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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-02-03
WEF.S OF THE WEEK.

A lodge OF the Native sons OF
Oregon is talked Of in Salem.
Tramps are shying throughout
the Willamette valley numerously.
The knights Of Pythias Of
Eugene are working on their new
rituals.
Putting up ice is one Of the in
dustries at The Dal!es. Boogh!
Poke up the fire, please.
John Corbett, brother Of the
famous pugilist, is i'll Jail at Port
land on a charge of vagrancy.
The late storm was severe
throughout eastern Oregon, the
wind blowing at the rate of 40 miles
an hour and driving the SNOW into
drifts.
OF 522 persons admitted to the
insane asylum Of this state the
past two years II were natives
of Oregon, 235 of other states,
and 169 were foreign born.
Prune raising in southern Ore
gon has proved most profitable,
one farmer last season receiving
$2079 for prunes raised Oil ten
acres, while a neighbor received
1892 for the product of eight
acres. From one half to seven
tenths is the net profit, according
to variations Of prices.
The Territorial Enterprise, pub
lished as a morning daily at Vir-
ginia City, Nevada, for more than
30 years, has stopped. In its
prosperous days it had such versa
tile writers as Mark Twain and Dan
de guile. That state is dacreas-
ing in wealth and population.
Her electoral vote, which was
1900 in 1875, was only 1900
in 1892
Two bills have been introduced,
nearly alike. One provides that
"If any person other than an Off
Ger on lawful business, being
armed with gun, pistol or other
firearms, shall go Or trespass upon
any inclosed premises or lands.
I without the consent of the owner
OR possessor thereof, such tres
passer shall be deemed guilty Of q
misdeneanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a
fine not less than $l5 nor more
than $50, and in default of pay
ment Of the fine imposed shall be
committed to the Jail of the
county in which the offense is
committed one day for every So
of the said fine" One Of the bills
to make it unlawful for hunters tc
shoot from or upon the county road
and dogs trespassing upon the
premises or land of another may
! be killed by the land owner with.
out further ceremony. -.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-02-03
CAJSE AND EFFECT

3any OF our exchanges are III
distress over the employment OF SO
many clerks in connection with
legislative work. There is GER
tain class of good, pious people
who believe that preacher ought
to cut cord wood six days of the
week and preach a,learned sermon
on Sunday. No doubt the mum
Der of clerks is excessively large
and expensive, but i'll criticising
this fact, We must 60 beyond the
fact to the cause oil it.
II there were no committees
needed. standing or special, there
would be calls for very few clerks.
Now then, if there were no public
institutj0ns-say normal school,
agricultural college, ETC, with their
benefciaries; no insane people to
necessitatc an asylum. no law
breakers making use for the peni-
tentiary, no railroad traffic to call
for investigation, no county divi
SION schemes, la:ld grant jobs, spe-
cial taxation bills and the thous-
and-and one concerns Of local Or
private character that spring from
every nook and corner of the state
every session-if there were none
OF these affairs TO be attended to
there would be no need for com
mittees and consequently the
''cierk nuisance' would be a mat
ter unknown.
These matters, like the poor,
':ye have with ye always" how
ever, and the only question about
it is, who is accountable for 1t un-
less 1t be that everlasting, restless,
energetic, discontented, ever
changing combination OF the body
polite yclept "we the people,"
Legislators in the outcome are
judged by the salutary measures
they accomplish for the benefit of
the commonwealth as we'll as their
peculiar constituencies. They are
granted a certain time TO do their
work in. This does not -conteIn-
plate that in addition to their
legitimate duties of examining in
to, introducing and considerably y
championing needed measures
they shall be expected TO keep
books, and accounts, and other
clerical details that in most in
stances make up a good mans
work by itself. 1t may be chat
the coming legislator will be one
OF those we hear Of, who will hul]
himself into the breach, fairly ach-
ing to devote 81 hours each of &C
straight days as wise law maker.
a general swash -buckler for the
deluge Of petty jobs, a book keep
er and accountant for the whole
caboodle, while at the same time
lie will be willing to work fol
his board, and do chores for what
be eats, thereby saving the peo
pie that expense. Such q person.
age, however, doesn't answer to
roll call at this assembly; his name
in fact does not adorn in pris
matte brilliancy the sable houzoi
that shades the dim future from
our ken. Hence the obnoxious
clerk is legitimatily here; he is
here to. stay until that felicitou:
period when the average con
stitneney has nothing to ask o
its legislative Championship, moi
even so much to ask for as cush
ion for his various county seat.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-02-03
a. 2. PETERSON,
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER.

Special attention givea to job work. stair building.
storc and oics fitting. Keeping hand choice line
81 room and ;'rture mouldines, am prepared to NIL
for o.! szcs of picture frames with reatnsss
snG da1atcn Satisfaction guaranteed Give me
cal Office ani shop two blocks southwest Of public
sehoJ!.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-02-03

A FIRE BRAND fell into camp
the other day. when bill was in
stroduced to require a two thirds
vote necessary to locate or relocate
county seat. The delegation
from Polk is expected at this juno
ture to paddle uot its little log.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-02-03

EUGENE REGISTER: From all ap-
pearance there is no chance for
any Of the county division schemes
to get through the legislature.
There are TOO many of them and
there is a strong tendency to treat
them all as the road bills were
treated two wears ago.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-02-03
Cuticura Remedies

procured one box of CUTIcuRA, one cake of
CUTIcURA SOAP, and bottle of CuTIcURA REsoL-
last August, procuring.a new supply when the
first was exhausted. am now well and attend
to my missionary work. / am Secretary of the
Have been engaged in missionary work in the
county for eighteen years. To recommend the
CuTIoukA REMEDIES to suffering humanity will be
part OF my missionary work in the future.
REV. MASON GILLESPIE.
P.O. Box II, Mongaup, Sullivan Co., N. z.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-02-03

and consulted a good ply
sician, but received no per-
manent relief. A friend told
me Of the CUTIcURA RENE
DIES. I then sent for a copy
of your book, more than q
year ago, and now 1 wish L
had read the book and begun
to use the CUTIcURA RENE
DIES at once. But tho
doctor said the remedies,
good in some cases, would
be of no use to me, and con-
tinued to prescribe for me
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-05-03
Texas Siftings.

This statement may SAVIOR Of exaggera-
tion. but there are men In San Francisco to
day who remember all the facts. Warsaw
was his name-Captain Warsaw Of the Par
cific Mail company. Maybe you recall the
man now. He was commander Of the Japan
when she was burned In the eastern seas
about 20 years ago. Well. Captain War
saw had wonderful whiskers and they were
dearer 70 him than the apple of his eye
than life itself, one might as well say when
one II about It, for he shufiied on his NOR
tai coil sooner than have them shaved while
he was yet in the flower Of his career.
Ths captain met girl one day-as cap
tains will--and the captain fell in love with
her. Later on he told her about his pas
sion. and like the girl In the 'Bab Bal
lads, ''she reciprocated it."
"WiN you marry me. theni" said the
captain. Life is a blank without you"
I'D like to-" answered the girl. but,
whereas love you. cannot attach myself
permanently to q pair OF whiskers Shave
them and ! am yours"
But could not think of such u thingr'
protested the captain.
"Well," said the maiden, with shrug OF
her pretty shoulders, ''you pays your money
and you takes your choice. Which Is 1t to
be-me or the whiskerBW
"Whiskers," " murmured the mariner with
ssigh, and having withdrawn to respect
able distance, he blew his brains out.
Ali Those were the halcyon days when
whiskers were whiskers. - San Francisco
ExarninAP
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-05-03
Democratic Advisers.


Three gentlemen, an Independent, .
Democrat and Republican, respective
ly, advise the Democratic party how to
use the great opportunity before it. The
Independent is Hon. Seth Low, president
OF Columbia college, New York, the
Democrat is Hon. Oswald Ottendorfer
and the Republican is Hon. Henry Cabot
Lodge.
Mr.. Low says that the election of
President Cleveland was victory fer the
principles advocated by him: also for the
man himself, because voters had conf
dence that he would adhere to those
principles through thick and thin. Mr..
Cleveland was elected, in the estimation
of President Low, chiefly because he fa-
vored tariff reform and civil service re-
form. and because he was opposed to ex-
travagant pension and other legislation
II now the Democratic party will go in
for tariff reform, If 1t will destroy the
spoils system and also break up the DEM
ocratic local party machine. then, In the
estimation of Mr.. Low, it will be the rul-
ing party in this country for long time
Mr.. Oswald Ottendorfer Is especially
concerned about the silver dollar. He
plants himself on the gold basis as on
tho rock Of his salvation. and says this
country is now dancing ON q volcano.
The volcano may. SO to speak. erupt and
blow ua into financial kingdom come, at
any moment just SO long as we continue
"to dump the proceeds Of silver mines
into tho national treasury and issue
therefor treasury notes interchangeable
for gold or silver coin.~ This practice
Mr.. Ottendorfer considers on par with
the teaching that 1t requires only an
act Of congress to make 90 cents worth
Of silver equal to dollar In gold" One
gathers that Mr.. Ottendorfer is gold
bug" and considers the repeal Of the
Sherman silver act Of 1880 as the most
bowling duty Of tho Democratic party
and the Fifty-third congress.
Then there La Hon. Cabot Lodge. He
Is by no means obscure ~ to what his
idea OF the Democratic duty Of the hour
Ia. It is to inaugurate FREQ trade. '"Un-
less the victorious party Is false to the
plainest kind Of pledge, they must sweep
protection from the statute books" he
declares tho new system must have a
fair trial. and the party in power must
raise government revenues by methods
which can give no protection whatever.
II their system is successful, we will
stick to 1t. II 1t Is failure, out the
voters Of the country will whop the DEM
ocrats. and in viii 60 the Republicans
again, thinks Mr.. Lodge.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-05-03
Taking Thou, Down.

Rich Youth-I should not object TO the
work of earning my own living II | had to.
but what should hate would he the off
ciousness and petty tyranny of fsuperiors. ]
should hate to have to bow to the whims OF
some wealthy man not q bit better than
myself
Poor Youth--That's easily avoided. Be
atypewriter. as am. Employers never put
on airs over me. know how to take the
starch out of 'em.
"Ehi What do you do1"
ASK 'em how to spell u hard word now
and then. ."--Good News.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-05-03

The next move in naval progress will
probably be to sheathe the bottoms OF
the new cruisers with coating of wood
and copper. The sheathing prevents the
accumulation Of barnacles upon tho
ships steel bottom. and the consequent
frequent docking and cleaning which
this fouling makes necessary. The heavy
clogging of the barnacles and other sub
stances makes the vessels bottom so
rough and heavy that her progress is
seriously impeded. and her coal bills run
inordinately high. Besides that, one of
of our new cruisers could not run away
from an enemy if her bottom was fouled
with barnacles.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-05-03
War and Baked Beans.

It is good story. that told by r. K.
Munkittrick in Harper's Magazine. He
was walking ''along the bluff 1T Sias-
consett" when he was accosted by a
venerable man who had been in the war.
The old fellows case seemed pathetic
one. as he told how strong he was be-
fore the war. how he could do anything
ere the fatal years of army service that
had sapped his vigor and reduced him
to wreck. He said sadly that he had
been a whole week "a-paintin that there
stoop." He was not so old yet. he said;
would not be rs till February, and he
ought to be as lively as cricket still
He felt that he would have been indeed
only for the war that had ruined his
health and made him an old man before
his time. Munkittrick sympathized. and
the veteran told how the war had
knocked him out:
ut was the war that done It." he continued.
with great feeling. II came back all chock
full OF rheumatic and malary, and amt never
been the same man since. tell you that war
was an awful failure for me-"
ut was very sad affair." said In q kind
attempt to be sympathetic.
"Yes," he replied. at was. Why. do you
know what could do before the war2"
mo"
WELL" he continued. II could sit down and
eat 10 plates Of baked beans for breakfast with
out turning a hair, and now can't eat ono
plateful to save my life."
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-05-03
ON HooPsklRTs.
Kitty Launches Forth ON Them In Her Own
Original Way.

Kitty Launches Forth on Them In Hey Own
Original Way.
Say, wot's do use n kickinf Day tells me
de main guys wot runs de fashions sez dat
de hoopskoits will be de go, 80 dat does de
biz, sect Dat minds me wen wuz er kid
and useter make picters on me slate
Do youse tink dat dat old stile will be er
gos don't De reason why is dis: In de
foist place it's too costif--dat Is, one of de
hoopskoit Skoits takes bout seven yards
of stuff. De wons wares now Is onlie tree
seef
Den agin wen chase meself round de
block de gang II get on ter de spre'd in me
make up, an wen / sits down up'll go de
skoits, an If walks wild two or tree of de
goils-well, say, day'll hav' ter spre'd out
de streets, for we'd take up de block.
Wot do youse tink of spielin at won Of de
Walle' Halle balls wild won of dem hoops
on, will IL be er gos Not on yer lifl Me
an me Teddy c'udnt spiel for er cent, de
skoits d be trow't back. and me Teddy d
get mixed In de wires.
II youse wants er corkin time, youse must
be ded easy, an dat can't be don'd wild yer
fgger In or barrel wild hoops. Seef Wus-
sent out ermongst de gang unbeknowenst
ter dem, an didn't day all say wot sed.
uAt uis spre'u skolt DIE Is CRATE fashln
fake. OATS wot day sed De hoopskoits
Is good nof for de wimmens Of so years
back. but for de goils Of ter day-well, say.
day are ded slow.
Awl Of me own gang Is athletic an we
wants duds wot we kin get or move on.
Geel it's tuff nof now dat we can't ware
men's blokies close. We doz as much woik
~ day doz so why can't we do as day doxi
But no. dat don't go; cage is de stuff for
de wimmens an goils. OATS rite. er wire
cageround youse an dat's callt hoopskoits.
Lsmme give youse er suro winner pickt
out Of de bunch. as mo Teddy ses, an dat Is
dat dis goil mug don't travel wild dat hoop
skoit-de plain skoits an joisey sack Is wot
I like, an dat's de stiie I'm pullin for. See'
Kitty Tool.
Texas Siftings.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-05-03
A Soft Thing,

Chollie-Do you know, Jimmy, that
think your sister is just awfully sweeti
Little JIMMY guess she thinks a
whole lot of you too. heard her tellin
one of the other girls that you was a reg'lar
puddin-Indianapoli Journal.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-05-03
A Great Change.

Mr. Miggs-Do you, know you look 10
years older with that bonnet on,
ayes, know, but don't have to stand
UP in horse car half as often as did be-
fore got it"-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-05-03
Persistent.

Etta-Do you really think Jennie has got
the right man?
Minnie-I should hope sol She's been en-
gagged seven times, you knowl-Vogue.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-05-03
Not single.

Farmer Meddergrass ito railway ticket
seller)-I want a ticket to Pohunks.
Ticket Seller (briskly}-Singles
Farmer Meddergrass-No, married; but
my wife isn't going along.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-05-03

"Havc you read Miller's new 4-volume
novel;"
"Only two volumes: the rest left for the
garrants. n--fIiegendo Blatter.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-06-02
nr11mAuKrr nANK rA1Ls.
The Crash the Result OF a Furniture Com.
pany's Failure.

The Crash the Result Of "A Furniture Com.
pany's Failure.
MILWAUKEE, June 3 The Plankinton
bank which failed yesterday has made an
lsignment, the court appointing William
PlanlSinton assignee. His bond was fixed
at 81. 600, ,000 which was Immediately
furnished. The sureties are Congressman
John Mitchell, David Fergnoon, vice
president of the Wisconsin Fire and
Marine Insurance bank, and Charles Ray,
president of the National Exchange bank.
The bank opened as usual at 10 o'clock
and did very little business At FIVE
minutes after 10 o'clock William Plankin-
ton, the vice president appeared on the
scene and almost simultaneously the
notice Of suspension was posted up.
There has been no regular run on the
bank of late. Since the scare Of two
weeks ago, however, the large depositors
who did not take part in the run that Oc-
surred at that time, had been steadily
withdrawing their accounts from the
Plankinton and transferring them to other
banks.
The suspension is largely due to the
failure Of f. A Lappen & Co., and the
Lappen Furniture Company two wee ks
ago, with liabilities that will probably
amount to three fourths of a million,
when the worst is known. The Plankin-
ton bank was the pet project Of the late
John Plankinton, the millionaire pork
packer and hotel owner who died two
years ago. 1t was organized in 1887 and
Mr.. Plankinton was its first president.
The capital stock was 5000, 000 On the
death Of Mr. Plankinton, f. 7. Day who
was then vice president became president
and son of the dead millionaire assumed
the office Of vice president.
AT the time of the heavy run on the
bank, three weeks ago 1t was said that
Phil Armour the Chicago packer, was in
terested in the Planl1inton bank, and with
great show a huge safe was sent from Chi
eago, accompanied by an armed guard,
and was escorted to the bank by dozen
policemen carrying drawn revolvers.
1t was then said that Mr. Armour had
sent $500, 900 in gold to the assistance Of
the bank. Mr. Armour denied the story,
but the move restored confidence aud
ended the run. The heavy depositors,
however, were not deceived, and for tw o
weeks they have been guardedly with
drawing their funds.
The condition of the bank at the hour Of
the suspension cannot be learned. 1t is
believed that the showing will not be a
satisfactory one William Plankiuton,
vice president said he could not tell how
the bank stood or what would be done
Among bankers and business men the
opinion prev ails that Mr. Plankinton will
personally see that all claims are paid, in
order to clear his fathers connection with
the failure.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-06-02
SPORTING NOTES.

The Boston Athletic association will go
in this year for rowing, football and base
ball. 1t is said track athletics will not be
given much attention.
Tommy Conneff is now a member Of the
Holy Cross association and will compete
for them this year.
At the meeting between Yale and Har.
ward Harvard failed to score in the ham
mer and Yale in the4IO, $50 and high jump.
Yale finished first and second in the bicycle
races
The Detroit Athletic club will enter a
large team at Chicago on Sept. IA and ex-
pect to make a grand showing.
f. G. Puffer, ex-member of the Manhat-
tan A. c. and the acknowledged champion
hurdler of America, in fact of the world,
has become n member of the New Jersey
A. G.
John Grahamis thenew athletic manager
of the Boston Athletic association. He
succeeds Ii. S. Cornish.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-06-02
Eeelnr stars In DnYtlme.

once asked this question Of a well
known editor, expecting a logical answer
IN the 'Notes and Queries" column of his
paper. Query, SIS it a fact that one can
see stars In broad daylight If he descends
into well OF deep mining shaft 100 feet
deep or more, and then looks out at the
opening aboVeP In due time the answer
came as follows: "Stars can be seen in the
daytime from the bottom Of a well or
SHAFT The long dark tube shuts out all
rays Of sunlight, and the eye, accustomed
to the gloom, sees stars which would be in
distinRuishabls by broad daylight" That
answer never satisfied my curiosity and
am not sure but that j wrote the editor
again In regard to the matter.
I have two reasons for being dissatisfied
With the answer as it stands-our old
.'Philosophies" taught as that the reason
we cannot see stars IN daytime is because
he rays Of the sun are 80 strong or power
fui that they eclipse the feeble light given
NJ by ths stars If this ia the case, why
should the simple act Of lay ering ones self
into a well lessen the power Of sunlight,
aFangthon the power Of starlight or make
human vision more penetrattve3 Secondly,
the writer of this Is an amateur geologist;
has been IN mining shafts on hundreds Of
occasions, In those varying in depth from
80 to TOO feet, and has never yet seen a star
upon looking out upon the vaulted canopy
above, unless It was startime
This ''seeing stars in daytime" is a favor
ite with would be smart Alecs, but l want
60 register my opinion that no man ever
saw a star upon looking out Of a we'll OF
shaft unless he chose nighttime for max
ing his observations-St Louis Republic.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-06-02

ing manner They recently rode from Ok
ford TO Putney, a distance Of 101 miles and
furlongs, in the fast time Of II hours and
40 minutes.
The best time ever made by three scull
ers over the same route was % hours and
2S minutes, and the hydrocyclists conse-
quently lowered the record four hours. The
men rode with ease and had no difficulty
in keeping their strange boat upright, al
though they were seated some distance
above the water. The flow Of the stream
aided them very little, and as they rod,
part Of the way at night and during the
early morning they were not interfered
with by river craft Now that the hydro
cycle has proved itself to be such swift
craft, interesting races between Englisl
oarsmen may be looked for. Whether the
| hydrocycle will become popular on this
| side of the Atlantic remains to be seen.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-06-02
Centre and White SITS.
THIRDEDITION
TO MEET A DEMAND.
A Good and Cheap weekly Newspap'
for shenandoah,

A Good and Cheap weekly Newspaper
for shenandoah,
The publishers of the WEEKLY HERALD
have decided to greatly increase its circula-
tlon this year and for that reason have made
many changes in its general appearance and
make up and have reduced the subscription
rate from $3.50 to 81 per year 1t will be
sold at 3 cents per copy and viii be one Of
tho best weekles in the interior of the state
The columns will be filed with the latest and
best news and articles Of all kinds, including
local and foreign affairs, but nothing obec-
tionabIe TO the ireside circle will be allowed
space. Special attention will be given to the
sporting department and efforts will be made
to furnish only the latest and most reliable
news os THE sporting world. First class
serials by eminent writers win be published
in each number. The opening chapters o
"Robert Balfour" will be published mex
Saturday, Hooks & Brown, booksellers anC
stationers, 4 North Main street are the sol,
agents for the WEEKLY HERALD.