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THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1891. Carirallis (iajetic. ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY xe-sfs: cowover. 8UB30RIPTION RATtS PorTear ". $2 00 Six Month 1 0 Three Months 75 (Jingle Copies - Be er I ear iwnen nut paiu in kuvuhvcj... .... "v CULTIVATE P if BUG SPIRIT. Human nature is much the 4ame throughout the world, it is said. The human race is naturally fndolent and many other undesir able qualities are inherent in its organization, but these qualities Are modified in various degrees, 6y cultivation and training. So ciety is improved as -its natural tendencies are checked and divert ed into artificial channels. Hu man nature impels us to allow as many of the burdens of society as pos sible to rest upon the shoulder of others, but necessity has induced many of us to control or cultivate our inclinations so many of us as are required for tha mainten ance of society, the elevation of which depends upon the notions of its members' as to what is neces sary. A higher state of society may be desirable, but it is too often not regarded as worth the effort necessary to obtain it, the more advanced state being left to the provision of "Providence." the benefits of Providence are received in the beginning. It did a good part by that section of country now known as Oregon. It allotted to us with such a lavish hand that the burdens of society have rested lightly upon all. The inhabitants have been permitted, to a great degree, to indulge their in dolent human nature, and thus came to believe that Providence is tfie father of all blessings. But practical men do not ex pect great things from Providence in the affairs of life. Although it gave the people of Oregon a great most of our opportunities. If we prize an advanced state of society we should cultivate those qualities by which we may obtain it. One individual with unequal advant ages, rises above another by the restraint of and cultivation of his nature, and the same is true of Communities. With the natural Advantages which has been bestow ed upon Oregon, it should become the greatest state in the Union. As a community of this great state, Corvallis and Benton county is putting forth a commendable effort to elevate Oregon to the po sition to which she is entitled, but Still there remains a great amount of apathy concerning public mat ters of importance. There exists eonsiderable selfishness which re quires eradication. The cultiva tion of public spirit is what we require. ' The vitalizing influence of elec tricity is said to be very great. It has. been known to create the ap pearance of life in a corpse which was unquestionably dead, and the Gazette desires to be permitted to suggest that a wire of the electric light company be attached to the dormant corpus of the Corvallis board of trade. - Should it pro duce the appearance of vitality, the effort were well made. The war cloud is again hanging li'eavily over the European powers. It looks as though France and Russia were about to "double teams" on Germany, but an out break by any of the great powers would probably involve almost ail the nations of Europe. I If Corvallis is to observe the an niversary of the declaration of in dependence,' it is time that we be gin to arrange for it. We want at least to make up our minds whether we shall celebrate or not. The city election is approaching, and the unprogressive element should not be permitted to prevail. We could do worse than to sustain the spirit which predominates in .the present city council. , OREGON AND THE WORLD'S FAIR. The committee of the State Board of Agriculture, consisting of J.'T. Appersoiu VanB. Delash muU, D. S. It Buick and W. F. Matlock, have issued the following which is self-explanatory: . We the undersigned, a special committee appointed by the State Board of Agriculture to prepare and issue a call, - whereby at an early day we could secure, if pos sible, tii3 co-operation of all the people in having Oregon's ma terial interests properly represent ed at the World's Columbian Ex position to be held at Chicago in 1893, and believing it to be im portant that Oregon should take some action wherein we could unite and secure necessary means to furnish and plan, whereby said exhibit could be made creditable to the state, we respectfully re quest the county courts of the re spective counties of this state to designate and secure, if possible, the attendance of one or more delegates to represent said county at a meeting to be held at the Chamber of Commerce in the city of Portland, on June 16th, at 11 o'clock a. m., no county being en titled to more than five delegates. We would most earnestly urge upon the boards of trade in each county and all good citizens to co operate with and act in conjunc tion with each other in securing the proper representation to attend said meeting, so that each section of the state may assist in determ ining the best means to secure the object and purpose of thi3 call. We are of the opinion that this is a matter of vast importance to all classes of our population and we feel assured that if we can secure a meeting of the representative men of each county in the state that they will be able to agree np- on some method whereupon the people of the state can unite for accomplishment of the object and purpose of this call. It remains for your representatives when as sembled to determine the cost of, and manner of accomplishing the great object in view, and we con fidently expect the co-operation and assistance of every citizen of the state, including the public press. The people of Oregon must move in this matter if they wish to keep pace with the procession of other Pacific coast states. It is expected that the New Or leans grand jury will in a few days report on the lynching. A certain confession will be used by the grand jurv. It is that of a man named Politz, who claims to have joined the Mafia under the im pression that it was a benovolent societv, and who was present at the time the death of Chief Ilen- nessy wa3 planned. This confes sion has not hitherto been used be cause the state believed that it had direct proof of Politz's pres ence at the killing. Politz claims to have learned the particulars of the killing of Hennessy from one of those who took part in the mu rder. Ex Governor Waterman, of California, died at San Diego on the 12th inst. He first came to California in 1856. In 1886 he re ceived the republican nomination for lieutenant governor and was the only one of his ticket elected that year. Washington Bartlett, the democratic governor, died shortly after his election and Wa terman became governor. Italy, like other countries, sus- t lins a number of political partier, and, like other political parties what one wishes another depre cates. Hence the action of the administration in recalling Minis ter Fava is deplored' by a large proportion of Italy's population. General F. J. Spinola died in Washington on Tuesday morning. He served through the war as a brigadier-general of volunteers. Afterward he served a number of terms as a democratic congress man from New York. . THE WAR IN CHILI. The constitution of the republic of Chili had endured since 1833 Not long since a dispute, relative to certain acts or powers, arose be tween the president, Balmaceda, and that branch of the govern ment which neaaly corresponds with our senate and house of rep resentatives. The result of the disagreement is a civil war. The president has discarded the consti tution and made himself dictator, although the adherents of the sen ate and house are termed the revo lutionists. The people, for the most part, and a contingent of the navy adhere to the congress, but the army of perhaps 10,000 are mostly with the president. The New York World's special correspondent at Buenos Ayres says: "The revolution in Chili now amounts to a civil war. Rapine, violence, confiscations, arbitrary arrests, complete overturning of the laws, treachery, and everything else almost that is bad, prevail. Trade is nearly at a standstill, and the supreme court and court of ap peals are closed, as the judges found themselves without authority. President Balmaceda has assumed functions which the czar of Russia would hesitate to grasp. The ac tual situation, from a purely mili tary standpoint, is difficult to com prehend. Not a word of reliable, news comes by trans-Andine tele graph. The mails afford scanty protection for correspondents, and and the censorship over the press precludes a truthful presentment of the news. Pizagua is in a de plorable condition. Everybody who could has left, and the hills in. the rear of the town are cover ed with dead bodies, which vul tures devour. " Horrible tales of cruelty are related. Prisoners are taken by either side, the adherents of Balmaceda, or the sympathizer with the congress, and are bayon eted or shot without mercy.- The soldiers slay their officers if they differ from them. The officers of the Reugo battalion, at Tarapaca, were killed by their men, while the officers of the Fourth battalion (Balmacedists) were also shot, be cause they attempted to restrain their soldiers from pronouncing for the revolution. Revolutionists have thus far won most of the skirmishes and battles that have occurred. Balmaceda has i;o funds legitimately acquired, and he confiscates the property on all who do not support him. He call ed on the banks for 11,000,000. The managers ref used and were at once thrown into prison." A correspondent at Lima writes that 400 refugees, who arrived on the last steamer, were so destitute they had to remain on the wharf. The commandant at Iquique was selling flour at 22 cents per pound. Fighting between the government forces and rebels near Iquique re sulted in a victory for the latter. About 700 men in all were killed. A Lima paper published a mes sage from Iquique, received by the English minister, saying the tri umph of the rebels March 7 was decisive, and Balmaceda's troops were knocked to pieces. Thous ands of people have abandoned the nitrate worlds, and accompa nied by their families, are trudging across the desert to Iquique. The scene is of a nature which hardly finds an equal in the history of war. Many died on the desert and their bones marked for many days the road to the now abandon ed nitrate factories. The Chilian ministers to Argentine Republic and France have been declared traitors by President Balmaceda. The inventor of the Gatling gun d -earns of putting an end to wars b making battles fatal to all who take part in them. Possibly there may be some more effective way of stopping a fight than killing off the combatants, but it has not o jcurred to anyone to publish it if he thought so. Ex. ' Tear down the rotten awninsrs. Clear tip the streets and alleys. A NSW TREASURER. A Washington, D. C, dispatch of the 13th says: The president this afternoon appointed Enos H. Nebecker, of Indiana, U. S. treas urer as Jsuccessor to "J. N. Huston, of Indiana, resigned. Mr. Huston's resignation will take effect upon the qualification of his successor. Mr. Nebecker left for Indiana on the 3:30 train this afternoon. It will be about ten days before he qualifies. He will have to give a bondot $150,000 upon taking the oath of office and again when he is confirmed by the senate he will have to give a new bond for a like amount. When he assumes charge of the office, all the money in the United States treasury will have to be counted. A committee con sisting of three persons, one repre senting the outgoing treasurer, one representing the incoming treasur er and one representing tha secre tary of the treasury, will be ap pointed to superintend the count of the money. This committee will be assisted by about fifty clerks in counting the currency, bonds and securities. It will take this force about three weeks to ount the currency, etc. After the currency is counted the heavy work begins, that of weighing the coin. This is done by the commit tee with the help of about twelve laborers, who place the coin, which is in great bags, upon the scales. It will take about two months to complete this "work. There are now 4500 ions weight of coin in the treasury to be counted. Ap proximately, there are now in the vaults $691,370,000. Until the count is complete and the money found correct the bond of Tieas urer Huston is not released. The appearance of strawberries opens the fruit canning season dur ing which the husbandman's gro cery accounts are presented on the full sheet bill heads. MORTAR-SPOTTED SKIN. Covered with Scales. Awful Spec tacle. Cured in Five Weeks by - the Cuticura Remedies. About the 1st of April last I noticed some red.pim ples like cming out all over my body but thought nothing of it until some time later on, when it began to look like spots of mortar spotted on, and which came off in layers accompanied with itching. I would scratch every night until 1 was raw, then the next night the scales being formed meanwhile were scratch ed off strain. In vain did I con sult all the doctors in the county but without aid. After giving up all hopes of recovery. 1 hap pened to see an advertisement in the newspaper about your Cuticura Remkdies, and pur chased thein from my druggist, and obtained almost immediate relief. I began to notice that the scaly eruptions gradually dropped off and disappeared one by one, until I had been fully cured. I had the disease thir teen months before I began taking the Rsmedikb, and in four r five weeks was entirely cured. My disease , as eczema and psoriasis. I know of a great many who have taken the Rexkkikh. and thank me for the knowledge of them, especially mothers who have ba'bies with scaly eruptions on their heads and bodies. 1 cannot express ray thanks to you. My body was covered with scales, and I was an awful spectacle to behold. Now niv skin is as clear as a baby's. GEO COTIiY, Merrill, Wis. Cuticura Resolvent. 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Avery. ) Ether administered for painless extracti of teeth. Office over the First National Bank. G. R. FARRA, M. D., PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Special attention given to Obstetrics and diseases of Women and Children. Office up stairs in Crawford & Farra s brick. Office hours, 8 to 9 a.m., and 1 to 2 and 7 p. m. i:i3-yi. If you want THE BESt, buy ALLEN'S NORTHERN CROWN If tha Merchant you eal -with does no keep them send to ALLEN direct. He pays the postage. Beautiful Catalogue sent free. Address: E. W. ALLEN, '171S.cd Street, mi W Or., sunns 13 el Say, Til I mean Business, and intend to close out my entire stock of Clothing, Hats, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Gloves, etc. I will sell Goods at unheard-of prices, as my stock must be sold within the next 60 days, and if not sold by that time will be moved t osome other town, as I must and will close them out. J will sell Goods at 25 per cent discount from wholesale price. People, now is your chance. A word to the wise is sufficient. JOHN OSBORN. P ISO'S IlEMEDY FOB CATAKKH. Best. Easiest to use. Cheapest. Relief ia immediate. A cure is certain. For Cold in the Head it has no equal. It is an Ointment, of which a small particle is applied to the nostrils. Price, 50c. Sold by drug-gists or sent by mail. Address, E. T. IIazeltine, Warren, Pa. 1891, SEASON, 1891. The Largest Stock of Rarpets,) ff all Paper, F And Bedding ever carried by any one house in Corvallis, to select from at PHILIP WEBER'S FURNITURE STORE At Prices which will Defy Competition. Mail Orders for Carpets, Wall Paper or Furniture receive strict attention, and goods will be shipped with dispatch. PHILIP "WIEIBIEIB, P. 0. Box. 333, CORVALLIS, OREHOJf, P. L. P0SS02T & SON. We carry a full Best SEEDS, TREES, SULBS, FERTILIZERS, ETC., BEE KEEPERS' SUPPLIES. Give us a trial order. F. L. POSSOU & S01T, 200 SUCCESSORS TO MILLER BROS. Corvallis, tarsal ?harer : Oak : Ranges I "With. Wire-Gauze Doors. Fire -Backs Warranted for 15 Yeai'8. Arg-axid Stoves and Ranges, "Ventilated Ovens, ' PLUMBING ROOFING, REPAIRING. WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE ALWAYS LATE? They never look ahead nor think. People have this year, but send 10 cents for Vlck'S Floral Guide, deduct the 10 cents from first order, it coot nothing. This pioneer catalogue contains three colored plates. Grandest NoTtitieB ever offered. $?oo in cash premiums to those sending club orders, fiooo cash prizes at one of the State Fairs. GraM oiEa. chance for all. Made m different shape from ever before ; 100 pages 8' x ic y, inches. JAMES VICE, SEEDSMAN, Eocbeatw, N, Y. OHM RlCKAB D. John Smith. P.Ayery. Allen Wilson. Benton County LOURING Company, Manufacturers of the Best brand of Roller Flour in the valley. Having thoroughly eqni ped our mill with all the latest and most improved ma chinery we now are making superior arti ticle of flour equal to any in- e Willamette valley. Give us a trial aud convinced. Every sack warranted Bran, Shorts and Chop constantly on hand. 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