WEEKLY CORY ALMS GAZETTE CORVALLIS, JULY 18, 1879. WHO 18 THY FRIEND. Who is tby friend? Tlie man that shares thy In Danqaetfcall or beauty's witching bow He that wUl danee with thee to folly's meas- And make no reckoning of the squandered hours ... To whom the revel and the game is all . These are the friends that help men to their fall. Who is thy friend? The man that shares thy pride, . , Thine hoar of glory, or thy day of gain; Who stands in every triumph by thy side. And never finds that triumph false or vain, But shapes bis doctlne as thy humor goes? These are the friends misfortune turns to toes. Who is thy friend? The man that for bis win To power or place bath need of thine or thee; Who will not fear tby risk, or blame thy sig ning. So it but speed his fortune's growing tree; Whose praise is large, whose promise larger yet These are the friends that fall us and forget. Who is thy friend? The man of truth and trust, .... In gladness near, in sorrow nearer still. To thy faults generous, ti thy meri's Just, Thy help to every good from every ill, Whose love for the world's hate might make amends? . Alas for it! this life hath such few friends. Who is thy friend? The best, the least re garded, . . In faith unfailing, and in love unchanged Through all the changeful years, though 111 rewarded, . Give Him thy heart, so long and far ss stranged: . . And from the broken reeds of eaith ascend, To seek in heaven thy everlasting Friend. Prances Browne. AUNT MAGGIE'S STOBT. Yes s what vour errandf ather came to tell me. lassie, was, that Paul Cardell was dead, tie was jusi eigiity-uve. -lac u lost sight and hearing both, they say, and was fiflad to aro. It's not so bad with me: bnt I wouldn't mind (toing too. It's stirred mv memory to hear of Paul's death. I've loved a many in my life, but never anyone as 1 did mm. Ah! xm not ashamed of it, lassie, if I am an old maid. He was iust lovely. We met often and for a while I thought he liked me pretty well. But soon I be gan to think I was mistaken. It makes a girl tremble to think that she may show a man who does not love her that she likes him over well. All that she can do is to wait. Ahf lassie, many a time the waiting is a weary thing, and the right one doesn't come, and the wrong one does, and even tne wrong one seems better than none at all. I don't blame Tomen for things that seem wrong often; they haven't much chance to do right. It seemed to me that Paul was my right one; but he didn't court me, and I could not court him. And James neeaer, pe ing a man, could do as he chose, and did. He loved me, and I loved Paul Cardell. God help us all. I think if we women had no hearts, the world would be a mer rier place, lassie. I put James Reeder off a while, and just kept my eye on Paul. I did not love him, and I did love Paul. "Why couldn't I love the man that loved me? Then said I to myself, "Be a sensible woman. It's better to marry a man who is fond of you, if he doesn't seem perfec tion, than to waste your youth and your strength and your hope pining for one you are nothing to." It's prettier in a poem to do the last, but I wasn't so very young or so very beautiful that the whole world wanted me. I guessed what life would be when I was a lonely old maid, handed about like a bad penny from Cousin Jack's to Uncle Ben's, and from Sister Hannah's to Sister Jane's. Not much wanted anywhere. Better try to make the man who loved me happy, and so learn to love him. They say "love comes with the children" some who have tried it. I thought it all over before I went to bed one night, and I made up my mind that James Keeder should have a "yes when he asked for it. Then I cried oh, how I cried, lassie. "Oh, must I give you up, Paul?" said I; "and oh, must I give you up ?" and I knew I'd never had him to give up or to keep. The girls envied ma my handsome, dashing beau. But often, walking with him, or riding with him, I'd pass Paul Cardell in his shabby coat, and say to myself, "Oh, to be a man just to be a man, and go a courting whom I choose, instead of taking what comes, as though matrimony were like the 'grab bag' at a church fair. x didn t want money, nor such beauty as James Beeder had so much of. I wanted well lassie, I wanted Paul, and no one else; though why he was perfection to me, heaven knows. I do not, and never will. What seemed a great deal to me isn't much to tell. There were picnic parties where I met Paul, but where he let James carry me off when he pleased, and never tried to step between us. At last Kitty Walsingham married, and they gave her a great wedding party. They were rich, and did it in fine style. They had a fine house and fine furni ture, and silver and china, such as no one else had thereabout. And it was an all-day party. The wedding first, then breakfast and dinner, and a dance and supper, of course. I was a bridesmaid, and Paul stood up with me. After that, you know, it was his place to be my beau all day. I thought of that and nothing else, lassie. It gave him one chance more. A word from him and I'd give James Beeder the mitten. A word a look even. When I walked into church on his arm I kept thinking how it would seem to be tha bride. I looked prettier than she I know I did. I was dark, and white became me. I had rosdr in my hair and pearls in my ears. I did look pretty, lassie. You're not so pretty, vain as you are. It's all gone at eighty all gone all gone ! What do we live to be eighty for? Lord forgive me and Paul. Do you love any man, lassie ? Just think, then, how that man looks to you. You can't see his faults, or they grow to be beauties. Don't they say Love is blind ? I think he has sharper eyes than any one else, and finds out charms no other can. Oh, my beautiful Paul. And brother Dick told me last night how very plain he was; and there I sat with my blood boiling yes, boiling, lassie. My beautiful Paul plain ! my exquisite, graceful, sweet-faced Paul plain ! And I rocked and fidgeted. And says Dick, " You are nervous to-night, Maggie. I hope you ain't a getting the rheuma tism ? And I was not old enough to tell him I was angry, and why? You didn't look away to laugh, lassie ? Nay, was it to cry ? No need of that, either. Cry for the young that have it all to live through. I am eighty. Sometimes he looked at me that morn ing as if he liked me. He told me how my dress became me. Any man may do that, but it made me happy. I had not been so happy for months. After we came home from chussh there was the breakfast and he beside me all the while and then we all went into the garden. We sat under a great tree apart from the rest, and all of a sud den he looked me straight in the eyes. "Miss Maggie," he said, "do you think ? But before I knew what he wanted to know if I thought, some one came all in a hurry up the path and stopped beside me. It was James Reeder. " Here you are," said he. " Paul Car dell, Mrs. Walsingham wants you to drive Grandma Thompson over home. She isn't over well, and wants to go. IH take care of Miss Maggie meanwhile." Paul got up. He gave me a look I couldn't understand, and after he had gone a dozen steps he came back and of fered me his hand. "Good-bye, Miss Maggie," he said, and I heard his breath come short and fast; " Good-bye," and away he went. And I and James Reeder were left alone. It happened exactly as I knew it would. He asked me to be his wife before we had been together half an hour, and I said "Yes." Oh, now don't, lassie. It's all against the women in this worW. It always will te. Let the strong-minded bodies do what they may. Yon can't alter the hearts we are born with. We are bought and sold a good deal as Turkish girls are, after all. There is a kind of cold, pretty doll that is happy enough, but women who have hearts suffer suffer at eighteen and eighty. Don't I know ? I've been both. And now I said to myself: " I will be content. I've made my own choice." I knew I hadn't all the while. "Iam to marry the richest man I know, and one they all call handsome. Madly in love with me, too. What more do I want?" It wouldn't do. I hid the fox in my bosom, but it gnawed me all the while. "The sooner it is over the better," I said ; and as if that was the way to have it over, I let James' coax me to set the day very soon six weeks from that of our engagement. There was a busy time at our house, you may guess. All my things to make in a hurry. I couldn't sit down to sew. I was like one wild. In a sort of fever all the time. They teased me. "In love," they said. So I was, lassie, but not with James Reeder. So one day mother said to me: " You are the only idle one, Maggie. Run over to Mrs. Walsingham's and borrow the pattern of Kitty's travelling basque. It will just fit you, and I want yours to be like it." I went, of course, and I got -the pat tern of Mrs. Walsingham. She was a merry soul, and she would tease me. No one knew why I blushed so. It wasn't for the reason they thought. We stood talking, and she a teasing, until all of a sudden she said: "And James isn't jeal ous any more, I hope? " " Jealous! " said I. " Oh, he was wild the day our Kitty was married," said she, " wild with jeal ousy of Paul Cardell. He told me all about it. 'They are paired off together,' said he, 'and with a girl it is the first who asks her. Paul is as much in love as I, and you have lost her to me.' So Grannie and I set our wits to work to help him. And we sent for Paul, as you know, and gave Jem uis chance. Now say, ' Thank you,' Maggie, as he did." But I couldn't. I took the pattern and ran away. I ran until I came to the bridge, and then I stopped, looking down into the water. " No, no," I kept saying to myself, " no, no; he never cared anything about me. I gave him chance enough to speak, and he did not ." And while I said it I heard a step upon the bridge. I looked around and it was Paul Cardell. "I couldn't move. I stood still, and he came up to me. I had not seen him before since Kitty's wedding party, when he came back to say " good bye." He held out his hand. "How do you do, Miss Maggie ?" said he. I didn't speak I only bowed. "You are to be married very soon, I hear," he said. "They say so," I answered. "I hope you may be very happy," he said. "James Reeder is a splendid fel low, and as rich as he is handsome." And he caught his breath in a little sigh. "God bless you, Maggie." He had never called me Maggie be fore, and he had never looked as he did then. I tried to thank him, but I didn't know what I said. Suddenly he took both my hands. "I'd like you to know it," he said "somehow I d like you to know it. I was very fond of you, Maggie. I I loved you, my dear. If James hadn't called me when he did that day, I should have told you so, and had my 'No' from you. I always felt afraid you liked James best. No wonder. It's better for you altogether better. Only, quite as a past thing, I'm glad you know how I loved you. Better than my life, Maggie. I'm not going to pine to death, or make an idiot of myself. I shall marry. Lucy Swallow has promised to be my wife. She would not care for such love as I have not now to give; and very good, and pretty, and we shall be happy. God bless you, and good-bye." He took my hand and put it to his lips and went. Only for what he had said of Lucy Swallow, I'd have called him back. But if they were to be married, better let matters stand as they were. I held my self up by the bridge rail until he was out of sight; then I dropped, like one dead. I did not marry on the day set for me, for I was ill of a fever then and not ex pected to live ; and afterward I knew my heart too well. I could not forgive James for cutting short the words that would have made Paul and me happy for life, and I told him plainly that I never could love him. But Paul and Lucy Swallow married, and she lived thirty years with him thirty long years! What a happy woman to live thirty years with Paul! I never married never, as you know. And James Reeder never did, either. When he was sixty he told brother Dick there never had been but one woman in the world for him, and that was Maggie. Poor Jem! He cried when I told him he must go. And he was very handsome, so they said a very fine man, but I can't remember much about his looks. And, you see, I never forgot Paul. I could draw his picture now. I know the touch of his hand, and the perfume of his breath, and the tone of his voice by heart. He was very happy with Lucy Swallow, they say. I haven't been. But it was better than marrying any one else after all. A wasted life tod a wasted heart, but nothing worse. Good night, lassie. Several notable happy marriages have been made on two hours' courtship, but it is a pretty safe rule to know the girl for three days and a picnic. The Making of Bells. Only two metals are now used in large bells, tin and copper. The Belgians use 23 to 30 per cent, of tin ; the English lean to more tin, 26 to 31 per cent. Tin make6 the bell sound bright, but it also makes it brittle, and the reason why the English can afford to put in more of this brittle element is because they make their bells thicker, as a rule ; and the reason wny they are made thicker is, that instead of beins merelv chimed, thev are swung around on a wheel, which brings the hammer with great force upon the bell. If we treated the delicate Belgian bells in this rough fashion we should probably crack them, though, if it were known that they would be swung, the Belgian matters would doubtless thicken them to order ; tbey are not meant in Belgium to be whacked like big drums, but to be struck with hammers from ppto n, like a piano forte. They resonate more easily than English bells, requiring a gentler stroke to elicit their full tone. In a word, the Belgian bell is a musical note, not a gong or a drum. Secondly, the thickness and general proportions of the bell are of the utmost importance, neiis vary irom i-io to 1-12 of the diameter at the thickest Dart of the sound bow. and the height ts commonly about twelve times the thick ness. English bells are, roughly, as broad as they are long, if you measure diameter from outside rim to rim, and lengtn irom rim to top of canon. But in truth, the thickness of the bell at different levels is all important. The thickness near the top is as important as mat oi ine sounu bow, and the diameter of the crown as critical a dimension as that of the rim. The deep, rich tone (in proportion to size) of the smaller Belgian bells is prob ably due to the wide top diameter, com bined with the thickness in certain por tions of the sides half way down. f he way in which altering the thickness affects the tone, and even the pitch of a bell, is shown by the fact that a sharp bell can be flattened by shaving off the metal inside above the sound bow ; and Mr. Lewis tells me that he has destroyed beates by scoop ing the bell elsewhere until they disap peared at a certain point, but that on continuing to scoop they reappeared. All this shows how purely tenative and ex perimental is at present the art of bell founding in England. In Belgium it is not scientific, but empiricalt and accumu lated experience of ages. A certain tact or rule of thumb, takes the place oi science ; rules there must be, founded on principals, but the masters cannot explain their secrets. They produce the work of art, others are left to discover the laws they have obeyed. When we have an alyzed their methods, we may be able to make their bells. So thought the Ger mans when they measured and analyzed Raphael and Tintored, and pioduced the correct but lifeless banahtes of Ary Scheffer ; so thought Vuillame when he imitated the very wormholes in the Amatis, but for all that the French fiddles are not Amatis. It may turn out that in the makingof rich musical bells like those of Van Aerschodt, there is something which cannot be taught the instinct, the incommunicable touch. How Kentucky Bourbon Is Made. The process is exceedingly interesting, and as but few of the millions who con sume this great product of Kentucky un derstand how it is made, we give a de scription in full. The "Bergrass distillery" manufactures exclusively three brands of whisky fire copper, Beat-grass bourbon and rye and Kentucky Pride sour mash. The reason why Kentucky wbiskys sur pass those of any other State or country are, fiirft, the superiority of the grain; n ,-r rt 1 1 thn mi wi ftr on A nncilitv rtt" f'np OWUUj ISU S U S A VJ HUM USjSMBJU V" lime-stone water, and last, but not least, the mode of distillation, which latter is so appropriate to the State. In this State everything is slow but sure. Bourbon whisky generally contains 70 per cent, corn, 15 per cent, rye, 15 per cent, malt, wbile rye whisky contains 85 per cent, of rye, and lo per cent, ot barley malt. Alter the ingredients are made into "mash," which is produced in a large tub, with a revolver rake to stir them, it is then run off into a fermenting apartment, near which is a yeast room, so arranged that it is easily transported to the fermenting tubs, each of which has a capacity for holding thousands of gallons of mash which, when fully fermented, is called beer. For sour-mash whisky the fermen tation is effected, the beer is run into what is called a beer-weil, and from there pumped up to the beer-still. The vapor now condenses in the large copper worm, which is so constructed that while the cold water (almost ice cold) is supplied constantly 'from the well, which is run by pipes to the bottom of the worm, it runs off at the top of a constant stream of hot water ; thus condensation takes place, and thus producing the first low wines and the first distillation. The next process develops the genuine article. The low wines are pumped into a large receiver, and from it the fire copper still is charged or filled, and then doubled by direct fire under the still, by which means pure whisky is obtained and the distillation completed. It is then pumped to a re ceiving room, where it is filled into bar rels, and from there it is placed in the "bonded warehouse" and stored. It takes five or six days from the time the grain is ground before the whisky is produced and barrelled. The Wonderful Sandblast. Among the wonderful and useful in ventions of the times is the common saxdblast. Suppose you desire to letter a piece of marble for a grave stone; you cover the stone with a sheet of wax no thicker than a wafer, then cut in the wax the name, date, etc., leaving the marble exposed. Now pass it under the blast, and the wax will not be injured at all, but the sand will cut letters deep into the stone. Or, if you desire raised letters, "a flower or other emblem, cut the letters, flowers, etc., in wax and stick them upon the stone; then pass the stone under the blast and the sand will cut it away, lie move the wax and you have the raised letters. Take a piece of French plate glass, say two feet by six, and cover it with fine lace; pass it under the blast, and not a thread of the lace will be injured, but the sand will cut deep in the glass wherever it is not covered by the lace Now remove the lace, and you have every delicate and beautiful figure raised upon the glass. In this way beautiful figures of all binds are cut in glass, and at a small ex pense. The workmen can hold their hands under the blast without harm, even when it is rapidly cutting away the hardest glass, iron or stone, but they must look out for finger nails, for they will be whittled off right hastily. If thev put on steel thimbles to pro tect the nails, it will do little good, for the sand wUl soon whittle them away; but if they wrap a piece of soft cotton around them they are safe. You will at once see the philosophy of it. The sand whittles away and destroys any hard sub stance, even glass, bnt does not affect substances that are soft and yielding lute wax, cotton or fine lace, or even the hu man hand. A Prince In the Kitchen. They are telling a good story in court circles of Prince Peter of Oldenburg, chief of the Russian college for girls. At the Smoling convent, which is under his jurisdiction, eight hundred girls are educated, and he had received anony mously and otherwise several complaints about the food, which was pronounced execrable. "I will see to this myself," said the prince, and one day, a few min utes before the dinner hour, he present ed himself at the end of the passage lead ing from the kitchen to the dining sa loon. Here he met two soldiers carry ing a caldron, steaming hot. "Halt!" The men obeyed. "Put down that ket tle." The kettle was at once deposited on the deposited on the floor. "Fetch a spoon." Here Russian discipline wa vered. One of the men had the audacity to begin a protest. "S'death!" exclaimed the prince ; ' 'hold . your tongue fetch me a spoon." "But, ' stamered the sol dier. "Another word and I place you under arrest." The spoon was brought. The prince dipped it into the caldron, and swallowed a quantity of the liquid. "I thought so," he said. "Do you call this soup? Why, it is dirty water." "It is, your highness," answered the sol dier who had been threatened with ar rest, "we have been cleaning out the laundry." 1 Use Good Language. We advise all young people to acquire in early life the habit of using good lan guage, both in speaking and writing, and also to abandon the use of slang words and phrases. The longer they live the more difficult the acquisition of good lan guage win be ; and n tne goiuen age oi youth, the proper time tor the acquisition of language, be passed in abuse, the un fortunate victim of neglected education is very probably doomed to talk slang for life. Money is not necessary to procure this education. Every person has it in his power. He has to use the language which he reads instead of the slang which he hears; to form taste from the best speakers and poets of the country ; to treasure up choice phrases in his memory, and habituate himself to their use, avoid ing at the same time that pedantic preci sion and bombast which show rather the weakness of wasted ambition than the polish of an educated mind. What Causes Thtjndeb. A corre spondent of Nature writes : "I have lately seen it stated in a text-book upon elec tricity and magnetism that the phenome non of thunder is fully accounted for by the theory as yet brought forward. Whether this be so or not I am not suf ficiently acquainted with the subject to say. I believe the commonly accepted theory is that a vacuum is created in the path of the electric spark, and that the subsequent inrush of air produces a de tonation. If, however, it be allowed that the electric spark is not a material sub stance, but merely a natural force or mode of motion, the possibility of this theory is at once disposed of. "It is a well known fact that the pas sage of electrity in a high state ot tension through a mixture of oxygen and hydro gen not only causes an explosion, but also causes the formation of water, and it seems to me that, given the existence of oxygen and hydrogen in the region of the electric disturbance, the phenomenon of thunder is sufficiently accounted for. Whether the normal amount of hydro gen in the air is sufficient to cause the stupendous uoise of tb under I am com petent to judge, but if not, I would sug gest that the presence of an abnormal amount might be accounted for by the process of the electrolysis, which would probably occur between the two poles of the thunder cloud between the two poles of the thunder cloud before the tension became so great as to cause a rupture of the circuit and consequent discharge of the electric spark. I would also draw your attention to the fact that every thunder clap is immediately followed by an increase in the quantity of water de posited in the shape of rain. Does not this point to the formation of water by the explosion of the gasses. It is a fre quent experiment of Dr. Tyndall's to show his audience red clouds ; I feel con vinced that by following this line of in quiry he could give us a real thunder storm. Help one Another. This little sen tence should be written on every heart stamped on every memory. It should be the golden rule practice, not only in every household, but throughout the the world. By helping one another we not only remove the thorns from the pathway and anxiety from the mind, but we feel a sense of pleasure in our hearts, knowing we are doing a duty to a fellow creature. A helping hand or an en couraging word is no less to us", yet is a benefit to others. Who has not felt the power of a little sentence ? Who has not needed the encouragement and aid of a kind friend ? How soothing when per plexed with some task that is both diffi cult and burdensome, to feel a gentle hand on the shoulder, and to hear a kind voice whispering, "Do not be discouraged ; I see your troubles, let me help you." What strength is inspired, hope created, what sweet gratitude is felt ; and the great difficulty dissolved as dew before the sun shine. Yes, let us help one another, by en deavoring to strengthen and encourage the weak; and lifting the burden of care from the weary and oppressed, that life may glide smoothly on, and the fount of bitterness yield sweet waters ; and He whose willing hand is ever ready to aid us, will reward our humble endeavors, and every good deed will be ''bread upon the water, to return after many days, if not to us, at least to those we may love. Fish Bkeeding. The Wisconsin State Fish Commission this year have had hatched at the Milwaukee and Madison hatcheries, and distributed, $10,000,000 Lake Michigan whitefish. These have been planted at various points in the lake. Some 4,000,000 Mackinaw trout have been planted this season in large inland lakes and favorable spots in Lake Michigan. Five hundred thousand Lake Mendota whitefish have been distributed in the larger lakes of Eastern Wisconsin. There is a very large demand for these fish this year. The Commission have 50,000 Macki naw trout at Nine Springs for distribution to private parties who desire them as breeders. Mr. Welch is corresponding with Seth Green with a view of obtaining 100,000 eels from Hudson river. These will be replanted in the small inland lakes. It is the intention of the Commis sion to take large quantities of black bass early in June from the inland lakes, where they are running in large shoals, and transplant them to waters where there are none. Mr. Welch says he is constantly receiving letters from all por tions of the State reporting that the young fish planted by the Commissioners are appearing in great numbers, especially the Mackinaw trout and speckled trout of the first distribution, while whitefish have appeared by millions upon the spawning-beds along the shores of Lake Michigan that for a dozen years have been barren. Remarkable Incident. A circumstance of somewhat remarka ble character, says the Petersburg (Va.) Index-Appeal of May 27th, is reported to have occurred Sunday during the baptiz ing at the basin. Among the 54 candi dates who received the ordinance at the hands of their pastor, Rev. Henry Wil liams, Jr., was a colored man named Bur well Lancaster, a deaf-mute since infancy. When he was raised from the water, after immersion, according to the testimony of those who stood around him, he suddenly recovered his voice, and, in clear and dis tinct tones, cried out : "Thank God ! Thank God ! " To those who had never heard him speak a word, and who had re garded him as dumb, these words of thanks came with startling effect, and among many of the colored people, taken in connection with the occasion, the cir cumstance is regarded as akin to a mira cle. The occurrence created a great deal of comment. What is equally as remark able, is the fact that the man, after utter ing these words, returned again to his mute condition, and has been unable since to say anything further. 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Pacific Branch, No. 210 Sansome St., S. F Agency for Oregon and Washington Territory, with HAWLEY, DODD CO., Portland. HALL'S PATENT CONCRETE -THE Gazette Job Printing House IS NOW PREPARED TO DO Plain and Ornamental Printing, As neat and Cheep as it can be done by any Office on the Coast. Bill Heads, Letter Beads Sole bead. kta einrnti, P os r .mines, Ball Ticket. Invitations Circular, HuMiue-s ' nrl. Vlslilns; t arils, Labels. Dodgers. Small Past r, Kuveloprs. leanl Ulanbs' Bank Hates, snipping Receipts, Order Books, tssMsa, i to.. Etc -Orders by mail promptly filled. Esti mates furnished. AUGUST KNIGHT, CABINET MAKEtt, AND UNDERTAKER, Cor. Second and Monroe Sts., CORVALLIS, OBKaoH. Keeps constantly on band all kinds of PURNITUSE. Work done to order on short notice, and at reasonable rates. Corvallis. Jan. 1. 1877. I4:ltf 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 snperiority is beyond question. 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 country, there is not a single instance on record wherein one of them ever failed to preserve its contents perfectly. HALL'S PATENT DOVETAILED TENON AND GROOVE BURGLAR-PROOF MAPE8. Have never been broken open and robbed by burglars or robbers. Hall's burglar work is protected by letters . 1 j, LT 1- 11 ,J i patent, ana nis wont cannot oe eijuaieu lawiunv, His patent bolt is superior to any in use. His patent locks cannot be picked by the most skillful experts or burglars. Bv one of the greatest improvements known, the Gross Automatic Movement, our locks are operated withont any arbor or spindle passing tnrougn tne aoor ana mio me iock. Our locks cannot be opened or picked by bur glars or experts, (as in case of other locks), and we will put irom i,uuu to $ jWjWB oenina mem any time 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 ARE THE BE&T SAFE Made in America, or any other country. One Thousand Dollars To any person who can prove that one of Hall's patent burglar-prooi saies nas ever oecn broken open and robbed by burglars up to the present time. B. R. WILLIAMS, Agent for Oregon and W. T. Office with Hawley, Uodd ".. 28febl6:9tf. Portland, Bess Hammn. Emmktt F. Wrenn. DRAY AGE ! DRAY AGE! Hw"1" & Wrenn Propr's. HAVING JUST RETURNED FROM -"- Salem with a new truck, and having leased the barn formerly occupied by James Eg- lin, we are now prepaied to do all Rinds oi DRAYINC AND HAULING. either in the city or country, at the lowest living rates. Can be found at the old trucK stana. a share of the public patronage resjieotlully solic fVwvallis. Dec. 27. 1878. 15:52tf H. E. HARRIS, One door South of G:aham Sc 9amilton's, CORVALLIS, . . OllflOV. GROCERIES PROVISIONS, AND Hr 5 Goods. Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1878. 16:lvl DRAKE & GRANT, MERCHANT TAILORS, CORVALLIS, - . . OBKttOH. TE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE and well selected stock of Cloth, viz: West ot -:nirlu.ni Itroad Cloths, - renoli l asslmeres, ecoteli Tweeds, and American P?ul tints' . Which we will make up to order in the most approved and fashionable styles. No pains will be spared in producing good fitting garments. Parties wishing to purchase cloths and hare them cut out, will do well to call and examine our stock. DRAKE A GRANT. Corvallis, April 17,1879. I6:16tf Boarding- and Lodging-. Philomath, Benton Co , Oregon. GEORGE K1SOR, "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. 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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 20 cents a number. New volumes January and July. Inclose amount in a registered letter or by a P. 0. order for one or for all of the above, and address S. R. WELLS & CO., Publishers, 737 Broadway, New York. Agents wanted. RUPTURE ! ANOTHER WONDERFUL CURE EFFECTED BY Calif rnia Elastic Truss! CALIFORNIA ELASTI0 TRUSS COMPANY, W. ,J. Horhe, 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 rupture, of thirty- years' standing, by one of your incomparable Trusses, wnicn i purcnasea 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 1 tried yours. AltBKBT PTGALL. I WlMilAMlBWIN. PYGALL & IRWIN, City Trucks & Drays, TTAVING PURCHASED THE DRAYS AND Trucks latery owned by James Eglin, we are prepared to do all kinds of City Han int. I leliverlnflt of Wood.Etc.. Ei ., in the city or country, at reasonable rates. Pat ronage solicited, and satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. ALBERT PYGALL, WILLIAM IRWIN. Corvallis, Dec. 20, 1878. 15:51tf J C. MOR ELAND, (CITT ATTORNEY.) ATTOBtSEY ATC LAW, POBTLANI), - . OBBeOST. OFFICEMonastes' Brick, First street, between Morrison and Yamhill. 14:38tf THE STAR BAKERY, Ms! a street, Corvallis. HENRY WARRIOR, PROPRIETOR. Family Supply Store ! Grooerie, Bread. Cokes, Pies, Candies, Toys, Etc., Always on Hand. Corvallis, Jan. 1, 1877. M:2tf body 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 truly, 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 Cot 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 bago, 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 perfect retainer, comprising ease and comfort, but the pressure can be changed to any degree. It also remains in its proper place at all times, regardless of the motions of the body. "nd is worn night and day with 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 snaps, doing away with straps and buckles. 2nd The universal spring between the plate 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. I remain 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. eud for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List, Giving full information and rules for measuring. California Elastic Truss Co., -20 MARKET STREET, S 15:36yl F. E. H. BURN HAM, HOUSE IAI3NTITVO, 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. 'a drug store, or S. O McFadden's carpenter shop. j a -1 to v cir 1 Ci.iT lorvaiiift, Apni i, toiv.