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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-24
Lime Kiln Philosophy.

ssDown on de Central Market de odder
day." began the old man, ST hearn man
longin' fur a chance to become a hero.
He wanted to perform some brave act.
He wanted to lay hisself out on some
thin heroic. He wanted to have hisself
painted out rs big gun, and he sor-
rowed bekase de day of heroics has
passed. moved aroun' him an looked
him ober. He had on shirt two weeks
old. His hair was long an greasy. His
face an hands needed soap an water. I
'spect dat his chillen war bar futted an
his wife ableeged to take in washin'. He
war sighin' to be hero, an de chance
war right befo' him. Few of us kin be on
de spot in time to save railroad trains,
steamboats,, an hotels from fire an ko-
lishun. We can't diskiver plots to blow
up opera houses. De water am SO cold
dat we hate to jump into de riber an
save de lives of sku1ehouse OF chillen.
But since saw dat wou1d-be hero Ize
been wonderin' if de man who works
steadily, takes good keer OBJ bis family,
pays his debts, tells de truf, keeps on de
best side of de golden rule, an carries 9
clean mouf aroun' with hin, am not about
as big hero as de nineteenth century
kin bring forth It's my opinion dat he
;; am. an Tze gwine to insist on greetin
; sich men as entitled to admiration an
respect. Detroit Free Press.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-24
Visitors Must Pay Their Way Now.

The late changes in the Oneida Com
munity may affect the pleasures of the
public somewhat. The community
grounds and shops will not be open, as
heretofore, to the inspection of picnic
parties. The dwellings are rented to the
various tenants, and are, therefore, not
so open to the view of casual and curious
visitors as formerly. The company will
afford hotel accommodations to persons
having business with it. But for people
interested in Communism or Socialism.
or joint-stockism, or any other such
movement, there is no provision. This
class of persons have to depend on pri-
vate hospitality to pay their own way.
Neighbors and others calling with their
friends to see the community are treated
courteously, but it is not possible for
the new company to entertain people as
the old Oneida Community used to do.
The lawns and fower-gardens will be
kept in general order, but there will be
no music in the hall or band playing on
the grounds. The Oneida Community,
limited, is a small village of people
living IN the old buildings for the most
part, but more and more like people in
other villages, they are getting consider
bly, interested in padding their own in
dividual and family canoes. It seems
probable that the present feeling could
not be if decline in the communistic
feeling and practical disintegration
had not set in many years ago Utica
Herald.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-24
Who People Algeria.

Besides the Europeans and the Israel
ties, the three races of Algeria are the
Arabs, Kabyles and Negroes. The
Kabyles belong to the Berbere, or most
ancient race; the Arabs arrived in Bar
barry during the ninth century; not more
than a quarter of million, pure race,
now exists. The Arab has a receding
forehead and curbed nose; the Kabyle,
square head, prominent brow and straight
nose. The Arab is a true son of the
desert, and so nomad; the Kabyle is also
nomadic, but can at the same time settle
down. Algeria is four-6fths the area of
France, and its total population 2Z mil
lions. There are 269,000 monogamists,
and Is, ,404 polygamists; there are 3167
separated wives, and 50, ,794 widows. The
six nationalities in Algeria are: French,
Anglo Maltese, Spaniards, Italians,
Germans and Swiss. The two latter do
not seem to acclimatize, and rarely
marry; the Spaniards succeed best in
point of sex; the women adapt them
selves better to the climate than the men
their death-rate being less. Fever is
the most dreadful disease, and tells more
severely on the civil than the military
population; for in the army few mala-
dies exist, and mental alienation is un-
known. Inc 0lHCulCleS IN Lne future OF
Algeria is to obtain new lands, either by
purchase or concession; the fear of in
surrection, thereby necessitating the
presence of large army, which in the
event of European war would have to
be recalled; the facilities for quitting
the colony in case of failure; climatic
influences. It is impossible to push the
aboriginals towards the desert, or to in
duce them to rally to the tri-color. Isla-
mism is the opposite of republicanism,
and ends in absolutism; however the
Kabyles, while the followers of the Ko-
ran, are essentially democratic. Renan
says the Kabyles constitute the only So
ciety where police, administration and
government cost nothing, and are made
by the people themselves. The Span
iards come from the Balearic Isles and
the towns of the coast of Spain; they
are chiefly kitchen gardeners, vine grow
ers and artisans; the Germans belong
almost exclusively to Bavaria. and Baden,
and are bankers and agriculturists.
There is this common fact to record
that in Algeria births among all the ma
nationalities are more prolific than in
old Europe. Sarahs even have chance.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-24

New YoRK's EsTHET1c LUNAoY.-Tbe
New York correspondent of the Syra-
cuse Journal writes: The aesthetic craze
seems to be at it's height. A single flower
of large size is now worn on the waist OF
lady's dress mot a bunch), because it
is in agreement with some rule of high
art. Another freak of fashion is to wear
an embroidered butterfly on one sleeve
of dress. Jewelry seems to run in the
form of snakes, lizards and the claws of
birds. A pretty girl wears bonnet made
of material fastened to one side with q
silver turkey claw. What are called
'stheatre bonnets" are made entirely of
flowers. One worn by lady of fashion
is composed of purple pansy, one
flower alone, the center of the flower be-
ing on top of the head, the purple and
yellow leaves dropping over her golden
hair. But usually these bonnets are
made of many flowers of kind, say
roses, violets and lilies OF the valley.
with a few green leaves, and are tied
with long lace strings under the chin.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-24
The President Tells a Story.

Perhaps the Presidents state of mind
may be discovered from a story he told
a friend who called upon him recently,
writes the Washington correspondent OF
the Providence Press. In 1875, when
the Democrats organized the House OF
Representatives for the first time after
the war, there was general clearing out
of old clerks to make places for the
friends of Democratic Congressman:
Two old attaches of the House, who had
held their places through many admins
trations, Mr.. Barclay, the journal clerk,
and DIR. Mahafy, one of the reading
clerks, supposed that Congress could not
get along without them, and that they
were not, therefore, in any danger of re-
moval Sitting in their arm-chairs in
their office, Gen. Garfield said, as they
blew the smoke from their cigars, they
congratulated each other:
"Well, it was to be expected that the
poor devils of under clerks would lose
their places, but we are solid. Adams,
the new Clerk of the House will never
be fool enough to turn us out.
But one day, as unexpectedly as
thunder from clear sky, came the an
nouncement that even Barclay and Ma
haffy had been removed. Both men inn
mediately put on their hats and went
over to Sanderson's in search of liquid
consolation. They drank confusion to
Clerk Adams and the whole Democratic
party, and chuckled and laughed as they
called up in Imagination the inextricable
tsngle into which the business of the
House would get as soon as they left
their desks; and finally, when
they were pretty full, they started
back to the Capitol arm in arm.
As they beat up against the wind across
the plaza, DIR. Mahaffy burst into an i'm
moderate laugh.
"I shay, Barclay" said he, won't it
be good joke when they come to us on
their bended knees and beg US to come
back and straighten things out?"
Just then Barclay, who didn't seem to
appreciate the joke very much, stopped.
Strengthened himself up, and, pointing
to the Goddess of Liberty on the dome
Of the Capitol, as he shook his infirm
finger at it, said:
"D'ye see her lhic) Mahafy? She
tottersi she tottersP'
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-24

Meal is finer than grain, women are
finer than men. There was never good
or i'll but women had to do with it.
Modesty is the beauty of women. like
not pullets becoming cocks. Take no
woman for wife in whom You cannot
find fiaw. Choose your wife as you
wish your children to be. Take bird
from clean nest. Choose the good
mothers daughter. were the devil her
father. If you take wife from hell,
she'll bring you home there. When you
see well-bred woman, catch her, catch
her; If you don't do it, another will
match her. Their own will to all men,
all their will to women. What woman
knows not she'll conceal. Harsh is the
praise that cannot be listened to; dark
are the danes that cannot be dallied with.
Where COW is, woman will be; where
woman is, temptation will be, (attrib-
uted to st. COLUMBIA. A mans wife is
his blessing or bone. II you wish to be
praised, die; If you wish to be decried,
marry. Who speaks i'll of his wife dis
honors himself. True or false, it will
injure woman. Warm is the mothers
breath.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-24

A TERRIBLE GIANT FROM NoRwAY.-A
New York dispatch of Wednesday says
that Capt. Burstadt, the Norway giant,
arrived yesterday via Boston. He said
that he came from the railroad station on
a truck, finding no hack to which he was
suitable. His gaiter boots were made in
England, and the one which he kindly
removed, at the request of the reporter,
must have weighed at least seven pounds.
A strong man could throw it from one
end of the boarding hall to the other, but
only with great exertion, and to employ
such an engine for the suppression of
back yard cat or other similar nuisance
would be barbarous and unnecessary.
The gold ring which he wears upon his
forefnger, and which the King of Sweden,
Mr.. Burstadt says, felt rich enough to
present him with, will readily admit of
the passage of silver dollar through it,
and when the giant spreads out his arms
tall man taking hold of one of his
hands may barely touch the palm Of the
other with an umbrella. He is thirty
six years old and unmarried.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-24
A Novel Sight.

The subjolned has been forwarded to
us as an authentic description of per-
haps the most remarkable costume worn
at the last drawing room: Lady Archi-
bald Campbell wore dresspf blue and
black Lyons velvet which was Ito use
the modiste term) cut La princesse ,and
relieved by a sashing on the left side of
the skirt IN silver-gray satin, the corsage
garnished with black Chantilly lace of
rare pattern; a band la gibeciers of
black velvet bearing small ecusson
shields, united by Gaelic knots in gold,
traversed the bust of the habit and was
secured en- traverse by silver fish-one
of the Campbell badges. The shields
ON the bands were charged alternately
with the cognizances of the Argyll
Campbells and the Callanders of Ard
kingIas and Craigforth in their proper
heraldic tints. A besace, or satchel, of
shield shape, emblazoned with the
quartering of the Argyll Campbells and
the Callanders of Ardkinglas and Craig
forth, was secured to the left side of the
dress by the badges of the fish and bog
myrtle. The satchel contained an an
tique lace handkerchief en- jabot. The
train was silver-colored satin, suspended
from the shoulders and attached to the
dress by the badges. On the train was
embroidered, en- applique, the ancient
and well-known coat of arms of
the Campbells of Argyll in subdued
colors; the shield, 5 feet long, supported
by its lions (gules, engle, argent was
surmounted by the wild boar (proper)
and beneath was the device, mo Oblivis-
caris," in sable letters on silver gray
phylactery. In the antique cloth OF
gold of the gyronny and in the cloth of
silver on which, as if on sea, foated the
galley of Lorne, there shone lustre
like the tints of an opal. The whole de-
sign was evidently conceived and exc
cuted after the style of the heraldic
achievements" of the fourteenth CEN
tury. The lions were indeed lions, and
bore no resemblance to the mawkish
"poodle dog" of the Georgion period of
heraldy. Every part of this dress was
executed with the same skill even to the
dainty slippers embroidered with the
shield lin miniature). The fan of silver
gray and black ostrich plumes was
mounted on an antique silver poniard,
or "skeandhu," which served as handle.
The bouquet, so obligatory in all mod
ern full dress, was of tawny red girodees
and silver gray girofees, carrying out
the color of the supporters and that of
the ''field" of the banner. We believe
that this is the first instance since the
end of the fifteenth century of a lady
appearing in court ceremony such as a
drawing-room with her heraldic cogniz-
ances forming the ornamentations of her
dress London Post.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-24

LOST IN THE FLAMES. Giovanna
Bettocchio, master saddler of Turin,
having been summoned to Nice by
business engagements, took with him his
only daughter, an intelligent child of Z,
whose fondness for music prompted her
father to purchase seats in the theater for
the performance which terminated SO
tragically. He secured places in the
front row of the gallery, and was occu
pying them with his little girl when the
alarm of fire rang through the house.
Snatching the child up in his arms, he
endeavored, and successfully, to break
through the panic-stricken crowd to the
gallery door, but during the struggle
the girl was torn from his grasp. By an
almost superhuman effort he contrived
to re-enter the gallery, by that time
plunged in all but total darkness, and
while cropping around among the over
thrown seats, caught hold of little girl,
insensible from fright, whom he carried
out into the street, fully believing her to
be his own daughter. She proved, how
ever, to be a strange child. Hastily set
ting her down on the pavement, he des-
perately fought his way for the second
time into the burning theater, from
which he never again emerged alive. His
charred corpse was found two days later
among the ruins of the gallery stairs.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-24
How the Hair should not be Worn.

The New York Times gives the ladies
some good advice in the following as to
how the hair should not be worn in
front: Fashions change gradually; un-
less they did they would not be followed,
for suddenness would demonstrate their
absurdity. The revolutions that they
make are not obvious until they have
been regarded through series of years.
The feminine mode of wearing the hair
at present is fair illustration. A good
while ago, when the rage for phrenology
had brought high foreheads into vogue,
the hair was brushed back from the
brow SO as to exhibit its fullest expanse.
The fashion was not pretty; it gave
women a bold, masculine, staring ex-
preston; but it continued with the inter
est in phrenology. Then women began to
dress their hair reasonably, letting it
shade the brow, as it ought to, instead of
pushing it off as far as possible.
They have of late been wearing it lower
and lower, until many now hide their
foreheads with it altogether. It is not
uncommon to see well-dressed women
whose hair, natural or false comes down
to their eyebrows; while others draw it
forward in such profusion as to give
them grotesque appearance. Most New
York women who. make any pretense to
fashion look as if they had no brows,
these being invisible on account of the
peculiar arrangement of their hair. They
are not content to depend upon nature
either. They decorate themselves with
front pieces of divers patterns, and by
their aid look as i'll as they well can. If
they knew just how they looked in the
eyes of good taste they would, we are
sure, alter the dressing of their hair.
Hiding their forehead in that manner be-
slows on them very insipid, not to say
imbecile expression. They might be
mistaken for South Sea islanders, and
candor compels us to say the intelligence
of some faces does not need toning down.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-24

PHILADEnPHIA's GENTILITY.-The idio-
syncrasy of Philadelphia, I should pro-
nounce, on the whole, to be its gentle
manhood. I know nothing of what may
be called Society in Philadel phia for
was school boy when I quilted it, and
have since, on rare occasions, spent only
a few hours here. But am very we'll
acquainted with most of its leading men,
and I have never known a moro un-
broken succession of serious, self-re-
specting persons. You find neither the
insolent frivolity nor the blase vacuity
of New York. The streets, the squares,
the dwellings,, are, indeed, humdrum.
The people, though uniform to degree
of proyincialism equal to our own, are
matter -of-facts. sensible, decorous. They
are welded to their institutions.-H Henry
Watterson in the Courier-J Jouenal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-24
%.Rupture
CURED
From q Merchant.

DAYTON, w. T., Feb. 10, 1879.
". j. Horne, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss Co.. 7O2 Market street, San Francisco-Sir:
The Truss purchased of you about one year ago
has proved miracle to me. have been ruptured
forty years, and worn dozens of different kindsiof
Trusses, all of which haye ruined my health,
they were injurious to my back and spine;
Your valuable Truss is as easy as an old shoe and
ia worth hundreds of dollars to me, as it affords
me- SO much pleasure. can and do advise ali,
both ladies and gentlemen, afflicted, to buy and
wear your modern improved Elastic Truss imme
diately. meyer expect to,be cured, but am sat-
iyied and happy with the comfort it gives me 70
wear it. 1t was the best $40 ever invested in
my life. You can refer any one to me and will
be glad to answer any letters on its merits.
Iremain, yours respectfully,
n r RIJNN ELL
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-24
SAN FRArcrsco, March 8, 1879.

SAN FRANCISCO Marcn o, IolS.
". j. Horne, Esq.-Sir You ask my opinion
Of the relative merits of your Patent Elastic Truss
=. connared with otheI kinds that have been
ested under my observation, and in reply | frank
" state that from the time my attention was first
called to their simple, though highly me
chanical and philosophical construction, together
with easy adjustlbility to persons of all Sizes
ages and forms. add this testimony with spe-
cal pleasure, that the several persons who have
applied to me for aid in their especial cases OF ru
ture, and whom have advised to use yours, all
acknowledge their entire satisfaction, and consld
er themselve. highly favored by the possession
of one of the improved Elastic Truss.
Yours truly, BARLOW j. SMITH, M. u.
Proprietor Hygenic Medical Institute,
e2s California street. San Franosco
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-24
Latest Medical Endorsements.

MART1NEz, CAL, Feb. IT, 1879
". j. Horne, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss Co., 702 Market street, S. F.-Sir: In re-
gard to yo1r California Elastic Truss, would say
that have carefully studied its mechanism, ap-
piled it in practice and do not hesitate to say that
Tor all purposes for which Trusses are worn it is
the best Truss ever offered to the public
Yours truly, j. H. CAROTHERS, NJ. D..
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A REMARKABLE CURE.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26, 1879.
W j. Horne, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss, 7O2 Market street, San Francisco-Slr l
am truly grateful to you for the wonderful CURE
your valuable truss has effected on my little BOY.
The double truss purchased from you has PER-
FECTLY CURED him of his painful rupture on
both sides in little over six months. The steel
truss he had before bought yours caused him
cruel torture, and it was happy day for us all
when he laid it aside far the CALIFoRN1A ELIAS
TIC TRUSS. am sure that all will be thankful
who are providentially led to give your truss
trial. You may refer any one to me on this sub
iact Yours truly. VIM. PERU,
63S Sacramento Street.
This is to certify that have examined the son
of VIM. Peru, and find him PERFECTLY
CURED of hernia on both sides.
L. DEXTER LYFORD, M. D.,
Surgeon and Physician.
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Price List.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1881-02-10
ENRICH Bios. of Eighth Avenue

ENRICH Bros, of Eighth Avenue
New York, are out betinles with the
New Premium I,ist of Ehrich's FttshiO,
Qt,arter{y for 1881; and it is astonish.
ing to see what ample inducements
they are able TO offer to canvasscrs
Their system of combination sub.
scription premiums Is highly ingenious
and renders il possible for an cncrSt "a
canvasser to obtain Il handsome cash
remuneration f,T his OF her labor.
Among the new premiums are some
very beautiful illuminated Scripture
Tablets air,i Cards, which will be APP
preciated by all Interested in Sunday
School aud Church work.
Accompanying the Premium List Is
an interestings pamphlet entitled.
shopping In New York; which gives
an animated description of the system
and economy of u great New York
store, rs well as an illustrated price
list of u host of articles of general
necessity, which may be ordered by
mail or express A genuine novelty,
introduced for the first time in this
pamphlet, Is the system of furnishing
unmade dresses In certain styles, of
which Illustrations are given. For n
fixed price, the purchaser receives the
pattern and the entire material for
making up, including lining, sewing
silk, buttons, and, in short, everything
but the needle and thimble. The ad-
vantage OF this system, to a lady who
wishes to do her own sewing, is
obvious.
I The two pamphlets can be obtained
by sending a postal card with the ad-
dress tn Enrich Bros, 2S5 to 295 Eighth
Avenue, New York +
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1881-02-10

Movements are being made III
various portions of the State, advocat.
ing return to the old system ofcounty
Superintendents Of Schools. We be-
lieve return to the former plan would
be best.
The Literary Society, of Nirvana,
debated the question as to whether
the bible was written from divine in
spiration or not-last Tuesday even
ing.
r. b. Sheridan, the excellent and
popular merchant tailor of Hersey,
was in town again, Monday night,
taking more orders for suits.
Pleasant Plains Township Board
have given an extension till next
Tuesday to the taxpayers to con-
tribute to the general fund.
The residence of John Lowe, Lud-
ington, was destroyed by fire, one
week ago Saturday morning. Loss,
ST. 1850; insured for $3.50.
The February number of Arthur's
Magazine is u good one. But then
the same may be said of every issue of
that model periodical.
Pretty cold last week, Wednesday
and Friday mornings; with mercury
ranging down from "A to 80 degrees be-
low zero.
Some of the people of Ludington are
moving for abolishing the Board Of
Supervisors in Mason county.
1t il believed that the wheat crop is
all right, so far, by reason of the large
body of snow.
Next Monday Is st. Valentines Day.