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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-23
FASHIONS FANCIES.

Long Angora mOusqueta1re gloves to
wear over evening or theatre gloves
in place or using a muf are shown
by retailers.
Glove boxes or Jewel caskets made
in either siver filigree work or bevel
glass covered with silver deposit and
lined with quilted plush or satin, are
in great demand.
A pleasing departure in link cuff
buttons is the arrangement of four
coils of rope in gold, the center Of
which is an opal set alternately with
a diamond and united by a golden
knot.
A prevailing fad now is to have
plain cigarette, match boxes and
cigar cases embellished with some
subject of French art series in enamel.
The work is most artistically exc
cuted and is in great demand.
With the chiffon waists which have
been so popular, we are now TO have
a turn at velvet waists. They are yet
worn principally with the black ere
pom skirts, but they will be worn
with every description Of material.
The display in the lines of fancy
leather goods never was more salts
factory. Novelty convenient shapes,
and superior workmanship give to
them an attractiveness which makes
them particularly quick selling goods
for the holiday trade.
The latest novelties in handkerchiefs
are the Partisan styles, says con-
temporary. These are colored hand
kerchiefs with wide hemstitched ber-
der The border is divided into
squares, each alternate one being of
IL, - II.
handkerchief, and between these be
ing white squares carrying tasteful
and delicate design in black.
There is an immense demand for
large and beautiful buttons, especial
ly the miniature kind, as large round
as half-a-crown in metal settings, eX-
quisitely painted with one or two fig
ures together, dressed after that
charming period with which Vatican
has made us familiar. Cut jet buttons
are also much worn on the coats and
jackets, which are reproduction OF
the same period.-The London Queen.
On certain days, when the weather
is the least doubtful, the fashionable
girl will go forth in the nearest imi-
tation of mans overcoat a woman
can wear. Its skirts will fall to ber
heels, it's sleeves will be Of temperate
proportions, it's front double breasted
the back close fitting, and! inside the
neck of it will be folded silk hand.
kerchief. This will all be made of a
fine gray oxford mixture or brown
checked Scotch cheviot, the collar re-
vers lined with black surah, and the
handkerchief one of those figured in
gray, gold, brown and green, small
Oriental pattern or Persian design.
They are familiarly known as ban
| danas and have the narrowest hem fol
a border.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-23

to die and be free from my self
created hell, for I believe that man
| is his own devil Yet I had not Dun
ished myself sufficiently and 1 was
offering the atonement which every
murderer should make; to man who
has needlessly taken the life of an
other, existence is the severest form
| of punishment.
| AS each month cycled by, I felt
within me the pulsings of joy; the de-
| sired end was nearer, and with its
| increasing nearness the bitterness of
! living became more bitter In the
voices of the night maniacs have
screamed at me; in the petals of flow
ers Il dead face looks in eternal re-
proa:h; in the softest wind that sports
with sunbeams on the Mexican gulf,
1 can hear the voice of Edith. For
ever before me is this woman whom
L loved; forever is she clad in that
broidered robe; she has become a
haunting spirit-wife. I have tried
vainly to excuse myself for my horri-
BILE deed, but 1 realize that my crime
| was the outcome of the attendant
selfishness of love.
The days of my voluntary sentence
are numbered, and the lashings of
remorse have a cauStic electric sting;
with the setting of each sun they be-
come more strongly volted, and in
| regret for my act they scar and
scorch my very flesh. Can I live out
the remaining days? 1t will be i'm
possible, for conscience is incinerat-
ing me.
There are a few hours left I have
been out to hang Grape ON the gate,
and to stimulate my courage, I have
put before me the chloroform which
is to end my miserable existence. In
joy have held it to my lips, kissing
it as my sure deliverer. Can it be
wrong that 1 shall make an end of
my life? For seven years 1 have
wandered in the Dantean circles of
hell, and worse than this the future
cannot offer; for if it could, heaven
would approve my expiation. For me
there is nothing but annihilatfon, and
the climax of my punishment is that
!. I shall never see them again.
Dear God, be pitiful! There are
only a few minutes more, and my
. face wears the anticipation of al
awaited peace. 1 am calm; no tremol
runs through me; a feeling of rest
permeates me; it seems a tangible
rest. In it's presence the cries of my
mother are stilled, and the face OF
Edith has vanished. The world has
never looked SO bright as when 1 an
leaving it. PAUL BLANC.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-23
BETTER PRICES OFFERING.
The Tone on Wheat Is Better, Say
Mulchahy, Townsend & Co.

San Francisco, CAL, Nov. 17th.-
During the week just closed we have
seen quite a change regarding the
probable future of wheat values.
The activity displayed demonstrates
the fact that the world at large has
given over to general change of
sentiment. The European demand
for American wheat on an advancing
market has increased. The demand
from millers at home has become so
urgent that from three to four cents
Per bushel over market prices is free
ly paid by them for spot immediate
Use. Interior millels find their local
supplies dwindling down to a point
where in many cases there is trade
centers, farmers stocks in their i'm
mediate vicinity having been exhaust
ed to a point where in many cases
there is not enough held over to COM
plete seeding. Every day we are
brought nearer a realization of facts.
The startling figures received by the
government agricultural departments
showing that up to November 1st,
| fully SO,O0O,OOO bushels of wheat has
| been fed to animals. These figures are
| so great, the department has not sent
! them out as yet, preferring to make
| further inquiry. It Is understood that
| the later estimates received, are far
larger instead of less. At this rate
| fully 125,OOO,OO0 bushels will be con-
sumed in this way. Our home de-
| nland for breadstuffs will reach 37O,-
| 100000 bushels. We have up to No
vember 1st exported 55,OOO,OOO BUSH
| els; this makes 55O,OOOOO bushels we
know will be taken from our supplies
add to this 100000 bushels more
] ;a1, I,< l.
ing the entire consumption S2O, 600, 900
bushels. We started the crop year on
July 1st with old stocks on hand of
! lO7,OOO,OOO bushels. The government
sta tistician makes the present crop
about 45O, 900, 900 bushels to supply q
demand of 62O,OOO,OOO bushels. These
| figures are not exaggerated, they are
admitted by the trade. The greatest
| drawback to wheat prices at present
is the large visible supply. The public
will before long find out our wheat
supply is pretty well marketed.
Bradstreet's report of Wednesday
shows 100000 bushels of an increase
against 100000 on the same date
last year. The whole fact regarding
wheat values is that we have had
two years of a falling market and the
people have been educated up to the
I idea that wheat is worthless, SO 10
speak. The last issue of the London
Corn Trade News says: The demand
for American wheat and flour is
URGENT throughout England. Ger
many is looking towards America for
considerable wheat supplies for mix
ing purposes. The world will look
back upon present prices before an
other twelve months roll around, In
astonishment, wheat is worth more
money.
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DISTANT THINGS.

oh, white is the sail in the PARKWAY
And dirty the sail at the dock;
And fair are the cliffs across the bay
And black is the nearby rock.
Though glittars the snow on the peaks
afar,
At our feet it is only white;
And bright is the gleam of the dis
tant star
Though a lamp were twice as bright.
The rose that mods beyond our reach
Is reddcr than rose of ours;
OF thought that turns our tongues to
speech
Our fellows leave greater dowers.
The waters that flow from the hidden
springs
Are sweeter than those by our side
30 we strive through life for the dis
tant things,
And are never satisfied.
So we strive through life for these
distant things,
But ever they hold their place;
Till beats life's drum and death doth
come
And we look in his mocking face.
And the distant things crowd near
and close,
And faith! they are dingy and gray!
For charm is lost when the line is
crossed
Twixt Here and Faraway.
For the charm is lost when the line
is crossed
And we lose all things as they are
Ard know that as clean is the sal
at the dock
As the sail on the sea afar;
A. bright the rays Of the nearby
lamp
u the CLEAN of the distant star.
IRVING HOFFMAN.
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VALUE OF A SINGLE VOTE.
Ma jority of One That Decided Impor.
tant Events in American History.

An individual vote may decide
great events just as one vote did in
1914. In that year one vote cast in
Switzerland county cut a tremendous
figure in national affairs
David Kelso was the democratic
candidate for state senator in Switzer-
land county, and David Hanery was
running on the whig ticket. Some
time before the election there had
been sensational shooting in the
county, one young man Staying a
false friend who mad betrayed him in
a love affair. Kelso defended and
saved the prisoner, who, though poor
in purse, was rich in gratitude, and
promised that he would spare no
pains to repay the valuable service
Kelso had rendered him. Kelso's
client was in bed with a dangerous
fever when election day came, but,
against the protests of the physicians,
he announced his purpose of going to
rEe polls in an improvised ambulance.
1t was Two miles to the voting place.
The bed, with the patient, was placed
on a wagon and driven to the polls.
When he arrived he was too weak to
get up, but he had the satisfaction of
seeing his ballot deposited. Then he
went home and died. The official
count showed that Kelso was victori-
GUS by just one vote.
Then chain of singular events be-
gan. It devolved on the senate to
which Kels0 was elected to choose a
United States senator. The demo-
Gratis had a meager majority Of the
two branches of the legislature. Til
man A. Howard, whig, and Oliver
Smith, democrat, were the regular
candidates. KeIso bolted the demo
cratic caucus and announced that he
would not vote for Smith under any
circumstances. He brought over to
his side another democrat named
Hoover, and for many days and weeks
the balioting went on. always with
this result: Howard "a, Smith "A,
Hannigan 2; 76 votes were necessary
to elect. Edward A. Hannigan was
q brilliant young lawyer and Kelso
selected him as his candidate with
out consulting him in the beginning of
the long struggle. The greater the
efforts to bring Kelso over to the
Smith side the more stubborn he be-
came. Finally he announced that the
farce had to end-that he would cast
his vote for the wings if the demo-
Gratis did not cone to terms. The
democratic caucus was reconvened
and Hannigan was made the party
candidate and was elected United
States senator the following day.
A fierce controversy took place in
the United States senate the next
ear over the admission of Texas into
the Union. Her admission was finally
secured by majority of one vote, and
that one vote was cast by Hannigan.
Smith had previously prnlnised that
he would vote against admitting the
state if he were elected. Thus the
vote cast up in the wooded hills of
Switzerland county by a dying man
led to the admission of Texas into the
sisterhood of states. From this vote
also resulted the war between the
United States and Mexico.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-23
THE REAL MEANING OF "wE.'

Somebody who wants to explain
what the editorial "we'' signifies, says
it has a variety of meanings, varied
to suit the circumstances. When you
read that "we expect our wife home
today" "we" refers to the editor-in-
chief; when it is 1--WE are little late
with work." it includes the whole
office force, even to the devil and the
towel; in 1--WE are having boom" "
the town is meant; 1--WE received over
1000 immigrants last year." and it
embraces the nation; but 1--WE have
hog cholera in our midst" only means
that the man who takes the paper and
does not pay for it is very i1l.-St.
Louis Press.
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FASHIONS FANCIES
A WHOLE LOT OF NEW IDEAS IN
LINEN.
New Departures in Several Directions
"A Prevailing Fad-Several
Novelties.

All indications are for a strong re-
vival in favor of pure white in linen
goods This change applies to every
thing in that department. Colors are
at a discount. Even towels in pure
white are sought after. Colored table
linen and all silk decorations, as
doileys, centerpieces, and scarfs are
entirely out. In their places are seen
the more chaste and beautiful ones OF
snowy white linen, adorned with fnc
needlework and lace. Colors are only
permissible in the gaily embroidered
flower sets for 5 o'clock teas.
The scroll patterns Of many seasons
past are again "new," and lace inser-
ton effects which were seen in wear
ing apparel last season have now III
vaded the domain of linen. Some Of
| the handsomest and most expensive
sets brought out this season have in
sertions of Florentine lace in both
! tabIe-cloth and napkins.
Real lace sets of Duchesse point
consisting of center piece, and grad,
uated sizes of doileys is one of the
| s'swagger'' decorations for polished
mahogany tables. Round tables fol
| twelve are coming In favor again, and
| special cloths are manufactured fol
| them.
| Ready made sheets and pillow cases
| grow in favor, as in many instances
they may be bought for few cents
less than the goods by the yard. This
fact means a great saving of labor tt
| the housewife and. hence their popu
larity.
AS to the tariff changes, the notice
able effect will be upon the very
cheapest grade of table linen, ane
upon the poor mans towel. On th'
higher grades, requiring skilled labor
the reduction is very slight.-Chicagt
Dry Goods Reporter.
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dentist who died in q rural town
in England, a few days ago, had
made it hobby to keep all the teeth
which he had drawn in the course of
his professional career. His will or
dered the collection of teeth tn be
placed with him in his coffin for
burial. His heirs fulfilled his COM
mand, and almost thirty thousand
teeth were put into the coffin with the
dead dentist. Such indisputable evil
dence of mans "pulP' on earth
ought to work to his advantage, some
how, in the hereafter.
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WAR ON THE BANDITS.
The Latter Are Massed in Force in
Indian Territory.

Muskeogee, I. T., Nov. 19.-War with
the Cooks is going on in the vicinity
of Verdigris river, about twenty
miles from here. The bandits are
massed in force there and have met
mere than tn,,r -,'n - az of
Cherokees who have been rounding
them up for several days. No open
fight has vet taken place, but there
has been a great deal of skil1nishing
and both sides are preparing for the
death struggle. Fully fifteen Of the
Cook gang are together and Bill Cook
is leading them in person.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-23
FOR oBsrRUcT1NG THEE MAILS.

Los Angeles, Nov. 19.-The testi-
mony was concluded in the trial of
w. H. Cune, B. T. Johnson, Isaac Ross
and Philip Stanwood, charged with
conspiracy to delay and obstruct the
United States mails. The case will
be submitted to the jury tomorrow.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-23
WEIGHT AND YIELD OF legs

A correspondent of Kansas Farmer
furnishes the following:
Geese 4 to the pound; 20 per annum
Polish, 0 to the pound; 15O per an,
mum.
Bantams, 16. to the pound; 60 pei
annum.
Houdans, 8 to the pound; 16O PEI
annum.
LaFleche, Z to the pound; 100 pei
annum.
Han.burgs, to the pouId; 200 pei
anRum.
Turkeys, to the pound; 80 to 60
per annUm.
Game fowl, 8 to the pound; 130 pei
annum.
Leghorns, 9 to the pound; $50 PEI
annum.
Black Spanish, to the pound; 15O
per annum.
Plymouth Rocks, 8 to the pound; 100
per annum.
Langshans, to the pound; $50 pei
annum.
Brahmas, 8 to the pound; $50 pei
annum.
Guinea fowl, II to the pound; 16o
per annum-
Ducks, 6 to the pound; 30 to 60 pei
annum.
A certain young man advertised FOL
a wife in an Eastern paper and his
sister answered the advertisement
The young fellow now thinks adver
tising doesn't pay, ani the old folks
think It is pretty hard luck to hays
two fools In one fs0aH,-Ex
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-23
CANNERIES FAILING.

Vancouver, j. G., Nov. 20.-Tour
more British Columbia salmon can
neries have passed into the hands Of
an English syndicate. These are the
Lighthouse cannery on the Fraser,
two on the Mas river and one on
the Skeena.
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GREAT IS OREGON.

A Umatilla man has a pumpkin
weighing 15s pounds, but that has
already been beaten by 178 pounds in
Southern Oregon,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-23
GREAT IS OREGON.

Monday Mrs. S. J. White, of La
Grande, picked in her garden a su
perb bouquet of pansies, verbenas
etc. It is certainly contrast te
have flowers growing in the open all
here, when, in this latitude in the
Eastern states, snow and ice are
usually somewhat in order.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-23

James Watkins, of Philomath, has
1000 bushels of Burbank potatoes.
raised on summer fallow, that yielded
fifty bushels per acre. 1t cost 2h
cents per bushel to dig them and 80
cents per bushel has been offered for
spuds in this neighborhood. At this
figure the crop will net him $275,
many times as much as he could
have netted from the same acreage of
wheat.
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A WISE FATHER.

Smith-No, I never take the news
papers home; I've a family of grown
up daughters, you know.
.Jones-Papers too full of crime, eh?
Smith-No; too full of bargain sales
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-23

"Verily, truth is stranger than fic-
tion."
"What have you struck now?"
San account of an editor being held
up by foot-pads and robbed of $14."
'What is there strange about thatY
''The S14''
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-23
HOP INTELLIGENCE.

Decreased business has marked the
local market since the last report,
and at present there is a slowness
which. will probably quicken before
the close of the week Values remain
steady, 91a cents being considered
best offering although more than ten
has been paid for superior goods, but
that is no criterion.-Hamiltoa, n. Y,
Sentinel
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-23

A fair degree of activity has marked
the trading again this week. Demand
has not developed force enough to
warrant putting prices up, but there
has been steady tone on all desira-
BILE grades. Brewers have been the
principal buyers, and they have called
for a good deal Of stock; many Of
them had early contracts which are
giving them full supply, but others
are now securing stocks, believing
that values are low enough to be rea-
sonably safe. A few new orders from
England are being filled at close to
lie. f. O. b. steamer here, but the con-
signments from the Pacific coast are
still too large to hope for much buy
ing here for awhile. We retain about
former quotations as representing a
fair trading basis. In the country
politics have claimed more interest
than hops, but the sales so far as re-
ported were at about late prices. Adj
vices from the Pacific coast Indicate
that a good deal of stock has been
moved, most of which is going abroad.
N. Y: Price Current, 10th.
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The foreign market is by no means
acting badly. Prices are yet low but
trade is active and figures are improy-
ing. The crop both in England and
on the continent is too large. for large
prices but it certainly is looking bet
ter than at one time. American goods
are not doing as we'll as could be de-
sired though those that have reached
there are said to be mainly disposed
of. 1t is quite possible that consumers
upon that side are beginning to feel
that it will not be quite lie thing to
kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
Desirable as it is sfor farmers to raise
hops, all know that they cant raise
them great while at Il loss. Besides
there are other branches Of agricul-
ture that will pay.
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The situation since our last report
has remained in about the same con-
dition, with, however, an improving
tendency. The demand seems to have
fallen off somewhat, but this diminu-
ton of actual business does not ap-
pear to have affected values. Hops of
low or medium quality are not easy
to sell, but there is q growing convic-
tion that choice samples will be diff
ficult to find, therefore, their value
is not only firm, but is gradually hard
ening. The result is, the Southern
growers are not forcing business, i'll
the expectation (Which seems to be
well founded) that in the near future
better prices will be obtained. Recent
sales have realized for growers, "a
los for East Kent Goldings, lnd as
our telegraphic report fror the
Borough shows, even 95s has been
given for choice qualities. WorcesterS
have been sold at f4 As, and generally
speaking, there have been no signs ~
lower prices, but rather the reverse.
English Hop Grower.
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Cherry Valley, \. Y, Gazette of Sth:
Hops are selling quite as rapidly as
desirable at present figures. There is
n disposition to pay rather better fig
ures than were being paid at one time
though the price is not yet below
the cost of production. Buyers read
lily pay from nine cents downward
according to the quality of goods and
the gullibility of holders. Better fig
Tres are also paid in some cases. 1t
is also claimed that dealers have sold
short, thousands Of bales. Their con-
tracts will have to be kept. There is
chance therefore that holders will
have of getting not coed figures but
better than they are now receiving.
One fact is certainly potent that is
chat dealers generally are very de-
sirous of buying. 1t rests largely with
the holders whether prices shall ad-
vance or decline. No man who has
the trade at heart, be he producer,
dealer or consumer, desires to see
goods sold under the cost of produc-
ton. If there is a surplus, the excess
must be sold cheaper or carried over.
There is no help for that. Men will
lot buy nor can they be expected to
buy what they do not need unless
they buy on speculation. AS. a matter
of course some will carry their hops
over. That has always been done and
always will be done.