The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-23
BRIEF fOCALS.

Jerry 'Henke was Monday caller at this
Office.
Mrs. Dan. Lewis, of the Occidental hotei
| domestic force, Is confined to her bed with
| rheumatic trouble.
Wednesday morning the sun returned to
his accustomed place after = long absence
and has continued ito grace this portion OF
the earth ith sparkling smiles ever since
Two beautiful days, though quite cool,
have been the result
VIM. Wyatt, au old time patron of The
GAZETTE, called and made handsome con-
tribution to the future prosperity of our
paper on Saturday last, at the same time
taking advantage of our low combination
subscription price with the Weekly Ore
gonian-s2 so for both
On Sunday, near Wrens, the residence of
Charley Witham was destroyed by fire, the
most Of its contents sharing the same fate.
The supposition is that the confagration
arose from some smoullering Goals that
We're i'll the fireplace when the family took
their departure from home that evening.
G. N. Riley, who was introduced to the
/ business men of Corvallis by his brother-in-
law, Mr.. Samuels, will return soon to his
Chicago home. Mr.. Riley says that posi-.
bly, this will not be his last visit to Corval-
lis, as he has formed quite an attachment
for the place. Mrs. RIley's health, the OBJ.
ject of the family's Western jaunt, was not
improved to a satisfactory degree, conse.
quently the family physician advises a
speedy return. During their !short stay the
Rl'eys have made many warm friends.
| President Jordnn, of Stanford university,
says of the cigarette habit: Gas a college
teacher my experience with boys who have
formed the cigarette habit. is somewhat
limited. = 1t. however, stconfrms me in the
opinion that such boys are like wormy ap.
piles; they drop long before harvest time.
| Very few of them ever advance far enough
to enter college. Very few of those who
enter last beyond the first year. They
rarely make failures in after life. The boy
who begins cigarette smoking before he is
fifteen never enters the,;lifc of the world.
When the other boys are taking hold of the
worlds work he is connected with the sex
ton and the undertaken. There is one grim
argument to be made for the use of the
cigarettes by boys; it helps on the survival
of the fittest. The manly boy does not
take to such things. He has life in him."
A number of our exchanges have reported
that the Amity Popgun has suspended.
According to Mr.. Long, one of the publish
ers, this report is not correct. The Popgun
missed one issue on account of changes
made in the mechanical arrangement of the
office. and the Popgun will continue to pop
in future as in the past. Mr.. Long is a
| short little fellow but has rather lengthy
ideas and not only controls the populistlc
| field of A-iity and vicinity but now sways
the rod of socialism over Albany and Eugene,
a new plant having been sent the latter
place recently. The territory of Yamhill,
| Linn and Lane Counties is rather an extern
sive newspaper field to be controlled by a
concern with no better mission to perform
than that of advocating -populistc
! doctrines in this serial manner. Speaking OF
monopolies, how does this strike the average
calamity bowler!