The Corvallis Gazette.
PUBLISHED
EVERT FRIDAY- MORNING,
BY
W. O. CARTER
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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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.
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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."
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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. .