jtafcll Corcatlis &mtt FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. 7, 1883 Entered at the Postoflico at Corvalli Orgon, M second-class matter. EDITED BY M. S. WOODCOCK, OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON COuHTY Sheep will degenerate more from poverty in one generation than they could be improved in two or three. About 3000 Mormons have arrived at the port of New York from foieisn countries during the year 1883. Senator Edmunds has been prepar ing a postal telegraph bill which he intends to submit to the present con gress. It opposes the purchasing of existing lines. The Louisville Courier Journal pos itively announces that Mr. Tilden is not and will not be a candidate for the next presidential nomination. The New York Sun a democratic paper says of Carlisle's nomination : "As this selection is one against which we ha.e earnestly advised, we cannot regard It with any great satisfaction." It is said that Gen. Rosecrans soon after the meeting of the present con gress will introduce a proposition offer ing an amendment to the constitution to forever prohibit polygamy in the United States. The Jacksonville Sentinel says: "Mormons are coming from Idaho into Southeastern Oregon and settling there in considerable numbers. Thus the mormon evil will soon become a home question, and one which will give us trouble in the futufe." Last Saturday at the city of Wash iugton the Democratic caucus to nom inate a speaker to the present National house of Representatives. Carlisle of Kentucky was nominated receiving 106 votes to Randall's 52 and 28 for Cox. Free trade England through some of her members of pa-liament have been endeavoring to prevent the im portation of American beef into Eng land nnder the contemptible and hypocritical pretense that "it is dan gerous" instead of alleging the truth and the real reason is because it is too cheap to enable English ra;sed beef to compete with it. The lLct is she de sires to dictate through her free trade beareaus organized it. New Yovk and other cities for the United States to adopt free trade but she don t want free trade beef to go from the United States to England. The north district school opened last Monday morning but owing to several cases of scarlet fever being in town there was but 13 scholars in one room and 12 in the other. Most parents are anxious enough to educate their children, but most of them how ever, refuse to drive them to slaughter. When school teachers think more ol their pockets or the Joss of a few days than they do of the lives of their pupils it is certainly time that school teaching should be remodeled to a basis which consults the life, health and best interests of the child first, last and all the time before anything else. School teachers or direclors which wou!d run the risk of taking a town full of children into an epidemic like scarlet fever in order to save a few days ofjtime or any other considera.ion, certainly lack that element of care which qualifies them to have charge of the young. The Staudard of Portland, reprinted a Washington special one day last week which describes Congressmen Woolford of Kentucky as an "unre constructed rebel'" and a famous con federate officer. Woolford is a dem ocrat, and being a democrat and a rebel in the South go so together as a matter of course that the error is natu ral, but Woolford must find his de fenders in this matter among Repub licans, who remember him as the famous leader of Woolford's federal cavelry. He is not only not an un reconstructed rebel, but he is one who has reconstructed many a rebel in his day. He has fallen into bad ways of late, and was elected to congress as a Democrat in palliation of an insult tendered him when he was defeated for nomination as clerk of the court of appeals on the ground that he had been a union officer. In the South this is still counted a political disability when it comes to Democratic nominations. Senators and Representatives to the Congress of the United States, as well as the chief executive of the Nation, when addressing their constituents speak of and regard their positions as servants of the people and they make all promises to so perform their duties of office in accordance with the wishes of the people. Their distinguished officers also recognize one of the rights guaranteed by the constitution of the United States declaring the Sijht of the people (or any portion of them) peacably to assemble and to petition those in authority for redress of griev ances." Even the legislators of the several State legislatures re ognize their duty to serve the people and that the right of petition is an inherent right which rests with the people. Eut some times one finds a own council which recognizes the rights of no one e::' ept their own supreme power, and even when sometimes a boaid of fire delegates petitions them in a respect ful manner to house an engine and keep it in repair they throw it off by a simple motion to lay the petition on the table, wi.hout argument, and thus treat Lie right of petition with ufc'e? contempt. A pet', ion by the principal tax payers of a town is often regarded by a town council as an interference wi'h their business a id lit Je or no at tention paid to it. When persons get to the exalted position of town coun cilmen they know no higher authority and rule supreme, few ring neither God nor man. Even if the Lord on high should presume to interfere with their high destinies and should presume to say to those most high dignitaries of this earth, "Messrs. Councilmen, sirs, I pray you may I ask you to do me this small favor as one ot your humble subjects I believe it is your duy to do it and I think it will benefit me and others interested in your fair city." That town council would ceitain'y re gard his request as absurd, and would probably treat it with supreme con tempt by laying the overseer of their destinies in the next world on the table. Mr. Wm. Edwards, of Salem was in Corvallis last Monday night. He says before leaving Salem about one week ago he was walking around town and counted 17 flogs out at different houses where parties were sick with scarlet fever. In Salem it seems their town council have exercised the privi leges delegated to them in order to protect the lives and health of their citizens and in pursuance thereof they have passed the proper ordinances in proper time to compel parties effected with contagious diseases to hang out the proper signal in form of a flag and also prevent parties from running too and from the sick person out on the streets exposing everybody else. The town council of Corvallis when Jieir attention was called to the fact some six or eight weeks before scarlet fever came in the town that it was their duty to carry out the provisions of the city charter on the subject of contagious diseases in order that it might be controlled and kept fiom spreading, sat like warts on a toad and as unconcerned as if they were the lord of all creation. They will bring the subject around all right finally be cause at their last meeting they re quested Messrs. Brink & Wright to fumigate their hearse after conveying a corpse which had died of sci let fever. This request if carried out by Messrs. Brink & Wright will prevent thi next corpse which they convey from taking the disease, andp it is a good thing, because possibly it might prevent some of the living 1 om taking it. At their last meeting we learn that they also directed that an ordi nance be drawn on the subject of con tagious dis'-ases to come before their next meeting; this move is certainly in the right direction if there is any foun dation in the old saying that it is ' bet ter to be late than not at all," for by the time the scarlet fever has entirely run its course and disappeared and half of the children of the town shall have died with it the ordinance will have become a law and it will then be ready to apply to some case where some oid or young lady has had a sleepless spell with the nightmare. According to Col. A. Pa-rte1, R. A. official records show that 2270 per sons were killed by lightning in Russia (exclusive of Portland and Finland) during the five years from 1870 to 1884. Of these persons no less than 2 161 dwelt in the country. During the same period, in the same territory, 4192 fires were caused by lightning. 4099 of them being in the country. The Tribune's Washington special says : The purpose of Mahone and the readjuster leaders is understood to be to call a convention of all the opponents of bourbonism in Virginia, whether they belong to the readjustera or to the straightouts, to elect dele gates to the republican national con vention who shall represent the regu lar republicans and readjustee, to work for the candidate of the republi can party. This, Mahone thinks, with such federal protection at the polls through the United States, marshals and supervisors of elect'ons as the law authorizes at a national election, may possibly secure Virginia's electo rial vole for the republicans. The Dr nviiie massacre and the bounjon's Triumph in Virginia, so far from driv ing Mahone and the lead'ng read justee back into the bourbon ranks, has resulted in their pem.-nent di vorce from the bourbon pa .y and t'ie;r alliance w'.h the republicans or whatever party may be in opposition to bourbonism. The addrers of Ma hone shows that the deroccraiic talk that he will not t o-operate with the re public ans in the senate is idle, and that the reo.gan'zation of the senn'te on a repub'ican basis is almost certain. ag re:- or.AL so. mls broad. Acs. via supports 70 schoo's of agri cul.'ure, w;th 2 200 students, and 174 agrcuVural evening schools, with 5, 500 students. Fraice has 43 farm schools, with 30 to 40 pupils at each. The government pays the board of each pup'l, and allows him 70 francs a year for c'ohing. Paris has three de paranent schools of agriculture and a Nauonal AgricuLnre Institute. 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He had a very large thorough-pin, and I used two bottles of your Kemilall's Spavin Cure, and it took the bunch entirely off, and he sold afterwards for Sisoo (dollars). 1 have used it for bone spavins and wind galls, and it Has always cured couipletel. and left the leg smooth. It is a solenoid medicine for rheumatism. I have recommended it to a good many, and thev all say it does the work. 1 was in Witlierington & Knccland's drug store, hi Adams the other day and saw a very fine picture you sent them. I tried to buy it but could not; tiicy said if 1 would write to you that you would send me one. I wish you would and 1 will do you all the good I can. Very Respectfully, E. S. LYMAN. From the Akron Commerci al, Ohio, Nov. 25, 1882. Readers of the Commercial can not well fbt$t that a large space has for years been taken up oy Kendall's advertisement evgiec'aity of a ce-... Id Spavin Cure. Ve tare had 0 . "b-js with Dr Kcn dall for man years, ami the t .1 1 is l'ully art! i.,it 1 nllv nmvfji r.iitonlv that lie is a :ood hunest UK n. and that his ceiebrp'ted Spavin Cure is not only HI that it is recommended to uc, unt ran me r.iu a lausugge is not capable ot reeommenditi too hiirhly. ttenri&lrfl Snavin Go -e will cuie spavins. There are hundreds of casts in which that has been proven to our certain knowledge, but, after all, if any person onfines the usefulness of this celebrated mtaitine to curing sparina alone, they make a bur mistake. It is the 1 :3st edicine known as an outward applica tion for rhdnxnattan in the human family, it is good for pains and allies, spellings and lameness, and is just as K&feijt: applied to men, women and children as it is to horses. We know tha thee ae other tcuod linauients, b jt we do believe tbJs spavin cure to be far better than anv ever invented. Renda'ii's spavin Cure Colton, Cal., Oct. 3, 1&82. B. J. Keddall &Co . Gents: While in the employ of U. C. Hastings, the well known horsemon of San Francisco, in the yew ending 18S0, we had a younjr horse two ye-is old that contracted a bone spavin and seeing your li.rment known as Kendall's Spavin Cure advertised, upon my own responsibility I commenced using it and within thirty days from , .ut time and after having used only three hc.les the spavin v.as removed en. irely, and therefore 1 natural! have tlie utmost confluence in its mei its. 1 do not hesitate a recommend it to all who have occasion to use the medicine a"d should any one desire to confer vi. h me 1 shall be glad to answer any coniniunioa;ou relating to the cas j in question. Ilespectfully Yours, JOHN ROADMAN. Kendall's Spavin Cure San Francisco, Col., Jan. 10, 1S82. Messrs. J. B. Kendall & Co., Gents: Through the recommendation of a friend about a year ago, f was induced to give your Kendall's Spavin Cure a 'rial and I am pleased to say that I was fully satisfied with the results. I used it in seveial instances upon splints, which after a few app.ications were entirely removeo. 1 also ufcd it on a spavin with the same results. The medicine has grown in popularity in this vicinity in the past few months and what is said here to-day 1 believe is put out upon its merits. ALEX McCORD, Foreman for City R. R. Co. Send address for illustrated circular which we think gives positive proof of its virtues; No remedy has ever met with such unqualified success to our knowledge, for beast as well as man. Price 1 per bottle, or six bottles for?5. All drug gists have it or can get it for you, or it will be sent to anv address on receint of price bv the proprietors. DR. B. J. KFNDALL & Co., Enosburgh Falls, Vt. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.