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Corvallis Gazette. EVtEY FR1DA ruBLisJ RKSNG BY W. 13. CARTER, Editor and Propriktok. TERMSi (coin.) Per Year, tl nontks Ttaree Bombs, a so 1 i 09 INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. M. 8. WOODCOCK) Attorney and Counselor at Law, OtiVAl.l.lS ORt.HIO OFFICE ON FIRST STREET, OPP. WOOD COCK k BALDWIN'S Hardware store. Special attention given to Collections, Fore closure of Mortgages, Ileal Estate cases, Probata a. nl Koad matters. Will also buy and sell City Property and Farm Lauds, on reasonable terms. March 20,1378. 16-12yl J. K. WEBBER, Main St., Corvallis, Oregon, DEALER IN Stoves, Ranges, FORCE AND LIFT PUMPS. HOUSE FURNISHING HARDWARE, Constantly on hand, the NEW fICHMOND RANGE, Best in Market. The IbONAJXZA COOK STOVE, 6onistffpy New. And the New VeCTA R&rfLCjR STOVE. Jan. 1, 1880. w 17:1 tf J. R. BRYSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. All business will receive prompt attention. COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY- Corvallis, July 14, 1879. 16:29tf J, W RAYBURP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ORVaLUS, Rl(i(. OFFICE On Monroe street, between Second and 'ihird. :S58rSpec:al attention given to the Collection of Notes and Accounts. 16-ltf JAMES A. YANTI8, Attorney and Counselor at Law, K V A i, LIN. i - - OKKGOK. tV ILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS of the State. Special attention given to mailers in Piobate. Collections will receive ompt and careful attention. Office in the Court fouse. 16; uf. DR F. A. V NCENT, 1 ENTIST. COUVALI.IH REGON. QFFICE IN FISHER'S BRICK OVER Max. Fricndley'8 New Store. All the latest improvement. Everyth ng new and complete All work warranted. Pica -e give me a call. lo:3tf G. R FARRA, M. O. PHYMCIA AMD kURGEOS, ()FFICE OVER GRAHAM k HAMILTON'S w Drugstore, Corvallis, Oregon. 14-2'Jtf W. G. CRAWFORD, -DKAIJBR IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SPECTACLES, SILVER WARE, etc Also, M iwlual Instruments Ac .-liepairing done at the most reasonable rales, and all work warranted. Corvallis, Dec. 13, 1877. 14:50tf GfUlUtt, UAMILTttf & CO., VOKVALLIS MllOOV DEALERS IN Tnxg-ai, Paints, MEDICINES. CHEMICALS. DYE STIFFS, OILS, GLASS AND PUTTY. PURE WINES AKO LQ'J.IBS FOR MEDICINAL USE. And also the the very best assortment of Lamps and Wall rapr ever brought to ibis place. ACENTS FOR THE . SCPEKIOR TO ANY OTUKR " I'l y.lflu, t' r(fls fttt. iiuir.uail4. She ortKilli Corvallis iiazette. IIATK8 OK ADVERTISING. I 1 W j I M. I 3 M. 6 M. 1 ri. 1 fncu 1 uu 2 00 3 U) 6 00 8 00 12 5 00 7 00 12 UP I 18 ' I 3 00 6 00 I 10 00 16 00 22 dV t " 4 00 7 00 IS 00 I 13 00 20 H Col. I 6 CO f 9 00 I 15 00 20 00 I 35 7fOJ 12 00 18 ( 0 85 00 48 A 10 IK) 15 0-ii25 HQ 40 00 j 80 0 IS 00 0 00 40 00 60 0 1( 6 ' VOL. XVII. CORVALLIS, OREGON, FRIDAY. MAY 7, 1880. NO. 19. CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. Corvallis lodre Itn fta m. J A.w Holds stated Communications on Wednesday on or preceding each full moon. Brethren in good standing cordially invited to attend. By order w. cm. Bar mint lodge Ko.7, I. O. O. . Meets on Tuesday evening of each week, in their hall, in Fisher's brick, second story. Mem bers of the order in good standing invited to at tend. By order of N. G. F. A. CHENOWETH. F. M. JOHNSON. CHENOWETH & JOHNSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW CWKXALM8 .... OR LOON September 4, 1879. 16:36tf ALL EX & WOODWARD, Druggists and Apothecaries, P. O. BUILDING, CORVALLIS, OREGON. Have a complete stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINT. Oil, 8LASS, IT?-, fcTO. School Pooka Mtat.oneny, tfco. We buy for Cash, and have choice of the FRESHEST and PUREST Drugs and Medic nes the market affords. Prescriptions accurately prepared at half the usual rates. 2MaylC:1Stf FRESH GOODS AT THE BAZAR or FASHIONS Mrs. E. A. KNIGHT. rOBVALI.IN, ... VKIOOSI. Has just received from San Francisco, the larg est and Best Stock of Millinery Goods, Dress Trimmings, Etc., Ever brought to Corvallis, which I will sell at prices that defy competition. Aff eney for Patterns. In. storetPl reliable 25aprl6:17tf Woodcock & Baldwin (Successors to J. R Bayley & Co,) JTEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE old stand a large and complete stock of Heavy and Mielf Hardware, IRON, STEEL, TOOLS, STOVER RANG S, ETC Manufactured and Home Made Tin antl Copper Ware, Pumps . Pipe, Etc. A good Tinner constantly on hand, and all Job Work neatly and quickly done. Also agents for Knapp, Burrell & Co., for the sale of the bet and latest im proved l'ARM MACHINERY, of all kinds, together with a full assort ment of Agricultural Implements. Sole Agents for the celebrated ST.LTDIS CHAfcTtR Of KS 0VS the BEST IN THE WORLD. Also the Norman Range, and many other patterns, in all sizes and s-t vies. Wcg Particular attention paid to Farmers' wants, and the supplying extras fait 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 hall be, prompt and fair dealing with all. Call and examine our stock, before going elsewhere. Satisfac tion guaranteed. WOOKXOCK & BALDWIN. Corvallis, May, 12, 1879. 14:4tf Bees Hamlin. Emmktt F. Wrenn. DRAY AGE ! DRAY AGE! Hamlin & Wrenn. Propr's. HAVING JCST RETURNED FROM Salem with a new truck, and having leased the barn formerly occupied by James Eg lin, we are now prepa.ed to do all kinds of CRAVING A-D HAULING, either in the city or country, at the lowest living rates. Can be found at the old truck stand. A share of the public patronage resioctfully solic ited. Corvallis, Dec. 27. 187S. IS:52tf J C. MORELANO, (city attorney.) ATTORNEY AT LAW, 14I ET 1. A S l - OSEUOJT. OFFICE Monastes' Brick, First street, between Morrison and Yamhill. 14:3Stf THE STAR BAKERY, Rsln Street, orvaIli, HENRY V ARB ICR, PROPRIETOR. Family itffcply Store ! Groceries Bread. Calf o, JPles, Jandics, 7 - Eo.. Always K Hand. rVr v u T fia J tji. HlllB i . it CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. LANDS! FARMS! HOMES! tHAVE FARMS, (Improved and unim proved,) STORES and MILL PROPERTY, very desirable, . FOR SALE. These lands are cheap. Also chums in unsurveyed tracts for ?ale. Soldiers of the late rebellion who have, under he Soldiers' Homestead Aat, located and made final proof on less than 160 acres, can dispose of the balance to me. Write (with stamps to prepay postage). R. A. BEN8ELL, Newport, Benton county, Oregon. 16tf H E. HARRIS, One door South of Graham k Hamilton's. -OK V A I.I .IN, OUV. groceries' provisions, AND Dry Goods. Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1878. l:lvl DRAKE & GRANT, MERCHANT TAILORS, CORTAI LIH. - - - OHESOK. "Y7"E HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE and well selected slock ot Cloth, viz: "W- of r(f ln,ni Broad lot lis, re noli t ussimereg, vol oh Tweeds, and. mcrioaii nultlna t. Which we will make up to order in the most approved and lash onable styles. No pains will be sj ared in producing good tilting garments. Parties wishing to purchase cloths and have them cut out, will do well to call and examine our stock. DRAKE k GRANT. Corvallis, April 17 1879. I6:I6tf Boarding: and Lodging-. Philomath. Benton Oo . Urrfon. GEOHGE KISOR, J ESPECTFULLY INFORMS THE TblV eling public that lie is now prepared and in read i net-s to keep such boarders as may choose to give him a call, either by the SING; E WML DAT. OR WEEK. Is also prepared (o fu n sh horse feed. Liberal share of public pstroii:i;;c solicited. Give us a call. GEORGE KISOR. Philomath, April 2S, 1879. It):18tf CORVALLIS Livery, Feed ...AND... SALE STABLE, M "in st., Coival is. Oregon. SOL,. KING, - Porpr. QWNING BOTH BARNS I AM PREPARED to offer superior accommodations in the Liv ery line. Always ready for a drive, GOOD Tk-MS At, Low Rates. My stables are first-class in every respect, and competent and obliging hostlers always ready to serve the public. REASONABLE CHARGES FOB HIRE. Particular attention Paid to Boarding oraea. ELEGANT HEARSE, CARRIAGES AND HACKS FOR FUNERALS Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1879. 16:lyl $300. A MONTH guaranteed. Twelve dollars a day made at home by the industrious. Capital not re quired; we will start you. Men, women, boys and girls make money faster at work for us than at anything else. The work is light and pleasant, and such as anyone can go right at. Those who are wise who see this notice will send us their addresses at once and see for themselves. Costly outfit and term3 free. Now is the time, Those already at work are laying up large sums of money. Address TRUE k CO., Augusta, Maine. $001 A WEEK in your own town and no capital risked. Yon can give the business a trial without expense. The best opportunity ever offered for those willing to work. You should try nothing else until you see for yourself what you can do at the business we offer. No room to explain here. You can devote all your time or only your spare time to the business, and make great pay for every hour you work. .-Women make as much as men. Send for special private terms and par ticulars, which we' ma.fl free $6 outfit free. Don coutpojj of hard times while vou havt suebcjfeu-Address H. HALLETT&0,. FRANKUN CAUTJjffiRN, M. D., PHYSICIAN Ao SURGEON, in mitverv and diseases 17 K PnnnH at his office, in VS&T 01 Whamf Hamilton fcCo.'s Drug Store, up it lire, A COMPANION'S STORY. Had I been my own mistress I should never have served Marie Rosis. Bnt poverty, the need o food and raiment, the hungry mouths that must be filled, were too strong for me, and I engaged myself to her. "Yon are poor, Louise," she said, with a slight Frencli accent. "Money is of no account to me I only ask you to be faithful. I said that I should travel; so you must supply your brothers's and sister's wants before -we go. I shall be liberal with you. Take this As she spoke she reached out six or eight half-eagles. I drew back my hand. "It is too much," I said. "Allow me to be the judge of that. I know what will be required of you." A little chill ran over me. What would be required of me ? I looked up to see, if possible, wbat meaning lay hid den beneath her words. "I shall travel as fancy pleases," she continued. "One spot is as pleasant to me as another. I go m search of some thing I have lost. It may be here, it may be there. 1 have nothing to guide me in my search. It is all blind chance. " At first I was not happy in my migra tory life. I used to long for home or what had been home and for the car esses of those I loved. But this did not last long. Marie Rosis soon grew to be the world to me, and I her bond slave. Sometimes we rested two or three weeks from our travels, and then -went forward, day after day and week after week, without stopping. 1 do not know how long I had been with her, when I discovered that we were not traveling alone that we had a follower, who pur sued us from place to place with unwav ering persistence. He did not seem to be conscious of us. He never addressed us he only followed us continually like a shadow. It was after the stranger came that I learned what madame was searching for. A ring that had mysteriously disappeared from her finger one night while she was sleeping. A strange ring, with a garnet heart for its centre all that she had left of Monsieur Rosis. I glanced at her in surprise. "Was it your wedding ring?" "Better than that Monsieur Rosis gave it to me while he was dying. He came back to life to give it me just as we turn back when we hae forgotten something. "He gave it to me and said that a curse would follow me if I lost it. I did not lose it it went away from me; but I am not happy. Monsieur Rosis was very hard." "But you are not to blame for what you could not help." "Ah! but if a lover took it ?" she said, shaking her head slowly. "I had fallen asleep in the drawing-room the day was warm. When I awoke Monsieur's heart was gone, and the air full of shadows. I have been searching ever since for it." She Degan pacing up and down the room. We were stopping for a week at a hotel in a large inland town. This con versation had been carried on in the parlor, a long, wide room, looking east ward. As madame walked, I thought I had never seen her half so beautiful. While she went to and fro restlessly the stranger came noiselessly in and walked beside her. She did not notice him but looked straight out of the window to the green trees and beyond them to the wide Sunset. For myself I grew angry and heated at the stranger's boldness. If he had any thing to say to her why did he not speak? What right had he to dog her steps so persistently? At least I would tell mad ame. As I started forward to speak the strange gentleman raised his hand to his forehead and I saw something on it that glowed blood-red in the sunlight, I looked at it eagerly and saw the shape of a heart outlined on the slender finger. My heart bounded. Here was the lover that had stolen madame's ring. It should be restored to her at once that she should once moae know happiness. Ah, how frightened I got. though ! While my lips were parted to speak and my hand reached forth to touch his arm, he was gone and I stood quite alone with Mad ame Rosis. "What makes yon so white?" sheasked, stopping short in her walk. "Why, he has gone!" "Who has gone?" "The gentleman who walked beside you. "Indeed, who so honored me?" she said, increduously. "I was busy -with my thoughts." "A strange gentleman walked -with you near you and I started toward him he disappeared." Madame laughed alow, musical laugh, but I saw that the white hand elasped her scarlet mantle over her heart was shaking. Her bps grew -white and dry. "I hope he was handsome." "Very, with a mouth like a girl's." Her forehead grew puckered in scowls. "And what else?" "He wore a ring with a blood-red heart." I pray that I may never on earth see a face so fearful as was the Madame's at that moment. I put up a quick prayer, for I thought she was about to kill me. She clutched both hands about my arm and held me close to her. . "How dare you, girl?" "I could not he1 seeing him," I said. "There he ;s now outside looking in at the window." She cowered down at my feet and cov ered her eyes with my mantle. I do not know how long I stood there, or how long she knelt without moving. I know the figure stood motionless at the window looking at us with steady, unwavering eyes. Would he never? Would he hold us forever with that quiet, unflinching gaze? At that moment I shrieked, and mad ame sprang to her feet. A crowd came to see us and I fell back fainting. In the morning we started. It was summer time, and our way led through the richest of earth's gardens. All was was beautiful from the sky downward birds, flowers, fruit and velvety green sward. In spite of everything I was happy. "We will soon have a long rest," said madame. as we were whirling along. "You shall hear from the brother and sister at home." I was looking out of the window as she spoke. As I turned my face toward her, I felt some one touch my shoulder. I turned quickly. The stranger was sit ting near us in the train. His presence seemed so real to me that I spoke out angrily: "If you please, sir " ;. ' Madame looked around. I knew, then, that whatever I saw whether man or evil one Madame Rosis was conscious of nothing. I looked over the face at the blue eyes and the gentle mouth, down at the white hands and red ring, without a word. "Monsieur Rosis," I thought. "But why does he follow madame ?" We rode the day through with the fair, immovable figure beside us, and the doc tor in the next carriage. The one seemed to counteract the influence of the other. Nothing could harm me. At night we came to our resting place. "Here we shall find the ring," said madame, as we hurried out of the train. "It is like an inspiration. I feel it through and through." We did not go to a hotel, but to a house near the outskirts of the town. I know the coachmen of the fly stared at madame when she told him where to drive us. The night was very dark. Looking around for my friend, I could not see him, and I thought I was lost. Warm as was the night, the place to which we went was chilly. Madame had fires started in the grates, and ordered wine to be brought. "Where are we?" I asked. "Pardon me for not saying. This is my home. No one dare intrude here." No one ? Was madame sure ? As she spoke, the pleasant-faced stranger, ghost or man, came noiselessly in, and sat down by the fire. He wore the same ex pression as when I had first seen him. Glancing at his hand, I saw the blood red ring glowing upon his finger. "You do not drink?" madame said, as I sat holding the wine glass. "What is it?" I put down the glass with a shudder. "Madame Rosis, I want to go home." "This is your home. By day it is very , beautiful. To-night I know there are shadows and it -is- cold. We can have more fire." - "That is not it I want my sister. I seem to be stifling here." "Well, well I will play to yon. I will sing." She threw open the piano. Good heavens, what a wail came from it as her delicate finger ran up and down the keys! Wild unrest, agony, despair, found voice in the melody which she awakened. Then her little hands pattered softly down, and her voice broke out softly to the weird accompaniment. Through it all I could hear thefidling of ghostly feet, the whis pers from shadowy lips. The stranger listened at her side ; so close was his face to hers, that in an unsteady light they seemed to mingle and waver together. Where was I? The atmosphere was like that of a tomb. Was I among flesh and blood realities, or had I been drawn into the charnel-house to expiate some sin which I had committed ? Sin, in deed! What did I know about sin? "Don't madame- don't ! " I crted, "You are driving me mad! Let me go in the name of mercy, let me go! " "You need rest," spoke the madame. "You are nervous. You shall go to your room and have support there." She led me like a child. What could I do? Upstairs it was more cheerful. The fire was fresh and the lamps gave out a clear, steady light. I drew a sigh of re lief. "You like it?" said madame. "How can I help it?" "I am glad. My room is opposite. In the night, if you are awakened, you can come to me. But I think you will sleep. I will send your supper to you in a mo ment." I did not wait for supper. Thoroughly exhausted, bodily and mentally, I sank upon the bed. I do not know how long I slept. I started up suddenly from my pillow, a fearful shriek entering through my brain. It was madame's voice that aroused me. In a moment there was a sound of hurried feet in the hall, a mur mur of strange voices, and some one threw open the door opposite mine. I stole softly out and crossed the hall to madame's room. There was a group of strange people standing by her bedside. A voice said, "She is dead." "What is it what killed her?" I asked. "I do not know. Probably her heart was diseased. Some sudden fright did it. The detectives have been on her tiack for weeks." ' 'The detectives ? Why ? " "She poisoned Monsieur Rosis, her husband. That is the portrait yonder," said the physician.. I gave one glance toward it. I had lit tle need to look at it, since the face was so terribly familiar. "She has escaped justice," some one said, solemnly. "Yon,. '-a mistaken, she has gone to meet it.' " See! " cried another, in a startled voice, "she wore his ring again." I looked down at the little waxen hand, now clay cold. On the white forefinger the heart of Monsieur Rosis glowed and burned. It was plain to me, no matter what others thought. Madame had died of fright when the ring was placed upon her finger. Her impression had been true. She had that night found her ring, Let us hope, too, that in God's wide mercy she found rest. Sarah Bernliardt's Ball. "You are an ojus, hidjus ijjit my dear!" said a playful mamma to her daughter at dancing school the other day. "Oh, my dear Mrs. T- -," sighed one of her neighbors, "what wouldn't I give to have your knowledge of Latin!" , A ball was given in Paris March 4th, the like of which could certainly not be found in any other capital in the world but Paris. Some . few days ago a very handsomely illustrated card a work of art itself, due to the pencil of Clairip was received by the personal friendc of Mdlle. Sarah Bernhardt, reading thus: "Monsieur Maurice Bernhardt prie Mon sieur X. de lui faire l'honneur de venir passer la soiree de la Mi-Careme chez ,sa mere." The entertainment was given in celebration of the young host having completed the fifteenth year of his age. Fancy dress was supposed to be de rifftwvr, and there were, indeed, so few black coats that they in no way impaired the bright and picturesque aspect of the famous atelier which has been so often described. A model of artistic splendor, it needed little to adapt it to the requirements of a ball-room. The Japanese figures, the magnificent bronzes, the paintings, statues, and numberless works of cost from every part of the world, had only to be heapod together in more than usual profusion and the somewhat severe as pect of the architecture merely lightened with additional tapestries and banners. The dining-room, the walls covered with frescoes on golden ground, naturally did duty for the buffet, while an extra room built over the garden, and draped with gobelins, served as a cool retreat from the heat "of the ball-room. The host was dressed in the elegant Italian costume worn by his mother in "La Passant," while she, herself, in a white satin dress, with taU hat, appeared as the most charming of "Pierrettes." Some of the dresses were fantastic enough Mdlle. de Gournay, for in stance, -being made up as Puss in Boots, and Mdle. Abbelud as a black "Pierrot." The painters present were naturally most carrect in their attire Detaille, for in stance, wearing the undress uniform of an English guardsman ; Jacquet, a verit able Italian mediaeval costume, and Bas tien Lepage looking like a Calabrian brigand to the life. But to enumerate the guests would be to give a list of all the notables in Paris. To show the elec tic nature of the gathering, I need only mention that it included the famous Ser geant Hoff, whose bust, by Mdlle. Bern hardt, is to be exhibited in the next salon. Dancing was carried on with a reckless gayety, which found its excuse in the license of earnival time, and the view of the scene, as witnessed from the stair case, which is the most conspicuous fea ture of the studio, leaves an impression which by those who enjoyed it will ndt easily be forgotten. Death of thePkince of Bandits. Gas parone, once the terror ot his countrymen, as well as their pride, died a few days ago, at the ripe age of ninety, in the Casa dei Poveri, at Aliblategrassi, in Lombdrdy. In the good old days ofBomoa, Gregory XVI. and the Archdukes, he was known throughout Calabria, the Catnpagna and Tuseany, in allof-which territories he at different times plied his perilous profes sion as "the Prince of Brigandb" and "the King of the Mountains." When the Pa pal States were annexed by Victor Eman uel, in 1870, Gasparone was under a cloud. He had for many years occupied a case mate in the Umbrian fortress of San Leo, and as, according to Italian law, his offense, if any, was condoned by the unconscion able" duration of his imprisonment, he got the benefit of the limitation statutes and was set at'liberty, being, at the tune of his emancipation, over 80 years old. He came to Rome and took up his residence in the Transtevere; but as he, oddly enough, became the object of successive popular ovations which were considered offensive to public morality, and, more over caused serious disturbances in the streets, the Italian Government resolved to remove him from the capital, and caus ed him to he transferred to Abbiategrassi, where he has just died, universally re spected. Gasparone was an exceedingly handsome old gentleman, of dignified bearing and exquisitely courteous manner. During his honorable retirement in the Causa die Poveri he was wont to narrate with charming frankness the thrilling ex ploits of bis younger days, and tenderly to deplor the reprehensible obstinacy of some of his"chents," whose stubbornness in declining to pay up the sums fixed by him for their ransom had compelled him to treat them with a severity as distress ing to himself as it could possibly be to them. He would never admit that he had taken more than twenty-eight lives with his own hand upon the more than sufficient grounds for irritation; and filumed himself particularly upon having u variably been a merciful as well as a just man. Peace be to his ashes! Lon don Telegraph, Oct. 25th. A Typographical Ebuok in Court. Typograghical errors frequently occur in the best conducted journals, 'i lie change of one letter often alters the meauing of a word or sentence, and most serious per versions of the expressions of a writer are liable to result from hasty proof-reading or the carelessness of coiripositors. Not long ago a law that had passed both Houses of Congress "was put in type at he Governmont Printing Office, and after a time it was discovered that a misplaced comma entirely changed the intent of the law, and further Congressional action was necessary in order to relieve it of the im proper punctuation and give it the force latitude intended. A serious error of this natme has been discovered in the publi cation of a law passed by the last Legisla ture of this State. The prosecuting attor ney of Ingham county recently brought an action against a saloon-keeper for sell ing liquor to minors. In the trial of the case, the counsel for the defense put in the plea that the act under which the action was brought could not be applied to the case in question. The law referred to is found on page 289 of the public acts of 1879, and, upon investigation, it was discovered that the act as it reads applies to miners and not to minors. The attor ney of Ingham county secured the con viction of the liquor seller on the ground of the intent of i he law, rightly holding; that it was plainly meant to prohibit the sale of liquor to minors, instead of to miners. The case has been appealed to the Circuit Court, and the decision of Judge Huntington will be looked for with interest. While it may be a mere Notices iu Local Column, ii cents per Una, each insertion. I Transient advertisements. ur ha unroot It lines, NonparMl measure. $2 00 lor nrxt, and n for each subsequent luserti -n In ADVANCU Jgal advertisements cbarged as transiei $. and must be paid for upon expiration, r charge for pu bl If Iter's affidavit of publlcatlo t, Yearly advertisements on liberal tern v Prolessional Cards, (t square) $12 peranum . All notices and ttdvertisements intended I r publication should be handed In by no m i i Wednesday. technicality, the law as it reads renders i dealer liable to fine and imprisonment if he sells to a miner, and at the same tim i subjects him to no penalty if he sells to : minor. Under ordinary circumstanw i the intent of the law would be accepted, but as an error of this nature entirely changes the application, it is a question t be decided whether the law can be con sidered valid or not. A decision wiii,i'i all probability, be sought from the highest court of the State. Bay City, Michigan, Chronicle. WIT AND HUMOR. Hasty people drink the nectar of exist ence scalding hot. Japan has an iron coin of about one hundreth of one cent. Texas cow-boys perfume their hand kerchiefs with mustang liniment. A smart Philadelphian who scours clothing for a living, keeps himself bus ily employed by compelling his daugh ters to fill their hair with oil the night 1 their young men call. The Washington Capital remarks : "Some of our slow subscribers, who dn not find our paper in their mail, can un derstand that its absence is due to their unremitting kindness." Presidential persimmons are to bo eaten in June, whether they are ripe or not. Look out for wry faces that is, faces that have the bloom of rye upon them. fN.Y. Tribune. Texas levies a tax upon commercial travelers who enter that State from other portions of the country to dispose of their wares. The exchequer of that; commonwealth has thus far gained 420, 000 from this source. ' "There is nothing like settling down," said a retired merchant, confidentially to his neighbor. "When I gave up busi ness I settled down, and found I had quite a comfortable fortune. If I had settled up I wouldn't have had a cent." A Yankee woman recently married a Chinese laundryman; in three day.-i thereafter the unhappy Celestial ap peared at a barber shop and ordered Ium pigtail to be cut off, saying in explana tion, "Too mucheeyank." When John' Wesley died there wer 79,000 Methodists in the world; now there are 19,000,000 members of that church in the United States, Greats Britain and the colonies alone. Theu there wore 312 ministers; now there ara 90,000. A Dead Goose FUes Away. W. E. Nicholls, a well-known sports man of San Francisco, engaged in busi ness in the vicinity of Fourth and Townsend streets, sought relief from tha c. res of traffic last week and hied him self to Benicia with a trusty Parker and a faithful dog. At; Benicia he met a number of friends and together they proceeded to the hunting-ground in a wagon. The vehicle was left at a camp ing place, and the party proceeded on. foot over the marshy ground to the tules, where ducks, geese, etc., were found, plentiful. A goodly supply of ducktf were soon slaughtered, anL the party were about returning to camp when with their loads when a flock of geesa was seen approaching. The city sports men caught sight of them with no littkt pleasure, and, as they came within range, he brought a big white one to tha ground. It dropped with a heavy thud, and the Benicians considered the shot a, splendid one. The game, after striking the ground, never moved, and Mr. Nicholls hastily secured the trophy and fastened it to his already heavily laden, belt. It was fully two miles to camp, and- after walking a mile or so, our Nimrod found his burden too heavy for further progress, and he was prevailed upon to throw aside the goose, advica previously given but refused. He pro ceeded to unfasten the silly bird, and flung it away, when to his thorough sur prise, she fluttered a moment and the next winged her flight to the etherial vault. It took some time to arouse the young hunter from his spell of astonish ment, but suddenly, as if electrified with the determination to be revenged, he brought the weapon to his shoulder and fired two shots at the marvelous anserine. But it was too late, the bird had recovered her freedom, and Nicholls joined his companions, angry over the thought that a silly goose had outwitted him. Boys Take Warning. TNew York Times. 1 When boys are advised not to smoke on hygienic.grounds, they laugh at the advice, and speak of its givers as old fogies. But careful experiments, lately made by a physician of repute, prove that the prac tice Is very injurious. He took for his purpose 38 boys, from 9 to 15, who have been iu the habit of smoking, and examin ed them closely. In 27 he found obvious hurtful effects; 22 having various disorders circulation and digestion, palpitation of the heart, and more or less craving for strong drink; 12 of the boys were fre quently troubled with bleeding at the nose; 10 had disturbed sleep; 12 had sliglit ulceration of the mucous membrane of the mouth, which disappeared after discon tinuation of tobacco for 10 or 12 days. The physician treated them all for weak -ness and nervousness, though with little avail, until they had relinquished smok ing, then health and strength were speed ily restored. Even if it be granted that smoking is not harmful to adults, there is no doubt of its harmfulness to the young. Dr. Ranking, Dr. Richardson and others, who have made a special study of the subject, all agree in declaring that it causes in them impairment of growth, premature virilitv, physical degradation. One of the worst "effects is the provocation of an ap petite for liquor, which, indeed, is not confined to tbe young, but which grown persons are better able to manage. Where boys drink to excess, they are almost invariably smoker; and it is very rare to find a man over-fond of spirits who is not addicted to tobacco. Men who want to give up drinking usually have to give up smoking at the same time, for they say that a cigar or a pipe generally excites a desire for liquor very hard to control. a i