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Corvallis Gazette. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNiKG BY W. 33. CARTKR, Editox and Proprietor. TERMS: (coin.) Per Year, -ftlx Monlhi. 1kn Sontlia, s so 1 O J INVARIABLY IN A I)V A NCR. CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. M. 8. WOODCCCK, Attorney and Counselor at Law, 4 OrtVALLM UBEGOH OFFICE OX FIRST STREET.OPP. WOOD COCK A BALDWIN'S Hardware store. Sjweial attention given to Collections, Fore closure of Mortgages, Real Estate cases, Probata and Itoad matters. Will also t.uy and sell City Property and Farm Lands, on reasonable terms. March 20, 187U. 16-I2yl F. A. CHEKOWETH. F. M. JOHNSON. CHENOWETH & JOHNSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW CO UN ALL. IS .... ORIfiOH September 4, 1879. 16:36tf J. W. RAYBURfV, ATTORNEY AT LAW, OR V 4.1. LIS, : OREOOI. OFFICE On Monroe street, between Second and Third. &r-Special attention given to the Collection of Notes and Accounts. 16-ltf JAMES A. YANTI8, Attorney and Counselor at Law, OKVALLIN, . OIIGOH. fcyiLt, PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS of the State. Special attention given to matters in Probate. Collections will receive rompt and careful attention. Office iu the Court use. 18:ltf. DR F. A. ViNCENT, DENTIST. COUVALLI8 - r;REGON. QFFICE IN FISHER'S BRICK OVER Max. Friendley'a New Store. All the latest improvements. Everything new and complete. All work warranted. Plea-e give me a call. 15:3tf G. R. FARRA, M. O. PHYSICIAN AMD SURGEON, QFFICE OVER GRAHAM A HAMILTON'S v Drugstore, Corvallis, Oregon. 14-26tf J. R. BRYSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. All business will receive prompt attention. COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY- Corvallis, July 14, 187. 16:2tf NEW TIN SHOP. J. K. Webber, Pro., MAIN St,. - CORVALLIS. STOVES AND TINWARE, All Kind. AS All work warranted and at reduced rates. 12:13tf. W. C. CRAWFORD, DEALER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SPECTACLES, SILVER WARE, etc. Also, Musical Instrumntd 5fco. "Repairing done at the most reasonable rates, and all work warranted. Corvallis, Dec. 13, 1S77. 14:50tf GRAHAM, HAMILTON & CO., CORVALLIS ... QBKGOX. DEALERS IN Drugs, Paints, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, DIB STIFFS, OILS, GLASS AND PUTTY. PURE WINES AND LIQUORS FOR MEDICINAL USE. And also the the very best assortment of Lamps and Wall Paper ever brought to this place. AGENTS FOR THE AVtRIU CHttflCU PAINT, SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER. ortoalU Corvallis Gazette. BATES OF ADVERTISING. I 1W. 1 1 M. 3 M. 6 M. 1 YB4 1 Inch i 100 S 00 500 8 00 12 QUI 2 " I 200 6001 7 00 12 00 18 OW 3 " I 3 00 6 00 I 1000 16 00 22 Oil " I 4 00 700lg001800200 14 Col. I 6 CO 9 00 15 00 20 00 I 85 0 " I 7 fO I 12 00 i 18 CO 85 00 48 00j H " . 10 00 15 Qi) 25 00 40 00 WTOM 1 " I 15 00 20 OQ I 49 00 ) 60 OU 1 180 Ofj VOL. XVI. CORVALLIS, OREGON, FRIDAY. OCTOBER lO, 1879. NOr 41. CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. CORVALLIS Livery, Feed . AND... STABLE, SALE M ul n St., Co vi'.i la. urcgoo. SOL. KING, - Porpr. mar TJI. ytrlio f eicrlptloao Cavre- fwlla louipuaadd, ... i- l-2tf QWNING BOTH BARNS I AM PREPARED - to oiler superior accommodations in the Liv ery line. Always ready for a drive. At Low Bntoei. My stables are first-class in every respect, and competent and obliging hostlers always ready to serve the public. SEASONABLE CHAKUBi FOB DIKE, Particular attention P.M tv Buardtu ELEGANT HEARSE, CARRIAGES AND HACKS FOR FUNERALS Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1879. 16:lyl Woodcock & Baldwin (Successors to J. R Bayley & Co,) TTEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE old stand a large and complete stock of Heavy and thelf 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 and quickly done. Also agents for Knapp, Burrell & Co., for the sale of the best Dd latest im proved FARM MACIIINEHY, of all kinds, together with a full assort ment of Agricultural Implements. Sole Agents for the celebrated ST. LOUIS CHARTCR 01 K S'OVES the BEST IN THE WORLD. Also the Norman Range, and many other patterns, in all sizes and styles. Particular attention paid to Farmers' wants, and the supplying extras for 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, ami 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. WOOKCOCK & BALDWIN. Corvallis, May, 12, 1879. 14:4tf UMDSI FARMS! HOMES 1 HAVE 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. BENSELLj, -Newport, Benton county, Oregon. lo:2tf ALLEV & WOODWARD, Druggists and Apothecaries, P. O. BUILDING. CORVALLI8, OREGON. Have a complete stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, Oil, BUSS, IT3., LTC. School Poolcs tationeny, Jko. We buy for Cash, and have choice of the FRESHEST and PUREST Drugs and Medicrnes the market affords. Prescriptions accurately pre oared at half the usual rates. 2Mayl6:18tf FRESH GOODS AT THE BAZAR FASHIONS Mrs. E. A. KNIGHT. CORVALLIS, ... OBtOOX. 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 sail at prices that defy competition. Agency for Mme. B 25aprl6:17tf CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. Corvallis Lodge Ho 14. r. A. 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. R run in Lodge No. 7, I. O. O. Y. 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 If. G. ROBERT N. BAKER. Fashionable Tailor, "FORMERLY OF ALBANY, WHERE HE lias given his patrons perfect satisfaction, has determined to locate in Corvallis, where he hopes to be favored with a share of the public patronage. All work warranted, when made under his supervision. Repairing and cleaning promptly attended to. Corvallis, Nov. 28, 1878. 16:48ft. JOHN S. BAKER, PRO COHVALLIS, . UKK6VH. JTAVING 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 Sausage. Being a practical butcher, with large experi ence in business, I flatter myself that I can give satisfaction to customers. Please call and give me a trial. JOHN S. BAKER. Dec 6th, 1878. 15:49tf. Oram Storage ! A Word to Farmers. TJAVING PURCHASED THE COMMODI ous warehouse of Messrs. Kins and Bell, and thoroughly overhauled the same, I am now ready to receive grain tor storage at the reduced Bate of t eta. 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 Hifrhest Market Price. for wheat, and would most respectfullv solicit a share of public patronage. - T. J. BLAIR. Corvallis, Aug. 1, 1878. 15:32tf H. E. HARRIS, One door South of Graham A Hamilton's, CORVALLIS, OUMI. GROCERIES . PRO VISIONS, AND Dry Goods. Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1878. l:lvl DRAKE & GRANT, MERCHANT TAILOR.8, COB VA I.Li S. OKMVV. W1 E HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE and well selected stock of Cloth, viz : West of t- nirland Broad . iotas, renen ussimeres, scotch Tweoas, and. a merlcan rultliiST. Which we will make up to order in the most approved and lash onable styles. No pains will be spared m producing good tilting garments. Parties wishing to purchase cloths and have them cut out, will do well to call and examine our stock. DRAKE A GRANT. Corvallis, April 1 7, 1879. 16:1 Btf Boarding and Lodging. Philomath, Benton Co . Oregon. GEORGE KISOR, "RESPECTFULLY INFORMS THE TRAV eling public that he is now prepared and in readiness to linen such boarders as mav choose to give him a call, either by the SINCLE MEAL. DAY. OR WKKB. T. -1 1 1- A.n'oK Knroe fjwut Tjihn.rfll sharo of public patronage solicited. Give us a call. GEORGE KISOR. Philomath, April 28, 1879. I0:18tf Albekt Pygall. I WiiliamIbwin. PYGALL, & IRWIN, City Trucks & Drays, HAVING PURCHASED THE DRAYS AND Trucks lately owntd by James Eglin, we are prepared to do all kinds of City Han lnir. ueUverlng of Wood. Etc.. Etc., in the city or country, at reasonable rates. Pat ronage solicited, and satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. ALBERT PYGALL, WILLIAM IRWIN. Corvallis, Dec. 20, 1878. 15:51tf C. MORELANO, (cm ATTORNEY.) ATTORNEY AT LAW, PORTLAND, OBWM. OFFICE Monastea' Brick, First te between Morrison and YamhilL 14:3Stf THE STAB BAEEBT, In Street, Corvallle. HENRY WARRIOR, PROPRIETOR. Family Supply Store ! Groceries, Bread. Cakes, Pies, Candies, Toys, Eto., Always on Hand. Corvallis, Jan. 1, 1877. 12 The King of Spain's Hew Lore. The Viennese Christina was coy, and tossed her head impudently when the Spanish match was proposed to her. This piqued Alfonso, who soon became an ardent suitor, left off sighing over the likeness of the departed Queen, and dwelt with complacency on pleading souvenirs of the Archduchess, who had been a gay and espiegle playmate of his own when he was a student at the Theresa Colleare in Vienna. Christina. who was a year his junior, was at that time a high-spirited and very frolicsome little damsel. She once ran a race with him in some imperial park. The mon arch in bud was on a bicycle, and the young Archduchess on a fleet pony,who, though the velocipede had the wind with it, came in first at the goal. The young idea shoots early in sons ana daughters of royal and imperial houses. Christina, in playing the Num ber Nip with the exiled son of Isabella, and romping with him and tormenting him in various ways, fell in love with him. It is courtier-like now to speak of her childish attachment to the King, who did not till the last six months require it. When Alfonso was restored to the throne of his mother, the Archduchess was glad to learn that his most influential and paternal advisers, the Due de Sestr among the number, opined she would make an ideal Queen Consort. She dis covered that the Spanish costume suited her exactly, and had several sets of photos done in which she was represent ed wearing it. On Mercedes being pre ferred to her, Christina of Hapsburg was dreadfully nettled. To show that she resented with proper spirit the indignity, she declared, when Alfonso proposed for her, that she would not consent to marry him until sho had further opportunities of meeting him and seeing him, and in sisted that she should asssume the atti tude of a humble suppliant for the fair hand which he might have taken, but did not. "If he wants to win me," said the Archduchess, "let him come and woo me. It is his place to court me and not mine to go and pick up the handkerchief which he condescends to throw down." Alfonso, who is brimful of chivalrous de votion to the fair sex, did not think the worse of the Archduchess for the airs she took with his matrimonial agents at Vienna. He handsomely accepted the conditions imposed, and sent word that were he only to win the Archduchess by penetrating into the wilds of Central Asia he would gladly undertake a jour ney there. I believe it was his intention to go all the way to Vienna to make her by word of mouth an offer, and that he would have this autumn proceeded there if the life of the Infanta Filar had not been suddenly cut short. The La Granja accident happened so unfortunately for the King that the scandal-mongers to affirm that design had a predominant part in it I could not blame them. It molli fied the vexed Archduchess, and afforded her a plausible excuse for relenting? She has been brought by it to travel more than half the way to Madrid to meet her royal suitor, whose depressed appear ance, with his arm in a sling, excited her interest led her to treat unpleasant by gones as such. And now about the personal appear ance of Christina of Austria, who would show a politic spirit in dropping that name of, in Spain, evil augury, and tak ing some other. The Archduchess is taU, slender and harmoniously formed. Her air is aristocratic. She rides and dances admirably, and is passionately fond of horses and brisk exercise. With out being intellectual she is clever. It is her settled intention to be mistress at the Palacis Heal. Her willfulness is tempered with good nature and a dispo sition to become easily repentent. In her skin, Iair and eyes she is a Haps burg. The rest of the physiognomy is Hungarian, and reminds those like Mme. Von JLangsdorff, who knew the creme of Viennese society, of "the Sandor family. If Christina's laugh were not pleasant and communicative, her hair a golden fleece and her complexion transparent and beautifully tinted, she would be plain, for her cheek-bones are prominent, her nose retrousse and wide at nostril, and her mouth too much expanded. The future Queen of Spain has the Magyar taste for external slendor. Her court, if she can have her way, will be lively and magnificent, which would suit the pres ent generation of grandees. She is a very devout Catholic and may be ex pected to remain one. Her voice is good, and she can warble with exquisite feeling a sentimental lied or provoke laughter by her droll rendering of a comic song. It will be very nice for Don Alfonso to have a queenly wife with a gypsy and a gar connet side to her laughter. The future Queen will be introduced to the Madrelinos on a high holiday. Al fonso was advised to tie the nuptial knot at Barcelona, which did not witness his demonstrations of eternal grief for poor Mercedes. Christina wishes the cere mony to take place with the utmost pomp at Madrid, and she is to be gratified. Ac cording to present arrangemens she is to be married on November 1st, or All Soul's Day. The wedding dinner will be eaten on the vigil of All Soul's day, consecrated in Roman Catholic States to those who have died within and without the pale of the salvation. While the har monies of bridal music will be lingering in the air the bells of the churches will begin to clang out their night-long dirge. There is always money enough at Mad rid for amusement and fine displays of chivalrous gallantry. Alfonso has magnificently ordered the rooms which were prepared for Mercedeses his differ ent palaces to be newly furnished for his consort that is to be. She will have the satisfaction of knowing that there is not in her apartments a single object to re mind the King of her interesting prede cessor. I dare say the creditors of Spain will learn to laugh on the wrong side of their mouths at this right royal decision, which, it appears, has enhanced the pop ularity of the King. His subjects say of it: "what a true Spaniard it proves him to be. Ours is still a country worthy of the Cid." London Truth, August 26tk. 1 he Races of Cyprus. The two races that inhabit the country are very distinct types. The Turks are tall, well built men, generally spared and active. The great characteristic that dis tinguishes them from the Greeks is their proud bearing. They all have a certain reserved expression on their faces, evi dently thinking well of themselves. They are not at all fanatical about their relig ion, and although good Moslems, they do not share in the sterner precepts of the law of Mahomot. r They work better than the Greeks, are more inclined to take an interest in what is being done, but are also more independent and less submis sive under reproof. It is rare to find the turks inhospitable; they are generally very obliging at first. For instance, I have been told at a village that every thing would be provided for nothing ; that I must accept their politeness, not only in words of politeness, but really intending that I should live on them. After refusing such offers, it is strange to be cheated in the price of barley and chickens; but it is Turkish and Oriental. They generally have receding foreheads, whereas the Greek forehead is straight; and the dark Nubians and the semi-Nubians have domed foreheads. They pre fer white and red striped Manchester stuffs for their clothes, whereas the Greeks are almost always dressed in the blue indigo-dyed stuffs of home manu facture. They are brave, fearing and looking up to no one, making splendid soldiers, and are peaceful, moderately honest and industrious. The Greeks are also fine made men. They have a mild and humble expression of countenance, and are timid. They hide in the villages as a Government official passes through Without any real cause. They are very religious, generally going to church evening and keeping a great number of saints days, and believing every super stitious story. They are stupid, and are bad workers, shirking as .much as they can. They lite a shilling a day, but after two or three days they are inclined to strike for three shillings. They are rich enough to lie in the sun and do nothing for a long time, and they obiect to working when they become such capi talists. There are bright exceptions to this rule energetic Greeks, who are bet ter sometimes than stupid Turks; but the great test of stamina, the keeping at con tinual steady work, breaks them all down. They are not nearly so intelli gent or such good workers as the Maron- ltes and Druses of the .Lebanon. The women of both races are not at all pre possessing; it is rare to see a face even tolerably good looking, and their figures and voices aire very objectionable. The Turkish women veil their faces, which is an advantage. The women do a great deal of manual labor fetching water, accompanying their lords to the corn; they help in everything except plough ing and sowing. It is odd to see the parties in the fields reaping, almost al ways one man to two women, both Greek and Turkish alike. The children are pretty, some with flaxen hair and cherub faces. The Turkish children are not nearly so pretty as the Greek. From ' JVotes of Cyprus" in Blackwood s Maga zine for August. Whom Victoria Has Outlived. I Coaxed Into a Fortune. And now she looks back on the two and forty years of her reign, what changes has her majesty seen in the personnel of her privy council, her parliament and her cabinet ministers, to say nothing of her judicial and episcopal bench! She has outlived every bishop and every judge whom she found seated on those benches m England, Scotland and Ire land. She has witnessed the funeral of every premier who has served under her gxcept Lord Beaconsfield and Mr. Glad stone. Not a single cabinet minister of her uncle and predecessor's days now i 5 . 1 1 . . -i -i T ' p , survives; ana oi wose wno neia lnienor offices under her first and favorite pre mier. Lord Melburne, she can find among the living only Lord Halifax (then Mr. Charles Wood) and Lord Howick (now Lord Grey) . Of the members of the pnvy council which sat at Kensington palace on that bright summer morning m June, 1837, to administer the oaths to the girlish queen, I can find in the land of the living onlv four individuals Mr. George S. Bying (now Lord Stafford), Lord Robert Grosvenor (now Lord Ebury) , and the veteran Earl of Wilton. Indeed, it may be said that her majesty has lived to receive at court, in very many, perhaps in most, instances, the successive wearers of the same coronet, and she has been four Lords Beau champ, four Lords Aberdeen, four Dukes of Newcastle, four Dukes of Northumber land, and five Lords Rodney. She has received the homage of four Archbishops of Canterbury, of four Archbishops of xork, and hve Sishops of Uhichester, Litchfield and Durham, successively. She has filled each of the three Chief Justiceships twice, at least; she has re ceived the address of four successive speakers of the House of Commons; she has entrusted the great seal of the king dom to no less than nine different Lord Chancellors, and she has commissioned eight successive Premiers to form no less than thirteen different administrations. Sheltered Orchaeds. Many writers advise the selection of a sheltered spot for an orchard, and some have even ad vised the planting of a belt of quick growing forest trees in such a position that it will screen the orchard from high winds. A Maine farmer says: "Were I to plant an orchard, and had two loca tions, one in a valley surrounded by hills except on the south side, and the other on a high elevation, exposed to high winds, I would choose the latter in pref erence to the former. The same holds good as regards peach orchards. The great object is to keep back the blooming as long as possible, and this can be best done in northern exposures, without shelter." The French milliners gave all their hats a decidedly autumnal aspect on ac count of the cool weather. Our town readers know Horace Tyler. He has been on the base range ever since the mines were discovered, and his gen uine manhood is characteristic of the man. In his chosen occupation of team ster, he has plodded over the dusty high ways and sandy deserts of eastern Nevada for fifteen years. He came to the coast a mere boy, and, in his independent, stur dy sort of way, has grappled with for tune, not as successfully as some, per haps, as all his years of toil simply re sulted in the ownership of a team, and his wresting a hard livilehood for inces sant daily labor. He was as honest as they make 'em, and that trait was his L pride. Why he left the old home, "way down in Vermont," is his secret, and he is stubbornly reticent on that point, sim ply stating that he came away because he "hankered after a life on the plains." Whatever the motive, he betrayed no de sire to return to his birthplace, despite the fact, now known, that it was a most luxurious one, and that every comfort and pleasure that wealth could command, was his if he would accept. Sunday morning, Mr. O. O. Tyler, a cousin of Horace, arrived from Vermont, charged with a special mission. He sought out his relative and announced to him that he had been sent by Horace's father to persuade his boy now a bearded man to come to his home. His parents were waiting, eager to welcome him, and praying that his son might listen to his pleadings. Not only this, but all his riches a cool $250,000 was at his son's command on his arrival. The latter in ducement would have been sufficient for an ordinary mortal, but it did not influence Horace a par ticle. On the contrary, he was obdu rate, refused to go, and, despite his cou sin's entreaties, which lasted from the time that the train arrived Sunday until it departed yesterday morning, he persisted in his determination, and bade the em bassador good-by at the train, still firm in his resolve. He came back to town, curried his horses and fed them, greased his wagon, and then, falling in with some friends, related the incident to them in a matter-of-fact way, concluding with the remark that "he owned that team, didn't owe much money, and reckoned he could make a living independent of anybody." He was met with a storm of remon strances, arguments and advice. This policy on the part of his comrades stag gered him. He thought he was doing the right thing, but when they demon strated to him how unfilial his conduct, how cruel he was acting in withholding from his aged father the comfort that his son's presence would be to his fast de clining years, Horace weakened; he couldn't stand the upbraiding of his as sociates, and as a consequence Eureka loses a good citizen. His cousin was tel egraphed to at Elko, and instructed to await Horace's arrival. Yesterday he sold his team and paid up every cent that he owed, and this morning departed on horseback for Elko, where he will join his relative and proceed on his journey eastward. Think of it! A rara avis found in these degenerate days, an ec centric individual that had to be coaxed or driven into the possession of $250, 000. Eureka (Nev.) Leader. Parrots. The interesting sketch of the "History of my Parrot, which Doctor Wilks con tributes to the current number of the Journal, of Memphis Science, deserves a passing notice. The comparative study of the facts of the intercommunication among men and among animals necessi tates the admission that animals possess language; and the mechanism and appara tus for articulate speech in those animals which possess it do not differ from those of a man. A bird learns to speak by imi tation, through the organs of hearing, and in a manner never similar to that in which children learn words and sen tences, and the bird speaks on special occasions in consequence of some asso ciation or suggestion, "the usual pro vocative for set speeches at all periods of human life." A new expression, after having been repeatedly uttered before the parrot, is practiced by it spontane ously, indefatigably working at the sen- i tence oy ltseu. al nrsi n is oniy aDie to get out the first word or two, then more and more, until it has the power of utter ing the whole. In just the same way a child will learn a French sentence. A sentence is soon lost by the parrot if not frequently uttered, and the last words are lost first; the first words those most read ily acquired are lost last. Speech of the bird on any given occasion is due to sug gestion the presence of the person or object with which the words were first associated. Of this Dr. Wilks gives several striking instances of "half past two" whenever the coachman comes for orders, "go to sleep" when approached after dark, "give me a bit" when dinner appears, and "cheese" when the cheese is put upon the table, a sound like water being poured out whenever a jug of water is brought in. Thus the bird associates words or sounds with objects, and whero the right names have been taught it, may be said to know their names; more, the bird invents names, making a partic ular sound, which had never been taught, whenever nuts were brought upon the table. The sight of a cat makes the parrot say "mew," as the sight of a train makes a child say "puff, puff." Dr. Wilks concludes by remark ing that the difference between animals and children is much slighter than is the explanation which, on the assumption of instinct in the one case and reason in the other, we put upon them, and suggests that the chief difference between man and animals is to be found in the small nessof knowledge of the fine arts pos sessed by the latter. "In the sweet, balmy, delicious happi ness of love's young dream," says Jocki nillo, "a youth will not only insist on nrftckine walnuts for his girl, but on peeling them as well. Two years after j marriage he will not even let her have f the nut aracker until he is through." '-V . uoiuuiu, zu cents per tine,, each Insertion. Transient advertisements, per square of 131 lines, Nonpareil measure, $2 50 for first, and til for each subsequent insertion In ADVANCE L-gal advertisements charged as transient., and must be paid for upon expiration. Nol charge for publisher's affidavit of publication,. Yearly advertisements on liberal terms.; Protessional Cards, (1 square) $12 per annum.) All notices and advertisements intended fori publication should be handed in by noon oni Wednesday. Ihe British Land Question. The people of Great Britain are in no end of a panic on the subject of Ameri can competition, and are willing to be lieve any cock-and-bull story told them in regard to our amazing resources. Thus the London Times has been badly hoaxed by a letter sent to it from Chi cago describing the miraculous growth of that city and the boundless fertile ter ritory tributary to it. This letter ex plains that Chicago has 500,000 inhabi tants; that its population doubles every five years, and that it is the commercial capital of a State which is larger than all England, with ninety pericent. of its soil arable, and 1,000,000 square miles un touched by the plow. A contemporary that is disposed to laugh at the stubborn insularity of the Britishers, says that this Chicago writer "might have doubled his figures without fear of contradiction at the office of the terror-stricken Times. He might have said with equal probabil ity that Chicago doubled fortnightly. He would have been believed (hardly) , and her Majesty's ministers would have gone down to the Houses of Parliament prepared to appoint commissions of in quiry and answer serious questions in the notice paper. Neverthe less this panic will be likely to result in benefit to Great Britain, for the outcome of it will be a thorough overhauling of the land ques tion, and probably very important re foBns in the system of rent and land tenure. Mr. John Bright struck the keynote of public opinion on this sub ject when he said in Parliament that there were other causes besides fertile lands in the United States and cheap transportation on the Atlantic to make the position of the British farmers intol- -erable. "There are farmers in America, as you know," he said, "who have no rent, no tithes, no poor-rate. You have all these. Your laws as they now are would make the laborer's condition per petual. In America, as a poet has ex pressed it, 'They till the land who own the land they till.' This is the great difference between the land and its culti vation in America and the land and its cultivation in this country." He sug gested, without directly saying it, that if a commission which was proposed on the subject did its work it would point out the necessity of relieving the land of rent, and that done, "a time will come when you will have homes of comfort and independence throughout the land of England, which will attest forever the wisdom and blessedness of the new pol icy you have adopted." The commission which has been ap pointed will be forced to deal with the question of whether a reduction of rents is not imperative, and also whether a change is not needed in the tenure of land. The Times publishes the balance sheet of a f aim of 000 acres -of" alluvial river loam, of high fertility and in the best condition. For three years tho average annual outlay upon this farm has been $17,700, exclusive of the farm er's family expenses, and the annual in come only 16,000, thus showing an an nual deficit of $1700. Of the outlay $750 was for taxes and $7500 for rent. This is too heavy a burden. It is paid by the workers for the support of those who do not work. It is levied upon the wages of the day laborer for the main tenance of the landed aristocracy and gentry, and the aggregate rent roll of Great Britain to-day for farming lands alone is $350,000,000. The rentals of coal and iron lands and upon city lands is fully as great. The Marquis of Bute receives a million and a half every year from rents. The Duke of Westminster, who owns the finest part of the "west end" of London, gets still more. Not one person in a thousand lives in his own fee-simple ' house. They pay rent, sometimes at four or five re moves, but in the end the tribute goes to some surviving heir of a manorial fee, "given" by the King of England to a sub ject or favorite for some personal favor long since absolete. The land in Eng land has seldom been earned or bought by its proprietor, yet he claims and re ceives all the advantages and increase in value which the toil of others has in cidently given to his estate. Thus, the merchants and traders of London, by long generations spent in toil, have given value to the estate of the Gros venors, from which the Duke of West minster derives his princely fortune; yet, whenever a lease falls in, the Duke raises the rent on those tradesmen and merchants to the utmost farthing that the property will bear, as if they, not he, were the obliged party. This system is too unequal and too burdensome to re main as it is much longer. This was fully recognized by John Stuart Mill, ten years ago, and he predicted that the next revolution in English social arrange ments would be attended with a com plete overthrow of the present land sys tem. Baltimore Sun. How to Teach. Children hunger perpetually for new ideas. They will learn with pleasure from the lips of people what would be drudgery to learn from books; and even if they have the misfor tune to be deprived of many educational advantages, they will grow up intelligent, if in childhood they hear daily the con versation of intelligent people. Hence, the importance that the teacher should be an intelligent person. The child comes home and says, "What do you think my teacher told us to-day ?" The daily ef fort of the teacher should be to render himself fresh and bright, to meet with the young minds that form the class; not" to think, "How shall I repress and bottle up all the energy?" Goosebebky Jellt. Pick the fruit before half ripe ; put into a dish and place in a kettle of hot water; cover closely and boil until the fruit is tender. Strain the same as currant jelly, and to each pint of juice allow a pound of sugar; i .. . , 1 J . 11 Don twenty minutes; turn into jeiiy cups and set in the sun for several (lays or until stiff. Protect from insects and dew.