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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-09-19

THERE is no business that would
pay bigger returns on the invest
ment, and with the same degree of
certainty, as the planting of pear
and prune orchards in this vicinity.
The only drawback to the business
uow is that not enough are engag-
ed to create good market at
home, but by the time new or
chards come into bearing that
fault will no longer exist.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-09-19

American vessels is IN excess of
the earnings of British vessels un-
der the same circumstances is we'll
calculated to invite speedy activity
in inaugurating special efforts to-
ward securing American vessels
for American service.-Commer-
cial Review.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-09-19
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE AT OREGoNCITY Or.

LAND OFFICE AT OREGoNCITY. Or,
Sep. :, 1890.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
tion to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made be-
fore the County Clerk of Benton Co.,
at Corvallis. Oregon. on October 20,
$780, viz. Frederick Fiene, Homestead
Entry No. G297 for the S. w. of n. w
1 w. of S. w. / and $. E. of S. w. !
of Sec. 81, Z. ii S. r. 7 W.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cult, alton of, said land, viz
Joseph limerick, George M. Mulkey,
Christ Schocher and Johu .Gradig, all OF
Bloggett, p. O., Benton county, Oregon.
j. L. APPERsoN,
Register.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-09-19
CITATION.

In the County Court of the State of Ore
gon, for the county Of Benton.
In the matter of the part
rershp estate
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-09-19
cUTgcURA REMEDIES.

Parents, do you realize how your little
ones suffer, when their tender skins are
literally on fire with itching. burning, scaly,
and blotched skin and seal p diseases? To
know that single application of the CUTI-
CURA REMEDIES will often afford instant re-
lief, permit rest and sleep, and point to a
permanent and economical (because so
speedy cure, and not to use them, without
moments delay is to be guilty of positive
inhumanity. No greater legacy can be he
slowed upon child than clear skin and
pure blood. CUTICURA REMEDIES are abso-
lutely pure, and may be used from infancy
to age, from pimples to scrofnla.
Sold everywhere. Price. CUTIcURA, Soc !;
SOAP, 25c.; REsoLvENT, 81. Prepared by
the Potter DRUG AND CHEMICAL CoRPoRA-
TON, Boston.
EarSend for Chow to Cure Blood Diseases -
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-09-19
COM MEN T.

from the seaside and the baggage
smasher is putting in his fine work.
Oregon is rivaling :Caiifornia in
the shipment of fruit to the east
ern market. Our product finds as
ready a sale as does that of the
Golden state.
A school teacher in New Ham
shire during the last term, asked a
boy how the earth was divided,
"between them that have got it
and them that want it."
The Springfield Union is of the
opinion that young people who
imagine that they are always 60
ing to live on love will find it
sometimes pretty tight squeeze.
The most valuable metal in the
world is said to be gallium, which
is worth $325O an ounce. Calcium
brings $500 a pound and cerium
1920 per pound. Gold is worth
$24O.
THE next legislature will elect a
.. S. senator. There will be a
number of candidates. It is evi-
dent now that Mitchell will make
strong pull for re ELECTION East
elm Oregon Republican.
Now that the Senate has passed
the tariff bill, and the river and
harbor bill is awaiting the presi-
dents signature, there is but little
more work for Congress, and it is
! probable that an adjournment will
be had this month.
1t is not generally known. per-
haps, that of the 161,O 900 miles of
railway now in operation in the
United States, 33,50O miles, or
consider ably more than one fifth
of the whole mileage, has been
completed and opened for traffic
within the past four years.
The London Financial Times
admits that AmeScan protection
"forces outside competitors to cut
down expenses to the bone"
Without protection we should
have to cut ours to the bone, and
it would have to be as it is there,
to the bone of labor, which rep1e-
sents 80 per cent of the cost Of
production.
During its first two years and a
half, Cleveland's administration
did not reduce the national debt a
single dollar. The surplus was
simply boarded and used as po-
litical argument for free trade.
During the first two years and a
half of Harrison's administration
the debt has been reduced by
$140,OO0.O00, a saving to the ma
ton Of $5,6OO,OOO in interest alone
per year.
A copy of the laws passed by
the FIRST Congress of the United
States, which met in New York
city in 1889 is a rarity; but Sena-
tor Hawley possesses copy, whose
value and interest are greatly en-
hanced by the fact that 1t belong
ed to President Washington.
Another very interesting point
about the book is the fact that the
first statute passed Except that
which prescribes the oaths of
office )-the first act of legislation
passed by the First Congress
was protective tariff law!
CONNECTICUT is so we'll situated
financially, that the state treasurer
has notified the towns that the
state tax usually levied will not
be called for this year. This in
! dicates prosperity which is
highly commendable to the thrift
and economy of the ''Nutmeg
State" Connecticut contracted a
heavy war debt. and has con-
structed a magnificent state cap
itol at Hartford, which is excelled
by few states, yet it seems the
debt has been Cancelled and the
costly building paid for.
For the wear closing Aupust 81.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-09-19

gon, for the county Of Benton.
In the matter of the part
rership estate
of
Belknap Bros, Belknap CITATION
Bros & Kennedy. and
Belknap Bros. Il Ken
nedy Bros.
To Geo. w. Kennedy and K. K. Ken
nedy, Greeting:
In the name of the State of Oregon.
You are hereby cited and required to APP
pear in the County Court of the State OF
Oregon, for the County of Benton, at the
Court Room thereof, at Corvallis, IN the-
County of Benton, Wednesday. the 5th
day of November, 1890, at ii o'clock IN the
forenoon of that day, then and there to
snow cause, if any exist, why an order OF sale
of the following described real estate, to- wit:
Lots 7, g. and in Block l, of the City OF
Corvallis, formerly town of Marysvlliel
in Benton County, Oregon, together with
the foundry and machine shops situated
thereon, should not be made as prayed Tor
in the petition of E. NJ. Belknap, admlnls-
traitor of said estate.
,~> Witness, the Hon. W. s. Hut
ford, Judge of the County Court
SEAL of the State of Oregon, for the
~ } County of Benton with the Seal
of the said Court affixed, this 4th day OF
September, A. D. 1890.
Attest B. w. WILSON, Clerk:
By j. III. WILSON, Deputy e5r.
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FIVE FEET FALL
Ends the Career of Jack Staples,
the Negro Raplst.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 2l.-Jack |
Staples, the negro rapist, was hanged
here to day in the Jail corridor. The
trap was sprung at AS. Thirty min
utes later be was pronounced dead,
but was not cut down forty minutes,
lie died from strangulation, as his
neck was not broken, The fall was
about five feet.
The crime for which The negro was
executed was one OF the most brutal
ever committed in Knox county, On
the 18th day OF last February Mrs. Ru.
tus Lewis, whit9 woman about 2S
years OF age in the northern part Of
the county, was passing along road
from the pOstoifice ut PowelPs to the
home Of her uncle, about a mile dis.
tant, where she was visiting, when, in
a secluded spot, the negro met her AMI
made indecent and insulting propos-
ais, When she repulsed him he then
seized her, and desperate struggle
took place, The woman was choked
to insensibilily, aud the negro accom-
plished his purpose, He was arrested
the same evening, and was tried in
September, last. An appeal o the
Supreme Court resulted in an afiirma-
zion o! the death sentence.
He was about IS years old and died
game, denying all knowledge Of the
crime The proof against him was
positive, as he was identified in va
rious ways. About 8 40 O'clock the
body was cut down and hauled through
Gay street to the depot for shipment
to Anderson county for burial. A big
crowd Of negroes followed the under
takers wagon.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27

"A Woman's Trip to Alaska is the
title Of volume Of travels, which the
Casscll Publishing Company will issue
in II few days. The woman wac made
the trip is Mrs. Septima NJ Coils the
wife OF Gen C. II. T. Coils, Of New
York. Gen Sherman, who knows the
greater part OF The country described,
was allowed by Mrs Coils to read the
proof sheets Of her book, and he il
M, st enthusiastic in his pralse Of it,
accuracy AMI the agreeable manner il
which il ia written. He declares it to
he one Of the most Interesting and las
cinating volumes he has ever read, and
writes TO Mrs Coils at will be .
monument 10 ,on more imperisha,
bic than marble or bronze and is OF
the opinion that it will turn the tide
of travel to the Northwest, us every
one who reads the book will want to
see the country described The book
is profusely illustrated from photo
graphs made during the trip and after
wards photo.engraved by the Ameri.
can Bank Note Company.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27
The London Metropolitan Publ

The London Metropolitan Public
Gardens Association has offered G100
apiece 10 twenty metropolitan vestres
aud district boards to be expended in
planting plane trees in suitable pub.
lie thoroughfares IN each district, on
condition that the local authorities
agree TO maintain the trees when
planted, replacing such as may die.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27
rhe nreenneers Of Old

.aunted the skull and cross bones, their On
sign, deliantly at the masthead. Your modern
pirate, not Gu the high seas, but upon the high
reputation Of standard remedies, skullss under
various DISCUSSES. His hole and corner traffic
has never to any degree affected Hostetter's
Stomach Bitter7, although that standardinvlg-
GRANT and corrective has long been the shining
mark at which his shafts have been directed.
Cheap local btters, composed OF fiery unrecti-
fed stmulants, with an Infusion, OF, extract
times recommended rs identical with, or sim
liar to, or posse sing virtues kindred to those
OF Americas chosen family medicine. These
perish speedily. while tho great subduer and
preventive of disease pursues. Its successful
career. overcoming malaria, dyspepsia. ner.
vousnrss Kidney troubles, constipation and
rheumatic ailments, not only on this, but OF
nlanY continent
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27
The Tirelcss Toilers for Trade.

A man in Astoria, Ore, has a ma
rine curl osity consisting Of an ordina-
ry sea-weed twenty feet in length, the
roots having firm hold Of an aggrega-
tion Of marine shells several pounds in
weight. These shells are occupied b.
a curious inhaoitant, which has u bill
like a chickens.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27
sam Jones, called reverend, is still,

Sam Jones, called reverend, is still
crying ia the wildernc ;, not gather.
Ing loanSlS, however, u nrr The
San Franriscn Alta q'hhipg his ~.
mar ?, II "Ne mN ann nuuth,' said
"mus, have honJl,t II nj an ass The
Chic so Tribune u ties
San Jones, With his ac.u .tomed del
irscy OF. expr SION an accuracy OF
thnnghi. remarks that "D ID after
clergyman's name srands fnr" Devils
Dude It ispitiahl" t. SIC u man who
might yet he,emr respectable day
laborer - Handicapped lt his mouth
Wherrnpou rhe New ORLEANS Plea
lyune reflects:
Sam claims that he has been called
to preach, that in way he Is inspired
that he has only to open his mouth
and he Lord will gill it Sam is dead
Nrong. There must be some other
depot from which the supplies for his
mouth are drawn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27
You Are In a Bad FIX,

But We will cure you ifyou will pay
us. Our tssage is to the weak, ner'
rous and debilitated, who, by early
-viI habits, or later indiscret ons, have
triiled away their vigor of body, min
and manhood, and who suffer AL those
fleets which lead to premature decay
consumption or insanity. II thi:
means you, send for and read oul
Book OF LIFE. written by the greatest
SPECIALIST of the day. and sent (sealed,
Tor 6 cents in stamps Address DR.
Parkers Medical and Surgical Insti
tute, 15l North Spruce st, Nashville
Fem.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27

DIT. STAEELY & pALEN have the liberty to re-
Ter TO the folio. INK named well-kuown persons
VINO nave tried their treatment:
Rey. Osgood \ Darby Columbia, sc.
Col ! % Crews, editor LGurenceyille Herald,
Laurens, S G.
Key, John l. Gcrardeau, Columbia, S c.
Rev sid IL Browne editor Christian Neigh
Dor, Columbia, S G.
Rev. II + ChreltZbulg, Chester, sc.
Rev. VIM. ii tombstone, TarbOro, &c.
CN >. Richardson, Athens, Ga.
john Mason, NJ d. Aug sta, Ga.
Rev. W Cook, d d, Augusta, Ga.
Mrs Ella Iennent, Home Magazine, Mari
eta, Ca
Rev TRM Kendall, Macon, Ga,
Rev. W Gambler, PRESIDENT Emory College,
Oxford Ga.
Rev L Meynardic, u u, Camden. sc
Rev Iosephus Anderson, D d, editor FlOrid
Christian Advocate, Leesburg, Fla.
Bowen, editor FlOriaian. Tai AhaSsee Fla
Jordan, Madison Fla
W ii Lawrence, editor Chiffon View, ClaulOn,
Ala
Abncr Williams Oxford, In.
Rev Henry y Mohre, Montgomery Ala.
Aud thousands OF others IN every part Of the
United States
Would you like to know whom it has red,
where these restored aud vitlizud people live,
and what were the diseases moved Return
mail viii bring yOu bruchur, uf 200 pages con
tanning Il esq points q y'Ii ~ itrup p al 10
Drs STAKkEN q FALLEN,
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27
A QUAINT coNcEIr.
SilVersmlth Kept Busy Plating Wed,
ding Slippers,

A bright'eyed young man, with a
rich color in her checks, ran up the
stairway Of business building on
lower Broadway, one afternoon recent.
ly, and threw q Ii tie bundle upon a
counter before young man. al want
that silver plated, please, she said
The young man bowed, united the
bundle and revealed a small slipper,
He smiled. at will be done next
Tuesday, maam,' he said.
"That pretty girl" he said later on,
us u bride. That slipper is one that
her friends threw after her when the
carriage rolled away with her husband
and herself inside after the wedding
reception"
"But what on earth does she want
it silver pla ed for and how can it be
silver plated?"
"Why, that's fashionable whim at
The present time, and we arc kept
busy filing orders. It has come to be
the proper thing to silver plate any
thing that may call up pleasant Ie-
memberances. We silverplate babies
shoes, clam shells, oyster shells
pipes, ink bottles, sponges, lead pen
ci s.. and everything in which a silver
coating c II he applied One OF tn,
nrntest souvenirs 81 slipper such II,
that sirl brought Ia, and il j. SOM
thing that II bride naturally prizes
Il makes an odd md handsome or
Hnmoht for the mahtel OF ,he dresSe
OF the bouduir The process isn't OK
pensiye, aud besides, the plating en-
be applied in variety Of ways, en-
tirely covering the object or leaving il
partly exposed. One Of the mos
curious looking things is Il pipe >il
yer plated, revealing Oddly by THU
Treatment gIimpses Of the v'od oF lht
pipe"
Another somewhat similar orna
meptation JUS now attracting atten
ton in the Mexico process OF coating
fruit and other odbles with "A layer o
iudestructibo wax. The fruit is ar
ranged ON II dish and placed on tn
table or mantle anywhere That una.
please the fancy Of the owner. Con
siderable amusement is caused whel
" visitor, at the invat ton of the hos
less, undertakes to take some of tn
fruit and discovers its deceptive char
acter The work is very cleyery don,
Indeed, and in all sorts Of designs
Some dishes have sliced tomatoes
others sliced bananas, and still other
sliced peac e.. Dishes Of beans an
other edibles are also treated with til
wax coating The dish's complet
costs $3.50 each.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27

From a paper read before The bio
logical section Of the British Associa-
ton BY Prof. Newton it appears that
the native fauna Of the Sandwich Is.
lands is now undergoing modification
am Is in danger u x'ermin.rieu %
account Of the chaaee- wb'ch IRE TAX
ing place 10 the vegetation Of the is
lands.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27

In England one person out Of every
$3.50 600 persons carried is killed. In
ftance one out of every 2,OO00OU
passengers is killed. In Belgium one
out Of every 100000 is killed. In
Prussia only one out Of 21,500,0OO is
killed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27
A Tremendous Sensation.

The burning Of a Mississippi River steamboat
causes considerable excitement in New Orleans.
lust think Of the htonishmeut which Dr. Lee s
liver Regulator has caused by curing dyspep.
sia, biliOusntSs, Indigestion aud constipation
Don't fail to try 1t Trial bottles free
when people suffer pain. they want TO be
cured, md quickly, too Nothing equals Red
Flax oil for all pain. Price 25 cents, at McFar.
land q Cos drug store
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27
, GRATEFUL - COMFORTING.
EpPS'S COCOA.
BREAKFAST.

which govern the operations of digestion and
nutrition, and by careful application of the
fine properties OF well selected Cocoa, Mr.. Epps
has provided our breakfast tables with deli
cately Favored beverage which may save us
many heavy doctors bills. 1t is by the judi
cious use OF such articles Of diet that a eonsti
tuition may be gradually built up until strong
enou h to resist every tendency TO disease
Hundreds oGsubtle maladies are floating around
us ready to attack wherever there is a weak
point We may escape many fatal shaft by
keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood
and a properly nourlshed frame h-Civil Ser
vice Gazette, Made simply with boiling water
or milk Sold only in halfpound tins, by Gro
GERS labelled thus: JAMES EPPS & Co,
Homeopathic Chemists London, Eng and.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27

A burning taper uncovered for n
single Instant, during which it does
not lose power amounting to the one
thousnndth Of ii grain, would fill with
light a sphere four miles in diameter
50 as to be visible from every part of
the compAss.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27
4 Yankee Sheriff Frightened.

A well-known sheriff, who lives in Maine, had
been given mp TO die with what his physician
call consumption, a friend advised the ,erifi
to try Pa Tina Cough and Consumption cure;
recovery sOJ n followed, y uch to the surprise Of
colds aud consumption Price % and 80 cents
Trial bottles free ut Mcfarland & Cos drug
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27
Isuck,en's Armicm SaIye.

The hest salve in the world for cuts,
Bruises, Sores, letter, chapped Hands
chilblains, corns and all Skin Erup.
tons, and positively cure Piles, or no
pay required, 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or money re-
funded Price, 25 cents per box For
sale at NJ. A. Nc Farland's Drug Store
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27

Col. f. b Stahlman has resigned az
third vice PR sident Of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, and jud e W
wood, of Evar syillr, Ind, has been
appointed 10 Gil the vacancy. The
Nashville Banner has the follow ing to
say Of Col Stahlman: BY Nj. Stahl
mau's resignation tie Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company Ioscs one
vi ilr most efficient and influential
, nicer, Indeed it may be- truthfully
said that it will be exceedingly diff.
cult t. find nan who in all respects
cru till the M, assure of Mr.. Slaiilman's
u~.flllu - il t." oiiic" from wiich h.
h.s euldrnnn, li"wtv alb AID
accomplished and energetic his snc
cess,r may Lc--and judge NO d,
ability and hieirncy have b en-
'.viuc,d hy hi- successful carr tr--hi
viii HEX the afv uu"grs II Mr. StAhl
mans large experthc" in the specii'
Injections Of the office and his wide ac
Quain,ancc>hip nnd the personal inilu
tncr which have been the result d
many years II earnest service
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27

A resident Of New York has several
curious old Chinese coins. One, it IL
said, dates from the administration Of
King WI Wang, 11l6 BIC l. Is OF
hronze with engraved characters,
which modern Cinnamon canrof de-
cipher. Another Is knife-shaped
coin of the dynasty OF Isl, 3s7 B. G.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27

Drs starEoy & po'lns Office Ccords show
over $1,000 cases in which cir Compound OXy
gen Treatment has beer used by physicians in
their practice, and by iuya Id independently
over lUOJ ply scianS ana more than 1900 Ia.
val DIS
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27
DssS. SrARKEY n EsALEN'S
TREATMENT GY INHALATION
1920 Arch Street, Ptanad'a, Pc

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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27
THROUGH CaE ARRANGEMENTS.

THROUGH cRE ARRANGEMENTS.
Nc carries Pullman Bue, Sleeping Car Cincinnati to
Jacksonville.
No u carries Pullman Buffet Sleeping Car Chattanooga
jacksonville
No. IS carries Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars Chattanooga
Macon and Pullman Compartment Cars Atlanta to Brunswick
2, W. WRENN,
General Pass. & Tiki. Agl
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27

NnE A MONTH 0 BRTaHT YoUsa MEN or La.
MOU 4 BOARD d DIES in each COUNTY.
WV p, w ZE1GLER q co,
81. L0niS Mo
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27
New Advertisements.

APkE Agents profits per month win prove it
XhIh or pay forfeit, New portraits lust out A
WHY $3.50 sample sent free to ALL
II. Chichester d Son, % Bond st n V
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-11-27
Female Weakness Positive Cure
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u n Eh Ysoo. No.1I. No. 8. No. Q. No. 8.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-14
COULD NOT ESCAPE.
Six Persons Perish in a
Burning Building.
4 Portuguese GunbOat Reported Sunk by
a British Vessel.
Critical State of Affairs In Mozambique.
Dillon and 0'Brlen Making
Their Way to Paris.
Special TO THE MORNING CALI

LONDON, Oct. 13.-The four-story building
on Middle street, occupied by Rowley d
Brock, hats, caps and helmet manufacturers
and Government contractors for military
headgear, was destroyed by fire this after
noon and six persons were burned to death
and thirteen burned seriously. The fire
broke out in the ork-shops on the upper
floor. There were thirty persons in the
building, and two minutes after the fire was
discovered the whole building was a mass of
flames. The fire spread so rapidly that the
work people found every avenue Of escape,
except by the windows, cut off, and through
these several jumpsd to the ground. Five
women employees were killed by jumping
from windows.
When those in the building found escape
by the stairways was cut off, there was
scene of wild confusion. Several of the
cool-headed occupants of the upper rooms
procured pieces of sheeting, which they tied
together, and making one end fast in the
rooms threw the improyised ropes out of the
windows, and by this means descended. In
some instances, however, through insufficient
strength of the .Sheeting and the hurri ed
manner in which the knots were tied, the
rope parted and those who were seeking to
escape the flames were precipitated to the
ground and badly injured.