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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-16

THE FUTURE PkosrECTs OF BENTON
CoUNrY.-At no time in the past mas the
future of Benton county presented brighter
prospects than the present, for years many
of our people have known that on our coast
was harbor which with little aid from
the Government would become the outlet to
the sea for the whole of the Willamette
Valley and Eastern Oregon Congress
has at last recognized the Importance of
this Bay and an appropriation has been made
which we trust and believe is only FORE
runner of other appropriations far more
generous, the present appropriation will
soon he expended and much good will be
accomplished thereby, and if the present
efforts of the people of this county to raise
sufficient money to keep the work going on
until the next congressional aid can be uti-
lized, only few months will elapse before
the Yaquina Bay will be one of the best har-
bors on the Pacific coast. The Oregon
Pacific is finishing the work on its railroad
from the Bay to Eastern Oregon, as fast as
men and money can construct Railroads
through that class of country and in but
few months more the mountains and valleys
of Benton county will echo back the sound Of
the locomotive from Corvallis to the va
quina bay, and Hsach of the grain of the
present harvest will find an outlet to deep
water without paying tribute to Portland
and Astoria. Surely Benton county and
the whole Willamette valley has cause for
feeling thankful for the important improve
ments now going on, and whose early COM
pletion will be felt not only by added con-
venience to business and an increase of popu-
lation but its weiget will be felt in the
pocket of every farmer in Oregon in the
shape of solid coin the result of an increased
price of produce.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-16

It is reported that Hi Smiths large ware
house near the depot at Harrisburg was en-,
tirely consumed by fire on the 9th inst.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-16

Mr. J. H. BATES, Newspaper Advertising
Agent. Al Park Row (Times Buiding), New
York, is authorized to contract for advertise
ments in the GAZETTE at our best rates.
l. p FISHER, advertising agent, 81 Mer-
chants Exchange, San Francisco, is author
lied to receive advertisements for the col
umns of this paper.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-16

Mr.. Eugene Williams, of Newport, was
united In marriage to Miss O'Donold. Of
Portland, last Tuesday at Newport. The
happy couple passed through this city yes.
tarday, en- route fer Portland, whore they
4siI spend their honeymoon.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-16
NOTICE

The undersigned hereby notifies all persons con-
cerned that he will not be responsible for any debts
contracted on his account unless the parties apply
ing for the same have my written order.
lS-3Sm6 H. &. LEWIS
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-16
PRODUCE PRICE CURRENT,

The price OF charters remain firm and fully up to
prices of last year, and are on the advance.
Ond day before yesterday wheat advanced 6 d. and
cd yesterday in Liverpool. 1t is reported strong
er with an upward tendency to day. 1t may now
be fairly quoted here:
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-16
Pen-Work

OF all kinds done in tho artistic manner at rea
sonable rates Send for estimate. The college
Journal" containing information of Course, and cuts
Of ornamental pennanship, free.
Address A P. ARMSTRONG,
Lock Bog 1O4, Portland. Oregon
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-16
BORN

In this city on the 18th inst. to the wife
of S. G. McFadden, son.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-16

School opened At the State University on
Monday lass
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-16

PUBLIC Teachers, and all
interested, are hereby notified that public
examination will be held at the College, in
this city, on Saturday, Sept. "a, commencing
at 9 o'clock A. M. E. B. MEELRo7,
Sup't of Schools.
Corvallis Sept. IA, 1851. 2w3s
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-16

eaFI cheerfuIly recommend the present manage
m .pt of the Portland Business Colleee. Mr.. Arm
strong, whom have known for many years. Is an
experienced teacher and practical business man.
H NJ DEFRANCE,
Pres old "National" College
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-16
PORTLAND
FIS|NESS COLLEGE,,
(old NATIONAL" Established lseo)
1ss Front ST.;
Between Washington aud Alder,
PORTLAND, oEEG0N.

A. p. ARMSTRONG. Principal
j. A. TESCo. .;.......t. .Pepnan aIid Secretary
Desirned for the business education ot.both sexes
Students admitted any week day of the year No
examination on entering.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-16
RATES OF TUITION

RATES OF TUITION:
SCHOLARSHIP, Business Course, $50 0o1
TELEGRAPHY, Complete Course. ........... % 90
WRITING, per month .......'.'... W
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-16

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The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-10-08
Memory.

POEM WRITTEN BY JAMES A. GARF1FID
llhe little poem given below was written, it
is stated, by James A. Garfield before his first
term IN Congress hence some twenty years
ago.l
lis beauteous night ; the stars look brightly
Upon the earth, decked in her robe of snow.
NO light CLEANS at the window, save nv own.
Which gives its cheer to midnight and to me.
ana now, with noiseless step, sweet memory
comes
And leads me gently through her twilight
realms
what poets tuneful Tyre has ever sung,
Or delicate pen e'er portrayed,
The enchanted, shadowy land where memory
dwells
1t has its valleys, cheerless, lone and drear
Dark-shaded by the mournful cypress tree:
ard yet its sunlit mountain tops are bathed
In heavens own blue. Upon its craggy cliffs,
Roped in the dreamy light Of distant years,
Are clustered joys serene of other DAYS.
Upon its gentle, sloping hillsides bend
The weeping willows DER the sacred dust
Of dear departed ones; and yet in that land,
Where'er our footsteps fall upon the shore,
They chat were sleeping rise from out the dust
OF deaths long silent years, and round us
stand,
As erst they did before the prison tomb
Received their clay within it's voiceless halls.
The heavens that bend above that land are
hung
With clouds of various hues. Some dark and
surcharged with sorrow, cast with somber
shade
Upon the sunny, joyous land below.
Others are floating through the dreamy air,
White as the falling snow, their margins
tinged
With gold and crimsoned hues; their shadows
fall
Upon the fiowery meads and sunny slopes,
Soft as the shadow Of an angels wing.
When the rough battle of the day is done,
And evenings peace falls gently on the heart,
[ bound away, across the noisy years,
Unto the utmost verge Of memory's land,
Where earth and sky in dreamy distance meet
And memory dim with dark oblivion joins,
There woke the first remembered sounds that
fell
Upon the ear in childhood's early morn
And, wandering thence along the rolling years
| see the shadow of my former self
Gliding from childhood up to mans estate.
The path of youth winds down through many
a vale,
And on The brink of many dread abyss,
From out whose darkness comes no ray OF
light
Save that phantom dances DER the gulf
And beckons toward the verge. Again the
Leads DER the summit where the sunbeams
fall;
And thus in light and shade, sunshine and
gloom,
Sorrow and joy, the life-path leads along.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-10-08
KEEPING COMPANY.

"Ned! Ned r' The call rang out
from the house door, floating over the
garden, till it came faint and weary to
the barn door, utterly unable to pene-
trate the barred portal.
"Ned Nedp Nearer and nearer
came the CHEEKY voice, and pair of
light feet carried it down the path, to
ring out again clear and strong, as a
little doubled fist pounded an accom-
paniment on the wooden barrier.
A frank face, and head covered with
crisp curls, now decorated by long
straws stuck in with q promiscuous
carelessness suggestive of Lear's crown,
was popped out of the window of the
hay-loft.
"What is it, Katie? Tn giving the
beasts their breakfast"
"Come down. You must come down |!
I've got the best of news for you"
"What is it? Wait I'll be down |!
Why, Katie, what are you all dressed
up for?''
you'll never guess. Susy Willis
has come home. She sent me over
word this morning to be ready for
church early, so we could have a long
walk before we went into meeting.
She's coming over for me-"
"Susy home" That was all Ned
said, but there was no doubling the &C.
cent of content in his voice.
"Her father has written that he is
coming back to Allentown next month,
and Susys mother sent for her to leave
school, and be here to meet him. Oh,
Ned, amt you glad? She's been away
more'n two years"
Glad If there was any faith to be
placed in beaming eyes, smiling lips
and trembling fingers, Ned was, to say
the least, not sorry; but he said moth
ing, only hurried the preparations for
leaving the barn, his face the while
speaking his pleasure, while, Katie, her
tongue doirg the work of two, ran on
with her gleeful chatter.
"I wonder if she's altered, prettier
or smarter. I wonder if she'll let you
beau her now, Ned. Perhaps she'll want
to keep company with some smarter fell
low, now she's had SO much schooling.
Hurry, Ned, SO you can go with us r
And flying up the path again, Katie en-
tered the neat farmhouse. and went to
her room to add some trife to her dress.
Looking wistfully up the path for he1
expected companion she tried to be
patient, but the fingers would fidget,
the feet beat tatoos, the eyes fash with
eagerness, while her fathers comments,
as he leaned over the gate. smoking his
Sunday pipe, did not diminish the fever.
cay, Katie, don't drum hole in the
! window Arc you dancing jig, Katie
Come down hore and talk to Jack r and
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-10-08
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A gold meddle-A burglar in q miser'a
Golfers. Marathon Independent
Missouri train robbers are men OF
iron nerve and steal disposition.
GA fellow feeling makes us won
drous kind" unless the fellow is feel
ing in our pocket for our watch
Salem Sunbeam.
There was large attendance at the
schools to-day. Every boy who hadn't
lost an eve brought two pupils. -PhiM
delphid Chronicle.
Brown loudly boasts that his heart is
always in his hand. Fogg says that
Brown is so close listed that he is in no
danger of ever losing it.-BoSto,a Tran
script.
When you are telling friend a joke
poke him in the ribs. He'll be more in
terested in the yarn, and can put
mustard plaster on the sore spot when
he goes home. -Keokuk Gate city.
A housepainter recently wanted to
Join the fire department, but as it took
him over fifteen minutes to climb
ladder, and then he had to go down
again for something he had forgotten,
they didn't employ him.-Bostoaa Poa.
Jumping over fence in the middle
of the night and meeting bulldog
that is a total stranger to you, is oIe of
those exciting little incidents o. life
which go far to break the mo1otony
and rob existence of a tiresome same
ness.
A man called out to his creditor.
"Get out, you Ornithorhynchls?' The
man departed meekly. "Wlo's that? p
inquired friend of the speaer can
Ornithorbynchus "Hogs thatY
"Well. Webster defines hi1 as a beast
with bill. - Yale Courot
This is alleged to be ne way Vas
sar girl tells joke: "Ohgirlsl ! heard
Just the best thing to-dy. 1t was too
funny. can't rememer how it came
about, but one of the iris said to Pro-
essor Mitchell-oh, lear, | can't re-
member just what Sd said; but Profess
sor Mitchelrs anser was just too
funny for anything --Swacuse Herald.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-10-08
Troubled.

My mind was ruffled with small cares to-day,
And I said pettisll words, and did not keep
Long suffering patience well; and now hw
deep
My trouble for this sin In vain weep
For foolish words I never can unsay.
Yet not in vain, Oh, surely not in vain
This sorrow must compel me to take heed;
And surely l shall learn how much need
Thy constant strength my own to supersede,
And all my thoughts to patience to constrain
Yes, shall learn at last, though neglect
Day after day, to seek my help from thee;
Oh, aid me, that always recollect
This gentle heartedness; and Oh correct
Whatever else of sin thou seest in me
Henry Satton.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-10-08
Curtis Pets.

There lives in andwich, Mass on
the borders of OF Of the most charming
lakes in Americ Mrs. r. FL. Burgess,
/ who is at prese attracting no little no.
, torietv tbrout the relation she sus
!, tains to the Iabitants of this lake. 1t
has been h custom once or twice
dav for quit period to feed the fish
IN this lal and a few days ago we
CHANGED tie favored with an invita-
, tion to wless>this novel feast of the
fnny tri'
bond zen in moment there NAV he
saan o,roaching from every direction
bnndls of large sinners, then cells
r r in size from one to three feet
- 9Th, may be seen cautiously an
~ ming. Next turtles appear on the
psrce. ten, twenty and thirty feet
! oI, their necks stretched apparently
l zee whether it is friend or foe who is
turblng the waters. In less than
rec minutes these various species had
elected directly before her, and
8 she commences to feed the
Eater is fairly alive with them.
they take bread directly from
Ter hands, and turtles would al
ow her to take them entirely out of the
water, and while she held them in one
land they would eat with the greatest
'oracitv from the other. But the cells
unused us the most. There was one
he called Quinn, measuring about three
eet in length, that repeatedly came to
he surface. and would glide back and
orth through her hands and several
ines she lifted him partially out of the
water, but he was careful to keep his
lead under. He seemed to feel that
he would take no undue liberties with
i'm SO long as his head was in its
latural element, but the moment he
aw daylight he would dart back as
My an eel could.
Another small one, about foot in
ength, seemed to be particularly fond
t her caresses and could be handled
bout as she pleased, it being under
TODD that she was to remain under
7nfqr though.
S ken altogether it was one of the
1ns bnovel entertainments we have ever
Tifnessed, and visitors to this locality
ho1lid mot fail to ask the favor granted
0 the writer.
The lady is evidently much attached
0 her pets, and takes pride, as well she
nay, in showing them.-Maylboro
iirror-Jommdz
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-10-08
(From the Trade Journal, .New York.)

IMPORTANT TO THE CIGAR TRADE.
we have recently had our attention called
70 new ana important Improvement in the
manufacture OF cigars, and as it is one that is
ceaily destined to revolutionize the cigar bust
ness, we have had one of our reporters, who
specially conversant with the tobacco and
stsar tfade, to interview The inventors and
;a'eniees. The invention was patented May
~ 1873, by Messrs. j. & A. Frey. These
seh,lemen have had many years. experience
IN the cigar business. The cigars are made
iiihclpaliV oil the very best seed aud Havana
'ooaccos, with closed tucks, and amongst tho
sa'antages they possess over all other cigars
may be mentioned: A positive retention oi
s S'e aroma OF the filler-its loss by evaporation
=, ueihs impossible. A better, quicker and en-
u u' round light; and they will not break
"uen carried i'll the pocket. These are advan-
ayes which will be recognized by every
lu'oSer as being OF the greatest importance.
q O. snort, 1t my be said that Messrs j. & A.
rIey nave made very decided hit with thor
.ew laea. No one can properly realize the deli
wy oi The flavor and aroma of q cigar made
% ms rs way until he makes a personal trial,
a. anu ihis we advise our readers, whether in
a @le uade or not, to do. Even in the appear
aaee Oh the cigar there is something novel and
aNiacuve, the small, neat twist, which secures
.uu iasens the whole, being a decided i'm.
l.oVement Though the new patent cigar has
'eeh Tor such a short time before the public.
"ieie are already indications that its manutac-
sie 10 the skilliul and experienced hands of
.'e essrs. Frey will prove wonderfully spe-
aiai commercial enterprise
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-10-08
Too Early.

Come, now, it is time for you to 90
to bed" said an Austin lady to her lit
tie children "you must go to bed.
Don't you know all the little chickens
have gone to bed %
Yes, but the old hen went to bed
with them. "--Teaas Syai,gt.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-10-08
(From the Greer, Neto York;

Messrs. j. & A. Frey's goods are noted for
ehelr excellence OF manufacture and superior
quality OF stock used. Having had an expe-
renee OF twenty years they can satisfy any
lase, from the most iastidious to the most
orolnary. 1t is always well to know that
manufacturers are competent to Judge properly
as to the quality OF stock, and have a thorough
insight into the details of their business, and
we can confidently recommend Messrs. Frey
10 fill the bill in these respects.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-10-08
Sole Manufacturers and Patentees OF
Closed Tuck Cigars and the Min.
iatHre Glass Ballot Box
Cigar Box.
Opinions of the Press.

(From the Seminal, Trenton, ~. ~
The tobacco and cigar house of Messrs. j. &
"A. Frey is among the most respectable and
responsible in Trenton. Their goods will al.
ways be found to be exactly as represented
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-02-05
IOngfellow's Home.

Mr.. LoNGFELLow's stately dwelling.
Craigie House. occupied, as every one
knows. by Washington at the siege OF
Boston, has yielded more to the pre-
vailing suburban-villa style of its neigh
bors than Elmwood or Shady Hill.
1t is fitting enough that it should.
since by reason of its distinguish
ed owners accessibility, his con-
slant and varied hospitality, and his So
cial position, it forms perhaps the
strongest connecting link between So
ciety and literature in or about Boston.
The days follow in something like a
continuous levee at this old colonial
mansion, whose heavy brass door
knocker is piled (or more often gazed
at by a deteriorating generation, in
ignorace as to the mode of handling it,
by long stream of pilgrims OF
high and low degree, drawn by rever-
ence or curiosity. or the wish for liter
ary advice. But across the street a
piece of pasture-land. with some COWS
munching among the clover and butter
cups, and vista of the sliding Charles
and Brighton meadows beyond-upon
which the poet can look from behind
his magnificent lilacs and lofty Gins
still keep the rural aroma in the air he
breathes. George Z. Ldtirop. IN Hdr
per's Magazine.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-02-05
Bravery Misplaced.

A LADY living on Fourth street, who
had been temporarily left at home by
her husband, was shocked on going TO
her room an evening or two since TO
discover what appeared to be man
stretched prone upon her bed, with the
cover drawn close about him. Hcrfrst
impulse was to flee, screaming from she
room, but a second thought came, and
with it nerve enough to put the thought
into execution. The lady stepped noise
lessly into an adjoining room and armed
herself with club. She returned with
it and touched the object of her fright.
There was no sign of life. She touched
il again. and still harder. but the object
did not move. She now thought the
man was sleeping. and a third thought
came. Hurrying in another room she
procured a bottle of chloroform,
saturated a cloth with her drow-
sy drug and crept back to the bed
side and spread the cloth over the
sleeping mans face When it had
been ther. a minute or two she knew
her foe was vanquished. She now ran
out and told her neighbors of what had
occurred. Men armed themselves with
guns and sticks and marched to where
the mterloper lay. The cloth and the
bed clothes were carefully removed
and the object beneath them was plainly
revealed to sight. 1t proved to be
nothing more than a stuffed dummy
with false face upon it. The lady's
young son had fixed it up, thinking to
give his mother a scare. She didn't
scare, though, worth cent, and her
brave conduct has made her the heroine
of the neighborhood. We have told
this story Just rs it was told to u.s.
Waco (Te1as) Examiner.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-02-05
Eye Memory.

LOOK steadily at bright object. keep
the eve immovably on IL for short
time. and then close them An image
Of the object remains; IT becomes in fact
visible 10 the closed eyes. The vivid
ness and duration OF such impressions
vary considerably with different indi-
viduals, and the power of retaining
them NAV be cultivated. Besides this
sort of retinal image thus impressed.
there is another kind of visual image
that may be obtained by an effort of
memory. Certain adopts at mental
arithmetic use the minds eye" as a
substitute for the slate and pencil by
holding in visual memory pictures OF
the figures upon which they are oper-
atng, ami those of their results. In
my youthful DAYS | was acquainted
with ain eccentric old man, who then
lived at kilburn priory, where he sur
rounded himself with curious old furni-
ture reputed to have originally belonged
to Cardinal Wolsey, and which as was
told, he bequeathed TO the Queen at
his death. He was the then celebrated
but now forgotten "Memory Thomp-
son." who in his early days was town
tItNtltE Albi u
rightly, and who trained himself to the
performance of wonderful feats OF eye
memory He could close his eyes and
picture within himself a panorama of
oxford street and other parts of Lon
don, in which picture every inscription
over every shop was so perfect and re-
liable that he could describe and certify
to the names and occupations of the
shop-keeping inhabitants of all the
houses of these streets at certain dates.
when post-oilice directories were not as
they now are. Although Memory
Thompson is forgotten, his special
faculty is just now receiving attention,
and il is proposed To especially cultivate
it in elementary schools by placing OBJ
jects before the pupils for given time,
then taking them away and requiring
the pupil TO draw them. That such
faculty exists and may he of great serv-
ice is unquestionable. Systematic eff
forts to educate it, if successful, will dc
good service TO the rising generation
and, even should the proposed training
afford smaller results than IFS protector,
anticipate. the experiments, if carefully
made and registered, can not fail to i'm
prove our knowledge of mental physi'
oiogy.- Gentleman Magazine.