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THE OORVALtIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1893. r ' iisusv mn rainT noaxixa rr SUBSCRIPTION RATES r Tear, Mont X Turn M..tlis. r-nifie CopU I'" I'm fiu (U.a Dot paid in advance!.... . .. 12 00 .. 1 0U .. 7S ... S .. tu FROM AN INDEPENDENT STAND POINT. The financial situation, which seemed bad enough before, was made worse on Thursday of last week by the announcement that the Indian couucil that is, the administrative body in India thro' which England imposes her policies upon the country had closed the mints to silver and put the finances of India upon a gold basis. The significance of this act lies in the fact that India has been the back bone of silver as a money metal Her change of policy, therefore, removes the main prop of silver, and leaves the United Slates sup ported only by Mexico and half a dozen 6mall South American and Asiatic countries in the effort to Iiold up the white metal to its nat ural and proper place in the world's fiscal system. The demonetization of silver by India could not have come at a worse time for the Uni ted States. It finds us in the throes of a panic largely the con sequence of an effort to uphold sil ver; and to a situation already very serious it has added a new element of alarm. All this was fully un defstood by the English financiers who are, of course, the real authors of the Indian policy, and who . have purposely promulgated that policy at a time nicely calculated - to demoralize the financial market in the United States. The basis of the present agita tion, the reason why money is tight and the primary cause of dull markets and low prices, is nothing more nor less than the fear that we shall be forced from a gold to a silver basis; that is, that our government will find itself ur.able to meet its obligations in gold coin of which it has but little, and thus be obliged to pay in silver coin of which it has much. The suspen sion of gold payments by the treasury would in effect displace gold as the measure of values in tie United States and substitute silver as the measure of value. Now, the difference between the actual bullion '..value of the gold dollar and the actual bullion value of the silver dollar is approximate ly 40 cents, and the change from the yellow to the white standard, if it should in fact come about, would' involve the wiping out of two-fifths of all the property of the country which is owned in the form f credits. This would be the in evitable consequence of adopting the Bilver 60 cent dollar in place of the 100-cent cold dollar. Those who are creditors that is, holders f obligations in the form of gov ernment paper, stocks, bonds, cer tificates of deposit, notes, iusur- ance policies, bills receivable, or any oral! of tire ten thousand in tangible forma which properly takes under our system will read Sly comprehend what this would imply. It would, in fact, scale down all property in the form of eredits of whatever kind or char acter by at least two-fifths. It is the fear of this scaling down ..which is back of the uncertainty that just now fills the air; it is the fear of this scaling down which makes those who have gold hesi tate to exchange it for credits upon which they may be able to collect two-fifths of the value of the gold , given for them. The current un certainty" means doubt as to the ability of the government to keep to. the present gold standard; and the current distrust" means doubt Df the stability of values as tiiej' stand adjusted to the gold stand ard. This is the secret, the whole of the reason, why there is a panic just now. Our mistake in dealing with the silver question is in regarding a nJ treating it as a purely American matter.' There is to be sure a very - serious American phase of it, but it'is incidental a mere symptom of a disease which is universal. Partly by accident, largely through Vie influence of England, gold has become- the sole mea3ure of com- m -rcial value. . Therefore, since gold is growing scarce and relative ly dearer' (Fie value of 'other things decline. Year by year the holder of gold that is, as matters now stand in the world, England is able to command a larger share of t lie world's earnings without a rel ative increase of nominal wealth. We, as a debtor nation, are at se- rious disadvanlrge; and that dis-1 advantage would be confirmed and i parpetuafed by resorting to the silver basis. It is the scheme of English financiers to put us on that bisis, for it would impty perpetual commercial dominance on the part of England. To concede to Eng land possession of the gold, to con sent, hold ourselves to the use of silver, wodld be to accept a subor dinate portion, to submit to losses by every fluctuation of the silver market, to pay discounts and ex changes upon every transaction. What we should do is to compel England to act with us in the res toration of bimetalism. How can we do this? In the words of Mr. Andrews, one of the American members of the Brussels confer ence, we answer: "y ceasing to purchase silver and refusing to coin more until other nations will, and at the same time making a law or dering the secretary of the treas ury to open our mints to free coin age of silver at any date when he shall be informed that England, Germany and the Latin Union, or any two of those, will do so. Such a stand would probably make im possible the proposed introduction of the gold standard m India. By dropping silver for the time being and joining the struggle for gold we shall perceptibly precipitate in Europe another fall of prices so aggravated thai the most obdurate banker of Lombard street will have to admit that gold cannot be safely taken as the sole international mnnuir " This is not the position of the Wall street "gold bugs," for they, like England, want a currency by which the creditor may gain thro' the automatic appreciation of the standard of value. Mr." Andrews' plan is the t.ie bi-metalist posi tion, and it will lead to a sound and honest currency; it will ele vate the standing of our country in the commercial world; it will help commerce and trade, and it will make justice between creditor and debtor. The policy proposed to meet England in the contest for -the world's gold is Aut forth as good policy only for the time at hand It is good onlv as it leads to bi metalism just as war is good only wheu it leads to peace. Pacific Rural Press. RUINS SHEEP OWNERS. The sheep men of the North west Miimesota, ihe Dakotas and Montana, are talking of holding a mass convention to protest against the attempts of the administration to place wool on the free list. They claim, and market quota tions substantiate their claims, that th 3 prospect of free wool has already caused the loss of millioi s of dollars to the farmers of tht-t region. The manulacturers are afraid to buy wool at even the pre vailing prices, in quantities larger than necessary for immediate man ufacture, because of the fear thai uirder the proposed tariff reform the price will fall to 10 cents a pound. The wool marketed in those regions reaches nearly 30, 000,000 pounds. At Great Falls. Mont., alone, last fall over 4,000, 000 pounds of wool were sold at prices ranging from 15 to 21 cents a pound. The prices there at the present time average from 8 to 10 cents lower than last year, and the loss to that yrung state will be $4,000,000 oi $5,000,000, a woise calamity than the depreciation ol silver. The Montana sheep grow ers are trying to sell their ilock for mutton, but can hardly find a market for them at $2 where last year $3 and $4 was paid. The tree traders deserve all the thanks for this condition of things in the sheep industry. . KREG-JORGENSEN RIFLE The new Ivreg-Jorgensen rifle, which has been adopted by the; United States'. Government,', is noted especially for its srnvlicity, ! durability, rapidity and Io:ig range.. . The caliber is 30-1C0, aui its range two mile?.' The bullet lias a steel mantle a trifle larger than the bore, which being compressed by the act of firing makes a per fect fit. The gun is capable of dis charging fifty shots a minute, and it can be taken apart and cleaned or repaired without use of a screw driver. It is the invention of O. J. Kreg, caphiin of artillery'.' and director of the royal artillery of Norway, and director of the lioyal Arms factory at Koe ligsberg, Nor way, and Chief Armorer E. Jor gensen. The rifle has been er roneously spoken of as the Danish rifle, owing to the fact that the Danish government was the first to adopt it. The special ma chinery for its manufacture has been completed at the Springfield shops at a cost of $50,000 and the steady manufacture of these small arms was begun about July 1st. Smokeless powder, which is be ing manufactured at Frankford. near l'Miaueipnia, win oniy oe w-k. "l lit- Ml i ' I. - used in the new gun. The fear that lias existed for months in the minds of the citizens of Chicago found realization on he 10th i:i frightful holocaust at the world's fair that claimed near- v two score victims and for a time threatened the destruction of the entire white cilv. The struct ure that burned, the cold storage warehouse, was one of I he small est buildings at the fair, but not longing to the exposition. It was the exhibit of the Hercules Iron Works, manufacturers of ice and refrigerating machines. The building contained a skating rink three 120-ton ice machines, some 40 barrels of linseed oil, which added fuel to the flame, and in it there was stored large quantities of meat, fr.iit, etc. That the fire was not communicated to the other world's fair buildings was due to favorable winds. The scene of horror was witnessed by many thousands of people who flocked to the locality when the alarm was sounded, and strong men wept and women fainted as one life after another was snuffed out within full view of the multitude, but be yond reach of human aid. The fire was uot generally observed uih til about 1:15 p. m., and within thirty minutes a great loss of life occured. The paid admissions to the world's fair during? the month of June aggregated 2,099,395 against 1,050,037 for the month of May This looks like a very substantia increase, but June is in reality t be considered as the first month o the completed exposition. Th daily al tendance showed a toler ably steady increase throughou the month, but t lie average fe! slightly below 90,000. Thatcai hardly be considered a stisfactor figure, but no doubt the presei month will show another very sul stancial increase. It is a montho vacations and ol comparative leh ure for considerable classes in 11 Mrs. J. II. Horsntdek, 152Paciflc Ave., Santa Cruz, Cal., writes: " When a girl at school, in Reading, Ohio, I had a severe attack of brain fever. On my recovery, I found myself perfectly bald, and, for a long time, I feared I should be permanently so. Friends urged me to use Ayer Hair 'Vigor, and, on doing so, my hair Began to Grow, and I now nave as fine a head of hair as one could wish for, being changed, how ever, from blonde to dark brown." " Alter a fit of sickness, my Lair came out in combfulls. I used two bottles of Ayer's Hair Vigor and now my hair Is over a yard long and very full and heavy. I have recom mended this preparation to others with like good effect." Mrs. Sidney Carr, 1460 Eegina St., Harrisburg, Pa. 4lI have used Ayer's Hair Vigor for several years and always obtained satis factory results. I know it Is" the best preparation for the hair that is made." C. T. Arnett, Mammoth Spring, Ark. Ayer's Hair Vigor Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ay er & Co., Lowell, Mass. community, and the favorable re ports from returning visitors are just beginning to have their full effect. It is a common observation that people who were indifferent at first and doubtful about going to the world's fair are getting to feel a strong desire to see the wonders that excite so much admiration in those who have already seen them. The attendance-is likely to go on increasing until the expectations of the managers are fairly realized. Oregon is one of the states which has made extensive displays of her fruit products says (he Chicago Herald, and her section in horti culture hall has attracted wide at tention. The fruit is renewed every two or three days and is brought, daily from the distant sea- coast at great expense. Yesterday C. B. Irvine, who has charge of the shipments, received a large con signment of strawberries. These were five days on the route, mak ing the journey of 2500 miles through all kinds of weather. Strawberries are considered bv fruit men to be the most liable to injury of any kind of fruit, and the condition in which the consign ment reached Jackson Park yes terday is thought te be remarka ble. The berries were well pre served and seemingly as fresh as the day they were picked, a thing which is considered the more re markable in view of the fact that cold storage en route was dis pensed with. The pension bureau has notified a great many pensioners through out the entire country, who are drawing pensions under the act of June 27. 1S90, known as the hide-; penuent pension act, mat payment i t t . ot their pensions will be suspend ed for 60 days, djrring which time they are required to show cause why they should continue' to draw pensions. This action is pursuant to the recent ruling of Secretary Smith, that a pensioner under the act of June 27, 1890, drawing a pens'on for total disability, must be shown to be physically incapa ble of manual labor. It is esti mated at the pension ofllce, al though the work has recently be gun, that something over 1 ,000 sus pensions have already been made. Mail advices from Chiapa state that a prehistoric city had been discovered in the dense forests near the line of Guatemala. A party of men engaged in making excavations came upon the ruins. A great many queer-looking uten sils, weappns and stone ornaments hare already been unearthed in the city. In one of the buildings have been found the skeletons of seeral human beings. These skeletons measure from 6even to eight feet in height. No signs of metal of any kind has yet been dis covered. On July 6th, a cyclone" swept through a portion of Iowa. At Pomeroy over a hundred blocks of residences were blown into kind ling wood. A hundred lives, pro bably, in all were lost. ITCHING HUMORS Torturing, disfl goring eczemas, and every species of itching, burning, scaly, crusted, and pimply skin and scalp diseases, with dry, thin , and falling hair, relieved by a single application, and sjieedily and economically eured by the Ccticcra Reme dies, when the best physicians and remedies lail. Itching Skin for Years My disease (psoriasis) com menced on my head. Spread rap idly all over my body, got under my nails. Scales would drop ail the time, suffering endless, and without relief. I cannot praise thfl f iif ifi 1 A Pruvnrn , much. Have made my skin as clear from scales as a haby'g. All I used was 5 worth. DEXJUS IxjWJflXG, Waterbury, Vt. . Skin Disease 9 Years- Had over nine years a dreadful skin disease. First appeared a few small red spots on my breast which kept spreading slowly 'to my back. The spots turned grav, and began itching. Small scales would fail ofr, and it continued all over my body. I tried all medicines, con sulted doctors, no nsey Then I gave it all up. Tried the Clticcra. Remedies, they cured me entirely. My bkin now pure and white as -that of a child. JOHN . PEASSOX, Whatcom, "Wash. Itched Scratched Bled Suffered three years with pimples wh ich I had to scratch until I would bleed. After doctoring three years, tried CuTiccHA Remedies. After using two sets am entirely cured. - A. F. GRAMM, Photographer, Mt. Horeb, Wis. " Large Sores on Face as greauy irouoieu wuu oiooa poisoning. Large sores appeared on my face. Hands were in such a condition that I could not nse them. Tried numerous physicians and remedies, no benefit, tried Cottccra R KMEDfES. and am now free from all skin trouble. 8AMUEL J.KErXER, . 232 Fairmount Ave., Baltimore. ' Sold throughout the world. Price, CuTict'm, 6Cc.; Soap, Sac.; Resolvent, tl. 1 'otter Dsua ahd Chem. Coup., Sole l'roprietors, Boston.. 9 M How to Cure Skin Diseases," free. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castor A FRESH LOT OF AT Headquarters for Foreign mp K Q FROM 25c TO $1.50 I lifllJ 25c to 50c per pound. Oi I- i .i T? :t T?:..i. oiuck. wani.eu nuns, r isu, aim vegeiaoies. j. complete line of Smokers' Articles, Cigars, Tobacco, Brier and Meerschaum Pipes always on hand, btationery, lJlaying lery. Also a full line of Willow, Wooden and Stoneware. Tea, Cof fee and Spices a Specialty. Sole Agency for Antifermentine to pre serve fruit without cooking. THE PIONEER BAKERY Until further notice will be under the management of SUCCESSORS TO SCIILOEMAN & UAqL) It willl be onr aim to keep on hamt on a supply of VERY SUPERIOR GOODS usualy kept by first class bakers. It is our purpose to give our patrons Good Clean Food and as mnch of it as Ave can for the Money. "LIVE AND LET LIVE," SHALL BE OUR MOTTO. 3TVe are going to try and run this business riplit, or not at all. AYe ask the people for their patronage and assure them that we will give them full value for ttaei; money. FISH & MURPHY, STOVES, TINWARE, Plumbing and Tin -: THE CORVALLIS :- GREEN IJOQK AND MANUFACTURP3R3 OF Screen Doors and Windows Step Ladders, Painters' Extension Ladders, Ladders of any Desired Description, Trellises, Flower Stands, FLYING DUTCHMAN CLOTHES LINES, ETC., Ironing Botirds, Clothes Hacks, Kitchen Safes, Cupboards, Tables, Flour Bins, Etc., Etc. FEEwCE PICKETS by the THOUSAND. Can Furnish Picket Fence 'all Complete. All kinds of Job Work Solicited. Factory in the Addition. W. T.UIOFFMAN, Manager. THE Accordincfjio instructioiisjrecclYod from Iieadqnarfrr?. Messrs. Conover & Keady are enabled to make Great Redac tion in the price of Wheels. They will now and for a short time only, sell THE FAMOUS "IMPERIAL" WHEEL 1GO or $125 on the Installment Plan. Former Price, $150. - -v All Other Wheels at Great Sacrifice Prices. CONOVER & KEADY, ' ' Gazette Building, Corvallis, Oregon. All Roads Lead to Chicago. THE CHIC&GO, MILWAUKEE & SJ. PAUL LEATiS THE "TIIT.: V - : : : ... , , : Excursion Rates to the World's Fair. SUMMER SAUMSES and Domestic Groceries. PER POUND. COFFEE FROM All kinds oi Farinaceous Goods in 1 tt ii i a i.i. Cards, Notions, and Pocket Cut PLUMBING, - Work a Specialty. 1 ADDER P1PANY, CASH! 3 50. POff A CASE IT WIUL WOT CURE, jj a ti 9o.nxhla Laxative and NERVE TONIC 8oldby Drug-gists or sent by mail. 25c., SOo and $1.00 per package. Samples free. TOTf "KlaHl The Favorite TOOTH POTTO I JELv lor the Teeth and Breath, Zoo. For sale by T. Graham. NURSERIES- ALBERT BROWNELL (Successor to Hymaa & Brownell) Proprietor. OFFIC . AND PACEINO GEOUNIS, ntftvjf mile southwest of the City. I would call the attention of my friends to the fact that 1 am better prepared than ever before to furnish everything in the shape of FRUIT, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, Small Fruit Vines, etc., At either wholesale or retail. My stock Is first-class, guaranteed true to nam an FUEE FROM INSECT PESTS and bit pru-es low. Come and see me or write for free price list to ALBERT EEOWNELL, Benton County PLANING MILLS AND gflSH and JjeoR Factory, VV. P. MARTYN, Proprietor. Doors and Sash kept in stock or mad to order. Mouldings of all kinds in pine or cedar. All orders will receive prompt at tention. I guarantee all my work to ba Tst-class. West of 8. P. depot, Corrnllis, Oregon. 8 8 tf. Benton County strict g:o. Complete Set of Abstracts of Benton County. CssTsyascing & Perfecting Titles a Spoilt?, Money to Loan on Improved City and Country Property. T 1? K!i5SLST & GO., -fcijneia MAIN ST.. CO RVA 1 ,1,1s. ,'. SJ. Afl'I.EWHITK.M rti ltine Moithiith Street. d. S FUumT, il U., rw.i.ietii-0 4th street. m doors Buitb ol Optra .iw Applewhite & Fernet. Corvallis, Oregon, Cilices over J. D. Clark's hard ware store, and at li. tJraham'a drugstore. Hours: 8 to 12 a. m, 1:30 lo 5. and 7 to 8:30 p. in. A. F. PETERSON, ARCHITECT AND BUILDER. Special atlfliition eiven to Jol work, tir bml.linf, (tore aixl olli- e titling. Kevpirij on liarxl chui'-e lio ot rnotit and ('ure iimuMing-,, i nm iiiBpiroJ ttt men tor 5;J iizim ot picture 'runic iili vatuM m 'Npatci Snt!ifatti"ii nMtitcl. Oi?e m. cal 'iiicts -Ku Uup two block, auutliwe.t ol pnbU EAST SOUTH VIA THE SHASTA ROUT , OF THE Southern Pacific Company. Express Trains Leave Portland Daily. soi th. Konnt. l.v Portland . . . 7:00 p. ni. I Lv San Frisco 7:J0 pro bv Albany. ...10:23 p. m. Lv Albany 4:23 w Ar San Frisco 8:1 5 a.m. Ar Portland 7:a&n. Above trains stop only at following stations north of Roseburjf, Kast Portland, Oregon City, Wod burn, Salem, Albany, Tangent, Shedds, Halsey, Har risburg, Junction City. Irving, Kngeae. Koselmrg Mail Daily. Lv Portland... .8:30 . ni. I Lv Boscbur(f...7:00. m Lr Albany 12:45 p. m I Lv Albany 12:30 p ra Ar Roseburg 6:50 p in Ar Portland :80 p. Albany Local Daily ExceptfSunday. muve: rriv: Portland 6:00 p. m. I Altary 8:00 p It Albany 6:30 a. ni. Portland 10:30 a. w Lebanon Branch. 8:10 a m. ..Lv. . . Albany. . ..Ar. ..3:25 f m 9:00am..Ar...Lebann...Lv...2:39 p m l:20p m. . Lv. .. Albany. ...Ar.. 10.21 am 2:09" m..Ar... Lebanon.. .Lv ...9:30a m DINING CARS ON OGDEN ROUTE. Pullman . Buffet Sleepers: SECOND QLASS SLEEPING CARS, Attached to all through trains. W Bidt Eirltica. BETWEEN PORTLAND AND COKVALLI8 IfaUTrak. r ; Except SaaSay. LKAV. AttklVK Portland 7:30a.m. Corvallis 12:10 p. a Corvallis 12 M p. m. Portland....!. 6.30 p. u At Albany and Corvallis connect witb trains of tl Oregon Pacific Railroad. xpicti Trail, Tally Except Sunday. , LBAVB. AKIV. Portland 4:40 p.m. McSiinpville.. 7:24 1,. u MMhmville 6:45a.m. Portland SMm n . THROUGH TICKETS to all points to the Eastern States, Canada and Europe can be obtained nt lowest rate from A. K. Milner, agent, Corvallis. E. P ROGERS, Asst. O. K.'&P Acest B KOElILEKMaower. Portland, Orccon.