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CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
M. S. WOODCOCK,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
fOKVAlll.N
OKKOUV
OFFICE ON FIRST STREET, OPP. WOOD
COCK A BALDWIN'S Hardware store.
Special attention given to Collections, Fore
closure of Mortgages, Real Estate cases, Probate
and Road matters.
Will also buy and sell City Property and Farm
Lands, on reasonable terms.
March 20, 1879. 16-12yl
F. A. CHENOWETH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
COBVALLM, ! s : OKI iis.
-OFFICE, Corner S Monroe and Second
street. 16-1 tf
J. W. RAYBURK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
COBVA1.HS, t : OBICOSI.
OFFICE On Monroe street, between Second and
Third.
3-Special attention given to the Collection
of Notes and Accounts 16-ltf
JAMES A. YANTI8,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
COHVALLIN,
OBEGOH.
tyiLL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
of the State. Special attention given to
matters in Probate. Collections will receive
rompt and careful attention. Office in the Court
ouse. 16:ltf.
dr. P. a. Vincent,
DENTIST.
CORVALLIH - OREGON.
QFFICE IN FISHER'S BRICK OVER
Max. Friendley's New Store. All the 'atest
improvement). Everything new and complete.
All work warranted. Please give me a call.
15:3tf
C. R. FARRA, M. O.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
QFFICE OVER GRAHAM k HAMILTON'S
v Drugstore, Corvallis, Oregon. 14-2Gtf
J. R. BRYSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
All business will receive prompt
attention.
COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY-
Corvallis, July 14, 1871. 16:291 f
NEW TIN SHOP.
J. K. Webber, Pro.,
MAIN mt,. - COBVALLIB.
8TOVE8 AND TINWARE.
All Kindi.
MM All work warranted and at reduced rates.
12:13tf.
W. C. CRAWFORD,
DEALER IN-
WATCHES,
CLOCK,
.JEWELRY, 8PECTACLES, SILVER WARE,
" etc Also,
Musical Instruments feo
Repairing done at the most reasonable
rates, and all work warranted.
Corvallis, Dec 13, 1877. 14:50tf
GRAHAM, HAMILTON & CO.,
COBVA1XM - . . UBKUOX
DEALERS IN
MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS, DYE STIFFS.
OILS.
GLASS
09
PUTTY.
PURE WINES AND L Q'JORS
FOR MEDICI NAIi USE.
And also the the very liest assortment of
Lamps and Wall i'apn
ever brought to this place.
AGENTS FOR THE
AVERIU CH:Rri3U P-WT,
SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER.
0ftelli
VOL. XVI.
CORVALLIS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1879.
NO. 33.
Mr Phjralelatwa' i e.erlptlona lire-
X vlUuuuUeil.
ld-2tf
The Breakwater at
Cape Foulweather,
Is a necessity and owing to an increased
demand for
eKOIS I TV OUR L.IIYJE,
nnt HAVE THE PLEASURE OF STATING THAT WE HAVE THE LARGEST AND
best selected stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Ever brought to this market, and our motto, in the future, as it has been in the past, shall be
SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK SALES," thus enabling the Farmers of Benton County to buy
Goods 25 per cent, less than ever before.
We also have in connection a large stock of
Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps,
Privately by our Mr. Sbeppard, at a Large Bankrupt Sale in San Francisco, at 50 cents on the
dollar, which will be kept separate from oar regular stock, and will extend the same bargains to
customers who will give us a calL As a sample of our psices, we will sell
Shoes from 36c to i.
Boots from 1 to 3 SO.
Hatw from 35 to &l VS.
Buck Gloves, 50 cents.
Milk Handkerchiefs 38e.
Grass Cloth 8 cents.
Kid Gloves, TS cents to 01.
Don't forget the place, one deor south of the post offiosT
Sheppard, Jaycox & Co.
Corvallis, May 1, 1879. 17:19m3
CORVALLIS
Livery, Feed
. AND...
SALE STABLE,
4 orvallia Lodge Ko 14. r. A. M.
Holds stated Communications on Wednesday on
or preceding each full moon. Brethren in good
standing cordially invited to attend. By order
W. M.
Burinn Lodge No. 7, I. O. O. f.
Meets on Tuesday evening of each week, in
their hall, in Fisher's brick, second story. Mem
bers of the order in good standing invited to at
tend. By order of N. G.
Muln St., Coival Is, Oregon.
SOL. KING, - Porpr.
QWNING BOTH BARNS I AM PREPARED
to offer superior accommodations in the Liv
ery line. Always ready for a drive,
GOOD TEAMS
-A.t Low Rates.
My stables are first-class in every respect, and
competent and obliging hostlers always
ready to serve the public.
REASONABLE CHARGES FOB HIRE.
Particular attention Paid ta Boarding
M oraea.
ELEGANT HEARSE, CARRIAGES AND
HACKS FOR FUNERALS
Corvallis, Jan: 3, 1879.
l:lyl
LANDS! FARMS! HOMES!
I HAVE FARMS, (Improved and unim-
proved,) STORES and MILL PROPERTY,
very desirable,
FOR SALE.
These lands are cheap.
Also claims in unsurveyed tracts for sale.
Soldiers of the late rebellion who have, under
he Soldiers' Homestead Act, located and made
final proof on less than 160 acres, can dispose of
the balance to me.
Write (with stamps to prepay postage).
R. A. BENSELL,
Newport, Benton county, Oregon.
16:2tf
Woodcock & Baldwin
K
(Successors to J. U Bayley & Co,)
EEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE
old stand a large and complete stock of
Heavy and Mielf Hardware,
IRON, STEEL,
TOOLS, STOVES,
RANGES, ETC
Manufactured and Home Made
Tin and Copper "Ware,
Pumps, Pipe, Etc.
A good Tinner constantly on hand, and all
Job Work neatly and quickly done.
Also agents for Knnpp, Burrell & Co.,
for the sale of the best and latest im
proved FARM MACHINERY,
of all kinds, together with a full assort
ment of Agricultural Implements.
Sole Agents for the celebrated
ST. LOUIS CHASTER OAK ST0VES
the BEST IN THE WORLD. Also the
Norman Range, and many other patterns,
in all sizes and styles.
QT" 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 oar
customers with the best poods in market,
in our line, and at the lowest jrice.
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
JOHN 8. BAKER, PRO.
CORVALLIS, OBECIOII,
TJAVING BOUGHT THE ABOVE MAR
ket and fixtures, and permanently located
in Corvallis, I will keep constantly on hand the
choicest cuts of
BEEF, PORK, MUTTON AND VEAL,
Especial attention to making extra Bologna
with large expe-i-
selt that 1 can give
lease call and eive
JOHN S. BAKER.
15:49tf.
Being a practical b
ence in business, 1
satisfaction to custoi
me a trial.
Dec. 6th, 1878.
irteher
ROBERT N. BAKER.
Fashionable Tailor,
"FORMERLY OP ALBANY, WHERE HE
has given his patrons perfect satisfaction,
has determined to locate in Corvallis, where he
hopes to be favored with a share of the public
patronage. All work warranted, when made
under his supervision. Repairing and cleaning
promptly attended to. .
Corvallis, Nov. 28, 1878. 15:48ft.
Grain Storage !
A Word to Farmers
TTAVrNG PURCHASED THE COMMODI
ous warehouse of Messrs. King and Bell,
and thoroughly overhauled the same", I am now
ready to receive grain for storage at the reduced
Bate of t eta. per Bushel
1 am also prepared to keep Extra, White
Wheat, separate from other lots, thereby enabling
me to SELL AT A PREMIUM. Also prepared
to pay the
Highest Market Price.
for wheat, and would most respectfully solicit a
share of public patronage. T. J. BLAIR.
Corvallis, Aug. 1, 1878. 15:32tf
ALLEN & WOODWARD,
Druggists
and
Apothecaries,
P. O. BUILDING. CORVALLIS, OREGON.
Have a complete stock of
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, Oil,
GLASS, If., ETC.
School I'ooks m tationeny, 3eo.
We buy for Cash, and have choice of the
FRESHEST and PUREST Drugs and Medicines
the market affords.
S" Prescriptions accurately prepared at half
the usual rates. 2Maylfi:l8tf
FRESH COODS
AT THE
BAZAR - FASHIONS
Mrs. K. A.. KNIGHT.
(OHVAI.MN, ... OBteoS.
Has just received from San Francisco, the larg
est and Best Stock of
Millinery ttooos,
Dress Trimmings, lie.,
Ever brought to Corvallis, which I will sell at
prices that defy competition.
Agency far Mate, it
mmu.
25aprl6:17tf
rears reliable
The Rosy Crown of Virtue.
Correspondence of the New York World.
Pabis, June 6. I do not know how
the little town of Nanterra, near Paris,
fared during the war, but it ought to
have well. There must always be more
than an average ten of the righteous in
it, and that we know was once accorded
more than enough to save a city." For
Nanterre has been from time immemorial
the typical town of all France for high,
in the sense of holy, living. Tear by
year it has Dever failed to furnish a
Bosiere for the prize of virtue, and as
this immaculate young person rarely
does more than win in the race by a
neck, the average of merit in this district
must be exceedingly high. This year
alone was Jhere a poor race, indeed it
was only a walk-over. M'lle Delphine
Collet, who won the crown of roses last
Sunday, was without a single competitor.
Scores of young girls who would have
taken the first prize in any other town,
recognized her transcendant f?ift of good
ness and kept out of the field.
France has almost the monopoly of
this idea of rewards for virtue, and Tfan
terre has the first reputation of all the
towns of France for the article in ques
tion. In fact it produces little else than
virtue and pork sausages, though careful
trade statisticians mention also its build
ing stone and a kindred material known
as- the Nanterre cakes. Once a year its
municipality meet in solemn convoca
tion, and proceed to consider the claims
of all the candidates for virtue's crown,
and for certain collateral rewards in the
shape of clothing, a sum of 500 francs to
form a marriage portion, trinkets and
other gifts. It is worth 1000 francs, all
told, say those who ought to know. The
question is settled by vote, and on the
Sunday of Pentecost the winner is con
ducted to the Mairie to receive the
trinkets, to the Church to receive a
blessing, and finally to her own home,
to continue that private practice of vir
tue which has been her title to public
distinction. Her innocent town's-folk
and some of the most cynically corrupt
men of the capital attend tlie ceremony.
The local fanfare is blown in her honor,
the gallant "sapper pumpers" (other
wise the firemen of Nanterre) , precede
her with blast of bugle and beat of
drum, and the whple region makes holi
day at fair and ball. Nanterre revels in
the consciousness of her own perfections,
and who shall deny her right? It would
be hard enough to be so good anywhere,
but to be good within a two hours walk
of Paris is virtue, indeedf
The Rosiere, it ought to be stated, is
chosen on no narrow and conventional
estimate of the qualification. Virtue in
the eyes of rench prize-givers very
properly means goodness all round.
Thus it was even taken into account that
Delphine was an orphan, and, though she
was not exactly rewarded for this, it
was considered to augment Hie splendor
of her triumphs. Her positive qualities
were industry and thrift, devotion to a
young brother, and to an aged uncle and
aunt, sweetness of temper in fact, all
the attributes of the angel of the house.
Report of her was sent up from the
laundry where she works by public fame
to constituted authority. Constituted
authority deliberated on the matter with
what result we have seen.
It rained on Sunday most persistently
all the morning. Delphine was to have
been fetched from her home at 2 o clock,
but her escort thought it prudent to
defer her triumph for half an hour. Im
patient calleis could get no news of her
beyond that she was for the present "at
the coiffeur' over the way." Presently
she tripped lightly back, not to be seen
again till she appeared in all the glory
of her white frock. Meanwhile M. le
Maire and the other local dignitaries had
begun to assemble at the Mairie. There
was the Deputy of the Department; there
were the seven Mayors of the canton,
with a Secretary-General of the Prefec
ture of the Seine. Some had hopes of
seeing even the great Prefect himself,
but he was not visible to the naked eye.
.Presently a great crash of brass music
and roll of drums announced the arrival
of the procession. Delphine had picked
her way through the muddy streets and
was at the Mairie door. She came in a
cloud ef white, preceded by another
cloud of larger volume, which incased
last year's Bosiere. Last year she had
the advantage in beauty as well as in
bulk. She looked dignified, but rather
sad ; it was the end of her mayoralty of
virtue. The latest incumbent of the
office was a thick-set, plain-faced peas
ant with the red hands with which
she had toiled her way to emi
nence ready to burst through her
white gloves. She was quietly reeueiUie
in manner, perfectly steady and self
possessed, but all the time you felt that
if any one said a word to her she might
begin to cry. Nobody said a word to
her therefore, only a good deal was said
at her. A notable took up the parable
and invited her marraines. godmother
selected for the occasion to deck her
with her trinkets, brooch, ear-rings and
such like. There was, of course, a cry
for "pins" at this semi-official toilet, and
none were forthcoming. The Notable
made a joke about the want of them,
at which, although the whole point
was in the subject and not at all
in the way of treating it, we all laugh
ed. It was the day of smooth sayings
peace on earth, good will toward women.
Then the Notable called out the order of
procession. One dignitary was to take
the marraine, another the retiring Bo
siere, and the Kosiere of the day was to
give her arm to "a distinguished visitor
from London Mr. Fleeming Jenkin, of
the Royal Society." The Frenchman
applauded, but they did not like it; and
one of them cut in before the tardy
Fleeming offered his arm and bore off
the prize, leaving the distinguished vis
itor from London to make a bad second
on the other side. In order or no order,
the procession went from the Mairie
through the narrow, old-fashioned streets
to the church, escorted as Deiore Dy tne
firemen with trumpet and drum, lhe
Rosiere of last year, with the marraine,
filed off to a covered seat in the nave;
the new one advanced to the altar, with
four small children in white, who bore
her crown. The crown was sprinkled
with holy water; the Kosiere knelt in
prayer; the service went forward with
great pomp by the help of a powerful
rural choir, reinforced by stars from the
capital. The church was crowded, and
with a motlev congregation here M. D
Lesseps (who has promised to give the
Rosiere the first share in the Darien
Canal Company) , there "Mark Twain."
Among the Frenchman hardly a soul
seemed to pay the slightest attention to
the service; and when the rather croak
ing voice of the old priest took up the
chant after the choir, there was a titter
at the very altar rails. The old man
preached a short sermon, in which he
was evidently airing his period for the
edification of the Paris crowd talked of
the Rosiere's "consulate of virtue," and
sketched her history in narrative from
the cradle, and prophecy to the grave.
Then Delphine, leaving the altar for the
seat of honor in the nave by the side of
her marraine, was solemnly crowned by
that matron with a wreath of white roses;
and with a triumphant outburst of song
the ceremony came to an end. The pro
cession was formed once more, and the
Rosiere was reconducted to her humble
lodgings by the gallant "sapper-pumper"
band. The crowd then dispersed
some to see the conjuror swallow the
sword at the fair, some to taste the water
of the well of St. Genevieve, which is
understood to cure all blindness, except
that of the belief in its miraculous powers.
Fun at Cabinet Meetings.
On Tuesdays and Fridays, says the
Washington Sun, there are Cabinet meet
ings. The members of the Cabinet drop
in one by one, but they are all on hand
by 12 o'clock. Each member brings his
portfolio. The President sits at the head
of the table, and Secretary Shurz at the
foot ; on the right, next to the President,
is the Secretary of State, next to him the
Secretary of War, and beyond him the
Postmaster-General. On the left, next to
the President, sits the Secretary of the
Treasury, and next to him the Secretary
of the Navy, and next to the Secretary of
the Interior on that side the Attorney
General. After the Cabinet meets it is
fen or fifteen minutes before the members
get to work. That ten minutes is taken
up in greetings and off-hand talk, in
which the spirit of fun and humor crops
out a good deal. The Cabinet are all
men with a sunny, fun-loving side when
out of official harness. Judge Key is
perhaps the jolliest, though the Attorney
General pushes him hard for that dis
tinction. Secretary Thompson is a pro
verbial lover of a pleasant joke, while
Secretary Shurz is hardly equalled in
telling one. Secretary McCrary is a good
story teller. Secretary Sherman does not
indulge in humor often, but when he
does, it is, on account of its unexpected
character, the more enjoyable. Secretary
Evarts is one of those of the quietly
humorous sort. His lund ot dry .tumor I
anu wit is inexnaustiDie, ana tuougn not
uproarious is keenly enjoyable.
The President has probably the hearti
est Cabinet that any President ever
assembled around him. The old bores
who keep at them day by day are unmer
cifully dealt with by the heads of the de
partments when they assemble. The
Attorney-General seems to take a par
ticular delight in joking Secretary
Thompson. At a recent Cabinet meeting
the Naval Secretary took with him a list
of midshipmen who had passed their
examinations. The Secretary called .at
tention to them, and said he would like
to have their nominations for promotion
to ensigns sent to the Senate as soon as
possible, "as they were worthy young
men who have thoroughly earned their
spurs.'' "Mr. Thompson," interrupted
Mr. Devens, "how long since have they
been wearing spurs in the navy?" At a
latter meeting the Attorney-General an
nounced that there was a story afloat of
a character so derogatory to the inland
marine Secretary that it ought to be met.
"Let's have it ! " "It was when he was
first made Secretary of the Navy," pro
ceeded Judge Devens willingly. "A
committee from the Navy Yard invited
him down on a visit of inspection. He
was taken through the different shops
and works, and finally on board a man-of-war,
which was lying at the wharf.
After being shown over the different parts
of the ship, the Captain stood by one
hatchway, and asked the Secretary to
look down. Thompson took a look of
some length, and then exclaimed : "My
goodness ! the durned old thing's hollow."
The Naval Secretary bore the bantering
with equanimity, and remarked that the
joke was a good one in its trime, but now
had an ancient and fish-like shell.
After this ten minutes of boy play be
fore school, the President calls the meet
ing to order. The regular business is
taken up, the Secretary of State leading
off with his budget. The discussion is
conducted in a conversational way, the
meetings generally Listing about two
hours.
A Beak's Fbeaks. A bear has an ap
petite very similar to that of a goat. On
board the United States man-of-war
Alaska there is a bear cub which was
obtained at Sitka by an ensign, and
which is the pet of the ship. It is a very
playful and sociable animal, climbs to
the maintop when so minded, and roves
in freedom throughout every part of the
ship. On its first appearance on board
it devoured all the soap and candles in
sight, and ate two officers' dress suits.
They were obliged to lock up the soap
in an iron safe to keep it out of reach of
the bear, and the ensign who owns the
animal is mortgaged for two years' pay
for damages to the officers' suits. One
of the freaks of the bear was to raid on
the barber's shop of the ship and eat all
the shaving-soap, shaving-cups and
brushes, hair-oil, combs and brushes.
By order of the captain a guard is kept
over the ship's guns night and day to
keep the bear from eating them, the ani
mal having made several attempts in
that direction. San Francisco Stock
Reporter.
elatfletwl
oIMct!!;
The Queen of the May favors a post
ponement of May -day until the Fourth
of July on account of the inclemency of
the weather.
Facts About Drinking.
STATISTICS OP AMOUNT OP BEVERAGE
DRUNK IN AMERICA AND OTHER
COUNTRIES.
Americans take high rank among the
peoples of the world as coffee drinkers.
Becent statistics place the amount of
coffee used per capita each year, in dif
ferent parte of Europe as follows: Bus
sia, one-fifth of a pound; Great Britain
and Italy, 1 pound; Austrian-Hungary,
iyt pounds, France, 3 3-5 pounds; Ger
many, 4 pounds; Denmark, 5 pounds;
Switzerland, 6 pounds; Holland, 7
pounds, and Belgium nearly 9 pounds.
The consumption of genuine coffee in the
United States during the year 1878 was
about 7 pounds for each man, woman
and child, or about five times as large an
amount of coffee as of tea. The con
sumption of bogus "coffee" also amount
ed to one or two pounds per capita. The
use of coffee throughout the world has
increased in large ratio during the past
forty years, and the present requirement
for all nations is estimated at 580,000,000
pounds per annum, against 490,000,000
pounds per annum from 1840 to 1850.
An increased use of coffee does not
necessarily mean a decreased consumr
tion of other beverages. As will be seen
by the statistics given above, the Ger
mans, who are particularly distinguished
as beer drinkers, are also prominen
fee drinkers; and the trench, w
somewhat noted winebibers, also
considerable coffee.
The champion beer drinkers of the
world are undoubtedly the people of
Bavaria, who drink 147 gallons of beer
per head, for which the pay $13 50. The
total outlay in Bavaria for this beverage
is more than $65,000,000 per annum. The
figures given for the two principal cities
of Bavaria Nuremburg and Munich
and for Ingolstadt are still larger per
capita. The former city has a popula
tion of about 90,000, and consumes an
nually about 212 gallons for each inhab
itant. This is an average expense to
each person of about $19; total, about
$1,700,000. The population of Munich
is about 175,000; the beer drank per per
son annually is about 248 gallons; this is
an average expense of about $22 50;
total, about $3,900,000. Ingolstadt, with
a population of only about 15,000, ex
pends annually for its favorite drink
about $175,000. This is an average to
each inhabitant of about 47 60, with
an average consumption of about ozs
gallons.
The average consumption of lager
beer in the United States is less than a
quarter of a barrel per capita per an
num, though the use of this beverage in
place of stronger liquids is constantly
increasing. The average consumption
of tea is about a pound and a half per
annum; of wine, but little more than a
quart, and of whisky, gin and rum,
nearly two gallons. A vast amount of
oapital and labor finds employment in
supplying the human family with its
various beverages, some of which cheer
and some inebriate.
Corvallis Gazette.
RATES OP ADVERTISING.
I 1 W. 1 M. 8 M. 6 M. 1 yT.
1 Inch 00 300 5 00 8 00 1 12 00
2" I 2 00 1 5 00 7 00 2 00 1800
8 " I 800 6 00 I 10 00 )6 00 22 0
4" 400700I30018 0Q2000
KCo. I 6 00 1 9 00 IS 00 I 20 00 I 85 00
H " I 7 fO 12 00 , 8 IQ 35 00 48 00
K " I 10 UP I 16 OJ 25 OQ I 40 00 I 80 00
1 " I 15 00 I 20 00 j 40 00 60 00 ifQ p
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Yearly advertisements on liberal terms.
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publication should be handed in by noon on
Wednesday.
Touch Not the Wine.
The Decline or Faint ins. -
Fainting is so common with some per
sons, particularly women, and the cause
of it is so little understood by non-professional
people that some knowledge on
the subject often proves valuable. Faint
ness consists in a temporary failure of
the activity of the heart, the blood not
being properly circulated in conse
quence. Although it does not reach the
head, the sufferer loses all clearness of
vision, and, if not prevented, may fall,
the fall not infrequently restoring the
normal condition. There is no convul
sion, and though he more probably she
can hardly be called conscious, he is
not so profoundly unconscious as to be
incapable of arousal, as happens in epi
lepsy. There are all degrees of faint
ness, from merely feeling faint and look
ing somewhat pale to positive and com
plete swooning. In some cases one faint
is no sooner cured than another and an
other succeed, hour after hour, even day
after day.
It is scarcely necessary to say that such
cases are serious and need prompt treat
ment. The causes are various. Some
persons are so easily affected that they
swoon if they cut their finger or see any
one bleed. Their defect is over-sensitive
nerves and weak musclar fibre. The
heart is essentially a muscle, which is
feeble in some, strong in others feeble
generally in women and strong in men.
Whatever weakens the heart and muscles
commonly produces faintness, close, foul
air being an active cause. Whatever
greatly affects the nerves, such as bad
news or the sight of the disagreable or
horrible, may induce a swoon; and loss of
blood is another and a serious incite
ment. Sound health, naturally accom
panied by firm nerves and muscles, is
the preventive of faintness. The majori
ty of vigorous men go through all kinds
of severe and painful experience without
fainting, while delicate men and many
women swoon at trifles. American
women, who used to faint continnally
in crowds, at scenes of distress now
faint comparatively seldom ; and the fact
is ascribed to their relinquishment, for
the most part, of the habit of lacing, to
their increased exercise in the open air,
and their better physical condition. Not
one American woman faints to-day where,
thirty years ago, twenty-five women
fainted, and the diminution of the disor
der, always the result of direct causes, is
an unmistakable evidence, which other
things corroborate, of the marked amel
ioration of the health of the highly or
ganized, extremely sensitive, but flexible
and enduring women of our complex
race.
Among the objections urged against
the Pennsylvania Democratic platform
by the Chicago Tribune is on stating
that it isn't true. The Chicago paper
certainly is not innocent enough to sup
pose that a search for truth in any party
platform would be particularly success
ful. Iron rails are $5 a ton higher now than
last vear at this time steel rails $3 and
I pig iron $1 to $3.
MB. PEKEB'S SEASON FOB EXPECTING AN
INCREASED DEATH-BATE IN CEBTAIN
QUARTERS.
Some deaths among the Tenth avenue
gang may be confidently expected within
the current week. The following adver
tisement, published yesterday in a morn
ing newspaper, may aid the Coroner who,
holds the inquests in determining the
cause of death:
tfj-l t RE WARD FOR RETURN OF WINE
'H'-1-" taken from 484 8th av. JLiquor dealers
take warning, as four bottles are poison.
The proprietor of the bar-room at 484
Eighth avenue is A. F. Peker, who is fat,
phlegmatic, and upward of forty.
" Yah," he said, last evening, " dot ish
mein advertisement, and I pay for it,
too," and he gazed proudly upon the
clipping that he held between his thumb
and forefinger.
" Was there really poison in some of
the bottles of wine that were stolen from
you ? " he was asked.
"Yah, yah," continued Mr. Peker, with
undisturbed phlegm. "I fix dot mein
self . Der fellers dot shtole dot wein will
get a big dose. We vill hear of some
dead beoples around here. I vould make
a leetle bet. I vill tell you vat it vas.
Der fellers have cleaned out mein place
,ve dimes. One dime they shtole all der
lquors una der cigars dot vos m der
vay und der next dime der billiard balls
under der bagatelle balls und mein new
poots. Dot shoemaker in der basement
don't keep no more shoes in his blace.
Der fellers wait, und ven he gets a big
shtock they valk off mit it. Der shoe
maker' keeps der shoes in another blace
and makes them in the basement. So dem
fellers come to mein blace again. Und
den I get very mad, und I fixes some bot
tles mit der poison 'Oxford Salts' dot
poison is, I guess und I put der
bottles mid der oder bottles. I put
some private mark on der bottles
mid der poison, und mein barkeeper und
meinself don't give dot to der customers.
Veil, der fellers come again Thursday
night. Mid a key der fellers unlocked
der door of mein basement, and shtole
der wine. Der fellers shtole four bottles
mit der poison, und ven der bottles is
drunk, vot dose some fellers vill get. I
half advertise dot wine so dot der liquor
dealers vill be careful so dot dey don't
buy der poison."
Then Mr. Peker resumed his chat with
his barkeeper and a customer as though
no vision of the possible death throes of
the thieves who stole his wine, or others
who may innocently buy it, disturbed
him. His barkeeper, however, showed
some uneasiness as to what might follow,
should death result from drinking from
the poisoned bottles, and he asked
whether any punishment could- be im
posed upon Mr. Peker for putting the
poison in the wine.
England Fifty Years Ago.
In those days there were no enriOpes
for letters, and postage was calculate 1 by
distance; twopence in the Metropolitan
District, tenpence to York, one shilling
and twopence to Edinburgh, two shil
lings to John o' Groat's House, and
something almost prohibitive to the con
tinent of Europe. "Franks" were in
great request, and members of both
Houses of Parliament were daily, if not
hourly, besieged by letter writers to
obtain the privilege of their names on
the corners of epistles, which would not
have been sent through the post at all
unless they could have been sent gratis.
When Sir Rowland Hill proposed his
scheme of a uniform rate of postage, he
was considered a daring revolutionist,
destined to ruin the country, even when
he fixed the rate temporarily at four
pence. When, after a quiet interval, to
accustom the panic stricken public to
the great change originally contem
plated, the rate was reduced to a penny,
elderly people held up their hands in
dismay and predicted the collapse, not
only of the postoffice, but of the Empire
of Great Britain. When I was a youth,
women wore patterns. Are such articles
ever seen in our day ? At that time it
was considered vulgar for a gentleman to
wear a cotton shirt or a silk hat. The
shirt of fine linen and the hat of bea
ver were de rigueur. Watches had
double cases, between the outer and in
ner of which it was the custom to insert
what were called watch-papers, on which
were printed or written texts from Scrip
ture, moral maxims, passages from the
poets, or tender love effusions purport
ing to be original. Still more recently,
and when in my prime, I remember that
it was considered contra bonos mores
and all the proprieties for a lady to ride
in a hansom cab, or for a gentleman to
smoke in a lady's presence; and,
worse still, if possible, for a lady to be
seen in the street with a gentleman who
had pipe or a cigar in his mouth. I re
member and it is scarcely a memory of
older date than thirty years when a
gentleman in full dress was not com
pelled by fashion to attire himself like
a clergyman or tavern waiter; when the
fashionable evening dress was a blue
coat and gilt buttons and a colored or
embroidered vest, and when bright col
ors in the waistcoat were not considered
the exclusive right of the footman or the
costermonger. I remember, too, when
ladies were not ashamed to be economi
cal in their attire, and did not allow
their silks or satins to trail on the
ground, but wore their "gowns," as they
were called, of a length that just touched
their ankle, and allowed the dainty feet
and a portion of the ankle to be seen.
This fashion pleased the gentlemen and
did no harm to the ladies, conduced
greatly to comfort in walking, besides
saving a considerable sum in the dress
maker's account. .
Hie man who shot at the Czar is to
have a trial, and he had better take a
change of venue to Chicago and get a
packed jury.
All agricultural interests in Louisiana
are in a healthy condition, and it is said
the farmers were never more prosperous.