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WEEKLY CORVALLIS GAZETTE CORVALLIS, JUNE 20, 1879 IT SEEMS BUT YESTERDAY. Dear love, it seems but yesterday Tiat you were by my side. When down along the orchard way We wooed and laughed and sighed; The birds are singing In the trees, The clover's breath is sweet, And far across the mossy leas I hear yonr pat'rlng feet. Though seas divide the loving hearts That beat so fond and true, There Is a love that ne'er departs, But always leans on you; It seems but one brief sunny day, I cannot call It more. Since you were standing on the quay To see me leave the shore. I'll come again, ere roses fade. And meet you at the gate. For I remember that you Bald You'd watch for me and wait. Although 'tis years since last we met, It seems but yesterday ; And, darling, I cannot forget The words yon had to say. Popular Science. DEW. Mr. George Dines, who has made ex tensive experiments and observations on the formation of dew, finds that the depth of deposit in England in an evening rarely exceeds a hundredth part of an inch, and that the average annual depth of the dew deposit upon the surface of the earth does not exceed an inch and a half. TO STKAIGHTEN WABPED WOODS. Of all the trials and vexations that be set the beginner there are none more an noying than the tendency of wood to warp. He sends to his dealer for a small assortment of fine woods, and expects to receive them perfectly true and flat. Per haps the woods are flat when they leave the dealer, but in transit they are very likely to twist out of shape, reaching their destination badly warped. The ex pressman may not be aware of the subtle nature of these woods, and in not a very gentle manner lays the package on a cold, damp -floor. The dry wood sucks in the moisture on one side, swells and curls. It should not be a difficult mat ter to cure this. If the wood is in a large piece the convex or hollow side should be steamed or moistened a little and then laid upon a dry floor, holding it down witn a smooth, flat board upon which weights are placed. When quite dry it will be lound to have regained its origi nal shape. If the wood is in small pieces it can be easily straightened by gently steaming the convexed side over a teakettle and then holding the other side toward the heat until it becomes straight, when it can be left in a press or under weights for a few hours. Almost any warped woods will yield under this treat ment. Leff ells' News. DISEASE IK SEWEBS. In every house there is of this refuse material a large amount. On washing day many gallons, often barrels, of water in which our clothing has been washed, and containing the filth that the skin has thrown off during the week, must be dis posed of. All through the week more or less dishwater and dirty water from vari ous sources accumulates. As a rule it is thrown into a drain which is, perhaps, covered only with a board, and carried only a few feet away, when it soaks into the soil or spreads out on the ground and evaporates into the air. If the soil is pervious it may leak into it and some of it eventually find its way into the well. In the course of a short time these slops fill the soil full, a sort of fermentation takes place, and as the air is more or less excluded, most poisonous gases are de generated. It is now positively known that many diseases have their origin in breathing these gases. It does not fol low that they always cause disease, be cause the germs may not always be pres ent, but they frequently do. Diphthe ria, that scourge of both city and coun try, has been traced time and again in the city to sewer gas passing into the house. In the country, where less at tention is given to the cause of disease, the drain for slops is not always recog nized as the source of diphtheria, but in very many cases it has been proved to be so beyond the slightest doubt. Herald of Health. SPECIFIC AGAINST HTDBOPHOBIA. The British-American Journal has the following in connection with the dread disease, hydrophobia, and its suc cessful treatment: "Dr. Grzyvala, of Krivoe Ozeroe, Podolia, for whose trust worthiness Professor Gubler, of Paris, vouches, declares that after a series of crucial trials, which he describes at length, he has found that, after having had opportunities of treating at least one hundred cases of men bitten by rabid dogs, with the Xanthium Spinosum, he has never in any one of these cases failed to ward off hydrophobia. He gives some startling examples. During the Crimean war a family of twelve persons had. been bitten by a hydrophobic wolf. Six of them entered his wards in the Hospital of Olschanka, government of Podolia, district of Balta. They were treated with infusion of the leaves of the xanthium, and all recovered. The six others, who were treated by the actual cautery and the daily use of genesta tinctoria and other drugs, died with hydrophobia in the course of twelve to sixty days. He recounts many other facts not less striking. For an adult, the dose is sixty contigrammes of the dry powder, repeated three times a day, and continued during six weeks. Chil dren under twelve take half that quan tity. The dose for animals is much larger. A herd of thirty oxen had been bitten by a mad wolf; eight had suc cumbed with symptoms of hydrophobia. The Commissary of Police came to Dr. Grzyvala for his 'antirabic powder.' He gave three ounces of the powder, with bran, daily to each of the remaining animals; none of them suffered from the disease. These are examples of which Dr. Grzyvala says he has a hundred others." THE GENESIS OF THE MOSQUITO. A physician corresponding with the Scientific American says: " For sev eral years past I have noticed in warm weather that my wooden cistern, which is above ground, has been infested with peculiar looking little red worms. I have heard many others like myself com plain of these worms, and I had taken it for granted that they were a species of earth worm. However, last summer I procured a glass jar and sprinkled the bottom of it with a very small quantity of sand and clay. I then half filled the jar with clear fresh water, and after put ting a dozen of these worms in the jar I tied a piece of cloth over the mouth and placed it in a light, airy place. The worms were from half to three-fourths of an inch in length, of a bright red color, and had rather a jointed appearance about the body. They would crawl on the bottom of the jar, swim through the water by a rapid bending of the body backward and forward, and occasionally come up to the surface of the water and float. Within twenty-four hours after placing them in the jar I noticed that they had all gone down to the bottom of the vessel and had enveloped themselves separately in a kind of temporary shell made of earth and sand. In a few days after this I saw one of these worms crawl out of his temporary house at the bottom of the jar and swim to the surface of the water. Here, after twisting about for a few seconds, he ruptured a thin mem brane that onveloped his body, and came out a full-fledged mosquito ready for business. I noticed many of the other worms going through the same performance within a short while after ward, tsome of the mosquitoes were much larger than others, but, as I have already stated, some of the worms were also larger than others. REMEDIES FOB CABPET BEETLES, MOTHS, AC Francis Gregory Sanborn, Consulting .naturalist, writes to the scientific Amer tcan m regard to the pest of all house keepers: " At this season we are fre quently besieged by inquiries in rela tion to the ' carpet beetle,' moth, etc Many of our readers may be glad to know of the following simple remedies " First Steep one quarter of a pound of Cayenne pepper m a gallon of water add two drachms of strychnia powder Strain and pour this tea into a shallow vessel, such as a large tinned iron milk pan. Before unrolling a new carpet set the roll on each end alternately in this poisoned tea for ten minutes, or long enough to secure the saturation of its edges for at least an inch. After beating an old carpet, roll and treat all its seams and edges to the same bath. Let the car pet dry thoroughly before tacking it to the floor, m order to avoid the acci dental poisoning of the tacker's fingers by the liquid. It is perhaps unnecessary to state that the residue of the liquid should be thrown out where it will not be drunk by any domestic animal, or if preserved for future use, carefully labelled "poison." This preparation will not stain or disfigure carpets nor corrode metals in contact with the carpet as will most preparations of corrosive sublimate. Second One pound of quassia chips one quarter of a pound of Cayenne pep per, steeped in two gallons of water Strain and use as above. This prepare tion, although irritating to the human skin, especially on cut surfaces, has the advantage of not being poisonous. To either of these teas from one quarter to one-half more boilinfr water mav be added at the time of first using, if greater depth of the liquid m the vessel be re quired. When it is desirable to treat carpets that are not to be taken up. either of the above preparations may be applied by means of any of the common atomizers to every seam and margin with good results, although a second, and even third, application may be needed Dairy Buildings. At the Pennsylvania dairymen's meet Ing this year, Professor E. W.Stewart de livered an address upon " Dairy Build ings and their Management." He said, in me iiuure only skin could win ; that dairy product had now reached such low point in price, that only the best article could pay a profit on the cost of production. That it was now iniDera tively necessary that the dairyman should manage his business in the most econo mical way that he must suffer no wastes uy eipuuiug uidcowb in coia stames, or, worse, to tne open air. which would re quire the consumption of so much extra food and necessarv reduce the milk pro- J if rw i " auction. tie snowed now easily and cheaply the dairyman could raise up his barn and place under it a concrete wall making a warm basement for stabling his daily f-tock, where the consumption of food to keep the animal warm would be reduced to a minimum. He showed how important it is to avoid nervous excite ment in much cows ; that they should be watered in the stable where thev could not be molested. He gave an illustrative plan of the manner of watering in the stable, and then showed the economy of giving water at ou degrees temperature, instead of from a trough in the open air at a temperature of 32 to 34 degrees. He said that it required food to warm this water in the stomach of the cow, which is all saved by watering cows in a warm stable. He dwelt at some length upon the cheapest and best form of barn, which he thought to be either square or octagonal. In such a structure the amount of lumber and labor would be much less than in a building of ordinary form, and the octagonal form would be much more compact and convenient, requiring no in terior posts or beams, which obstruct labor. He also described his mode of tying, which is simple and cheap, giving the cow great freedom, and at the same time holding her in the center of her place, so that she cannot annov her neighbors. His self-clensing stable or platform on which cows keep perfectly clean, saving all the labor of clensing the stable, excited much interest. llow Food Nourishes Us. Taking food into the stomach is only a preliminary process. There it is mixed with a peculiar fluid which oozes from the inner walls of that organ, which is a powerful solvent. Meats or vegetables are quickly melted down, as it were, the product appearing within about an hour as a grayish pultaceous mess. Next it passes from the stomach (on the right side just under the ribs) into a mem braneous tube, which is thickly studded with glands, each pouring out a fluid pe culiar to itself, to combine with the on ward moving ingest. Bile from the liver is added, and then a bland secretion from the pancreas, or sweet-bread, which alone of all others in the system dissolves but ter, oils and lard, converting them into an emulsion. Millions of tubes, smaller than hairs open within the tube, sucking up the milky fluid chyle the product of the food and the admixtures since it has arrived at the stomach. Then" it is conveyed by the distal extremities of the lymphatics (the small tubes above men tioned) into a tube the size of a wheat straw. Once in there it ascends up the whole length of the abdomen through the chest direct. Then mixing with impure venous blood, it goes to the right cham ber of the heart, and thence is sent into the lungs. By drawing in a breath, the oxygen in the air is united to the new fluid and the returned old blood; it re vivifies one and vitalizes the other. From the food the solid parts of the body are not only made, but kept in repair. In the West thin and shallow creeks sometimes rise with spring freshets, carrying everything in their current for a little while. Then thev are said tn " boom." It " Weight for the wagon," observed the farmer as he helped his 300 pound wife to a seat in the vehicle. A Fearful Bisk for Girls. 1 he pastor of a church in one of our large cities said to me, not long ago: "j. nave omciated at forty weaaings since l came here, and m every case save one I felt that the bndo was running an awful risk Young men of bad habits and fast tendencies never marry girls of their own sort, but demand a wife above suspicion. So pure, sweet women kept from the touch of evil through the years of their girlhood, give themselves, with all their costly dower ot womanhood, into the keep ing of men who, in base associations have learned to under-value all that belongs to them and then find no re pentance in tne sad after years There is but one way out of this that I can see, and that is for you the young woman of the country to require in associations and mar riage purity for purity, sobriety tor sobriety, and honor for honor. There is no reason why the young men or this Christian land should not be just as virtuous as the women and if the loss of society and love be the price they are forced to pay for vice, they will not pay it. I admit with sadness that not all our young women are capable of this high standing lor themselves or others but I believe there are enough earn est, thoughtful girls in the society of our country to work wonders if faithfully aroused. Dear girls, wil you help us, in the name of Christ? Will you, first of all, be true to your selves and God; so pure in your inner and outer lite that you shall have right to ask that the young man with whom you marry shall be the same? The awful gulf of dishonor is close beside your feet, and in it fathers brothers, lovers and sons are going down. Will you help us in our great workr Chinese Coinage. China has no real coinage for the pur poses ot trade, Lattle bits of silver as sayed and weighed, and dollars of the Mexican Republic, battered out of shape and classed one, two and three, at dif ferent values according as an affected comprador pretends to have found more or less bronze in their composition this is the ridiculous coinage of the coast. In Hong Eong, itself, when I took my letters to the post, and gave dollar to the clerk to pay for stamps, had to wait till he bit it, tried, it with acid, weighed it and gave me change not as though my dollar were a dollar uni accoraing to its weignt, which was ninety-six one-hundredths of what snouid nave been. This was no excep tional case, but was the practice gone through in every instance. Such is the repute of English coin, that the Hong jtvong mint would in a few years have introduced the use of its dollars by the Chinese people throughout the trading portions of the empire without continu ing to impose any charge whatever on the English taxpayer. The history of aonars would be a very curious one. The Chinese look doubtfully upon all that do not bear the name of some well known Chinese firm stamped upon them, as we write the names across the back of a bank-note, except they are of one kind Mexican pillar dollars, the two pillars of which are described in their Chinese name, ' two-piecy-canneltick ' dollars, that is, two candlestick dollars. A note in the history of dollars that propose, would have to record the fact that our expeditionary force to Abys sinia had to be supplied with Maria Theresa dollars, of which none were to be found in the market, these being the only corns received by the natives of that country. The Austrian Govern ment had to be applied to by the British Government, and the coins had to be specially struck off for us at the Vienna mint. Woman. A woman, notwithstanding she is the the best of listeners, knows her business. and it is a woman's business to please. I do not say that it is her business not to vote, but 1 do say that the woman who does not please is a false note in the har monies of nature. She may not have youth or beauty, or even manner, but she must have something in her voice or ex pression, or both, which it makes you feel better disposed toward your race to look at or listen to. She knows that as well as we do ; and her first question after you have been talking your soul into her consciousness is, did I please ? A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel any day. Womanly women are very fond of critics, except to themselves and now and then to their own sex. The less there is of sex about a woman, the more she is to be dreaded. ut take a real woman at her best moment well dressed enough to be pleased with herself, not so resplen dent as to be a show and a sensation, with the varied outside influences that set vibrating the harmonic notes of her na ture stirring in the air about her and what has social life to compare with one of those vital interchanges of thought and feeling with her that make an hour mem orable ? What can equal her tact, her delicacy, her subtlety of apprehensions, her quickness to feel the changes of tem perature, as the warm and cool currents oi thought blow by turns ? At one mo ment she is microscopically intellectual. critical, scrupulous in judgment as an an alyst's balance, and the next as sympa thetic as the open rose that sweetens the wind from whatever quarter it finds its way to her bosom. It is the hospitable soul of a woman that a man forgets he it. a stranger, and so becomes natural and truthful, at the same time that he is mes merized by all those divine differences that make her a mystery and a bewilder ment. Atlantic Monthly. Co-Operatlve Colony Association. We notice that a movement has been set on foot in New York City in the or ganization of a Co-operative Colony Aid Association, to assist worthy families of workingmen to homes in the West. An Executive Committee has been chosen, embracing the following: Charles F. Deems, B. Heber Newton, Felix Adler, Joseph Seligman, Courttandt Palmer, E. V. Smalley, C. F. Wingate.Dr. Rylance, and George Saterlee. The plan is to put the advantages of colonization before the people, to aid such as are willing to go, if possible, and that eventually, if deemed advisable, the Association should take the form of a joint stock concern. Ex -Minister Schenck is almost well. He refused to pass in his chips. The Farm. THE ONION MAGGOT. Ashes or saltpetre if applied in time will hold this pest in check. LIME FOB CHICKENS. When vour hens have the run in sum mer they will find considerable lime ; but it is just as well to nave it near tne nen house. PEAR TREES. Wood ashes makes an excellent fertil zer for pear trees. Mixed coal and wood ashes mav also be applied with advantage. Ground bones are better for fruit trees of all kinds than fermenting manure. CALVES. When calves come as twins, and one is a bull while the other is a heifer, it is the best policy to get rid of the heifer, as veal or otherwise. She will never be likely to have a calf of her own. This only if her twin is a bull calf. SUN FLOWERS. Raise plenty of sun flowers. The seeds are excellent for chickens and a valuable medicine for horses. Half a pint of flax seed or one pint of sun flower seed in a horse's feed, three or four times a week, fall and spring, does very much to keep them in good health. WHEAT. This grain when cut young will be lighter in color, and it will ferment more quickly than that cut later. But if there is any theory about the matter at all we believe that the late cut wheat that is, the stem-dried, will make the least flour but the strongest and best. WIRE FENCES. We confess to a prejudice against thin wire fences. Horses may not run against them ; indeed, if the horses are anything like ours they will Le too lazy to run against anything ; but they might run against the wire fences, which are almost invisible, and there is where the theory and the prejudice come in. v USE THE HOB. Hoe your plants toward night in a verv "dry spell," and in the morning you will find the earth around them showing plain signs of moisture, absorbed from the air. This will not occur if the ground is packed hard. Hoe corn frequently. Do not stick to the traditionary three times. Hoeing stimulates the growth of the plant and kills the weeds. MOLES IN GARDENS. Moles are a nuisance in gardens. There are various means of destroying them or driving them away. Correspondents of Vich't Magazine say soak corn until soft, then with a penknife open each kernel and place in a dose of strichnia, and close up again. Another says plant in the gar den the mole tree (euphorbia lythysis), a hardy annual, sometimes called caper spurge. CABBAGE WORMS. Hot water thrown upon the plants will kill the cabbage worm. Be careful that it is not hot enough to scald the cabbages. A market gardener who grows cabbage on a large scale recommends a mixture of twenty parts of superphosphate of lime, one part of carbolic powder and three Sarts of fresh air slaked lime, a small andful of which should be scattered over each head. BEANS. The best soil is a mellow clay or sandy loam. Prepare the land as for corn, fitted in the nicest manner. Plant ten days or two weeks after planting corn. Marrow beans require one and one-eighth bushels of seed per acre ; mediums, three-fourths of a bushel ; pea beans, one-half bushel ; kidney or other large beans, more, in pro portion to size. A fair crop is twenty bushels per acre. Country Gentleman. HOME BEMEDIES. Every farmer should keep at home for both family and animal use some good liniment. Look out for quack remedies advertised in the papers. They are only frauds ; and even if thev have one or two good ingredients they cost ten times as much as the simple genuine article can be got for at a decent drug store. There is nothing better than camphorated oil for bathing a sprain in an animal. We should first soften the part with verv warm water. GRASS LAND AND MANURES. Reuben Brooks, of West Snrinefield. re cently said that he considered right after mowing was a good time to top dress grass land. The best way to compost manures was to bring tne raw material in contact with the soil as soon as possible and mix it there. Plaster not only de odorizes, nut sweats and rots manures tie ureters green manures nlouched in for an the crops he raises, and thought there was an advantage in several ploughings before starting a crop. The Underground Telegraph System. Gen. Stager, of Chicago, one of the vice-presidents of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and president of the Western Electric Manufacturing Company, has purchased the sole right to the Brooks underground telegraph svs- tem in the United States, the owners of which were the Brooks Underground Telegraph Construction Company, organ ized in uuis cnjr one year ago ior twenty five years. David Brooks, the electrician of this city, has been engaged in the manufacture of insulators for telegraph wires. The Brooks insulator, of which he is the inventor and patentee, has been in use for a long time in the United States and Europe. For years Mr. Brooks had entertained the belief that a system of underground telegraphy could be devised which would be far superior in point of economy and convenience to the "overhead system. The system is expected to do away entirely with the 'overhead system, .bitty of these con- per wires not much thicker than pins in closed in an inch and a quarter pipe will do as much work, according to the electricians, as fifty telegraph wires over head. It is expected that with this num ber of wires, or even twenty or thirtv. some can be leased to business men for communication between this city and New York by telephone. Philadelphia Telegrams 5th. Small Feet. For the sake of having small feet manv an otherwise sensible woman will mar tyrize herself by pinching those unlucky members of the body into boots a size too small. As a natural and necessary result of -such pinching confinement, the foot becomes deformed, with large joints and toes' turned from a line parallel with the foot, to say nothing of the trouble some corns, so annoying and crippling to a large class of young women. The worst results of this crippling custom of wear ing small and narrow boots is felt .by children when allowed to outgrow their boots. It is poor economy to allow the young to wear boots when the boots have become too large for them. When the boot is too short and the heel too high. the ingrowing of the nails is a perfectly natural result. Children will have suffi cient ills to contend with without this crippling from deformed feet, the most prominent cause of which is small and badly-fitting boots and shoes. Justice Miller will go to Europe. Corvallis Lodge II 14, F. A. M. Holds staled Communications on Wednesday on or preceding each full moon. Brethren in good standing cordially Invited to attend. By orde ,W.M. r Barn u in Lodge Ho. 7, I. O. O. F. Meets on Tuesday evening of each week, in their hall, in Fisher's brick, second story. Mem bers of the order in good standing invited to at tend. By order of N. G. cryatatl .Lake Cemetery Persons desiring to obtain lots, can obtain all the necessary information, by applying to B HOhGATE, Cora. SAFE & LOCK COMPANY, CAPITAL . 81,000,000. General Offices and Manufactory CINCINNATI, OHIO, ALLEif & WOODWARD, Drug-grists and Apothecaries, P. 0. BUILDING. CORVALLIS, OREGON, Have a complete stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OIL GLASS, IT., ITC. Bohool Fookg Ntationcny, fco We buv for Cash, and have choice of the FRESHEST and PUREST Drugs and Medicines the market attords. j&Sr Prescriptions accurately prepared at half tne usual rates. ZAiay it:tit FRESH COODS -AT THE BAZAR -'FASHIONS Mrs. E. A. KNIGHT. CORVALLIS, - - 011001. Has just received from San Francisco, the larg est and Best Stock or Millinery Goods, Dress Trimmings, Etc., Ever brought to Corvallis, which I will sell at prices that defy competition. Agency for Hue. tieuaoreat's reliable Patterns. 25aDrt6:17tf JOB PRINTING. THE Gazette Job Printing House IS NOW PREPARED TO DO Plain and Ornamental Printing, As neat and Cheap as it can be done by any uaice on the Coast. BUI Beads, ljtir lteal Mote httartn. m Ma eintota, P. osf rnmmcs, Ball Tlrkera. luvltatloit Circular, Buslue-S ' rM, Viaittuic Cards, Labxls. I)wlrr. fentall Pastor. fcm-el 1 eg-al Blanks' Bank Kot.es. hbluplns Receipts, Order Bonks, ItUUM, Tmg. jr.te., Bte 3Ef-0rders by mates furnished. mail promptly filled. Esti- AUGUST KNIGHT, CABINET MAKE fci, AND UNDERTAKER. Cor. Second and Monroe Sts.. COKVi LLIS. OREGON. Keeps constantly on hand all kinds of PUBN1TU3E. Work done to order on short notice, and at reasonable rates. Corvallis, Jan. 1, 1877. 14:ltf Woodcock & Baldwin (Successors to J. R Rayley & Co,) JJEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE siuuu a large ana complete slock oi Heavy and Mielf Hardware, IRON, STEEL, TOOLS, STOVES, RANGES, ETC Manufactured and Home Made Tin. and Copper "Ware, Pumps, Pipe, Etc. A good Tinner constantly on hand, and all Job Work neatly and quickly done. Also agents for Knapp, Burrell & Co., for the sale of the best and latest im proved FARM MACH INEBY, of all kinds, together with a foil assort ment of Agricultural Implements. Sole Agents for the celebrated ST. LOUIS CHARTCR OAK STOVES the BEST IN THE WORLD. Also tha Norman Range, and many other patterns, in all sizes and styles. I Particular attention paid to Farmers' wants, and the supplying extras for Farm Machinery, and all information as to such articles, furnished cheerfully, on applica- UUII. No pains will be spared to furnish our customers with the best goods in market, in our line, and at the lowest prices. Our motto shall be, prompt and lair dealing with all. Call and examine our stock, before going elsewhere. Satisfac tion guaranteed. WOOKCOCK & BALDWIN. Corvallis, May, 12, 1879. 14:4tf CITY JOHN 8. CORVALLIS, MARKET. BAKER, PRO. OBEOOK. WAVING BOUGHT THE ABOVE MAR--ket and fixtures, and permanently located in Corvallis, I will keep constantly on hand the choicest cute of BEEF, PORK, MUTTON AND VEAL. Especial attention to making extra Bologna Sausage. Being a practical butcher, with large experi ence in business, I flatter myself that I can give satisfaction to customers. Please call and give me a trial. JOHN S. BAKES. Dec. flth, 1878. 15:49tf, Pacific Branch, No. 210 Sausome St., S. F- Agency for Oregon and Washington Territory, with HAWLEY, DODD 3c CO., Portland. HALL'S PATENT CONCRETE FIRE-PROOF SAFES Have been tested by the most disastrous confla grations in the country. They are thoroughly fire proof. They are free from dampness. Their superiority is beyond question. Although about 150,000 of these safes are now in use, and hundreds nave been tested by some of the most disastrous conflagrations in the country, there is not a single instance ou record wherein one of them ever failed to preserve its contents perfectly. HALL'S PATENT DOVETAILED TENON AND GROOVE BURGLAR-PROOF KAFES. Have never been broken open and robbed by burglars or roooera. Hall's burglar work is protected by letters patent, and his work cannot be equaled lawfully. His patent bolt is superior to any in use. His patent locks cannot be picked by the most skilltul experts or burglars. By one of the greatest improvements known the Gross Automatic Movement, our locks are operated without any arbor or spindle passing tnrongn tne aoor ana into tne iock. Our locks cannot be opened or picked by bur glars or experts, (as in case of other locks), and We will put Irom -f l ,ouu to $1U,UU0 behind them any tune against an equal amount. The most skilled workmen only are employed. Their work cannot be excelled. Hall's Safes and Locks can be relied on at all times. They are carefully and thorughly constructed. THET ABE THE BEST 8.FE Made in America, or any other country. One Thousand Dollars To any person who c-in prove that one of Hall's patent burglar-prooi sales has ever been broken open and robbed by burglars up to the present time. B. H. WILLIAMS, Agent for Oregon and W. T. Office Willi Bawlej, 11 odd '.. 28fcbl6:9tf. Portland. Bees Hamlin. Emmett F. Wbenm. DRAYACE ! jp RAY ACE! Hamlin &c Wrenn. Propr's. HAVING So lorn JUST RETURNED FROM with a new truck, and having leased the barn formerly occupied by James Eg- lin, we are now prepaied to do all kinds oi GRAYING AMD HAULING, either in the city or country, at the lowest living rates. Can be lound at the old truck stand. A share of the public patronage respectfully solic ited. Corvallis, Dec. 27, 1878. 15:52tf H E. HARRIS, One door South of Graham Sc Hamilton's, CORVALLIS, OUOOI. GROCERIES. PRO VISIONS, AXD Day &oods. Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1878. 16:lvl DRAKE & GRANT, MERCHANT TAILORS, CORVA I.LIN, OIECMIL TE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE and well selected stock of Cloth, viz: West of i- ntrlnnd It road c lot ns, - pencil asslmeres, out oh TwcedH, and a merieau euitlnB. Which ve will make up to order in the most approved and lash enable styles. JNo pains will be spared in Droducmtr eood nltine. garments. .fames wisbinz to purchase cloths and nave them cut out, will do well to call ami examine our stock. DRAKE A. GRANT. Corvallis, April 17, 1879. I6:16tf Boarding- and Lodging. Philomath, Beaton Co , Oregon. GEORGE KISOR, "RESPECTFULLY INFORMS THE TRAV eling public that he is now prepared and in readiness to keep such boarders as may choose to give him a call, either by the SINGLE MEAL. DAY. OR WEEK. Is also prepared to furn'sh horse feed. Liberal share of public patronage solicited. Give us a call. GEORGE KISOR. Philomath, April 28, 1879. I0:18tf AiBEBT Pygall. "WimjamIbwin. PYGALL & IRWIN, City Trucks & Drays, TTAVING PURCHASED THE DRAYS AND Trucks lately owmd by James Eglin, we are prepared to do all kinds of City Hnu lug. ocllveriog of Wood. Ja to., El ., in the city or country, at reasonable rates. Pat ronage solicited, and satisfaction guaranteed in all .ses. ALBKKT riUAUii, WILLIAM IRWIN. Corvallis, Dec. 20, 1878. 15:5Itf J C. MORELAND, (city attorney.) ATTOK i EY A.T LAW, PUBTLANO, OEWWS, BOOKS WHICH ARE BOOKS. " Good Books for All " Works which should be found In every library within the reach of all readers. Works to en tertain, instruct and improve. Copies will sent by return post, on receipt of price. New Physioanomy; or Signs of Character, as manifested through Temperament, and Exter nii0rmd P8081' the Human Face Uh more t,,an 0ne Thousand Illus trations. By Samuel R. Wells. 768 pages. Heavy mushn. $5.60. 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WELLS & CO., Pur ishers, 737 Broadway, New York. Agents wanted. RUPTURE ! ANOTHER WONDERFUL CURE EFFECTED BY Calif rnia Elastic Truss 1 at. n OFFIOE-Mona8tes' Brick. First street. between Morrison and Yamhill. 14:38tf THE STAB BAKKKX , Mntn Street, Corvsllla. HENRY WARRIOR, PROPRIETOR. Family Supply Store ! Groceries, Bread. Cakes, Pies, Candies, Toys, JSto., Always on Hand. Corvallis, Jan. 1, 1877. M:2tf CALIFORNIA ELASTI0 V TRUSS COMPANY, W. J. Unity k, Prop'r., Dear sir: I feel that I owe it to you and to humanity to write the fact that I have been SUBSTAN TIALLY CURED of a bad rupture, of thirty vears' standing, by one of your incomparable Trusses, which 1 purchased from you three months ago. I cannot describe the suffering, both mentally and physically, that I have undergone during that period; and now I feel like a new being. I have worn all kinds of Trusses, both steel and elastic, and never re ceived any permanent relief until I tried yours. Its simplicity oi construction, and facility with which it can be adjusted, and the ease and free dom to the motions of the body with which it can be worn without causing any irritation, are its cruet merits, and it is a pprlect supporter. 1 have not had any si?n of a return of a Rupture since the first day I put it on, and feel that I am PERFECTLY CURED. It is invaluble, and the fact should be known to the world. You can refer any one to me on thesubjectof their merits. I am yours trulv, ALFRED J. BURKE, Chief mail clerk S. F, Daily Evening Post San Francisco, July 20, 1878. Endorsed by the Medical Pro fession. San Francisco, July 9, 1878. California Truss Co: After nracticine medicine many years in this city, during which time I have had an extensive experience in the application of all kinds of Trusses, l can anu ao icconimena yours as me best in every respect, and is as near perfect as modern science can make it. It has many advan tages over the torturing steel hoop Trusses, which inflict great injury on the hips and spine, bring ing on other distressing ailments, such as Lum bago, morbid affections of tho kidney and uumbness in the lower limbs, all of which are avoided by wearing the California Elastic Truss. It is not only a perfec: retainer, comprising ease and comfort, bui the pressure can be changed to any degree. It also remains in its proper place at all times, regardless of the motions ot tha body. "Uid is worn night and day with perfect ease. It is superior to any oi me iasuc i rusacs now in the market, while it combines the merits nf nil. 1st It is easily adjusted on and off with snaps, doing away with straps and buckles. 2nd The universal spring between the plateb and pads prevents all irritation, which is a god-send to the sufferer. 3rd The pad is adjusted on and off in an instant, and can be changed to any other size and form most suitable to the case. In fact it combines every quality essential to comfort and durability, and is unequaled in lightness, and elasticity, natural action and artistic finish. Many of my patients who are afflicted with her nia are wearing them, and all shall in the future, for I think the great ease with which these purely scientific appliances are made efficacious, is truly wonderful. You can refer any parties to me on the subject of their merits. l remain truly yours, L. DEXTER LYFORD, M. D.; COO Sacramento street, San Francisco It is constructed on scientific principles and sells on its own merits. If you want the best truss ever manufactured, don't forget the name and number. Trusses forwarded to all parts of (he United States at our expense, on receipt of price. end tor Illustrated Catalogue and Price List, Giving full information and rules for measuring. California Elastic Truss Co., o MARKET 8TREET, & F. 15:36yl E. H. BURNHAM, HOUSE PAINTING, GRAINING AND PAPER HANGING. ALL WORK IN MY LINE PROMPTLY attended to on reasonable terms. Paper hanging a specialty. Orders may be left at Graham, Hamilton and Co.'s drug store, or S. G McFadden's carpenter shop. Corvallis, April 7, 1879. 15tf