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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-12-25
The Power Of Merphine..
From the Boston Post.

From the Boston, Post.
A storekeeper, in q certain New
Hampshire town has Cor some days
been on the verge of having 'em,. and
has been letting up onwhisky and tax
ing morphine powders. The other
night some Of the boys Killed a rattle
snake and caught two or three striped
snakes, a couple OF frogs, a turtle or
two, and about dusk set them IN front
of thestore Thenthe storekeeperwas
quietly inveigled! to- the door and Led
INTO conversation Presently his eye
alighted on one OF the snakes. Look
ing about he saw another. But he
kept on,with the. conversation. Then
a turtle caught bis eye, and then a
frog, and then another snake. But he
never weakened 81 bit till he saw the
RATHER twined around lamp-post.
That settled him. e&You must excuse
me a minute" he said, and he went
into the store. and took a morphine
powder. While he WAS gone the boys
took the snakes away. He came back,
took satisfied look around, and said,
"Morphine's>a great thing, isn't its"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-12-25
From, the Town Records, of Sa-
lem, Mass.

The town, records of Salsna contain
some qnaint and curious. entries, as
that in July, 1914, ''that twoe be ap-
pointed every Lords day to walk
forth in time of Gods worshippe, to.
take notice ofsuch as either lye about
the meeting-house OF that lye at home
or in the fields, and to take account
of such and present them to the mag
istrate." In 1876: "Three consbac
bles areto be at the three great doors
of the meeting house, and allow none
to, 90 out until the exercises are finish
ed. One constable. is to keep the dogs
out OF the meeting house." In 1894:
saTo keep people from sleeping in ser
vice time a man was appointed that
wholly tended with a short stubbed
stick, having at one end knob and at
the other foxtail, with which ne
would stroke the women>s faces that
were drowsy and with the other would
knock unruly dogs and men who were
| asleep" ."-Correspondence n. !. Evan.
gelist.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-12-25
THE WIFE'S REVERE.

From a SAKE Holm story-"Farmef Bas
sett's Romance"
O heart of mine, is our estate
Our sweet estate of ioy-assured?
1t came so slow, it came so late,
Brought by such bitter pains endured;
Dare we forget those sorrows sore
And think that they will come no more?
With fearful eyes l scan my face,
And doubt how he can find it lair;
Wistful, watch each charm and grace
| see that other women wear;
OF all the secrets OF loves lore,
know but one-to love him more!
l see each day he grows more wise,
His life is broader far than mine;
I must be lacking in his eyes
In many things where others SHINE.
o heart! can we this loss restore
To him by simply loving moref
/ often see upon his brow
A look half tender and half stern;
His thoughts are far away, know;
To fathom them | vainly yearn;
But nought is ours that went before
O heartI we can but love him more!
/ sometimes think that he had loved
An older, deeper love, apart
From this which later, feebler moved
His soul to mine. o heart! 0 heart!
What can we do? This hurteth sore,
Nothing my heart but love him more!
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-12-25
Personal Mention.

Ex-President Hayes is said to be
much annoyed by the frequent letters
he receives asking for information on
questions about poultry and eggs.
There are over fifty ladies in Mime
apolis who each pay taxes on $780,
900 worth of property.
Washington Irving, so the story goes,
once said to a lady friend "Don't be
too anxious about the education OF
your daughters. They will do very
well; don't teach them so many things;
teach them one thing; teach them to
be easily pleased"
"For fifty-three years." says Gen.
Toombs, "my dear wife was my con-
stant friend, companion, and adviser.
We Travelled four continents of the
world together and visited many IS
lands OF the seas. Now she is waiting
for me, with the same sweet faith she
so well illustrated here"
Lord Duferin, says the Calcutta Her
aid, is of opinion that the diplomacy
of the world will soon be in the hands
of Americans. Nearly every member
of the diplomatic corps who gets to
Washington, tries to bring home an
American wife.
Mrs. Lockwood, who ran for Pres
ident last year, Announces, by au-
thority, that "woman is coming to
the 'front.' Where in the world has
woman been all this time, before
Belva came?
Mrs. Langtry is said to pay her hus'
band monthly salary for keeping his
distance. Agood many wives would be
glad to be able to secure an apartness
on the same terms, though not, it
may be hoped, for the same reasons.
1t is related of the late Stanley Hunt
lev, humorist, about whom there has
been much newspaper gossip, that
while mere boy he set about cultl-
waiting his imagination, adopting de-
vices that were sometimes decidedly
startling. One ofhis favorite methods
was to smoke through the bones OF a
skeleton. The skeleton stood upright
in his fathers study, and young Hunt
ley putting a pipe between the jaws OF
the thing and his own arm around the
bony waist, would puff at the pipe by
means of stem twining down among
the ribs. Seated thus, he would read
such tales as the "Gold Bug" but he
never became an Edgar Allan Poe.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-12-25

A brief, fierce run and the race was
deciced; the Apaches had overtaken
the fugitive. The troopers saw the
mustang and its rider, his hair and
cloak no longer flying, surrounded by
the red men who had captured them
beyond all chance of escaping.
Still Captain Burnham and his men
pressed forward, but in a short time
not an Indian was visible; their match.
less mustangs had carried them and
their captive beyond reach.
There was much of the Roman
sternness in the character of Capt.
Burnham, when, finding it was a hop :
less chase, he wheeled his horse, and
gave the order to withdraw. The
troopers galloped down the gorge IN
silence, their mustangs streaming
with perspiration and foam, for the
dav was a. scorching one, even for that
latitude, and the beasts had been
forced to the uttermost verge of endur-
ance.
"Halloo! halloo!"
The squad of cavalry were near the
point where the gorge reopened into
the valley, when they were halted by
the sight OF bareheaded figure, stand
ing I1OUlOIllGSS dIlu WctFiiiS llo e"i Ai' 81
if to attract their notice. A second
glance made known the astounding
fact that it was young Jack Burnham.
A minute later he was clasped IN the
arms of his overioyed father, and his
wonderful story was told.
Despair was in his harrt ashe wheel
ed his mustang into the gorge, but at
the critical moment, Zidda, the young
Apache, ran out from behind the
rocks, and, finging up his hands,
called to him in Spanish to halt:
In twinkling, Zidda explained that
he meant to take the place OF the
fugitive. The cloak ofJack was trans
ferred to his shoulders, his sombrero
clapped on his crown. the young In
dian vaulted upon the back OF the
painting steed, and called out:
Glide YOURSELF do this for thecup
of water''
In what manner Zidda made his
explanations to and peace with his
vengeful country-men will probably
never be known, but that he succeed
ed is proven by the fact that he was
seen and spoken to by Jack Burnham
himself more than a year latter.
EDWARD S. ELLIS.
, 1885-05-26
MIR. GLADSTONE AND WOMAN
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Tho English Kos.a,.s Smeraoe jon.
nal autbori,a;;velv defines tbe att;,nde n,
the prime minister toward the bill to ex.
tend the parliamentary franchise 70 women,
We arc enabled TO announce. on informa.
ton Of the most indubitable kind. that il
is the intention of Mr.. Gladstone to vote
for the second reading of the bill to ex-
tend the parliamentary franchise to wo.
men. indicating. however. his desire for a
scheme for enabling women TO record
their votes by proxy. similar to the ar.
rangement which is supposed TO be in
force in Italy.
To the minds Of our readers, ms to our
own, il will doubtless appear that the FIRST
part of this announcement is the all-im.
porsan. one. There is every reason to
believe that, even if Mr.. Gladstone had
remained neutral. the bill would have
passed the second reading; but with the
vote of the prime minister in its favor. it
may be anticipated that whenever the di-
vision takes place the principle of the bill
wit be affirmed by a large and decisive
majority.
Mr.. Gladstone is. we believe, the only
person who has based his objection to
, 1885-05-26
nIsfnrv nf Mvnminr.

We have several times refereed to the
History of the Pacific States.' in which
is included the History of Wyoming
by Hubert Howe Bancroft The series,
when complete, will make almost a libra
ry in itself Of standard classic volumes.
The volumes are issued one every three
months, and will continue 70 be so pub
lished until they are all out. The work
has received so much favorable comment
from many men Of letters and from 30
many of the best newspapers and other
periodicals in America and Europe that
We need hardly say anything more of it
at present, though we promise ourselves
the privilege Of reviewing future volumes.
We can safely commend it to our pat
rons rs a substantial. straightforward, at
tractive literary product that has passed
triumphantly through years Of impartial
criticism. Our local interest in the histo-
ry, however, ought to lend to it an addi-
tional charm. If will be much to our ad-
vantage to have Wyoming read of as she
is in al parts Of the world in the history
of m author whose reputation for ability
aud integrity is established. The world
will learn more in this way, and with
greater confidence, concerning our re-
sources and our industries than in any
other There will be ample space de
voted by Mr.. Bancroft to Wyoming. Two
fully accredited representatives ofhis. Mr..
Ashley Bancroft and Col. Geo. II. Nor
rison, are here taking notes for his use in
the forthcoming volume allotted to it.
They are endeayoring to get supplement
tary data in full measure, so that the his
tory of our territory may be presented
complete. Our people should see that
they are successful in the worthy labor.
, 1885-05-26
YOUR nest
And Your Last Chance for FIneen Days.

l am going way about june s. to re
main two or three months and will sell every
piece of property | have on my books re-
gardless of commission, amounting 10
about $3.50, 900, and consisting of forty
dwellings at great bargains. either north
south, east, or west. One hundred dwell
ling lots in all parts of town ranging in
price from $50 to $4,000 each.
Business property in choice locations at
Decided Bargains.
Many of these dwellings are much
cheaper than you can build or possibly
buy elsewhere.
| have lots for sale 20 per cent lower
than you can buy from owners in the
same locality, or from spectators either,
some of which will be sold on monthly in
stalments if desired.
Nearly all the property | have for sale
will be sold on easy terms
Call and be convinced that | am dealing
in facts.
There is no reason for the foregoing ad-
vertisement. only that / have to canvass
the whole territory in the interest OF the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Company, and probably Montana, and
locate agents in every town.
Call early and secure the best bargains
obtainable in this market Also ranches
at prices ranging from 81. 800 to $50, 900,
Big Bargains, and insure u life in
a Company that challenges the
world on dividends, as superior over all
others, and has for thirteen years issued
and printed tables of its annual dividends,
while no other company has been able to
match them, and are c~orroborated by the
official report Of various states in the
United States. Yours Truly,
j. W. BRuNER,
1903 Ferguson street. Cheyenne, Wyo.
, 1885-05-26
STREET oEOoLERs OF MEXICO.

Catching the Fancy Of the Fair ~sex-sell-
ers Of Notions Innumerable.
Fanny Brigham Ward
Among the established institutions of
Asxico are the itinerant merchants. who
continually perambulate the streets, for
if the mountain can't come to Mahomet,
Il naturally Follows that Mahomet goes
to the mountain. Besides his little tray
of goods and the ribbons, laces, scarfs,
and embroideries hung over his arms and
shoulders. the peddler carries a camp
table. which he spreads upon the N
ment. and deposits his tray thereon
while conducting business between tho
bars of tho windows, for, being a ''hor-
rid man." of course he must o go in
side. 4
Apparently the female heart is the
same the wide world over, and the de-
light which these dark-eyod women take
in purchasing all manner of trnmpery,
from silk dresses to ginger bread horses,
is identical with that Of their northern
cousins who haunt the stores OF New
York. At all hours of every day, but
especially Sundays, in every city aud
hamlet Of Mexico. these FORMULATING
concentrates swarm the streets, offering
all imaginable commodities. from q
lunch of hot tamales or sweet potatoes
to hair puifs and switches. They thrust
into your windows and insist upon your
purchasing, not only notions innumer-
able. but the goods Of tailors and hard
ware merchants. milliners and grooers,
shoes, icwelry, saddles and harness,
chunks of meat, pigs, alive and dead,
goats and the poultry, young kids that
cry like babies, cages of birds, opals
fresh from the mines, and pearls from
Pacific fisheries. antiquities from ruined
pyramids and buried cities, sometimes
Of priceless value, which they sell for a
few cents because they are old-in
short. everything the imagination can
conceive.
The fruit peddler bears his figs, ba-
nanas, grapes, onions. peppers and po-
tatoes all mixed together in the huge
wooden bowl upon his head. The dulce
candy vender carries his sweets to the
sweet on a tray, slung around his neck
with a rope of maguey; the milk seller
totos his cans upon his back; the water
carrier has two enormous jars, one
hanging behind, the other before, both
upheld by a leathern strap around his
, 1885-05-26

The ridiculous order issued by Mr..
Chandler during his term as secretary Of
the navy, forbidding officers wives to
meet their husbands at foreign ports, is to
be suspended by his moro sensible sue
cessor. The order was originally issued to
meet the case of some officer against whom
Chandler had a grudge. 1t probably en-.
nbled him to effect a temporary purpose,
in spite Of the fact that it was never en-
forced and that its impracticability was
apparent from the very beginning. 1t
must now go, along with many Of the
other personal schemes Of the late secre-
tary by which he tried to Interfere with
the rights Of Others or forward his own
plans.
, 1885-05-26


SrocKNEN west Of us, especially those
in Utah and Idaho territories, have made
repeatedly bitter complaints in regard to
the quarantine regulations now in force
here by order Of the governor of this ter
ritory. They claim that they are the vic
tins of an act Of imposition practiced
upon them. and by which they are suffer
ing considerable losses as well as great in
convenience. They take especial pains to
censure the territorial veterinarian, who is
accused Of being the cause Of all their
trials and trbulations. Newspapers in
those sections have taken up the cudgel
for their patrons and they all go for
the COW doctor, as they call him, and once
in a while they condemn the governor Of
this territory for imposing on their con-
~stituents.
Our esteemed sage brush contemporaries
are respectfully informed that the COVER
nor of Wyoming and the territorial veteri-
marian are simply performing their duties
in accordance with the laws Of this terri
tory. At the request Of the Wyoming
Stock Growers Association, whose mem
bership extends all over the country west
of the Missouri river, the quarantine
proclamation was issued by the executive
of this territory. The territorial veteri-
marian is the official to whom the law gives
positive instructions regarding the Gu
forecment Of the quarantine regulations,
aud DR.. Hopkins has executed the law
without fear or favor, and will continue
doins 50 until he is relieved from an I'M
pleasant duty by the legally constituted
authorities.
The quarantine against cattle from well
known infected districts is a protection for
all the stock grewers from Wyoming to
the Pacific slope, and this should be ap-
prcciated by Gen. Brishin, whose opinions
on the quarantine question we publish in
this issue ofTHE LEADER. If individual
hardships are caused by the rigid en-
forcement Of the quarantine, the vast
benefit derived from 1t by the great ma
jority Of the stockmen west and north Of
Cheyenne. who are by means Of it secured
against infection Of their large herds of
cattle, certainly is ample recompense for
the delay and expense caused TO a very
few.
Whenever il shall be shown TO the sat
isfaetion Of the proper authorities that the
dreaded disease. pleuro-pneumonia, il
stamped out, and that the danger to the
, 1885-05-26
A Lawyers opinion of Interest to nil

J A. Tawney, Esq, a leading attorney
Of Ninona, Mimi, writes: After using
it for more than three years, / take great
pleasure in stating that l regard DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
as the best remedy in the world for Coughs
and Colds. 1t has never failed to cure the
most severe colds ! have had, and inyari-
ably relieves the pain in the chest"
Trial bottles ofthis sure cure for all
Throat and Lung Diseases may be had
free at Gray & Pcarse's drug store. Large
size 81 90
, 1885-05-26

Valley Springs DAk.) Enterprise.
We are informed that Mrs. Matte
johnson. who lives fourmiles west oftown
was doing her general homework when
her little daughter Annie. 2 years old, got
hold Of bottle Of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, and instead of taking half tea
spoonful as a general dose, drank the
entire bottle. Il cured her cough and she
is doing well.
Mrs. johnson was fortunate in having
procured Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
and the above circumstance shows concur
sively that it is perfectly harmless even to
small children in doses Of sixty times
what should be given. Remember, it
cured her, and has cured thousands Of
others, who gladly testify TO its great val
ne. All drnegisfs.
, 1885-05-26

II we take any moderately large In
sect, say a wasp or n hornet, be can see,
even with the naked eye, that a series
of small, spot-hke marks run along
either side of the body. These apparent
spots, which are generally eighteen or
twenty in number, and, in fact, tho
apertures through which air is adj
mitted into the system, and are gener-
ally formed in such a manner that no
extraneous matter can by any possibil-
ity find entrance.
Sometimes they are furnished with n
pair of horney lips, which can be opened
and closed at the will of the insect, in
other cases they are densely fringed
with stiff interlacing bristles, forming a
filter, which allows air, and air alone,
to pass. But the apparatus, of what
ever character it may be, is always 50
wonderfully perfect in its action that it
has been found impossible to inject the
body of a dead insect with even so sub
tie a medium as spirits of wine, although
the subject was first immersed in tic
fluid and then placed beneath the
receiver of an air pump.
, 1885-05-26

fCasseh's NATURAL Hi8tory-l
In the Danish Kitchen -middens," OF
heaps of hou ehold refuse, piled up by
the men of tho Newer Stone period-a
time when our Scandinavian f~orefathers
used Clipped or polished hints instead
of metal for their weapons-are found
bone-cuttings. belonging to some species
Of the genus CAMS. Along with these
remains are some of tho long bones of
birds, all the other bones Of the said
bird being absent. Now it is known
that the bird bones here found are the
very ones which dogs cannot deyour,
while the absent ones are such a they
can bolt with ease, and it has been in
geniously argued from this that the re-
mains in question did really belong to q
domestic dog, as, If the animals to which
they appertained had been wolves, they
would have made short work of the long
bones as well as of the others.
, 1885-05-26

Mrs. Mary Ruston was one of the
notable ladies in Philadelphia society a
century ago. Her receipt book is now
owned by Mr.. Charles Pennypacker,
one of her descendants. In it She re-
corded particulars of the elaborate din
ners at which she was present. Thus it
appears that on occasion DR.. Frank
lin RECALLED his guests with clam soup,
breast Of veal ragouted, fore-quarter of
roast lamb, four small chickens, pigs
feet, a pair Of roast ducks, and a roast
ley OF mutton, with numerous vegetables
served from the side board, and filled
MP the c~rosices with a dessert of green
currant tarts, i%ellies, t%ruffles, blanc
mage, cranberry tarts, English and
SWISS checses and cheese cakes.
, 1885-05-26

lie was a mathematical man, and al
ways engaged in making intricate calcu-
lations. His marriage was to take place
on friday, but he suggested that il take
place on Thursday.
why do you wish it changedf' was
asked, suspiciously.
swell, said he, u havo been making
a calculation, and | find that my silver
wedding will come off on a Saturday
evening, and that would never do, as
that is the evening l have to go tc
lodge"
, 1885-05-26

IT Is announced with some show Of au
thority that n strike at Pittsburg, which
vas anticipated to m June /, will
be avertcd. Both the manufacturers and
the employees have given Indications that
they will reccde somewhat from their re-
spective demands. Some increase in iron
orders and better prospects Of business
have induced the manufacturer to not in
sist on the entire reduction which they
had required, and the employees are ap.
parently willing to accept a part of the re-
duction proposed. As both sides are in a
yielding frame of mind, an understanding
will doubtless be effected. It will have to
be accomplished quickly, however, for the
present truce will expire in a few days,
, 1885-05-26

The academy of sciences Of Philadel-
phia has discovered nickel in a soapstone
factory. That's nothing. The Republi-
can Of Indiana, several years ago, dis
covered many niekels, yes, two dollar
bills, in the soap that President Arthur
said was semitic Indiana just before Gar
fields election.
, 1885-05-26

Having good Accommodations and being
close to town. am now ready to pasture
any amount of stock at reasonable rates.
Stock is put in pasture, no herding done,
nor do they stand in corral four hours at a
time. All horses taken and returned
when wanted 10 and from the Elephant
corral on EDDY street, between Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets. We also
have horses for sale. cHAs r. HfNKER.
, 1885-05-26
rHE RAaRrs PRESENT.


icerahia Magazine
Arabbi once, BY all admired.
Raceived OF high esteem the sign,
From those his goodness had inspired,
A present o. a cask OF vine.
Bot, loi whcn soon he came to draw,
A miracls, in mode as rapid
But quite nniiirr what Cana saw,
Had turnel his wino to water vapid-
The abb never know the cause,
For miracles are things Of mystery,
Tho some. like this. have had their law
Explained from facts Of private history
His friondS, whom love did nptly teach,
Wi-hed all 70 share the grncious task,
30 pl>rnsd to bring a bottle each,
Ani pour their wine in one great cask.
How one by chance Thought, None will
know,
And with the wine Of all my broshers
One rint Of water well may go."
AMI % ly chance thought all the ottor..
, 1885-05-26

1t has been found that puppies
brought up under different colored
lights have had strikingly different
characteristics developed. Red puppies
were fonnd to be particularly devoid Of
pugnacity. Blue did not oonduce to
sweetness Of disposition, while green
was found to be the most educational
color of all. Nerdant green puppies ex-
hibitod extreme liyeliness, che.rluiness
and %playfulness, accompanied by ease
and gracefulness of motion, and wero
invariably ~good-natured and kind.
Green glass in place of blue pancs IS
recommended for the nursery.
, 1885-05-26

THE finest Hereford bull in the world
has just died; loss, $4c. 900. It came
over several years ago, settled in Chey-
enne, was never in Ireland, and was
named, not John, but Denis So says
the Philadelphia Me,cs. Wrong again,
the bull had been in Germany and was
therefore called Rudolph There is a
street in Cheyenne named after him.