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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-08-28
Power of the Press.

The printing press has made presi-
dents, killed poets, furnished bustles
for beauties, and polished genius with
criticism. 1t has made worlds get up
at roll call every morning, given the
pulpit lungs of iron and voice of
steam. 1t has set a price on bushel
of wheat and made the country post
office the glimmering goal of the rural
scribe. 1t has curtailed the power of
kings, embellished the pantry shelves,
and bursted rings; it has converted
bankers into paupers, made savers of
college presidents; it has educated the
homeless and robbed the philosopher
of his reason. 1t smiles and kicks,
cries and dies, but it can't be run to
suit verybody and the editor is fool
who tries ii. t.--Crestoa Sunday Moratnq.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-08-28

ness" and in his heart did not feel ha
was spending his foolishly-thinkingg
of the really fine pictures which
adorned his country home, with feeE
ing of love and pride for the daughter
who had such good taste in decorative
art, and was such splendid cook, ,
too, always trying to make home pleas.
ant in every way. He had the money
to crafty her and was happy to do so.
The other stood with his hands in his
pockets, with mouth drawn down at
the corners, and took the money from
his pocket with the air of a man taking
seat in dentists chair.
This is his soliloquy homeward ::
well, I know my Mary can paint
nicely; yes I know she earned the
money to pay for what few lessons she
has taken, and she earned the SIS I
have spent to-day. 1 could have in
vested this in eggs that would have
Matched a lot of chickens. would
have furnished the feed for them, and
she could give me half the chickens
bnt she wouldn't. She has awful high
notions-thinks farmers might be gen
tlemen and their wives and daughters
ladies, with their homes full of all
sorts of 'fiummery-' Money jingling
in my pocket is sweeter music than
piano, and the pictures on my govern
ment bonds and greenbacks are more
to my taste than any canvass painted
bv the most famous artist A farmer
does not need any painted landscape
when he can see the COWS in the corn
/ do not know why my children hate
farming so, unless they take after
their mother. She is always complain
ing; she says she has nothing for her
convenience, and even made fuss
when 1 made the Last deposit in the
bank. She wanted it to buy dress
to wear to church (she looks awful
nice yet in the alpacky l bought her
five years ago). My barn is just a
model; my horses are all thorough
bred, as are the rest of my stock. My
carriage is as fine as any in town, and
everything on my farm is first-clasS
My house-well, yes, it is a little
cramped, but the children will not
stay any longer than the law requires.
for 1 am afraid the boys are a little
fast. When I am gone how quick the
money will vanish-wish l could take
it with me. When the time comes the
neighbors will be surprised at my bank
account. If the folks at home knew,
they would fret more than ever for d
| new house and all the fine things to fix
it up. A farmer ought not to- spend
much time in the house, and if the
wimmin folks are kept busy every min
ute they will not have much time to
think about it. am sharp, well-to-
do farmer, and have made money"
He did not say he had bowed him=
self down to the demon avarice and
worshipped him, and will continue to
worship him until the weight of his
gold crushes him to the earth, and his
family care nothing for the departed
excepting the gold to quarrel over.
How many lives such as this has the
world seen? Does it pay to get money
and fail to have the love of our wives
and children?
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-08-28
He Won.

There were half dozen men with
their chairs tilted back in front of the
hotel, and the talk was on the charac-
teristics of the negro. 1t seemed to
be the general opinion that the South
ern negro was naturally light-finger-
ed, but all at once a drummer for a
Philadelphia saddlery house threw
away his cigar-stub and said:
Gentlemen, here is silver dollar.
I'll bet it can be left on the table in
my room up stairs for twenty-four
hours and no one will remove it."
A gentleman from Macon said he
would like to wager S. on that, and
the terms were soon settled. 1t was
agreed that the drummer should go to
his room and lay the dollar on the
table, and if it was there at the same
hour the next day the wager was his.
Several marked the coin and recorded
the date, and the drummer was trust
ed to leave 1t as agreed
Next day, at the same hour, a COM
mittee of three visited the room.
Several colored people had been in
and out while engaged in their voca.
tions, but the dollar was there.
.'Gentlemen, is the negro honest Oh
is he not?' querrled the drummer, a.
be pointed to the coin.
We advanced to make sure it wa:
the one. There was 70 mistake. The
iate-1S79-was there-the hicks II
the edge were there, but the drup'
mer had taken it to machinist te
have hole drilled through it, ane
had then screwed it down to the table
1t was there so tight and fast tina
only heavy screw-driver could looser
| it.
/ 81 have won," modestly exclaimed
| the drummer Free Press.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-08-28
Circulating Slanders.

Women, mothers, pious women,
women that are busy-bodies in church; !;
that think themselves pious: that
would be insulted at an intimation
that they are not pure-minded. or that
they are lacking in sympathy for their
kind, read the papers and make mer-
chandise of the terrible affections of
their neighbors, gloat over these gloat-
ing narratlons; have a sensation of
exhilaration at this crushing calamity
to their own kind; patronize the pan
derers to their own cruel and corrupt
natures; make themselve accessory to
this invasion of the sacred privacy of
the family to make its calamity pro-
fit of the trade of scandal-mongering
and are not whit better than the pam
dering trader who supplies the wares
which their natures demand. .-1erre
HQaxte Mail
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-08-28
Mrs. wilkins Scores a Point

St. Nicho'as.
.sMrs. wilkins" said the head of the
family, as he looked over the top OF
his paper, II see the men of science
agree that man inherits his intellect.
ual qualities from his mother. All mer
of eminence have had unusually smart
mothers"
s.Was your mother an idiotP" asked
Mrs w. crisply.
'.Think you're smart don't yep
sneered her liege lord. 'Pd have you
know my mother was an uncommonly
intellectual woman. She once wrote
q book"
..Ahn' said Mrs. w.
"And that accounts for my brilliant
intellect said Mr.. w. complacently.
.sWill it soon be settled, do you
thinkp" asked Mrs. w, unheedful OF
her husband s last remark.
will what be sestled?"
"Why the suit. "
"What suit?'
..Why," said Mrs. w. calmly, "H
YOU have inherited any intellectual
Qualities the will must be disputed as
have seen no evidence as yet that
you have come into your legacy"
Tally one for Mrs. w.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-08-28

He was leaning against the railing
at the ferry dock looking decidedly
out of sorts when along came an oily,
smooth faced man and said:
elbow are you OFF,
"What for?'
Money"
F.. Haven't got a red.'
t'Say, can you tell liee'
Il cann'
eeThen you are the man want. Old
Capt. Smith, of Buffalo, is over in that
saloon and has got Il crowd around
him. He's great liar, but always
sticks to one anecdote. 1t is about
his vessel being wrecked, and of a
mermaid taking HIM in her arms and
swimming ashore. Now, then, want
you to 90 over and sit down and hear
the lie out. and when he is through
just get up and claim that you are the
Identical mermaid who saved his USE
less old life. / want to set him back,
and it will be fifty cents in your poe
ket."
The matter was arranged and the
pair went over to the saloon. Capt.
Smith was feeling good, and in a little
time he worked around to remark:
ssThat was curious thing that hap
pened to me in 1S4S. Did l ever tell
you of the wreck of the Mary Ann?"
No"
He sat down to describe the lmagin-
ary wreck, and when he got along to
where the vessel showed an intention
to founder the chap who was to play
mermaid got the wink and picked up
his ears.
"Well, SIR continued Smith. ''she
finally went down, and found myself
struggling in the lake. 1t was twenty
FIVE miles to land, and how do you
suppose got there?'
Il have heard that mermaid towed
YOU ashore" answered one of the
gang.
"Humph! an internal lie! 1 tloated
ashore on the mainhatch cover, and
never had nicer ride in my lifep'
The man who hired the liar seemed
completely broken down, while the
liar stumped Off out doors with his
courage all gone. Smith had seen
them in conversation, suspected job
and left the mermaid out altogether.
| Detroit Free Press.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-08-28
PretZel- Graphs.

Can the mother of lion be said to
be ma-liguer?
A cyclone is like a waiter. 1t carries
everything before it.
What is the hardest thing to do
with a newspaper?-Make bustIe.
Ladies ought to make good soldiers
none of them are afraid of "pow-
der"
Bathing dresses will be worn short
er this season than usual. It will be
only our modesty that will prevent us
from going to fashionable watering
place during the heated term.
We see sign down the steet upon
which is painted, George Winks."
We cannot see that the public are par
ticularly interested in the fact that
George winks. The only possible ad-
vantage George can have in winking
is working in his wlnks on a soda wa
ter fountain man.
Fred Douglass sits ahead OF Presi-
dent Cleveland IN church. Supposing
the clergyman was the sun, Fred the
moon and Cleveland the earth, Fred
would then be playing the part Of an
eclipse of the sun.
Princess Beatrice is said to resem-
bic an American girl IN many respects.
If that is so, the Lord pity the man
who, on e. week, has to fill her up
with Ice cream.
young fellow who had an encoun-
ter with a dog belonging to his girls
father, sent the remains of his panta-
looms to her by express, accompany.
ing the parcel with note saying that
he had no further use for them, but
She could use them and nobody would
be any the wiser.-CarI Pretsefs Heel
iy-
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-08-28

The unfinished statue of Salmon P.
Chase, made by the late Clark Mills,
has returned to base uses. 1t was sold
at auction in Washington, the other
day. for what it was worth for old
metal.
CIDER is called by a new essayist
swine with the bar sinister
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-08-28
+" Feelin' Away Money"

Mary Edwood In Rural New Yorker.
That is what one farmer remarked
to another, while in town, each on the
same errand-buying artists materi-
ais. One seemed to enjoy the ''foolish-
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-08-28

A daughter of Gen. Kearney is a favorite in
Washington. She is tall, attractive blonde,
with willowy figure, and may be seen daily
driving an unpletending dog-cart.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-08-28

Nothing is more vanescent and unreliabl
than the mood in which nation takes up
arms,-Ihe Nation.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-08-28
No Mermaid There,

He was leaning against the railing
at the ferry dock looking decidedly
out of sorts when along came an oily,
smooth-faced man and said:
"How are YOU OFF,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-09-27

subscription paper should be circu.
lated, in order that the necessary
funds may be raised. Money ad-
yanced in this way, would not
necessarily be in the nature of a
gift. There can scarcely be a
doubt that all subscribers would be
promptly reimbursed by the next
Legislature. However, if this act
Of justice should be refused, the
citizens Of Carson could we'll afford
to stand the expense. The ad-
ditional cost would probably not
exceed $500. This sum, at least,
would put the building in such a
condition that it could be occupied,
and would prevent loss to the State
by reason of damages that would
result from the building being left
without a roof, exposed to the
Winter weather that is coming on.
Give Reno half chance and she
will pay the deficit, tear down the
walls now erected, move the entire
building down there, and have it
all ready for use before the snow
flies.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-09-27

The Phoebe Record asks: Would
it not be well for Lincoln county to
send samples Of her cotton and
Panaca girls to the State Fair that
will shortly be held at Reno. The
cotton will secure the blue ribbon
and the girls will most certainly
bring back the brass medal"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-09-27
FOR CARSONITES ONLY

A practical question of some i'm
portance is now before the people
of Carson. The appropriation for
building the new State Printing
Office, is just about exhausted !;
less than 5000 remaining. The
walls are not yet completed.
and it is thought the money at
present available, will not be sufi
cient to. put on the roof, not to
speak of finishing the inside of the
building. It is difficult to see how
any more money than was appro-
priated for the purpose by the last
Legislature can be expended on the
new building, and it has been init
mated that when the appropriation
is exhausted work will have to stop,
unless some person or persons will
come to the rescue. All citizens of
Carson feel an interest in having
the structure completed. If the
State officials are not authorized to
expend any money on the building,
other than that specifically appro-
priated for that purpose, and it seems
that they are not, then something
must be done by private parties to
advance the requisite funds. The
APPEAL does not pretend to offer
an opinion upon the legality Of the |
matter, but suggests that a COM
mittee Of citizens be appointed to
investigate the subject. Let this
committee submit the question to |
the States Attorney General, as we'll |
as to the State Controller and State
Treasurer. to see if those officers
are willing to 20 ahead with the
work after the exhaustion Of the
appropriation. If they are not, a
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-09-27
THE SILVER DOLLAR.

The New York bankers canno
find words to express their detesta
ton of "a silver dollar worth only
eighty-fve cents" and one furious
advocate of gold as the only meta
money goes so far as to say that "a
Government that will stamp eighty
cents as a dollar is rascally to the
core, and the quicker it sinks the
better.
This suggests the question, What
is dollar? Worcester says Dol
lae-A silver coin of Germany,
Holland, Spain, the United States,
Mexico, etc, Of different values
that Of the United States dollar IS
100 cents" And all other diction-
aries give the word the same mean
ing-a sivler coin Of the United
States worth 100 cents. It is as
serted that silver is cheaper than it
once was, and the silver dollar is
not worth now 100 cents, But this
is not true, and cannot be true. The
dollar existed before the cent. The
silver dollar was the first coin is
sued by the United States, in 1890.
The cent was not coined until sew
eral years afterwards, and the gold
dollar not until fifty years after
wards. The word dollar, therefore,
originally meant and still means,
q silver coin worth 100 cents, and
this meaning has become so deeply
imbedded in the popular mind, and
in the habits of business, that it
cannot be rooted out. The silver
dollar is our unit of money. All |
coins below it are multiples of it. |
Gold eagles and half-eagles were
coined after the silver dollar, and
we're meant, respectively worth ten
and five silver dollars. Eagles and
half-eagles were intended to be |
measured by the silver dollar-for
the reason that when they were
first coined the gold dollar was not
in existance; it had not even beer
thought Of.
Silver has meyer been demone-
tized in this country. The coinage
Of it was suspended from 1873 to
1878-but that was all. Even dur
ing these FIVE years silver was ten
der for all debts, public and pri-
vate. The present silver law does
not revive the money quality of
the silver dollar;it only revived the
coinage Of it. There has never
been day, nor an hour since 1890
when silver dollars were not worth
100 cents and payable as lawful
tender for all debts, public and
private, in the United States.
The lawful value of the silver
dollar has lever been changed, and
never will. It was at the begin.
ming, and is now, just 100 cents
exactly. 1t is gold that has
changed its relative value. It has
become comparatively scarce in
proportion to the enormous in
crease of wealth in the Woodland
this scarcity, together with the de-
monetization of silver in Great
Britain and Germany, has given it
an increased artificial value.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-09-27

Senator j. B. Galliger of Esmer-
aida county, returned from Califor-
MIA on Saturday mornings passen-
ger.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-17
Genrge W. BlaNc's Estatc.

To all persons interested i'm the estate Of
Gcur-" ". Blake, utcol Milton. in sand dis
tr.tl. deceased. GREETING:
it It Probate Court. holden at BuruItun.
within and for the District of Chittcudcu. ON
the 10Th day of June, l,>l AN Instrument,
pUpprInr to hc the last VIII and tc>ta-
iucut of George W. Blake late OF Milton
in said district, deceased, w;t- presented to the
court aforesaid, for probate; and it Is or
dcrcd by said court that the 18th day of
july. ISIS. at the Probate Court rooms IN
said Burlington, bc assigned for proving said
instrument: and that notice thereof bc given
to all persons concerned, 10y publishing this
order three weeks successfully in the Burlng-
ton Free Press, Il newspaper printed at
said Burlington, previous to the time APP
pointed.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to ap-
pear before said court, at the time and place
aforesaid, and contest the probate of SAID
will, if You have cause.
Given under my hand at Burlington, in said
district, this 10Th day of June, lSSj
53w3w GEO. ". WALES, Register.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-17
Henry RObimSOn's Estate.

STATE OF VERMONT In Probate Court,
Grand Isle District IS, ei sai IL dst,ict on
the 24th day of June. A. ID. 1sSj.
Henry Harrington Administrator of the es-
tate of Henry Robinson late of south Hero in
SAID District. deceased, makes Application to
said Court FIR license to sell Il paI OF the real
estate ut SAID deceased. representing tndt sand
sale is necessary for the payment OF the debts
of said deceased
Whercupon. It is ordered by said Court that
said application come under cOuSldurat ion and
hc heard ON the 18Th day OF July, A. ID. 1855,
further ordered that all persons interested be
notified hereof, 10y publication of notice of
this application and order thereon, three
Press printed at Burlington before said time
OF hearing, that they may ap pear at said time
and place, aud, il the! see cause, object there
to.
:sI Nv.l,y + i VI AYE \. ,Iu Ire.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-17
OUTBREAK OF CHEYESNES.
Gen. sheridan starts For the Scene of the
Conflict-Anairs Growing serious.

WAsHINGToN, July 10. - The Indian
troubles as looked upon from Washington
are becoming more serious. Gem Sheri-
dan left here tonight for Fort Reno, In
dian Territory. The general desired to he
at the scene Of the conflict \ telegram
has been sent TO the officer in command,
which saws the outbreak must be sup
pressed. even if the Chcyeunrs are wiped
out of existence Gen. Niles is expected
to arrive in the Indian territory not later
than the first of next week. The hope is
expressed that hc may be able to quiet the
disturbance without blOudshCd. He is
well known to the Indians and is said to
have considerable influence over them.
In II trouble vita the CheNcnnes some
years ago they surrendered to him Volun-
tarly. Prior to that'lt was their custom
To refuse to surrender.
The President. this afternoon, addressed
the following letter to Gen. Sheridan:
ain view of the possible Disturbances
that may occur among the Indians now in
the Indian Territory, and the contcm-
plated concentration of troops in that To-
calitV, deem it desirable that you pro
coed at once to the location where trouble
is To be appreheudcd and advise and direct
those IN command H. To strOs to be- taken
to prevent disorder and drprcdatlouo by
the Indians and ~ to the disposition Of
troops. Your acquaintance with the ms
tory. and the habits and customs of these
Indians leads me also to request that
Won invite statements on their part
aS to any real or iHucyd injury or inlu~-
tiCc toward them. or amy other course that
may have lcd to dlscuutrnt ANA to Inform
Yourself generally IT. to their condition.
NOu are justified IN assuring them that
any cause of complaint will be fully cN-
amined, by the authorities here, and il
WrouuS exist they shall be remcUled.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-17
lw3w
Levi COmstuck'S Estate.

We, he subscribers, having been appointed
10y the Honorable the Probate Court for the
District of Chittcnden, commissioners TO re-
ccivc, examine and adjust the claims and de-
mands of all persons against the estate OF
Levi Comstock, late of Shelburn in said
district, deceased, and also all claims
and demands exhibited in offset there
to; and six months from the day of
the date hereof, being allowed by
sand court for that purpose, we do therefore
hereby give notice that we will attend to the
business of our appointment, AT the late res
dcncc of the deceased in the town OF Shell
burn. in SAID district. on the first Wednesdays
of August and December next, at IL O'Clock
Il. m, ON each of sd days.
Dated this LIST day of July, lsSj.
\. K. MlLLER, Commissioners.
l.. = ROWLEl,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-17
should 1t be Generally Known

that the multitude of diseases of Il scrofulous
nature gene IIA pr ccct from II torpid cor
di ion OF he liver. The blood becomes i'm
turc because the liver does not act properly
an work oil he uO on from the y stem, and
the certain re uItS are ulOtChcS, pimplcS rup
lo,s Swcllin2S, tumOr>, ulcers, and kindred
affections, or Sc tlugup II the LUNGS and poi-
sOning Their delicate tissues, until ulcer alton,
urea ing down. and consumption il establish
ed. DR.. PIcrce's "G0llng Medical Discovery
will by acting upon the liver aud purifying
the blood, cure all these disca cS.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-17

NJ. NJ. Devcrcaux, OF IONA, Mich, was II
sl-nl o behold. He says: ~ had no action of
the Kidneys and suffered terribly. My lcps
were IL .ig a. nay body and my body as big
a. II barrel. The best duclor> gave me up. FL
naiIy lrcu Kidney Wort. In iuurur five days
Il Chuurv came, in ciyat or ten days | was on
nN feet, ana now / am completely cured. II
w.,~ Certainly II miracle" All druggists keep
NIdnry-wort when = eat VI noth IN lquid
ana dry form
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-17
WREN WAS SICK!

My room looked like drug store, had so
many bottles i'll II. The more | dOScd, the
worst of was. Finally, paid my "octOr and
tod him he nccdn't come any more. | was
troubled with Chronic Rheumatism. and could
not get ont OF bed alone. Six b titles of SUPP
hiir BltterS cured mc.-BeHj. Fieh. Albums
HUtLse Boston. ljg.eOd& WV