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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-06-01
WHAT THEY NEEDED.

The father and mother together sat
Their visages puckered with care
Pondering what they should do with their girls,
Their girls with the auburn hair
"They play and they Sing, and they dance she said
"And they sketch With pencil and pen; "a.
They speak the German and French and draw"
ooh, yes! but they don't draw men,
And here they all stick" the old man growled,
"With their gabble of French and Dutchg'
And he gave the poodle beneath his chair
A prod with the end Of his crutch.
.'But what can they do that is usefuiY he yelled
With an oath that really was shocking;
"Can they sew, OF sweep, or COOK or clean,
Or darn the hole ih O stocking7"
"Darn the hole in their stockings!' she cried,
With half hysterical shrek;
"Ah, no, indeed! what the poor girls need
Is thorough knowledge of Greek!'
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-06-01
rage,

Big buckles are all tho rage.
Red in moderate quantities give fine
dash of bright color TO black, gray, pale
blue and scru dresses.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-06-01
THE YAQUINA HOUSE!
KELSAY & H0LGATE,
Attorneys at = Law.

i Col. kelsay and myself have formed a copartner-
ship in the practice of the law. The COPs ex-
perence at the Bar and the Bench and his studious
habits is sure guarantee that all business intrusted
70 in the line of suits actions in Court will be
well attended to-
will continue other business and give prompt
attention to the as heretofore Such Collect
ing Beng Notary Public will attend to convey
Yncing in all its branchss, Deeds Mortgages, Real
and Chattel. Leases, Releases, Powers of attorney
Contracts &c. &c. Buy sell and lease Real Estate
both farms and town property, collect rents, ne
gotiate loans search and examine titles, and gen
eral age ncy business. ,:s . =.
Am now in brick buliing and have FIRE proof safe
for the safe keeping Of notes and other valuable
papers left for collection &c. -. =, u
s0nice in Burnetts new BRICK first door at head Of
stairs. ,
l9:15tf E. HOLGATE
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-06-01
Capital Stock = 1875, 900

Parties desiring safe and profitable investment
should call or write for information at once.
Messrs. Bufcrd & Waggnor are agents for the
Company in Corvallis and can give information on
value to persons seeking frst-clsss investments
20-l1m2
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-14
Biographical.
Elevated Railway Journal.

Elevated Railway Journal.
 Talleyrand died in rS,S. and by his will tixed the publications of his memoirs thirty years after his death. Forty-five years have elapsed since the demise of the great diploma;ist, bu; his memoirs have not yet appeared, nor do we think the world is likely to be soon gratihed by their publication. Some years ago the heirs of the great man were in nego,ia- ton with publishers. concerning the memoirs. but nothing was done. It was said that the late Emperor of France of- fered an immense sum for their suppress sion.
 James Porter was known for many years as the Kentucky giant. He died st Louisville, in that State. in 1859. He was a native of Ohio. and attained the stature of seven feet nine inches. When Charles Dickens was passing through Louisville. he sent message 10 Porter. iniimatlng a wish 10 see him. The giant replied by saying that. ' If Mr. Dickens wishes 10 see me more than to see him, he wil come 10 me" The novel.s, took the hint. called on the giant. and during the conversation heard. with some surprise. l4tt NtEt1C kiiC giant was a siriplins. and growing. his mother had to sew foot on his panta- looms every night.
 De Tocqueviile was an erninen; French lawyer. who was sent 10 this country with his friend, De Beaumont, by Louis Philippe, in order to repor: upon the peni,entiary system of this country To this visit we are indebted for his oele- bra,ed book. Democratic en Amerique, which appeared in 1855. De Toeque- vile was an acute and philosophic ob- server of men and things, and his work was received with extraordinary applause American Statesmen recognized in the Frenchman an enlightened traveller. who always friend to liberal principles and Republican institutions. had candoI enough to point out the many defects and shortcomings of cur system of gov. ernnen;. De Toequeville died i.: April, ISsc
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-14
THE DEVIL AND THE LAWYERS.

The Deyi! came up to the earth one day, And into a courthouse he wended his way. las, as an attorney. with very grave face, Was proceeding to argue the points Tn case. Nos. lawyer his Devilship never had seen, For 10 ms dominioas RoRe ever had been. And he felt very curious the reason 10 know, Why none had been sent 10 the reglons
 below. Twas the fault of his agent, his magesty
 thought, Why none Of those sharpers had ever been
 caught; And for his o~n pleasure he had desire To come 10 the earth and the reason inquire. We'll. the lawyer who rose with visage so
 grave, Made ou. his opponent conssmmate knAve And the Devil was, certainly. greatly amused To hear the attorney so reundly abused. As soon as the speaker had come 10 close, The counsel opposing hin fercely arose. Add heApcd such abuse on the head of the That made him a villain, of all men, the
 worst. Thus they quarrelled, con,ended, and argued
 co long, Twas hard 10 determine the one tha, was And, concluding he'd heard quite enough s'
 the fuss, ~0id Nick" turned away. and soliloquired,
 thus: If ali they have said of each other be true. The Devil has surely been robbed of his due Bu, I'm satisfied now, lis ali very well, For those lawyers would ruin tke morals Of
 Hell. They've puzzled the court with their vil-
 lAinous eayil, And I'm free to confess, they have maddled
 the Deyli. siy agents are right. 10 let lawyers alone. Forf had thcsi. they'd swindie me out c.
 nIy throne"
 -t'4ysssmbersi EIeAazSe
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-14
A Tender Spot Touched.
Brooklyn Eagle.


 " l don't suppose you allow any one to g. over the bridge yet" said country man. addressing one of the wor,nen on the E.as, river bridge
 :. Not yet. said the workman.
 Well, thought I'd just ike ter kinder walk up ter the topo the tower 'un look the thing over. l suppose you wouldn't mind"
 No one allowed on any par; of the bridge" said the workman.
 live heard tell a good deal bout this bridge. and since l thought was a stranger in the city
 We have had too many people both ering us already" said the workman, " ard the boss won't allow any more in- side the gates
 Well, that's kinder tough on a man what's come nigh onto seventy-ive miles to see that bridge. Now, l expect you feel mighty high when ye get up there Mus, be over loo fee, ter the top of that big tower
 -Four or five hundred" said the work man.
 Do tell" said the coun,ryman. " Now expect as I'd ge, giddy-like if went up there. don't mind runnin the risk. though.
 Can, be done. said the workman. |" Dead against orders"
 You don't happen to be drnkin man. do you:" asked the coun,ryman, winking. and poking his hand into hi. pocket. "'Cos if you do. I'd like to have you drink my"
 "You needn't expect 10 bribe us." said the workman. We're used to that sort of thing, and the best thing you can do is 10 dust right out.'
 Dust what:"
 Get. Move on
 When will you be ready to receive visitors, anyway asked the country man.
 Not in months yet"
 "Now, that's too all-hred bad," said the countryman. " Afore Jeff hum, Eliza says she. Zekle, if you com hum from York without crossin' tha. bridge, you hain't no husband of mine no more It's your big chance to become famous in our village says she. an you haint got drop of go or snap in ye, if you don't take advantage of it. Now, stranger, be you married man
 II ann" said the workman.
 Then you can understand how I'm pl-"
 |" Go across sad the workman, step- ping aside" and allowing the country man to pass on to the bridge.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-14
AN APOLOGY.

The editor of this paper was requested to read poem before the Eclectic society of Little Rock. Being unable to meet his obligations, something not entirely new to him either, by the way, he sent the following apology, which was read by Mir. H. H. Bein to a mournful and inn patient audience:
 Will you please express to the Eciec- uc society my regret at not being able to comply with my former acceptance of a poetic invitation. Illness at home. and the necessary discharge of seri- ous duties at THE TRAvELER office. keep me from erecting my awkward anatomy in the centre of your intellectual circle. and completely paralyring the au- dience. At one time l sat down to re- eeive dactyiic inspiration, but 1 soon found that my work of carrying in stove wood, keeping the cats out of the dining room, driving the COWS out of the yard, and hopping in grotesque didoes at the imperious command of the children, could not, in view of keeping my nervous system normal. be neglected
 sympathize with the Eclectic society, and with the railway presidents who, in sight of the approaching exercises-or obsequies, if the term be of truer mean ing-granted special rates to visitors. The managers of the "' Frisco line," who SO eommendably showed their road to completion, when they heard of my cleo ton as poet laureate of Arkansaw. also have my sympathy. To know that aeA hAA, eha Env ~r commercial and intellectual disappoint- ment plunges me into a depth of gloom whose shadow l fear will hang around me for many days After all, though, I do not know but that have better discharged my duty than if had produced what the versifier might term a poem. The aver age poem IS very uninteresting piece of work. When read in pu blic it is listened to by courtesy. Its struggled fire, as- sured sentiment and worm-eaten diction, all unite in discredit to the author and weariness to the audience. Poetry is slowly declining, and have no desire to aid in its downfall. Al one time in the worlds history. man who went around with songs, ginger cakes and flute, may have made name which the cultivated generations of slowly creeping ages re- membered. but do no, deserve such per petuity. cannot sing. haven't the money 10 buy ginger cakes, and am rather trem- ulous on the flute. In serious considera- ton of all these leadsn-hu ed facts, think my quiet withdrawal from a held into which fools rush when angels fear to enter, adds enjoyment and q distinctive tone to your anniversary occasion. The fact. however. tha. do TO; rush in does no, prove that am . seraphim; neither does t prove tha, am not fool. lcan- not lay claim to either distinction.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-14
Vulgar Habits.
Exchange.

Asking questions. private and personal, is vulgar habit, and telling your own business, which no one wants to know, is another. Asking the cost of a present that has been made to you, loud talking in public. hard staring a, table, insolent disrespect to husband. wife, sister or brother, showing temper in trifes, and making scenes in public. showing an en- bsTassing amount of fondness, and mak- ing love in public. covert sneers, of which people can see the animus, If they do not always understand the drift persistent egosism. which talks forever of itself. and cannot even feign the mos, passing i'm teres, in another. detraction of friends, and ii may be, of relatives, husband telling of his unpleasantnesses, wife complaining of her husbands faults, the bold assumption of superiority, and the ser,ile confession of infini,e rnwor,hi- ness-all these are signs and evidences of yulgaris'-vulgar;,y of a far worse type than that which eats is fsh wi,h a steel knife. and says, You was and Each of the men were
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-14

" Is anybody waiting or you ?" said a poi.Se dsy gooos clerk 10 young lady irca: the country. Yes. sir" replied the blashing daasel :. that's my fellow outside; he wouldn't come n the store. -C C1ii1Es
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-14
Is Natures sacred promise given Of life beyond the skies.

Mourn not, in life and death they teach This thought-this truth sublime There's no man free, except he reach
 Beyond the verge of time So, beckoning up the starry slope,
 They bid our souls to live; And, flooding all the world with hope, Have taught us 10 forgive.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-14
Its light, it's beauty, all my own.
 And imaged only in my heart.

The flower love lifts not it's face
 For other eyes than mine to see; And. having lost that sacred grace. 'Twould have no other chasm VI for me. The hopes bear, the joys t.feei,
 Are silent, secret and serene: Pure is the shrine al which I kneel, And purity herself my queen.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-14

Bat ever hear m unter;onc- \ subtle. sorToWfu!. crGless moan, The dying note oi funeral bell. Fhc ia!iersag s.sh ot a las, farewell; And ever l see. through luTlt haze. The soinbrc phanioms oi other days. In light that's sad as the ruin i; fre,s- The solemn lgh, oi ] suasha, sets
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-11-08
The SOul's LOngings.

There are the longings of the head for
knowledge, and the heart for feeling, and
the whole moral being for conformity and
obedience; there is the forgetting the
things which are behind and pressing for
ward to those which are before. And
among the things which are behind are
many past attainments and victories; they
seemed great to US at the time-they seem
small to us now. We forget them only in
sense, for we remember with gratitude
how such victories were gained, how we
helped to gain them; we see how they be-
came starting points. For the moment
they satisfied the soul, for they had come
up to the souls point Of life at the time;
but the soul went on-by the law Of its be-
ing it could not tarry-and Immediately
there was presented to it a fresh attain
ment, and for that attainment it longed.
These are some of the longings of the soul
its paintings, thirstings, breakings, faint
ings. The believer has experience of them
all, and though they are accompanied Of
tentimes with much that is trying to flesh
and blood, still they are outputs and. evil
dences of spiritual life, essential accompani-
ments of the condition in which we now
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-11-08
Tarring a Rat.

Rats are wonderfully clean animals, and
they dislike tar more, perhaps, than any
thing else, for if it once gets on their jack
cts they find it most difficult to remove it.
Now, l had heard it mentioned that pour
ing tar down at the entrance of their holes
was a good remedy also placing broken
pieces of glass by their holes was another
remedy But these remedies were not eff
fective. The rats may leave their old holes
and make fresh ones in other parts of the
house they don't, however, leave the
premises for good. thought l would try
another experiment-one l had not heard
of before. One evening set large wire
cage rat trap, attaching inside most Sc
ductive piece Of strong smelling cheese,
and next morning found, to my satisfac-
tion, that 1 had succeeded in trapping a
very large rat, one of the largest had ever
seen, which, after / had besmeared him
with tar, / let loose into his favorite run.
The next night tried again, and succeed
ed in catching another equally big fellow,
and served him in the same manner. I
could not follow those two -besmeared
rats into their numerous runs to see what
would happen, but it is reasonable to as
sumo that they either summoned together
all the members of their community, and
by their crestfallen appearance gave their
comrades silent indications of the misfor-
tune which had so suddenly befallen
them; or that they had frightened their
brethren away, for they one and all for
sock the place and fled. The experiment
was eminently successful. From that day
in 1875 till now, 1883, my house, ancient
though it is, has been entirely free from
rats; and l believe there is no remedy
equal to this one, if you can catch your rat
alive. They never come back to the house
again.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-11-08
Lengthening Short Women,

The London World tells of a new con-
trivance for making ladies taller. The
woman who is to undergo this process is
encased in very tight corset, and her feet
are placed in shoes weighted with fifty
pounds of lead each. Sheis then placed in
machine consisting of ring, which en-
circles her waist, and is suspended from
the ceiling at such height as to prevent
her feet from touching the ground. The
pressure of the corset forces the upper part
of her body upward, and the weight of the
shoes stretches her from the waist down
ward. 1t is estimated that the extreme
length to which the spine can be stretched
by the process thus described is two inches,
and that the knee and hip joints can be
stretched an inch and half more. Thus
three inches and half can be added to
the height of almost any woman who has
the courage to undergo the trouble and
pain necessarily connected with a stretch
ing process lasting, with brief intervals,
during i've or six months.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-11-08
The BenevOlence of Ex-senator
Davis.

The portly statesman receives this en-
pondent of the Philadelphia Record: :
David Davis was not the meanest man
in Washington while he lived here. He
did not live at third-rate hotel, nor did
he haggle with the pie-woman at the Capt.
tol. These statements, like many more of
the same sort, originated with some of
that very numerous class of men who
know all about Washington without hav-
ing been there. They are not trammeled
by facts. David Davis is very careful
man. His prudence has given him his
fortune. He did not live at the most fash
ianable hotel in Washington, although he
had pleasant rooms at one of the best, and
he did eat apple pie for lunch sometimes
at stand in the Senate corridors. But his
big body carries big heart as well as big
brain, and know Of dozens Of cases where,
after proper investigation. he put his big
hand into his big pocket-book and drew
out big money! as they say in Kentucky,
for the good OF his unfortunate neighbors.
So careful was Judge Davis that no word
of any of these helpful acts should creep
into the newspapers that only one case was
ever publicly alluded to. 1t was that of
ragged little newsboy whom the Judge
picked up on the steps of the Capitol, cold
and hungry, one clustering winter day
Judge Davis bought his wet and dirty
newspapers, filled his empty stomach,
clothed his naked form, put something in
his pocket for the next day, and stopped
his thanks with big hand. Judge Davis
is as hard as fiint-rock in the presence Of
fraud and humbug, and soft as wool to the
unfortunate and distressed
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-11-08
Helena, Montana, Thursday, November 8, 1883.
THE YELLOW CHIEF.
A Southern Brigadier's Opinion Of
General Custer.
Correspondent Cincinnati News. Journal. |

Correspondent Cincinnati News Journal
The other man was little fiaxen- haired
knight-errant who, when he ought to have
been singing love songs on the Rhine, was
teaching lot of Michigan lumbermen 20
ride like centaurs and fight like devils,
and his name was General G. A. Custer.
He was dapper little tawdy-haired thun-
derbolt, who loved his saber like a nun
does the Virgin Mary, and he was never
happy unless he was using it. He went at
fight like It was backwoods frolic, and
had an infectious kind of courage like the
smallpox, and all of his mem caught a
dangerous case of it. l knew him to my
sorrow at Opequan, and at Bunker Hill
and Perryville, Charleston and Darkes-
vile, and worst of all, at Winchester, on
September 19, 1864. Some Of our cavalry
couldn't or wouldn't amuse him, and he
had to charge infantry every day or two to
keep his nerves quiet. In my judgment
he was the cavalry man of the war, and
worth more to the Union cause than all the
other cavalry commanders. We learned to
know him and his ways in the valley Of
Virginia, even knew the whistle of the
two Internal little pieces of light artillery
he had with his brigade, and we knew
that braver man or better soldier never
lived. wish space allowed me to say
more of him, for l feel that this short no
tice does not do justice to the little hero.
After the war / met him here, and he
made practice of coming down every
year. His methods of love were the same
as in war, and men and women here loved
him even before the bitter feelings were
gone for he was as typical a Kentuckian
as could be found. He loved horse,
woman and a mint julep; was ready to
fight or frolic and the fellow that called
him on four aces always found him with
straight flush or navy pistol in his hand.
He lived like troubador and died like a
knight Of the round table, and so long as
heroism is virtue, and manly courage is
commendable, every American will be
proud of his achievements, be he rebel or
be he Yank.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-11-08
KING KIRBY M'CANN.

In the halls of our fathers enraptured we stand,
When King Kirby McCann owned both castles
and land,
And was worth fifty millions and more.
With his sword in his hand,
Dvil a man in the land
Dare meet him in fair, open fight;
For with one mighty blow
He laid fifty men low
And put whole army to flight.
With his ten barreled gun
He bored holes in the sun,
And his eye the eagles was quick;
For the gay old galoot,
Round the corner could shoot,
And xii forty men at a lick.
He was fifteen feet high
Pom me sowl, tits no lie
And he weighed half a ton, every pound;
And when he would spake.
The whole shanty would shake,
As though earthquakes were hopping around.
Bedad he could dance
Like master from France;
And, when he stepped jigs, arrah! sure
He'd shake the whole house,
AS a cat shakes mouse,
And he'd bust every boord in the fture
'Tis thus in the halls of our fathers we stand,
And we dream of the bright days OF yore
When King Kirby McCann, with his sword In
his hand,
A crown like a coal scuttle wore.
And tears big as overgrown pumpkins OFT start,
And our rubicund noses grow wan,
Like a steam whistles scream comes sign from
the heart,
When we think on King Kirby McCann.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-11-08
The Louisville Girl.
Springfield Republican.

1t is easy enough to distinguish Louis
vile man or woman after one has lived
there short time. The Louisville woman
is famous; must say | think her decid-
edly ahead of the Louisville man n-young
man, mean The Louisville woman is
beautiful as she is intelligent. Her world
is not large one but she gets the most
possible out of it. She is generally more
or less of a coquette, but what beautiful
woman is not? Her dainty fingers are not
soiled by handling clay to make bad pot
terry, and she makes no pretense of devot-
ing herself to an emasculated art, as the
women of Cincinnati do She reads good
deal, thinks little, is well bred, and
rather independent, but not OF trousers
No, she cannot exist without men. She
dresses exceedingly well-in this weather
in bewitching white gowns with tight
fitting white sleeves and translucent cover
ing of the shoulders and neck, sometimes
rather more than neck. The Louisville
girl is rather ephemeral, but by no means
useless. She serves as a wholesome cor
rective to the men.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-11-08
A Singular Local Option Law.

The Georgia Legislature is trying the
virtues Of local option in settlement of the
dog question. In some parts of the State
dogs are great nuisance, on account of
their sheep-killing propensities: in others
there are no sheep to be killed, and the
hunters want to employ the dogs in gun
ming AS the Legislature could not draft
law to suit the opposing interests, it has
relegated the whole matter to the counties,
each of which will decide for itself between
the sheep and the dogs, just as people in
the counties of Northern States have been
required to determine for or against licenses
for the sale of liquor