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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09

BILE ardor of the man had in one mo-
ment swept away the barriers of cold
| ness and pride. Elinor Garrison knew
| that she loved. But, alas! the know
ledge come too late.
Walking homeward, Gordonreceived
SO many congratulations upon his en-
gagement that he began to feel annoyed.
"Slmply because visited Elinor first,
they must need link our names," he
muttered. at is well she does not
hear it. I only wish it were So" q
smile playing around his firm mouth.
"Well, when is it to be?" called Miss
Olive, saucily, as obeying beckoning
finger, Gordon drew near her as she
sat by the open window. "Now, do
not pretend ignorance, she continued,
for want to hear all about her. Is
she beautiful, rich, etc?',.
~ shall be better able to answer you
when hear the fair ones name," was
the laughing reply.
What an actor you would have
madel The lady lives in Boston,
whence a certain gentleman has lust
returned.
80, then, they have not referred to
Elinor," thought Gordon thankfully.
Il assure you, Miss Lindsey, that L
have no idea of whom you are speak
ing.
Olive laughed. sMiss Hepworth, I
believe her name isl
A tall, slim, drabish spinster rose
before Gordon's vision. His mouth
twitched, but he said nothing.
"Well,' said Olive, inqUiringly.
"Oh, excuse me, please; good after
noon," and, much to the young ladys
surprise, the tall figure was striding
down the street.
Manners" she grumbled, as she
closed the window.
Entering the familiar side-door, Cor
don stepped lightly into the room he
had so LATELY quilted.
Elinor sprang hastily to her feet.
The traces of weeping were evident.
She would have fled, but strong arms
detained her, gathering her in close,
fervent embrace.
A truthful voice murmured tenderly:
'1t was all great mistake darling.
How could you doubt me Elinor?"
"Was it not worth while, since it
showed me my hearth" was the lowre-
ply, as her shy, glad eyes were lifted
to meet her lovers.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09
Painting Our StOmachs Red.

81 dislike to see you eat cayenne
nenpcr." said a man in the grocery
business to friend. ''Why?' SAID the
friend. The grocer busted little of
the pepper on the open page of his
notebook and drew his finger over it.
A number of small red lines showed
where grains of pepper had been
drawn over the paper. Because half
of this stuff is not pepper. 1t is reg
ularlv adulterated for restaurant use
by mixing it with rice, flour and
ground mustard husks which have
been colored red with red lead. Those
red lines on the paper are pure red
paint, ''-Detroit Free Press.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09
Tale of a Black Cat.

"What fo' yo' keep black cat, ;
said the colored jan;tor of a Twenty
third street flat the other day to lad,
who had ret of the kind referred to-
'sDoan' you know" the janitor wen
on, edglng away from the cat, which
advanced. purring, toward him
''doan' yo' know that black cat an
a dangersome animal? Don't? Well,
look hyar, missus, l tell you as them
cats is dangersome. How'd knows
Cause | does. Now, yo' juss lem me
| tell you how [ knows. I was fass
asleep one ebenln' in bed In my room,
[ was, and Jim Crane, anudder color
ed gemman, was along side O. me,
fass asleep. There was chimbley-
place in the room and a roarin' wood
fire as was roarin' beautifully. 'TIeast
it was when Jim and me fell off asleep.
81 was dreamin' away powerful
when all of sudden 1 wakened wild a
sort O. feelin', an l sat up in bed
straight as pole. An what d yo'
think, missus, | saw? | seed the big
gest black cat yo' cher sat yo' eyes on.
She sat right straight up in de
middle OBJ de flo, an her back was
bumped up like bow as what's jist
gwine fur to shoot, an her eyes they
was fixed right on me. J'rus'lem,
missus, yo' can jiss bet vo' life 1 was
skeert. 1 sat jiss as still as mouse,
'spectin' ebery minute she'd jump at
me. But she did not; it was she I'm
sho', fur a she black cat hab de debbii
in her. Well, she looked at me and [
looked at she, but you can iiss know
as how ebery bone and muscle in me
was on de quivah. She didn't move
fur bout ten minutes, L should say,
mebbe 'twan't SO long. Then all of a
sudden dat ar she cat she glib de
mos awful yellin' yo' eber heard. and
-swish!-she was up dat chimbley
right over dem hot Goals, out of sight.
Quicker 'an blush 1 woke Jim, and
tells him what had happened. Then
we jumped up and clapped de blower,
fust ting, onto de chimbIey. Bet yo'
sweet life we didn't tend that cat
should git out O. dar agin. Then
opened the blower fur 'nuf to slide In
some kindlin' wood on top O. that, an
then we let the old fire rip an roar as
if she'd tear the chimbley inside out.
Then we piled an old trunk and a lot
o'truck 'ginst dat ar blower, an,
thought to myself, Dat ar cat am
goner.
"Well, de fire she blaze an blow an.
bust away fur ten minutes or mo-, an
1 was jist thinkin' oh gwine back to
bed, when all of a sudden dar war de
dumdest clatterin' yo' cher heard in
dat chimbley. Thar was one OBJ de
biggest yells yo' eber heard, the old
trunk and de truck flew in all WAYS
fur Sunday, dat III blower was busted
out, an dat ar black shemale cub, she
stood right dar fo' my berry eyes, right
on de top OBJ doze ar coal, an She
glared at me an T. m as dat was para
lived. Den she gabe one mighty yell,
bigger n all de rest, rushed out into
de middle ob de room, and, shoe! she
war gone! And d. yo' know, missus,
as how eberv blamed window and do
to dat al room was dead shut? Fac.
Ask Jim Crane. OATS why I sez as
how a black shemale cat am a danger
same animal. She am de debbil, she
am, sho'. ."-New YORK. Tribune.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09
The will of the late Stephn Sails

bury, of Worcester, Mass, has been
probated. The estate is estimated at
81 ,OOO, 900. He bequeathes small sums
of from 81 900 to SIS 900 each to a large
number of persons, including 81 900 to.
each of his surviving classmates OF Har-
ward, class of 1917, of whom George
Bancroft, the historian, is one- The
American Antiquarian Society receives
$4,000, various other societies secure
from So, 600 to 81, 900 each. The res
idue of his large estate he gives to his
only son, Stephen Salisbury, Jr-, with
out conditions, and he is made execu-
tor, without bond.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09

Elgin marbles. At the end of the
lecture up stumped anything but a
neophytlsh professor, and said to the
lecturer: ''Do you say Elgin or
Ely h)in'' Chat is, with the soft or
hard). Il say Elg(h)in, of course"
(g hard), answered the neophyte. '.In
the course of your lecture you sale
both Elgin and Elg(h)in. Good eve
ming" And all without a smile.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09

Making usual allowance for seed
and consumption. the export surplus
of wheat for 1885 from Australia is
estimated not to exceed $500 tons
has been shipped at the date of ad,
vices, the latter part of June.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09

The Georgia Farmers convention
decided to send committee to the
American Exposition, to be held in
London in 1886, to gather information
on agricultural and mechanical mat
ters, to inquire into agricultural pro-
gress in England and the continent,
and to aid in the establishment of di-
rect trade between European and Geor-
pia ports,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09

The Secretary of War has instructed
Gen. Miles, in command of the Depart
ment of the Missouri, to hold troops in
readiness to enforce the Presidents re-
cent proclamation in relation to the
!cattlemen on the Cheyenne and Arapa-
hoe reservation. By the terms of the
proclamation, the cattlemen will be
compelled to remove their herds by
September. The troops will be held
at Fort Reno.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09

The Duluth grain elevators, which
now have capacity of 9, 1000 BUSH
els, will this season add space for A.
600, 200 bushels, in hope of controlling
the wheat trade of the Northwest.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09

From Texas comes the report that
in some sections there has been so
much rain that the grass is rank and
washy, preventing cattle from taking
on flesh as they should.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09

Wheat in Minnesota, north OF 81.
Paul, has been damaged by blight and
insects, and south Of St. Paul by hot
weather and storms. Corn in the same
erritory is dong well. In Indiana
here is an increase in the acreage of
buckWheat and tobacco and decrease
in the acreage of fiaxseed and pota-
toes as compared with 1884.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09

The number of emigrants landing at
Castle Garden since the 1st of January
is about $4,000 less than during the
corresponding period last year. The
decrease was most marked during the
first four months of this year. There
was quite a marked increase in the
number of Scandinavians.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09

Ex-GoV- Gleason predicts that the
pineapple crop of Florida VIII soon be
more important than tise orange. One
of the best things he says, about the
pine apple crop is that the common
scrub and palmetto lands of South
Florida seem just fitted TO it. Hum
mock land is not adapted to the
growth, as it itproduces too much plant
and inferior fruit, while the scrub land
produces just the reverse. Plants set
out Last October were seen Last week
bearing small fruit. and it has been
generally considered that a plant
would not bear fruit under eighteen
months from the time it was first
planted. All engaged in the growing
of pineapples in Brevard and Dade
Counties, he says, are much pleased
with the years yield and hopeful of
the future.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09

1t is estimated that the supply Of
Brazilian coffees in the current trade
year, beginning July, will amount to
about 6,5OO,OOG bags, Indicating a
slight gain over 1854, and an in
crease over the supply of 1928 Of
nearly 100000 bags. The receipts
of all kinds of coffee in Europe and
the United States amounted to 10, 414,-
600 bags, against 1856, 600 bags in
1884, though the general stock July
was somewhat smaller than a year
previous, the apparent consumption
having increased by about 1,150,000
bags. The year 1SS4-5 opened with
fair Ro coffee selling at 81 to 10 cents
per pound. and closed at the end of
June at 9s cents.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09

Techs marsh, in Nevada, is the most
productive borax field on the Pacific
coast. Its deposit covers ten square
miles of surface, and is sad to include
chem cally pure common salt borax in
three forms, sulphate of soda and car
Donate of soda. The basin of Nevada
in which tits situated is covered in
many parts with dry, effiorescent salts,
washed in course of ages from the soda
feldspar of the volcanic rocks and
ridges of yellow lava which cover the
country for miles. The waters of the
lakes are heavy, appear like thin oil,
smell like soap, possess great defensive
qualities, are caustic as potash and
easily soporify. .,....
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09

A scientist claims that petroleum az
piled to wood renders it less liable to
take fire. He has tested this point by
experiment and found if there is any
difference between the two the o'led
wood is less liable to take fire, as there
is less of a combustible fuzz to form
on the surface. The petroleum enters
the pores of the wood and renders it
more like cedar. Apply it freely with
q coarse brush, and in few weeks
when it has all soaked in and the sur
face becomes dry, the surface can be
painted. Petroleum is good protec-
ton against the decay of out buildings,
fences, etc., without the addition OF
paint.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-07-07
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
Victor Hugo leaves a fortune eSti-
mated at y, 900, 900.

Victor Hugo leaves fortune eSti-
mated at -, 10000
Lawrence Barrett carries 1920, 900
insurance on his life; Edwin Booth,
S85, 900; and DR.. I. De Witt Talmage,
500, 000.-M T. Mail.
The widow of the late President
Barrios has one of the finest houses in
New York. Ii Is on Fifth avenue and
cost $500, 000.-M y. San.
The King of Greece has conferred
upon DIR. Manis H. Henry, of New York.
the gold cross of the Royal Order of the
Savior for his distinguished services in
the cause of science.
Moses Dow, the founder of the Va
Uerlg Magazine, is still living, though
old and very feeble. He Is a genial
man, but greatly infatuated with Spirit
ualism. Hardly any of the matter
printed in the magazine is paid for, and
its profits are said to be $50, 600 year.
Boston Budget.
-Elihu b. Washburne, Hamilton Fish,
William M. Evarts and James G.. Blaine
are the only living ex-United States
Secretaries of State MIR. Frelinghuy-
sen is the first Secretary of State who
has died since William H. Seward, who
passed away at Auburn thirteen years
ago.-Chicdgo Journal.
When the late Mr.. Frelinghuysen
was q very young man he had an anu
bition to become an actor. and, being
convinced that his histrionic talents
would win him distinction as an ex-
ponent of the drama, he broke away
from all social considerations and was
for short time on the stage.-M y
Herald
j. f. Carpenter. the English song
writer. whose death is announced from
London, was the author of What Are
the Wild Waves Saying?" widely popu-
lar twenty-five years ago, and not with
out admirers now. 1t was founded on
a chapter in "Dombey and Son." and
brought the writer considerable money.
Chicago Inter Ocean
Colonel William Kent, of Concord,
Y. H., ninety-two years of age. and a
brother of the late Governor Edward
Kent. of Maine, is of the opinion. says
the Concord People and Patriot, that he
is the only person now living who
heard Daniel Webster's first public adj
dress. made in Concord July 4, 1906, at
the old North Church, then the only
church in town.
Prof Day, of Yale, in speaking of
the work of the revisers of the Bible,
now concluded. recently said: "You
can not understand the immense COM
fort it is to be relieved, after long
twelve years of secrecy, from the neces-
sity of declining to answer the questions
of many of my best friends in regard to
the rendering of particular passages"
Post
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-07-07
HUMOROUS.

A man in New Mexico caught tho
bronchitis riding pony. lie first
caught the broncO.-Ch Chicago Current
What pains father more than the
cry of his infant child?" asks some one.
We don't know unless it is the cry of
his infant twins. Herald.
-''Got anything in your .purse?' asked
Mr.. Ball of his wife, as they sat down
in the street car. Yes. dear; lining"
she replied. sweetly, and Mr.. Ball paid
the fare. Merchant IrGre'er.
at is really wonderful to see how
well the men keep STEP" He: bah.
that is nothing! When | was a soldier
l used to keep step better than all the
rest put together. La pedettd.
Run for the doctor, quick! Help!
helpI Dot baby has swallowed a nick
ELI exclaimed Mrs. Schaumburg. "Gou
make so much fuss as if it was a twenty
dollar gold piece. Be calm, Rebecca, ="
replied Mose.-1erdS SttingS.
The following passage between
bench and bar occurred in certain
court the other day at the end OF 4
heightened wrangle: My Lord: We'll,
Mr., if you do not know how to
conduct yourself as a gentleman, am
sure | can't teach you" Counsel:
THAT is so. my Lord"
The celebrated SONORA Howlinski
was IN the middle of her solo in the
Houston Opera House. when little
Johnny FiZLlctOp. referring To the d.
rector of the orchestra, asked: why
L. Les % kr r4-ffb
his sticR?" "He is not hitting at her;
keep quiet" ''Well, then. what does
she holier for?" -ExchaB0e.
The Egg of Columbus. Who
was COlumbuS?' asked a teacher of
his class, in one OF the public schools
of Austin. Columbus was 8 bird"
replied little girl The whole class
laughed vociferOusly, and the teacher
asked the little girl what she meant by
such a silly answer. She explained,
shedding bitter tears, that she had read
in the book of an older sister piece of
poetry about the egg of Columbus, and
as only birds lay eggs she supposed
Columbus was some sort of a bird
Teras Sytings.
johnny (who is spending the after
noon at the Smiths My mother says
she'd like to look like you. Mrs. Smith.
Mrs. S. (who is extremely plain. but
not entirely aware of it)-Like me, my
dear? take that as a compliment.
indeed, from so very pretty a lady as
your mamma. You're quite sure it
was i, Johnny, that she meant?
Johnny accepting another cruller)
oh, yes'm. She said that if she
could have your health and strength
she believed she'd as lief look as you
do.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-07-07

The morphia habit, which is in
creasing to an alarming extent, es
pecially among the young, is just al
dangerous to society as alcoholism.
The terrible effects of this deadly drug
have been told and retold, and. Yet
some new testimony can always be ad.
duced. A writer in the Popular SCI.
ence Monthly. for July, graphically
depicts the story ola young man, who.
although an under graduate in an
eastern college yet, had become VIC
tim to the hypodermic use of morphia.
Those who have the slightest taste for
this form of dissipation, should read
and be warneC:
The young man went with his
father, who was engaged ia the lum.
bering interest. into the primeval for
ests of Maine, hoping that with stay
of few months with the wood chop
pers, he would be able to fight out the
battle of gradual abandonment sue
cessfully. Through a strange fatality
when the party had just arrived at
their camping place, and We're trans
porting their goods across stream,
the case of morphia was broken by an
apparent accident, and its contents
scattered into the water. None but
the haggard young man could, at the
moment, comprehend the appalling
magnitude of the calamity-there, as
be was, two hundred miles from the
nearest settlement! He survived the
terrible ordeal, but no words could
express. he has said. the tortures and
agony through which he passed dur
ing the succeeding weeks. He was
closely watched, else at times he would
have drowned himself or have beaten
his brains out upon the rocks. Months
afterwards he came back to the world
a skeleton, worn and haggard from
his terrible contest. 1t was an expe-
rience to which he could never after
refer. without the most painful emo
tons"
The above incident will convince
however, that the sudden
and entire breaking off of this dread
full habit is not only the best way, but
the surest.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-07-07

st. Louis society is said to be shak
en- from center to circumference, by
the receipt of anonymous letters. Ger
tainly it is to be hoped that the guilty
parties may be unearthed and punish
ed to the fullest extent of the law.
The mind that has in it the founda'
ton for an anonymous letter, is as
vile as can be imagined, and quite ca.
pable of any dastardly deed, whatso
ever it may be. 1t is well to know
that several instances of the kind
which have come to light in an east
ern state, have been summarily dealt
with, and the base wretches not only
med but imprisoned. The anony.
aous letter writer is as dangerous to a
,ommu uity as mad dog, and should
oe handled in exactly the same fash.
,on-at the muzzle Of a revolver.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-07-07

No better illustration of the light
and foolish idea with which the aver
age young American contemplates the
marriage contract, can be found, than
in an instance which comes from
Oberlin, Ohio. A young druggist
and miss of sixteen became enamor-
ed of each other, and the latter fled
from the school where she had been
placed by her father, and eloped with
her lover. The popularity of mar
riage was that the parties, after max
ing the compact, agreed to live apart
for one year, and during that time to
keep their union secret. If, during
the time, either of them gretted the
step, and found someone more to bis
or her liking, it was to be frankly
confessed, and the marriage would be
considered null and void. Certainly,
if the generation which is to come to
axe their places, as members of So
iety, entertain no more sacred idea of
he marriage tie, than to suppose it
IN be broken at will, 'ben the day is
Of far distant when the whole social
structure will be laid in ruin. This
view of the matter however, by the
youth of our land, is directly due to
the laxness of the existing divorce
laws, and no more powerful argument
can be aiduced against them.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-07-07
Proposals for Construction OF
Macadamized Roadwaye.
Office National Cemeteries,

Office National Cemeteries,
Washington, ID. c., June 19, 80.
Sealed proposals, in triplicate, with
copy of this advertisement attached
to each, will be received at this Office
until II M, Wednesday, July %,
1885, for the construction of a, mac
adamized roadway from Springfield,
Missouri, to the National Military
cemetery near that city. Speci6ca-
tons and blank forms of proposals can
be procured on application to the
depot quartermaster, st. Louis, Mo. !;
at Springfield National cemetery, and
at this Office, where, also, full infor-
nation in regard to the work will be
given. Proposals should be endorsed,
proposals for Construction Of Spring
field Cemetery Roadway" and ad-
dressed to the undersigned. They
will be opened at this affice at the
hour and date above named, when
bidders are invited to be present. The
right is reserved to reject any and all
bids.
r. N. BATCHELDER,
Deputy O. M. Geu1, o.. 8. Army.
7.5-d7t
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-07-07

Manual training schools are becom
ing an important factor in the educa.
tional system of this country, and in
a number of eastern cities they have
recently been established. There can
be no doubt that to the young men
who expect to take an active part in
the duties of life, these schools are
GgFeat benefit. How would it do for
0me enterprising party to establish
'ne in Sedalia? We are a city of
chools, and so far, not one has been
unsuccessful that was properly man
.ged.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-07-07

The Bay State mills, of Lawrence
Massachusetts, were recently sold al
auction for the sum of 1925, 900
Twenty-seven years ago they were
sold by the same auctioneer for $500,
600. The original cost was s1,147,'
900. 1t would seem from these fig.
ures, that the business of manufactur.
ing cotton stuffs has considerably
fallen off of late years.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-07-07

Mother love was strongly exempli-
| fed In the recent case of a Mrs. John
Dolin, who, with her babe, little boy
and nurse girl, was riding in a ca
bose on the nickel plate road, near
Erie, Pa. The train stopped on a
trestle over a ravine, where it was
run into by another freight train.
Mrs. Dolin grasped her babe and boy
and followed by the nurse, ran out on
the platform, when all were hurled
over into the abyss one hundred feet
below. Mrs. Dolin held to her child
until it was torn from her grasp by
the wires below. The mother was
killed, but the babe was caught in the
top of tree, and may possibly recov-
er. There was sublime heroism in
the love which prompted that mother
to cling to her babe in the face of a
dreadful death, and an imagination
which points above, a. the ultimate
boursee will believe, that purified as
it was, by the grandeur of that SUI
preme moment, which rose above self,
the soul of Mrs. Dolin went straight
to God.