The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-11-24

Wise and Otherwise
When luck knocks at the door it often
finds the man inside too lazy to lift the latch
IF silence is golden, there are some men
in America who will never resume specie
payment until they are dead.
Hair brushes are best cleaned by washing
them in soda water, which removes all the
oily coating.
Some wiseacre in physiology has discov-
cred that person should always lie on the
right side. But what are you going to do
if you are editing a democratic newspaper.
ga man never realizes the littleness of his
own abilities 80 much as when, after black
ing his own boots, he is greeted by the first
boy he meets with the customary ''shine:"
Baker City recently lived tax to build
a school house. Out of seventeen votes
against the tax only five spelled the word
correctly. "Tacks" was the way it was
most frequently spelled. ......
The body OF a man was found recently
near Freeport w. T., with eleven buck shot
wounds in him, and was supposed to have
been murdered for his money.
Mr.. Jasper Meierhan, of New Castle,
came over from Skies last week. He re-
ports that iron ore has been discovered in
large lodges in the Skies country.
Coal and limestone are also found in large
Quantities in the above section.
Miss Gertrude Wolford was thrown from
a buggy and killed, about four miles from
Silverton, Marion county. recently.
Mr.. Chss. Hodge, of Portland, passed
through Oakland recently on business con-
nected with the Cinnaoar mines.
At an annual reunion of teachers at Rose
burg among other things they passed the
following resolution.
RESOLVED That we tender our thanks to
Prof. McElroy for his zeal in the cause of
education, and that we wish him abundant
success in his labors in improving the public
school system of Oregon.
Portland is promised. a $500, 600 hotel as
soon the necessary groud is secured.
Five men by the name of VIM. H. Ken
nedy claim to have been elected coroner of
New York.
There are 2,67l Yonng Mems Christian
Associations in the world, S24 of which are
in the United States.
The suit of Samuel Wilkeson against
Henry Ward Beecher, for breach of contract
in not completing the "Life of Christ, after
receiving $4,000 as an advance payment,
is on trial in New York.
The steamship Westphalia collided with
an unknown steamer off the English coast
On Monday night, and it is feared the latter
was lost with all on board. The West
phalia was badly damaged, but reached
Portsmouth.
belligerent Alaska Indians recently by she'll
ing their village and destroying it. Several
savages were killed. The severe lesson was
needed because the Indians had been guilty
of many acts of cruelty toward the whites
Frank James is lionized at Independence,
Mo. His cell is fitted up like palace and
he is royalty fed, admiring and sympathiz-
ing citizens having subscribed funds for his
benefit. When person calls to see James,
he must send his card to the prisoner. If he
il man of distinction, he is admitted; 9th
erwise he is informed that James is indis-
posed and cannot receive company. This
coddiing and pampering Of a murderer and
bandit can have nothing but bad influence
on the rising generation.
The potato crop having failed in the coun-
ties of Donegal, Glare and Roscommon, in
Ireland, q famine is imminent. and the au-
thorities state that the prospect was never
worse since the famine in 1916.
The dead letter Office is improperly
named. It fs anything but dead. It is the
great sea into which 10 poured every imagin-
able thing which people ever handle and is
= regular, curiosity shop. Money received
here FROM stray letters ranges from SIS, 900
TO 100000 per year. Nearly half the
amount is never returned to owners because,
ior various causes, they cannot be found.
Some idea of the articles accumulated may
be gained when it is stated that the list.
including wearing apparel of all kinds),
embraces 2,2l9 miscellaneous articles. 1876
pieces of iewelry, some very valuable
1875 books, treating on almost every sub
ect, 269 chromos, 2l7 pieces of sheet music,
md 102 stereoscopic views.