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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-09-05
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE AT ROsEBURG. Or,
,Inly 26 1890

LAND OFF4CE AT 1lOSEBClS6. oR.,
July 26, 1890.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the following named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before the Judge or Clerk OF
the County Court of Benton Co., Oregon at
Corvallis. Oregon, on Saturday, September
Is, 1880, viz: Hamon d. Buium, Home,
stead entry No, 4273, for the n. Z. Sec.
4, Up. IA s, K. w
He names the follow ing witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultiva-
tion of, said land, viz:
Ransom Oaks, John Stanturf, Jasper
Rickard, d. E. Pegs, all of Monroe, Benton
Co., Oregon.
JOHN III. SHUPE,
S-o Register.
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DIED.

BUTLER. Corvallis, Friday. August
%, 1890, Norvel Butler aged one year. the
infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Butler.
The funeral took place at the Episcopal
church last Tuesday.
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CHAS. f. ELLINGTON,
125 Locust Avenue, SGn Francisco

A fresh supply of California fruits and
Southern Oregon Watermelons and peaches
at Cameron's
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-09-05
BORN

THOM PSON Thursday September
4th 1890, to the wife of G. ID. Thompson
boy.
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CITATION.

In the County Court of the State of Ore
gon, for the county of Benton.
In the matter of the part-)
nershlp estate
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14
The Gold Beetle.

There is the little gold beetle, for in.
stance Cdssida durichdiced. Where
can he be matched in the world for tho
pure lustrc of FURNISHED gold? He is
the brightest gem of concentrated
metallic glitter that the whole beetle
kingdom can show; anil yet who ever
sees him. even though in one short walk
in the country lane he may have passed
perhaps ten thousand of tlIcm--a gold
mine In trtithp
During the coming week the Cassida
will bc with us. But where shall we
look for himp Wherever the pink
blossomed bnd-weed blooms he also is
sure to lie found. This vine often
clothes the stone walls for several
yards beneath its arrow-shaped leaves.
These leaves are generally more or
less perforated with small holes; and IL
we quickly turn them one by one, or,
STOPPING. look beneath them. we may
surprise the tiny creature feeding, and
appearing like drop of molten gold.
clnging like dew to the leaf. But you
must be quick il YOU would capture
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14

which is new. which is of yesterday, to
a portion which is of the oldest, from
the carboniferous to the lower silurihn,
the earth that saw and nourished the
great monsters and dragons was grow
ing the delicate bluegrass. 1t had
taken all these millions upon millions
OF years to prepare the way for this
little plant to grow to perfection. l
thought had never seen fields and
low hills look so soft in the twilight;
they seemed clad in greenish-gray fur.
AS we neared Mount Sterling, how fat
and smooth the land looked; what
long, even, gently flowing lines against
the fading western sky, broken here
and there by herds of slowly grazing
or else reposing and Illuminating cattle!
What peace and plenty it suggested!
From land raw and crude and bitter
like unripe fruit. we had suddenly
been transported into the midst of one
ripe and mellow with the fullness of
time. 1t was sweet to look upon. l
was seized with n strong desire to 60
forth and taste it by stroll through it
in the twilight"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14
Vegetable Intelligence.

An illustration of apparent intelli
gence in plants is the behavior of the
Egyptaian lotus in this climate. In
the warmer countries. where it is at
home, the roots of the lotus spread
Iaterally close to the surface. In this
country the plant learned, after sin
gle ar'sexperience of u New Jersey
winter, to prepare for this freezing
season by abandoning it's surface
lateral roots in early autumn and
sending out crop of roots lower
down-so far down that they were
below the reach of frost. In this
way the plant kept up its life contin-
uously over winter, and when spring
returned the deep level roots were
abandoned in their turn and the
surface roots once more sent out.
Then there are certain minute
plants, some of them quite micros-
copie, which grow in wayside pools,
and which move continually in
whorls or spirals, without any NOV
ing influence in the water. In the
myriad forms of this minute lie the
erudition of the proioundest men of
science is required to determine
whether they are animal or vegetable
in their nature. And then who
knows whether the scientists are
quite right? The moral of the whole
matter is that life in the two forms
is identical. But what have you said
when yon have said that? Does the
fact Of the identity prove that there
is spirit in matter, or that animal.
human intelligence is merely a phase
of matter: You pay the money OF
your education and take your choice
of the two horns of the dilemma
Boston Transcript.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14
HE HAD A SWEETHEART, TOO.
An Officer Wanted to Go Counting but Pap
Thomas Sent Him on Raid.

They are all gone-Gens. George II.
Thomas and Lowell ii. Rousseau and
Col. Harry Watkins. The latter was a
handsome blonde and brave and
efficient officer. He was Colonel of the
Sixth Cavalry, and was engaged to be
married to Rousseau's daughter who
WAS very pretty and resided in Louis
vile. Thomas. Rousseau. and Wat
kins were all on duty in Nashville at
the time. think it was just after
Thomas great battle Mt and near Nash
vile, when Hoods army was aunihilat-
ed, in December, 1864. 1t occurred to
Watkins that it would be good time
for him TO visit Miss Rousseau, so he
went to Gen. Thomas and asked for
leave of absence for two weeks. To
the dismay Of poor Watkins Thomas
shrugged his shoulders. SO the Colonel,
without waiting for the General to say
nc, r,minded the latter that he was
young and touched prettily upon the
ardor of his attachment for the only
daughter of one Of the great comman-
der's bravcst and most patriotic Gener-
ais. But Thomas couldn't see it. So
he put his hand affectionately upon
Watkins shoulder aud said:
My dear Colonel, have been there.
|, too, have n sweetheart, and / haven't
seen her for two years. And what is
more, | have been married TO my
sweetheart long time, and want to
see her as much ms. If not more than,
you do yours. But we mustn't go to
visit our sweethearts until the war is
over. Besides | have just planned n
raid in Northern Alabama, and Gen.
Whipple has suggested that you be
placed in command. and want YOU to
report for this special duty early to-
morrow morning."
| SAW Watkins short time after, and
he related the incident to me as l have
presented it here, and he added with
reference to the great Thomas. who
never lost a battle: The dear, blessed,
good, damned old darling!'
Harry made the raid and came out
of it with flying colors, and shortly af-
terward got his leave of absence and
married the lovely Miss Rousseau.-
Ben Truman. IN The N. Y. Times.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14
The First Chew.

The boy said it was q peculiar kind
OF tobacco aud was known as molas.
SEES tobacco, because it was SO sweet.
The other boys did not ask how he
came to know it's name or where he
got it-boys never ask anything
that it would be well for them to
know-but they accepted his theory
and his further statement that it was
of n mildness singularly adapted to
learners without misgiving. The boy
was himself chewing vigorously on a
large quid and launching Juice from
his lips right and left like n grown
person and my boy took as large n
bite as his benefactor bade him. He
found it as sweet as he had been told
it was and he acknowledged the apt
ness of it's name of molasses tobac-
co. 1t seemed to him golden OPP
portunity to acquire noble habit
on easy terms. He let the quid rest
in his cheek, as he had seen men do,
when he was not crushing it between
his teeth, and for some moments he
poled his plank up and down the
canalboat with ~ sense OF triumph
that nothing marred.
Then all OF sudden he began to
feel pale. The boat seemed to be go
ing round and the sky wheeling over
head. The sun was lodging about
very strangely, Drops OF sweat
burst from the boys forehead; he let
go his pole and said that he thought
he would go home. The fellow who
gave him the tobacco began to laugh
and the other fellows to mock, but
my boy did not mind them. Some
how, he did not know how, he got
out of the canalboat and started
homeward, but at every step the
ground rose rs high as his knees be-
lore him, and then, when he got his
loot high enough and began to putt
down, the ground was not there.
He was deathly sick, as he reeled and
staggered on, and when he reached
home and showed himself, white and
haggard, to his frightened mother,
he had scarsely strength enough to
gasp out a confession OF hi5::attempt
to retrieve the family honor by
learning to chew tobacco. In an
other moment nature came to his re-
lief and then he fell into deep sleep
whichi lasted the holeaiternoon, so
that il seemed to'him he next day
when he woke up, glad to find him
self alive, if not so very lively.
Perhaps he had swallowed some OF
the poisonous juice of the tobacco;
perhaps it had worked on his brain
without that. His father made no
very close inquiry into the facts. and
he did not forbid him the use of to-
bacco. 1t was not necessary; in
that one little experiment he had got
enough for n lifetime. 1t shows that
after NIL a boy is not so hard to sat
isfy in everything.-W. ID. iiowels in
Harper's Young Folks.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14
IN REGARD TO SUNSTROKE.
The Things to be Done to Avoid 1t, or
When 1t Occurs.

Sunstroke is one of the Affections to
which humanity is liable in summer.
during the hottest of the weather. Heat
and moisture together seem to be the
conditions most favorable to its oc-
currence, for moisture in warm air
prevents the radiation of heat from the
body. and thermal fever, or sunstroke,
rs it is called. is probably an overhead
ing of the blood, producing chemical
or fermentive changes in ii which are
inimical to health and even to life.
When, therefore. during the heated
term, one who has been exposed to the
suns heated RAYS in humid atmos-
phere begins to suffer from headache.
giddiness. nausea. and disturbance of
sight, accompanied with sudden and
great prostration of the physical forces,
sunstroke is probably imminent.
If such one is wise, he will, when
the symptoms above given manifest
themselves, Immediately seek cool
place and make use of some restora-
tives. such as aromatic ammonia. &C.,
and he may avoid further trouble. but
if he persists with his business, he will
doubtless soon become very i'll, which
illness usually takes the form of heat
exhaustion, heat apoplexy, or genuine
sunstroke. the thermic fever of some
writers. Those who are exhausted by
the heat have a cool, moist skin,
rapid, weak pulse and respiration
movement. and the pupil of the eye is
dilated. In fact, the symptoms are
those of collapse. These patients will
probably recover promptly. an event
which may be FASTENED by the use OF
tonic and restorative treatment.
Those who suffer from heat apoplexy
frequently become unconscious ut the
outset. The heart and breathing APP
paratus are not markedly disturbed
and the pupil may be normal, but I'M
consciousness deepens and the case
runs on to final termination. An
artery has been broken in the brain,
and the pourcd-out blood pressing on
the nerve centres. brings about the
fatal event. A treatment calculated to
draw the blood from the brain to the
eXtremities. hot foot baths, bleedings.
&C., promises 20 be the most useful in
such cases.
The thermic fever patient is uncon-
scious and convulsed. and his body
temperature may be l0S degrees Fab
renhet-that is. about ten degrees
above normal. The skin of this patient
feels as though it would burn your
hand when laid thereon. In this case
the thorough and prompt application
of cold is needed. zee to the head and
cold water to the body generally will
be in order.
Medical advice and assistance should
be promptly had in either of the two
cases last referred to. Complete re-
covery from sunstroke is rare. the
brain being permanently crippled or
affected. Residence in cold climate,
it is said. affords most hope for such
patients. -BoSton Herald.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14
Skipped a Cog.

was waiting nj the railroad depot
ut Cairo. H.. and fell in with young
farmer and had quite n lengthy chat
with him about agricultural matters.
We took the same train and got into
the smoker. and we had scarcely left
Cairo when young man sat down in
the seat facing us and began to throw
three cards about. 1t was the old, old
game. and I smiled in contempt.
Not so with my acquaintance, how
ever. He was ut once Interested, and
when denounced the game rs a swim
die he replied
''Well. dunno about that. | believe
I kin pick out that keerd."
1t wasn't three minutes before he bet
s. that he could. and he won. Then
he bet SO and won. Then he bet $40
more and won.
You were horn lucky" said the
sharper. Don't you want to raise your
bet?"
Il guess so. I'll go you SIS this
time"
Iexpected to sec him lose, of course
but he won. and us he did so the other
uttered an oath about rod long, aud
put up the cards. saw that he was
greatly perturbed. and said
What's the matter, old manp"
That's what I'd like to know my
self, he angrily exclaimed. I'm no
professional; I'm farmers hired man.
About two weeks ago chap came
along and offered to show me how
to work this for $25. took it in.
This is the first time I've tried it in
public"
"And you are about hundred dol.
lars out?'
Exactly. Hang me for yaller
calf, hut the dnrncd machinery has
skipped II cog. blown out Hue. broke
"a piston rod, or bust biler on me
.somcwhercs. aud I'm SO near dead
bvoke that | can't raise chaw of to-
bacco. ortcr known better. Kick
my shins If l ever did have sense
enough to burgiarize baystack, and
here I've gone broke and made Il fool
OF myself 10 bootw-N. y. San.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14

him, for he is off in spangled streak
of glitter. Nor is this golden sheen I'LL
the resource of the little insect; for in
the space of few seconds, as you hold
him in your hand, he has become
milky, iridescent opal, and now mother
of-pearl, and finally crawls before you
in II coat of dull orange. A few of the
beetles kept in box and supplied With
leaves. changing from gilt to mother
of-pearl or dull coral. rs the within
suits them, are an interesting study.
Beneath the bind-weed leaves one may
also find numbers of small black larvae
with singular black lattice held
suspended fiat over their barbs upon
their forked tails. These are the in-
conspicuous and uncouth grubs from
which our golden beetles have sprung,
and u little search among the leaves
will also disclose the tiny chrysalis
suspended by its tail. Don't let the
simmer pass without making the &C
quaintance of tho Cassida. After the
LIST of July he may be found until late
autumn. You must sec him at home
if YOU would see him ut all, for the
dead insect loses all this wondrous
lustre. - William Hamilton Gibson, la
HQTper'S Young People.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14
Primeval Giants.

II the cretaceous period. the world
was populated with race of giants, all
forms seemingly being developed to
enormous dimensions.
One strange creature, known us the
elasmoSaoruS ranging up to seventy
feet in length, nearly thirty feet of
which were Il long, slender neck re-
sembling a snake.
This wonderful creature lived in a
sea which covered what is now known
as Kansas, and gcologists find its re
mains where it was stranded, thou
sands of years ago. One giant was
discovered by its head and flashing
teeth exposed on knoll the surround
ing soil having been washed away.
BY removing the earth the head was
traced to the body by the bones of the
neck. and the entire skeleton finally
uncovered.
Imagine a snake seventy feet long
its central body-or portion very much
enlarged. with tail and neck atten-
uated and small. Give this curious
creature two pairs of flippers. some
what like those of seal, and some
idea may be formed of the ctasmosdu-
rUS. In it's native element it must
have presented an extraordinary spec
taclc. moving along. it's body far be-
meath the waves, with the slender,
snake-like neck alone appearing above;
now, perhaps. flying along ut the sur
face, showing its entire form, flashing
the blue water into foam in its attempts
to take its prey.
Such monster must have been a
formidable object to the men of the
time, did they exist; and there is no
good reason why they did not. Men of
to-day attack the whale, which attains
u length of 100 feet; and there is rea-
son to believe that, with weapons of
bone. stone and wood. the earliest
man may have faced these prehistoric
giants.
The elasmosaurus was n flesh-eater
and preyed upon fishes and other
marine animals; fact proven by
finding their remains between its ribs.
in the sediment of the ancient Kansas
Sea.
What destroyed these giants is more
or less n mystery; but owing to some
cause the great sea. which is easily
traced in the west, disappeared 0rdried
up. and the woSdrous inhabitants of
many kinds found themselves finally
stranded. and were in ensuing years
covered up by the sand and the dust.
10 he uncovered again by the men OF
the nineteenth century.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14
The Ride Into Kentucky.

from Mr.. John Burroughs "A Taste
of Kentucky Blue grass" in the Cen
tury, we quote as follows: "All the
way from Washington till struck the
heart of Kentucky the farmer in me
was unhappy; he saw hardly II rod of
land that he would like to call his own.
But that remnant of the wild man of
the woods. which most of us still carry,
saw much that delighted him, especial
ly down the New River, where the
rocks and the waters, and the steep
forest-clad mountains were rs wild and
ms savage MS anything he had known
in his early Darwinian ages. But when
we emerged upon the banks of the
Great Kanawha. the man of the woods
lost his interest. and the man of the
fields saw little that was comforting.
when we cross the limo into Ken
lucky. said, we shall see change.
But no. we did not. The farmer still
groaned in spirit; no thrifty farms no
substantial homes. no neat villages. no
good roads anywhere, but squalor and
sterility OH every hand. Nearly all
the afternoon we role through conn
try like tho poorer parts of New En-
gland. unredeemed by anything like
New England thrift. 1t was n country
of coal, u very new country. gcologi-
cally speaking. and the top-soil did not
seem to have had time to become deep
cned and enriched by vegetable mold.
Near shutdown, rs glanced out Of the
window, thought began to see
change. Presently | was very sure |
did. 1t began to appear in the more
grassy character OF the woods. Then
I caught sight of peculiarly soft and
uniform grassy patches here and there
ia the open. Then in n few moments
more the train had shot us fairly into
the edge of the bluegrass region. and
tine farmer in me'bcgan to bc on tho
alert. We had passed in i twinkling
from y portion Of the carth's surface
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14

Two hundred and fifty years ago
several Indian sachems made volun-
tary submission to the government of
Massachusetts. In order TO test their
sincerity number of questions were
put to them and these, with their
answers, are in contemporaneous
records. One question was mot to
DO any unnecessary worke on We sab
bath day. especially within ye gates
OF christian towDes. and their answer
was: at is easy TO YIN; they have
not much to do on any day and they
can well take their ease on vt day."
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14

THE average fruit tree salesman
will tell you more falsehoods in five
minutes than the professional horse
trader can handle in half-hour. 1t
is always safest TO buy stock for your
orchard of a home nursery then you
can hold the owner responsible for an y
mistakes" he may make. Growing
fruit trees is slow business up to the
time they begin to bear, and there is
no time for the average farmer to ex-
pertinent If he expects to live to fully
enjoy the fruits of his labors in that
direction.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14

The home newspaper Is the great
educator in the affairs OF the world.
The time was when the local county
paper dealt only in the most desultory
way with the news and doings Of the
outside world beyond the confines of
the immediate neighborhood; but with
the present methods in use the county
paper gives very complete resume of
the doings OF the whole world. and
the man who reads its columns with
care and thoughtfully is better posted
than his father who depended on an
old-time city weekly for his informa-
liOn
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14

THERE Is much still to be done by
the graded school system in the way
OF fitting them to the primary purposes
for which they are designed. There
are many old fogies who do not hesi-
tate to say that the old red brick or
log school houses were fully as success
full in turning out boys and girls fitted
to brave the battles OF life and reach
successful man and womanhood MS TIT
best graded schools OF to-day. In the
most advanced OF the schools OF our
large towns and cities everything is
set to the one purpose OF lifting the
pupils for the high schools and the
college, whereas not one scholar In
twenty remains in school after Ia age
of fourteen.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14
Keeps Right On.

Detroit Free Press.
When coal oil was first discovered
it was predicted by all the leading
scientists of the day that it would
be- exhausted in ak months. When
natural gas was first discovered, II
was predicted that every pocket"
would be exhausted in sixty days.
When the average man gets fooled on
n watermelon when it il plugged
tor him, these grayihaifed savants
can't he trusted to always hit thing
plump center
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14

If all accounts are true the average
Mexican is q tough citizen. a St.
Louis man returned from the mines OF
Mexico says that at least 100 Ameri-
cans are murdered In the mountains
every year. and as they are mostly
laborers their disappearance creates
no demand from their friends on this
side for any official investigation. He
further alleges that the possession OF
SO in gold is enough to make an
American q victim OF the knife.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14

The Mormons, being hard pressed
by the law. have decided to give up the
practive of polygamy. The hardship
OF resigning the inestimable privilege
OF being the husband OF half q dozen
wives ut once may be somewhat allie
waited. however, by our liberal divorce
laws, which permit Mormon still to
take as many wives as he pleases,
provided he takes only one at time.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-14

WHILE it is too late for cholera to
disturb us this year its continued pres
ence and progress in Spain promise
danger to this country next year. Up
to Sept. 10 there were 4, $50 cases in
Spain and 2, 125 were fatal. The great
mortality shows that the disease is
active, not dying out, in Spain. We
cannot and should not shut our eyes TO
the fact that this country is in danger
until the present pande mic has run its
course