The Corvallis gazette., August 29, 1879, Page 4, Image 4

WEEKLY CORVALLIS GAZETTE
CORVALLIS,
AUGUST 20, 1879
Hattie'8 Vacation.
BY EVELYN.
you would not
You have never
the distance is
Only a minor teacher in a village
school, -with a salary of fifty dollars per
month. I was an orphan, and lived with
my aunt, my mother's sister, to whom I
owed a debt of gratitude. We lived
alone, in a modest, unpretending way,
in a neat little cottage, situated on the
outskirts of the village, ten minutes'
walk from my school.
I had no sister nor brother, therefore
was devotedly attached to my now absent
cousin, Gertie, whom my mother reared
from infancy. We naturally looked on
each other as sisters and the dearest of
companions. But she left the village,
prepared to travel and seek a position as
governess, while I remained with my
aunt near the lonely old home that was
now deserted. It was nearly three years
since we parted, Gertie and L I had
heard frequently from her. In her last
letter she told me she was engaged to be
married, but declined to give me the
particulars, saying she hoped soon to
have good news to tell me.
"Oh, how I waited and longed for let
ters from Gertie! I thought often, as the
weeks went by, that she must have en
tirely forgotten me. It was probable
that she was married, and had found a
new and nobler love than mine.
I was absorbed in these reflections,
when the postman thrust "in the open
window of the school-house a letter
which he held in his hand. In a moment
the envelope flew open.
"Oh, it is from Gertie! Dear Gertie,
how could I think you heartless?"
The letter read as follows:
"Dear Hat-tie: It seems a very long
time since last I wrote, but I have
abundant good news to tell you. I have
now a beautiful home with the best and
noblest of husbands. The one wish to
be gratified is your presence here. I
speak of you almost unceasingly to my
husband, who knows how much we love
each other. Now that your holidays are
come, won't you spend them with George
and me? The beautiful surroundings, I
know, will please you, and perhaps you
will be persuaded to live with me and
share my home ; it would be but
a small return of the debt I
owe you. Do not hesitate; come as
soon as you are free. Write to us, and
appoint the time of your arrival.
George will meet you at the station, as
we live a short distance in the country.
Do not fail, dear Hattie. Love to auntie
and yourself. Still your affectionate
cousin, " Gebtte Dent."
Never did letter bring so much plea
sure to a dreary spirit as Gertie's brought
to me. I shut the schoolhouse for the
summer vacation with a feeling of relief
and pleasure, determined to accept her
invitation as early as possible. I hur
ried home, as I was unusually late, to
meet my aunt looking for my return.
" What in the world has happened,
child ? You are excited ; is anything
wrong?"
"Nothing, auntie. I have received a
letter from Gertie, who is married, and
sends me a pressing invitation to spend
my holidays with her.
"But, child, surely
think of such a thing ?
been away from home
long for a young girl.
" Auntie, I have determined to go, so
don't try to persuade me differently.
Just read Gertie's letter, and I know you
will approve."
" Well, I suppose I shall have to give
you your own way," wiping her glasses
prior to adjusting them on her nose.
Kissing her gratefully, I ran up stairs
to pen a few lines to my cousin, fixing
the time of my visit. The next task was
not so easy. My wardrobe was not very
extensive, and to adapt it for the advent
at hand required tact and ingenuity.
However, with my aunt's admirable
judgment, combined with my own taste,
in less than a week I was perfectly satis
fied with my outfit.
The day of my departure came at last,
intolerably warm, but bright and sunny,
as July days usually are. 1 bade my
aunt an aflectionate adieu, wiping away
a tear as I looked back, only to see her
gazing at me through the window. 1
half regretted the step I was about to
take, as the distance lengthened and I
could see her dear old face no more, and
I thought how lonely she would be in
my absence. But I unconsciously
drifted from home thoughts as I passed
my way through the crowd of passen
gers all ready to board the train.
During the entire journey my thoughts
were busy with my intended visit. I had
pictured to myself Gertie's husband
waiting to receive me; but how should I
recognize him ?
At last my destination was reached,
and my heart gave a throb as I stepped
from the train to the platform, anxiously
scanning every face, hoping to hnd a
friend. Suddenly my attention was at
tracted by a gentleman seated in a car
riage behind a magnificent span of grays.
I perceived at a glance that I was the
subject of his earnest gaze
"Gertie's husband," I thought. "How
noble looking, and how worthy of Ger
tie! "
" I hope I have the honor of address
ing Miss Hattie Lawrence," he said, ap
proaching.
" I am she," I ventured timidly, vainly
endeavoring to suppress a characteristic
diffidence.
Evidently perceiving my embarrass
ment, -ike cordially extended his hand.
" I am happy to meet you, Miss Law
rence ; you must be very tired after so
long a ride. Ji you are ready I will
help you to the carriage. Gertie is
awaiting your arrival anxiously. Her
husband was called from home this morn
ing, on business; consequently the pleas
ant duty of meeting you fell on his
brother, Phil."
I must have showed evidence of mis
trusting his introductory statement, for
he added, his blue eyes beaming with
humor,
" I hope you can trust yourself to me."
I said yes, and he helped me to the
carriage. In a short time we had left
the depot and the village far behind.
The gentle animals leisurely trotted along
as we gained a gradual ascent in the
road, which gave us an unobstructed
view of one of the most beautiful land
scapes I had ever seen. To the north
stood a range of massive cliffs, out of
whose highest peak came the ceaseless
roar of a mighty cataract, its silver
spray being just then embellished by
all the beauteous hues cf the rainbow
caused by the last lingering rays
of the setting sun. Beneath, lay
the smiling valley, luxuriantly garbed
with the richest treasures of the season.
Beyond, stood a grove, and wrapped in
fa tirkarhm rmjl Via sppti SPVPral white
cottages, an occasional gleam of sun
shine transtorming tue windows iutu
burnished gold.
- . . . i 1 1 i i :
1 ventured to orean me siieuue, ueiug
hardlv capable of controlling the im
pulse.
"This is one of the most charming
spots I have ever seen."
Mr. Dent smiled.
"T nerceive. Miss Lawrence, that von
are an admirer of nature."
"I am, indeed, I replied.
"I am erlad vou have come. Miss Hat-
io " Vio rm.irmArl "wo ftrfi SO lonelv at
the grove! I hope your visit will be a
pleasant one.
I thanked him with as much composure
as I could muster, and we relapsed into
silence.
At last my journey was ended; for
Gertie's familiar face peeped at me
from the portals of a pretty villa, and a
minute later we embraced each other.
"Hattie, you must be very tired.
hw is rArlv Tint first I have
something to show you which I know
JVU. Will IUfD
She led the way to an adjoining room,
where a sweet baby lay asleep in its
crib.
"Oh, Gertie, why did you not men
tion this darling's existence to me be
fore?" "Because I wanted to surprise you."
I kissed the sweet child carefully, lest
I should interrupt its peaceful slumbers,
and then followed Gertie to the dining
room, where I met George, Gertie's
husband, whose hearty welcome and
generous hospitality made me feel quite
at home.
It is needless to describe how pleasant
ly my vacation passed. It seemed to me
like coming into new life, as it really
was, for when I returned to my aunt I
was the promised bride of Phillip Dent.
Gertie and I live near each other, We
often talk of old times. My dear aunt
has gone to her last resing place, where
she has met her well-earned reward.
Journalism in India.
These native journals are very singular
affairs. They are purely a product of the
import of Western civilization upon the
Eastern mind, the first one ever issued in
the country bearing the date of 1818
Their circulation, as a rule, is very small,
sometimes merely nominal, although oc
casionally, when the price is very low
a cent a copy or less the number pub
lished may run up towards a thousand.
Of the 36 vernacular newspapers pub
lished in the northwest provinces in 1872,
the average circulation was only 162, and
even of these the government took a
large proportion, chiefly for the use of its
school teachers and to encourage the fee
ble efforts of Indian journalism in its in
fancy. The Allahabad Institute Gazette had
the largest number of subscribers (no less
than 381), but of these only 191 were na
tive ; 100 copies were taken by the gov
ernment, 38 by Europeans and 52 were
exchanged. One paper, the Baddh Prak
aah, issued 105 copies, of which 100 went
to the government and 5 to natives; the
Jagal JSamachar issued 87, of which 80
were taken by the government, 5 were
exchanged, 1 was taken by an European
and 1 by a native. This is truly the day
of small things. But these that we have
mentioned are rather extreme cases.
Three of the native journals in these same
northwest provinces had each from 200
to 250 native subscribers ; and in Bengal
and Bombay, where public opinion is
more advanced and education more dif
fused, the figures are much better. The
Amriia Bazar Patrika, published weekly at
Calcutta a very fierce and spirited little
sheet, bitterly antagonistic to the English
rule, never weary of pointing out its de
fects, and hence correspondingly dear to
the native heart is said to have the
largest circulation among the native
press, its subscribers numbering upwards
of 1400. Not all the native papers have
this tone of dissatisfaction with their
rulers, but it is strongly characteristic of
them, lbe character of the English
papers in this country is less peculiar.
The chief traits about them which strike
one fresh from contact with the vigor and
power of American journalism are their
mediocrity, lack of enterprise, and general
dullness. It is easy to explain why they
are, as a rule, thus flat and uninteresting.
Their scope is very limited in every way.
There is a great dearth of live topics.
Though India has nearly three hundred
million of inhabitants, it is only a very
small fraction of these that can be taken
into account by the journalist, either as
furnishing him with themes to write
about, or people to read what he has
written. The earthly history of nearly
all these millions can be summed up in a
brief sentence: they are born, they work
hard to keep soul and body together for a
brief period, and then they die. Then
again, matters which in a free country
are settled by the public, and hence need
to be publicly discussed, are here settled
quietly by a handful of officials without
any public discussion at all. The Indian
government is a bureaucratic despotism,
tempered by the influence of public opin
ion in England, but caring next to noth
ing for public opinion in India. This is
discouraging to a journalist of first-class
ability who wishes to accomplish some
thing in his generation, and tends to
make the number of such who come to or
remain in India very small. Further
more, the English-reading public of India
is by no means large ; hence a really
good journal, to pay at all with so limited
a subscription list, has to be high-priced.
To illustrate this, it may be mentioned
that the Pioneer, the leading daily paper
of India, published at Allahabajd, and
sending out about 3000 copies a day,
charges $24 a year in advance, and $33 in
arrears. The Friend of India, a secular
weekly, published at Calcutta, charges $11
a year, and one of the religious weeklies
in the same city costs $9 per annum. No
other paper in the country has anything
like the circulation of the Pioneer. There
or four of the chief dailies in the rjresi
dency towns have between 1500 and 2000
subscribers, but the rest have to be satis
fied with considerably less than a thou
sand, and some have small pickings in
deed. As a rule, the support is very pre
carious, and the papers short-lived. They
spring suddenly into existence, and strug
gle for a while prosperously or otherwise.
according to the ability or the money of
tne one man on whose shoulders they
usually rest. When he gets tired of his
burden or his whim, or for any cause de
parts, the papers disappear as quickly as
they rose.
A young elephant was recently brought
into the Court of Exchequer, in London.
He was accused of frightening a horse,
and thereby damaging a young ladv con
tained in the carriage attached thereto,
but his mild and playful behavior in
Court, where he amused himself by pick
ing hats off the table, convinced every
body that he did not mean to do it, and
the case was compromised.
The Duke of Sutherland, who is a
thorough practical engineer, drove the
locomotive attached to the train which
conveyed the Prince and Princess of
Wales around the royal agricultural
show.
A Chamber of Death.
Oroville Mercury, August 1.
Word was brought to this city a week
ago this morning that the water had all
been pumped out of the Banner mine,
and the skeletons of the men buried by
the cave of twenty years ago recovered.
L. H. Ayers, foreman of the mine, of
fered to transport us to the lower
regions. We shed our good clothes, put
on gum boots and coat, an old hat, and
clambered into the big iron bucket.
Down, down, down we went! Two hun
dred feet isn't but a short distance on
the earth's surface, but it seems a terri
ble long way when descending a mining
shaft. The bottom was reached in safe
ty, and we scrambled out into a pool of
water and mud about two feet deep.
Candles were lighted, and following the
tunnel a distance of hiteen yards, we
came to a ladder leading up to the old
level broken into by the blasts set off a
week or ten days previous. The top of
this ladder rested in a fissure hardly
wide enough for a man to squeeze
through, beyond which was one of the
prospecting cross-cuts run by the min
ers twenty years ago. Ten feet further
on a drift was run off from the cross-cut
a distance of about twenty feet which we
have seen fit to style, "The Chamber of
Death." On a pile of dirt thrown back
from the face of the drift lay two skele
tons. From appearance, the animated
forms once surrounding and occupying
these ghastly evidences of man's mortal
ity had laid down side by side in obedi
ence to the mandatory summons of the
monarch Death. Here lay the empty
skull of one by his side, while that of
the other had rolled down the dirt pile
and found a resting place at its owner's
feet. Four boots, from each of whom
projected a leg-bone, were partially im
bedded in the mud at our feet. Picks,
drills, and shovels were all neatly piled
up together, just as though the brave
men, realizing that escape was impossi
ble, had put their house in order prior
to closing up their earthly accounts.
There was the piece of candle that flick
ered out in all probability, even as the
spark of life departed them slowly,
peacefully, yet surely. The walls were
coated with slime, the air was tainted
with odors impure, our candles shed fee
ble rays upon a ledge of quartz over
head, nothing marred the deathly si
lence save the monotonous drip, drip of
a little spring as it oozed out of the roof
and splashed in a puddle on the floor
verily, if ever there was a place deserv
ing such a title, this is "The Chamber of
Death." Taking a pick, the piece of can
dle and a small lump of the plumbago
strata in which the unfortunate men
were working at the time of the disaster,
as relics, we wended our way back to the
shaft and took passage for the surface.
Under the heading of "Two Men Bur
ied Alive," the Butte Democrat of Sat
urday morning, December 3, 1859, said:
"At 9 o'clock on the morning of the
26th ult., a portion of the tunnel in the
quartz claim of Messrs. Smith & Sparks,
at Table Mountain, caved in, entombing
alive, probably, within the tunnel, two
of the workmen, David Shine and F. G.
Mathews
"On the claim there is a shaft 165 feet
in depth, at the bottom of which was the
engine which raised the dirt and rocks,
and drained another tunnel 100 feet be
low the engine. The unfortunate men
were at work in the lower tunnel, when
the earth immediately under the engine
caved in, filling the outlet of the tunnel,
rendering the engine useless, and all
efforts to rescue them unavailing. It is
supposed that the tunnel must have filled
with water within twenty-four Hours after
the accident.
"One cannot readily imagine a more
horrible death than to be shut up, hope
less of escape, in the very bowels of the
earth, 265 feet beneath the surface, in
utter darkness, with the water gradually
rising, and a lingering death about to
ensue, and ensuing.
"We understand that it was against
the wishes of the proprietors of the claim
that the two men entered the tunnel on
the morning of the catastrophe, as the
heavy rains had so saturated the ground
fears were entertained of such an event
as happened. Bnt one of the men was
extremely anxious to give one more
blast, confidently expressing the belief
that he would thereby reach a lost vein
of quartz."
In our opinion the writer erred as to
the cause of death. We think the men
died from suffocation. The mine had
been settling for several days, and guages
had been placed in position in various
portions of the works so that the work
men could keep themselves informed re
garding their safety. Shine and Mathews
were running a prospecting drift on con
tract; they were to draw half their pay
while the work was in progress, and the
remainder when the lost ledge was
struck. Both men were confident that
they would finish the job that day, and
announced when going to work in the
morning that it was their last day in the
mine. About half-past 8 one of the car
men discovered on looking at one of the
guages that the roof of the tunnel was
settling very rapidly. The alarm was
promptly given. Everybody hastened
to escape, except Shine and partner.
Dan Hopkins, who died a short time
since at Cherokee, was the last man to
leave the mine. He stopped at the mouth
of the chamber where the victims were
working and told them to come out
that the mine was caving in. Shine was
drilling a hole and replied that they
would be out just as soon as they got
the blast ready to fare. Hopkins had not
yet reached the surface when the tunnel
was closed by the cave. From the fact
that the tools were all together on top of
the dirt thrown back by the men as they
worked, and that the skeletons laid right
beside them, our hypothesis is that the
two men were overcome by the foul air,
after having returned from a trip in the
tunnel for their tcols with which to dig
out.
Many an old-line Whig will remember
that famous silver vase, two-and-a-half
feet high, which was presented to Henry
Clay when he was running for President
in 1844. It has just been offered for sale
in Boston by the Commoner's grandson.
Stories of the Stage.
Frequently since his first night before
a London audience, Mr. Gilbert has had
such violent attacks of stage fright that
he has for several moments been unable
to speak his lines. To this day he never
goes on the stage in a new character or
on an opening night without fear and
trembling. Nearly every other promi
nent actor in this and other countries
has had the same experience. Devrient,
the eminent German tragedian, was par
ticularly subject to stage fright; the
great Macready was irritable and ner
vous as an old maid when on the stage,
and could not be talked to or even
looked at on the first night; while our
own Lawrence Barrett, when behind the
scenes, is so much occupied with the
work he has in hand that he can hardly
I be brought to recognize his best friends.
The unfortunate being who chanced to
cut Edwin Forrest out of a scene, as the
theatrical phrase has it, would, during
the remainder of the great man's engage
ment, find his life a burden. Mr. Gil
bert is not alone in believing that For
rest was not only a truly wonderful ac
tor, but a bully and a coward. It is a
matter of record that on one occasion, in
the Tremont Theatre, he tormented a lit
tle fellow one-third his size almost to
madness, but when the young man at
last turned upon him with a Roman
sword from the "property room," swear
ing to take his life, he fled to his dress
ing room in the wildest alarm, and did
not come out again until the danger, if
there was any, was passed.
The elder Booth, as Mr. Gilbert re
membered him, was one of the most gen
tle and good-tempered of men. Unlike
many great actors, he always had a kind
word for the most insignificant members
of the companies with which he played,
and he was ever ready to excuse their
blunders. An incident will illustrate
the latter trait in his character. He was
playing Sir Edward Mortimer in the
"Iron Chest" one of his greatest parts
to an immense audience, and was just
on the point of making the most effective
speech which he had in the play, when,
by a mistake of one of the minor charac
ters, he was obliged to make sense of
the scene to slur it over and go on
withot delivering the speech in question.
When the curtain fell the young man
who had made the mistake stood in fear
and trembling, fully expecting that the
lightest punishment which would come
to him would be an instantaneous dis
missal from the theater. He was mis
taken. Mr. Booth, in passing him, said
simply, "You were not very clear in that
scene. Try to do better another time."
That was the end of the matter.
While Mr. Gilbert was stage manager
of the Tremont Theater one of the stock
company, a sensitive young man, during
a rehearsal became so frightened and con
fused by Forrest's bullying directions
and abuse that he forgot his lines.
When the rehearsal was over Forrest
went to Mr. Gilbert and complained bit
terly of the young man ; asked why in
the name of hades he could not have
better support.
"Mr. Smith knows his part well and
can play it well," replied Gilbert coolly.
"Knows his part, sir; knows his part!
D n it, sir, he can't remember a line
of it," thundered Forrest.
"You frightened it out of his head."
"I frighten him! How, sir, how?"
"By abusing and badgering him," an
swered Gilberthis blood getting some
what warmer. "If you had not inter
ferred with him there would have been
no trouble. Let him alone and he will
play the part to-night as well as it can
be played." This proved to be the case,
and from that time forward Mr. Forrest
had no more complaints to make to
Stage Manager Gilbert.
Our country exchanges are revelling
in a perfect riot of delight in columns of
delightful yarns about the regulation
"farmer who had a terrible conflict with
a snake that measured twenty-one feet
eleven and three-quarter inches."
A swarm of Russian locusts, covering
an area- of thirty-five squat e versts (a
verst is a measure of length of 3501 feet) ,
forced a company of soldiers, after the
Mayor had ordered firing on them for
half an hour, to retreat.
Here is something for the youngsters
when they again get at their geographies.
The highest land this side of the Rocky
Mountains is in Potter county, Colorado
Flooding the Sahara.
The plan of Donald Mackenzie for
opening the interior of the African con
tinent to European commerce by admit
ting the waters of the Atlantic through
an artificial channel into a vast depressed
area of the arid dessert, which for ages
has been the impassable barrier that has
isolated the dwellers of the rich and fer
tile country lying to the south from con
tact with civilization, has just received a
fresh impulse by its presentation in pop
ular form in the pages of Scribner's
Motrthly. The project of Mr. Mackenzie
is older than that of Roudaire for creat
ing an African Inland sea, though by no
means so well known as the latter; and
if the engineering features of the scheme
have been correctly stated and observed,
the Mackenzie project could be made to
accomplish vastly more important re
sults, at a cost not greater and probably
considerably less than that of Rou
daire. What is known as the Basin of El
Joof is a great depression, 200 feet below
the ocean level, in the western portion of
the Desert of Sahara, covering an area
of 60,000 square miles, and was at one
time an arm of the Atlantic ocean, the
channel of which was placed not far
from Cape Juby, opposite to the Canary
Islands. The mouth of this ancient
channel, which is still discernable, is 2V
miles wide, and is blocked by a sand-bar
about dUU yards across, and elevated ten
to thirty feet above sea level. Assum:
Domestic Economy.
Ah vp, see tVm creat advance that
been made in the hist fifty years in many
departments of labor, the better methods,
by which economy in time, in muscle,
and of course money money being only
the result of time and labor, are gained,
we ask has not the time arrived when we
should turn our attention to domestic
economy ? Are we not ready for better
and less wasteful methods ot conducting
our household ? It is not our purpose
here to look into the reasons, and ask
why this most necessary and useful de
partment of life and labor is the one last
to be taken up ior reform ? Many of the
causes are self-evident, so apparent that
it would seem to be unnecessary to
enumerate them.
Now, however, so many thinking men
and women are asking this question, that
the next step after agitation and intelli
gent discontent, must be experiment.
Already many excellent inventions for
better ways of doing home work have
been devised, but they are either not yet
heard of by those who need and would
be arlad to use them, or they are too ex
pensive to be attained by small, separate
households; or, as is often the case, they
would unnecessarily multiply kitchen
utensils where the small, inconvenient
kitchen is crowded already.
It is very clear that the only way to
any real improvement must be in some
form of combined labor; where, by the
combination of capital, numbers and in
telligence, several or many families can
procure the best machines and most
skilled laundry men or women and
cooks. One uneducated person can not
be supposed to be excellent in various
departments, and we rarely find one who
is excellent in any, but under a better
method inducements would be offered to
make it worth one's while to be an artist
in every branch; and instead of food
cooked by an inexperienced woman who
had hardly known how to cook anything
more than a potatoe; or a field hand
from a Southern plantation, who had not
been able to try her skill on much more
than corn cakes, for these we should be
able to employ persons who knew some
thing of the science of cooking and com
bining and preparing food suitable for
refined and highly organized men and
women.
Many experiments will doubtless be
tried before we find the perfect way, but
let the experiments be made, we are cer
tainly ready for them.
The generation of young people grow
ing up will adapt themselves very read
ily to new forms and methods. The bur
den of a large house and all of its cares
will be a thing of the past, as soon as it
is seen that we can have a home, and all
of its joys and comforts, without its
cares. This will be a stride in the direc
tion of making life a fine art, worthy of
thinking beings, instead of the worry it
is to most people.
Actresses in London. The Spanish
King, when Cervantes' great work was
vet a noveltv. saw a man stretched on a
bank of the Manzanares reading a book
and laughing over it. He declared him
self satisfied that the book was The Ad-
ventures of Don Quixote, and he proved
to be right. Any one who lately ob
served two or three people talking eager
ly across a London dinner-table might
have been warranted in assuming that
thay were talking of tae Comedie Fran
caise, and of Mile. Sarah Bernhardt
We have heard of a small social circle
in which it was made a formal condition
that no one was to say a word about the
French plays, or even mention the names
of its gifted actresses whose genius and
and whose real or imagined oddities were
the subject of talk everywhere else. The
exclusion was in itself a compliment.
Society would talk so much on the one
theme that in the breasts of certain per
sons an inevitable revolt sprang up, and
they absolutely set a bar on it. Kemble,
at Lausanne, grew jealous of hearing
people always talking oi Mont Hlanc
He thought they ought to have talked of
him. He would not allow those over
whom he had any authority to mention
the innocent monarch of mountains in
his presence. The very prohibition onlv
proved the interest that every one took in
Mont lilanc. 11 the mountain could
have appreciated the compliment -it
might have smiled complacently amid
one of its sunny rosy sunsets, as another
mountain is said to have done under the
influence of a different emotion. The
members of the Comedie Francais might
hear with a certain self-satisfaction that
in London people generally talk so much
of them as to make a few people here
and there impatient of hearing their very
names. jjonaon jyews.
JOB PRINTING.
THE
Gazette Job Printing House
IS NOW PREPARED TO DO
these" ftatemente6 and Ornamental Printing,
the region to be accurate, as Dr. Macken
zie after several explorations affirms un
equivocally, all that would be required
to convert the arid basin of El J oof into
a vast inland sea of 60,000 square miles
in area, would be to pierce this ancient
channel with a canal, 300 yards in length
and a little over thirty feet deep. A
small ditch only would be required for
this purpose, Mr. Mackenzie claims,
since, when communication was once
established, the water of the ocean
would pour into the depressed basin and
scour out the channel for itself. The
feasibility of this project on the score of
engineering difficulties, says the Engi
neering and Mining Journal, does not
appear ever to have been called into se
rious question, and of the two projects,
Mackenzie's and that of Roudaire, for
flooding the Algerian ehottes, the former
is not only vastly the greater in the pos
sible geographical and climatic changes
it would bring about, but in its commer
cial aspects also, since it would bring
Timbnctoo, the great negro metropolis,
within 2,000 miles of England, making
it, practically, a seaport, and the whole
of North Central Africa would be brought
within easy reach of the harbors of Eu
rope. Mr. Mackenzie has championed
this scheme zealously and indefatigably
for a number of years, and though he
has suffered many checks and disap
pointments, his faith in its ultimate suc
cess appears to be unshaken.
That newspaper wit who revived the
joke about the lady who laced tight in or
der to prevent wastefulness will hereafter
remain quiet when he has been informed
that recent explorations by Dr. Schlie
mann prove conclusively that for thou
sands of years before Noah laid the hull
of the ark the centennial of this joke was
celebrated in Egypt
neat and Cheap as it can be
Office on the Coast.
done by any
Bill Heads,
Letter HesMta
Bote henriw. -it
etneata,
t o-raunmes.
Ball Tickets.
laTiUUops
Circular,
HuMiur i arda.
visiting Cards,
Labels.
Uodsers.
Mil a! I Pesters.
Envelopes
Legal Blanks'
Sauk Metes,
bhipninir Receipts,
Order Boaki,
lUM,
Tae.
te.. Etc
"Onlers by
mates furnished.
mail promptly filled. Esti-
AUGUST KNIGHT,
CABINET MAKEH,
AND
UNDERTAKER,
Cor. Second and Monroe Sts.,
co nv a Lias,
OBLUOH.
Keeps constantly on hand all kinds of
FURNITURE.
HALL'S
SAFE & LOCK COMPANY,
CAPITAL ... 1,000,000.
General Offices end Manufactory
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
and
Work done to order on short notice,
at reasonable rates.
CoTvallis, Jan. 1. 1877. 14:ltf
Pacific Branch,
No. 210 Sansome St., S. F
Agency for Oregon and Washington Territory,
with HAWLEY, DODD & CO., Portland.
HALL'S PATENT CONCRETE
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'l 50,000 of these safes are now
in use, and hundreds hare been tested by some
of the most disastrous conflagrations in the
country, there is not a single instance oil record
wherein one of them ever failed to preserve its
contents perfectly.
HALL'S PATENT DOVETAILED
TENON AND GROOVB
BURGLAR-PROOF
Have never been broken open and robbed by
burglars or robbers.
Hall's burglar work is protected by letters
patent, and his work cannot be equaled lawfully.
His patent bolt is superior to any iu use.
His patent locks cannot be picked by the most
skillful experts or burglars.
By one of the greatest improvements known,
the Gross Automatic Movement, our locks are
operated without any arbor or spindle passing
through the door and into the lock.
Our locks cannot be opened or picked by bur
glars or experts, (as in case of other locks), and we
will put from $1,0' m 'o $10,000 behind them 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 BKM SAFE
Made in America, or any other country.
One TlrouHiiiitl Dollars
To any person who on prove that one of Hall's
patent burglar-proof safes has ever been
broken open and robbed by
burglars up to the
present time.
B. K. WILLIAMS,
Agent for Oregon and W. T.
Office with Hawlejr, L-odd at '..
28rebl6:9tf. Portland.
Bees Hamiin. Emmett F. Wkenn.
DRAYACE !
DRAY AGE!
Hamlin & Wrenn. Propr's.
HAVING
Hul..,r
JUST RETURNED FROM
with a new truck, and having
leased the barn formerly occupied by James .g-
hn, we are now prepa ert to do an Kinds oi
D RAYING AD HAULING,
either in the city or country, at the lowest living
rates. Can be found at the old truck stand. A
share of the public patronage respectfully solic
ited.
Corvallis. Dec. 27. 1878. 15:521:
X2. HARRIS,
One door South of Graham A. Hamilton's,
COBTALLU, ORES9S.
GROCERIES
PROVISIONS,
AND
Dry Goods.
.Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1878.
16:lvl
DRAKE & GRANT,
MERCHANT TAILORS,
CORTalXIH, -
OBJBOOB.
"WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE
and well selected stock of Cloth, viz :
West of Kntflanrt Broad
4. lot lis, ren oil asslmeres,
fcoloh Tweerie. and
A merlcau cultlnu,
Which wo will make up to order in the most
approved and lash onable styles. No pains will
be spared in producing good fitting garments.
Parties wishing to purchase cloths and have
them cut out, will do well to call and examine
our stock. DRAKE A GRANT.
Corvallis, April 1 7, 1878. 16:1 6tf
Boarding: and Lodging.
Philomath, Benton Co , Oregon.
GEORGE KISOR,
"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 bv the
SINGLE MEAL. DAY. OR WEEK.
Is also prepared to furnsh horse feed. Liberal
sharo of public patronage solicited. Give us a
call. GEORGE KISOR
Philomath, April 28, 1879. I0:18tf
Albebt Pygali.. I William Ibwin.
PYGALL & IRWIN,
City Trucks & Drays,
TTAVING PURCHASED THE DRAYS AND
A Trucks lately ownd by James Eglin, we
are prepared to do all kinds of
City I Iuu lnur. illverio of
Wood. lit.. Eic,
in the citv or country, at reasonable rates. Pat
ronage solicited, and satisfaction guaranteed in all
cases? A LBKRT PYGALL,
WILLIAM IRWIN.
Corvallis, Dec. 20, 1878. 15:5'tf
J C. MORELAND,
(city attorney.)
ATTORNEY -A.T LAW,
puutlano, - -
i
OFFICE Monastes' Brick, First street,
between Morrison and Yamhill. 14:38tf
THE STAR BAEEBY)
Main Street, Ccrvallla.
HENRY WARRIOR. PROPRIETOR.
Family Supply Store !
Groceries,
xtrena.
Cukes,
Plea,
Candien
Toys,
-aStO.,
Always on Hand.
Corvallis, Jan. 1,1877. 142tf
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RUPTURE
CURED!
From a Merchant.
Dayton, W. T. Feb. 10, 1879.
W. J. Home, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss Co., 720 Market street, San Francisco Dear
Sir: The Truss I purchased of you one year ago
ba j proved a miracle to me. I have been ruptur
ed forty years, and wore dozens of different kinds
of Trasses, all of which ruined my health, as
they were very injurious to my back and spine.
Your valuable Truss is as easy as an old shoe and
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me so much pleasure. I can and do advise all,
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wear your modern improved Elastic Truss imme
diately. I never expect to be cured, but arn sat
isfied and happy with the comfort it gives me to
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my life. You can refer any one to me, and I will
be happy to answer any letters on its nicriis. I
remain, yours, respectfully.
D. D. Bunnell.
Latest Medical Endorsements.
Martinkz, Cal.,Feb. 17, 1879.
W. J. Home, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss Co., 728 Market street, S. F. Dear Sir:
In regard to your Cal. Elastic Truss, I would say
that I have carefully studied its mechanism, ap
plied it in practice, and I do not hesitate to say
that for all purposes for which Trusses are worn
it is the b st Truss ever offered to the public.
Yours truly. J. H. Cabothkbs, M. D.
Endorsed by a Prominent Medical Inst!
tauo.
San. Fbancisco, March 6, 1879.
W. J. Home, Esq. Dear Sir . You ask my
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Yours tiuly, Bablow J. Smith, M. D.
Proprietor of the Hygienic Medical Institute,
635 California street, San Francisco.
A Remarkable Cure.
San Fbancisco, Oct. 26, 1879.
W. J. Home, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss, 720 Market street, San Francisco Dear
Sir : I am truly grateful to you for the wonder
ful CURE your valuable Truss has effected on my
little boy. The double Truss I purchased from
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ful rupture on both sides in a little over six
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CURED of Hernia, on both sides.
L. Dexter Lyfobd, M. D.
Surgeon and Physician.
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