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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10
The Publisher Crushed.

81 am, indeed, glad to hear that you
are prospering in your newspaper ven-
ture,'' said gentleman to the editor.
Thanks" responded the quill
driver.
Eyes, l am indeed, glad to hear that
you are doing SO well. A man who
has struggled along so bravely as you
have, deserves to be successful. Close
application and persistant work de-
mands recognition. See how l have
labored, long and most industriously,
and can look back to the time when a
dollar was as big as cart wheel, but,
by perseverance and hard work, I have
been enabled to count my wealth by
the thousands.
Fortune has, indeed, favored you" "
cit has for fact, and the heroic eff
forts of every man should be fully APP
preciated by those who have soul
within him, and is financially able to
do so."
'sTrue, every word of it," said the
editor, who was now assured that a
two dollar subscription was almost
within his grasp, and another honored
nointed list'' of his subscribers. But
YOU kuO" us puUllSHeIS eApeTleuCo
great difficulty in collecting our SUBJ
scr1ption money, we are put off with
various excuses, and wear out our
souls in our frantic efforts to collect
what is due u.s.
'.What is the subscription price to
your paper?" asked the gentleman as
he put his hand IN his pocket.
''Only two dollars" replied the edi-
tor. '.Only two dollars a year, post
age paid" -.........5
''Let me see," said the gentleman,
''that's only tive cents week. cheap
enough. You may send it to me for a
year,
The editor smiled beautiful smile,
which was instantaneously trans
mogrited into scowl that was cross
between the laugh of frightened
dude, and the snarl of a subdued
carton, when the gentleman concluded
by saying:
''Here's five cents for the next issue,
and you can send your boy to the house
every Saturday and collect the same
amount. like to encourage home
talent. ."-PretzeLS WeeEEy.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10
A Fair Distljler.

Miss Bette Smith, of Fentress
county, Tenn, has been arrested on
charge of illicit distilling and has been
taken to Nashville. She is said to be
handsome and accomplished, and is
supposed to have written that wild and
stirring romance ''The Blue Headed
Sap-Sucker or The Rock Where the
Juice Ran out" Col. Harvey Mathes,
editor OF the Memphis Ledger says
that Miss Smith is undoubtedly the
author of the story. This is a start
ling revelation in Tennessee. At one
time Colonel Mathes offered three
thousand dollars for the discovery of
the author.
When Miss Smith was arraigned be-
fore the United States court, she con-
Quoted herself with such grace and
dignity, that The polite old judge,
deeply impressed, arose and made her
a profound bow.
''Miss Smith," said the judge, s'to
see you in this awful predicament seri-
ously touches me-" = --. ..5
'1t does me too, judge
"How old are you?'
''Judge, you should not ask such
question, but will tell you. lam two
years older than my married sister,
who was married before she was as
old as l am. She has been married
eighteen months and still speaks we'll
of her husband. Now how old am I?''
81 cannot tell -. -.
81 am not to blame for your mathe-
matical ineficiency.'
''Why did you go into the business
of illicit distilling?" .4s s
ssRecauSa I wanted to make whis-
ky
Il suppose so. How long have you
been a distiller?" a.ea
Ever since l was sixteen years
old. r..
when were you sixteen years olda"
''The year my father died"
"What year was that?'
''The year my Uncle Henry moved
to Texas
''Miss Smith. yoh are a woman, but
insist that you shall answer my ques
tions. Remember that if convicted of
this awful charge, you will be sent to
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10
Fruit Eaters Need No Doctors.

We were struck recently by the re-
marks of a doctor friend of ours, who
said no one thing will do so much to
make people Independent of the med
ical profession as the daily free use Of
fruit. He had noticed that those
farmers in whose families fruit was
regularly and largely consumed sell.
dom needed his services. We thought
what pity that every farmer in the
land could not be convinced OF these
truths. 1t is deplorable fact that
farmers families do not enjoy that ro-
bust health that country air and out
door life, with plenty of exercise,
should give. 1t is also a fact that liv-.
ing on farms whose rich acres are
aching to produce abundant crops of
the varied fruits, but very few have
plenty, and many never have any
fruit, except it may be an occasional
apple. The standard food in a ma
joritv of farmers houses consist large
ly of bread, butter and meat (mostly
pork) fried in grease, and where pas
try or cake is used, it has lard In
large proportions in its composition;
and this food is eaten at least twice,
and in many families, three times a
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wonder that they are not more
healthy, and that their prevailing dis
eases are such as indicate an over
consumption of greasy food? If fruits
were expensive or difficult to raise,
there would be some excuse; but
there is no part of the country with
out plenty of varieties adapted to its
soil and climate, and just such as are
fitted by nature to both nourish and
cleanse the body, and no more skill is
required to grow them than to grow
corn or wheat.
Why is it that so few farmers make
any attempt to provide an adequate
supply of what would add much to
their pleasure, and save many times
it's cost in doctors bills, to say moth
ing of the sufferings and loss of their
dear ones. We entreat you, decide
Just now not to let the spring pass
without planting fruit yard. Surely
it is better to grow fruit than to be
continually dosing with medlcine!-
Rural Ne1O Yorker.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10
Lord DudIeY;s Heavy Bets.

Those sporting papers which have
alluded to the sensational wages with
which the late Earl of Dudley used
from time to time to astonish the rae
ing world have somehow omitted to
record the last bet which he ever
made, and which consisted in laying
100000 to $4,000 on Petrarch, at AS
cot, for the twenty-tkird Triennial,
when Morning Star won. Into the
circumstances of that memorable race
we have no wish to inquire. Lord
Dudley, it is well known, refused to
settle the bet for some weeks after
ward, and did not engage in any SUBJ
sequent turf transactions. He had
not, indeed. paid a visit to any race
course of recent years. and had long
since ceased to take any interest in the
''sport of kings" His wagers, as a
rule. were very successful ones-were
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10

the penitentiary. What did you do
with the whisky you NADER"
s'Sold it."
'Who bought it?''
"Well, judge, it would be rather
hard to tell who bought it all. Some
time ago a party of gentlemen came
out INTO my neighborhood to hunt
deer. The party got out of whisky,
but found it difficult to buy any. At
awhile I told a man if he would put
his jug down on silver dol
lar and go away he might,
when he came back, find the jug
full of whisky. He did so.''
''Would you know the man?''
'Oh, yes, slr, I recognized him in a
moment. You are the man, Judge. ="
--Arka7asaa0 Traveller. 's'
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10

them up in it's wide mouth and flies to
to place of safety.
Bills called dentirostral are toothed.
This tooth may occur any place from
the tip back to the rictus or angle of
the mouth. So many birds are so pro-
vided that it was folly for the old
classifers to put them all in the same
order With equal reason might par
rots and eagles be classed together be-
cause both have hooked beaks. The
hook serves quite different purposes in
these families. In birds of prey the
hook is used in tearing pieces from
the food, while in the parrot tribe it is
used for very little else than as hand
to grasp branches as the bird makes
mis- way among tree tops. 1t IS with
the under bill and tongue that the par
rot breaks into nuts or chews his food,
as anyone who has parrot can easily
notice.
The blunt, strong bill of the wood
pecker family, shown in the smallest
of the family, the downy woodpecker,
Is most admirably adapted to the peck
ing and drilling which he loves to
practice in uncovering a nest of ants
or boring beetle; and as no other bird
can get at these lurkers the larder of
this family is always full and safe from
intruders. Some writers have SYM
pathized with them because they work
so hard for living. but they like to do
it, and no happier bird lives in the wood
than the woodpecker. With his drill
he can secure his food and dig hole
where his young is safe, and where he
can retire himself in times of danger
or inc1ement weather.
The srumpy bill of the tit family
serves them we'll in seed eating, crack
ing the shells of beetles or nipping off
tender and juicy buds. In fact no in
ventor could fashion for family bet
ter shaped tool than each possesses in
his peculiar beak which the circum-
stances of thousands of years and the
guidance of an Allwise Being have
evolved for him.-Tom Lyon, IN Pits
burQh DSSDatch.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10
Disposal of the Dead.

q. ga statement made by the counsel
for the Greenwood cemetery assooia-
ton at the recent investigation into
the management of the cemetery's af-
fairs is one to make people think more
of cremation than ever before" said
gentleman who was present at the in
vestigation to Mail and Erpress re-
porter. 'This was, that it was most
injudicious to allow relatives or friends
to be present when remains which had
long been in grave were taken out to
be transferred to some other place, be-
cause the coffin was likely to nave be-
come decayed and the remains had to
be taken up with a shovel. just think
of that! l actually believe I'd rather
have the urn idea adopted in place OF
the present burial system, odd as 1t
seems"
An officer of cremation company,
when asked by a reporter for particu-
lars regarding the mode of disposing
of the dead suggested by the above
remark, said that from all observations
cremation is destined at no distant
day to supersede the practice of grave
burials because it had none of their
offensive features. ''As now conduct
ed at Gotha, Milan, and other points
of Europe" he added, ''cremation is
not for a moment to be confounded
with the offensi custom of burning
on the open pyre, as practiced by the
ancients. 1t is effected in super
heated air chamber, which allows no
contact of flame or fuel with the body,
while all the gases and volatile pro-
ducts of combustion are completely re-
generated and rendered innocuOus and
odorless before being liberated. Why,
an approved modern crematory might
be erected in Madison square, and but
for transporting the dead bodies
thither, could not be an offense to any
one. The process is accompanied with
no repulsive sight, sound, smell, noise
or smoke"
"What is this process?" was asked.
"The body, covered with pail, is
placed on a catafalque in the chapel
or reception hall, whence it descends
noiselessly by means of an elevator to
the incinerating chamber. This, by
means of superheated air, has been
raised to white heat at a tempera-
ture of about 1000 degrees fahrenheit.
When opened to receive the body the
in-rushing cold air cools this chamber
to delicate rose tint, and the body,
after remaining an hour in this bath of
rosy light, is completely decomposed.
Nothing remains but a few pounds
(about 4 per cent of the original
weight) of clean, pure, pearly ashes.
These are then taken out and put in an
urn of terra Gotta, marble. or other
suitable material, and placed in a
niche OF the columbarium OF delivered
to the friends of the deceased"
''What is the usual cost of crema-
tion?'
'sThe cost of such a disposal of the
human body, after it reaches the cre-
matory, is from $40 to S25, according
to circumstances. To this may be
added, If desired, $5 for an urn and
$40 each for q niche in the colum-
barium, where the urn may be kept,
with an inscribed tablet placed in the
wall below the niche commemorative
of the deceased. Thus the entire ex-
pense would not be over $50.-NeW
York Mail and EayjresS
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10

chiefly negotiated on the classic races.
He had $4,000 to $4,000 about Refine
for the Oaks of 1872, and in a later
year netted an equally large amount
by the successes of Marie Stewart,
Apology and Splnaway. With many
racing men the story of his having
offered to bet 100000 to e1O,OOO on
Macgregor for the Derby of 1870 is
very familiar. The late Mr.. J. B.
Morris was the bookmaker who on
that occasion declined the sensational
wager, only to see Macgregor beaten
a quarter of an hour afterward. His
feelings may be imagined Whitehall
Rp2,ie1r
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10

American carpet-makers are excelling their
English competitors in artistic achievements.
American artisans and artists have SO often
shown that they can, if properly encouraged,
come off triumphantly in any field OF rivalry,
that it behooves American buyers to wholly
abandon their unnatural worship of European
lade marks-TRe Current. -. z - 2
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-06
STATE NEWS.

Mrs. Emma Davis, of Southington, will soon leave for Canada where she will reside. Plymouth people are preparing to send 8 carload of their surplus apples to the poor of New York city.
 The grand list of Southington will foot up to about $2, 300, 900. This is about the same as last year.
 Bishop Williams will visit Trinity church, Collinsville, the Rev. Samuel Hall rector, on the evening of December 11th.
 Norwich broke the record of almost half century Tuesday by electing the Democratic candidates for representatives.
 MT. James W. Cheney and family, of South Man chester, reached home from their ex tended European tour Monday evening.
 The will of the late Major William J. Wood, of Hartford, has been admitted to probate. The bequests are all to private par ties.
 Suffeld's Democratic nominees for repre- sentatives, who were defeated Tuesday by small margin, were James Fl. Hoskins and George F. Root.
 George Berg, the aged carpet weaver of Hartford who fell down stairs on Allyn street Saturday night and fractured his skull, died late Tuesday night.
 Baltic cotton mill weaver, Joseph Hat field, is in luck. He emigrated from Eng land in the spring because of g quarrel with his uncle, with whom he lived. Now the uncle has died and left him $25, ,O0O.
 Four youthful burglars, each about IA years old, have been arrested in Hartford for com mitting series of depredations in various stores. One of the gang is girl. Two of the boys were caught Tuesday night robbing @ store.
 The election in Middletown resulted differ ently from those of previous years The Democratic candidates for representatives were cut by their own party and consequent ly the Republicans elected their candidates, j. H. Hubbard and c. M. Southmayd, by mAjorities of nearly 300.
 Charles H. and George E. Redfeld, of Madison, having been sick with typhoid fever their neighbors turned out and picked between 800 and 600 bushels of corn for them and bound up the stalks and carried them into the barn. There were several teams, and at one time there were thirty five men at work.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-06
EtnamItal.
Strong Movement In Stoeks-Prices We'll Held Throughout the Bay and
 Several Points Higher at the Close.

We'll Held Throughout the Bay and
 Several Points Higher at the Close.
 New York Nov 5, 1888.
 The stock market this morning active but the course of prices very irregular. At the opening the tone was firm and in the first few transactions advanced fractionslly, but under sharp selling of the leaders, noticeaby Lake Shore, Jersey Central, Oregon Transcontinental and Ore gon Navigation, which continued up to Il o'clock, decline ranged from A to 15s per cent. Shortly after II o'clock the tables turned. The bulls placed number of supporting orders in the mar ket and actively bid prices up This caused 6 scamper to cover by some of the early sellers and by midday the decline of the first hour had been fully recovered. As compared with yesterdays closing figures at noon were A to 1N per cent. high CT. The sales amounted to s40,eOO shares. The stock market continued strong and the advance prices to break A to 14 per csnt. from the top fig and prices went steadily up to the close under the lead of St. Paul and Union Pacific, both of which were freely bought The best prices of the day were from 4 to sl4 per cent the latter in St Paul. The strength of the market Tn the late dealings progressing tremendously at the meeting of the trunk line presidents in session to-day for the pur fine pooling agreement and that in all probability the agreement would be signed today Up to the gard gard to the proceedings of the meeting had trans pired. The specialties were strong and some of them made marked advances. The sales aggre-
 Money closed easy at 11k@2 per cent.
 Exchange closed quiet at 4S4@4S6; actual rates 4s34@4.sS16 for sixty days and 4.s514@4S51@ for demand.
 Governments closed firm. [Cosiag prices reported over the private wires of BUNNELL & SCRANTON. Bankers and Brokers.l
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-06
An Exciting Time,

In Bridgeport Wednesday afternoon work men were engaged in digging an excavation for water pipe on South avenue, between Main and Broad streets. When they finished in the evening they neglected to properly guard the hole, leaving nothing but dim lighted lantern to give warning to teamsters. The consequence was that after dark several horses plunged into the trench, and were only with great difficulty liberated. A horse be- longing to L. A. Perkins and driven by W. H. Mcintyre became stranded in the hole and the assistance of a number of citizens was required to extricate him. Residents of the neighborhood finally procured lamps and with the aid of the police provided proper safaouarda
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-06
Crime In Connecticut.

For the year ending July 1, 1885, the whole number of prosecutions for different crimes in Connecticut was 1855, decrease of 161 as compared with the preceding year. Total number Inf cases disposed of 1,87S, g decrease of 129. Total number of convictions 104, decrease of 21 The amount of forfeited bonds is $21 ,697 .23. The amount for the preceding year was SIS, ,326.43.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-06
VOL. LII.
4t1ediraI.
Questlons Answered.!!


 Ask the most eminent physician Of any school, what is the best thing in the world for allaying all irritation of the nerves, and curing all forms of nervous com plaints, giving natural, childlike refreshing sleep always
 And they will tell you unhesitatingly ''Some form of Hops {!
 CHAPTER l.
 Ask any or all of the most eminent physi- oians l.
 ffWhat is the only remedy that can be re- lied on to cure all diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs; Bright's disease, diabetes, retention, or inability to retain urine, and all the diseases and ailments peculiar to women, "And they will tell you explicitly and em- phatically "Buchu l"
 Ask the same physicians
 ''What is the most reliable and surest cure for all liver diseases or dyspepsia, constipa- tion, indigestion, biliousness, malaria, fever, Ague, &c.; :" and they will tell you Mandrake or Dandelion II Hence. when these remedies are combined with dsrfIi and mysterfous curative power is developed or ill health possibly exist or resist it's power, Harmless for the most frail woman, weakest in- valid or smallest child to use.
 cHAPERL
 "Patients''
 Almost dead or nearly dying" For years, ana gwen up by physicians, Of Bright's and other kidney diseases, liver complaints, severe coughs, called consump- tion, have been cured.
 Women gone nearly crazyii From agony of neuralgia, nervousness, wakefulness, and various diseases peculiar to women.
 People drawn out of shape from excruciating bangs of rheumatism, inflammatory and chronic, or suffering from scrofula. Erysipelas "Saltrheun, blood poisoning, dyspepsia indiges- ton and, in fact, almost all diseases frail'' Nature is heir to
 Have been cured by Hop Bitters, proof of which oan be found in every neighborhood in the known world.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-06
Boys, Rubber Coats $1.25
 STEVENS & BROOKS. Girls, Rubber Circulars $1
 STEVENS & BROOKS,
The Best Internal Remedy.

Brandreth's pills, the best medicine known for all diseases. They are purely vegetable. The same dose always produces the same eff fees;othsr purgatives require increased doses, blood. They invigorate the digestion and cleanse the stomach and bowels. They stim- ulate the liver and carry off vitiated bile and other depraved sec1etions. The first two or three doses tells the story. The skin becomes clear; the eye, bright; the mind, active; di- gestion is restored ;costiveness cured; the ami nal vigor is recruited, and all decay arrested.
 n2 eod3t wit
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-06
Church Dedication.

On Sunday afternoon the corner stone of the new Catholic church, West Haven, will be laid by the Rt. Rev. Bishop McMahon. The St. Aloysius T. A. B. society of this city escorted by brass band will attend in Q body. The members of the St. Vincent de Paul conference of the Church of the Sacred Heart will also be present. Horse cars will start from the corner of Church and Chapel and from Liberty and Portsea streets at 1:3O p. m and will be run the whole afternoon The silver trowel to be used at the ceremony will he awarded to the individual contribut- ing the most on this occasion.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-06
Yale Otes.


 Ordway 80 was married to Miss Scudder, of Chicago, recently.
 Bishop s4 was elected State representa- tive for Bridgeport at the recent election.
 The Amherst dramatic club will present ''The Country Girl" which was written by Wycherly in 1875 and revised by Augustin Daly last year.
 At the recent convention of the New Eng land colleges at Dartmouth conmittee of three was appointed to bring about uniform ity in the various college entrance examina- tions so as to make an admission to one col lege the means of entering the same class at another.
 There will be university meeting this evening for the purpose of electing officers of the Athletic association for the ensuing year.
 The Banner will appear tomorrow with g large number of new cuts. Among them will be views of the new Dwight hall and the Law rance dormitory.
 The committee appointed by the Shelf. seniors to remove their class numerals from the cemetery wall have at last succeeded in their object, though only by hiring stone cutter to chip off the surface of the stone.
 The faculty have finally given their per mission to the juniors to hold their promen- ade but stipulare that there shall be no pri- vate spreads in college rooms, and that the committee shall be responsible for the good conduct of the two classes so as to avoid the unseemly disturbances of last year.
 The date fixed for this social event is Feb ruary 9th. clans and Surgeons, New York, and Barnard is in the Columbia Law school.
 The subjects for the Townsend prize es says, the greatest honor of senior year, have been announced. They are: "The American Tory in the Rev olution, "Francis de Sales," 'sThe Place of the Sophist in Greek Philosophy" "Italy of the Renaissance, as Represented in the Trage dies of the Elizabethan Dramatists," "The Congo Free State, "Pessimism, :" "The Public Lands," tConstantinople, Past and Future" "John Tyler's Presidency, Especially His Relations with the Whig Party" and ''The Art of Diplomacy as Modified by Modern Pc litical Changes" The essays are due April 1st.
 Tomorrow the first football game of the intercollegiate series will be played at the Polo ground in New York between Wesleyan and the University of Pennsylvania and on the following Saturday Yale and Princeton will play the loser and winner respectively.