Oorvallis Gazette.
Corvallis Gazette.
PUBLISHED
EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
BY
W. 33. CARTER,
Editor and Proprietor.
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CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
M. . WOODCOCK,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
oivims
UHEGUH.
OFFICE ON FIRST STREET, OPP. WOOD
COCK 4 BALDWIN'S Hardware store.
S;iecial aifcntiou given to Collections, Fon
cWure .'- Mortgages, Ileal Estate cases, Probata
b .ill U. manors.
Will bo - uy au l sell City property and Fam
r.a:l-, on lea-onable terms.
March l'M, is: a. l(J-12yl
J. K. WEBBER,
Main St., Corvallis, Oregon,
SEALER IN
Stoves, Ranges,
FORCE AND LIFT PUMPS.
HOUSE FURNISHING HARDWARE,
Constantly on band, the
NEW RICHMOND RANGE,
Best In Market. The
BONANZA COOK STOVE,
Something New. And the New
VECTA PARLOR STOVE.
Jan. 1, 1880. 17:1 tf
J. R. BRYSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
All business will receive prompt
attention.
COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY.
Corvallis, July 14, 187S). 16:2tf
J. W RAYBUR',
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OFFICE On Monroe street, between Second and
'ihinl.
Zir Special attention given to the Collection
of Noted and Accounts. 16-ltf
J MS A, YANTIS,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
UKVA 1,1 IS.
OBseoH.
ty ILL PRAC TICE IN ALL THE COURTS
of the stale. Special attention given to
matters in Probate. Collections will receive
fmifpt ami careful attention. Office in tbe Court
use. 16:llf.
DR F. A. V.NCENT,
1 E N TI S T .
CdUVALLIH - OREGON.
O1
kFFICB IN FISHER'S BRICK OVER
Max. Fricndlcy's New Store. All the latest
improvements. Everything new and complete.
All work warranted. Plea -e give me a call.
15:3tf
C. R. FARRA, M. D.
PH1CIAM AND MRU EOS,
fVFFiCELpJOVER GRAHAM Sc HAMILTON'S
v llriigHbne, Corvallis, Oregon. 14-26tf
W. C. CRAWFORO,
DEALER IN
WATCHES,
CLOCK?,
JEWELRY, SPECTACLES, SILVER WARE,
etc Aim,
Aluslcu.1 I H-trii in i-ii t &o
j?s-Rppairing done at the most reasonable
rates, and all work warranted.
Corvallis, Dec. 13, 1877. 14:50tf
tiiUHAH, HAMILTM & CO.,
VUHVAI.LIN ... UHRUON.
DEALERS IN
1 fllg-ss, 3rlilltS,
MEDICINES.
CHEMICALS DYE STim,
OILS,
CLASS
AND
PUTTY.
PURE WINES AND LiQUORS
FOR MEDICINAL USE.
And also tbe tbe very best assortment of
Lamps and Wall Paper
ever brought to this place.
AGENTS FOR THE
AVCRIU CHEMICAL PAINT,
SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER
mm- Ptiyatelaua descriptions are-
(mllli urapound!.
Em
TOE. XVII.
CORVALLIS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1880.
NO. 33.
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
Corvallia I otlure no 14. r. k A. 81.
Molds stated Communications on Wednesday on
or preceding each full moon. Brethren in good
standing cordially invited to attend. By order
W.M.
Btrnnm Lodge No. 7, I. . o. v.
Meets on Tuesday evening of each week, in
their hall, in Fisher's brick, second story. Mem
tiers of the order in good standing invited to at
tend. By order of N. G.
F. A. CnEXOWETII.
F. M. JOHNSON.
CHENOWETH & JOHNSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
OR KAI.LIN .... OKrUOR
September 4, 1879. 16:36tf
ALUM & WOOIWAR.).
Druggists
and
Apothecaries,
P. O. BUILDING. CORVALLIS, OREGON.
Have a complete stock of
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PA!r?, 01,
BLASf, LT;., LTU.
School l'ooks tat lonen y, &c.
We boy for Cash, and have cnoiee of the
FRESHEST and PUREST Drugs and Mo, lie ttca
the market affords.
Prescriptions accurately prepared at half
tbe usual rates. 2Mayl6:lStf
AUGUST KIMICHT,
Cabinet Maker,
UNDERTAKER.
Cor. Second and Monroe Sts.,
CORVALLIS, ORBOOH.
Keeps constantly on band all kinds of
FUBNITUBK
COFFINS AND CASKETS.
Work done to order on sli-Tt i.otice, and
at rciiMiiiiiljif r;ite
Orv;.li'i .1"' 1 177 U Uf
Woodcock & Baldwin
(Successors to J. R Bayley it .'.'
TT EEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE
old stand a large and complete KtK-k of
Heavy and Mu ll Baidware,
IRON, STEEL,
TOOLS, STOVES,
RANG ' 6, ETC
Manufactured and Home Made
Tin unci Copper Wur,
l?tii. lMpe, lCt.
A good Tinner constantly on band, and all
Job Work neatly and quickly diMte.
Also agents for Knapp, Utirrell & Co.,
for the sale of tbe best and latest im
proved ITA-lIM MACnrNERY.
of all kinds, together with a full assort
ment of Agricultural Implements.
Sole Agents for the celebrated
ST. LCUIS CHAM R Of K S OVES
the BEST IN THE WOULD. Also tha
Norman Kange, and many other patterns,
in all sizes and styles.
t&" Particular attention paid to Farmers'
wants, and the supplying extras for F;irni
Machinery, and all information as to such
articles, lurnishod cheerfully, nn applica
tion. No pains will be spared to furnish our
customers witfethe best goods in market,
in our line, and at the lowest prices.
Our motto shall be, prompt and fair
dealing with all. Call and examine our
stock, before going elite where. Satisfac
tion guaranteed.
WOOKCOCK & BALDWIN.
Corvallis, May, 12, 1S79. 14:4tf
Bees Hamlin. Emmem F. Wbknh.
DRAY AGE !
DRAY ACE!
Hamlin & Wrenn. Fropr's.
HAVING JUST RETURNED FROM
Salem with a new truck, and having
leased the bam formerly occupied by James Eg
lin, we are now prepa-ed to do all kinds of
DRAYINC A D HAULING,
either in the city or country, at the lowest living
rates. Can be found at ibe old truck stand. A
share of the public patronage refp.i-11'uliy solic
ited. Corvallis. Dec. 27. 187S. 1 i:a2tf
FRANKLIN CAUTHORN, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SUBGEON,
(orvnlllH, Oregon.
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
Special attention given to surgery and diseases
of the Eye. Can "found-atliis office, in rear of
Graham, Hamilton A- Cos tlrifg Storip stairs,
day or night. :
June 3, 1879. 16-2St
LANDS 1 F'BMS ! HOMES!
MHAVE FARMS, (Improved and unim
proved,) STORES and MILL PROPERTY,
Tery 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
tbe balance to me.
Write (with stamps to prepay postage).
R. A. BENSELL,
Newport, Benton county, Oregon.
I6:2tf
IT El. HARRIS,
One door South of Cfeaham A Hamilton's,
cesTAun, - oBceoa,
GROCERIES
PRO VISIONS,
AND
3P y Goods.
Corvallis, .Tan. J, 1878. lfi:lvl
DRAKE & GRANT,
MERCHANT TAILORS,
I'lKVAt.LlN
WB HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE
;iud well selected sleek of Cloth, viz:
Wcm of nlau.i llroad
IoIIim. renoh usstnu res,
uotch 'i'vti-i. it nil
t mcriraii -.iiittnur .
Which v.-e will make up to order in the most
approved and iash oaable styiesi No pains will
be S' mto.1 n producing g:d lilting garments.
Parlies wishing to purchase cloths and have
them cut out, will do well to call and examine
our stock. DRAKE 4 GRANT.
Corvallis, April 17 1.-79. I:16tf
Boarding and Lodging-.
iioxuatli.
GEORGE
1" ESPECl'KULLY INFORMS THE TRAV
eling public Hist he is now preiarcd and in
rvadine8 l keep such boarders as may choose to
give him a call, either by the
S'.MQ' E WiL. DAY. OR WEEK.
Is also pre)aril to fu n.sh horse feed. Liberal
sbarc of public patronage solicited. Give us a
call. GEORGE KISOR.
Philomath, April 2tf. D:79. Il):18tf
J C. ;-,iG' ELAND,
(t'lTY ArroIiXKV.)
A1TOBSEY AT LWW.
OFFICE Mouastes' Brick, First street,
between Morrison and Yamhill. 14:33tf
THE STAR BAKEBY,
aitii Street, orvallix.
HENRY WARRIOR, PROPRIETOR.
Family Supply Store !
Groceries,
Bread.
Cakes,
Candies,
Toys,
JK5
, Always on Hand.
Corvallis, Jan. 1, 1877. 14:2tf
CORVALLIS
Livery, Feed
...AND...
SALE STABLE,
C7
M iI ii c, Co vul lis. Orcuon.
SOL. KING, - Porpr.
"WNING BOTH 3ARN8 I AM PREPARED
to uli'er superior aivoiutuodiiti.ins in the Liv
ery line. Always read" for a drive,
At Low Kit rem.
My stables are first-c!ass in every rosjiect. and
comjutent and "bliginj; ln.sil. ra always
really to servo tlie public.
REASON ABLE CH ARUK FOR HIKE.
Pakriienlxr B(tlnn.M C4I1I 10 Koarliu(
e.
EL EG NT HEMiSE, 0 Kill AGES AND'
tl.V KS KUK FUNERALS
Corvallis. Jan. t, 1S79.
I6:lyl
$300
A MONTH euaranteed. Twelve
dollars a day made at home by
the industrious. Capital not re
quited; we will start you. Men,
women, boys and girls make money faster at
work for us than at anything else. The work ia
light and pleasant, and such as anyone can go
right at. Those who are wise who see this notice
will send us their addresses at once and see for
themselves. Costly outfit and terms free. Now
is the lime, Those already at work are laying
up large sums of money. Address TRUE & CO.,
Augusta,; Maine.
Choosing a Wife.
There are many men who fall in love
with women at public places of amuse
ment, parties, balls, and large social
gatherings, and who fondly imagine,
because they shine as society queens,
they can but prove delightfnl as fireside
companions. But, how different the
artificial atmosphere of a crowded assem
bly, where yon are surrounded by all
that is gay and glittering, and, under the
stimulus of a false excitement, and the
2uiet of plain, practical, every day life I
n the first, they can assnme a character.
In the latter place you can find out
whether their charming qualities are sec
ond nature, or put on as nature demands.
A true woman is seen to best advantage
among those she loves and cares for, in
family circle and sweet privacy of home
life. What wonder they can impress you
agreeably when all their personal charms
are heightened byltlie aid of art, and they
have every advantage in their favor a
faultless costume that invariably gives a
woman a delightful sense of inward tran
quility, the homage and admiration of
the opposite sex, the envy often of their
own, which spurs them on to make
greater efforts to please ; the dainty speech
becomes a necessary adjunct to the be
coming toilet, and they easily fall into
charming and beguiling ways that dazzle
and attract. So fair to look upon, so
agreeable to meet, how can they be oth
erwise than what they seem in these so
cial assemblies; lovely in all womanly
attributes, guardian angels that scatter
blessings at whatsoever hearthstone they
drop down. Alas, what a wrong place to
choose a wife, for too often these be
witching partners of an idle hour, these
brilliant butterflies of society, make the
most insipid of home companions, and
you find too late that the witching giact
of voice, the beguiling manner, the daz
zling play of wit, and the faultless
toilets were all to win public admira
tion. The feminine charms that draw
yon a willing captive at her feet, are im
pressed you so delightfully, and taken
off and put on at the fancy of the wearer,
the same as her ravishing evening
dresses and she readily takes on other
moods and manners not quite so sweet
and seductive. Having only a husband
to entertain, it is entirely unnecessary to
put forth any unusnal efforts, and, as
you have taken her for better or worse,
you must make the most of your doubt
ful bargain. When your fancy is dazzled
by these pretty and showy women you
meet at such places, follow them to their
homes, seek to discover by simple means
what sort of a daughter or sister they
make, and whether their winsome ways
are part of themselves, and stay with
them amid more practical scenes. Learn
if they have the power to comfort and
make those near and dear happy, as well
as the gift to shine in brilliant society.
Note the respect they show to the wishes
and suggestions of those older and wiser;
their deference to age; their influence
over younger members of the family cir
cle. Chance in at unexpected hours, and
see if yon find them, in tasteful morning
dresses, easy and graceful, as sweet and
agreeable in their quiet home suits.
Here you can easily discover if they have
a heart worth the effort of capturing, and
are as ready to appreciate the simple en
joyments as more brilliant pleasures.
Then you can better judge whether they
wiU prove household treasures and true
helpmeets, and grace equally well the
home of splendor or, if need -be, the
simple and unpretending cottage of the
poor man. Woman's sweetest mission is
to carry comfort and blessing to other
hearts. A faithful, affectionate and con
siderate daughter makes a good wife and
devoted mother. ,
The Duration pf Christ's Life.
This is now generally confined to 32 or
33 years. The difference of one or two
years arises from the different views on
the length of his public ministry. Christ
died and rose again early in the vigor of
early manhood, and so continues to live
in the memory of the church. The de
cline and weakness of old age is incon
sistent with His position as the Renova
tor and Savior of mankind. Irenseus,
otherwise (as a disciple of Poly carp, who
was a disciple of St. John) the most
trustworthy witness of apostolic tradi
tions among the fathers, held the unten
able opinion that Christ attained to tlx,
ripe age of 40 or 50 years, and taught
over ten years (beginning with the thir
teenth) and that he thus passed through
all the stages of human life, to save and
sanctify "old men," as well as "infants
and children and boys and youths." He
appeals for this view of tradition dating
from St. John, and supports it by an un
warranted inference from the loose con
jecture of the Jews when, surprised at
the claim of Jesus to have existed before
Abraham was born, they asked Him :
"Thou art not yet 50 years old, and hast
thou seen Abraham?" A similar infer
ence from another passage where the
Jews speak of the "46 years" since the
temple of Herod began to be recon
structed, while Christ spoke of the
temple, his body (John ii. : 20) is, of
course, still less conclusive. The Pres
byterian Review.
Looking out fob the Future. A
young lady residing near Belfast, in Ire
land, was visiting some relatives in New
Jersey a few winters ago. She pretended
to be very much puzzled over the Dem
ocratic state of affairs in our Republic.
The village baker was a Justice of the
d?abe, and a shoe-maker had been elected
Assemblyman, while the State Senator
from that district was a coarse, illiterate
man none of them by any means gen
tlemen, as she understood the word. She
went skating with the children one after
noon, and after her return told a friend
that on the pond the butcher's boy had
greeted her and offered to assist her in
J tutting on her skates. "Yon didn't al
ow him to do so, did you?" demanded
her friend, a little indignantly. "Oh
yes," she said, "and skated with him too.
I didn't know but what he'd be President
of the United States some day, and I
didn't want to offend him." f Harper's
Magazine.
A Pensioned Dog.
In the territory of New Mexico the
Legislature, by joint action, recently
pensioned a dog for noble services. In
that country there are many sheep farms,
and shepherd dogs are so well trained in
caring for the flocks of their masters
that it is their daily practice to take out
the flocks in the morning to pasture,
guard them all day, and at night return
them to the fold or corral. This work of
the Mexican dogs is so common, and so
faithfully performed that it is looked up
on as a matter of course, and nothing
more than should be expected from a well
trained dog.
This being the case, it would appear
that the dog worthy of a pension in that
territory must have performed some
very marvelous feat indeed, and some
thing out of the common line of canine
achievement, and he died. He did not
save his mistress' life from the murder
ous fury of the savage, nor her child
from being choked by a huge block
snake, for his master was not married,
and had no wife or babe, but led a soli
tary life in his solitary ranch in a very
solitary part of New Mexico.
It chanced that the dog in question,
on returning of an evening with his
sheep to the fold, discovered that his
master was not stirring about, but re
mained inside the shanty and kept very
quiet, The next evening it was the
same. The dog, when he penned up the
sheep, repaired to the shanty, smelled
through a crack in the door his master's
presence, but the man was still quiet,
and did not breathe. The dog scratched,
barked, and even howled, but no re
sponse came from within. The door re
mained closed; no smoke rose from the
chimney to greet the early morn. But
the dog, true to his appointed duty, went
out with the sheep on the third day, and
cared for them while they cropped the
herbage on the hillside. But he was get
ting hungry, and that night, when he
drove the flock into their pen, the last
one to attempt to get in became the vic
tim of his appetite. This method of pro
viding for his own wants became a por
tion of the faithful dog's daily duty.
Every evening the last to try to enter the
fold was seized by him and served for
supper and breakfast, and for dinner the
following day. As stated before, the
ranch to which the dog belonged was in
a solitary part of the territory, and out
of the track of travel and social inter
course of visitation.
For two years from the time of the
master's death as ascertained by data
left by the latter the faithful dog
tended the flocic committed to his charge,
and had fresh mutton for his supper
every night. The flock was not deci
mated by this steady drain upon its re
sources. On the contrary it increased in
numbers, and when, at the end of two
years from the time of the death of the
proprietor the ranch was visited and the
remains of the poor fellow found, the
dog was still at his post of duty, jealous
ly guarding his flock and driving them
to the best pasture every day and to the
fold at night, before which he slept, to
keep the wild sheep eaters of the plains at
a civil distance. Such fidelity excited
admiration wherever the story was told,
and the Arcadian legislators of the terri
tory, in a fit of generosity and enthusi
asm, at their session two years ago (they
have biennial sessions in that happy
country) , granted a pension for life to
that dog, to be paid from the State
Treaury, as a reward for his fidelity, and
no doubt as an encouragement to all
other shepherd dogs in that territory to
be good dogs and faithful.
Broken Oaths.
A curious fact in psychology is the fa
cility with which me take oaths that
they have not the remotest intention of
keeping,, and which nobody dreams of
expecting them to observe. Not long
ago Oxford students at their matricula
tion had to swear to conform to the stat
utes of the university. Among them was
one which absolutely prohibited "the
use of the herb niootiana, or tobacco;"
while another enjoined on under-gradu-ates
that they should always be appar
eled in garments of a dark, or "sub-fuse"
hue. In the solemn oath which is ad
ministered to the Knights of the Garter,
they are reminded that "this garter" is
"never to be forgotten or laid aside."
Even the original Knights, to whom the
institution was something more than we
regard it nowadays, must each and all of
them have repeatedly broken the vow.
There are, however, some remarkable in
cidents of sensitiveness on the subject of
obligations which the generality of hon
orable men regard as of no force what
ever. All Souls' College, at Oxford,
was founded by Archbishop Chichele
that the Fellows of the same might pray
for the repose of the souls of those who
fell at Agincourt; and not long since
there was a fellow who regularly paid
for certain masses at the little Catholic
chapel. A Protestant himself, he could
not comply with the letter of the obliga
tions imposed upon him; but he fulfilled
its spirit. James II, by the way, when
fassing through Oxford, reproached the
'ellows for their neglect of this duty.
How much significance do statesmen of
the school of "blood and iron" attach to
the first sentence of every treaty between
Christian Princes "In the name of the
Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity?" It
is to be feared that treaties are not the
less denounced for these words. Louis
XTV, in renouncing the crown of Spain
for the issue - of his daughter-in-law,
swore "by the canons of the mass, by the
Holy Gospels, and by the Cross of
Christ." This oath he did not scruple to
break a few years later, and yet he was a
devout man according to his rights.
Jove was said to laugh at the perjuries of
lovers; bnt these are trifling compared
to those of diplomatists.
A mother noticing her little daughter
wipe her mouth with her dress sleeve,
asked what her -handkerchief was for.
Said the little one: "It's to shake at the
ladies in the street; that's what papa does
with his."
An Elghteen.lnch Death.
A recent arrival at the Zoological So
ciety's garden at Regent's Park, deserves
special notice, apart from the fact that it
is the first of its species known to have
been brought to England. It is a snake,
called the echis sarinata, about a foot
and a half long, and of a dingy gray.
Yet, although in appearance, neither in
teresting nor formidable, it is the dead
liest of created things. This detestable
little worm, which, looking at it, the
spectator might make bold to say he
could immitate very passably in cork and
putty, is, nevertheless, one of the mira
cles and masterpieces of nature, for it is
death itself, and carries in its tiny head
the secret of destroying life with the
sudden rapidity of lightning and a con
centrated agony of all poisons. The
echis comes to us from India, where it
is tolerably common, being found in
nearly every part of the peninsula, and
feared wherever found as the incarnation
of instant and terrible destruction.
Fortunately, however, for man, it is not
like the cobra and the korait, a house
frequnting snake, for its tiny size would
give it a terrible advantage over human
being who live crowded together, as the
natives of India do, in small darkened
rooms, while its agressive habits would
make it infinitely more fatal to life than
its dreaded relatives. For this king of
the asps, this modern basilisk, is not
only venomous beyond concepetion,
but is actively offensive. It does not
turn to escape from man, as the cobra
will, or flash into concealment, like the
korait, but conscious, perhaps of its
deadliness, deliberately keeps the path
against its human assailant, and putting
its own eighteen inches of length against
its bulk, challenges and provokes the
conflict. A stroke of a whip will out it
in two, or a clod of earth disable it; but
such is its malignity that it will invite
attack by every device at its command,
staking its own life on the mere chance
of its adversary coming within the little
circle of its power. At most the radius
of this circle is twelve inches, but within
it, at any point, and on the bare hope of
hand or foot trespassing within its reach,
the echis throws its body into a figure-of-eight
coil, and attracting attention by
rubbing its loops together, which, from
the roughness of the scales (hence the
epithet carinata) makes a rustling, hiss
ing sound, erects its head and awaits at
tack. No one having once encountered
this terrible worm can ever forget its
truculent aspect when thus aroused, its
eagerly aggressive air, its restless coils,
which, in constant motion, one over the
other, and rustling ominously all the
while, stealthily but surely bringing it
nearer and nearer to the object of its
fury; the eye malignant even beyond
those of other vipers, and then the in
conceivable rapidity of its stroke. For
the echis does not wait to strike until it
is within striking distance, but vents it
malice in repeatedly daring at nothing,
hoping, perhaps, to aggravate its antago
nist into coming into closer quarters, or,
more probably, as a mere expression of
its own uncontrollable viciousness.
London Telegraph.
Watch Young Orchards.
Aliow no green hands to prune them
unless you are with them, or have with
them some reliable and experienced
pruner. The injury from bad pruning
is not at an end for many years. I will
not speak of old trees, where large
branches have been removed two, three,
or more inches from the trunk, left to
decay, never to heal over, bnt sure to
leave a rotted center into the heart of the
tree. I have scores of such old trees.
The branches of young trees should be
removed with a smooth cut, without a
bruise, close to the trunk or branch from
which they are taken, so as to leave no
room for a dozen little branches to start
out from the stump of the branch cut off.
More than half the labor of after-pruning
is saved by removing with care and as
closely as possible the small branches of
young trees as fast as they put out in the
spring or early summer. These may bo
rubbed off by the hand, where the prun
ing is close, when two or three inches
long, and all the strength of the tree
that would be wasted on them turned to
the growth of valuable branches. Care
in watching these little gourmands will
not hasten the growth of the tree, but
the production of fruit in peaches one
year, and in apples two or three years.
One should go over a young orchard
once in May and once in June. The tree
is easily formed when young. Avoid
dividing the tree into two branches so as
to form a crotch when the head begins to
form. When bearing freely, such trees
are apt to split apart. Better have the
head formed by several branches starting
out from a main trunk stem two or three
inches apart. Keep the center open and"
shaped somewhat like an open umbrella
frame inverted. As the tree advances in
growth rub off the inside shoots that
point toward each other, and which, if
extended, would either cross each other
or fill up the space that should be open
in the middle of the tree for the admis
sion of air and the rays of the sun. Ev
ery young orchard that is worth planting
is worth watching and manuring freely,
with as good cultivation as is required
for corn or potatoes. Ohio Farmer.
Disinfectants. As the warm weather
appears disinfectants will be needed.
Lime, plaster, charcoal, dry earth, and
sifted ashes have value, chiefly to be
tested by the rapidity with which they
correct odors. Fresh-slaked lime should
be scattered in all places of foul odor. It
or charcoal or plaster may be scattered
over heaps emitting foul odors. Calx
powder is made by pounding one bushel
of dry fresh charcoal and two bushels of
stone lime and mixing them, and is of
great practical use. All these substances
absorb foul, gases and dry up moisture,
and so help to retard decomposition or
else absorb its results. Where lump
charcoal is used, it may be refitted for
use by reheating it. Quicklime and
ground plaster should not be used where
they may be washed into pipes and form
lime-soap or obstruct by hardening.
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Bits of Information.
To prevent lamp chimneys from crack
ing : Put the chimney into a kettle of
cold water and gradually beat until it
boils, and then let it. as gradually cool.
To cet clear at flesh Worms, wash yonr
face in warm water and then rub with a
coarse towl. This will destroy the flesh
worms, which are nothing more than con
gealed fat.
The earliest method of engraving was
upon wood which was known to the
Chinese before the Christian era., but was
not known in Europe until the middle of
ages, when it was introduced by the in
habitants of the Celestial empire. En
graving upon metallic substances was not
practiced in Eurooe until the first half of
the fifteenth century, although it is prob
able that the art in this form was also
known to the Chinese long before.
Coffee Is a native of Arabia, supposed
by some to havo been the chief ingred
ient of the old Lacedemonian broth. The
use of this berry was not known in Eng
land until the year 1G57, at which time a
merchant of Turkey, on his return from
Smyrna to London, brought with him a
Greek of Ragusa, who was accustomed
every morning to prepare this liquor for
his master, who never wanted company.
The merchant in order to get rid of
visitants, ordered his Greek to open a
coffee house in Cornhill. This was the
first coffee house opened in London.
The term Gotham often applied in mild
derision to New York, was first employed
as a nickname by Washington Irving.
The name is not an invention, as is often
thought; it is an actual parish of Notting
ham, England, whose inhabitants were so
proverbially rustic and stupid that they
gained the ironical title of the Wise Men
of Gotham. Many stories of their dotish
uess have been told upou the Gotham
ites, one of which is that they joined
hands on a certain occasion around a
thorn-bush to prevent the escape of a
cuckoo. In order to confirm tbe tale, the
bush the identical bush is shown to
tourists in that neighborhood. It ia said
that King John, of Magna Charts mem
ory, intended once upon a time to go
through the parish for the purpose of
buying a castle and grounds. The Goth
amites, knowing that the royal visit
would entail considerable expenses on
them, pretended, when the monarch's
messencers appeared, to bo occupied with
some sill', ridiculous pursuit, much to the .
disgust of the emissaries. These reported
to John what they had seen, and he de
claied that he would not have a castle in
a neighborhood where such simple"
tons lived. Thereupon the parishioners
shrewdly remarked, "More fools, we wot,
pass through Gotham than remain in it."
The Courteous Lawyer.
You recognize the courteous lawyer at
once. He places j chair gracefully for his
client, whether the client is an elegantly
atfired lady in sealskins and diamonds or
clumsy bumpkin in home-spun attire.
He smiles sweetly at his opponent, and
bows to the jury in a deferentially famil
iar way. He pays the fees to the clerk
before he has the trouble to ask for them,
and draws the bills out of his pocket book
slowly, one by one, as gently as he would
lead a belle troin tier carnage to the ball
room. His bow to the court is almost an
apology for having come into the profes
sion contemporaneously with his Honor.
lie handles a witness as though he was
the frail golden setting and his testimony
the gem be was trying to remove. His
tones are carefully modulated, and he ap
peals for u reply to the kindly sensibili
ties of the witness. -'Beso good" is the
captivating exordium, and "thank you"
the palliative peroration. If he wounds
with a question, he binds up the sore the
next moment with liniment of politeness.
To his oponent he overflows with gener
ous waivers and admissions, and it by
chance he interpolates a remark, he does
it as though he was putting a boquet in
his adversary's buttonhole. He thinks
he understands the court. He hopes he
does not misapprehend his learned friend.
tie trusts the witness knows what he
means. In addressing the jury, he un
bosoms his appreciation of their intelli
gence and ability. He lays his arguments
before them with respect amounting
almost to reverence, as though they were
propitiatory offerings to a deity whom he
wished to placate. To the court bis
whole demeanor is redolent of respect.
The court is most hononable; the judge
most distinguished. He is, in short, so
tilled with busman considerrtion for every
thing and everybody around him, that
he finds excuse for the jury that beats
him and for the court that nonsuits him.
It is true, he has been known to revive
an adversary in private, to curse surrep
titiously, and to sneer at the judiciary in
the social circle. It is also true that he
can wrench a fee from a client in a ruth
less moment and take a snap judgement
when he thinks it safe, iiut these little
trifles only show that he is human, and he
knows that men are not apt to believe
that a head with such a halo of politeness
around it can have for its pedestal a
cloven foot.
In the waters of British Columbia and
Oregon there is a fish an odd fish as
surprising in its way as the sea-serpent,
and infinitely more useful. It is a spe
cies of smelt, and may be poetically de
scribed as an acquatic glow-worm. We
are told it may be literally used in the
same wav as a candle, bv simulv settinc
a light to the tail, when it will burn with
a name as steady as that of tbe "dips
which our grandfathers used to have to
put np with before gas was invented. It
is a small, silvery fish, averaging about
fourteen inches long, is excessively fat,
and affords an excellent and valuable oil,
which is so inflammable that the dried
carcass will serve as a torch. Among the
natives the fish is known as the oolahan,
and by them, as by others who have
tasted it, is considered one of the most
delicious products of the sea, being far
more delicate in flavor than the herring.
The fish are caught in wicker-baskets,
and are smoked as much as their oily na
ture will allow. This, by the way. is
nothing more than the use to which that
curious bird, the fulmar, is put. It is of
so oily a nature that if a wick is drawn
through it and lit, enough oil is evolved
to act as a lamn.
r.
Political necessity is the mother of convention.