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SHORT BREVITIES.

Congress will have to consider
sixteen contested election cases
when it convenes.
Poor youth; it is never consider
ed old enough TO know anything
until it goes wrong, and then 1t Is
thought old enough to have known
better.
When the expression on mans
face would indicate that he is
smelling dead rat, his friends say
that he is intellectual-lo looking.
Somerville was the only one
out of twenty-five cities in Mass
achusetts that went for prohibi-
ton.
The largest fish hatchery in the
word is to be established at Put
Inlay island, Lake Erie. 1t Will
have a capacity of 50O,OOO,OO0
e. gs per year.
A most remarkable piece OF
journalistic enterprise is reported
from Oklahoma. The first man
to die a natural death in that ter
ritory was a newspaper man.
In the Alaska canneries, Yukon
salmon are marketed by the In
dians at five cents foot. This is
an inducement for the fishermen
Ito refrain from taking the young
salmon.
| A Minnesota professor claims
that the Mississippi river rises in
(a chain of lakes, several of which
are larger than Lake Itaska, the
heretofore supposed source OF
the ssFather of Waters" Stanley
should abandon his search for the
Niles source, and return to this
country. He could satisfy mil
lions of Americans by informing
them as to which identical spring
: starts the great Mississippi.
, Herbert Spencer makes decla
; ration that shows that the Ameri
!, can congress is not the worst legls
lative body in the world. He say
that out of the 67O men composing
! the English house of commons
$50 are simply the agents OF rail
ways and other corporations.
A number of Boston philan
thropists have formed syndicat
and propose to establish a factor.
r of boots and shoes and clothln
in one of the poorest districts c
: Ireland for the purpose of givin
: employment te evicted tenants
and others of the Emerald Isle.
, When the wheat crop in Mime
p sofa fails, the farmers wage We
O on the grasshoppers, for which
a bounty OF 81 per bushel is pait
l. Last year II, 900 bushels of thes
/ pests were harvested.
Mrs. Gladstone is quoted as sa.
ing that her husband considers
d one of his most sacred duties to {
d his utmost to check the flood
l. inlideIity that is sweeping ov
y England.
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Gortlllis GaSette,
OF GROWING IMPORTANCE.

An exchange says that all over
the United States the proper care
of the insane is a question of grow
ing Importance. The figures re
garding insanity in this country
are very misleading to all but the
experienced and careful statis-
tician. For instance, the census
of 1870 gave the number of in
sane in the United States as 81
452. while the census takers In
1880 found 1897 of this class.
this would indicate that while the
population of the country had III
creased during the decade only
about 80 per cent. the number OF
the insane had increased nearly
14S per cent.
This is probably an overestl-
mate. for the reason that the cen
gus of 1880 was more exact and
compl ehensive than that OF the
previous decade. But even where
statistics are collected by the same
set of men and according to the
same rules for series of years, the
increase is marked and alarming.
F. B. Sanborn of the state board
of flunaey and charity of Massachu-
sets, and acting lunacy commits
sioner of that state since 1879, re-
ports that the number of insane
in asylums, etc., is now increasing
from 200 to $50 per year, which
Is much larger proportionate in.
ereass than that of the same popu
Mtion. Similar facts have beer
observed in New York and ii
ether states. This increase i!
partly nominal, resulting from the
fact that many persons are nov
considered insane who few year
.go would not have been 81
enumerated. But there can be NJ
doubt that there is a real as wei
as a nominal increase in the in
sane, and that no single cause will
account for it.
There are several explanation
of this increase in the number
of the insane suggested by writer
UPON tie subject of insanity
These may be stated as follows
First, the large immigration {
foreigners into the country who's
antecedents are not known an
whose mental condition is nc
scrutinized with sufficient care b
the officials Of the port of entr.
Second, the over strain of ou
modern life, especially in larg
cities, doubtless drives many
balanced and ambitious mind il
sane. Third, the increasing hi
manity of treatment lessons th
death rate in asylums and henc
increases the number of patient
There is a fourth reason suggeste
by DIR. Pliny Earle and endorse
by many physicias. 1t is that il
sanity is becoming more and MOI
an incurable disease.
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it indispensable to every household. Its
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admitted to its columns that could offend
the most fastidious taste. Among the at
fractions of the new volume will he serial
stories by Mrs. FRANCES HopGsoN BUR.
NETT, Mrs. ALEXANDER. VIM. BLACK, and
THos. HARDY, and a series of papers on
nursery management by Mrs. CHR1sTISE
TERHUNE HERRIcK.
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BIdMOUO N5EO Nerer Faiv AltDays sure!
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-05-24

The campmceting of the Holiness denom'
ination of Oregon and Wasshingto 3 will
begin on May Both at Sodaville, Linn coun
ty. Hacks will convey all persons from
the train at Lebanon to the grounds.
Every. one should bring their tent with them
who intend to remain. All the Lords peo-
pie are invited. L. w. Orjan president, q.
W. Hunt secretary.
T. G.. Case has the best fitted-up bath
room in Corvallis. If you are in need OF
bath give him CALL He is also an excel
lent barber.
Irvine & Helm have just received the
finest line of ladies' French kid shoes ever
brought to Corvallis:
The largest assortment of children's car
r1ages at J. VIM. Willis.
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It Makes You Hungry

Spring medicine meansmore nowadays thaniS
did ten years ago. The winterof 1888 50 hasleft
the nerves all tagged out The nerves must be
strengthened, the blood purified, liver and
bowels regulated. Paine's Celery Compound
the Spring medicine of to -dGy-does all this
as nothing else can. Prescribed by Physieidms,
Recommended By Druggists, Endorsed BY Ainssters,
Guaranteed by ths Man,yacturers to Be
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eastern plains the mercury has often sunk e
20 degs. below zero; in tho same latitude west
of the mountains cattle graze and fatten all
winter. in Bitter Root valley.
Latitude has but trifiing effect In pro-
ducing these changes; elevation is far more
important, and with it the trend Of the noun
taiEs and direction Of the prevailing winds
Through the low passes Of the mountains In
British America comes the great "Chinook
wind" producing effects which reverse all
the ordinary rules; away up on the hillsides
and in the far north tho spring air is as mild
ms In the Ohio valley; eastward and south
ward, as that warm current loses its force,
the cold increases; tho grass is springing up
in western Montana whilo snow covers the
ground 200 miles further south, III Dakota,
and the ice in the Missouri often ssbreaks upn
COO miles above Bismarck before it does there,
and SO piles up those tremendous wastes which
the best masonry in railroad bridges cannot
withstand. Hence the first settlers came up
the temperate valleys from Oregon and Cali
fornia and established important places,
while all the middle and eastern section was
still dominated by tho tiercest savages in
America. -
OF the lac, ,O60 square miles of Montana,
about one-half may be cassed rs mountain
ols: the valleys are of extraordinary fer
tility, and tho plains arc nearly all of somo
valuo for grazing. There is very small
area Of ''bad lands" " and the valleys west Of
the summit compare favorably with those Of
Oregon and Northern California in mildness
and adaptability to the fruits and grains Of
middle ATTITUDES. When Lewis and Clarke
reached the head of tho Missouri they named
the three streams which form 1t for tho
president and his two principal subordinates
jefferson, Gallatin and Madison. Sixty
years passed before there were settlers enough
to make local government necessary; then
the discovery of rich gold mines and the
destruction in Missouri due to the civil war
produced sudden and rather peculiar i'm
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DEER LODGE MONTANA, MARCH 8, 1889.
WHOLE NO. 1925.

livercd over to them. If tho governor of the
prison refuses, the doors are burst open,
and tho prisoner is seized and forthwith led
to execution.
1t is to be hoped, for the credit of Amer
lean civilization, that this blot will soon be
removed.
Lynch law has its humors, as tho western
prs express it in the cynical language which
is SO natural to them: it is when there has
been mistake made--in the victim, and the
whole thing has to bo gone over again, be-
cause the wrong man has been lynched.
Again leave an American newspaper, The
Chicago Herald, to speak;
"Tho littlo town OF ST. Helens is in a fer
ment. A party of lynchers entered it this
morning, and went straight to the house Of
Mrs. Williams to apprisc her that her hus-
band had been lyuched by mistake during
the night. After having expressed their re.
grets, the men left to go in search Of the real
culprit. We do not attempt to describe the
anguish Of tho poor woman. 1t is feared that
she will lose her reason"
This took place in the year Of disgrace lSSS.
In the days Of tho ''gol fever" in Cali
fornia San Francisco was ovcrlun by scoun-
drelisln Of the most virulent type. Twice
was the infant city reduced to ashes by in
ccndiary hands. Then the leading citizen!
rose in their wrath, banded themselves to
gethcr in the name OF tho Vigilance Com
ilttcc,'; and soon from every available laml
post dungcd the body Of u ruliiaL BY sucl
treatment was the city purgcd of crime unt
the reign Of ln:7 and order for the first tim'
established.
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CHAPTER XIV.

ono day asked ono Of tho cleverest ladies
of New York whether sho had met Col In
gersoL
no" sho answered, II never met him and
do not wish to mako his acquaintance"
"May ask whya" said
Sho replied "Si1nply because am told
that it is impossible to know him without nd
miring and loving him"
''JVell2'
swell, | don't want to olmiro or love
him"
| had tho honor Of making his acquaint-
ancc, uud like ul those who have approached
and known him, soon admired him.
IIo is ono Of tho greatest figures Of his
great country. In book OIL contemporary
America ono must needs speak of this cele-
brated advocate He is personality apart
FIe has little in common witt. tho rest Of his
countrymen but tho tito of colonel.
Onco more say it: in this book of jottings
Il do not sit in Judgment. merely describe
impressions. 1t is not necessary to indorse a
mans theories i'll order to enjoy his society,
ard this is especially true in the case of Col
lngersoll, who is many sided in Lis powers,
aud who charms theoogians anti ngnostics
alike when tho subject VI religion is not tc
the fore
Col Robert Ingersou Is o man Of about CO.
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The American stage boasts soma excellent
actors, but it owes its prestige rather to tho
talent of q few brilliant individuals than TO
distinction of ensemble.
The PLAYS are written for certain actors,
and the secondary parts are made to serve
the purpose of throwing up the 'star." This
is why the French plays that are trans
planted to tho stage of America generally
fail.
American thcatcrs are not subventioned by
the state, and private enterprise can scarcely
afford TO give tho public the luxury Of a
whole company of talent. The ''star" is
usually his or her own manager, draws the
public and realizes the profits. The roper
toirc consists of two or three plays, which
are performed before New York audience
for Il month or two aud then taken round to
the chief cities of the Sta,cs.
This is why one secs fresh companies nearly
every week in half the theatcrs, Today q
drama, next week comedy, opera bouilc the
week after. Sometimes the change is still
more brusque. Mr. Henry Irving and Miss
Helen Terry gavo series of performances ut
the Star theatre, New York, during the
month of March last. On their departure
they wero succeeded by a troupe of perform
ing monkeys The theatre was just as likely
to have been hired by travelling revivalists
The Americans have an unbearable trick
Of arriving late at the theatre For twenty
minutes after tho curtain rises there is a con
slant bustling and rustling of newcomers,
which debars you from the pleasure of fol
| lowing tho actors speeches If tho play be-
| gins at s, they como at a quarter past; if it
begins at quarter past, they come at half
| past, and so on. AT tho time appointed for
tho curtain to rise the stalls arc empty. This
bad habit annoys tho actors and disturbs tho
spectators; but the evil is incurablc and
managers try vainly to stop it. know ono
who followed tho advertisements of his play
by this paragraph:
'The public are solemnly warned that. un-
less the whole of tho first scene bo witnessed,
tho subsequent action Of the play cannot be
understood"
His efforts wero crowned with failure Not
to understand tho play is pity, but not tc
create sensation when one comes in, dressed
in ones most killing attire, is out of question
1t is the same at concerts and lectures
Those who have booked their seats in ad
vnnce como in u quarter of an hour or twenty
minutes after the time fixed for commencing
When every one is placed, tho concert o.
to wait until tho late ones have arrived, utte
not murmur. The patience of tho Ameri
can public is angelic.
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Dakota. California, in the first four years
after the discovery Of gold, excited the Won
der of tho world by her rapid Development,
ard her total population eleven years later
lSGO) was but 80 994, while Dakota has
Jumped from 100000 to Ifo, 600 in ten years.
Tho astonishing growth OF this northwest
ern territory due to the conjunction
of three causes; the enterprise Of tho
managers Of her newly constructed railroads,
the discovery that her high plains were ex-
tre1ncly FERTILE after Il little cultivation had
"worked out the nlk;,li," and the development
of her capacity to produce the now celebrated
white wheat. incidentally, the gold in the
Black Hills, the extinction Of tho Indian title
to large tracts of her territory and the over
flow of Canadian Liberals into her north
eastern counties swelcd the tide. In 1870 the
census cnu,ncrators credited all Dakota with
less than liUO0 white reople-far below that
Of the smallest state and exceeding onfy the
territories of Wyoming and Arizonni i'll lSSo
her population exceeds that of either of ten
states, if not twelve, and is far beyond that
OF any other territory, while in tho production
of wheat she stands at the head of the list.
This is the whole territory of 100 square
miles, which is to be divided into two states
Oh the limo of the Seventh standard parallel"
which is near the forty-sixth parallel of lntl-
tude.
Deducting tho lower point between the
Missouri and the Sioux rivers, tho present
Dakota is Il vast square reaching from the
forty-third 10 the forty-ninth parallels.
LII ono state it would be much the same
as if Pennsylvania should extend from
the southern line Of Virginia to Lake
Ontario, and from the Hudson and
Atlantic to Ohio. Only Texas ab! Cali
forni;l are larger. Such mighty con.:non-
wealths as New York and Georgia are Gwaris
| in comparison Through this vast area run
| three great divides" The Missouri from
| north vest to southeast travcrscs it for nearly
| l,oNu miles; west Of that stream the country
| rises steadily towards tho Rocky mountains:
/ but before reaching them the Traveller crosses
extensive b;rrcl tracts known as the ,llau-
yaist.s tcrrcs OF bad lands" Whether they
arc irreclnimably barren is much disputed
| question, but as the Great American DESERT
| in r,lier parts Of the Missouri valley has
steadily rcccdcd before the cultivator, 1here is
reason to believe that the "basl lands OF
| Dakota will be redeemed whenever the pres
sure OF population makes it worth while
Nearly two-thirds Of tho whole territory
lies east Of liz, Missouri, ard savo cotcau
here and there il tho north. or Il rocky ridge
Nk. Turtle mountain. the whole area is very
fcrrc-lOO,O0o square miles OF tho best soil i'll
the world In the broad valleys Of the Sioux
tl.,, ,ai:,cs ulil tho Led river tho black soil is
from three to tc!. feet deep, and beneath ii
lies n porous sub-aoil extremely favorable tc
rapid drying out i'll the spring while retaining
moisture through III, occasional droughts
|
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CHAPTER XIII.

The Americans are Christians-that is to
say, they attend church on Sundays Like
other Christians, they attend to business on
week days
In America, religion is served up with
sauces to suit oil palates Independently Of
the Catholic religion, there arc $50 different
religious sects England has only 1S5
Every good preacher draws a full congre-
CATION, no matter to which sect ho belongs.
The church in itself is not the attraction, and
the minister has no other influence over tho
, people than that which be exercises by his
oratorical talents. A religious or moral
lecture is as popular as literary lecture, a
concert, or play.
An American will go and listen to tho
minister Of sect differing from his own
rather than sit and be bored by tiresomo
preacher belonging to his own denomination,
= ~
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GARflELD'S PHYSICIAN.
DIR. Willard Bliss. Who Recently Died in

DIR. Willard Bliss. Who Recently Died in
Washington.
The death Of Dr. D. Willard Bliss brings
freshly to mind the peculiar experiences he
passed through with several of the public
men of tho United States, and notably with
Schuyler Colfax and President Garfield AS
surgeon of that president during tho weeks
intervening between his wounding and his
death Dr.. Bliss won high honors, and became
tho object of much criticism, criticism still
occasionally revived. Surgeon General
Barnes, DR.. Hamilton, of New York; Dr..
Agnew, Of Philadelphia, and others were
called ii, consultations, and, Of course, some
differences OF opinion were developed; but
the final conclusion of most fair minded men
was that the physicians had erred chiefly in
holding ont hopo of recovery when there
was no reason for it.
DR. Bliss was born Aug 10, 1926, Mt Au-
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C AN A D A
MONTANA,


migration. 1t was jocularly said that 'sthc
left wing Of Prices army" colonzed tho
country; and it is eravely estimated that
10000 men, broken i'll fortune by the guerrilla
war Of the west, sought refuge in Montana.
From 1870 to 1850 the population increased
90 Fer cent, and is now ample for one mem
bcr of congress. It is estimated that there
is land Of the first quality sufficient for 100000
farnls-cnough to employ half u million peo-
pie, besides second class and grazing lands
a volume would bc filled in describing the
mineral deposits of tho territory-gold, sil-
yer, copper, lead and dozen Others Its
mineral wealth is barely scratched US yet
With improved facilities for importing ma
cllincry and transporting ore, Montana will
certainly take high rank as mining state.
Washington territory (Which, perhaps,
should be called Tacoma Or some locally sig
nificant name for the sake Of distinction) has
q still milder climate than Montana, though
tho high lands of the eastern and northeast
crn sections arc swept i'll winter by terribly
cold winds 1t is n curious fact that along
the whole line Of tho dividing range Of tho
Rocky mountains the climate ut the same
elevation is from 10 legs. to 20 degs. warmer
on the western than on the eastern side. Even
in the Sierra Nevada ono will find immense
snow drifts OH the Iruckee While the grass Is
growing rank and luxuriant at the same
level Oh the California side. This mild cir
and the moisture drifted in from the Pacific
have made those massive forests which have
long been the wonder and will long be tho
wealth of Oregon and Washington. Old
time travellers tell Of passing for sixty miles
together through an unbroken forest where
tho suns rays only reached tho ground in
limited spots for few hours in the middle
of the day.
In the lower valleys of tho west the climate
is surprisingly mild and moist. Flowers
bloom every month in the year except De
cenlbcr and January, and the rainfall exceeds
100 inches annually. In the Ohio valley fifty
inches is u fair average. In tho farming
sections, near the coast apples and other hnrd
fruits may often be seen piled in tho open air
awaiting shipment till December, and ice an
inch thick is so rarc as to be noted in the local
histories rs curiosity. Yet tho GO, $50 square
miles of Washington contained in 1880 but
1854 people; civilized Indians, Chinese and
foreign miners included In 1880 they had
increased to 10, 11G, and then tho new rail-
roads and other improved facilities created
something like boom. Washington is prob
ably destined TO long and steady, though
not very rapid, growth.
or the other territories Idaho need wait
hut :, f.7. wars rs IT'S ,annla nrt, !',yhitn - ms
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have tcen advanced. and though you may
nu; fss'l converted or diverted or perverted
to ....rsoI!is!:,. you are sure to leave that
h,1ss' freliu;, fuller Of good will toward nll
n!en n.ld saying to yourself: what de-
iiahtful evening have pussedr
was present ono evening at u meeting of
tie Nineteenth Century club to hear dis
r,lsSou on The Poetry of the Future" Col
lisyersol was to have taken part III it, but,
icing retained professionally at Washington,
be was obliged to excuse himself at tho
eleventh hour The president Immediately
tcpgraphe,l to n well known minister asking
him to take the colonels place.
81 distinctly decline to take Col, lngersolls
place in this world or the next" exclaimed
lie recipient of tho telegram as soon rs he
had read it. The reverend gentleman never.
tticless tcoE part in the evenings debate, and
a. .w::ien he repeated his repartco to the audi
ence was greeted with hearty laughter ant
u,tpl.,use