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LITTLB BROWN HANDS, mm. HmM home the cows from the pasture, grSSH- -e wheat .&Hi with ripening grain, That are Tfiiow waviDg grasses Whereine earliest snowdrops Sflfif flwt crirSSn buds of the rose. . the new hay in the meadow. HSrerVa-n'gTtke thicket Sri Wong.Thorny blackberry vine.. They gather the delicate sea-weeds, And build tiny castles of sand; ThVv Dick up the beautiful sea-shells- SJJP harks they have drifted to land. nh wave from the tall, rocking tree-tops. T WbJrelhe oriole's hammock-nest swings; And at night time are folding in slumber By a song that a fond mother sing.. Those who toll bravely are strongest: The humble and poor become great And so from the brown-banded children Shall grow mighty rulers of State. The penof The author and stetesman- Thenoble and wise of the land The sword'and the chisel, and palette Shin be held in the little brown hand. THE BaBT'8 PICTURE- Miss Arethusa Peppard was out of temper. She said she was "mad But it must have been a mild kind of madness, for her pleasant voice nau only a dash of sharpness, and no fare soft brown eves. But she was out of temper; no doubt i t that nnn no wonder. She had ilUUUl vs..."; - 1.1. left her mite or a cottage early that April morning, and gone over to New vl- tn ahnn nnd in the very first i .k. ontorprl ft store crowded alUIO nuc ----- with people buying seeds and bulbs and plants her pocketbook, con taining her half-monthly allowance, linn hflPTl stolen, and she had been hlio-fid to return to Summertown ..:kn,.f the. T-onnr lettuces and cab ftUUUUl wnv J w O . bages and onion sets and parsley and raddish seeds that she had intended to plant the next day in her mite of a garden. And every day lost in the garden in early spring, as everybody knows, or oueut tu " .u- deed, and there's nothing in the world vnonoptini to an amateur car- dener, as everybody also knows, or ,rUt tn irnnw t.nan to near iruiu a T.mfrhriorintr amateur cardener:"Good 1 1 j pjsk a' fc w Miss PeDDard; how back- ,,.,t von are this vear! Your rad- ishes? are just showing, and we ve had at least a dozen a day for three days past. And or i parsley's up, and our Aninn Hoino- i.celv. And vou used VUlVu v Ka fnrwftrd!" fcV v So Miss Peppard, who was a dear . l 1' 1 1 U 'Li little sweet-tacea, wonuenuuy ungui, old lady, living in toe uiueei, aim comfortable manner on a small in come, with a faithful colored servant a few years younger than herself, a llv-nnlv doer, a tortoise-shell cat, and three birds, had two reasons for being sorely vexed the loss of her money and the loss of the days which she expected would start the green things a-growing. "All the money I had," she said to Peteona called On a for short as she rocked nervously back and forth in her rocking-chair, her eyes spark ling and her cheeks flushed. "I only wish I could catch the thief. I'd send him to jail as sure as grass is green." "Dat's sho' enuf, Miss Peppar' j' Peteona always dropped the "d" "an' it'd sarve 'em zactly right, w'en dey was ketched, to be drug to de lock-up by the heels." Then, after a slight pause, which was Ona's way, she added an after-thought: "Dono, dough; 'spose dey might as well take de poor wretch by de head." "All the money I had," repeated Miss Peppard; "five and twenty dol lars; and 1 can't get any more for two weeks, for borrow I never did and never will. And there's the garden all laid out, and ready for planting, and Mrs. Brown sets out her lettuces and cabbage plants to-morrow morn ing, and she'll be sending them here with her compliments her compli ments indeed! before ours have be gun to head." "If she do, I'll frow 'em ober de fence," said Ona. "Better eat 'em, dough, I guess; her compliments can't hurt 'em." "And, oh! my conscience! ' Miss Peppard went on (sho could invoke her conscience thus lightly, dear old lady, because she had nothing on it), "babv's picture was in that pock etbook. "And I can't get another. Polly said it was the last, and the photographer don't come that way but once a year." "Well, well, you are a poor soul," sympathized Petona, "to go an' lose dat ar picter dat lubly thing jus' like a borned angel. An' yer sisters' onliest chile 'cept five. Wish I had dat robber yere dis minit; 1 d box bis ears so couldn't set down fur a week." "He wouldn't be here long," said her mistress. "Of all things in the wide world I hate is a thief. I'd have him put where he steal nothing for a year at least. "Might be a sho; dar am she rob bers," suggested Od, "an dey's all wuss den caterpillars. Caterpillars takes things right 'afore yo eyes don't sneak in yo pocket. Take a cup of tea, Miss Peppar. Dar is no use frettin' no mo'. An' de cat's been bettin' on yer skirt for half an hour, wantin you to notice her, pore thing. She jus came in off de pech a minit ago." Miss Peppard took the tea and spoke to the cat; but she couldn't help fretting; and she slept but little that night, and awoke the next morn ing almost as vexed as ever, and denounced the thief at intervals of about half an hour from breakfast until dinner, although Peteona em phatically remarked: "Dar's no use cursin' an' swearin', Miss Peppar'; can't do no good. Wish I had dat robbin' debbil here, dough!" But after dinner, for which Ona aerved a soothing little stew and a cooling cream custard, the old lady became a little calmer, and retired to her own room to write a letter to her sister Polly, who lived away off in Michigan; and she had just writ ten: "And I can't make a strawberry bed this summer, as I intended, and dear! dear! how I shall miss baby's picture!" When Peteona Opened the door sans ceremome, as sue always did, and walked in with a mysterious air. "Pusson want to see you, Miss Peppar' man pusson. 'Bout a boy's age, l guess. "What does be iook use, ana where di1 you leave him?" asked the old lady, laying down her pen, and looking a little alarmed. "Out on de po ch. 1 lock de do . An' he's a dirty, ragged feller dat looks ius like a dirty, ragged teller. Shall I broom him off, Miss Peppar'? Looks as dough he ought to be broomed on or gib sumhn to eat pore, bony, dirty soul." "1 II come rignt down, said miss Peppard; and down she went. And there on the porch stood a dirty, ragged, forlorn looking boy of about twelve years of age, looking exceed ingly "bony" and half-starved, sure enough. He pulled off his apology for a cap when Miss Peppard opened the door, but said never a word until the old lady asked him, in a mild voice she never spoke unkindly to dirt and rags: "Well, my boy, what do you want?" "Then you lost your pocketbook, yisterday?" he blurted out. "Yes," said she eagerly. "That is, it was stolen from me; for I felt it in my pocket a moment before I missed it. Do you know the thief?" "I'm him," was the answer; and he raised a pair of dark eyes, that looked like the eyes of a hunted ani mal, to her face. "My conscience!" explained the old lady, and fell into a chair that stood near, while Peteona darted out and seized him, shouting: "Golly! got yo' wish mighty soon dis time, Miss Peppar'. Bun for de constable. I'll hold him. Could hold a dozen like him or two or free." "Let him alone, Ona," said her mistress, while the boy stood with out making the slightest resistance. "Ain't he to be drug to de lock up?" asked Ona, with a toss of her turbaned head. "Wait 'till we hear what he has to say, said Miss Peppard. Then, turn ing to the boy, she asked, as mildly as ever: "Of course you haven brought me back " "Yes. I have," interrupted he "Here 'tis, money and all, 'cept what i naa to take to letch me out nere I found your name in it on a card and whore you lived. "But, bless you!" exclaimed the old lady, more and more surprised "what made you take it if you were going to bring it back? Come into the kitchen and tell me all about it Ona, give him a drink of milk." "By the Lor' Harry!" rolling up her eyes until nothing but the whites were visible, "nebber hear of sich a ting long as I lib gibbin' huiisale robbers drinks of milk in my clean kitchen! An' I shan't do it. Spect robbers gits thirsty as well as older folks, dough. And she handed him the milk, which he drank eagerly. "Now, go on," said Miss Peppard "Why did you steal my pocketbook! and why, having stolen it, did you bring it backr Are you athieir "S'pose I am," he stammered; "but I don t want to be no more. wouldn't 'a took it a year ago, when my mother was alive; but she died, and father he went to prison soon after for beating another man: and I hadn't no other friends; and its hard gittin' along when your mothers dead, and you bam t no friends, and your father's in prison." " "iaint sort, data de lac," said .f eteona, gravely. "So I fell in with a gang of bad fellers, but I never stole nothin' but things to eat till yesterday. I come out of the House of Befuge two weeks ago " "House of Refuge!" exclaimed Peteona, holding up her hands. "An' a-settin' in my clean kitchen, on my ciean oii-cior i wot nex r "I was there for breukin' a winder and sassin' a cop," said the boy with a show of indignation, "and nothin' else, though they did try to make me out a regular bad un." And then he went on, under the influence of Miss Peppard's steady gaze: "And the fellows said I was a softy not to have the game as "well as the name, and so I went into that store, 'cause I seen a lot of folks there, and I stole your pocketbook, and" dropping his eyes and his voice "there was a picter of a little baby in it." "My sister Polly's child!" cried Miss Peppard, her wrinkled cheeks beginning to glow. "Her onliest child 'cept five,', said Peteona. "And it looks like," continued the boy, bursting into tears "it looks like my little sister.'1 "Your sister?" repeated Miss Pep pard, her own eyes filling with tears. "Is she with her mother?" " 'S to be hoped she be," said Ona with a sniff, "or some odder place whar she'll bo washed. Her brud der's dirty nuff for a hull family." "She's in a place ten miles or more from here," said the boy, "with a woman who used to know- mother. Mother gave her $50 just afore she died. She managed to save it and hide it from father somehow, to keep Dolly till my aunt in California could send for her; but my aunt's dead, too, and I'm afraid Dolly will have to go in the Orphan Asylum after all. Father don't care nothin' about her. But if she does, if I'm a good boy, I can go to see her; but if I'm a thief And when I saw that picture I said I will be good. It seemed as though the baby was a-lookin at me and wantin' me to kiss her. Nobody ever kissed me but my mother. Here's your book." Miss Peppard took it from hid hand, opened it, found its con touts as he had described them, and then sat full tivo minutes in deop thought. "You want to bo a good, honest boy," sho said at last, "so as to be a credit instead of a shame to vour baby sister?" "Yes," answered the boy. "It's mostly yes, ma'am, in de parts," corrected Ona. "Well, I'll try you." said Mibs Peppard. "You ("starting from his chair. "Yes, I. I want some nlants and seeds from the storo where you sto tooic tue pocketbook, ana 1 am going to trust you to get them for mo. But before you go thero, do you know any placo whero you can buy a suit or ciotnes, trom shoo to uat, for a very little money!" "Yes, ma'am," answered the boy, in a voice that already had a ring of hope in it. "Second-hand Bobby's." "Well, go to second-hand Robert's, buy the clothes . By-the-by, what is your name?" "Dick Poplar." "And, Dick," continued the old lady, "do you know any place where you can take a bath!" "'S to be honed he do." said Peteona. "Yes, ma'am." "Take a bath, put on the new clothes, throw" with a slight mo tion of disgust "the old ones away " "'S to be hoped he will," said Peteona. "Then go to the seed store and give them the note I will write for you. And here are two $5 bills." "An' dar money is soon pari" ex claimed Peteona. " No matter 'bout do fust word." But the boy fell on his knees be fore Miss Peppard and sobbed outright. "An' he'll nebber come back no mo'," sung Ona, at the top of her voice, as sue went about her work that afternoon after Djpk's departure "no, ne 11 nebber come back : mo." But he did. Just as the sun was sinking in the west, a nice-looking, dark-eyed, dark-haired boy, dressed in a ouii of gray a little too large for turn, and carrying a package in his arms, came up the garden path to the door of the mite of a cottage. It was JJickso c banged Peteona scarce ly knew him, and the package con tained the seeds and onion sets and young lettuce and cabbages, and be fore dark he had planted them all, under the superintendence of Miss Peppard, in the mite of a garden. and Mrs. Brown had no chance of sending her "compliments" that sea son. "And now, ma'am," said Dick, after supper, "I'll go. 1 thank you ever so much, and I wish my mother had known you. "P'r'haps she know her now," said una. "And I will be a good boy I will, indeed." " "With the help of God," said Miss Peppard, solemnly. "With the help of God," said the boy, in a low voice. "But I guess you'd better stay here to night," continued Miss Pep pard. "You can sleep in the wood- nouse. Peteona will make you a comrortaDie oea tnere. "Shan't do no such ting!" said Pe teona, defiantly. "Ona!" reproved her mistress. "Till my dishes is washed, I mean, Miss Peppar," said Ona. "And then to-morrow morning you can start for that baby. Cats and dogs and birds are well enough in their way, but a baby is worth them all." "Gollv! now von're talkin'. Miss Peppar," shouted Ona. "I's always wantea a baby a wite baby too. Nieeor babies ain't much account J us' as valable to dar mudder. doue-h. I s'pose. Niggers is such fools." And it you choose to stay in Sum mertown." said Miss Pennard. "von may have a home here until you can Dener yourseir. xnere's plenty of work for vou: and the vonth nnnti whom we have depended for Brrands and garden help, etc., is " "A drefful smart, nice, nerlitn hnv " chimed in Ona; "as lazy and sassy as ne can hd. Ana i'U call you in de morning, wen de birds arise, and we'll hab dat are angel here in a jiffy; and won t oe cat and dog and birds look w'en dar noses is outer iint? But, Har noses '11 be as straight as ebber." ine very next night a sweet baby with rreat blue eves and fair curls sat upon Miss Peppard's lap, looking wonderingly about, as she ate her supper of bread and milk, at Peteona, and the dog and the caf and the birds, whose noses, by the way, were as straight as ever. And before loner Difilr Ponlar h. 0 1 - came the most pop'lar dreadful, I know, but I couldn t. hln it hnv in i r j - that neighborhood, he was so clever, so obliging, and not a bit "sassy." "De Lord works in funny ways, sho' enuff," said Peteona, one April day, about a year after the return of miss j-epparo s pocket-oook. "wnoo b'lieve me And Minn Ptmnnr ehher wanted Dick drug to de lock-up by de beels? And all de time he was a brincin' and Miss Pnnnar de lubliest chunck ob sugar, de sweetest honey- 1 . a vi Dug oi a cnue dat eDDer coaxed old Peteona for ginger-snaps. She shall hah moTrifi TiorH limaa anH sfihe her!" pouring them from the cake-box into the little uplifted apron. "Pete ona'll bake dem de bull liblong day, for ebber and ebber, for de blue-eyed darlin' wid a little time lef out for her udder work." Am AWfrttttH Wlrt ArfWtiHrr IB t?B tfcrf rHHu ftlrllt tetifc m had a wmm m& timmt fatal adventure in tll fjatott8fnUs flf PaHS: Thee rrtbUHihiba t-bhraifl, in HVHnkefteSS Rallerles eindiM titttter ftei. half ef the itv. m mm bf mm$ mm m HnnR f people-, tlft eauh side of hm weird avwnteft, mm tile Mm tw tile m in. tire itiletl hoftes a&tl Rklrt: f$he b.mps ,if the letfS fttt tni8 M piled in tiers fthmtf the WttUs, theif B format liefnp relieved lt,v three f6W8 ef nkiiUs ttnd eroWt-bttBes ftrfttBged In fftft tantio patterns, and at intervals, eut mi of these K.vpMtm "f the eaterus Hhdel Ufttflt p, are little ehitpels ftv alters, At 10 o eloek one morning a few weeks ago, Mis Darling, who was eae of a party or thirty, descended the steep stair case of ninety steps leading to the eata combs, and, preceded by Kuides, entered the galleries, whose tortwous winding and ramifications have all the perplex H ties of a labyrinth. Miss Darling, with the indoiHmdcncc of nu American girl, auittod her party and set out to explore le underground horror alone. Among so many Hlie wh not iiumhc1. A little of this sight-seeing witmHod her companions and they returned to the light and to their dinners. In tint meantime Miss Darling was hurrying through one gal lery after another. Ilnfortunatolv mIh- had not provided herself with a supply of candles, and when the one nho carried was burned out and alio was left in nttor dark ness she began to realize the horrors of her situation. It was then, so the story runs, that " she did what every other woman would have done in similar circum stances she fainted away." How long she remained insensible sho does not know; but when she came to herself she made throughout the remainder of the day and through the night the galleries echo with her shrieks for help. For tunately for her, at ten o'clock the next morning a workman, while passing along a neighboring gallery, heard her cries, and hurried to the rescue. He found her in one of those galleries that have no thoroughfare and ore simply side pas sageSj and two yards from the spot where he encoiintered her was the mouth of an exhausted shaft, down which she had only escaped falling bv the sudden ness with which she remained on the spot where she fell. When at the end of eighteen hours, she was brought to the light she fainted again. But, "all's well that ends well," although for a short time her situation appeared to be criti cal. There is a moral in this true story which it behooves adventurous young women to heed. In foreign travel, whether among the Alps, or the Roman or French catacombs, or in strange cities wnere tne dangerous classes abound, too much independence or championship is perilous, apart from the conventional ism abroad, which looks askance at young women wandering aoout alone. Were There Ever Such Fools ? " Yankee " Hill, a famous actor in the first half of the present century, used to ten a story wmcn Mr. J . a. Matthews re-tells in his article on " The American on the Stage " in Scribner's for JuhO of the early days of the theater in this country. Mill once " showed to use a professional phrase in a- town in the western part of New York where no theatrical performance had ever been given. Me found the audience assembled with the women seated on one side of the hall, the men on the other, exactly as they were used to sit in church; and throughout the play the most solemn silence was observed. They were atten- A 1 1 I, "I live, out wiey gave no evidence or ap proval or displeasure; there was no ap plause, no laughter; there was not even a smile; all was solemn stillness. He did his utmost' to break the ice; he did everything a clever comedian could do. but in vain. He flung himself against tneir ngiaiiy; it was no use. rne audi ence was evidently on its best behavior. and the curtain came down at last amid a silence oppressive and almost melan choly. After the play, Hill, worn out by his extra exertion and mortified at his want of success, was passing through a public room of his hotel, when he was stopped by a tall countryman with the remark: "Say, mister, I was into the play to night." " Were you ? " said Hill. " You must have been greatly entertained." "Well, I was! I tell you what it is. now, my mouth is all sore a-straininar to keep my face straight. And if it hadn't been for the women, I'd a laughed right MM Sl rv-inotiTi' " Bhoda Broughton writes a good deal of Bhodamon tade. Depth of Earthquakes. The recent earthquake at Virginia City was not noticed at all in the mining aeptns, out only oy people on the sur face. Their famous earthquake of some years ago, which shook down chimneys, fire walls, cracked brick buildings, and did other damage, was merely noticed by some of the miners working in the upper levels, but it did no damage, not even shaking down loose stones and earth. The station men in the various shafts felt it the strongest, and the deep est point where it was noticed was by the station tender at the 900-foot level of the Imperial-Empire shaft 900 feet below the surface. He said it felt like a sud den faint throb or pulsation of the air, as though a blast had been let off some where at a distance, above, below or in some indefinite direction. In some of the mines the shock was not noticed at all, even by the station men. Comment ing on this peculiar fact at the time, the Gold Hill News remarked that the earth quake seemed to be an electrical dis turbance proceeding from the atmos phere and not from the depths of the earth. How to Make Cologne Water. Any one can make, in her own store room, a better article of cologne than that which is usually bought, by thoroughly dissolving a fluid dram of oil of berga mot, orange and rosemary each with a half a dram of nereli and a pint of recti fied spirits. As good as can be made out of cologne itself, , however, is also quite as comfortably prepared at home as at the chemists at so much less than the chem ist's prices, that one feels warranted in using it freely simply by mixing with one pint of rectified spirits two drams each of the oils of bergamot and lemon, one of the oil of orange, and half as much of that of rosemary, together with three quarters of a dram of nereli and fonr drops each of the escence of ambergris and musk. If this be subseqnenty distilled, it makes what may be called a perfect cologne, bat it becomes exceedingly fine by being kept tightly stoppered for two or three months, to ripen and mellow for use. kim WOODWARD, and Apothecaries, fi. a. Dini.i'iHi mWAhhlB, OREGON. Have a wmplsto fteek of DM 01, MID 1 01 Nil, PAINTS, OIL, BUM, IT0., IT0. (lehaei Peelte tt n v , .. We toy fer 6b, 4 ftav ehole of th the wftfltet ftflimtu 06r- )'Fwtfjita(i9 iMWttFsteiy nrpf4 at half tbfusuRl rates. 3Myliil8tf FRESH GOOD8 AT THE BAZAR or FASHIONS MrN. 10. A.. KNIGHT. IOBVAI1.W, OHEUOM. SAFE A LOCK COMPANY, CAPITAL ... 1,000,000. General Offices and Manufactory CINCINNATI, OHIO. K Hat iunt received from San Franciaoo, the larg- et aim jmsh owe ui MiUinm Goods. Dress Trimmings, Etc., Ever brought to Corvallig, which I will sell at prices luai aeiy oompewwra. Arnry far Mane, u einorwit't reliable Panterna. 25aprlg:17tf Woodcock & Baldwin (Successors to J. R Bayley & Co,) EEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE old stand a large and complete stock of Heavy and Shelf Hardware, IRON, STEEL, TOOLS, STOVES, RANGES, ETC Manufactured and Home Made Tin unci 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 MACIllNKRY. of all kinnV together with a full assort ment of Agricultural Implements. Sole Agents for the celebrated ST. LOUIS CHARTER OAK STOVES the BEST IN THE WORLD. Also the Norman Range, and many other patterns, in all sizes and styles. WSF Particular attention paid to Farmers' wants, and the supplying extras for Farm Machinery, and all information as to such articles, furnished cheerfully, on applica tion. 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 fair dealing with all. Call and examine our stock, before going elsewhere. Satisfac tion guaranteed. WOOKCOCK & BALDWIN. Corvallis, May, 12, 1879. 14:4tf ' ' - ' " iiiii i I H. E. HARRIS, One door South of Graham St Hamilton's, CORTALLIS, . . OSEGON. GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, AND Dry Goods. Corvallis, Jan. 3, 187S. 16:lvl DRAKE & GRANT, MERCHANT TAILORS, CORVALLIS, OIKSOI. W1 E HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE ana wen selected stock ol Cloth, viz: vVost of initland Broad . xuuiK, rvnpn t asgimeres, -oolch Tweeds, and A merlcan huIUiim. Which we will make up to order in the most approved and lash enable styles. No pains will be spared in producing good fitting garments. Parties wishing to purchase cloths and have mem cui out, win ao wen to can ana examine our SKWit. UKAJtJS & GRANT. Corvallis, April 17, 1879. 16:1 6 tt" Boarding- and Lodg ing-. Philomath, Benton Co , Oregon. GEORGE KISOR, J ESPECTFULLY 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 fuin'sh horse feed. Liberal share of public patronage solicited. Give us a call. GEORGE KISOR. Philomath, April 28, 1879. I0:18tf AiiBEBT Pygai.1i. I William Irwin. PYGALL & IRWIN, City Trucks & Drays, JTAVING PURCHASED THE DRAYS AND Trucks lately ownt d by James Eglin, we are prepared to do all kinds of City II n xi ins. Dellverlnit of Wood, Kte Etc., in the city or-eountry, at reasonable rates. Pat ronage solicited, and satisfaction guaranteed in all ses. Ai.Uh.KT rXOAJUtu WILLIAM IRWIN. Corvallis, Dec. 20, 1878. 15:51tf J C. MORELAND, (city attorney.) ATTORNEY AT LAW, POBTLA9S, - OBECMML OFFICE Monastes' Brick. First street. between Morrison and Yamhill. 14:38tf THE STAR BAK.ERY, SThIu street, Cor vallls. HENRY WARRIOR, PROPRIETOR. Family Supply Store ! Groceries, reaa. Cakes, Pies, Candies, Toys, Etc., Always on Hand. Corvallis, Jan. 1, 1877. 14:2tf Pacific Branch, No. 210 Sansome St., S. F- Agency for Oregon and Washington Territory, with HAWLEY, DODD A CO., Portland. HALL'S PATENT CONCRETE FIRE-PROOF SAFES. Have been tested by the most disastrous confla gration in trie country. They are thoroughly fire-proof. They are free from dampness. '('(,,..!- ..inArurtntv i. hAvnnrl nuefttion. Although about 150,000 of these safes are now In use, and hundreds have been tested by some of the most disastrous conflagrations in the i.i.miirv thm la not a gin trie instance on record wherein one of them ever failed to preserve its contents periecuy. HALL'S PATENT DOVETAILED TKKOBT AK OOVB BURGLAR-PROOF Have never been broken open and robbed by i Hall's burglar work is protected by letters , . . j L.T. mnrlr AonnAt Ka AnilfUivl l&wfullV. patent, auu ms His patent locks cannot be picked by the most i -itr F i K,0r t f na imtatMl; imnrovf.mentS KTIOWII. the Gross Automatic Movement, our locks are operated withont any arbor or spindle passing through the door and into the lock. uur iwiw iiiMv. - j-- elarsor experts, (as in case of other locks), and we " ... . - .... nAA . - i n 1ftft l.l.n.l V. nrvi Ullff will put irom 3i,uvu iu iu,uuu ucmuu j E I ...1 on...T.f time agaiusi ru eyuw 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. THEY ARE THE BEST SAFE Made in America, or any other country. One Tlioiimiil Dollars To any person who can prove that one of Hall's patent ourgiar-prwi wura unai broken open and robbed by burglars up to the present time. 8. S. WILLIAMS; Agent for Oregon and W. T. Office wllli H awley, DoUd 28fcbl6:9tf. - - Portland Rees Hamlin. Emmett F. Wbknu. DRAYAGE ! DRAY AGE ! Hamlin & Wrenn Propr's. AV1NG JUST RETURNED FROM - clan, with a new truck, and having leased the barn formerly occupied by James Eg lin, we are now prepaied to do all kinds of D RAYING AND HAULING. either in the city or country, at the lowest living rates. Can be found at the old truck stand. A share of the public patronage respectfully solic ited Corvallis, Dec. 27. 1878 15:52tf JOB PRINTING. THE Gazette Job Printing House IS NOW PEEPARED TO DO Plain and Ornamental Printing, As neat and Cheap as it can be done by any Umce on tne uoast. Bill Heads, Letter Beads. Hot heads, Ktaieinenta. Pt oa-ranamea. JMlll TieKeia, Invitations Circulars, Business Tarda. Visiting- Tarda. Labels. Dodgers, Small Hasters, Ksivelopea. Leal Blanks Bank Botes, Mb lp pi ng Receipts, Order Books, Bans, Taa-s. Ktc., Ete gcT-Orders by mail promptly filled. Esti mates furnished. AUGUST KNIGHT, CABINET 1 A-ItE EC, AND UNDERTAKER. Cor. Second and Monroe Sts., CORVALLIS, . OBEflOI. Keeps constantly on hand all kinds of PUBNITIISE. Work done to order on short notice, and at reasonable rates. CorvalliB. Jan. 1. 1877. 14:ltf JOBRINTINC. 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 Office on the Coast Bill Heads. Letter Heads. Bote beads. statements, BOOKS WHICH ARE BOOIS. " Good Books for A.11." 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With a Copious Index and Biographieal Sketch of the Author. $3.00. Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated. De voted to Ethmology, Physiology, Phrenology Physiognomy, Psycology, Biography, Educa tion, Art, Literature, with Measures to Re form, Elevate and Improve Mankind Physi cally, Mentally and Spiritually. Published Monthly in octavo -form, at $2.00 a year in advance, or 2f fnts a number. New volumes January and July. Inclose amount in a registered letter or by a P. O. order for one or for all of the above, and address S. R WELLS fe CO., Publishers, 737 Broadway, New York. Agents wanted. RUPTURE ! ANOTHER WONDERFUL CURE EFFECTED BY Calif rnia Elastic Truss ! m . Ball Tickets. invitations. Circulars, Business Cards. visltlna- Cards, Labels. Bodfers. Bmall Fosters, Envelopes. nlpplns; Receipts, Order Books. T2tc. Bte. SP-Oraers by mail promptly filled. Esti- itinusaaa. CALIFORNIA ELASTICJ V TRUSS COMPANY. W. T. Horne, Prop'r., Dear sin 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 rapture, of thirty years' 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 of 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 chief merits, and it is a perfect supporter. I have not had any sign 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 the subject of 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. Sjii Francisco, July 9, 1878. California Truss CJo: After practicing medicine many years in this city, during which time I have had an extensive experience in the application of all kinds of Trusses, I can and do recommend yours as the 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 baeo. morbid affections of the kidney and numbness in the lower limbs, all of which are avoided by wearing the California Elastic Truss. It is not only a perfec1; retainer, comprising ease and comfort, hut the pressure can be changed to any degree. It also remains in its proper place at all times, regardless of the motions ol the body. nd is worn night and day wjtii perfect ease, it is superior to any of the Elastic Trusses now in the market, while it combines the merits of all. 1st It is easily adjusted on and off with naps, doing away with straps and buckles. 2nd The universal spring between- tne piates ana neds 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 tnem, ana an snail in tne future, for I think the great ease with whirh these purely scientific appliances are made efficacious, is truly wonderful. You can refer any parties to me on the subject of their merits. 1 temain truly yours, L. DEXTER LYFORD, M. D., 600 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 the United States at our expense, on receipt of price. end for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List, Giving full information and rules for measuring. California E astic Truss Co., 'ao MARKET 8TREET. 8 F. 15:3fiyl 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. Q McFadden's carpenter shop. Corvallit, April 7, 1879. lMf . ' ( f 9 Kl k . '( . A J I