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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-04
MINDEN HOTEL.

THE travelling public and regular board,
l. ers will find this house rs comfortable
and well supplied as the resources and con
ditlun of the country will permit. The
charges are very reasonable. The Stage
stand is kept at this Hotel.
have also attached 10 my hotel 4 new
aud commodhous Stable, well supplied with
pr"vrndrr and water and good osticr al
ways uu hand to attend To stock.
The travelling public VIII do well TO give
me a call. 4. !. REYNOLDS.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-04
J. c. BAKER,
f. IL h. JACOBS,
Cotton Factors,

AND Importers and wholesale dealers in
A DRY GOODS, Notions, Groceries.
Hardware. Cutlery. Guns, Boots, Shoes,
Hats, Liquors, Tobacco and segars, Texas
street, Shreveport, La.
Prompt attention given 10 all business
entrusted TO ms, and liberal advances made
on consigemeuts Of Cotton. 52:ly
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-04

! iSCoNcItu itOiu IL now, out III L were
to kill thousand coons | wouldn't
try that little joke again. 1t didn't
pay. | wonder what makes meu
and boys so cruel. My little girl
was the only friend those poor co0ns
had, and can not tell what made
me take pleasure in their death
Boys begin early to show their love
OF cruelty and destruction. They
rock the birds and the cats and the
chickens, and rob the birds of nests,
and then they hunt the rabbits and
squirrels, aud shoot all sorts of wild
animals just for sport. There is An
original sin about them that don't
belong to girls. Girls are tender
and kind and sympathetic. -cck.
on that is one reason why we love
EN-, but why they love us | don,
know. | knew boy once who
caught a wild cat in the barn and
tied pillow line round his heck aud
tied the other end to a ring behind
the saddle that was on the old mare
hltched to the fence. and then turn.
ed the old mare loose and pitched
the cat on her back, and she run
herself to death in fifteen minutes,
and the boys all laughed and holler-
ed and enjoyed it splendid. That
was mighty bad, but that BOY mar.
ried one of the sweetest girls in the
country and made good husband
and kind father. reckon it's the
devil that is in us for a while, and
then he quits us and goes into some.
body else or into some hogs or mad
dogs or something. They say that
every boy must SOW his wild oats,
though ! have noticed that it takes
some a heap longer than others to
do it. They love a noise and a rack.
ct. They begin early to shoot fire.
crackers and little pistols, and beat
drums and tin pans and tie things
To the dogs tails aud make 'em run
and make EN- light and set EN- on
the cats, aud a negro cant go along
the road but what they whisper,
"Sc him, Cesar" When they get
bigger and have n few bumps on
their chin they want to do some.
thing more heroic. They want some
girl to fall in the creek so they can
jump in aud save her live, or they
want some wild horses to run away
with carriage SO they can Jump TO
the rescue ct the ladies and seize
the furious animals and Jerk 'em
down Jost III the nick of time, or he
wants to whip another boy because
he bncKcd up to his girl, and what
is curious about these boys the girls
seem To like that sort the best. If
| hadent fought n Teller who insult.
ta ne | don't believe Mrs. Arp
would have surrendered. don't.
Maybe she would have took the 9th.
er Teller, and then what would have
become Of me and my children! It's
melancholy To think of. I'm sorry
we killed them couns, for they don't
any harm To speak Of, and they are
lively varmits and enjoy. The bows
have got four coon skins now. and
the girls have promised to make q
rug ont of them, with striped tail
sticking out at every corner, and
I'm going To put it down in Mrs.
Apps corner for her dainty little
number twos to rest upon as an
atouement for my ludeness. She
always comes around right when |
show my repentance, and I'm sure
to show il sooner or latcr.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-04

shall read Talmage's dime ser.
mons and become a Christian with.
out being bled to death by church
sharks.
hear the baby.
It's my night to nurse, and the
cardinal duty in my almanac is Q
prompt discharge of duty.
By.a. baby, by d
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-04
Terms Of Advertising:

One square, Of one inch in space or less.
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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-04

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic cures diGPsr'
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-04

An exchange tells of a young lady
who, six months after a happy mar
riage, on being asked if she was
much troubled with cold feet, sim.
pered hesitatingly and with ingeni-
Gus simplicity replied: Ye-yes; but
but they're not my own"
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-04

A pious soul was asked yester.
day. about bis health. He replied
that he felt very bad, 20 bad, indeed
he "could not sleep, even in church.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-04

A New Orleans man lately cabled
to friend in Gaia: "Send me ooe
or two monkeys.' The reply oame
back: "Shipped you 70; WIN ssnd
rest as soon as can be foanA Tho
Telegram had gone: "Send - l04
moDkeys' The balance of ~ hovs
been counterma0dOd. 4
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-04
or 7 alks.
BY SLIM JIM.

| u"s oO NIOuk Out L nave ue
clded never to throw my number
mines inside Of church porta
again.
! Never! .
And l mean business.
Ii | can't hear a preacher expound
the gospel once every six months
without having a saucer showed un
der my nose, then I will stay at
home and cuss the cat.
That's pastime Of mine, cussin
the cat.
You don't often see such cats az
mine. She knows more devilment
than a sixteen.year old girl.
My cat is a black cat.
Black cats are meanest when they
try. Mine tries.
She has q way of watching for
me to sit down. Then she humps
her old spine, tune up her purr,
which is cross between a coffee
mill with the influenza and buzz
saw, and then begins to rub up
against my legs.
Which produces in me a big dis.
gust.
My legs were never make for the
itching.post of black cats.
And | get fighting mad and cuss.
l always cuss when get mad, it's
a weakness OF mine.
The madden get the harder l
cuss.
But I'm not going to church any
more: You can put that down.
| put down carpet the other
night.
AT least ! got the skin rubbed of
my knuckles, mashed all my fingers,
turned over the bureau, sat down
on the tacks and otherwise put it
down, but my wife got all the cred
it for 1t.
It's u way she has.
But she's n good wife.
She looks after my interest so
well.
She can 60 to town with one dol.
lar of my hard.earned money and
bring back ten dollars worth of dry
goods.
She has the other nine dollars
worth charged to me.
II | didn't expostulate somewhat
sternly she'd buy out the whole
State and have it charged up.
l owe now, OH her account, some.
thing less than eight thousand dol.
lars.
But l am abundantly able to
owe it,
And more too.
Yet I'm never going to church
again; that is, it | can survive the
jimjams and mnmps.
| had the mumps once.
! shall never banker after them
again.
| had them on both sides at the
same time-which was economy up.
OH the part Of the humps.
| sincerely deprecate any such
economy.
Yon can get tireder of mumps in
shorter time than anything l know
of. except AFFECT poverty.
| always yield the palm to abject
poverty. 1t takes the cake.
Though will never so to church
again.
The church is degenerating.
Long time ago you could 60 to
church and listen to sermon with.
ont being woke up every five min.
utes by fellow who pokes a hat un.
der your nose and begs you for q
contribution.
Now it's different.
It's like riding on a train with
coming around at every
station yelling "tickets."
/ don't like it.
And l won't submit to it.
There is also a baby in the house.
It's n female baby.
Let me advise yon as a friend to
always have female baby in the
house.
For q good, healthy, squalling
baby, I've got the boss.
| don't say this because it's my
baby. I'm not vain if am rich.
Some people are vain yet not rich.
l have known people who we're
exceedingly vain who were abso.
lutely poor.
But it never helped them any.
1t never helped me. With all my
poverty I'm never ashamed to go
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-08-12
Youden Rollers.

The almost incredible feat Of making
steam boilers of wood was accomplished
seventy. six years ago in Philadelphia,
where they were used to furnish steam TO
the pumps for pumping up the river
water for the use of the city water works.
They, however, lasted only two years,
when it became SO difficult to keep them
steanl-tight that they were abandoned for
iron boilers. How was it possible to heat
water in wooden boilers? 1t was accom-
plished by having an iron frc-box twelve
feet long, six feet wide, and two feet
deep, placed inside rectangular wooden
chest, fourteen feet long and nine feet
square, made of plank nearly half foot
thick, securely bolted together by iron
rods passing through the planks. The
iron fire-box had eight vertical fues Of
one foot in diameter, through which the
water circulated, and around which the
FIRE acted, and passed upward through an
oval fue, first above the fire-box, carried
from the back of the boiler to near the
front and back again, when it passed out
into the chimney. 1t was expected that
these boilers would be very economical,
on account of the non.conducting prop
erty of wood and SO they were to Ger
tain extent, as the boilers did not need
any protecting covering.
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cAsARIANcA.

"C6me hither, you madcap darling!
/ said to my four-year old;
sPray, what shall be done with the bad, bad
girl
Who will not do as she's told!
Too well yon love your own wee way,
While little you love to mind;
But mamma knows what is best for yeu-
And isn't she always kind'"
So / told her of Casabianca,
And the fearful burning ship
ssDo Won think, said /, 'tsuch a child as that
His mother would have to whip:"
And my heart went out with.t the story sad
OF this boy, SO noble and brave,
Who would not dare to disobeyr
Even his life to save.
Then her eyes grew bright as the morning,
And they seemed to look me through.
.'Ah! ah." thought l. ''you understand
The lesson have in view.
now, what do you think of this lad. my love!
Tell all that is in your heart"
81 fink, " she said, she's drefful good.
Bat he wasn't the least bit smart!''
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-08-12
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.
CoA1rsourrnas are now manufactured

CoA1rsourr1Esa are now manufactured
# rubber.
AN elephant drinks about forty-fve
gallons Of water day.
The people of Ceylon worship the
,ooth of an elephant those of Malabar
The tooth of monkey.
IT is calculated that sixty tons of steel
re annually consumed in the manufact-
IRE of steel pens.
BEES have very little power Of COM
municating with each other. F. Miller
gives curious instances of the inability
Of the bees to invent for themselves
natural language.
A QUANTITY of -four was exposed by q
French experimenter to pressure OF
800 tons, reducing it to one-fourth its
original bulk. A portion of it was then
placed in cans and sealed, the same be-
ing done with some impressed flour. A
year afterward the cans were opened,
when the Impressed flour was found to
DE spoiled, while the pressed was in ex-
cellent preservation.
A SPIDERS web affords an excellent
barometer. An old sportsman of Cold
water, Mich, claims that one preserved
In his house has proved almost ilvaria-
oily correct. When rain and wind are
expected, the spider shortens the threads
which suspend the web. When reefs
IRE let out, fine weather may be certain,
ont if the spider remains inert, rain will
probably follow within short time.
TWELVE years after the landing of the
Pilgrims Il Plymouth there was not q
plow in the vicinity of Boston, and the
farmers broke up the land with hoes or
,ther hand implements. In 1887 there
we're but thirty-seven plows in the
whole State, and at later period it WIS
the custom for one owning plow to d.
nearly if not all the plowing Tor town.
The town often paid bounty to one who
would buy and keep a plow in repair
and do the work in this way.
The swiftest bird, probably, is the
eagle of the sea, or frigate- bird, oftel
measuring sixteen feet from tip to tip.
It hovers at ON elevation Of lO, 900 fee,
when q storm sweeps over the ocean.
it wishes to travel, says French nat
uralist, it can xamost annihilate space.
It can breakfast In Africa and dine in
America. This bird reposes on its grea.
motionless wings, literally sleeping on
the bosom of the ali.
THERE are in our land 25, 52O, ,582
males and "a, 632, 2S4 females. The Nh
tives number 43, 475, 506, and the foreign
born, 6,677, 800. There are 43, ,404, ,877
white and 6,577, ISL colored persons
Beside those on reservations under Go, :
eminent care there are 65, 122 Indian.
and half breeds. The ''myriads of Chi
nese" number los, 1853, and there are
1850 other Asiatics. For every loo, ,OJO
males there are 96, 519 famales against
81, ,S01 in 1870.
CRoroN Aqueduct, by which New
York city is supplied with water, W. at
the time of its completion, and in fact
still is, regarded as one of the wonder.
| of the world. Its length is 1884, m les,
and it is built most of this distance oi
brick, stone and cement, inclosed over
| and under, feet inches wide at the
bottom, 7 feet inches at the top, and 8
feet 5 inches. high. It is carried over
! Harlem river on a magnificent bri lge,
l, ,46O feet long, and la feet above high
water mark
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-08-12
Real Estate Agency.


1s5Acres west side Of Biodgetts Valley al fenced
60 acres under plough. snug farm With sod hosse
barn and other nt-bnidings mile from schoos ana
close to proposed Yaquina r. &. Price, 800
240 Acres on Elk road s miles from junctioh wirh
Yaquna road. Good house, barn, etc "A good farn
with outlet to well grassed ranges. 1900.
200 Acres 10 miles west Of Summit, extending Of
a mile along the road and river. A good farm With
chard. A bargain. Price, e1o0Q
$50 acres Of land at the Junction Of the Yaquina
and Elk road and river, IS miles east Of Newport.
Good bottom land with outlet to well grassed rAnEe
Price $500
240 acres two mil from Summit on fork of Naxys
River. Land very productive. with COED range: ex-
good fences; improvements valued at sl5oo. Priss
$500.
100 acres situated on Little Elk road. two miles
west of Blodgetts Valley go :acres table lard. 100
cultivation; abundant out-ranee for stock. Price.
$3.50 Au excellent bargain; terms reasonable.
AT TNEwPoRT.
1G0 acres mile east Of Newport on the road. and
with comfortable house. garden, etc. This propesty
commands splendid views Of the ocean, the hArber
and entrance, and would divide into several building
lots; Well watered by numt rous springs. Price on
application.
saloon, large warehouse with capital hall above
and also wharf opposite. Also other property In
Newport and vicinity. orimprovements having
commenced and there being every prospect for .
lively summer renders this good chance
160 acres twenty-five miles this side Of Yaquina
bay the road between Traps ard Eddys, ons half
bottom land with excellent out range for stock. This
property will sell at bargain Price, $3.50.
For price and other particulars apply TO the under
signed who begs to intimate to intending vendors u
estate that by establishing agencies in England
and also in the States he trusts be able
efectspeedy sales.
JOHN n. AYLRs,
Summit, Benton Co. Or.
Or at the law Office OF JAS. A. YAsTs. Corvallis Or,
R. A BENsELL, Newport Or.
WIN. CoLLYNs, & Co East India
Avenue, agent, London.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-08-12

The "Telegram" says: Ignite
coal has been found near Oakville,
Chehalis county, w. T., fine speci-
mems of which are shown in Olympia.
These are outcropprngs Of the vein
and no doubt but tie coal farther
down will be better. 1t has been
used successfully at blacksmithing.
The side of the vein Las not been de-
termined, but undoubtedly there is
plenty of coal along the Chehalis at
the foot of the Black Hills. On the
Satsup river, further west, specimens
of good coal have also been found,
but no vein sought for. On the Wy
nooche river near the head of Gray's
harbor, another deposit Of the same
kind of Ignite was discovered year
or two ago. 1t is close to deep water,
and could be easily shipped if the
quality warrants it. These Goals
will be of great benefit in that coun.
try, when manufactures and other
industries are started, as they will be
in a lew years, but at present they
are too distant to be operated to ad-
van age.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-08-12
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE:

CITY OF CORVALLIS.
Two Lots adjoining Court House with good house,
l6o Acres 20 miles from Newport on the Yaquina,
steamboat landing 20 acres in timothy, good house
orchard. &C. Price $1,000.
15s Acres in Kings Valley First rate land with
large house. barn, close to school and church. post
Office crist and saw mill. Price $4,000
$40 Acres in Linn county, miles east of Lebanon,
well watered good timber, near school. Terms easy
SASS.
$40 Acres in Kings Valley. 200 under cultivation,
well watered good outranse, Is acres orchard pro-
ducing all kinds Of fruit house and garden. very
large barn and good outbuildings mile from school,
postofce and grist mills, aud close to pro-
posed narrow gauge depot in Kings Valley. Frice.
s11, 600
s54 Acres adoins above with equal advantage po-
ation about 100 under cultivation excellent
farm, capable of carrying good flock of Sheep under
fence, well watered, good house, barn and orchard
Price, a, 500
422Acresadjoins above, 100 acres under cultivation,
good house, orchard Excellent stock range with
good outlet. miles from school, postofice, etc.
Price, q 500.
$40 Acres, 90 under cultivation, good house. barn
and orchard, four miles north OF postoice Price, 8,
600. Excellent stock farm.
l, 357 Acres. miles west Of Corvallis, on MAry's
River 1000 under fence 225 acres under plough, 155
now in grain Best hill pasture, well grassed IL
miles from school The land is well timbered, good
house, two barns, etc. Price, s16,50o
200 Acres Of first class land, west side and upper
end Of Kings Valley. go under cultivation in
cluding % acresnf timothy, good new house l6x24,
and barn. School house within 200 yards. and con-
venient distant from mills story &c; well watered
and tn,bered $27 ,OG0.
160 acres situated Little Elk Babers Excel
lent water and good ontlet to fine range.
Acres Of 0eff,s Valley imprnv.
ed school and proposed line Of Yaquina r. r.
Price, $4,000
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-08-12
JACOBSON AxD ruE Bnrcx1. :,

49, >>>'@~ = -
Andrew jackson and Abraham Lin
'oln always had soft side for the toll.
srs, and liking for working clothes
in which, many times, no doubt
both the great Presidents would hav
;elt happier than in stiff reception .
,roadcloth. Jackson's sympathy fo1
abcring men is shown in this little stor,
from the Nashville Banner;
John Cryer, mason, was on severa
occasions engaged to build chimneys q
The Hermitage, and while at work of
observed the most refined and wealthy
people of Nashville coming to visit th.
General and his wife. The good mason.
having more or less Of mortar orna
nenting his clothes, would say to Jack
on, that he would not go to the fir,
aable to eat; that he twas not fit t.
appear in such elegant company"
The General always replied, Yor
must go to the first table, sir labor
ing man ought to be as highly honoree:
IS any man in the community, for the
support Of the world depends on then
abor. I win see that you are treated
with proper respect at my table,"
This story is certainly ro the credit o.
Jackson's democracy, however it may b.
as to his social graces. Cryer frequently,
aughing, said that he had been more
honored than any man in the world, for
President Jackson had frequently wait
ed on him and bfOuGht him brick ansi
mortar when his resnl6r attendant was
ont Of the way.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-08-12

Do NOT FoKGEr THE LESSON
A touching incident occurred not
long since in . Missouri village. A
wife and mother, tired of waiting for
the return Of her husband with his
scanty earnings, set ont to search
for him and found him seated at a
card table. Anticipating as much,
she had provided herself with COW
cred dish, which she placed upon the
table before the players, sayings
sePresuming, husband, that you are
too busy to come to dinrer, I have
brought you yours" After she had
departed he invited his friends to
join him, and uncovered the dish with
q forced laugh. He foaad only a
slip Of paper, on which was written:
81 hope you will. enjoy your meal;
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-08-12
LOVERS BY THE SCORE.

sThe course of true love never did
run smooth" is an old adage and ia
miliar quotation, and the following
incident goes to prove the truth f
it. A young carpenter of this city
was engaged to be married to fai
damsel, who is at present employed
as waiter at the Wilhoit Springs,
Clackamas county, and on Saturday
last he started out for that place
where they were to have been mar
ried on Sunday.
On arrriAing at the Springs and
the object of his visit becoming
known, he was waited on by another
young man who informed him that
he also had the honor to be an aft
anced lover of the young lady in
question. The two then proceeded
to compare notes and to make in
quiries in regard to the 9oings Of the
large hearted maiden, when to their
astonishment they found she had en-
gagged herself to four other parties,
making six in all, over whom she had
thrown her Establishments and each
of whom was anxiously awaiting the
time that was TO make him sole pos
SCISSOR of this piece of feminine lowell
ness. On making this discovery the
carpenter and his friend came to the
conclusion that they did not want
any of it in theirs, and collecting all
the letters and love tokens they had
received from the perfdious young
woman they made a bonfire of them.
The young carpenter returned to
this city yesterday and has for the
present renounced all intentions OF
committing matrimony.- Standard.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-08-12

it is the same your family have at
home." How many good and faith
fnl wives and mothers are there in
the land who have undergone similar
experiences? How many aching
hearts. at this moment await the CON-
ing of husbands and fathers who are
squandering at the card-table. or for
alcohol, the earnings required to feed
and clothe their wives and children?
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-08-12

.YEs, I knew him, the Texas Sheriff
remarked, when somebody asked him
about Red-handed Bill; II never met
him but once; he came down here last
February, riding another mans mule,
and he came in and left the measure Of
his neck with me for lariat. Did
you fit him? 2" asked the traveller. !" Not
very well, said the Sheriff, "blamed
thing was too tight, but he never said
anything about it after he tried it on, 30
I didn't change it." And then the COM
mittee rose and reported the biifto the
house, which shortly afterward took .
recess until the evening session. Bur-
dette.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-08-12

$50 You married old Heavipenny's
eldest, I hear, said the friend. Eyes, :"
said young Inforit, "I have" Good
match 2" asked the friend. guess
So" sighed the bridegroom, wearily,
ssheaps of birthstone in it. And the
years go by.-Hatck-Eye.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-08-12

Chas. s. Howard will start next week
with a party of assistants to do some survey
ing upon government land near Goose lake
valley and around the Oregon border of
Tule lake.-Coos Bay News.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-08-12

p. T. BARNUM is most rigidly tenn
perance man, the teetotalest kind OF .
teetotaler, but he keeps his own private
bar tender. all the same.