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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-29
CHAPTER XI.


It is within an hour of sunset on
winters day. An inch of snow covers
the earth like a royal carpet, and dark
and ragged clouds drive fast across
cold blue sky.
In front of Rest Haven, looking to
the south, the hills recede and leave an
almost level plain on which there is no
greater obstruction than an occasional
tree or bush. A creek which has its
birthplace in the mountains meanders
across this plain, but divides it about
equally. The plain is large enough for.
5000 cavalry to maneuver on, and
along its edges are dozen spots on
which field artillery can be posted ad-
vantageously.
- Attention, now, for you are going to
witness one of the grandest sights in
war-a cavalry fight! Only few of the
Confederates have appeared in sight,
but Custer has guessed the situation and
is preparing for. it. While he is issuing
orders and the squadrons are moving
and the artillery galloping into position.
one of his aids is hurrying up the move
to~abandon the house. Wrapped in her
bedding instead of a shroud, the dead
woman is borne to an ambulance by
troopers with uncovered heads and rev.
erent mien-troopers who will be shout
ing=like devils and wear the looks of
madmen half an hour hence. Marian
goes with her dead, Royal Kenton into
an. ambulance by himself. The vehicles
take the road for the Federal lines. :.
=. s"You are a noncom Blatant and had
better go with him. the officer said to
Steve Braytcr as Kenton was ready to
go. - = -.
.~sscuse me fur differin with yo',"
replied Steve, ''but if it won't do no
fuss over with. It's goin to be right
smart scrimmage, 1 take it, and as it'll
probably be the last fout I'll see. I'll
sorter hang around. Thar's that ole
Niger, tthougt,==don' leave him."
=: Uncle Ben stood in the midst of the
bustlewith bundles and packages in his
arms and at his feet. He was told to
get into the vehicle with Kenton, and
next moment six horses were galloping
a gun oyer the spot where he had stood.
Look to the south. The Confederates
are debouching from the highway and
-deploying on the plain. Their hearts
are filled with rejoicing as they behold
the force of: Federals opposed. They,
too, have longed for a battle in which
the infantry should have no part, and
the oft expressed wish is about to be
gratifed. :" e
There is no advantage Opposition.
Two thousand Federals, 2, 600 CCnfed-.
crates, and each; hasa battery number
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They also realized that the sounds of
battle might reach Federal ears and
bring up force to the rescue, and it
was therefore decided to advance upon
the camp without further loss of time.
As Brayton had predicted, they formed
on the open ground to the south. The
entire force formed in two lines for
charge, and as a movement or two
showed that they were about ready to
advance Steve quietly remarked:
Il dunno whar jeff Davis bought this
yere carbine, but it was mighty cute
trick in him. She 8 good for seven shots
as fast as kin pull trigger, and that
means that sumbody's goin to git hurt.
Yo' un hold yQ'r buckshot till they git
on this side of that bush. How yo' feel
in, Yank?"
"All right"
.''Of co'se yo' ar. Yo' ar lookin jest
as natural as an ole hat! Yere they
cum!' .-......
With chorus of yells that would
have done credit to war party of Paw
nees, the enemy broke cover and ad-
vanced at run. They were hardly in
tH6 OpSA USIOI0 OtSfS DcSdH UloZlAS
away. His fire was fast and deadly,
but it did not check them. 1t was only
when Kenton, who was coolly waiting
for them to pass the bush, let fly both
barrels into them at just the right range
for buckshot to do its best that the
charge was broken, and every man on
his feet sought safety in precipitate re-
treat.
THAT is awfull'' whispered Kenton
as the smoke blew away and gave them
clear sight of the ground.
LANDS, but we uns hev licked the
hull southern confede1acy!" answered
Steve.
At first sight it seemed as if half the
charging force had been wiped out,
but after moment some. of those who
had fallen began to creep away to the
shelter of the rocks and bushes. They
were allowed to do this without moles-
tation. Five remained there in plain
sight, however, and not one of them
would ever stand on his feet again.
There was no further movement for half
an hour. The besiegers realized that
they were not strong enough to carry
that fort, even though it held only two
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Omnibusses were introduced in New
York city in $780,.
The first copper cent was coined in
New Haven, Conn, in 1857.
Plants grow more between and 6 a..
m. than at any other time of day.
!, Of 73 historic. kings OF Scotland 81
are said to have died in battle or to
have been murdered. :. ,.r., 80;
The. German emperor declared in a
recent speech that his grandfather was
chosen instrument of heaven.
An outlaw; three .ilmoonshiners. and
two other men were arrested at the Sun
Melton camp meeting at Kingwood, .:W.
Va. s --.-,-
It is estimated that the lumber cut of
the ,Miramichi. and tributaries, Canada,
will this season amount. to liz, 900, 900
feet. :, 80
An ostrich lives about 80 years, and
the average annual yield of bird in
captivity is from one to four pounds Of
l. plumes. -.
Caesar did not. say ''Et tn, Brute.
Eye witnesses of the ASSASSINATION de-
posed that he died fighting, but silent
like wolf ~:
Nearly every man, woman and child
in-Egypt is a smoker of cigarettes, and
a pipe Is hardly ever seen in the mouth
of a native. =
The largest winged insect in the
world is the Atlas moth of Central Bra
zil:... Its wings extend IA inches from
tip to tip, r'. =
Oneof the seyerest penalties to which
criminal Is in Holland were in ancient
times Condemned was to be deprived OF
the use of salt. =
:. A. Strong microscope shows the single
hairs of the head to be like coarse,
round .rasps. but with teeth extremely
irregular and jagged. =. =. =, :.
Great! Britain and Ireland. contain
$50 banks, the most important being
the Bank of Enlgand, which has cap->
-itaI of 1878, 10000 =: ...5
The Coliseum at Rome was built by
Vespasian- TO :. comn1odate 100, ,OGO
spectators. tt covers five and a. half
acres and was lao. feet high, :-
= The oyster: is one of thes strongest
creatures on earth. The force required
to open an oyster is more than nine
hundred times its weight -, - 4
While asleep in the woods, a sawyer
of Evansville. Ind, was. bitten, on the
chin by. a spider. He died Of the
effects of the bite some days later:
After forty. years of hard, dangerous,
andsexpensive missionary work there.
are in Japan today about 10, 900 native
Christians, In population of 42.OO0,-
600. ':' - = = 49,. ~. -:
;. ATTEMPTS have been made t6 produce.
spider silk; but have failed, the feros
cious nature of these insects not per-;
mitting; them to live together in com:
mihfties: -" :fa,-''..5. 49,. -
1t Is computed that, all of the houses
in 'Eond5n and New York could be
built of the lava thrown out by Nesu-
vius since the first: recorded eruption in
A. DE- 70.
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A Won't-slip Tire.

A tire has been placed upon the mar;
ket for which it is claimed that It Will
not slip under any condition of surface,
such as wet car rails, asphalt, concrete,
plank or macadam road. The makers
even guarantee that. it. will not slip
when ridden on ice. In addition comes
the claim that it can be ridden with
much ease on rough roads, and that the
teeth, or projections, which appear on
the thread of the tire, form cushion
for the tire: : 1t is also claimed that the
tire is, very fast. OVER smooth surfaces,
it gives an air space, between the, ,surs
face and the tire and obviates suction;
that it is 80 per cent. puncture proof,
on account of having rubber teeth. that
It throws but little mud, as the teeth
have a tendency to-: reieas Sc: the mud
when the tire leaves the. surface over
which 1T passes. -
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CHAPTER XVIII.

The courier dispatched by the captain
of the Federal troop reached the lines
in due time and handed the message to
General Custer, whose brigade was in
winter quarters, but scouting and recon
noitering almost daily An order had
been issued by the general in command
of the army in the valley outlawing all
Confederate i1regulars and directing
special attention to Mosby's band.
Within half an hour after receiving
the courier Custer dispatched two COM
panies of the Sixth Michigan cavalry,
with instructions to push forward at
gallop, and 80 minutes later he fol-
lowed them with the First and Fifth
regiments and a battery of artillery.
The flying column found old Uncle Ben
patiently waiting by the roadside and
stopped long enough to hear his story.
He gave them the lay of the camp oc-
! eupied by Kenton and Brayton and was
! left behind to wait for the main column.
Perhaps the besieging force was in
earnest in making the statement which
fell from the lips of the flag of truce
man as an alternative. They had suf-
fered too severely to try another charge
up the narrow way, and the fusillade
maintained for hours had been lead
thrown away. Ike Baxter had indeed
been sent away for re-enforcementseand
piece of artillery, and the guerrilla
| portion of the force was thirsting for re-
venge and rife for the most desperate
deed. The girl had defed them, and
her lover had killed two or three of
their number, and somebody must be
made to suffer.
The sergeant in command of the squad
of Confederate cavalry had no control
over the guerril1as, but when, as they
waited to hear from the men behind
the rocks, he heard them planning
to wreak their vengeance on Rest Ha-
ven, he did all in his power to dissuade
| them. They seemed to abandon the
! idea, but under pretense of having a
| talk" four or five of them slipped away
and started for the house. They were
within 20 rods of it and had already di-
vided up the wicked work to be swiftly
accomplished when the flying squadron
turned a bend in the highway and was
upon them. They turned to flee, but
| half dozen revClve1s cracked, and they
were dead men as the last set of fours
jumped over their bodies lying on the
highway. Not trooper slackened his
rein or horse broke his gallop.
Halt! Dismount! Fourth men hold
horses! Deploy to the left! Forward
and fire at will!'
1t was complete surprise to the Con-
federates, who had collected in body
to hear what answer might be made to
the message sent in. They made show
of defense, but after fight of five min
utes, during which they lost 10 or 12
men, they threw down their arms and
surrendered. This event was known in
the camp almost as soon as outside of it,
and the cheers which Steve Brayton ut
tered as he perched himself on the rocks
were plainly heard as far as Rest Haven.
.'Yank, old boy, we nns is on the top
limb now, chuckled Steve as he leaped
down and shook Kenton' s hand. Bein
as I've got sorter used to the sight OF
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whether found wounded and helpless or
not. After the detachment had accom-
plished its work he would seek a meet-
ing with Marian Percy, but not before.
She could not hold him responsible for
the action of others.
As the Confederates came down the
road in pursuit of the burial party Gus
ter ordered forward three or four COM
panies, and the pursuers became in turn
the pursued. But not for long. A heavy
force of troopers in gray. were coming
up, and even a child could have told
what that look on General Custer s face
portrayed. For long weeks he had tried
to bring on a cavalry fight. The hour
had comei
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The artillery gallopt1tg into position. ;
ing six pieces. Custer's guns could.
reach the gray horse1nen. as they deploy,
but every piece is silent. A charge by
half his command across that snow COW
cred plain would haye swept the field at
first and crushed the Confederatas back
into the narrow highway to become
panic stricken mob. No charge was or
dered. The man whose name was to be-
come household word before the end
of the war and whose life was to be
spared on 20 fields of battle that. it
might go out with the shouts of Indian
demons ringing in his ears sat his horse
and watched and waited. He had come
:fo the brigade of stalwart Michigan
ders few months previously fresh from
West Point. He had been called boy,
and men and officers had taken no pains
to conceal their sarcasm and distrust.
TIVE or three times he had led them in a
dash there, but little fighting resulted.
He would test, them now, and they
should weigh him in the balance.
Booml Boom!. Boom! The, Confed-+
crate battery is the first to open fire, and
it is promptly responded. to. The very
first missile is a percussion shell, and it
drives its way into the house SO lately
occupied by the living and the dead,
and in its explosion brings wreck and
ruin. Twelve guns are belching their
death missiles across the open space
when sudden cry rises to the lips of a
| thousand men. From the western edge
of the plain. where the pines grow
| thick: as woman suddenly appears to
sview. She is bare headed, and her hair
is flying about her shoulders. She has
neither shawl nor cloak, and her dress
I is ragged and torn. She has stick in
her hand, and she waves it as if it were
Pa sword in the hand of man and starts
| at wild run for the eastern edge of
the plain. right across the front of the
lines drawn up in battle array. The cry
of astonishment which greeted her ap-
pearance becomes a shout of warning,
but she does not heed it.. .Enyeloped by
the smoke of their guns, the artillerists
do not see her. Their hearing deadened
| by the loud reports, they do not catch
the shouts uttered by Federal and Con-
| federate alike. Round shot and shell go
whizzing and shrieking over the snow,
and men waiting for battle shudder at
the woman S danger.
! ''Who's that? Halt! Halt! He can
never do it! He's sure to be killed!'
So cried 500 FederaIs as Steve Bray.
ton, mounted on the herse. Of, a trooper
he had been asked to hold for moment,
dashed straight out into the plain to
head the woman off. He knew her the
moment she stepped out of the woods.
Uncle Ben had told him cf the meeting
with Mrs. Baxter on the highway. He
had flung her down the bank with tre-
mendous force, and as he came back
over the road with Custer's men he ex-
pected to, find her lying there dead.
Nothing was to be seen of her, however,
and his mind was greatly relieved. In
her fall, as. was after ward known, the
woman's head struck stope,. and, the
skull was fractured. When she strug-
gled up she was no longer sane. She
had been wandering through the forest
for hours before she appeared on the
battlefield, but she encountered no one
and found no shelter.
| fTo
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Another ChainleSs,

-One Of eflatest chainfess gears diff
fers from all previous, inventions of the
same. type in the respect that it is not
driven by,.a rotating rod and beyeled
gear, but the, power is transmitted to
: the driving gear by two eccentrics, be-
ling worked by gear contai1red IN : a
small case above the bottom bracket.
The pedal motion is rotary, similar to
,that:of an ordinary chain driven ma
chine. The necessary cogs composing
the gear are all run on: ball-bearings,
and are protected from dust and dirt by
being inclosed in small case, which is
easily removable The; francois. clip
teal in shape, two clinical liiptji.e tubes. + run IN
=ning from the top and bottom Of the
ehead, and is thus minus the top bar.
and suitable for riders of botti sexes:
The width of the bottom Bracket is
three and one half inches, and the dfiv-
ing wheel isseasily detached by loosen
ing the screwed sleeve on, the eccentric
and the nuts ON the wheel spindle.
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500 REWARD, 800.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being constitutional dis
ease, requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken ipternally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the sys
disease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors have
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that il
fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials,
Address, F. J; CHENEY, & Co., Toledo, o
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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Iiamns and Their Value.

Even young eyes suffer by the use
for reading or working, of Pickering
gas, says the Woman's Home Compan-
ion. The lampfame is steady, soft IN
color and grateful to the eyes. Former
ly the clumsy student lamp, was the
only really reliable one for reading,
but the 'lamp craze, has evolved mul.
titude of patent burners, all of them
reasona BILE in price. For a couple of
dollars one can buy an excellent lamp,
complete with green porce.aih shade;
for three or four dollars a really hand
some one may be had. Whatever the
quality, in shape the reading: damp
should be low, with good, broad base,
so that it stands securely. r.. ...-
There is no one article in the house,
excepting perhaps, good beds, that can
give as much solid comfort as lamps
for reading and working by. Every
grown member of the family should
possess one. There should be one of
extra lighting power on'the children's
study table, the. library and sitting
room tables. = ssF'i. - -.-
We all 1lo, without many things. that
would add: to. our. comfort in life, not
because we are obliged to do so, but
from lack of knowledge or thought. II
is not wise to ,cQdd.e oneself, to search
for new wants. to make new necessi-
ties which anchor us to one place be-
cause we cannot be comfortable else.
where. But personal lamp is a SEN
4 <sfbie luxury or indulgence and the
sooner it becomes a a.rneeessity the bet
ter Is our prospect of continued good
eyesight, not, to mention the, splendid
revenue of. comfort enjoyed through all
the evenings of our life.
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Beyond Even Zola.

Zola has found one piece of realism
beyond his powers. He was asked why
he did not describe London and an
swered that the channel was a gulf that
separated France and England morally
as well as materially mo, he says,
T really think that can do nothing
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A Fair Inference.

When the continual and unreason.
able attacks upon the. courts are con-
sidered, orderly people are apt to. take
liberty with the poet. and make his
couplet read: ''No rouge e'er saw the
halter draw with good opinion of the
law. '-Stockton Independent.
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wAKE;.UP.

Yes, wake up to the danger which threatens
you if your kidneys and bladder are inactive or
weak. Don't you know that if you fail to impel
them to action, Brights disease or diabetes
awaits you? Use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
without delay. 1t has a most beneficial effect
upon the kidneys when sluggish, and upon the
bowels liver, stomach and nervous system.
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Blind Rat Led by Comrades.

A man employed at the sewage farm
at Batchworth in Hertfordshire. ass
serts that quite recently, when working
on his farm, he. has often seen an old
blind rat carrying a piece OF. stick in
its mouth, with two other younger rats
leading it about with one end of the
stick also in their mouths.
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Great Gifts to Education.

M. Eulogious Georgieff, the founder
of the Sofia University, who died re-
Gently, bequeathed 2,Qooo,o 900 francs to
the Bulgarian government to be applied
to the country's needs; 5000, 600 francs
for a technical school to be established
at Sofia and large sums for other pub
lie institutions.
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A Confederate Roll of Honor
A Schilling & Company
San Francisco

An effort is being made to compile
"a roll of honor" for the Confederate
Museum, in Richmond, Va, of all the
soldiers and sailors who served the.CoIi-
federate cause, with verified report of
the various commands to which they
were attached during the four years, of
the war. Survivors and friends of those
living or dead are appealed to to make
up the record.
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Quick.

The sooner you begin to
use SeAlll1mg's Best tea and
baking powder, the better your
opportunity to get some of
that 100000.
And the more you win en-
joy yo1r cake and eating. 8
A Schilling & Company .,.:-tt,
San Francisco 2DOe
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A floral curiosity is on exhibition in
the Temple Gardens, London. Itis a
So, 900 orchid from Venezuela. 1t has
white flower which in shape resem-
bles a sea-gull with outspread WINGS !:
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HOME PRODUCTS AND PURE FooD.

All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. "Tea Garden Drips" is made from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. 1t is for sale
by frst-class grocers, in cans only Manufac-
tured by the PACIFIC COAST SYRUP Co. All gen
uine "Ted Garden Drips" have the maniac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
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During the war between. Japan and
China the Chinese soldiers wore un-
derclohting made, of, paper. Expert
ments made with these, goods in the
Prussian army proved unsatisfactory, as
they were found to last, only two;er
three days.
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One of the visitors to the Tennessee
Centennial was Rutherford county
map, "a years old, who, until his trip
to the Nashville exposition, had never
been on a railroad train.
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Cardinal Riche1ieu hated children
and loved cats; when he died his favor
ite Angora pet refused to eat and soon
perished. --.'s.
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One of the most curious results OF
the. investigations made by doctors in
the. Russian jails is the statement that
each group of criminals has its own
peculiar color of the eye. -
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Handel, the composer, used, when
travelling, to order dinner for three, or
if hungry, for five, in either London or
Paris. T..
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-, Piso's Cure for Consumption, has saved
me large doctor bills.-C: T.. Baker 1928
Regent So, Philadelphia, Pa, Dec.S, '95.
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One thing In favor Of the 12-year-old
boy: he is easier to suppress than his
spoiled sister.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-29

If busy and bothered man laughs
at joke, it Is the supreme test that it
is a good one.
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ADVICE To WOMEN.

You cannot have nerve trouble and,
keep your health. .s1n ninety-nine
cases out of q hundred the womb, the
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confirmation of this we, by permission,
refer to the following women, all of
whom speak from experience MISS
CELIA YAN HORN, 1912 Sharswood St.,
Philadelphia, Pa; MISS GRACE Col
LORD, 1884 Eastern Ave, Cincinnati,
o.; Mrs. NEWELL, so Ryerson St..
Brooklyn. n. "; Mrs; ISABEL -oBERa,
22o Chestnut ST., Woburn, Mass; Mrs.
A. q, COLE. New Rochelle, N. Y, and
.: Women suffering ri g from any ~ form of fe-
male weakness are invited to promptly
communicate. with Mrs. Pinkham at
Lynn, Mass.
You can talk freely to woman when
1t is revolving to relate your private
ills to man