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THE EXTRA SESSION.
- President Cleveland has at last,
feeen persuaded to change the date
he had fixed upon for the assem
bling of congress in extra session,
and accordingly that body is called
Ur meet at Washington, Monday,
August 7, instead of early in the
month following. This action will
be heartily commended by all
classes throughout the country.
It has been a long time since a
more urgent call for an extraordi-
nary session of congress existed.
The financial situation has been
going from bad to worse ever since
t&9 break in the speculative mar
kets nearly two months ago. From
that time to this the country has
been pickiug a way along the rag
ged edge of a panic. Stocks have
been falling, money growing tight
er, capital becoming timid, demand
for the productions of the factories
rapidly diminishing, and the em
ployment of labor threatened with
eenous curtailment. Doubt, un-
- certainty and distrust have been
seizing hold of business and para
lyzing the arms of trade and indus-
try.
Whatever may have been the
' determining causes of this situa-
. tion, .everybody is agreed as to
what stands irrevocably in the way
of tbe speedy recovery of confi-
", dence, without which the existing
. . demoralization - and depression
must be indefinitely continued.
' Business must know what is to be
the standard of value wlietherjit
is to be a silver dollar depreciated
fifty per cent and wildly fluctuat
ing in actual value in the world's
r exchanges from day lo day, cr
whether it is to be the gold dollar
' of the great commercial nations.
, Business must also know what it
is to expect in the way of tariff
changes. Without this knowledge
" and without assurance that the
currency is to be founded on a
standard of some assured stability,
without accurate information as to
the rates of taxes lo be put upon
imported commodities, there can
be no restoration of confidence, no
driving away of timidity from cap
ital, no stop to the contraction of
credit and the paralysis of all en-
- "terprise. '
Thus congress, holds the key to
the situation. It alone can furnish
the needed " remedies. We have
held that in this view of the case
it should have been called in ex
traordinary session before this
time. We have thought it to Le
. jio constitutional function of the
executive power to " educate "
that body or to determine the
times when, in the president's
Opinion, its " education" was suf
ficient for the purposes in hand.
Responsibility rested with congress
alone and there it should have
been placed at an earlier date than
this. It is well, therefore, that the
session is to begin a month earlier
than was intended. . The action of
the president will carry assurance
to the fevered mind of business all
over the land of a speedy and no
doubt a happy relief from the ills
of distrust, that at present afflict
the markets. Springfield Republican.
, It is not intended to fill one
"with much enthusiasm for going
east to read the accounts of storms
the past few days. Two or three
towns' destroyed iu Iowa and one
: hundred lives lost, and death and
" destruction at-Chicago is the last,
regon is-the place, after all., if she
TnHlnfr fn. twinv "frill"' nf
the fair. Transcript. -'
" ' ! i.
The Washington istar proposes
(he name of Governor Altgeld, of
Illinois, foe president and Governor
Pennoyer, of Oregon, for vice pres
idents Platform, "We are agin
the-government."
Indications-point 1 some very
interesting scrinamages among the
itiifhful at Washington in the or
' g&nizalinn of the house.
"The new, coast-defense vessel.
Monterey,- -was in the Poitland
fiarbor this week and was visited
.by vast crowds..
S0tfr CAROLINA'S EXPERIMENT
There has been no end of fun
poked at South Carolina for the
stand she is taking with the liquor
question by going into the buisness,
and the temperance people con
demn in unmeasured terms tl.e
Hea f a state setting up whisky
shop's. It must be confessed that
the experiment is a novelt' and a
111,11 Iced departure Lrom all ideas
heretofore , advanced on the sub
ject. But, as an experiment, it
may be worth trying, though we
confess we have not much faith in
it as a satisfactory solution of the
problem that has been conlronling
us for generations. It is an exer
cise by the state of its authority
for regulating the liquor traffic in
another direction than absolute
prohibition of sale, the plan of
most who have enlisted them
selves to the warfare against its
manifold evils. Prohibition does
not always and necessarly prohibit,
its failure being largely due to the
idiosyncrancies and personal frail
lies of those charged with enforce
ment of the laws and the senti
ment of the several communities
under their jurisdiction. Undoubt
edly the same reasons will largely
contribute to the success or failure
of the South Carolina experement.
Meantime, its outcome will be
watched with interest. It is not
improbable" that some valuable
data may be evolved from it. The
famous histrionic remark from the
governor of North Carolina to the
governor cf South Corolina is
more than ever before to be re
pealed in the Palmetto state with
in the i.extyear. Cincinnati Trib
une.
A number of indictments have
been made against persons con
nected with the Portland custom
house under James Lotan, the ex
colleclor himself being among
them. Inspectors recently in the
Astoria custom house have also
been arrested. The indictments
are for smuggling, and kindred
charges. The government has
started in to make a case against
us," was Mr. Lotan's commentary
on his arrest, "and they have lo
play the string out. It is persecu
tion rather than prosecution, and
is done merely to furnish an ex
cuse to the administration for turn
ing us summarily out after promis
ing not lo do so. I was removed,
they said, because I would land the
enormous quantity of opium and
contraband Chinese coming in on
the Haytian Republic. But there
was not a pound of opium found
on her, and they are still landing
her passengers, some every day."
It is understood that Mr. Lotan is
to be prosecuted, if at all, not for
active participation in any smug
gling,Jbut for neglecting to use lii
official position to prevent it.
The Sunday attendance at the
world's fair has been so small that
the directors have come to the
conclusion that the public dosen't
so much want Sunday opening as
was supposed. It was previously
announced that last Sunday's re
ceipts at the gates would be do
nated for the relief of the families
of the firemen who lost their lives
in the recent fire on the grounds,
but notwithstanding this charitable
arrangement the altedance was
unusually small. "
Vice-President Adlai, Stevenson
and a party of friends, who are on
their way to the Northwest, will
be greeted with a rousing reception
when they reach Portland. It is
expected that the vice-president
will reach Portland in a day or
tvo,on his way to the sound, and
during his necessarily brief stay in
ihe city, Portland democrats will
do all the honors to the distin
guished lllinoisan that circumstan
ces will allow. :
. Five hundred empty beer bar
rels, for reshipment to the brew
eries, were piled up in front of a
saloon in Pendleton the other daj
representing the amount of. beer
consumed at that saloon in two
months. Each barrel holds fifteen
gallons, making a total for the 500
of 7,500" gallons, nearly two each
for every man, woman and child
in that city. ".'The first cost of the
beer was about $2,000. No woiidtr
the brewing companies find Pen
dleton a good field to compete for.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
The gurgeon general of the Uni
ted States army reports that the
rate of admission to the hospitals
for alcoholism is forty per 1,000, a
proportion the enormhy of which
is only appreciated by comparing
our rates with the freedom from
lunkenness of the British, 2.5C;
the Italian, 0.03, and the German
army, 0 20. During the last fiscal
year the desertions numbered 1,3S2
id this great total has been far
exceeded in recent times. The
difficulty of securing good men is
shown by the fact that the recruit
ing officers in making 8,147 enlist
ments last year rejected 20,831 ap
plicants who lacked necessary
qualifications, mental, moral or
physical. A system is in force by
which men are allowed lo buy
their way out of the army during
the second and third years of
their first enlistment, which tempts
undesirable men to enter the ser
vice, and then assures them a
quick deliverance the first time
they become offended" by their
commanding officer or ara called
upon to perform any arduous r
unpleasant duty. During the last
year 880 went out by thus purchas
ing the privilege, while among
other causes that depleted the
army were 394 fraudulent enlist
ments, and 83G sentences of gar
rison courts-martial. So low is the
moral tone that a military prison
has to be maintained at a cost of
$75,000 a year. The social status
of the enlisted man is most unde
sirable, yet he is allowed to marry
and have his family at an army
post. The result is that one-fourth
of all the women at the forts and
more than one-third of the children
are Ihej families of soldiers, be
tween whom and the families of
the officers the social lines are and
must be strictly drawn.
New York Times, June
15th:
"It was learned from high Russian
scources yesterday that the Rus
sian government has decided to
maintain a permanent fleet of war
ships m United States waters,
and the port of New York will be
made Russia's Western naval cen
ter. It was announced yesterday
thalrrepresentatives of the Rus
sian government had made over
tures to the Erie drydocks . estab
lishment toj undertake the care
and overhauling of all warships
maintained by Russia in Ameri
can waters. The opinion was ven
tured in naval circles last evening
that in view of the likelihood of
the Behringsea cases going against
Great Britain and the late an
muncement that England is rein
forcing her naval force at Esqui
mault, the proposed action of Rus
sia is of great importance to the
United Stales,
Congressman Magner says that
President Cleveland has tendered
to State Supreme Court Justice
Edgar M. Cullen the appointment
(o the supreme court of the United
States in the place of the late
Justice Blatchford.
Patronize home industries there
by enriching yourself.
MOTHERS ! MOTHERS 1!
To know that a single applica
tion of the Cuticura Remedies will
afford instant relief, permit rest
and sleep, and point to a speedy
and economical cure of torturing-.
disfiguring:, itching, burning and
scaly humors, and not to use
them without a moment's delay
is to fail in your" duty. Cures
made in childhood -'are soeedv.
economical and permanent.
Fold throughout the world. PoTTBB Druo and
Chem 'obp, sole proprietors, Boston. KkT "All
Abuut the Ukwd,Skin,dcaluaiHlHalr'maiied free.
JS5-Facial Pl-tnliwii, falling hair and simple
taby rushes prevented by Cuticura Soap.
It tired, aching, norvons moth
ers knew the comfort, strength, and
vitality m Cuticura Plasters, they
would never be without them. " In
ercrv way the rarest, sweetest end
best of plasters.
; The Duke of Veragua, whom
the United States has been enter
taining for sometime as a descen
dant of Columbus, it seems, went
broke in speculation. A number
of prominent Americans are now
endeavoring to have what they
term a suitable sum of money sub- j
scribed and invested for the bene
fit of his family. ''It is barely
possible," .. says I he Statesman,
"that there are other families, a
good deal nearer than Spain is to
us, too, that areas needy and as
worthy of pubiic sympathy and
aid. With all the advantages the
Duke of Veragua has had in life
he ought to be qualified to support
his fa-nily from his own exertions.
Men more poorly equipped ..have
to do this. If President Palmer
really wants to do a kindness let
him give the aristocratic and im
pecunious duke a job at the world's
fair. There are plenty of positions
there, some of them quite soft
snaps. And again if President. Pal
mer wants to do a kindness let him
start a movement for the relief of
such persons as old Dan Ernmst,
the author and composer of "Dixie
Land," who, in his old age, is saw
ing wood and doing chores in an
Indiana hamlet. There is too
-much toadyism and to litlle hu
manity and patriotism and good
sense abroad iu the world."
It was learned at the pension
office at Washington on June 14th
that 2560 pensioners have been
suspended up to date under Sec
retary Hoke Smith's recent ruling
The suspensions are not confined
lo any particular locality, but are
well distributed throughout the
co in try. No pensioner has as yet
been dropped under the decision,
for the reason that the 60 days al
lowed the pensioners in which to
make proof ot disability have not
lelaPsed-
Well, when are democratic good
limes to begin? And by the way
where's the man who will stand up
before the Ameiican public and
amrm mat Mclvuuey prices are
too high? Ex.
AlCQ'C
Sarsaparilla
S." P. Smiih, of Towanda, Pa."
whose constitution was completely
broken down, is cured by.Ayor's
Sarsaparilla. He writes:
"For eight years, I ras, most ot the
time, a great sufferer from constipa
tion, kidney trouble, and Indiges
tion, so that rny constitution seemed
to be completely broken down. I was
induced to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and
took nearly seven bottles, with such
excellent results that my stomach,
bowels, and kidneys are in perfect con
dition, and, in all their functions, as
regular as clock-work. At the time
I began taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla, my
weight was only 129 pounds ; I now can
brag of 169 pounds, and was never in so
good health. If you conld see me be
fore and after using, you would want
me for a traveling advertisement.
I believe this preparation of Sarsaparilla
to be the best in the market to-day."
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Masa.
Cures otriers,will cure you
v"ben Baby was sick, we ga.ro her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she elung to Castoria. '
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. -
Main St., Op. Cameron's Store..
A qniet room. Good .Books. , Current Pa
pers and Periodicals. The puMic invited.
Strangers especially welcome.
Per On'.ur of W. O T. U.
VFurnished rooms (up stain) tt- rent. '
TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN.
For gummercomplaintin children, there is
nothing so good as Chamberlain's Colic,
( 'hoWa and Piarrhrea Remedy. It cures
dysentery, diarrhoea and! cholera infantum,
an 1 never tailes when used iu time and th
pliin pi in tod direction are followod. Wh n
reduced with water and sweetened it is pleaf
Miit to tnkf. 2Ji andSWcent bottles for s-
by T.Graham, DrujEgiit. .
WILL SSfcCV
clear nt (long
SKIN LIFE
'W ' HI r
q II 1
MENTALH hs fj IsTRONol
ENERGYjLlp. NERVES!
A FRESH LOT of SUMMER t SAUSAGES
AT ' '
4 flopEB1!-;
Headquarters for Foreign
TJipfi J FROM 25c TO $1.50
1 llFi) 25c to 50c per ponrwl.
Slock. Canned Fruits, Fish,
of Smokers' Articles, Cigars, Tobacco, Brier and Meerschaum Pipes
alvji3's on hand, stationery. Playing Cards, Notions, and Pocket Cut
lery. Also a full line of Willow, Wooden and Stoneware. Tea, Cof
fee and Spices a Specialty. . Sole
serve Iruit without cooking.
ISH & MURPHY,
STOVES,
TINWARE,
Plumbing and Tin-Work a Specialty.
THE CORVALLIS
loBEEli OHi H Ladder Compaky,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Screen Doors and Windows
Step Ladders, Painters' Extension Ladders,
Ladders of any Desired Description,
Trellises, Flower Stands,
FLYING DUTCHMAN CLOTHES LINES, ETC.,
Ironing Boards, Clothes Racks, Kitchen Safes, Cupboards,
Tables, Flour Bins, Etc., Elc.
FENCE PICKETS by the THOUSAND.
Can Furnish Picket Fence all Complete. All kinds of Job
' - Work Solicited. - Factory in the Addition. "
W. T.'EC O U'H'jVX Manager.
PALMS
GEOWB
interested
t ATin.ll fllf TT11 la TO ltf
Growing Stock. J. D.
ICYCL
Fruit SfedePs3!
' Roses, Small Fruits.
Grapevines. Hedge Plants, &c' !
The Cenuino Charlotte :
Peach and the Won- VJi
derful Tennant i
5 CO All Stock !
S Healthy and Vigorous.
THE B
According to instructions received from Iis aJquart re.
Messrs. Conover & Kt ady are enabled to make Great Reduc
tion in the price Wheels, u v . , V . fur a
short time only, sell
THE FAMOUS
th rnn r. t i -r
llVlrJjjlxlAL
$100 CASH!
or$l 25 on the Installment Plan.
Former Price, $150.
SaSsHBK(BEgHaaaaBBHaaValai --4
AH Other Wheels at
GONOVER & READY,
, " e Gazette Building, Corvallis, Oregon.
and Domestic Groceries. . "
PER POUND. COFFEE FROM
All kinds ol Farinaceous Goods in
and Vegetables. A complete line
Agency lor Antifermentine to pre
'
PLUMBING,
MISERY GO.
HS OIF1
Intending .rnrcliasorsnnd others
are invited to call at Ground
f OWXTa 1 id mill ivoniirwi
CLARK, Manager.
99
Great Sacrifice Prices.
E WAR HERE
WHEEL
Sold by Druggist 8 or sent by maiL frv. Wo..
and $1.00 per package. Samples free.
TrO 'BTaS.Th Favorite I00IH POTOW
U.W UWiortneTeetnandBraaUMSor
rorsaie Dy i . ranam.
NURSERIES
ALBERT BUOWNELL (Sneeesmr to Hynuta
& B-owneH) Prpristoi,
offic . and packing eaotwis, one-taif
aulBoutlwest of the City.
I would call the attention of my friend fcrth (art
tht I am better prepared than ere before to farnha
everything in the shape of
, FRUIT, SHADE AND
ORNAMENTAL TREES,
Small Fruit-Vines, etc..
At either wholesale or retail.
- i '-, 'V :'
Sfy stocfe is first-class, guaranteed true to name an
FREE FUOM INSECT PESTS and niv pnxt low.
Come and see me or write for free price list to
ALBERT BR0WNELL
Benton County
PLANING MILLS
AND
Sash and Poor Factory.
VV. P. MARTYN, Proprietor.
Doors and Sash kept in stock or made to
order. Mouldings of all kinds in pine or
cedar. All orders will receive prompt at
teution. I guarantee all my work to ba
first-class. West of 8. P. depot, Corrallis,
Oregon. 8 8 tf.
Benton Connty
amiA:ci c:o.
Complete Set of Abstracts of Benton
County.
Cosrejascing I Perfecting Title, a Spuiiltj,
Money to Loan on Improved City
and Country Property.
J. I MBS I CO., - Troplua.
MAIN ST..CUKVAI.LIS.
J. II. AiT.'.nU'ITITE.M. D..
rvi'V. :ice Nurthinh Street.
U. U I'l.KJoT, M I)., reaiiiitnce Jtli trnet. mt
door Builhof 0ri .un
Applewhite & Pcrnot.
Corvallis, Oregon,
OiTirfs over J. D. Cl.nk's hard
ware fct(re, and at li. Giaham's
drugstore.' Hours: 8 to 12 a. m,
1:30 lo 5. and 7 to 8:30 p. m.
A. F. PETERSON,
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER.
Special attention ijiven to job work, stair ho M tug;
ft ore and oMice fitlhtff Kceinisr on hand a choii
of nxnii ami t .-turff umalding j, 1 am prepared to ill
nlers for t.r! izes of picture framuA with p cat una
ant' 1patcf Sutiwfaction ftraianteHl. Gie Mr A
cal Uiu kftu hop two Mockat Houthwct of public
EAST SOUTfi
VIA
THE SHASTA ROUT
-OF TIJK -
Southern Pacific Cmpanv.
Express Trains Leave Portland Daily.
. soi Til. om
I 1T ron.iapa .. . 7:''p-i-v Ban iirwco...
1 Lv AJbry..'..10:23 p. m.lLv All.any 4:23 aa
At Han Fruco 8:15a.m. Ar l ortland 7:86 an
Alwe trains stop only at following stations nortj
of Rosebtirg;, - Kant Portland, Orenon City, Woetf
burn, Salem, Albany, Taiiptnt, Shedds, Ualsey, Har.
ribburg, Junction City. Irving, r ugene.
KoyelmrgMuil Daily '.
I L firtland...:8:3(i a.m. I Lv Hoiburg.. .7 0 a
Lv Albany 12:45 p. m I Lv Allan; 12:30 p
Ar Uoseliurg. ..5:6iin Ar i'urtluiil... :!! p.
j Albany lital Iaily Kxc-t Sniylay,
; UUTE ARRIVg:
Portland 5:00 p. ni. I obj ....... 9:60 p
i Albany 6:30 a ni. Portlan ..10:80 .m
Lrlianon Branch.
8:10 a m...Lv... Albany Ar.3:25p m.
9:0Oa.m..Ar...Irfban...Lv..2:39 f TH
150 p m.-.Lv... Albany. ...ArI01 M
2K)9 a m..Ar,. .Lebaimn...LT ...90 a B
DINING CARS ON OGDEN ROUTJE.
Pullman Buffet Sleepersi
SECOND-CLASS SLEEPING CARS,
Attacked t all threttgb train.
W Sidt Sivteim. i
BETWEEK POKTLAND AKB tWKVAtlW
KiflTnlr, : ;Iiopt Saa4y. ' ;"- -
( Portland.,. .... 7(a. m.
LIAVK.
aRBiva
Corvallis...... ItM p. a
Portland...... 5:80 p. m
Corvallis.. 12:56 p. m.
At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains of th
- Oregon Pacifle Itailruad. , . .
IijMuTwis. EJ Excej tSuiiiy. ' -
ucva.
Portland 4:40 pvai.
UcUinnville,..6:45a. m.
ARRIVE.
HeDinnville... 7:25 p. ai
Portland.. 8:40a. a
THROUGH TICKETS
To all points in the Eastern State, Canada -and
Europe can be obtained at lowest rates
from A. K. Milner, agent, Corvallis. -
E. P ROCKKS. Asst. O T. ItP Agtal
SOEHLER Mar. Fortlaad, Oregea.