sell farm of 47S acres for less than s1s pc,
acre, being one Of the cheapest and best farms in
Bentoi county, situated miles west of Monroe, oi
mile from good school, in one of the best neigh.
borhoods in the state with church privileges handy.
About 130 acres i'm cultivation. and 400 can be
cultivated. All under fence. with good two story
frame house, large burn and orchard; has running
water the arornd, and Is well suited tor stock
and dairy purposes This is Of the cheapest farms
in the Willamette Valley
Also two improved lots the main business street
with small stable, woodshed and good comfortable
dwelling house contai1ing seven good rooms. These
lots nicely situated for any kind Of business pur
poses.
For fnrther information enquire at the
GAZETTE Offiee
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-11-11
Administrators Notice.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT BY ORDER
of the County Court OF Benton County, Oregon. the
Strauder Froman has been duly appoint
Decd late Of said county All persons having claims
against said estate hereby required to present
them with the proper vouchers, to Mary L,gsden at
the farm nf said Thns B. Logsden, decd about miles
north OF Corvallis in sid c~--t,, to tte UNDER
signed miles east from Albany, in linn county.
Oregon, within 8 months from and . .er t1iS the
z3d day of Sept. 1851. STRAUDER FR0MAN.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-11-11
PROSECUTING The JEWS.

tsnSEkUIlU0 lR6 J6WOs
The European papers contain
details Of the recent attacks on the
Jews in southern Russia. The jew
ish quarters in several towns were
pillaged, many Of the houses destroy
| ed, some lives were taken, and most
Of the poor Hebrews were driven
across the border into Austria, nearly
all being reduced to want and suffer.
ing. When the Russian government
finally awoke to the situation, troops
| were ordered to the scene Of riot
and peace was soon restored. The
ringleaders Of the riot were arrested,
tried and sentenced to imprisonment,
further aggression was guarded
against, and the Jews were accorded
more protection than they had pre-
viouslY received. Subsequently, 3
census of the Jews was ordered. and
to avoid it, sixty thousand of thee
people turned their EYES toward
Spain as refuge from further
trouble, and King Alfonso has been
rep ,rted az sending them a message
OF welcome to his realm, should they
come. The Golos, the most ont
spoken paper Of St. Petersburg, has
published accounts of the riots re-
ferred to, giving fair view Of the
situation. Ofthe scenes at Elizabeth.
grad it says:
Many of the rioters went about
shouting: GAS the Jews killed Christ,
40 have they murdered our Gar"
The peasants faced the advancing
troops, barred their breasts, and cried:
''Shoot!" The soldiers lowered their
arms. Among Aothcr wild reports
that had been circulating was one
that the police hal been bought by
the Jews for 500 ,oublea. The
word went aronnd that Jews might
be beaten and wounded, but not
killed.
The mob seems to have been
largely composed of peasants, who
still, in great measure, retain their
almost idolatrous affection for the
Gar, and are not Nihili~ts. The
Jews, being oppressed in Russia,
naturally favor any party which
seems to ain, at the reorganization
ofthe controlling system, and have
contributed to the Nil,ilist ranks
se seral OF the most daring conspi.
rators and leaders. The Vienna
Nene Tvesse says Of Rievil:
The entire bazar of this place, con-
tainiIing over six llaaslred shops was
plundered. The merchandise was
loaded upon wagons an ! driven to
neighboring villages. What could
not be carried off was t,rn, thrown
into stream, or ,rampled IN the dirt
More than four hundred fouses be
longing to Jews are destroy Il to-
gether with their furniture; and 1,17o
families, comprising some 5000 souls,
have been reduced to becgarv. |
have not heard of many deaths, but
the wounded and injured are numer-
GUS. Men were robl,el in the streets
with impunity. Watches were taken
out of pockets, anil iilgs from fin
gers.
The wave of ant Jewish big nry
that has swept. over Germany and
Russia touched other ,lntries more
lightly. Its course is doubtless almost
run. Such events as have occurred
in Russia are a reproach to the boast
ri enlightenment of this age. Their
recurrence is not likely, even in that
codntry.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-11-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.

(from our Regular Correspondent
Washington, D. c., Oct, 80, 1881.
II I were to attempt to devote
this letter to political gossip Of the
day it would contain nothing but
. reiteration of speculations concern
ing the new Administration and its
policy which have been repeated
over and over again, with variations,
during the past three weeks. Nothing
new has been developed, partly be-
cause the rush to Yorktown took the
aife all out of Washington, a1d partly
because the president keeps all his
secrets and his plans TO himtelf. No
public man ever kept his own couns
sci better than pres. dent Arthur.
Gen. Grant need to be called the 81
lent man but he really had more
condolences with his friends or q
larger circle who were advised con-
'cerning his purposes, and in that way
definite information touching conlirg
events came to be sooner difused.
But with Gen. Arthur matters have
been kept decidedly and emphaticaly
sub rosa. Even concerning his cab
'inet appointments no matter how
many have been consulted, not more
shan two or three persons have
known in advance what his inten-
4ions were.
One Of the strangest things in the
world is the fact that so many per-
sons come to Washington to get
7swindled by professional saarpers.
As often as reports have been pub
lished and people warned against the
folly Of taking up with strangers or
chance acquaintances, visitors con-
tinue to get taken in and feeced.
Probably no city of it's size in the
world has so many sharpers and con-
@dence men, because IN no other city
are the opportunities for plying their
vocation 80 great. Visitors come
here from all parts of the country in
great numbers and in their rounds of
the places of interest are readily rec
ognized as strangers. The well
dressed and smooth tongued conf.
dence man selects his victim and
scrapes an acquaintance protesting
himself to be visitor. Then from
one step to another he leads him on,
finds out his business and destination
and generally winds up by getting
possession in one way or another OF
his money and valuables. For long
time these gentry stationed them
selves about the Smithsonian grounds
and pretending to be guides would
entics the stranger into some out Of
the way place where confederates
would appear and actually rob him
ifOther expedients failed. Another
favorite method has been to fall in
with the stranger and pretending to
know him or to hail from his locality
suggest that they 60 together to see
. statue unveiled at Arlington. OF
course the statue unveiling is q de-
lusion but it suffices to get the stran.
ger out of the city away from the
police and generally ends in swind
ling him at cards, or downright
by gang OF accomplices
Who always turn up.
One Of the boldest Of .hese swind-
ling games was successfully played
this week, by whicb-a countryman
namsd Sparks from Virginia, on his
way TO Missouri TO settle, was robbed |
of $5l6-aIl the money lie had. |
While waiting in the depot for a west
eennatr be was approached by
eps of these sleek shsrpers who open.
qssersation. professed to bs
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-11-11

Mrs. Lucy A. Brisco, an old resident Of
Pacific county. w. T.. died suddenly :
few days since. Her SON and his wife, who
live at Chehalis, had just arrived on visit
to the mother, and as the latter turned to
greet them she fell to the floor and died in
few miuntes. Appsplexy Wa the cause.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-11-11

The people of the western portion Of
Spokane and Whitman counties, W. T. have
petitioned the legislature to be set off into
new county 70 be called either Willard or
Billings.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-11-11

YANTIs Corvallis Oregon
Newport, Oregon. CoLLYNs India Avenue agents,
don.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-11-11
CENTRAL OREGON ESTATE AND MORT.

CENTRAL OREGON ESTATE AND MORT.
GAGE AGENCY.
C HERBERT NASH receives and holds for
sale farm lands, town property and bust.
nesses of all description; also, is open to re.
ceive applications for Ions. A paper EMIT
lei "The Oregon Colonist" is published for
special transmition to San Francisco, New
York, London and other centres, where
special agents are appointed and through it
all property will be freely advertised. APP
ply at once to G. II. Nash at Corvallis and
he will gladly favor you with every informa-
tion. Send particulars of property for sale.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-11-11
SUMMONS.

In Cir ,uit Court of the State Of Oregon for the
unity Of Benton.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-08-04
Bob" Toombs' Brass Band,

l suppose every one connected in any
way with the University of Georgia,
says letter to the Atlanta Constitution,
has heard of the famous oak in front
of the chapel, and in connection with
it l will relate an anecdote of Bob
Tombs, showing his impetuous, irresist-
ible nature, which so characterized him
in his after life.
Toombs had been attending college
for two years, and was within a week
of graduating, when, in difficulty, he
stabbed one of the students, infiicting a
serious, but not fatal wound. For this
act he was expelled by the faculty, who
soon after were petitioned by the grad
uating class to allow him to graduate
with them, as he had so nearly compile
ted his course, and had also been given
a speakers place. Toombs himself PEE
titioned them, but both were refused.
He apparently submitted, but on COM
mencement day, when the chapel was
crowded with visitors, and the seniors
vehemently Grating preparatory to re-
ceiving their diplomas, he stationed a
brass band under the spreading linn S
of the oak, whose music succeeded
in bringing scores of town people who
were not then in the chapel, and also of
clearing ic of nearly all of its auditors.
Then, in as cool a manner as possible.
he placed himself in chair and made
an Grafton, such, it is said, as was never
spoken by q student here before or
since, he never received his diploma,
though. after his celebrated Boston speech
it was sent him, but was returned with
the answer: "D-n the diploma; when
it would have been an honor to me
was refused; now, when | am an honor
to it, it is. offered me-" He was after
ward reconciled with the faculty, and
ls nov oae OF tIe sFaunehest supporters
of the college.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-08-04
The Triumph of Blaine,

The thing has come to passl The
scramble is for front seats in Blaine's
synagogue. Blaine doesn't care fig
how they manage it go long rs they
come in, mind their ways hereafter, and
keep their place while he directs the
ceremonies.
Only Grant and Conkling must stay
on the outside. What they do there is
no concern of his. The enforcement
between the administration, otherwise
the president-secretary, and Grant
Conkiing, is absolute and unauestiona-
BILE. The outlawed stalwarts m y take
whatever course they please. Whoever
proposes to go with them must go now,
and with no expectation OF ever RETURN
ing. Hereafter peace AMI harmony are
to reign, with entire submission TO Mr..
Blaine. No questions must be asked
1t is enough for the stalwarts To su bmit
and take their chances. These viii be
according to their capacity for useful
ness TO the administration For such
there are favors in store. They are all
branded, and Mr.. Blaine keeps the rec
ord. Let the stalwarts observe the
brands.
In the house OF the master of ceremo-
nies are many rooms, that is, offices, yet
10 be given to the faithful, bat to the
capable only. Others must fall in at
the rear end bida their tipse.
The republican newspaper here,
whereof Gen. Brady is the owner and
Col. Gorham the editor, falls into line
like veteran 1t knows when the tide
has turned. ''Oblivion of past differen-
ces' is the burden of its song And it
sings ever so sweetly! "The president
can rely on allrepublicans of principle
is the touching refrai7. OF course, no
one cares & fig for the spells. Every
body is willing to die "ior p-i7 ciples.r
All faces are turned toward the sun now
with none so devout US the newly re-
cruited stalwarts.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-08-04
A Pluckv DauchtAr.

A queer case comes from Steuben-
vile, Ohio. A pretty damsel is the
heroine. The parties concerned ali be-
long 70 the aristOctacy and are well
known in Steubenville. The tale runs
thus: Some gentlemen of families were
accustomed to spending their evenings
in the rear of a first-class saloon, and
to make the time pass more pleasantly
they introduced the exciting game of
"poker," which they occasionally en-
livened by the ai6 ct a SOCIAL glass. In
this manner they passed their evenings
till the small hours, when they wended
their way homeward to their families,
some richer and some depressed in
spirits. To make the place more at
tractive, pretty waiter girls, who do
not mind kiss from a man of family,
were in attendance on these gentlemen
of tue upper circles. Things went on
smoothly for while, but presently
notes began to arrive at their residences,
addressed to their, wives detailing the
state of affairs. The notes came quite
frequently, and were quickly burned.
1t was on one Sunday. The good peo-
pie were at church, and the three
gcptleNen were at their faYorite haunt.
A daughter of one of the misguided
dsCOl bnO WHEREABOUTS Vi
her parent, resolved that she would find
him aud bring him home. On reach
ing the tabernacle of sin and three aces
she sent word up to the private apart
ment that she desired to see her father
and wanted him to come down. The
message fell like a thundsrho upon
the 1aen, but father refused to answer
the summons. Pushing the messenger
boy roughly aside, she bounded up the
stairway, and opening the door of the
room, boldly confronted the guilty trio.
The knights of the pasteboard trembled
In their shoes. Had a bombshell ex-
ploded il could have had no better effect.
On the table was large pile of money.
up the money, the almost in
furiated girl accused the others OF rob-
hing hes father, Yhom they at sirst usu-
ally made drunk. All three men were
more or less under the influence of
liquor, and for time some very high
words were indulged in, but the plucky
girl came off first best. She pOcketed
the money and marched her disgraeed
parent off home.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-08-04

Little Rock Gazette (Dom. y
Twenty four years ago Lord Mac
caulay wrote a letter u a citizen Of
this country on American institu-
tions, in which he said: "Your con-
stitution is all sail and no anchor,
Either some Caesar or NAPOLEON
will seize the reins of government
With a strong hand, or your repub-
lie will be as fearfuly plundered
and laid waste by barbarians in the
twentieth century as the Roman
Empire was in the fifth, with thus
ditference-that the Huns and Van
dals who revaged the Roman Em-
pire came from without, aud that
your Huns and VaAdals will have
been engendered within YOUR own
country by your own institutions"
III Maccaulay were alive to-day, he
would admit that experience has
shown that in hours Of peril a re.
pub ublIcan government whose sole re-
nance is on the people, finds, there
in a strength greater than the pow
er of kings. When Macaulay's
New Zealander shall have perched
on broken arch of that Lonuon
bridge to view the ruins of st.
PauPs, he will discover in his copy
of the Daily Arkansas Gazette that
the march of the great republic be-
yond the seas is still upward and on
ward. This may be considered Off
cial
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-08-04
Beeeheris Belief.

Henry Ward Beecher recently said to
representative OF the Philadelphia
Record: Gas l grow older, forms and
Journalism fade away, and my one reli-
gious idea is to get the soul near to its
God. have great respect for all de-
nominations, hat none for the forms by
which they obscure God and keep men
from coming closer to Him. What are
these denominatiOnal lines after all
Only matters of individual taste; for
each sect pIetends only that it conveys
its own train to heaven, where it
doubts not that it will meet others also.
The other day an Episcopalian minister
dame to Lne in great distress Qt mind.
He is In charge Ofa church in Brooklyn,
but said he could not stay there because
of his grave doubts on baptismal
regeneration and other points. L told
him / did not believe it necessary that
he should leave the body to which he
belonged on this account, and that
doubted whether he would feel as much
at home AMONG the Congregatlonalists
"r do as much good. He went away at
ter awhile, apparently well satisfied to
remain and labor where he was. Now,
why should / do otherwise? / don't
want to go inside the fold and bring the
sheep out, but go outside and bring
them in. The real question is not OF
outwardness, but of our spiritual lie, our
purity, truth and iaithfHlnesS,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-08-04
Bill Nye on the Fly,

Much has been said OF the fly of the
period, but few write about him who
are bsldheaded.
Hence we say a word. 1t is of
no use any more to deny the horrible
truth. Although as beautiful as q
peri IN other ways, our tresses on top
have surc1mped to the inclemency OF
the weather and our massive brow IL
slowly creeping over toward the back
of our neck. Nature makes all things
even. If man be possessed OF such
ravishing beauty ana such winning
ways that his power might become dam
gerous, she makes him bald-headed.
This is our fix.
When we have our hat on and go
chassefng down the etTeet with that
camel glide OF ours every one ssks who
that nOble-looking Apollo with the deep
and melancholy eye Is, but when we are
are at the office, with our hat hung up
on the French walnut sideboard, and
the sun comes softly In through the
ToseYOod shutters and lights up the
shellac polish on oug intslisctgal dome,
we are not SO pretty.
Then il is that the fly, with gentle
tread and seductive song, comes and
prospects around on our bump OF self
esteem. and tickles US, and makes US
H$g,
When we get where foroearanoe ceas-
es TO be virtue, we haul of and slap
the place where he was, while he goes
over to the ink-stand and snickers at us.
After he has waded around in the car
niue ink awhile he goes back TO the
6unp % spiEItpality end makes some
red marks over IL.
Having laid of his claim under the
new mining law, he proceeds to sink on
it
II we write anything bitter these
days; ii we say aught OF our fellow
WIn that Is aisagrseable or unjust, and
for which va atteTwaTd get licked. it i
because at time We get exssperated aud
are not responsible.
II the ny were large aud weighed 200