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VOL. 2. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1869. NO. 11. PCBLISBBD EVERT SATTBDAT BY COLL. VAjVCLEVE. OPPICK OH C0R3EB OF . PEBRT AND FIRST-STS. TERMS IN One Yar Six Months Single Copies ADVANCE. Three Dollar , Two Dollars ....Ten Couts ADVERTISING RATES. Transient advertisements per Square of ten lines or less, first insertion, $3; each subsequent insertion, $1. Larger advertisements inserted on the most liberal terms. JOB WORK. . Having reeeivod new type, stock of colored inks, cards, a Oordon Jobber, etc., we are p re pa ed to execute all kinds of printing in a better tBBnaec and fifty per cent, cheaper tnaa ever be fore offered in this city. Agents for the Register. The fallowing gentlemen are authorized to re ceive and receipt for subscription, advertising, etc., for the Register : HIRAM SMITH. Esq Harrisburg. Judge S. II. CLACGUTOX. Lebanon. PETER HUME, Esq Brownsville TV. R. KIRK. Esq . E. E. WHEELER. Esq.- Scio. T. H. REYNOLDS, Esq Salem. Oeo. W. CANNON, Esq Portland. I,. P. FISHER, Esq 'Frisco. BUSINESS CARDS. J. UAS0., Attorney and Counsellor at law, ALBANY, OBEGOX. FFICK-On Main Brick. o street, opposito Foster's 1-69 Xlittabidel & Co., DEALERS IX GROCERIES AND PRO vinions. Wood and Willow Ware, Confec tionery, Tobacco, Cigars. Pipes, Notions, etc. Main street, adjoining the Express office, Albany, Oregon. 1 E. A. Freeland, DEALER IN EVERY DESCRIPTION OF School, Miscellaneous and Blank Books, Stationery, Gold and Steel Pens, Ink, etc.. Post office Building, Albany. Oregon. Books ordered from New York and San Francisco. 1 C XHealey & Cow, MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS in all kinds of Furniture and Cabinet Ware, First street. Mbany. The Welcome Home. We may travel all over the world. Ay, as far as the billows may roll. Where they northward or southward arehurled, Against ice-fields that girdle the pole ; We may wander wherever we list, . We may journey earth's confines all o'er, But the joy which we cannot resist, Is the grasp of the hand at the door. For at length when our holiday's past, And we gladly return o'er the loam. The one joy that's not least, although last. Is the hand-grip that welcomes us home. - There's something electric that thrills In the touch of the hands that we know. Which nor absence the longest e'er kills, Nor distance where'er we may go. It speaks from the heart to the heart. From earth's farthest its uttermost shore We may remember, though oceans apart. The warm grasp of the hand at the door. For wherever our fortunes are cast 'Neath Heaven's cerulean dome, The one joy that wa look for at last Is the hand grip that welcomes us home. In the silence of African wilds, . " W hea sleep closes the traveler's eyes In a slumber as soft as a child's. The dear visions of home will arise. But of all tha best dreams of delight That around him kind faney can pour, For the happiest fiction of night Is the grasp of the hand at the door. In the wilderness lonely and vast Ay, wherever on earth we may roam, The love dream that deserts us the last. Is the hand-grip that welcomes us home. But we need no longer absence to show Ah, we need no wide distance to teach, That the dearest of all things below Is the home-love in waitiug for each Is the home that he cannot forget I For his heart is not sound at the oore. Whose breast has not leapt when it met The warm grasp of the hand at the door. Heat and cold wo endured, storm and blast, Waves we forded, and mountains we elomb, Are forgotten completely at last In the hand-grip that welcomes us home. Though for long or little we part lried affection all count is above. For you can't plumb the depths of a heart Yoc can't measure the leagues of a love. Birth and beauty, and riches are nought sFor birth, boautv and riches in store ; Never never a welcome have brought Like the grasp of the band at the door. Ah. how dear when the holiday's past.' When we gladly return o'er tho foam. The one jo; that's not least, although last. The warm hand-grip that welcomes us . home. S- 17. Clavag-hton. OTARY PUBLIC AND REAL ESTATE encaper, keep as gooa time, XT W AGENT Office in the Post Office buildin; etanm, Oregon. r Will attend to making Deed? and other convey ances, alsb to the prompt collection of debts en trusted to my care. 1 M. . KITCirELI.. t. S. DOLPD. A. SRITH. Mitchell, Dolph & Smith, ATTORNEYS asb COUNSELLORS at LAW. Solicitors la Chancery and Proctors in Ad tairalty. Office over the old Post Office, Front Street, Portland, Oregon. I e, POWELL. i puss. Powell & Flinn, ATTORNEYS A COUNSELLORS AT LAW and Solicitors in Chancery, (I rUan, Notary Public,) . Albany, Oregon, Collections and conveyances promply attendad to. ' 1 JT. QUINT THORNTON, , Attorney and Counselor at Law, ALBAN 1, OREGON. WILL practice in the superior and inferior courts of Marion, Linn, Lane, Benton and Polk counties. Five per cent, charged on collections when made without sucing. j 19-69 . P. . REDriELD. P. W. 8PISK. P. M REDFIELD & CO.. CONSTANTLY on hand and receiving, a large stock of Groceries and Provisions, Wood and Willow Ware, Tobacco, Cigars, Con fectionery, Yankee Notions, Jfcc, Ac, Wholesale and Retail, opposite K. C. Hill & Son's drug store, Albany, Oregon. 5oct9 LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. New Gold Metal. Tbe Oroide Watch Company have an advertisement in our columos this morning. The Oro ide wacch looks precisely like gold, and They are much. and for all practical purposes arc as good as watches manufactured from gold. Head their advertisement for yourself. stands all the gold tests. , W. KNIGHT, House, Sign & Carriage Painter, ALBAV, OREGON. -Faperhaagisg', Glatcing', Ealsomine, &c. Country orders punctually1 attended to. First street, next door to Tweedale i Co.'s.. May 8, IS69-35tf , ALBAUT BATH HOUSE. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD KESPECT fully inform the citizens of Albany and vi cinity that he has taken charge of this establish- ment, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying strict attiutic J to business, expects to suit all those who may favor him with their patronage. Having heretofore carried on nothing bat First-Class Hair Dressing' Saloons, he ezneCs'to give entire satisfaction to all. ggf Children and Ladies' hair neatly cntand shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER. seI9y2 Wheat and Flour. Standard brands of flour in Portland quoted at S5 per bbl. j' good country brands at S4 4 50 ; wheat, new white, 7072Jc ; red, G5c ; oats, 40c ; bacon and hams, 10c ; lard in tins, lGc ; in kegs. 15c ; eggs, per dozen, 40c ; Butter, 25g,-30c. Wool, 1924. Salcni quotations: Wheat, best white, 60c ; oats, 30c,; butter 30 37Jc; eggs. 33Jc; bacon, 16c ; hams, 1718e ; shoulders, 10c. New Supply. Messrs. lledfield & Co. have received a large supply of fresh groceries aud provisions during the week. to which they call the attention of par chasers. They are determined to keep a complete supply of everything in their line needed in this community, and that of the best quality, and at the lowest rates. Personal. Mr. 11. H. Markham, son of our respected citizen, S. S. Mark ham, Esq., and Mr. Geo. Bartzges, left this city on Saturday, en route for the East. Mr. Markham goes to Oberlin, Ohio, to attend the celebrated college of that name, and will probably be absent four years. Collector, etc. Read tho card of m. Davidson, Esq., of Portland. This gentleman enjoys an enviable reputation as collector of claims and dealer in real estate. Business entrusted to him will be transacted " right up to the handle," on reasonable terms. E. F. RUSSELL, ATTORSET AT LAW. JAMES ELKINS, BOTABT PUBLIC. RUSSELL & ELKINS, (Office in P arris h A Co-'s block, First street,) Albany, Oregon. HAVINO TAKEN INTO CO-PARTNERSHIP James Exams, Esq., ex-Clerk of Linn county, we are enabled to add to our prac tice of Law and Collections, superior facilities for Conveyancing, Examining' Records, and attending to Probate business. Deeds, Bends, Contracts and Mortgages care full y drawn. Homestead and Pre-emption Papers made, and claims secured. Sales of Real Estate negotiated, and loans effected on collateral securities on reasonable rates. All business entrusted to them faithfully and promptly executed. RUSSELL ELKINS. Albany, Oct. 10, '68-by FARMERS, TAKE NOTICE ! I WILL GIVE FOR EGGS, 37 1-2 CEXTS PER DOZEN, From and after this data, until further notice. October 30, '69-8- RCHEAPLE. From the Rosebuig Ensign : On Sat urday last, a son of Thos. Smith, of Win chester, was kicked in the face by a horse,bruising his face and breaking his nose. Tho broken bones were removed from his nose and the wound dressed, and it is thought when it heals up he It . 1 r ' win not De mucn aisngured-,. i are Tfc 1? . O T 1'LAin iaot. oenator juorton, in a recent speech in Wilmington, Ohio made the following remarks, which . i i -.- as true as gospci, auu. is a line ot argu ment that is perfectly unanswerable : And is there any good reason why the Republican party, after having preserved the republic, should bo required to turn over the care and custody of it to the Democracy ? When the flames of your burning houses nave been extinguished, would vou hire tbe incendiary as watchman to protect it from fire in tho future' or. when your child has been res cued from the waves, would you deliver it over for tender nursing and resuscita tion to tho monster who threw it in ? And vet vou might do these things with as much propriety as to turn ove the con trol of the government to the Democratic party. -. :- - - --- ' More Vesison. Messrs. John- C Meudenball, Dr. Alexander, Lew and Walter Ketcbum, who returned from their hunt on Saturday, report securing fifteen deer during their absence THE LAW OK SUFFRAGE. The . first clause of article 5 of the Constitution of tho United States reads as follows : . The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, 'or, on applica tion of two-thirds of the several States, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of this Constitution, when rati fied by tbe Legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof as one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by Congress. Amendments incorporated into the Constitution in strict accordance with the provisions of the said first clause of arti cle 5, are binding upon all the States, the State Constitutions to the contrary notwithstanding. In strict pursuance with said 5th-article, the so-called 14th amendment be came a part of the Constitution of the United Statesy section first of which reads as follows : - All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of tbe United States, and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privi leges or immunities of citizens of the United Stages ; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdic tion the equal protection of the laws. This first section of this said 14th amendment provides how those who are not already citizens may become citizens of the United States, and secures to the citizen, and to every person within its jurisdiction, equal protection before the laws. It contains two provisions by which persons may become citizens of the United States : - 1st, "All persons born in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof." 2d, Or, "all persons naturalized in the United States, are subject to the juris diction thereof." By the first, all persons horn (whether negroes or Chinamen, or any person of any race whatever) in the United States, are subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the same, and can enjoy all the rights ard immunities provided in said section of 14th amendment. And by no other means can "any per son whatsoever, not native-born, become a citizen, except as by said second pro vision by " naturalization." Here tbe question naturally arises, Who can be come naturalized ? Can negroes, China men, and any person whatsoever coming to the United States become naturalized ? A clause of seption 8 of the Constitu tion of the United States provides : " The Congress shall have power to es tablish "a uniform rule of naturalization throughout the United States." In pur suance of this article in the Constitu tion, section first of the laws of the United States, in relation to the natural ization of aliens, reads as follows : Any alien, beine a free white person, may be admitted to become a citizen of tbe United States or any of them, on the following conditions, and not otherwise. Consequently under our naturalization law, no negro, Chinaman, nor any person not white, (under the legal interpretation of the word white), and free, can be nat uralized and thus become a citizen : and being a citizen, cannot vote, even if the proposed fifteenth amendment be comes a law. Section first of the proposed amend ment not yet ratified, provides that, "The ht of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on account of rate, color, or previous con dition of servitude." This fifteenth amendment "simply and only-j provides that the citizens of the United States shall not be denied the right of suffrage on account of race, color, or previous con dition of servitude, and' as no foreign born negro, Chinaman, or Kanaka, is a citizen or can become a citizen, according to the naturalization law as above quoted, the idea apparently entertained by many that vast multitudes of different races, many of whom are slaves, will-be thrown into our countrv. become citizens and control, and degrade the ballot-box, has no precedent in law, either enacted or proposed to be enacted. Female Jockey ism An Inciting Race Between Young' Girls at a Western Fair. The most exciting horse race that ever took place in America, and probably in the' world, came off very unexpectedly on the grounds of the Illinois State Fair Association at 'Decatur, on the 1st of October. Four premiums of 850, 840, $30 and 820 each had been offered for the best lady equestrianism, and at four o'clock twelve ladies put in an appearance, all mounted on gaily caparisoned and highly mettled steeds. The exhibition com menced by the ladies riding to and fro in front of the Grand Stand, displaying their skill aud management of the horses before a delighted andience, numbering nearly thirty thousand people. " As each displayed some 'peculiar skill, she re ceived rounds of applause; and this nerved the others to greater exertion. One young lady, Miss Sallie Wilkinson, Nyantic, Macon county, Illinois, not con tent with having already received more applause than any other, dismounted and had her saddle removed, and mounted the bare back -df her black horse from the ground with the ease of a circus-rider. The cheers of the muftitude had already produced its effect upon the riders, causing" an abandon and recklessness pe culiar to the sex under such circum stances. While tbe confusion and ex citement was at its apex one of the track marshals, with more lungs than discre tion, shouted out at the top of his voice : ' go clear around the track ! go! all of you ! so Subscribe for the IlEaiSTEav Sweet Cipeb. The following is t aid to ha one of the verv best recipes for keeping cider sweet : When fermentation commences, draw the cider off into an other vessel, and strain, through a flannel cloth. Put into tbe cider thifee-fourths of an ounce of the oil of sassafras, well shaken up in a pint of alcohol. Cider prepared in this way is so palatable that it won t ' keep wortn a cent. Cost oy Collection. It cost the Government 16 per cent, to collect the internal revenue in the State of Oregon. The cost of collection in the State of Ne braska is greater than any other State, beine nearly 22 per cent. In Rhode Is land and Massachusetts the cost is less than 2 per cent. Sheridan's troopers have captured an Indian chief who boasts of having taken one hundred and fivo white scalps. in an instant every horse was in tull run ; the ladies were plying their whips, and the air was filled with hats, ribbons, laces and " fixins." On they dashed, four leading the crowd, and running as near " neck and neck " as could be. At the start the black steed with the Maid of Nyantic on his back was about one hundred yards in the rear, as no such thing as a race was contem plated, but she leaned forward like a regular jockey, gave him .the whip, and soon passed the rear horses, and then the middle group, aud was in the act of tak ing the lead, when her horse stumbled and fell upon the grass at the edge of the track. She was up before him, however, and had hold of his bridle, when four or five men sprang over the guard and held him while she again mounted from the ground. She then applied the whip vig orously, and was soon nearing the racers in front. Coming in on the last quarter, a gray horse had the lead by a length, and now. every whip was in play : every horse, with lengthened neck, straining every nerve for the lead. As the horses were nearing the Grand stand the his tory of the track fails to furnish a paral lel to the intense feeling and excitement, heightened by the frailness and reckless ness of these daring lady riders. They cut the air with such swiftness that their long skirts floated over the backs of their horses. .'For some distance now no change had taken plae, each doing her evel best, except wilh the Nyantic maid on the bare-back steed, who quickly took advantage of the clear space on the pole side, and rapidly passing one alter an other, came undcr'the string neck and neck with the third horse, and only a neck of the lead. If Pandemonium had broken loose, it could not have excelled the wild huzzas and the cheers given the Nvantm crirl hv thnt excited multitude. j The young men cheered and yelled ; the young ladies applauded with 'their fans and handerchicts, while tears ran down their pretty cheeks; the old people-, in many cases, embraced each other in their joy, while the tuick tongues in tneir choking throats murmured in broken syl lables Nyantic !" As she rode back on her foaming steed, all covered with dirt by his fall, and her clothes almost torn to shreds, the grand stand resounded witn the cheers of thirty thousand voices, and the surrounding groves prolonged the echo. The committee were over an hour in coming to a decision, and finally gave her the third premium. The committee tied two red ribbons on her arm, amid tne hisses and censure of "the multitude, but they were scarcely there before some one leaped into the arena, cut the ribbons off and trampled them into the dust. And thus ended the most exciting race oi tnis or any other age. Correspondence of Kew York Worlds A Noted Duelist. From an article on " Duel Fighting," in All the Year Around, we take the fol lowing account of the death of the noto. rious French duelist, known as the Count de Larilliere, who had fought .upwards of forty duels, and killed eleven indi viduals, before the death of one of his victims was avenged in the- mannerydes cribed below : On the evening of a masked ball at the grand theatre at Bordeaux, Larilliere was seated in an adjoining cafe, which he was in .the habit of frequenting with the members of his own particular set. It was eleven o'clock, and our duelist, who had been for the moment abandoned by his ordinary companions, feeling in no particularly quarrelsome humor, was im bibing peacefully a glass of punch. .Sud denly a tali young man, wearing a black domino, and with his face concealed be hind a black velvet mask, entered the cafe and strode up to the table at which Larilliere was seated. None of the ordinary habitues of the cafe took any particular notice of the new comer on his entrance, as the mucked ball which was to take place that night sufficiently explained his costume : but, no sooner was the mysterious visitor ob served in the vicinity of Larilliere's table than all eyes were turned toward him. Without a single observation he seized hold of Larilliere's gbss, threw away the punch it contained, and ordered the waiter in loud voice to bring a small bot tle of orgeat in its place. Witnesses of the scene say that at this moment, lor the first time in their lives, they observed Larilliere turn pale. It was the belief in Bordeaux that during the fifteen years this man had been ap plying himself to the talk of destruction, he had never allowed his countenance to betray the slightest emotion. "Scoundrel!" he exclaimed to his masked adversary, " you do not know who I am," making, at the same moment, ! a vigorous but unsuccessful effort to remove the mask from the stranger's, face. " I know who you are perfectly well," coolly replied the unknown, forcing Lar illiere violently back with one hand. All present starred to their feet, and though no one among them ventured to approach the disputants, they contemplated none the less anxiously the issue of this strange provocation. " Waiter 1" again exclaimed the un known, " be tiuick with that bottle of orgeat." At this second command the bottle was brought, whereupon the masked man till standing immediately ' in trout ot Larilliere, who was foaming at the mouth with rage, proceeded to draw a pistol from his risht hand pocket. Then ad dressing his adversary, he said: "If in the presence of this company, and for my own personal satisfaction, you do not at once swallow this class of or geat, I will blow out your brains with as little compunction as I would those of a dog. Should you, however, perform my bidding, I will then do you the honor of fighting with vou to-morrow morn- Attempted Outeagi? We are in formed by parties from Lafayette, that last week two young fellows about fifteen vears ot acre, succeeded in obtaining a quantity of chloroform, and in adminis tering it to a youug lady.ot about me same age, witli tbe .intention or stupeiy- g' her and then violating ber person They were fortunately discovered before their villainous design was accomplished, and we learn that they are supposed to have absconded; probably they have been helped off to California by the steamer Oriflamme, perhaps to avoid any disa greeable consequences that may follow tbe action of the grand jury now in ses sion. These young fellows comeof re spectable families, but have not been t credit to their connections for some time If they reach San Francisco, where they can pursue their career, so unfavorably commenced, free from restraint, we may expect to hear from them again through the criminal courts. statesman. Not So Fna. 'San Franoisco is to be the great fur market of the world. Which is true enough, but it isn't so fur now as it was before tne railroad was built. - : - ; Fitting. It is fitting that tho limbs ef tbe law be olothed in breeches for promise. s " The Quakers are going to remodel their system of thouing and theeing, with a view ot rendering it more grammatical " With a subre ?" asked Larilliere, in a paroxysm of rage. " Y ith whatever weapons you please, replied the stranger disdainfully. Where upon Larilliere swallowed the orgeat with an expression of countenance as though it were to him the dregs of a bit ter cup indeed, while every one present preserved a death-like silence. lne masked man, satisfied with the effect produced by his provocation, now retired,saying to Larilliere as he did so, in a tone of Voice loud enough to be beard by the lookers-on : " lo-day 1 have humbled you suffi ciently ; to-morrow I intend to take your life. My seconds will wait on you at eight in the morning. We will fight on the spot where you " killed the young Chevalier de C." This was the name of the Count's eleventh victim.' The following morning Larilliere found himself in the presence of a man no longer wearing a mask, and who ap peared to 'be some twenty -five years old. ihe seconds by whom he was accompa nied were two common soldiers, belong ing to one of tho regiments stationed -in the citadel of Blaye. The bearing of the unknown was collected and dignified, and singularly resolute. His seconds had brought weapons to the ground, but Lar illiere s seconds took exception to them, at which a. scarcely perceptible smile passed over the stranger's face. On taking his position Larilliere turn ed toward the second nearest to him' and id in an undertone, " For once, I be lieve, I have found my equal." lne combat commenced. At the first passes the Count was confirmed in his opinion that he had to deal with a skill ful adversary. However his courage did not fail him, though there were times when be. seemed to lose his composure. Lunges and parryings succeeded each other with rapidity on both sides.5 Lar illiere, desirous of bringing tho affair to a close, had tried his finishing thrust two or three tithes, only to find his sword turned aside by his aeversary's blade. Harassed at finding his efforts unavailing, he insolently remarked to his opponent, " Well, sir, at what hour do you intend to kill mo V There was a momentary silence,broken only by the clash of the two swords. ; A Then the stranger, who seemed to have profited by that slight interval to assure himself that the advantages of the en counter lay decidedly wth him, quietly said to Larilliere's last question, "Imnie dialele." Saying which he thrust the point of his sword between the ribs of his adversary, who sprang backward, tottered, and sank into the arms sof his nearest; second. Putting his right hand 1 to the wound, he said, with difficulty j " That, sir, is not a sabre cut it is a thrust with the point with the sabre I feared no one." In a few moments he fell back dead. ' The stranger now advanced politely toward the seconds of his victim, and inquired if he was at liberty to depart " You will at least tell us your name?" asked they in reply. . Larilliere's opponent proved to be ose of the young officer! of the garrison at Blaey. ' , - An Illinois Farm. While at Jack sonville this week I made myself ac-' quaintcd with some facts ' relating to one of our prairie farmers, who occupies a princely estate near that beautiful city, and also has a mammoth cattle farm of 26,500- acres in Champaign county It cost him 8400,000, nnd is styled, -with rtiuch appropriateness, ." Broadlands." It is nearly seven miles from north to south, and six from east to west, and its cattle capacity, for summer pasturage, when fnlly grass-stocked, is estimated at 10,000 head. On the west side of the farm are two pastures one and a half by three miles, that contain nearly 3,000 acres each. To the east of these is a " patch" of corn half a mile ' wide and three miles long. On the farm there are 5,000 aores in corn which, it is cal culated, will yield, at a low estimate, 250,000 bushels. Of course such a farm as this is worked by the most approved machinery of all descriptions applicable to agricultural labor, much of which is made on the place, as there is a black smith shop, as well as a harness and carpenter shop in constant operation. The working stock consists of fifty yoke of oxen and fifty spans of horses and mules ; and the working force of a su perintendent, a general foreman, six as sistant foremen, a book-keeper, a car penter, a baker, a butcher, and about one hundred and fifty other operatives. The head-quarters arc in the centre of the farm, and there are six out-stations fully equipped. The average cost of boarding is 35 cents per day. The farm is divided by two roads, two miles apart, north and south, and one through the centre east and west These are lined W fifty-four . miles of hedsie, which was mostly set four years ago. Hedges have been or are to be set on every section line. Seventy-five miles were set in the spring of louo. and twenty-five last spring. These hedges are to supercede, the post and board fence, of which there are now eighty miles. This has required about 59,000 posts, 640,000 feet oj lumber", and eighty kegs of nails. j Mr. Alexander U the owner of this farm, and his operations are stated to be as nearly as practicable every year, as follows: He first purchases -4,000 head of Texas steers, which cost him 8140,000; cost of handling, interest, etc, S47.000; making an aggregate of 8186,000. His average sales are 870 per 'head, or $280, 000, leaving him a net profit of 893,000. The profit upon the grain and other crops of the farm bring the whole up to nearly 8200,000, after paying all expenses and including a rent or interest of 84 per acre on the land. It will thus be seen that large farming in Illinois pays. His neighbor, Mr. Sullivan, farms even more land, with like profitable results. Correspondent Y. Times. . ; per- scen after A few days ago, says the New Orleans Iicagune, an old lady and a young one founa themselves in Court, charged with disturbing the peaco. ;f The office's state ment was clearly given, and certainly dis- j closed an equal culpability in both. It was evident, .however, that the court in clined favorable judgment to the young est, and the scales of justice were rapidly tipping in her favor. " Why did you abuse this young lady ?" the magistrate demanded of the old one. "I had aright to!" was the -calm reply. " What was. she doing?" "Keeping company with a" very im proper character!" " And what is that to you?" v " She's my daughter J" " Oh, indeed ! and you think the son was an improper character " " I do, sir J' " Do you know who he was ?" " I don't know his name. I've him frequently prowling around night." " And then, as if actuated by sudden impulse, the old lady adjusted her speo tacles, peered curiously at the Court from under her green sunbonnct, and then ex claimed : " Good lack J good lack ! Why,yot?re the mahV " z r r " Me ! me " . exclaimed the astonshed Court. " Mo ! woman, did you say me ?" Again the spectacles were adjusted, and the curious gaze prolonged, while the old lady nodded her head at intervals. ' " Yes, yes, it's the same ugly face. I'm sure of it; but 1 11 forgive you this tiine ; I'll forgive you." And the "old lady hobbled away, leaving tha Court gasping with astonishment, and unable to interpose an objection to ber departure. Tom presented bis bill to his neighbor Joe for services rendered. The latter looked it over and expressed much sur prise at the amount, Why, Tom, it strikes me that you have made out a pretty round bill hare, eh ?" I am sensible that it is a round one," quoth Tom, " and I have ooma for the purpose of making it square." " Ploze, sir," said an Irishman to a traveler, f would yes be so oblaiging, as to take me great-coat hare to Boston wrd' yea ? " Yes," said the man ia the wag on ; " but how will you get it again?" " Oh, that's micbtv aiy, so it ie, said j Tat, lor shure I'll reonaoe' inside uv it." A Romance la Real life. That " truth is stranger than fiction," was forcibly illustrated by tha brief his tory . of two persons which culminated Wednesday last at the As tor House in New York, and is thus related by the Evening) Mail ? . - , , , , "About 22 years ago Mr. M,, a North ern gentleman, married a Juiss ri., ot this State. To all appearances it waa what tbe world denominated a nappy marriage.' ..About one year after thia union, Mrs, M. presented her husband with a fine boy, whose appearanoe seemed to be an additional living and breathing bond of affection. The happy couple ' lived together for about ten years, when by reverse of cireumatanoea in Mr. M'.a business, over which hex had no control, he became guite poor, " Passing over, detail, suJBcai it . to say that , a drwee, , criminating neither part;, wa easily ob- tamed in a court ot one ot those States, whose loose laws now offer inducements to the discontented to violate the solemn ordinance of marriage with impunity. But this was not a trap sprung by one party without tho knowledge of tbe other. It was a mutual divorce.; 4 Mrs. M. was a healthy, fine looking , woman, and in a tew years became tne wife of 'a well-to-do gentleman. Thia was a happy marriage throughout. Tha second husband died a little more than a year ago, leaving the widow a small for- , tune ot twenty thousand dollars. a ' During these ei&t or nine years ox life . with her second husband, the lady did not forget her first born ; nor did tho son lose sight of the mother. : The affec tion in both was strong. The hoy waa ; the divine magnet which attraoted the divorced and widowed mother aud the wandering father from his search for business in distant Costa Rica. At the death of the second husband the son had reached the manly age of twenty. Im agine his feelings as he came to realise the situation of his father and mother. One a single man the other a widow. One an unhappy wanderer still without sufficient worldly goods to make life worth living for; the. other the occu pant of a husbandless house with a plen tiful larder. Ever present was tbe thought that one yet lived whom she had sworn before God to ' love and cherish.' He was the father of her son. The son, who loved his mother, loved his father not less. The mother could not gaze into the face of her only born, without be holding the image of his father. Time passed. The son brought his divorced father and - widowed mother together. They talked over the past. They agreed upon the future. The boy was tho cen ter of attraction. He was flesh of their flesh, and bone of thoir bone'. The ties of nature were too strong for resistance. Like two drops of quicksilver the two hearts united. Yesterday, in this city, the son had the happiness to celebrate the anniversary of his twenty-first birth day by witnessing the extraordinary scene of the marriage of bis own father and mother ! This was joy enough for one day. History "'probably' does no$ afford the parallel of thia truthful pic ture. : -:- - " - Mr. and. 3Irs. ' M., accompanied by their son and several friends, dined at the Astor House, and afterwards left for Boston on their bridal tour to enjoy his second and her third honeymoon.' Tha son, who is a promising, . fine looking young man, is a telegraph operator of excellent ability, and is employed in thia city. -- After the honeymoon,' Mr. ana Mrs, M., with their son, will visit Com Rica, where the past business experience of Mr. M. in that country, with the little capital of Mrs, M. and the profession of the talented and enterprising son will undoubtedly prove the foundation for a greater and more " permanent fortune. May ; happiness and prosperity go with, them., t , . - - - , No dorg to love, none to karess, how can l bit sadness express? Chunk is defunot, ded as a nale- hushed is his barking aud still is his tail. Oh 1 such a tail while on tbe end, opht did he chase it with hope twising around, till overcome he reposed on tbe ground now he s ek- stingt, ded as a nale where am his bark and wag of his tail ? In dreama alone poor Chunk I see, swigging his milk or else scratching a flee 'tis but ft dream, wakign I weep, for under two feet of ground he does Bleep. O I beautiful purp, wunst full of pla, haven 1 1 fed you day after day? given you milk, given you bread, given you many a pat on the bed? Now yer ekstingt, ded es a nale, where am the bark and wag of yer tail? No. dorg to love, none to karess, vainly I strive the Bad tears to repress. Why did you dy ? sadli I morn- was it from pisen or swallering a bone? No, waggin tail, no boamin eye ansurs a question or gives a repli, Was it a fit or stoppage of breth or eatiu 2 much the sad oause of yer deth ? Still not a , word, Chunk is de funot, ded a a nale, din) U his eye.stilled forever, his tale. : Jaw-Breakers. An Indiana natur alist enlightens the Fort Wayua Gazette in potato-bug nomenclature. He eays the correct name of thia bug is Gymnos permia Tefradynamia, of the elaa SUri- nehiumminetiboniularumtumsardoium, of which there are but three species, the Monoctyledonous, Hypocastimouoso and the - Picespeyraroia Sapifraynaoounoe, No wonder it ia'death to lh povghteight- A - girl, forced ; into a disagreeable match with an old man whom. , aha da tested, when the clergyman came to that portion of the service where the bride is aaked if she consents to take the bride groom tor her husband, said, with great simplicity; "Oh' dear, no air; but yon, are the first person who has aske) niy opinion upon the affair." -