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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-11-27
A Quail Burial.
Forest, Forge and Farm.

Forest, Forge and Farm
About eighteen months ago seventy
five qua l were taken from Tennessee
into New Jersey for the purpose of col
onizing them. In the spring of 1884
the experiment of breeding the birds.
while IN confinement was attempted,
two pairs being placed in large wire
cage that was built in the yard of a
farm house. The birds mated. That
spr ng one of the b rd' bu 1t a nest and
laid thirteen eggs, and was about set
ting on them when, in consequence of
the breaking of a water leader, the
nest was destroyed. The eggs were
then taxed and put under bantum
and Matched out. That summer the
quail hen died. Last autumn one of
the cock birds died.
This spring the remaining pair, being
a cross pair, mated, and the hen bird
built nest and laid thirteen eggs.
During the first week of her sitting
upon them she was taken sick, and
after moping for two or three days
died. While she was sick, and after
her death. the cock bird manifested
some very remark able characteristics.
He seemed greatly distressed. The hen
bird had died on her nest. The cock
would run to her and caress her, and
then turn away and call her. He made
queer chirpings and sounds such as he
had never been heard to utter before.
At last he seemed to realize that his
mate was deal. He then went and
pulled her off the nest and dragged
her body over to the corner of the
cage with backward movements of his
feet. There he dug a hole and covered
her up with earth, leaving only the
long wing feathers of one wing ex-
posed. This done, without uttering
any further sounds, he returned to the
nest and sat on the eggs, and event
ually succeeded in bringing out brood
of ten young quail. The young birds
are now alive: The story of the burial
is vouched for by large number OF
witnesses.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-11-27
In a Lighthouse.

Eyes. we see and hear some curious
things" said the lighthouse keeper.
land as for monotony it's enough to
drive one mad. Married men fare bet
ter, as when women and children are
around it isn't quite so lonesome; but
it's bad enough. My Station for
number of years was a rock about two
hundred feet long and one hundred
feet wide, and in a gale of wind the
house stood right in the water, with
the seas rolling all around.
Eyes, it was shaky. One night l
call to mind especially. 1t had been
blowing a. gale for two days; the sea
was making clean breach over the
ledge, and every time it hit the house
it would Jump sixty or a hundred feet
into the air and come down on the roof
like rocks. On the ledge were four or
five boulders that must have weighed
over two tons; and the first thing we
knew one of them fellows came at the
door, burst it in, and in a second we
were all a-swimming. The stone
couldn't get in; it just stuck there, so
we took to the light and sat on the
stairs, and nigh froze to death, all
night Me and my man took turns in
going up every half hour, and dye
know, the lighthouse swung so that
you could hardly keep your feet. l
thought more than once that we'd go
over, but she didn't. The feeling is
different from most anything else.
There is a shaking and vibrating all
the time. and then when the big gusts
come you can feel the whole thing
tremble and culver. SO that you al
most lose your feet.
Zone night" continued the speaker.
81 remember some fishermen got
bowed off shore and came in there.
and what night it was! About mid
night some one sings out, The lamps
out!' And so it was. Up we rushed,
half a dozen of US, scared to death. as
ten minutes might cost good many
lives and vessel could come within
twenty feet of our house before she
struck. By the time we got up we
found the place full of smoke and see
something had fouled the chimney,
and what dye suppose it was? You'd
never guess. 1t was blowing fit to take
the buttons off your coat; but someone
had to go outside and climb up the
rod on to the very top of the light and
see what was the trouble. 1t was a
close call, and we tossed for it. My
lldGo uTcW dUu SCdTUoQ. we lieu d
rope around him and up he went and
did the job.
He came back alive, but with the
whitest face l ever saw on live man.
He said he wouldn't do it again for
love or money.
But what dye suppose he found in
the chimney, stuck fast? Nothing
more nor less than one of these ere
Mother Carey's chickens. iammed in
as tight as it could get, and dead, OF
course. We get regularly pelted with
birds in the light and that is the rea-
SON the glass IS made SO thick. as al
most every night one or two birds hit
against it. Sonnet mes in the spring
and fall hundreds of 'em will strike in
the course of ght. You see at this
time the birds are migra ing and fly
ing off shore along the coast and on
foggy ghtas s they only see the !, blaze s OF +
the light. They make u break for II
and down they 60, and in the morning
the rail. ron and GLASS Will be all
b.ood ard feathers.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-11-27
The Conductors Story.
Chicago Herald.

CulcoSo
IF you write stories for the paper"
said Rock Island Railway freight
conductor, '.let me tell you a true one
that came under my observation last
winter out near Des Moines when | was
running on the Iowa division. This is
no railroad yarn, but fact. l saw it
with my own eyes. One day we were
running along and was on the en-
g ne. As we began to cross a bridge
we looked ahead and there was l tile
g.rl about six years old clambering
over the timbers. She had some school
on her way home from school. The
engineer whistled, when she turned
her race toward us. Ill never forget
that face as long as live. Itwas just
as white as the snow on the ice in the
creek thirty or forty feet below her.
But she d dn't scream, nor try to Jump
ror do anything. She just looked at
us with a steady glare as if she'd stop
the train with her eyes that we were
unable to do with our brakes. At first
we were all so broke up we hadn't any
idea what to do, and | peIieve we'd of
stood there like posts if she hadn't
suddenly stretched out her little arms
to us in mute appeal for help. Well.
sir, that broke the charm. and we all
started up wildly. swung way out
as far as could, holding by one hand
and with the other motioning her to
get downtown between the tmbers.
Would you believe it? That Little
thing followed my directions as if
she'd been man. And she took hex
time to it. too, and climbed down as
del berately as ii she'd been at home.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-11-27

She was none too quick, though, for
her little brown hood, with red rib
bon tiuttering from it, had no sooner
disappeared between the timbers than
we thundered over her.
" Let her out, Bill, shouted to the
engineer, let her out lively, or that
little thing will never be able to stick
down there till we get over the bridge.
Turn her loose!'
$50 Bill let her out. but she'd no
sooner reached the bank than I jumped
off and went heels over head in a snow
bank. l got back to the bridge as
soon as could and waited for our
long train to get by. Don't mind tell
in ye that as [ stood there did some
thing I never did afore-yes. sir, I
stood there and prayed that that little
one might be able to stick it out till I
could get to her. But [ guess my
prayers are no good, for when the
train was by I rushed out on the bridge
over timbers by the dozen, expecting
every minute to see that little red rib
bon. But it never showed up. Tears
began to fill my eyes SO that [ could
hardly see the cross-pieces-I have
little girl of my own you know-but
on and on [ went, and no brown hood
or red ribbon could I find. Then l
turned and looked to the ice below,
and there she was. Yes, she had fall
en- thirty or forty feet through the
bridge.
''How I got down to her I don't
know, but got there. lifted her up
in my arms. Her eyes were closed,
but she opened them, looked at me
second and then said:
'.How did you get down here?"
''This question would have made me
laugh if 1 had felt sure she wasn't
hurt, but as it was I hurried up the
bank and to the caboose. She said she
wasn't hurt much, but I knew she
couldn't tell, and we started for the
next station.
Pm going home, amt I?'' she in
quired, after we had fixed her up in
our bunk.
Il told her yes, knowin' that min
ute we were goin' right by her house
I was in such a hurry to get to a sur.
geon that thought it right to deceive
her. Pretty soon she went off to sleep
and she looked so deathlv lying there
that all of us went to wipin' our eyes
like women.
ss Boys says I, If she never wakes
up I'll quit the road. 1 never want to
see that bridge agin.' ~
''And you have quit the road?'
''No, I'm at the old business. She
got well. and all the spring used to
watch for my ira; n as she would for
her papa coming home from work. We
never passed her house unless she was
out waving that little brown hood at
US and making that red ribbon dance.
Our engineer used to whistle for her
regularly. and she got so that she
could tell that whistle as far as she
could hear it. Once in while. when
not in hurry, we'd stop our train
and have talk with her. She said
she loved us all, even the old engine,
but she has never set her foot on the
track since that day she fell through
the bridge. This is a true story and
the little girls name is Lily"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-11-27

to declare that farming don't pay.
Poor stock will burden any farmer,
and the wise man who owns any of
this class of animals will make every
endeavor to get rid of them as soon as
he can stock up judiciously with bet
ter ones.
Nearly half century ago, Joshua
Van Cott, Il great horse authority on
Long Island, used the following re-
cipe for curing heaves in horses. Ithas
been regarded as a precious secret un-
til quite recently: Take forty sumach
buds, one pound resin, one pint GIN
ger, half pound mustard, one p.nt un-
Stacked lime, six ounces cream tartar,
four ounces gum guacum, one pound
EPSON salts: mix together, divide into
thirty powders and give one every
morning in the horses feed before wa
tering him.
Sheep on the farm are almost a ne
cessity IN these times of advancement
in farming. The highest authorities
on agricultural economy claim that
there must be variety in stock as
well as in crops to attain the greatest
success on the farm, and sheep are .ad
mitted to be the best adapted to foul
lands. Their size makes them very
convenient to furnish meat for the
farmers family. Their products are
marketable when there is little else on
the farm to bring in ready cash. They
fit well to the large gap between hogs
and cattle.
The place which the pumpkin can
be made to fill on the farm is an i'm
portant one. As food for cattle, 1T
is excellent, and after removing the
seed may be fed with profit to milch
COWS. Horses are fond of them. Hogs
revel in Their rich and appetizing juices.
Sheep eat them with ayidity. Oh. OK
ems, ducks and geese feed on them at
every opportunity. AS a WINTER food
for all kinds of stock they are excel
lent. Pumpkins are SO easily raised,
are so valuable, and are so easily KEEP
II winter. that the farmer who ia
to plant them neglects an importan
item in his farm economy. Plant an
save pumpkin and the result will b
astonishing.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-11-27
Another Trunk Tragedy.

CulcaSO derdiu
Talking about the trunk tragedy
at st. Louis, sa d lady who was re-
turning from visit to one of the Wis
consin summer resorts, that's moth
ing beside a trunk tragedy I saw up at
the lake. A woman came to the hotel
about ten days ago, and the first thing
we heard was the great trouble she
had had in getting her trunk. About
every hour of the day she went to the
hotel Office to inquire after her m ssing
Saratoga. We noticed that she had
nothing to wear but an old gray tray
cling dress, and she was stared at a
good deal in the dining room and on
the piazza after dinner. but we made
allowances for her m sfortune and
rather sympathized with her. She was
all the time taking on about her bad
luck and telling of the beautiful dress
es she had. Her dear, dead husband,
who had left her a few months after
Their marriage. was wealthy. and had
bought her everything she asked for.
She said she had no less than twelve
nice dresses in her trunk and more at
home that she couldn't bring. You
can imagine that we all became rather
curious about her wardrobe, and some
OF US were as ANXIOUS Tor 1t TO ARRIVE
as she was. And she was making
good progress with the men, too. and
about hooked wealthy wldower from
Milwaukee.
''One evening just after dinner the
porters were bringing up some bag
gage. and the widow was on hand as
usual looking for hers. This time it
was there. and she clapped her hands
in joy. But the very next minute the
men let it fall; It came down the steps
right at the end of the piazza. 1t
struck corner and burst, and Eefore
us was spread the widows wardrobe.
The crowd gathered around, and there
was quite a sensation"
Had she told the truth?'
s.Yes, she had. There were the doz-
en- dresses, but they were all for little
girls, at least SIN different sizes. As
She left the house early next morning
none of US, nor the Milwaukee widow
er, either, were ahIe to learn where
she had been keeping her children
poor thing.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-11-27
THE INSIDE TRACK.
Brooklyn Eagle.
r. J. BURDETTE.

r. J. BURDETTE.
He came to the bower of her love
Twanging his sweet guitar:
he called her in song his snow-white dove,
His lily, his fair, bright star,
While sat close to the brown-eyed maid
And helped her to enjoy her serenade.
He sang that his love was beyond compare
(His voice was as sweet as his song;)
He said she was pure and gentle and fair,
And told her he wasn't far wrong
/ don't know whether he heard me or not,
For his string snapped like pistol-shot.
He told how he loved her o'er and o'er
With passion in every word,
In songs that 1 never knew before,
And sweeter ones ne'er were heard.
But the night dews loosened his guitar
strings,
And they buzzed out of tune like crazy
things.
He sang and played till the moon was high,
Oh, sweet was the love-born strain;
And the night caught up each tremulous sigh
And echoed each sweet refrain;
But laughed when beetle flew down his
throat
And choked in snort his highest note.
She liked it; and did-iust $3.50;
was glad to hear his lay;
! ever echoed him, soft and low,
When he sang what l wanted to say.
Till at last I leaned from the window, and
thanked him and asked him to call again
And then he went away.
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Geueral'Grant,s Career.

aarpers Magazine.
The story Of General, Grants life
savors more of romance than reality
it is more like fable of ancient days
than the history of an American citi-;
zen of the nineteenth century. AS light
and shade produce the most attra active'
effects in picture, SO the contrasts in
the career of the lamented general, the
strange vicissitudes of his eventful life,
surround him with an interest which
attaches to few characters in history.
His rise from the obscure lieutenant
to the commander of the veteran
armies of the great republic, his tran
s.tion from the frontier post of the un-
trodden West to the Executive Man
son of the nation; his sitting at one
time in a Little store in Ga1ena, not
even known to the congressman of his
district; at another time striding
through the palaces of the Old World
with the descendants of a line of kings
rising and standing uncovered in his
presence; his humble birth in an Ohio
town scarcely known to the geograph-
er; his distressing illness and courag-
eous death in the bosom of the nation
he had saved-these are the features
OF his marvellous career which appeal
der, and fasc:nate the minds of all who
make study of his life.
Many of the motives which actuated
him and the real sources of strength
employed in the putting forth of his
singular powers will never be fully
understood, for added to habit of
communing much with himself was
modesty which always seemed to make
him shrink from speaking Of a matter
so personal to him as an analysis of
his own mental powers, and those,
who knew him best sometimes under
stood him the least. His most init
mate associates often had to Judge the
man by the results accomplished.
without comprehending the causes
which produced them. Even to the
writer of this article, after having
served with the general for nine years
continuously, both in the field and at
the presidential mansion, he will in
some respects always remain an eng
ma. His memoirs, written on his
death-bed. to be published only after
his decease, furnish the first
instance of his consent to
unbosom himself to the world. In
his intercourse he did not study to be
ret cent about himself; he seemed
rather to be unconscious of self. When
visiting St Louis with him while he
was president. he made a characteris-
tic remark show ng how little his
thoughts dwelt upon the events of his
life which made deep impression
upon others.
Upon his arrival horse and buggy
were ordered, and drive taken to his
farm, about eight miles distant. He
stopped on the high ground overlook
ing the city, and stood for time by
the side of the little long house which
he had built partly with his own hands
in the days of his poverty and early
struggles. Upon being asked whether
the events of the past fifteen years of
life did not seem to m Ike a tale of
the arabian Nights especially in
coming from the White House to visit
the little farm house of early days, he
simply rep led, ''Well, never thought
about it in that light,
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Burning Up Fortunes.

eff the original forests of the states
of Ohio and Indiana were standing to-
dav," says a lumber buyer, ''the.r
valuation would be many times greater
than are the farms which they sacri-
feed to improve. In making their
farms the settlers in those days de-
stroved millions and millions of dol
lars worth of black walnut. Miles
and miles of fence are laid with black
walnut rails. One old farmer says that
only thirty years ago he began making
his farm, and that he had worked eight
years in clearing it of the black wal
nut timber, eighty acres of which he
burned up. After thirty years of culti-
walton the farm is worth So, If it
had its walnut timber back it would
be worth more than 100000 This
farmer is only one among thousands
who for years girdled, cut and burned
the great forests they found occupying
the land"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-11-27

Item from Salt Lake City paper:
s.The unknown woman who was killed
at this place about three months ago
by the cars proves TO be one OF the
wives of the editor of this paper.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-11-27

The modern martyr who suffers at
the steak is he chap who lives at the
cheap board ng house.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-09
TUESDAY, july II, 1885,

To furnish Stationery and Blank Books, in ac-
cordance with Schedules furnished by Secretary
of State.
Samples or minute description Of each article
must accompany each proposal.
Each class of goods in the Schedule must be
bid on separately.
The proposals must be for the delivery of the
Stationery and Blank Books bid on at the Office
of the Secretary of State in such quantities
more or less, than the Schedule names, and at
such times between the date of contract and
the 1st day of DECEMBER, 1886 as the secre-
tary of State may direct.
Each bid must be accompanied by certified
, check on ssme bank of good standing, drawn
to the order of the Secretary of the Board of
/ Examiners, for a sum equal to 20 per cent. Of
the amount of the bid, which check will be
forfeited to the state if the bid which such check
| accompanies shall be accepted aud the party
making such bid shall refuse to give q satisfac-
tory bond for the performance of the contract
awarded to him.
The Board reserves The right to re,ect all bids
if deemed too high.
All bids must be directed to the undersigned
indorsed, " Proposals for Stationery and Blank
Books W. W. MORELAND,
ie22-20t Clerk of State Board of Examiners
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HANTED-LOST-FOUND.

UTANTED-A CARRIAGE PAINTER; A
w general workman who can do first class
work; none others need apply TO H. NJ. BER-
NARD 600 l. street. iy7-3t
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WANTED

A MAN AND WIFE FOR A RANCH, SO;
N men for vineyards, $50; men to chop wood,
81 50 to 81 rs per cord; waters, $50; q man
cook, $50; men for thrashers, good wages; . hay
balers. Femsle-Two girls to wait in hotels,
$40 to S25; also, girls for housewoTk Sl2 to S25
for both city and country; also, girls for various
other work. Apply to HOUSTON & CO., En-
ployment Office, Fourth and K streets. Sacra-
mento. iel3-lptf
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WI. ELLERy BRIGGS, M. D.,

NCULIsT, AURIsT, AND PHYSICIAN FOR
~ Diseases of the Throat 0fice, 4291@ J
street, corner of Fifth, over Sacramento Bank,
y. " SUNDAYS go TO Il A. NJ; l 10 4 P. Il. iyi-N
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MARKETS.
LEGAL NOTICES.

II THE SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF CAL
i ifornia, county Of Sacramento. In the mat
ter OF the estate of PATRICK SULLIVAN, de-
ceased. Notice is hereby given that MONDAY, !,
the 18th day of JULY, 1885, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ OF
said day, aud the Court room of said Court, at
the Courthouse, in the city of Sacramento,
have been appointed as the time aud place for
proving the wills made February Is, 1876, and
February l, 1882, of said PATRICK StLLl-
VAN, deceased, and for hearing the appllea-
tOn OF MRS. ANNIE MCNAMEE, for the issu-
auce 10 her of letters testamentary thereon.
Witness my hand and the seal Of said Court,
this ID day Of July, 1883.
seal WM. b. HAMILTON, Clerk.
John T. CAREY, attorney for Petitioner jyS-l0t
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Frightful Case Of a COIOred Man.

contracted Il fearful case of blood poison in
1883 ! was treated by some of the best phySi-
clans in Atlanta. They used the old remedies
of Mercury and Potash, which brought on
rheumatism and impaired my digestive organs.
Every Joint in me was swollen and full OF pain.
When | was given up to die, my physicians
thought il would be good time to test the vir-
tue of SwiitS Specific. When l commenced
taking s. :. S. the physician said could not
live two weeks under the ordinary treatment.
He commenced to give me the medicine strictly
according to directions, which continued for
several months. | took nothing else, and COM
menced to improve from the very first. Soon
the rheumatism left me. my appetite became all
right, and the ulcers, which the doctor said
were the most friehttul he had ever seen, began
to heal. and by the lst of October, 1881, | was Il
well man again. am stronger now than ever
was before. and weigh more. :. :. 5. has saved
me from an early grave.
LEM MCCLENDON.
Lem AIcCleudOn has been in the employ ofthe
Chess-Carley Company for some years and
know the above statements to be true. At the
time he began taking Swift's Specific he was in
Il horrible condition. | regard his cure almost
miraculous. ". 3. CROSBY, Manager
ChesS-CITley Co, Atlanta Division.
Atlanta Ga, April Is, 1Ss5
For sale by all druggists.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO..
y Y, l57 w 23i St Drawer ,, Atlanta, Ga.
fc5-iy&wly
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LADIES OF SACRAMENTO

4 Nd VICINITY. WE SHALL HEREAF AFTER
4 keep ON hand make to order for ladies the
i1ies using some seven different shades OF the
best imported Kid: also, several colors of Castor
Buck, including Black and Green finished Buck
Geuts Working, Driving and street Gloves o.
Ninth street. odd Fellows Temple. The only
place in the city whore they know how to make
a good glove All work warranted heavy glove
hsnd sewed. DODGE'S SACRAMENTO GLOVE
FACTORY. jel6-tfiuThS