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Newspaper Page TextThe Corvallis Gazette. PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY- MORNING, BY W. O. CARTER EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TUWS. .Coin.) Per Year . $2 50 Six Months 1 50 Three MolUu l 00 Invariably In advance. AH notices and advert isoraenu Intended for pufa Hcatijn should be handed In by noon ou Wed nesday CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. M. 8. WOODCOCK. Attorney and Counselor at Law, COViLU : OaEOOS. OFFICE ON FIRST STREET, OPPOSITE Woodcock Sc. Baldwin a Hardware Store. Special attention given to Collection!, Foreclo sure 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 J. K. WEBBER, Matin Klreet, Corvallis, Or. DEALER IN Stoves, Ranges, FORCE AND LIFT PUNIP8, HOUSE FUANISH.NG 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. J7:ltf J. R. BRY80N, ATTORNEY AT LAW. All business will receive prompt attention. COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY- Coivallls. July 11. 1879. 16:29tf FRANKLIN CAUTH0RN, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Corvallis. Oregon. Spectal attention given to surgery and diseases f the eye. Can be found at his office, in rear of Graham, Hamilton & Co.'s drug store, up stairs, day or night. June 3, 187B. 16-23t W. 0. CRAWFORD, DEALER IN WATC-iES, CLOCK', JEWELRY, SPECTACLES, SILVER WARE, etc Also, Mueloal lntrum nt Sco , Repairing done at the most reasonable rates, and all work warranted Corvallis, Dec 13, 1877. 14:50tf GfUHAtl, HAMILTU & CO., COKVAI.I.IJ ... OKCfiOS. DEALERS IN Tig-t3, Paints, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS. DTE STIFFS, OILS, CLASS AND PUTTY. PURE WINES AND LiQUORS FOR MEDICINAL USE. And also the the very best assortment of Lamps and Wall Paper ever brought to this place. AGENTS FOR THE AY-Ul CHtfflCU PAINT, SUTKKIOR TO ANY OTHER er r ylaiMsr' i e-.cr pit on rat kill- upaa4d. JOB PRINTING. THE Gazette Job Printing House IS NOW PREPARED TO DO Plain and Ornamental Printing, As neat and Cheap as it cat. be Hone by any Office on the Coast UIMr Beads Aoie beiute, ttta.et Ball Ticket. . invitations Circulars, , Bailaen rla. Visiting- rarda, Esribeta. 0UT. asasUI Poster. LaimUaM. l.al BI blppl Boeeipis, Order Becks, Tsa. VMm Orders by nail promptly Ailed, s&atss faraiahsd. WW ortoaUi vol. xvni. CORVALLIS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1881. NO. 20. CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. orvallis 1 ole Wo. 14, P. 4k A. H. Holds stated Communications- on Wednesday on or proceeding each lull moon. Brethren in good standing cordial! v invited to attend. By order. W. M. aa J.!t -e Bio. 7. 1. O. O. F. Meets on Tuesday evening of each week, in their hall, in Fisher's brick, second story. Members ot the order in good standing invited to attend. By order of N. G. F. A. CHENOWETH. F. M . JOHNSON CHENOWETH & JOHNSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, CUKT.il LIS, OREGOS. September 1 1K9. l6:36tf u.g1 & WOODMMUi). Druggists and Apothecaries, P. O. BUILDING. CORVALLIS, OREGON. . Have a complete slock of DRl QS.MEOIIWES, PAIMVJ, Oil, 8LASS, IT fcTA School I'ooks tat.ooeny,Ao. We buy for Cash, and have enoice of the FRESHEST and PUREST Drugs and Medic ne? the market affords. Prescriptions accurately prepared at half the usual rate. 2Mayl6:18tf AUGUST KNIGHT, Cabinet Maker. UNDERTAKER. Cor. Second end Monroe Sta., CORTALLIB, OBE8QB. Keep constantly on hand all kinds of FURNITURE COFFINS & CASKETS. Work done to order on short notice and at reas onable rates. Corvallis, Jan. 1, 1877. 14:1 tf J W ftAYBURlV, ATTORNEY AT LAW, tOV4Ll.lN, t OKrGOM. OFFICE On Monroe street, between Second and Third. 3&Special attention given to the Collection of Notes and Accounts. 16-ltf J IVIES A. YANTIS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, I OBV1LI IN, OBLflOX. ty ILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS of the State. Special attention given to matters in Piobate. Collections will receive t "mpt and careful attention. Office in the Court louse. 16:ltf. DR F. A. ViflCEIMT, DENTIST, COHVaLLIW - ' REOON. ("OFFICE IN FISHER'S BRICK OVER Max. Friendley's New Store. All the latest improvement. Everythng new and complete. All work warranted. Plea -e give me a call. 15:3tf G. n. FARRA, M. O. P1M il'US AKl O FTICE OVER GRAHAM A HAMILTON"! DrugSto;c, Cervallis, Oregon. 14-26tf Woodcock & Baldwin Successors to J. R Buy ley & Co,) "IT EEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE old stand a large and complete stock of Heavy and Mieif llai.v.are, IRON, STEEL, TOOLS, STOVES, RANGES, ETC Manufactured and Home Made Tin raid Copper Wore, Pnmps Pipe, Etc. A good Tinner constantly on band, and all Job Work neatly and quickly done. Also agents for Knapp, Burrell & Co., for the sale of the Lett and latest im proved FAKM MACHINERY, of all kind!), together with a full assort ment of Agricultural Implements. Sole Agents for the celebrated ST. L Ul CHfttTt R OAK S 0VES the BE8T IN THE WORLL. Also the Norman Range, and many other patterns, in all sizes and styles. fSr 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 our customers with the best goods in market, in our line, and at the lowest 'prices. Our motto s-hall be, prompt and fair dealing with all. Call and examine onr stock, before going elsewhere. Satisfac tion guaranteed. WOOKCOCK & BALDWIN. Conullis, May, 12, 1879. 14:4tf CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. LAND! F4BMS 1 HOMES I I HAVE FARMS, (IMPROVED OR UxflM 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 the Soldiers' Homestead Aot, located and made final proof on less than 160 acres, oan dispose of the balance to me. Write (with stamps to prepay postage)., R. A. BENSELL, Newport, Benton county, Oregon. fil:2tf. II. E. HARRIS, One door South of CNaham A Hamilton's, CO BV A 1.1. 18, OBNOB. GROCERIES PRO v ISIONS. AND Dry Goods. Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1878. 16:lvl DRAKE & GRANT, MERCHANT TAILORS, CORVAl MK, tTE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE and well selected stock ot Cloth, viz : Wear of - rKlanl ltoad lotlis, reneh axslm-rs, coleh - Tweels, and a mcrican -uiuny . Which we will make up to order in the most approved and tash enable styles. No pains will be spared n producing good fitting garments. Parties wishing to purchase cloths and have tbern cut out, will do well to call and examine our stock. DRAKE A GRANT- Corvallis, April 17. 1879. Ifi:16tf Boarding' and Lodging:. PI, 1 loiuatb Hcuinu r . ! ;-.. 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 by the SINC E M1 UAY. OR WE f K Is also prepared to fa n sh bone feed. Liberal sharo ot public patronage .solicited. Give va a call. GEORGE KISOR. Philomath, April 2S. 187H. If:18tf CORVALLIS Livery, Feed ... AND... SALE STABLE, Bluin fti., J"o vat Is oreaon. SOL,. KING, - Porpr. rfcWNINO BOTH BARNS I AM PREPARED to otter superior accommodations in the Liv ery line. Always ready for a drive, good jlsivis At IOW li il tOM. My stables are first-class in every respect, and jorupetcut and obliging hostlers always ready to serve the public. REISXAULK CflAI;lr FUR HIKE. Particular attf.'M-tn I'mII u. tiuaiilu mhsjmu ELEGXNT HEARS 8, CltrtIGE8 ANT HA- Kf FOK.FUNERAL8 Corvallis, Jan. S, H:lvl Rkes Hamlin. wmsm F. TViuanr. DRAYACE ! DRAY ACE! Hamlin Sc. Wrenn- Propr'a. HAVING JIST RETURNED FROM Sa'.i-ni with a new truck, and hav.nj leased the ham lonnerly occupied by James Eg lis, we are now prcpa ed to do all kinds of CfiYlKC A D HAULING, either in the city or "country, at the lowest living rates. Can be found at the old truck stand. A share "f tht- public patronage respectfully solic ited. CorvullU. Dec. 27. 1878. 15-521? J C. MOB ELAND, (C1TT ATTORNKY.) ATTORNEY A.T TA-W, OFFICE-rMonastes' Brick, First street, between Morrison and Yamhill. 14:38tf THE MTAR BAKERY, tn screet, orvailll. HENRY WARRIOR, PROPRIETOR Family Supply Store ! G roceriea, Cakes, Pleas, Candies, Always on Hand. QontMa. Ju. 1, 1877. l2tf Rupture From a Mercbant. Dayton, W. T., Feb. 10, 1879. W. J. Home, Proprietor California Elastic Truss Co., 702 Market street, San Francisco Sir: The Truss I purchased of you about one year ago nas proved a miracle to me. 1 have been ruptured forty years, and worn dozens of different kinds of Trusses, all ot which haye ruined my health, as tbey were injurious to my back and spine. Your valuable I russ is as easy as an old shoe and :s worth hundreds of dollars to me, as it affords me so much pleasure. 1 can and do advise all, both ladies and gentlemen, afflicted, to buy and wear your modern improved Elastic Truss imme dialelv. I neyer expect to be cured, but am sat isfied and happy with the comfort it givea me to wear it. It was the best $10 I ever invested in my life. You can refer any one to me and I will be glad to answer any letters on its merits. I remain, yours respectlullv, D. R. RUNNELL. Latest Medical Endorsements. MABTiKEJ!,Cal., Feb. IT, 1879 W. J. Home, Proprietor California Elastic Truss Co., 702 Market street, S. F. Sir : In re gard to your California Elastic Truss, I would say that I have carefolly studied its mechanism, ap plied it in practice and do not hesitate to-say that lor all purposes tor which Trusses are worn it is the best Truss ever offered to the public Yours truly, J. H. CAROTHERS, M. D. Endorsed by a Prominent Medical Insti tute. San Francisco, March 6, 1879. TF. J. Home, Eng. Sir: You ask my opinion ef the relative merits of your Patent Elastic Truss as compared with othei kinds that have been ested under my observaion, and in reply I frank ly state that from the time my attention was first called to their simple, though highly me chanical and philosophical construction, together with easy adjust bility to persons of all sizes, ages and forms. I add this testimony with spe cial pleasure, that the several persons who have applied to me for aid in their especial cases of rup ture, and whom I have advised to use yours, all acknowledge their entire satisfaction, and consid er themseive- highly favored by the possession of one of the improved Elastic Truss. Yours truly, BARLOW J. SMITH, M. D. Proprietor Hygenic Medical Institute, 635 California street, San Francisco A REMARKABLE CURE. San Francisco, Oct. 26, 1879. W. J. Home, Proprietor California Elastic Truss, 702 Market street, San Francisco Sir : I am truly grateful to you for the wonderful CURE your valuable truss has effected on my little boy. The double truss I purchased from you has PER FECTLY CURED him of his painful rupture on both sides in a little over six months. The steel truss he had before I liought yours caused him cruel torture, and it was a happy day tor us all when he laid it aside far the Califorbia Elas tic Truss. I am sure that all will be thankful who are providentially led to give your truss a trial. You may refer any one to me on this sub ject. Yours truly, WM. PERU, 038 baeramenio street. This is to certify that I have examimed the eon of Wm. Peru, and find him PERFECTLY CURED of hernia on both sides. L. DEXTER LYFORD, M. D., Surgeon and Physician. Trusses forwarded to all parts of the United States at our expense on receipt of the price. Send Stamps for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. Giving full information and rules for measuring. California Elastic Truss Co. 702 Market Street S. F- SAFE AND LOCK CO. CAPITAL $1,000,000. General Office and Manufactory, CINCINNATI, OHIO. Pacific Branch 211 and 213 California St., San Francisco CHAM. H. DOOD A CO., POBTIAHB, Agente for Oregon and Waihlnstoa Ter. HALL'S PATENT CONCRETE FIRE-PROOF. SAFES. Have been tested by the most disastrous confla grations in the country. They are thoroughly fire-procf. They are free from dampness. Their superiority is beyond question. Although about 150,000 of these safes are now in use, and hundreds have been tested by soma of the most disastrous conflagrations in the country, there is not a single instance on record wherein one of them ever failed to preserve iU contents perfectly. HALL'S PATENT DOVETAILED TENON AND GROOVE BURGLAR-PROOF m 14AFIS8. Have never been broken open and robbed by burglars or roblxira. Hall's burglar work is protected by letters patent, and his work cannot be equaled lawfully. His patent bolt is superior to any in use. His patent locks cannot be picked by the most skillful experts or burglars. By one of the greatest i mpfovements known, the Gross Automatic Movement, our locks are operated withont 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 ws will put from $1 ,000 to (10,000 behind them any time asainst an eaual amount. THEY ARE THE BEST SAFE Made in America or any other country. One Thousand Dollar To any person who can prove that one of Hall's Patent Burglar- Proof Safes baa ever been broken open and robbed by burglars np to the present time, a W. POOL, TRAVELING AGENT. Offlee with C. H. Dodd A Co., Portland, Oregon C. it. PARCELU, Manager, 8. F. $300! A MONTH guaranteed Twelve dol-ars a day made at home by the indus'i tons Capital not re auired; we will start you. Men,wo- men. bovs and pirls make money faster at work for us than at anything else. The work is light and pleasant, and such as any one can go right at. Those who are wise who see this notice will send us their addresses at once and see for them selves. Costly outfit and terms free. Now is the time. Those already at work are laying np large Sams of money. Address TRUE A CO., Augusta, Maine. "DATE." Engine No. 23 left the round bouse, moved slowly out of the yard, and down the track to the depot platform, where she was taken to the Southern express over the Western division, the trip be ing a twenty-four hours' run. It had suited the handsome man who stood at the throttle to make the magnifi cent engine of which he was so proud, and which was noted for its speed, al most creep down to duty this morning, and it required no stretch of the imagi nation on his part, and he rather liked the fancy, to think that it was the leaden weight of a strong man's heavy heart that bore her down and impeded her progress so wonderfully at times. How well he remembered Flora La mar, black-eyed Flora, who was older than he, but who had ever shown such a decided preference for him, and bad been bo jealous of simple little Viola White, whom he had met and loved, the modest, unpretentious country girl. She had been the object of his first boy ish dream, of the strong, fervent love of the man, and the cause of all the sorrow he had ever known. He had lived over their happy married life, until his wife deserted him, leaving no clue to her whereabouts and giving no reason for her strange conduct. To the boys on the road he was "Dave" handsome, kind-hearted but close-mouthed "Dave." They knew nothing of his past. He had come among them and made his way up, and all they could ever learn was that he was from the East. His father and mother were dead, and all ties to the old home were sun dered. ' One night he received the intelligence that a woman answering the description given by him of his wife was lying at the morgue, having been lifted from the river that morning. He had hastened to the place, but in the swollen, . bloated features of this poor creature, he could trace little resemblance to his wife. She was much such a formed woman as Viola, but lacked the symmetry and graceful outlines that had belonged to the latter. The only thing that could reconcile him to the thought that this was all that remained to him of his wife, the only thing that could fill his heart with a sorrow over this as his dead, was the hair so like hers. The little, short, amber-colored ringlets were the exact shade and curl of the longer tresses Viola had worn. Herbert Graham buried this dead as his own, and had come to duty this morning, carrying the saddest of all sad burdens, a strong, brave heart, robbed of all hope. Just beyond M they side-tracked for the Western express to pass, and Dave was anxious to make it by the usual' time. At this place they often had to wait some little time and he had become won derfully interested in a little child who always came to the gate and peered through the pickets of the train. The little cottage was a gem of itself in a set ting of a profusion of blood and ever greens. They were running faster than usual this morning to make up lost time, and were just turning a curve whon Herbert, looking from the cab window, beheld a sight which made his blood run cold. There on the track ahead was that child from the cottage, looking straight at the coming train, but making no movement to escape from its certain and awfnl death. Quick as thought he applied the air brake and reversed the engine, but the headway was too great, and he saw with horror that the fate of the innocent, manly little fellow was sealed unless something was done at once. Filled with the one idea of saving the imper iled life, he left the cab, where he had done all that human hand could do to avert the dreadful accident, and rapidly made his way along the side of the throbbing engine until he reached the pilot. He was just in time, for as he bent over and stretched out his strong right arm, the pilot struck the helpless child that lay face to face with an awful death. But quick as it was, the brave hearted Herbert was quicker, and in an instant he lifted the child and held it aloft in air, as the heavy engine thun dered over the place where the boy had rested an instant before. In this posi tion he remained until the engine, which had been gradually slowing down its reversed lever and the drag of the applied brakes, came to a standstill. Then he stepped to the ground with the rescued child in his arms. The little fellow put his arms around his neck, and laying his head on the brave man's shoulder, his mouth, which was bleeding from the contact with the pilot, kissed his cheek, and the little wounded lips murmured almost dreamily: "Her bie loves papa; poor papa." Hev trt started and almost let the child fall from his arms in his great agitation; but before he could collect his thoughts the mother rushed to the spot almost frantic with grief at the sad fate she thought had befallen her darling, and in her great joy at finding him safe, saw nothing save her baby. Bat Herbert Graham looked at her in wonder and astonishment There be fore him was the living, breathing image of his lost wife, a widow's cap above her rich hair, and clad in deep mourning. There was no time for wonder, however, for the Western ex press rushed past them and he must go on to duty. "Thank you, sir, again and again," the little woman murmured. "God will reward you; I never can." "Madam," said Herbert, "no thanks are called for a duty performed. I will, however, request the pleasure of calling at your home on my return, and inquir ing for the wellfare of your child. May I ask for your name?" Hia heart stood still as he listened breathlessly for her reply, as she was about to speak it bounded high, and at the name, sunk like a leaden weight. "My name is Brown. 'The Widow Brown,' and I live in the cottage yonder. Do call when yon are at leisure, for yon will be a welcome visitor at a grateful mother's home." She was fairer and seemed more wom anly than Viola of old, and hia brain was in such a whirl that when ones mora on the road he half believed the whole thing a wild imagination of an excited mind that was perhaps losing its power. He thought of the dead of last night, then of the living of to-day, and wondered if at last he had become insane with his terrible grief. And then for a moment, one brief moment, he would hope for the best, only to banish the thought in the next and go back to that lonely grave where bad been buried what he considered his all. He repeated the words of the child to himself, "Herbie loves papa, poor papa," and with each repetition there passed a thrill through his frame of wonderful and doubtful joy. Between the time of what had nearly terminated in a fatal accident and the hour that found him at the cottage door, he lived through an eternity, if time could be counted by emotion. He was shown within the neat little parlor, where his poor, troubled heart found a something convincing, and a certain joy. There, with the full light shining upon it, a sight met him that almost stunned him for the moment, but the fullness of his over burdened heart found vent in one excla mation: "Thank God! At last!" There, in the best possible position the little room afforded, hung a life-size painting of himself as he was three years ago. He had found his wife at last. Mrs. Brown opened her violet eyes wide, indeed, as she entered the parlor, upon seeing her visitor in such evident agitation; but she closed them dreamily as the delicious sense of rest and pro tection and love overcame her, when the strong arms clasped her close to the great heart, and the voice, almost choked by emotion, asked: "Viola, my wife, do you not recognize in me your husband of former years?" The explanation he had once deter mined to receive, was poon given. "I thought perhaps you loved her; she said you did; and she was so bril liant and I so dull, and you seemed tired and weary at times, not telling me the cause, and she told me that you were unhappy and intended to marry her some day. She told me as a friend, you know, and made me promise beforehand that I would say nothing to you. So I thought I was only a barrier between the happiness of two, and that it would be but one life, and that mine, that would be unhappy, and, my husband, I loved you so well that I could even give you to her, feeling sure that at some time you would know how Viola adored you, that she could sacrifice all she had, if it would only give a mo ment's happiness." Then he told her of the dead, so re cently buried, and for the sake of the true sorrow he had felt one whose lot in life and whose sudden and sad death must ever remain a mystery, she re solved to visit the grave and place fresh flowers upon it, thinking that her own life bad once looked forward to just such all unknown resting place. "Viola," said 'he, looking fondly into the face that was losing, in its great joy, the worn and sad expression that had become haoitual, "Viola, what have you named our boy ?" "I had called him," she answered, "Herbert Graham Brown," placing a mischievous emphasis on the Brown. "Will you humor a whim of mine, my dear, and let it be Herbert Dave Graham ?" Her fond reply settled the matter. Cora Palmer, in Williamsport Break fast Table. Victor Emanurl'g Simple Tastes. The hunting lodge at Licola is a sub stantial house consisting of a ground floor and on story, stuccoed and stained to a pinkish yellow. It stands on a kind of grass-grown common, with groups of magnificent evergreen oaks on each hand, while opposite is a tiny cfiappel with two or three acacia trees. On the upper story is a suit of good rooms in tended for the use of royalty, but King Victor Emanuel, with his simple tastes, used to prefer the little vaulted parlor on the ground floor, which opens to the common on two rides, on one of which there is a sort of stone veranda. This little room is aimply plastered and stained, and its only furni ture is a plain polished table, two or three rush-bottomed chair, an old velvet sofa upon which the late king slept, though he protested against such "luxury," and an old-fashioned easy chair which the commandant, in spite of the king's remonstrances, had brought in that his royal master might take a comfortable nap after dinner. It is the very simplest royal parlor, perhaps, that all Europe has to show. King Victor Emanuel, as soon as be arrived in Licola, used to dismiss his personal attendants, and enjoy the full freedom of being, for a space, a simple country gentleman. Above the sofa hangs the stuffed head of a smooth skinned dog, the hero of a hundred wounds and a thousand bear-fights. Once he was given np for dead and thrown into a corner, but after two or three days he crawled out, to the aston ishment of the game-keeper, half starved, but cured. f London News. The following story about James Gor don Bennett is imparted pi a London journal by a correspondent in France. It has a decided Frenchy flavor: In the Southwest the ardor of sportsmen has been somewhat cooled (to use an Irish ism) by the heat, and the only pack of hounds hunting at present are those of M. Gordon Bennett, In one of bis late runs, the American, like Henry IV, lost his way, and took refuge with a rustjc family, who were at dinner, and in ac cordance with the rongh good nature that characterizes him, he sat down and partook of their meal. A very pretty girl, who sat next to him was attracted by the brilliancy of a diamond ring on the finger of their gnest.and could hard ly take her eyes off the gem, and M. Gordon Bennett, like a gallant man begged her to accept it, which she did with much pleasure and many blushes. "Mademoiselle," said he, "accept this ring in remembrance of the huntsmen of Pan, and become their protectress in these parts and if one of them should ever come to grief, take care of him and treat him kindly." The Corvallis Gazette RATES OF ADVERTISING rptCB. j 1 w I 1 M I SSI 6M. lyr. 1 Inch. 1 ou 3 00 5 OP. 8 8 00 12 00 2 lech 2 00 6 10 7 00 12 00 18 00 8 Inch 8 00 6 00 10 00 16 00 22 00 4 Inch 4 00 r 00 18 00 IS 00 2 00 i Golumo ' 6 00 9 00 16 00 20 00 35 (0 i Column 760 12 00 18 00 3500 4800 U Column . 10 00 15 00 76 00 40 on 60 00 1 Wnm is o 2000 4000 sooninenn Auace. 411 ixfeai irUiUiuu, At ociita pur iiue, wtu insertion. Transient AdvertiFemonls, per square of 12 lines. Nonpareil measure, 12 50 for Hist, ana Si for each subsequent insertion in ADVaNCB. Legal advertisements charged as transient and must be paid for upon expiration. No charge for publishers affidavit of publication. Yearly advertisements on liberal terms. Profes sional Cards. (1 Sqnare) S12 per annum. A Ifelgnborly Call. - Porter Stockton, ex-Marshal of Animas City, met his death at his- ranch in New Mexico, thirty-five miles down the Ani mas, on Tuesday, at the hands of a party of eighteen, who called for the purpose of exterminating him. They surrounded his house and Stockton and wife both came to the door armed with rifles. Both sides opened fire and Stockton fell pierced with eighteen bullets. His wife, who had fired one shot, was struck in the abdomen by a splinter from the stock of her rifle, which had received a bullet. At last accounts she was living, but no hopes are entertained for her recovery, as she was in a delicate state of health at the time of receiving the wound. Porter Stockton, who is well known, has been a terror to the commu nity wherever he has lived and lays claim to the credit of having killed nineteen men, which is a fair average for a man of his years about thirty. He slew his first man when only twelve years of age for calling him a liar, shooting the top of his head off. At Cimarron he shot a Mexican in his bod because he was snor ing, and it proved a very effectual means of stopping it. For this he was incarcer ated in jail. His brother Ike took in some pies one day and the jailer kindly opened the cell, when Ike pulled a pop and invited him to change places with Port, which he did. Port escaped with a Winchester as his protector. At Otero, Stockton had been arrested by Hurricane Bill, who was marshal of the place. By some means he got out, and rode up and down the streets to get a shot at his incar cerator. Seeing some one who resembled Hurrican Bille, and blazed away and laid him low butit happened to be a disinter ested party altogether. It counted a man however. At Animas City he nearly pounded the life out of a negro; barber, and then fired his revolver at him, the ball grazing the negro's scalp all be cause he did not give him a smooth shave. Mr. Stockton moved out of that burg immediately afterward. His last fatal shot was at Den Gannan, the horse thief. The cause of the visitation on him and his household was the threats he had made against the lives of half a dozen of the community. As he never went back on his word in that respect, it was deemed by the gentlemen interested that he had better receive a quietus. Therefore the expedition. A Freak or Mature. The steamboat Tensas, which arrived at her landing foot of Bienville street on Wednesday afternoon, brought to the city one of the most curious passengers a vessel ever carried a negro dwarf named Pete Murphy. This little negro was found in a cabin in Black river swamp alone, his parents having died some years ago. The help less man was left to the of an aged grandmother, who, not being able to support and care for him with the atten tion his infirmities demanded, aban doned him, but notified the officers of the Tensas, who went ashore and carried the darky aboard, intending to bring him to the Charity hospital in this city. Peter Murphy, a dark griff, is a natural curiosity, and if the statement of the negress, his grandmother, be correct, is fifteen years old. He was born on Black river in 1866, and has never been able to walk. He is about thirty-three inches tall and weighs about seventy five pounds. His hands, feet and limbs are those of an infant, small and per fectly formed. His head is unnaturally large, and has the appearance of that of a man of forty years of age. He can speak fluently, is blessed with a keen appetite for food, and not averse to whisky. His head, it is safe to say, weighs as much as all the rest of his body. Pete does not know his age, and speaks in a whining, squeaky voice. A bed was made for him on deck, but such a crowd gathered round the dwarf Thursday morning as to interfere with the unload ing of the boat, and it was found neces sary to place him in the hold, where he was covered with sacks. The hospital will doubtless refuse to take the negro, as he is not sick exactly; but that he will be cared for there is no doubt, as several showmen--Colonei Dan Rice among the number have taken steps to secure the living wonder. Pete is anything but a beauty, al though his face cannot be said to be re pulsive. New Orleans Picayune. Influence or carfl-FIaylng. Playing at cards was condemned by Arthur Schopenhauer, the philosopher, in the following terms: "For such reasons playing at cards has become the chief occupation of society in every country. It is the measure of the value of society and the declaration of their intellectual bankruptcy. Hav ing not any thoughts to exchange, they exchange cards and try to catch one an other's dollars. Oh, pitiable racel But let us not be unjust. People may possi bly say, in extenuation of theerror of playing at cards, it was a practice pre paratory for life and business, teaching how to take advantage of circumstances (i. e., cards,) invariably given by chance, in order to make out of them as much as possible, to accomplish -which the player gets used to maintaining his composure, showing an unruffled countenance even with a bad hand. But for that very rea son the influence of card-playing must be demoralizing. For the sense of the game is to win his fellow's property by any means or cunning tricks. And the habit of doing so in playing takes root and affects a man's proceedings in prac tical life, leading him step by step to do similarly in transactions affecting prop erty, and to consider any advantage justifiable which he may just be able to hold, if only it is allowed by law, for which condition of things every-day life supplies daily proofs." Capability. Beown amd Geobgb III. CapabiUty Brown was George III.'s heady' lener, and exercised within his domain an autocratic rule, which while fully admitted was secretly resented. In course of time Brown died, and the king made haste to visit his emancipated gar dens. "Ha! John," said His Majesty, to the working gardener, gleefully rub bing his hands, ."now that old Brown is dead, you and I cap do as we please!" Gentleman's Magawnte. .