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F. A. CHENOWETH,
-A-ttorney at Law,
CORVALLIS, .... OREGO:
iyOFFICE Comer of Monroe and 2d St. 16:Itf
J. W. RAYBUBH,
-A-ttoiriey at Law,
CORVALLIS, .... OREGON.
OFFICE On Monroe street, bet. Second and Third.
t9.Special attention given to the Collection of
Wn AND ACCOUNTS. 10:111
JAMES A. YANT.S,
Att'y and Counselor at Law.
CORVALLIS, OREGON.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
the State. Special attention given to matters
in Probate. Collections will receive prompt ani care-
lul attention. Umce in the Court House. It,: 1 it.
J. C. MOHELAND,
(CITY ATTORNEY, )
ATTORNEY AT LAW
PORTLAND, OREGON.
0
FFICE Monastes' 15rick, First street,
bet. Morrison and Yamhill. 14:38tf
G. A. WHITNEY, SV. D.,
Graduate of Bellcvue Hospital Tledical Col
lege, if. Y. City,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
PHILOMATH, OREGON'.
fXtSEASES OF WOMEN A SPECIALTY. RTCSI
j dence in Westlakcs iiui'ding. corner of First
and Lyon streets. l:S:32t(.
DR. F. A. VINCENT,
DENTIST,
CORVALLIS, - - -' OREGON.
OFFICE in Fisher.s New Brick over
R. H. WARREN
HOUSE, SI3N AND CARRIAGE PAINTERS,
WILL PROMPTLY ATTEND TO BUSINESS IN
his line either at Corvallis or Philomath,
All work executed in the very latent and best style,
(Jrainin a Specially in Laurel, Walnut. Oak and
Maple. Pacr iianm neativ aone. Oive me a ia
trial, 15:3Stf.
K
WOODCOCK & BALDWIN,
(Successors IQ.J- R. Eaylcy & Co.,)
SEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE
old stand, a large and complete stock of
IiOBEKT N. BAKER,
ORMERLY OF ALBANY, WHERE HE
9
HAS
r irivcn l is patrons peritt t Kii: :,: :;Uii :i, has I'ettr-
mined to locate in Corvallis, where he lir.jieo to be fa
vored wih a fair sh ire of the public patronage. All
work warranted, when made under his supervision.
Repairing and cleaning, promptly attended to,
Corvallis, Nov. 28, lsS. 15:48tf.
Grain Storage!
A WORD TOFAEMERS.
HAVING PURCHASED THE COMMODIOUS
Warehouse of Messrs. King b Bell, and thor
oughly overhauled the same, J am now ready to re
ceive k'ruin on storage at the roduced
Ratf of 41 cent per Bushel.
I am also prepared to keep EXTRA, WHITE
WHEAT, separate from other lots, thereby enabling
nie to SELL AT A PREMIUM. Also prepared to
pay the
lor wheat, and would, most respectfully, solicit a
share of public patronage. THOS. J. BLAIB.
Corvallis. A up- 1,1878. 15:S2tf.
BOlEB andLGDGING.
Neat licoms aad Splendid Table.
OUR CORRESPONDENT ON YESTERDAY WAS
thown the Kcacly Furnlsiied Room
or
MRS- JOSEPH POLLY.
At their residence, just opposite the residence of
Judsrc F. A. Chenowetb prepared and now in readiness
for such boarders as may choose to give her a call,
either by the single rriial or by the week.
Mrs. Polly has a reputation as a cook, and sets as
good a'lablc as can bo found in the State.
Solicits a share of patronace. 15:46tf.
CITY MAEKET
JOHN S. BAKER, Propr.
CORVALLIS, - - OREGON.
HAATNG B0U0IIT THE A BOVJ5 MAKKET
and fixtures, and permanently located in
Corvallis, I will keep constantly on hand the
choicest cuts of
BEEF. POltK, MUTTON, and VEAL.
Especial attention to making extra E0
LOti.VA SAUSAGE.
Being a. practical butcher, with lnrjre experi
ed. Please give
jiax. menoiys new ocore. vn me : j,,innsj t n.,tinr. i
new and complete. Ail work warrant' K,ve satisfaction tu customers Please call and
ivemeacall. 15:3tf. j give ine a trial. JGII. b. BAKKR.
WILLIAM QKAXT
AUE.S DRAKE.
DRAKE & GRAftT.
MERCHANT TAILORS,
CORVALLIS, - - - OREGON.
Dec. filh, IS73.
lo:ltftf
ALL WORK IN OUR LINE NEATLY AND
promptly executed. Repairing and Cleaning a
specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. Sho. opposite
firaham & Hamilton's. . 13:'27tf
G. R. FARRA, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OBSTETRCIAN.
o
FFICE
Drug Store, Corvallis, Oregon
OVER .GRAHAM & HAMILTON'S
I:20vl !
NEW TIN SHOP,
J. K. WEBBER, Propr.,
Main St., Corvallis.
STOVES AND TINWARE,
ALL KINDS.
43 All work warranted and at reduced rates.' L
12.13tf
H. E. HAERIS,
One Door South of Graham & Hamilton's.
COBVAIXIS - - - OREGON.
AST O ISTIS IT IISTGr
CURES
Of Ncrvons Debility, Lost T?Iaiiliood,
Paralysis, Exhausted Vitality, Im
paired memory. Mental Diseases,
Weakness of Keiirodiiclivc
Orfraiis, elc., etc.,
By the Great English Remedy,
?!R ASTLEY COOPER'S
VITAL RESTORATIVE
It rsstok::. hkarin'3 and str;:.;thkns
tho Eya-dffbt. It ia nur. a QUACK NOSTRUM,
ttl efftijt-cire ML'I il 111! will Jt has no equal. It is
neither a STIMULANT NOB LaOI'IST, but it will
do the work thoroughly and weiL
DR. MINTIE & Ot)'S j;reat success in the above
complaint id largely due to the Use of this wonderful
lleuicine.
l-ri'je ?;3 00 per bottle, or four times the quantity
for $10 sent secure from observation upon Ri-Xi-IFT
OF PHJCK.
None genr.ine without the sicnature of the propri
etor, A. K. MINTIS, M. D.
Physicians sav these troubles cannot be cured.
The VITAL RESTORATIVE and Dr. Mintie & Go's
Special Treatment testily positively that they can.
co-fsuir.vrao.V free.
Thorau jh exa-nination and advice, including analv
sis, uo. Addreas
1). A. r2 5 .tTIE, Iff". !..
(Graduate of University of Pennsylvania, and late
ivesmcnt surjdon, Urthapa'dic Hospiuu, l'liiladel-
puia.
Olhce riours-10 A. M. to 2 P. M. daily : C to S cv
enins-i. Sundays, 11 A. M. to 1 1'. II. only. 1 5:3mG
THE GREATEST
Kidney anil Bladder Medicine !
I THE W6KII!
Groceries, Provisions,
AND
DRY-GOODS.
Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1878. 16:lyl.
J. BLUMBERG,
(Bet. Southers' Drug- Store and Taylor's Market,)
CORVALLIS, OREGON.
GROCERIES and PROVISIONS, FURNISHING
XX Goods, Cigurs and Tobacco, etc., etc.
ra. Goods delivered free to any part of the city.
Produce taken, at highest market rates, in exchange
for goods.
March 7, 1878 15:10tf
Heavy and Shelf Hardware,
IRON, STEEL, TOOLS, STOVES,
EANGES,
Manufactured and Home? Made
Til? AND COPPER WAP.PJ,
3?uiTips, 3?ipe, etc.
TIXNEIt constantly on hand, and
all Job Work neatly and quickly done.
Also Agents for Knapp, Burrell &. Co.,fo
the sale of the best and latest improved
FA R M MACHINERY,
of all kinds, together with a full assortmen
A 0 & I C U L X U K A L 1 M P L li M K 1 S .
Sole Agents for the celebrated
ST, LOUIS CHARTER OAK STOVES
the BEST IN THE WORLD. Also the Nor
man Kane, and many other patterns, in all
sizes and styles.
AT-fr1" Particular attention naid to Farmers
wants, and the supplying .extras for Farm Ma
chinery, and all information as to such articles,
furnished cheerfully . on application.
'ri ntLini will hn sn:irHl to furnish our cus
tomers with the best goods in market, in out
line, and at lowest prices.
Our motto shall be. prompt and faimdealing
ttrith i 1 1 Pill! und MY a m in. nur tnelr Kflfnrr
going elsewhere. Satisfaction guaranteed.
W00UC0CK & BALDWIN.
Corvallis,. Tan. 2R, 18 . 14:4tf
37"jOf3ja. Goods
AT THE
GORVALLiS, - - OREGON.
MRS. E. A. KNIGHT
HAS JUST RECEIVED FROM SAW
i''K a:csm;o, and BOit'fi'-
i. '-. the Largest and Dest Stock of
ftULLiftERY GOODS,
GHZSS T3i?J!!NGS, ETC.,
Ever brought to Corvallis. which she will
sell at prices that
Defy Competition.
Ladies are respp-ctfull y invited to call and
examine her goods and prices before pur
chasing elsewhere.
AOKMCV FOR
Mme. DEMOREST'S
KEBIABLE PATTERNS.
Rooms at residence, two blocks north
of Gazette office. g
Corvallis. May 2, 1S78. 14:lt6f
eTholcate,
attorisTey at law.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
in the State.
Having had four years experience as County
Judge, and given close attention tc Probate
matters, I am well prepared to attend to all
business in that line; also contested Road
Matters. I will give strict and prompt atten
tion to collections, and as heretolore will do a
REAL ESTATE,
t
and General Business Agency.
VEGETABLE iWHSEfU
For Inflammation of the liidnevs or Bladder, Pain in
the back, Diabetse, Brurht's Disease, etc.
TRY IT ! One bottle will convince you of its Great
Merit. Ask your Drugsist for it and take no other.
Everybody who uses it recommends it.
Brioe 1 85 per ESottlc.
To be had of all Druggists, or of the Proprietor, at
11 Kearny Street, Han Francisco, California.
i55Office un-stairs in Fisher's new brick.
middle room, with Judge Burnett. Eutrance
at rear end of building on Monroe Street.
vlonZSti.
W. C. CRAWFORD,
DEALER IN
WATCHES,
OIj OCILS!
JEWELRY, SPECTACLES, SIVER WARE, ETC
Also,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, STRINGS, &C.
jty Repairing done at the most reasonable rates'
and all work warranted.
Corvallis Dec. 13. 1877. 14:50tf
READ, AND PROFIT THEREBY!
WARREN N. DAVIS,
Physician and Surgeon,
(Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania)
"OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO THE PEO-
V pie of Corvallis and Vicinity.
Specialties:
Sargery, Obstetrics, and Dieaees of Women
and Children.
Will practice in Citr of Country. Rooms at
New England Hotel, for the present.
Corvallis, Nov. IS, 1878. l&:46tf.
33 DEE.. MISTTIH 'JS
ENGLISH DANDELION TILLS!
THE ONLY two medicines which reallv act minn
the LIVER, one is Mercury or Blue Pill, and the other
LAiSLI.l.ll-i.
THOUSANDS of Constitutions have been Hssf mv.
ed by Mercury or Blue Pill, and Calomel. The onlv
SAFE Remedy is DR. MINTIE'S Dandelion Combina
tion, wntcn is purely
VEGETABLE,
which act3 eently upon the Liver and removes all oh
structions. Price per box, 25 cents. To be had, of
all Druggists.
All letters sliould De oirecien to, anu special treat
ment given, atso. 11 iearncy at.
San Francisco, July II, lSTd. 15 32m6
FRUIT TREES AND SEEDS!
The Coast HillslTursery
rFFER A FINE AND CAREFULLY GROWN
J stock of
FRUIT AND NTJT TREES
tosuitthe times. Also an assortment of Garden
Seeds. All our seeds aie carefully tested. Seeds
in packets sent by mail, po3t-paid, on receipt of price,
10 cents. A few varieties choice Flower Seeds at the
same price.
Vegetable Plants and Flowers
for sale in the Spring. Orders by mail will receive
prompt attention. Adares3
ED. C. PHELPS, manager,
Newport, Benton County, Oregon.
Dec. SO, 1S78. 15:71m4.
SETTLE UP.
ALL PERSONS KNOWING THEMSELVES
indebted to tbe late firm of B. T. Taylor A
Co., are hereby notified to come forward and
settle said indebtedness immediately and save
costs, as our business mast be closed op.
B. T. TAYLOR CO.
Corvallis 13, 1878. lS:46tf.
Local Agent of
Home Mutual Insurance Co.
THE STAR BAKERY,
MAIN STJtEET, CORVALLIS,
HENSV WARRIOR, PROPRIETOR.
FAMILY SIJPPLi' STORE!
DREAD. CAKES, PIES, CANDIES, TOYS,
Etc., Always on Hand.
Corvallis, Jan. 1 1877. 14:2t
TDTCm business vou can enlace n. $u
D I Jkl I S20 Der dav made by any
worker of either sex, right in their wn lo
calities. Particulars and samples worth 5
tree. Improve your spare time at this dusi-
ness. Address bTlNSON 6i Co., fortiana,
Maine. 15:12yl
AUGUST KNIGHT,
CABINET MAKER,
UNDERTAKER,
Cor. Second and Monroe Sts.,
CORVALLIS, 0RE00N.
KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND ALL
kinds of
FTJRISTITTJE .
Work done to order on short notice, at rea
sonable rates.
J. A. KNIGHT.
Corvallis Jan. 1,18 1. Witt
REPLY XO 'X."
FROM OXE OF THE "CHILDREN."
Editor Gazette : Personal character hav
ing been assailed in your paper, over the
anonymous signature "X," it is due the
parties attacked, that a defense be made as
public as the assault. Preparatory to such
a public .rebuke, as the perpetrator richly
deserves, I am sure yon will cheerfully
grant me space, at least, to advertise my
challenge. The obnoxious sentence that
calls nie out, is only one of a long article,
and the nearest true of any assertion made.
The sequel will show how true.
Speaking of the Siletz Indian school, "X"
pompously exclaims, "Of course the school
don't amount to much when a couple of
children can teach it who have not sufficient
age and experience to teach a common dis
trict school. " As for my assistant, though
younger than myself, she is of age and can
speak for herself. But this will not be nec
essary, since she has a reputation that will
modestly tahe care of itself. This is not
the case with me, I shall have to contend
for my rights. I therefore challeuge "X"
to meet me in any public place, the more
public the better, and I shall prove to him
and the public, that 1 have at least physical
ability to govern an Indian Schoril.
Judging from the masterly style of the
sentence, and from the manly signature, the
public must know that "X" is a model of
physical and intellectual manhood. He is
no Pearl or Minion "X," nor a bold faced,
lubberly Pica, neither is he an inflated Great
Primer, but a regular wiry, spiking Long
Primer "X."
Xow, if I can cope with such a roan, of
course I win the day. Well, I am ready to
measure length, breadth, depth, stiength or
speed with him. I propose that we publish
before hand a regular programme of Cales
thenie and Gymnastic exercises, closing
with some of the most exciting games, such
as require skill and dexterity. I am sure I
can beat him at everything except marbles,
see-saw, and "Simon says 'Thumbs Up.'"
By the way. "X" and I have just finished
a public game of "Hide and Go Seek." Af
ter failing several times in his secrecy, he
said, "Forester, lets have another game, I'll
beat you this time. You count and I'll run
hide."
All ri:iht one, two, three, four, live, si5t
(but 1 kept one eye open on him all the
time. Finding no hiding place in Corvallis
he hastened to Albany and, after pacing
around and around, up and down the streets,
the ostrich imagines he has found conceal
ment at last, ) seven, eight, nine, ten,
forty-nine, fifty. " All eyes open!" Then
I espy "X" among the rubbish in the Demo
crat office.
" Yes. but that's not fair, sir, Mr. Fores
ter ; you watched me all the time. Now
you've got to count again, sir."
Well, here goes : one, two, three, I can't
count for laughing. It is more than amus
ing to Eee his long primer strides towards
Salem. Entering the Statetman office he
cries out to the compositor, "Say, stranger,
have you a place here where a fellow jan
hide " Then in an excited and hurried
manner he proceeds : "lam from Newton.
My name is A-mer-i-cus. If any one calls
for me don't tell where I am say, where
shall I hide f
" What do I care, where you hide ?" says
the typo impatiently "there behind that
pile of boxes."
So "X" thinks, "I am safe now." But I
see his giant form looming up above the
boxes. All eyes open .'" I spy "X" there be
hind the "cracker boxes."
It was truly pitiful to see A-sorry-cus
come out whining "they lied to me; I was
told there were eighty boxes, and there only
twenty-three. "
Very well, "X," you may have another
chance. Delighted, he turns toward Port
land. Rushing into the Oregonian office,
and up to the editor's chair, in breathless
excitement, he whispers to that dignitary,
" Sir, I am engaged in a game of ' Hide and
Go Seek' and and the fact is the stakes
are very large. If I win I am to recover a
lost position, or perhaps what is better, the
finest tract of land in the beautiful valley
of the Siletz. Sir, I hope you will secrete
me. I am Vindex. from Ynquiua Bay."
The editor slowly, but searchingly scans
him full length, and replies "Well, Mr.
Vindix what i3 your name sir, Vindictive ?"
"Vindex, sir.'' "O, yes, Mr. Vindex. Well,
Mr. Vindex, the rules of this office can pro
tect you only till an authorized person calls
for your name. Then, sir, we have to dump
you out.
At this disappointment "X" flew into a
passion anc declar&i he would retrace his
steps and fight his way through.
Stand back, gentlemen, "X" is coming
out in his true character, now. He is in a
rage, he will demolish any one that comes in
his way, he would even attack his old white
headed grandfather, or the best friend he
has on earth.
So you see, I am ahead so far, and have
nothing to fear in future encounters for
when a man loses self-possession he is whip
ped, and you can handle him as you would
a sick kitten.
As for our comparative mental qualifica
tions, I have nothing to say, I shrink from
the comparison. The master mind that con
ceived, and the polished scholar that framed,
that gem of grammatical symmetry, and
rhetorical beauty at the head of this article,
would defy all criticism. True my pupils
smile at it and point ont what they call ele-
cance. and grammatical fallacies, but noth
ing better could be expected of uncultivated
children.
Now 1 must close by challanging "X" to
a public literary contest, not 'with myself,
but with my pupils. He may name the
time and place, and choose the primer spel
ler, and reader, and one of the. judges. I
have chosen for the second, Ah-ne-atta
Tsin-i-tla of this reservation, and the audi
ence may select a third. There will be
three prizes offered, viz: a bow and arrow, a
war club, and full dress of feathers not tar
and feathers, but a real fancy feather suit..
Now, if "X" wins all the prizes, he will
be fully armed and equipped for another
campaign. But he will not ; the Indian
boys will bear off the trophies, and that will
settle the question for aver. Yours,
Forester W. Royal.
Siletz, Feb. 12, 1879.
TfiCi: BLACK &ATBI.
SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE HOW IT
IS ENGENDERED AXD DISSEMINATED
ITS ORIGIN AND PROGRESS.
From the Cincinnati Commercial.
The rliNease now ravaging the dis
tnet .f Astrakhan is the "black
death," which for ages had its .borne
in Egypt, Syria, Greece, Turkey and
the adjoining-provinces of Russia, to
which countries it is now chiefly lim
ited. The people in the first infected
districts ave dyinir, the reports state,
like flies. So rapidly has the disease
spread that fully ten per cent, in the
newly infected districts have, perished.
No one dares touch the dead, and
they lie tinbnried in the streets. In
the commencement of the. disease
there is a feeling of weariness and
fatigue, shivering, nausea and sick
ness, confusion of kleas, giddiness
and pain in the loins. These arc quick
ly followed by increased stupor and
delirium, by pallor and flushing of
the face, and a feeling of intense
binding or contraction about the
heart. Darting pains are felt in the
sjroins, arm pits and. other parts of
the body. The lymphatic glands be
come enlarged and carbuncles appear.
The tongue becomes dry and brown,
and the sums, teeth and lips are cov
ered with a dark fur. The will loses
its control over the musclfS. About,
the second and third day livid spot
and stripes appear upon die skin. In
fatal cases and most are fatal the.
pulse gradually sinks, the surface be
comes cold and clammy, blood oozes
from the mucous surfaces, and there
is either coma or delirium. The vic
tim usually lingers five or six days,
and may pass away without a strug
gle or in convulsions. It is said that
infected persons might visit every
country in Enropebef re the symtoms
were recognized, and in this way
ENDANGER THE WHOLE WORLD.
The plague may be spontaneously
encjendered by endemic or epidemic
influences ; it may originate from
local causes, and may be propagated
by peculiar contagion. , Temperature
seems to exert a very great influence
over it. In tropical cl.irnates it is not
known, and it does not long with
stand the cold of northern climates.
Its peculiar harvest time in Europe is
late in the summer am) early in the
fall, especially, in September. Like
the germs of yellow fever, it has thus
far evaded the examinations of chem
ists and microscopisfs. As soon as
obsorbed it alters the composition of
the blood and the condition of the
tissues. There is no universal cure
for it. In occasional instances fresh
air miy be of benefit. Cleanliness
is generally a preventive, and it is
due to this and superior ventilation
that foreigners in the Levant are
comparatively exempt. In 1333, so
Chinese historians tell us, there were
great convulsions in nature, and
earthquakes, and floods, which were
followed by drouths and famines.
Hills and lakes disappeared, and the
gases rising from the earth, and de
caying vegetation and animals, ren
dered tbe air excessively impure. Pol
lowing these convulsions came the
great plague, and before it entered
Europe 13,000.000 people in China
and 25,000,000 people in Western
Asia and Northern .Africa had died.
It appeared in liussia, near
WHERE IT NOW PREVAILS,
In 1348. Constantinople was attack
ed, and from there it spread over all
Turkey. The disease was carried to
Italy, and from thence to France,
England, Germany and the Low
Countries. From England it was con
veyed to Sweden, and passed over
the Baltic Sea into Northern Russia.
In enly three years it covered the
whole of Europe. Half the popula
tion of Italy died of it. Fifteen con
tinental cities lost300,000 inhabitants,
London 100,000, and in Europe 25,
000,000 people perished. The terri
ble disease was attributed by the
superstitious to the Jews, who were
accused of poisoning the wells so that
the water would breed pestilence.
Entire colonies of Jews were massa
cred, and thousands were so terrified
that they took their own lives. The
disease was extensively spread by
numerous bands of religious zealots,
who visited town after town, tortur
ing their bodies in the vain hope of
expiating ine. sins ot the people.
Jtnese jp iagellants, as they were call
who went about
each one wor
early naked, and
cross npon tbe
breast. The church reaped a rich
harvest, for many of its frightened
subjects gave to it their all. Donors
were obliged to throw their gifts over
the walls, for the monks were afraid
t- come in contact with them, and
shut the gates. Multitudes sought to
escape the disease by living in caves
and woods, and starved. Some en
deavored to escape by the sea. They
lied, and the sailors who picked up
their boats shared the same fate. Rot
ted bodies floated down the streams,
polluting them and filling the air
with contagion. Some of the deliri
ous victims ran through the streets of
villages, tearing out the hair and
scratching the faces of every one they
met. The plague of 1663," 10G1 anil
1665, the last that prevailed very
extensively, produced fewer deaths.
In 1720 Marseilles was almost depop
ulated, and in 1790 Turkey, Poland
and Russia were again visited. From
all reports, the present plague prom
ises to destroy as many livee as those
of former years.
WHAT SAE1 HIM.
A WARNING TO YOCNU HUSBANDS.
A young wife in Michigan had just got
settled in her new home. All seemed fair
and promising, for she did not know that
her husband was a druniard. But one
night he came home at a very late hour and
much the worse for liquor. When he stag
gered into the house, the wife, who was
greatly shocked, told him he was sick, and
to lie down at ones, r.n.l in a moment or two
he was comfortably on a sofa, in a drunken
eleep. His face was reddish purple, his
breathing was heavy, and altogether he was
a pitiable-looking object.
The doctor was sent for post-haste, and
mustard applied to his feet and hands.
When the doctor came and felt his pulse
and examined him and found that he was
only drunk, he said :
" He will be all right in the morning."
But the wife insisted that lie was very
sick, and that severe remedies must be
used.
" You must shave his head and apply
blisters," she urged, or I will sand for some
one who will. "
The husband's head was accordingly
shaved closely and blisters applied.
1 lie patient lav an night in a drunken
sleep, and, notwithstanding tho blisters
were eating into his flesh, it was not till
near morning that he began to beat about,
disturbed by pain.
About daylight he woke up to a most
uncomfortable conscioasneaa of blistered ag
onies. "What does this mean?" he said, put
ting hia hands tr his bandaged head.
"Lie still you musn't stir," said the
wife ; you have been very sick."
' ' I am not sick. "
Oh yes, you are, you have the brain fever.
We have worked with you all night. "
" I should think you had," groaned the
poor victim. " What's the matter with my
feet ? "
" They arc blistered."
" Wei!, I'm better now ; take off the blis
ters; do," he pleaded, pitoousl'.
He was in a most uncomfortable state
his head covered with sores, and his feet
and hands still worse:
"Dear," he said, groaning, "if I should
ever get sick in this way again, don't be
alarmed and send for a doctor, and, above
all, don't blister me -again."
"Oh, indeed I will ; all that saved you
were the blisters, and if you have another
such s;.-ell I should be more frightened than
ever, for the tendency I am sure-is to ap
oplexy, and from the next attack you will
be likely to die unless there are the severest
measures used."
He made no further defense. Suffice it
to say, he never had another attack.
' CBBKS3KB-,e"I,:fl.;SS.
We all advise cheerfulness, and we all ad
mire it especially iu other people but we
do not always attain to it ourselves. Of
course there are circumstances under which
cheerfulness is simply impossible-with a rag
ing toothache, for instance, or when you
have just upset the ink on the new carpet,
or have been caught in. a violent shower
without an umbrella and with your best
suit. To be admonished to be cheerful at
such times is adding aggravation to misfor
tune, and might exhaust the patience of Job
himself. And there are many very sma!l
annoyances too insignificant to be classified
or remembered, and yet whose daily occur
rence may be and must be expected, over
which we have no right to lose our cheerful
ness for a moment. There is no doubt that
the happines of many a home, the charm of
many a fireside, has been clouded and dis
pelled by this want of, cheerfulness in the
elders of the family group. Little vexations
were sufficient to chase the smile from the
father's face, or cloud the mother's brow
with annoyance, and so the home gatherings
grew irksome to the children and the bond
of sympathy was forever broken. Let us
cultivate, therefore, a cheerful spirit, and,
like all efforts in the right direction, . we
shall find that we cannot improve ourselves
without improying others thetthe reflex of
our cheerfulness will shine out in the tem
pers of those around us and brighten the
darkest days.
uood advice. i ou have trouble your
feelings are mjured, your husband is unkind,
your wife frets, your home is not pleasant,
your friends do not treat vou fairly, and
things in general move unpleasantly. Well,
what of it KeeD it to vourself. A smoul
dering fire can ba found and extinguished ;
but when the coals are scattered, wno cau
nick them nn ? Rnrv vour sorrow. ' The
place for sad and disgusting things is under
the ground. A cut hoger is not Dentin, ucu
by pulling off the plaster and exposing it ub.
der somebody's eyes ; tie it up and let it
alone. It will get well itself soouer than you
can cure it. Charity covereth a multitude
of sins. Things thus covered ar 3 often
cured without a scar ; but, once published
and confided to meddling friends, there is no
end to the trouble they may cause. Keep
it to yourself- Troubles are transient, and
when a sorrow is healed and past, what a
comfort it is to say, . " No one ever knew it
until it was all over."
It has been officially decided, rela
tive to a recent fire, that smoke is
. 1 , 1 . i1a in.
injurious to looacco, ou wju
IMKVArV 03i "WOMAN."
THE CHIVALROUS COLONEL PROMISES THB
PEOPLE OP ST. LOUIS AN ESTHETIC TREAT.
The ' first-battalion, through j Lieutenant
Colonel J. L. Torrey, have invited CoL P.
Donan, of Lexington Caucassian fame, to
deliver his lecture on " Woman " at Mer
cantile Library Hall on next .Friday even
ing. The chivalrous colonel has consented,
and writes the following characteristic let
ter :
Bentonville, Ark. Jan. 12, 79. .
Col. Jay L. Torrcy, First Battalion N. G. S.
M., S, Louis, Mo.: , .
Dear Sir : Your -kind and complimenta
ry invitation has just reached me, and I ac
cept it with pleasure. The time suggested
will be entirely convenient for me, and tha
subject you have selected is the one of all
others 1 should have chosen to talk Upon.
It is one of which a true man's heart never
gets a surfeit, and his tongue' never grows
weary. Woman is the crown-jewel of the
universe, creation's masterpiece in a. calico
wrapper. Kveu Omnipotence had to prac
tice a week on suns, moons and stars, menr
monkeys, angels and seraphim, before It at
attempted to manufacture her, and took Its
first day's rest after the exhausting job was
completed. From the primeval specimen' of
the race who by a little flirtation with Beel
zebub under a pippin tree in Eden, got her
husband discharged from his situation as a
gardener, and kicked over the fence into the
patches of an unknown world, to Mary of
B-jthlehem, Helen of Troy, Elizabeth and
Victoria of England, and Phoebe Cozens of
!St. Louis, ' through six thousand years of
human history, sin, folly, fun and sorrow,'
she has been proverbially at the bottom of,
every deviltry and the top of every chsrity,
last at the cross and first at the sepulcher.
Her broomstick waves, like England's drum
stick, triumphant around the globe. And
yet, how little we know of her, how dimly
we aadsrstand her, how poorly we appreci
ate her. Sole feminine spirit in the uni-,
verse, mother and mistress of the world, but
a century or two ago, her only alternate was
between being a slave and a pljiy thing. ; and
to-day, lier status and rights are little betr
ter defined among Missourians, Arkansans,
ISew Yorkers and Virginians, than among
the Kickapoos, Turks or Algcrines.
Hoping that 1 may be able Jo give the
gallant gentlemen of your battalion a few.
new ideas on this most disonssed but least
understood, sweetest and most puzzlesome,
of al themes terrestrial, 1 am, my dear col
onel, Yours very respectfully,
P. Donan.
ed, comprised both men and woafendsurance companies have to pay dam
age. we aiwaya Kney m rmwu
cigar to be smoked.
GREGbN PiBNEEft ASSOCIATION.
The board of managers of the Oregon Pio-,
necr Association met on Thursday at Salem
pursuant to call of president.
Present M. Crawford, president ; W. L..
Whue, vice-prtoidcut ; J. Henry Brown,
recording secretary ; J. M. Bacon, traau
rer ; E. X. Mathicu, Win. Ballou, and oth
ers. ... ;. o-i
The following resolution was'adopted : .
Besolved, That the board of the Oregon
Pioneer Association invite the granges ot
this state to participate in the celebration,
of the annual reunion of this association in
June, 1879.
The selection of Willard H. Ree3e to de
liver the annual address, and R. C. Geer to
deliver the occasional address on the immi
gration of 1847, was confirmed. . .
. The price of ball tickets on motion was
placed at 2.
On motion adjourned until 7 o'clock, p. M.
The board met according to adjourn
ment. I '.- .-,
On motion it was decided to employ a
brass band at the celebration.. .; .
The secretary was authorized to corres
pond with the various br;iss bauds through--out
the state, and employ according to their
lids. .i -.
On motion the following resolutions were
ndopted : . . .: .
Whereas, Samuel C. Upham, of Phila-,
delphia, has presented to the Oregon Pioneer
Association his valuable book on the earijjf
days of California, entitled "El Dorado;
or Days of '49 and '50, in California
therefore
Besolved, By the board of managers that
the thanks of the association are hereby ten
dered Mr. S. C. Upham for his kindness,
and hope that his book may meet with th
sale that it deserves.
Eesolved. That the thanks of the Oregon''.
Pioneer Association are hereby tendered to
the Sjacreniento Pioneers of California for
the -magnificent collection of photographs of
109 members of their society, and that we
hope to be able to reciprocate the favor in
kind. ... .. .
Resolved, That the thanks of the Oregon
Pioneer Association ia hereby tendered the
Territorial Pioneers of California for the.
present of one of their magnificent member
ship certificates.
; On motion John W. Minto was authorized
to organize the committee to make arrange
ments for the annual b'alL
The secretary was authorized to corres
pond with the vrrious transportation compa-.
nies in reference to the fare of members to
and from the reunion. , ,
On motion the nsxt reunion will be held
at the fair grounds near Salem.
The secretary Was authorized to print
badges of the association, to be worn by the
members in attendance.
On motion the Oregon Pioneer Historical
Association was invited to attend the re-,
union ; also the Southern' Oregon Reunion
Society. . .
On motion fhe board stood adjourned sine
die.' J. HEFRY BROWN, Secretary.
JVEC3L.I3CT OF SSIE.SJHEX.
Many a mother has wept' over the sins of
her child, little dreaming that while she pur
sued her round of idle pleasures, that child
was taking its first lesson in sin from a vi
cious nurse. The truth is, parents take up
on themselves too many unnecessary bur
dens, and consider themselves bound by
duty to perform too many tasks, which are
of much less consequence than the teaching
and training of children. The father has
his trade or profession, and his few leisure
hours he must spend in social pleasure. The
mother has her household cares, and the
comforts of her family .to study ; and be
sides this, there is much time to be devoted
to fancy-work, visitors, and to amusements
of one kind and another. Her children are'
merely secondary considerations, and de
Dend upon the kindness of hirelings. Their
dresses may be miracles of puffins, ruffles,
and embroidery, but what does that count,
when their minds are dwarfed through neg
lect ? Her house may be the model o
neatness, her bread excel that of all her
neighbors, her jellies and pmsres tmongn
to temot the most fastidious ; out if, in 9'
this, she has kept aloof from hex child, has
chilled rus nearl towards sr, woas amp