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Newspaper Page TextCorvallis Gazette. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORKIKG BY W. 13. CARTER, Editoe and Proprietor. TERMS: (coin.) rer tear, M Mouths, Three Mouths, 83 SO i 1 OA INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. M. S. WOODCCCX, Attorney and Counselor at Law, lUKVALUN : OKKCit OFFICE OJT FIRST STREET, OPR WOOD COCK A BALDWIN'S Hardware store. Special attention given to Collections, Fore closure of Mortgages, Real Estate cases, Probate and Road matters. Will also buy and sell City Property and Farm Lands, on reasonable terms. March 20, 187S. 16-12yl F. A. CHENOWETH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CORVALLIS, : : OKIUIIN. .-OFFICE, Corner of Monroe and Second treet. 16-ltf J. W. RAYBURf, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CORTALLM, OKI ;. OFFICE On Monroe street, between Second and Third. B-SpeciaI attention given to the Collection of ' u tes and Accounts. 16-ltf JAMES A. YANTIS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, OKVAI.LIS. . - . OKtGOJI tyiLL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS of the State. Special attention given to Ratters in Probate. Collections will receive rompt and careful attention. Office in the Court ouse. 16:ltf. DR F. A. ViNCENT, I E IV T I S T . COllVALLW REGON. QFFICE IN FISIIER'8 BRICK OVER Max. Friendlev's New Store. All the atest improvement?. Eerytb:Bg new and comi.lete. All work warranted. Plea -e give me a caii. lfcStf G. R. FARRA, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND MR'iEO, O FFICE OVER GRAHAM & HAMILTON'S Drugstore, Corvallis, Oregon. 14-2(Jtf J. R. BRY80N, ATTORNEY AT LAW. All business will receive prompt attention. COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY. Corvallis, July 14, 1879. 16:29tf NEW TIN SHOP. J. K. Webber, Pro., MAIN St.. COHVALL18. 8TOVE8 AND TINWARE All Kind. -All work warranted and at reduced rates. 12:13tf. W. C CRAWFORO, DEALER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SPECTACLES, SILVEPw WARE, v etc Also, Musical Instruments feo liring done at the most reasonable rates, and all work warranted. Corvallis, Dec. 13, 1877. 14:50tf GRAHAM, HAMILTON & CO., COBVALLIS ... OREGON. DEALERS IN Drugs, Paints, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, DYE STUFFS, OILS, GLASS AND PUTfY. PURE WINES AND L QUORS FOR MEDICINAL USE. And also the the very best assortment of Lamps and Wall Fapr ever brought to this place. AGENTS FOR THE AVERILL CHUUfiU P I.ST, SUPERIOR TOUPT OTHER VOL.. XVI. CORVAIXIS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1879. NO. 37. CORVALLIS Livery, Feed ...AND... SALE STABLE, it in St., Corval la. Oregon. SOL. KING, - Porpr. QWNING BOTH BARNS I AM PREPARED to oiler superior accommodations in the Liv ery line. Always ready for a drive, GOOD TE.MS At Low Riites. My stables are first-class in every respect, and competent and obliging hostlers always ready to serve the public. REASONABLE CHARGES FOB HIRE. Particular atteutton Paid to Boarding; Horses. ELEGANT HEARSE, CARRIAGES AND HACKS FOR FUNERALS Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1879. 16:lyl Woodcock & Baldwin (Successors to J. R Bayley & Co,) XTEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE 1 r fl otoTirl n 1 a ma anI nnmnlafa at-ulr ff vat ovuuu at, laigc auu vasium?M7 oi'va ui Heavy and Mielf Hardware, IRON, STEEL, TOOLS, STOVES, RANGES, ETC Manufactured and Home Made Tin and Copper "Ware, Pumps, Pipe, Etc. A good Tinner constantly on hand, and all Job Work neatly ana quickly done. Also agents for Knano. Burrell & Co.. for the sale of the best and latest improved FARM MACHINERY, of all kinds, together with a full assort ment of Agricultural Implements. Sole Agents for the celebrated ST. LOUIS CHARTER OAK STOVES the BEST IN THE WORLD. Also the Norman Ranee, and many other patterns. in all sizes and styles. tcr Particular attention paid to Farmers wants, and the supplying extras for Farm Machinery, and all information as to such articles, furnished cheerfully, on application. 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 shall be, prompt and fair dealinsr with all. Call and examine onr stock, before going elsewhere. Satisfac tion guaranteed. VVOOKCCXJK Jt BALDWIN. Corvallis, May, 12, 1879. 14:4tf LANDS! FARMS! HOMES! 1HAVE FARMS, (Improved and unim proved,) STORES and MILL PROPERTY, very desirable, FOR SALE. These lands are cheap. Also claims in unsurveyed tracts for sale. Soldiers of the late rebellion who have, under he Soldiers' Homestead Act, 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. 16:2tf kUM & WOODWARD, Druggists and Apothecaries, P. O. BUILDING. CORVALLIS, OREGON. Have a complete stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OIL, 8LASS, IT., LTC. School I'ook - tationeny, fco. aarPbyslelMS' P.ecrlptiim tre- We buv for Cash, and have choice of the FRESHEST and PUREST Drugs and Medicines the market affords. Prescriptions accurately prepared at half the usual rates. zaiayioiiou FRESH GOODS- AT THE BAZAR r FASHIONS Mrs. E. A.. KNIGHT. fOBTALLM, ... OKtOUS. Has just received from San Francisco, the larg est and Best Stock of Millinery flood?, Dress Trimmings, Etc., Ever broueht to Corvallis. whidfc will sell at prices that defy competition. Aweary for Imt. ueuaoreat'a reliable Patterns. 25aprl0:17tf Corvallis Lodge So 14, r. A. M. Holds stated Communications on Wednesday on or preceding each full moon. Brethren in good standing cordially invited to attend. By order W. M. Bar am lodge No. 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. ROBERT N. BAKER. Fashionable Tailor, pORMERLY OF ALBANY, WHERE HE has given his patrons perfect satisfaction, has determined to locate in Corvallis, where he hopes to be favored with a share of the public paironage. All work warranted, when made under his supervision. Repairing and cleaning promptly attended to. Corvallis, Nov. 28, 1878. 15:48ft. JOHN S. BAKER, PRO. CORVALLIS, . OKEOOBT. TTAVING BOUGHT THE ABOVE MAR ket and fixtures, and permanently located in Corvallis, I will keep constantly on hand the choicest cuts of BEEF, PORK, MUTTON AND VEAL. Especial attention to making extra Bologna Beintr a Dractical butcher, with lame experi ence in business, I flatter myself that T can give satisfaction to customers. Please call and give me a trial. JOHN S. BAKER. Dec. 6th, 1878. 15:49tf. Grain Storage ! A Word to Farmers. TTAVING PURCHASED THE COMMODI ous warehouse of Messrs. King and Bell, and thoroughly overhauled the same, I am now ready to receive grain for storage at the reduced Rate of -4- ots. per Bushel 1 am also prepared to Keep Extra, White Wheat, separate from other lots, thereby enabling me to SELL AT A PREMIUM. Also prepared to pay the Highest Market Price. for wheat, and would most respectfully solicit a share of public patronage. T. J. BLAIR. (Jorvallis, Aug. l, 1878. ls-.azn H. E. HARRIS, One door South of Graham A Hamilton's, COR Y A 1. 1. IS, 0BW. GROCERIES PROVISIONS, AND Dry Goods. Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1878. 16:lvl DRAKE & GRANT, MERCHANT TAILORS, C"RVAI E,H. - - - OSKaoA. 7"E HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE and well selected stock of Cloth, viz: W-B or TiEln.nrl Broad lotlis, rencli t ussimi-res, colch Tweeds, and merlcau uit i nu' Which v.-c will make up to order in the most approved and lash unable styles. No pains will be scared in producing good lilting garments. Parties wishing to purchase cloths and have them cut out, will do well to call and examine our stock. DRAKE & GRANT. Corvallis, April 17. 1879. I6:16tf Boarding- and Lodging. Pfellomatti, Beaton Co . Oregon. GEORGE KISOR, 1 ESPECTFULLY INFORMS THE TRAV- - eling public that he is now prepared ana m readiness to keep such boarders as may choose to give him a call, either by the S'MC E M-L. DAY. OR WEEK. Is also prepared to furn sh horse feed. Liberal share of public patronage solicited. Give us a call. GEOBGE KISOR. Philomath, April 28, 1879. I0:18tf Albert Pygali.. William Irwin. l'YGALL & IRWIN, City Trucks & Drays, TTAVING PURCHASED THE DRAYS AND Trm-ks lately own l bv James Eglin, we are prepared do all kinds of city lla.ii Infg. uollverlng of Wood. I' to., XCi in the city or country, at reasonable rates. Pat ronage solicited, and satisfaction guaranteed in all eases. ALBERT PYGALL, WILLIAM IRWIN. Corvallis. Dec. 2(), 1878. 15:5!tf 0 C. MORELAND, (CITV ATTORNEY.) AT'IOBKY A.T J-.A.W. POKT1.A.M, - V1NOE Firing on Horseback. OFFICE Monastes' Brick. First street, between Morrison and Yamhill. 14:3Stf THE STAB BAKERY, In Street, orvallin. HENRY WARRIOR, PROPRIETOR. Family Supply Store ! G rocerles, Bread. Cakes, l?ie, Candies, Toys, Always on Hand. Corvallis, Jan. 1, 1877. 14:2tf The last Friday of the 'Wimbledon meeting is always one of the most popu lar days for visitors, as it is fullest of practical lessons for the volunteers, apart from the mere mastery of accurate shooting. The Loyd, Lindsay and the Mappin prizes were instituted with the object of testing what calvary and in fantrv volunteers could no under condi tions similar in many respects to those that would have to be encountered on active service. In the one, Yeoman mounted riflemen, or volunteer light horse, have to ride a distance of three quarters of a mile, taking two flights of hurdles in the course, dismounting at two points, and, firing, each man hve rounds, and the whole has to be done in ten minutes. In the other similar work has to be performed, only the distance to be covered is only a quarter of a mile, and the time allowed is five minutes. At the Loyd-Lindsay course yesterday after noon a considerable number of specta tors, on horseback, in carriages or drags and on foot, had gathered, and they evi dently watched the proceedings with much the same kind of interest that would be taken by country folk in their local steeple-chases. For this competi tion thirteen sections had entered, and rarely indeed has the contest for the Erize been closer or so distinguished by igher proficiency on the part of the teams engaged. It commenced soon after 3 o'clock, and for two hours and a half the spectators were delighted by a display of good riding, soldierly bearing and skillful markmanship under difficult circumstances. The Ary shire section was the first to start, and they did the course in eight seconds less than the prescribed time, but in their shooting there was evi dence of hurry. The misses were fre quent and the good hits very few. Then came the Dorset section, distinguished bv the silver hussar braiding of their jackets, and sitting their horses as hunt ing men from the Jtslackmoor Vale should do. It was not the same section that had previously attained fame at Wimbledon, and there was a want of smartness about the movements of the men, which proclaimed slight acquaint ance with the requirements of such a competition. Their time was 11 minutes and 22 seconds, and m the forty rounds fired by the four men at 500 and 600 yards, they only scored 15 points alto gether. Jrrom this hve points nad to De deducted from each half minute occupied over the time laid down. As the Dor sett section had exceeded the allowance by nearly a minute and a half, their net number of marks stood at exactly nothing. Then came the Leicestershire D section, which like the Ayrshire, fired far too hastily. They made the best time of all, and came home in admirable order in 9 minutes, 37 seconds, but they only scored 18 marks between them. The Leicester shire G troop took more time, but scored only two points more, and of this num ber ten had to be deducted. Then came another section of the Ayrshire regiment, which not only moved very leisurely, but also shot badly. The Leicestershire A section made both good time and good shooting, and came back from the tiring points in almost perfect order, showing that they could not only ride like true followers of the Qnorn and Cottesmore, but that they had acquired something of the discipline of regular troopers, lne Oxfordshire C section followed. They were slow in getting their aim, and did not seem to be making good practice at the target, but they came home weU in line, and but for the misplaced enthusi asm of one of their number, who forgot that a cavalry soldier should never have a whip-hand, or at all events should never use it as such, their work would have been very well done. The Boyal Bucks, mounted on good weight carriers, behaved in much more soldierly fashion. They rode well and shot with precision. They only took 9 minutes and 40 seconds to do the course, and got on the very re spectable number of bl points before thev left the targets. The Oxfordshire D troop looked very soldierly and moved well. After scoring a fair number of hits at the 500 yards range, they re mounted very smartly, and getting back to the 600 yards firing point quickly and in good order, got on the target at the first shot. Firing at regular intervals with deliberation, but without delay, they scored hit after hit. Presently, however, the wind shifted, and seemed to puzzle them somewhat, as it Diew tne smoke straight up the range, obscuring the target and necessitating a hazardous delay. Directly the bugle sounded to cease fire, however, they mounted with alacrity and came back in good order, riding well; and, although one oi the horses hit the last flight of hurdles rather hard, their line was never broken until the post had been reached. The Warwickshire second section went down the course in dashing style, sitting their horses in true soldierly manner. Their shooting at the first range was rapid, and appeared somewhat wild. At 600 yards they were equally quick in getting to work, but scarcely more successful in settling to their aim. Then they tried what slower shooting would do, and got in several hits, but at the sacrifice of much time, which they endeavored to make up afterward, with the result that they came back a little raggedly, one or two of them using their hands and heels a little more vigorously than a cavalry martinet would be likely to approve of. The Warwickshire first section was ad mirably mounted, and the men kept their dressing well as they topped the hurdles in good hunting style. They got through their twenty rounds at 500 yards quickly, and nearly every shot seemed to tell. At the next range, however, they wasted much time, and reaped little benefit from over-deliberation; but they were very quick in remounting, and though they came back at racing speed they kept their dressing weU to the end. The delay at 600 yards, however, handi capped them fifteen points. The Wor cestershire men when they get the com mand, "GaUop march," went away as if each were struggling for the lead, and they jumped the first flight of hurdles almost in Indian style. At firing they did not make so much progress either m time or points, and the limits of the min utes had been passed long before the last round was fared. As they were com ing home the inevitable dog crossed the course, two of the horses shying, swerved and carromed against the otheis. For a moment it looked as if all must come to grief, but fortunately they kept their seats and cleared the hurdles without any mishap. All three sections had fired with Wesley-Richards carbines, but the last to start, the Boyal First Devon Yeo manry, carried their short Sniders slung across their backs, according to the fashion of the Indian irregulars. Smart and soldierly in their scarlet uniforms, with royal blue facings, they proved worthy of the reputation that was won along ago by their countrymen of the Devon mounted rifles. They cleared the hurdles well, but, unaccustomed to the course, they went too fast, and one horse, having broken a rein, carried his rider far beyond the first firing point before he could be pulled up. At 500 yards they got on the target once, and steadily kept there without a single miss. At 600 yards they did not do so well, but still they finished with a more brilliant score than has been made by any of the other competitors a score that could bear a reduction of fifteen points for excess of time and yet win. Admirably they rode back as they had started, erect in the saddle and soldierly in bearing, amid loud cheers from the spectators, who had hailed the ring of every hit on the target with an encouraging shout of "Bravo, Devon!" Protests were lodged against this team, first, because of the rifles they used, which the council very properly held to be in accordance with the condi tions, and secondly, on the ground that three men had dismounted to fire at one time, instead of only two. Both objec tions were overruled, and the Devon men were officially declared the winners, when the sections assembled to learn the result from Major Thompson. London Daily Netivs. July 2oth. Roger Bacon. But the great light in science during all those ages, both for England and the rest of the world, was Roger Bacon, who.born in 1214, was in his cradle in Somerset shire when the barons obtained from King John his signature to Magna Charta. He belonged to a rich family, sought knowledge from childhood, and avoided the strife of day. He studied at Oxford and Paris, and the death of his father may have placed his share of the pater nal estate in his hands. He spared no cost for instructors and transcribers, books and experiments ; mastered not only Latin thoroughly, but also Hebrew and Greek, which not more than five men in England then understoodjgrammatically although there were more who could loosely read and speak those tongues, fie was made doctor in naris. and had the degree confirmed in his own University of Oxford. Then he withdrew entirely from the civil strife that was arising, and joined the house of the Franciscans in Oxtord, having spent all his time in the world and z(X0 ot money in the search of knowledge. Roger Bacon's family com mitted itseif to the King's side in the civil war of Henry I H.'s Ereed, his cor ruption of Justice, and violation of the defined rights of his subjects brought up on him. The success of the barons ruined Bacon's family, and sent his mother, brothers and whole kindred into exile. Meanwhile the philosopher, as one of the Oxford Franciscans, had joined an order which prided itself in the checks put by it on the vanity of learning. But in spite of their self-denials, the Franciscans at Oxford and elsewhere, included many learned men, who by the daily habit of their minds, were impelled to give to scholarship some practical direction. They were already beginning to supply the men who raised the character of teaching at the University of Oxford till it rivalled that of Pans. riar .bacon was among the earliest of these teachers ; so was rnar Bungay, who lives with him in popular tradition. Roger Bacon saw how the clergy were entangled in barren subtleties of a logic far parted from all natural laws out of which it sprang. He believed that the use ol all his knowledge, if he could but make free use of it, would be to show how strength and peace were to be given to the Church, And then the Pope, who had been told of his rare ac quirements and his philosophic mind, bade Koger Bacon, disregarding any rule of his order to the contrary, write lor mm what was in his mind. Within his mind were first Drincinles of a true and faithful philosophy. But to commit to parchment all that he had been pining to say would cost him w in materials, transcribers, necessary references and ex periments. He was a Franciscan, vowed to poverty, and the Pope had sent no money with the command to write. Bacon's mother and exiled brothers had spent all they were worth upon their ransoms. Poor friends furnished .the necessary money, some of them pawning goods, upon the understanding that their loans would be made known to His Holi ness. There was a difficulty between the philosopher and his immediate supe riors, because the Pope's demand was private, and only a relief to. Bacon's pri vate conscience. His immediate rulers had received no orders fo relax the dis cipline which deprived the Franciscans of the luxury of pen and ink. But ob stacles were overcome : and then Roeer Bacon produced within a year and a half 1 0fift.Q his Ch.ua MnUie "flinatn W,l,i! which now forms a large, closely-printed folio ; his Opus Minus ("Lesser Work"), which was sent after the Onus Mams to Pope Clement to recapitulate its arguments and strengthen some of its parts. Henry money s manual oj jmgttsn Literature. Iwfervescing ooda. Mix half a tea- spoonful of powdered bicarbonate of soda thoroughly with two tablespoonfuls of syrup oi any navor to suit the taste. Then add six or eightlMaes as much cold water ; wnne mixiugaB jtjjn a half a teaspoon ful of powdertWIWlArlc acid, and drink at once, mis is tor immediate consump tion, ror Doming mix the syrup, flavor the water in the usual proportions, and fill into bottles ; put in each bottle half a drachm each of crystallized bicar bonate of potassa and crystallized tartaric acid, and cork immediately. The above quantity is for soda-water bottles ; wine bottles will require double the quantity. Russian Prisoners. In communicating the following par ticulars respecting the abominable treat ment to which the Russian Nihilist pris oners are subject, I wish to impress upon your readers that, bent upon avoiding all exaggeration or coloring of facte, I have confined the narrative to such statements as I have been able to derive from unbiased and trustworthy Eersons eye-witnesses themselves of the orrors revealed to me. Though my hand quivers with indignation as I pen this dispatch, not one charge against the Bussion authorities shall be intensified by any emphasis of my own. The ap palling evidence of Bussian barbarity, of which I have obtained possession, is sufficiently eloquent in itself. It cries to Heaven for vengeance; but ere that comes let the rulers of civilized Europe Umeditate this chapter of human misery and woe, and let them bid Russia stay the course of her revolting deeds. Dur ing the second fortnight of last month a person whose testimony is above sus picion visited a ship at anchor at Odessa, fitted out for the transportation of Nihil ist convicts to the Island of Saghalien. He describes it as a man-of-war of about 4,000 tons, freshly painted white. On going below deck, he found that on either side of a narrow ' passage iron barred cages had been constructed which, he says, were exactly similar to those used for wild animals. These cages were of different sizes, and con tained from four to twenty convicts each. The rule observed was that such among them as showed any disposition to be unruly were confined in the smaller cages so as to be more easily watched. The gentleman who visited the ship es timates the number of these wretched people at 750, most of whom had come by rail from the interior, heavily chained together by small groups. They were to keep their chains during the journey, and my informant says the sinister noise they produced was distinctly audible long ere he reached the ship. Unable to control his feelings, he observed to the officer in command that his closely packed cargo, chained together in a place where there was absolutely no ven tilation, would never survive the passage of the Suez Canal, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, to which the Bussian officer cynically replied : " Well, so much the better for all parties if they do not." He accompanied this astound ing remark by a significant glance, which his interlocutor took to imply, "Don't you understand, that is precisely what we expect? The same ship was visited at another place on her outward voyage, and on competent authority it was ascer tained that not one-third of the unfortu nate prisoners on board could possibly reach their destination alive. But my information is not confined to this one instance. The Aijni Novrogod, for merly known as the Saxonia of the Hamburg and New York line of steamers, but since purchased for the Russian vol unteer fleet, arrived at Port Said under Bussian colors and manned by Bussian sailors, at the end of last month. She had 590 convicts on board, for the most part Nihilists condemned to be trans ported to the Island of Saghalien. The Suez Canal Company raised the question as to whether this ship, which was known to have sailed under merchant colors on her last journey from Mar seilles to Odessa, and which belongs neither to Bussian Government nor to the Bussian transport service, but which was freighted for the vol unteer fleet, should be considered as a ship ot war. The discussion re sulted in the Nijni Novrogod being treated as a ship of war, under protest of the Bussian Consul. Now, the question just raised caused a stoppage of three days, during which the convicts on board were literally left to roast in the heat, which at this time of the year is terrible. Their torture was prolonged for twenty-two mortal hours, because the Russian authorities hoped to deceive the Suez Canal Company. But this is not all. The same vessel is to perform the same voyage with a similar cargo four times in the course of the present year; and, be it observed, other ships are engaged in the same traffic. All the ghastly tales that were told during the late war are surpassed by the cold blooded cruelty of the Bussian authori ties towards the Nihilist convicts. What precedes refers only to those who are sentenced to transportation; but the fate of the Nihilist prisoners at home is no less horrible, and the exclamation of the Bussian Captain that if his wards died from the effects of the atrocious treat ment to which they were subject, it would be so much the better for all par ties, might be appropriately repeated by the director of everv iail in the Russian Empire. Vienna Dispatch to London Telegraph. Anecdote op an Old River Gambler. One time he was accused of swindling, the charge being made in the heat of play by a man from whom Watt's accomplice had just won $10,000. "Is that your opinion ? " he quietly asked. "Yes, sir ; that's what I think," roared the loser ; "you swindled me, and I stigmatized you as a scoundrel." The hour was late, and onlv the watchman and a party engaged in playing heard the charge, but all of tbem drew back and held tneir Dream, for thev wen sure Jack would take a life to wipe out the insult. It is said that he has done that thing. "I will give you $5000 right here if you will not make that opinion any further public," said Watts, drawing forth his pocket-book. "Noir, I do not want the money ; you cannot buy my silence with money." Then Watts smiled in his wicked way and held a pistol in one hand and the money in the other, and said quietly, as before : "My friend for the suppression of your opinion I offered you $5000. You refused. Now I offer you that amount of money and voarlife. Do you accept? ' The man looked into Jack's cold, steel gray eye and what he read there was convincing. He took his money and his life and kept silent. St. Paul Pumeer. The deepest running stream that is known is the Niagara river, which, just under the lowest suspension bridge, is 700 feet deep by actual measurement. Corvallis Gazette. BATES OF ADVERTISING. I Iff. I 1 M. SM. 6 M. 1 YIU 1 555 I 100 3001 6001 800112 00 2" I aO0SbO70012 0O18 0O 3 " I 8 00 6 00 I 10 00 16 00 22 09 4 " 4 00 7 00 13 00 I 18 00 20 00 j Col. I 6C0 900 15 002000I3500 j " I 7 SO I 12 00 i 18 CO 85 00 48 00 yj " I 10 001500250040008000 1 " I 15 00 20 00 48 00 60 00 1 100 Of Notices In Local Column, 20 cents per line, each insertion. Transient advertisements, per square of 12 lines. Nonpareil measure, 2 SO for first, and $1 for each subsequent lnsertion-in ADVANCE- Legal advertisements charged as transient, and must be paid for upon expiration. No charge for publisher's affidavit of publication. Yearly advertisements on liberal terms. Proiessional Cards, (1 square) $12 per annum. All notices and advertisements Intended for publication should be handed In by noon on Star Showers. Meteoric astronomy now takes rank as a distinctive branch of astronomical sci ence. Not forty years have elapsed since it was ascertained that star showers are periodical. Even then and for many years after it was supposed there were but two, called the August and November showers. Now, not less than 100 have been detected, and constantly others are being added to the list. The accounts of the showers that occurred in ancient times came down to us clothed such in ex travagant language that, until the great star shower of November 13,1833, astrono mers were loath to believe them. Now they know not only the cause, but are able to predict their reoccurrence with almost as much exactness as eclipses, and the popular mind observes these displays with equanimity and delight instead of fear and alarm, or thinking the day of judgment has come. . Science has dis armed not only them but eclipses and comets as well, of their terrors. All know what a shooting star looks like, but no living man can tell what it really is, for notone has ever been known to reach the earth. Those heavy, stony and still more weighty metallic masses, called meteorlites, meteoric stones, etc., which occasionally fall to the earth from the celestial regions, which the one that recently fell in Iowa was a remarkable example,belong to another class of objects entirely, the origin of Which man knows nothing. A shooting" star is only visible while undergoing the process of combustion, which lasts from one to three seconds, seldom longer. Previous to this they ex-" ist in the dark, probably solid condition, not much if any larger than peas, too small to be seen in daylight and in the night, being in the earth's shadow, are eclipsed and consequently visible. Only while being burned they are visible to us, as they shine by their own light. Each meteoroid moves in an orbid, re volving around the sun with as much regularity as the larger planets. In fact, each is in every sense of the word a planet, obeying strictly the laws of gravi tation and planetary motion. All space is filled with them ; they are as numerous as the sand. The earth and they in their journey around the sun encounter each other; the earth, by its attraction, draws them toward it, but to reach it they must pass through the atmosphere, which one is not liable to do. Only meteoric stones are able to reach the earth, and they have their surfaces blackened, and converted to scoria by their terrible heat engender ed by the friction with the atmosphere and by arrested motion. Shooting stars move in all directions, velocities probably equal to the earth's, nearly 19 miles a second. One moving retrograde, therefore (from east to west), would plunge into the atmosphere at a relative velocity of 38 miles a second, and if allowance be made for accelerated motion, caused by the eartii's attraction, probably double that, or 75 miles seconu. The encounter is teartuljuujHnt for tho HtRios'fiy re,-"wiitch acts as a cushion, the effect would be disastrous, for not less than 800,000 would rain upon upon the earth every day. The source from which these meteoroids come is comets, especially from their tails. The tail of the great comet in 1811 was 150,000,000 in length and 15,000,000 in diameter. It is improbable in the highest degree that the comet could gather its tail to itself again. It is left behind, forming a ring, which in time may be come continuous. Another comet comes and it does the same, and during the ages which are past this process has been go ing on till the inter-planetary spaces are filled with not only meteoroids, but some thing still more marvelous. In about three thousand years that great comet will return again and repeat the process, forming part of another ring, or, adding to the first, depending on cir cumstances which need not be considered here. Whenever the earth, in its usual journey, passes through any ring made by some comet, no man xnews wnen we get a star shower. The four most notable ones in our times take place at the fol lowing dates, namely, on the mornings of August 11th and November 14th, and the evenings of November 24th and 27th. The last two are caused by the earth passing through the track of meteoroids left be hind by the fragments of Bida's coment, which divided in two parts in 1846. In this way meteoric rings are formed, of which the solar system is filled, but none are visible to us, except those the earth passes through. By some such process was the August ring formed, which the earth passed diagonally through on the evening of the 10th and morning of the 14th of the present month. The first August shower mentioned in higtory occurred on July 25th, A, D., 811," and has appeared with unfailing regu larity down to our own time, except a slight break of 83 years between 841 and 924, and another and much greater one of 310 years between 933 and 1243, owing probably to breaks in the ring, or which is more likely, to a failure to record them. The period of the above comet is about 123 years, and it will therefore make its next appearance about the year 1985. The eccentricity of the August ring is very great, its perihilion distance being equal to that of the earth, and its aphelion distance being far beyond the orbit of Neptune, making the circumference of the ring more than 11,000,000,000 miles, and as the earth is ten aays in passing through it, its thickness must be at least 16,000,000 miles. Dr. Lewis Swift in Roch ester Express. Plowing bv Electricity. At a recent meeting of the Paris Academy of Scien ces, M. Tresca gave an account of some experiments in plowing by electricity which he witnessed at Sermaise, in the Marine. A Gramme machine, making 1200 revolutions per minute, and driven by a steam engine, was connected to a second Gramme at a distance of 440 yards, and caused the latter to revolve at, the rate of 1140 revolutions to the minute, the electricity produced by the first machine being thus converted into work. The second machine was connect ed to a third at a distance of 219 yards, and these two worked cables attached to a double brabant plough. According to M. Tresca, the experiment was very suc cessful, the work accomplished represent ing the equivalent of three horsepower, while one-half of the motive power ob tained from the steam-engine was re illy transferred to a distance of more than 1000 yards from the furnace.