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Corvallis Gazette. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY WORMifcG BY W. IB. CART IS R , Editor and Proprietor TERMS: (i'OIS.) Per 1 car, Six Hanlb. Three yt 0111 ha. 8 ' to i O UKEOON jKSSpecial attention given to the Collection of Notes and Accounts. 16-ltf JAMES A. YANTI8, Attorney and Counselor at Law, ( OKV.VM.IS, . - . OKLOUJt. DR F. A. VINCENT, DENTIST. RI3GON. QFFICE IN FISHER'S BRICK OVER Max. Friendley's New Store. All the atest improvements. Everythng new and complete. All work warranted. Plea egive me a call. 15:3tf C. R. FARRA, M. O. PHYSICIAN AND SURGE03, rjFFICE OVER GRAHAM A HAMILTON'S v Drugstore, Corvallis, Oregon. 14-20tf J. R. BRYSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. All business will receive prompt attention. She ortoaUi Corvallis Gazette. RATKS OF ADVERTISING. rrg i i m i 3 m. j e m. i iyr. I Inoii 3 " 4 'J K Cob 'A T' -l ' 1 00 I I 2 0.) I 5 U0J 8 00 12 00 7 00 I 12 iO 18 00 3 00 J 00 i 10 01 Ji6 00 22 09 " 4 00 fj 7 O0tj 00 13 00 20 00 i 0 "J 0 00 J I5 00 I 20 00 I 35 00 18 0 35 00 4 MX) J 7 0 I 12 00 10 1 0 j. ; 15 0 i IS 00 I ) co 2-" ' 0 40 00J 60 00 4u mi j60 o ii o m CORVALLIS. OREGON, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 7. 1879. NO. 45. VOL. XVI. CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. m. e. WOODCOCK, Attorney and Counselor at Law, CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. OFFICE ON FIRST STREET, OPP. WOOD COCK Sc BALDWIN'S Hardware store. Special attention given to Collections, Fore--rkjsure of Mortgages, Real Estate cases, Probata anil Road matter?. Will also buj ami sell City Property and Farm Lands, on reasonable terms. March 20, 187. 16-I2yl F. A. CHENOWETH. F. M. JOHNSON. CHENOWETH & JOHNSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW CtlK.VALLIS .... ORE009T September 4, 1879. 16:36tf J. W RAYBURr, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ' tOBTALLH, OKlJi. OFFICE On Monroe street, between Second and Third. WyiLL PRACTICE IX ALL THE COURTS i of the State. Spe ial attention given to matters in Probate. Collections will receive i f-ompt and careful attention. Office in the Court I ..use. 16:ltf. COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY- Corvallis, July 14, 1879. 16:29lf NEW TIN SHOP. J. K. Webber, Pro., MA.I2V St.. - CORVALLIS. STOVES AND TINWARE All Kind-. 2S All work warranted and at reduced rates. 12:13tf. W. C. CRAWFORD, DEALER IN WATCHES, CLOCK, TEWELRY, 8PECTACLES, SILVER WARE, etc Also, Slusioal ntrum -nts dfco JSB-Repairing done at the most reasonable rates, and all work warranted. Corvallis, Deo. 13, 1877. 14:50tf GfiAHAtl, HAltULTA? & 0., CORVALLIS ... Kb05I DEALERS IN JZiUg-S, Ir flints, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS DYE mitt, OILS, GLA8S AND PUT IV. PURE WINES AND L QJJRS FOR MEDICINAL USE. And also the the very best assortment of Lamps and Wall Pappr ever brought to this plaoa. AGENTS FOR THE AVERIU CH tflOU P.1MT, SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER. CORVALLIS Livery, Feed AND... SALE STABLE, Mitln est., O vn.1 Ih urctton. SOL. KING, - Porpr. "OWNING BOTH 3ARNS I AM PREPARED to oiler superior accommodations in the Liv ery Hue. Always ready lor a drive, oor TEAMS At Lo-w Kilter. My stables are first-class iu every resix-et. and competent and obliging hsllers always ready to serve ttie public. REASONABLE CHAMUBl FOR HKE. PurlliiilnrHtic.ili hi PnI.I to lluunlluc orseN. ELEGANT HE VRSE. CRRIGES AND HACKS FOR FUNERALS Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1879. I6:lyl Woodcock & Baldwin (Successors to J. R Buyley & Co,) TZ-EEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE old stand a large and complete stock of Heavy and Mielf Hardware, IRON, STEEL, TOOLS, STOVES, RANG C S, ETC Manufactured and Home Made Tin nnl Copper Ware, Pumps Pipe, Ktc. A good Tinner constantly on hand, and all Job Work neatly and quickly done. Also agents for Knapp, Barrel & Co., for the sale of the best and latest im proved iPATtJH MACIITNEItY. of all kinds, together with a full assort ment of Agricultural Implements. Sole Agents for the celebrated ST. LOUIS CHARTfR 0K S'OVES the BEST IN THE WORLD. Also th Norman Range, and many other patterns, in all sizes anil styles. 1ST 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, and at the lowest prices. Our motto hhall 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 LAKDSI FARMS! HOMES 1 tHAVE FARMS, (Improved and unim proved,) STORES and MILL PROPERTY, very desirable," FOR SALE. These lands are cheap. Also claims in unsurveyed tract 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 tne balance to me. Write (with stamps to prepay postage). R. A. BENSELL, Newport, Benton county, Oregon. 16:2tf A 1,1. EX & WOODWARD, Druggists and Apothecaries, P. 0. BUILDING, CORVALLIS, OREGON. Have a complete stock of BRIGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, Oil, nl tot IT," ULKO) (l1., Kill School I'ooks tat.oneny, fco. CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. mw Pliylci' P.e.eripttoMft U1 Cpoit.itt. 16 We buy for Cash, and have choice of the FRE8HEST and PUREST Drugs and Medic nes the market affords. Prescriptions accurately penared at half the usual rates. 2Mayl6:18tf FRESH GOODS- AT THE BAZAR FASHIONS Mrs. E. A. KNIGHT. COWTALUR, ... OBeH. Has just received Com San Fran isco, the larg est and Beat St- .ck of Millinery Goods, Dress Trimmings, Etc., Ever brought to Corvallis, wh:ch I will sell at prices I hat clety competition. jvjeni' for Miue. umaorest's rellakte Pattern. 25prt6:17tf orvallia lodge So 14, r. Sc A. SI. Holds stated Communications on Wednesday on or preceding each full moon. Brethren in good standing cordially invited to attend. By order W. M. Bnroum lodge No. 7, I. O. O. t. 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 IM. BAKf R. Fashionable Tailor, fORMERLY OF ALB NY, 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 patronage. All work warranted, when made under his supervision. Repairing and cleaning promptly attended to. Corvallis, Nov. 28, 1878. 15:48ft. JOHN S. COBTALLIS, BAKER, ORKOOjr. PRO 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 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. 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 Bfate of -A cts. 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. Corvallis, Aug. 1, 1878. 15:32tf II EL HARRIS, One door South of Graham A Hamilton's, COBTAI.il), OBEGOS. GROCERIES. PRO VISIONS, AND Dry Goods Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1878. l:lvl "Ten Great Gals." DRAKE & GRANT, MERCHANT TAILORS, C'RVA i !.!. - OBBeila. "TE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE and well selected stock of Cloth, viz: W?ui, of fiElu.ri'1 Broad lotlts. much usslnn-rcs, cmMoIi Tweed, and merlcuii ultiK Which we will make up to order in the most approved and lash onable styles. No )ains will be s. a red n producing g'd fitting 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 17 1879. I6:16tf Boarding and Lodging. l'LIIoiiiatli. Be.iXwii , Urrgsn. GEORGE KISOR, T ESPECTFULLY INFORMS THE TRAV eliug public that he is now prepared and in readiness to keep such boarders as may choose to give him a call, either by the SINCE N1L. DAY. OR WEEK. Is also prejwnxl to fu n sh horse feed. Liberal shaie of public patronage solicited. Give us a call. GEORGE KISOR. Philomath, April 28, 1879. I0:18tf Albert Ptoai-i.. Wh-uamIbwin. PYGALIj & IRWIN, City Tr ucks & Drays, TTAVING PURCHASED THE DRAYS AND Tracks latelv ownid by James Eglin, we i 'ellVerl IC of are irci'arcd to d.- all kinds of c iiy l in u ! Wood. I- to in the city or country, at reasonable rates. Pat ronage solicited, and satisfaction guaranteed in all ca.-es. ALBERT PYGALL, WILLIAM IRWIN. Corvallis, Dec. 20. 1S78. lo:51tf J C. NIOOELAND, (city attorney.) ATTOUVKY AT LAW, fUUTLAXIt, - - EOSf. OFFICE Monastes' Brick, First street, between Morrison and Yamhill. 14:3Stf THE STAR BAKERY, 9lla Street, urVMlli. HENRY WAHRIOR. PROPRIETOR. Family Supply Store Groceries, . Bred. Cukes, JPIes, Toyw, Kto. Always on Hand. CorvalliB, Jan. 1, 1677. U:2tf At the age of sixteen, before we had discarded our "roundabouts-," we had contracted to "keep school" in District Number Five, for $12 per month and "boarding round." We knew very well the little rod school house, standing at the exact center of the district, on the borders of a mighty swamp, the farm houses scattered about the hills, and we also knew the nuisance of that particular school, a squad of half a dozen rough fellows who liad emerged into "tail coats," and wonld hardly relish the dis cipline of a boy-pedagogue in a round about. After the first flush of elation at our election, the reflection came back, like a return wave of ice water, that in all human probability, ere our seventeenth birthday should dawn, we should be seen vanishing head foremost out of the school house window into a snow drift, propelled by class Number One of the big boys. In our anxiety we applied to "Aunt Anna,1" the general oracle of the household. Aunt Anna was a stalwart maiden of ixty summers, gigantic in proportions, but every inch a lady in her dear old heart. She had nursed half the children in town through mea sels, mumps and chicken-pox, and was the mainstay in all family emergencies. There were sly rumors that the occa sional attacks of "fidgets" which over came the good old lady at night had some relation to a mysterious black bot tle which she always carried in her work box; but Aunt Anna, plus the "fidgets," was worth a regiment of feminines for the home-made uses of country life. "Well, now, you are really going to keep school in District Number Five," said Aunt Anna, smoothing down her big checked apron, and raising her spec tacles for a good, long look at the in cipient pedagogue, seated at the oppo site corner of the fireplace. - "Yes, Aunt Anna, I have promised to keep school, but between you and me, I am dreadfully afraid to tackle that crowd of boys. You know what a rough set they are, and one of them has already 'given out' that there will be no board wanted in District Number Five after the first week." "That's a serious matter. Now, let's see if we can't think of something to help you. Now, you see, I don't know anything about book larnin'. No doubt you can cipher that back seat of boys into the middle of next week. But they can fling you over the roof of the school house in a jiffy if they have a mind to. I know every family in the district. I have nussed in every house, and taken the measure of every youngster that will come to that school. There's one thing in your favor. There'll be ten great gals in that school, and most of 'em are good gals, too. Now, some are a head taller than you, and two or three of them are right handsome, too. They can twist that crowd of great, bashful boys round their little fingers if they want to. Now, mind what I tell you; do you go. right to work and gain the affections of them ten eat gals, and they 11 manage the great while you keep school. at sounded well; and armed with panacea against rebellion, we opened school the Monday after Thanksgiving. It was a rough looking set up on the high seats that row of villainous-looking fellows, and one of them big enough to throw me over into the big swamp with one hand! Happily our first boarding place was with two of the "great gals." Neverdid we "lay ourselves out" to gain the good graces of the lovely sex as during the first week of that boardin' round. We rode on the front of the sled with the tallest girl, played checkers with the second, got all snarled up in a "cat's cradle" with the pretty visiting cousin, and put in a word of explanation for the hard sums of all in the long evenings at home. The first crisis came at the beginning of the second week, when a big lout sauced" the new schoolmaster. Some how it crushed us, and for a minute the school-room swam round, and the idea of seizing our fur cap and making for home flitted across our vision. Just then the patter of a light footstep was heard down the long slope of the narrow aisle leading np to the seat of the "ten great gals." The tallest glided down, ostensibly to ask the explanation of a hard sum; but as we leaned over the slate, with a dimness in the eyes, we heard a whisper in our ears: "Don't be cast down! We girls will shame that seat of boys into good man ners before another week." A light broke in ; we were gaining the "affections of the ten great gals." So things drifted for six weeks, when dawned the judgment day. We had gone to board with a good, motherly wo man, who loves us as her own son. A big fire in the parlor greeted our arri val, and a supper fit for the parson himself. After tea our hostess appeared in her best black silk, and in her hand a mighty black "ruler," and sat down before us with the air of a Minerva. "Now matters have come to a point in your school; you have been trying to govern that jjrowd of. rascally boys by love, but that has come to an end. To morrow they'll try to put you out. Take this ruler, and don't come home to-morrow night unless you have used it up over the head and shoulders of some body." There was no appeal from that. A greater than the whole class of "great gals" had spoken, and we felt in our souls that fate was standing at the school house door. Were we endowed with the epic rage cf a Homer or a Pope, we might possi- J bly depict the scenes of the coming day. .. ..... " r"lJ - , ixx a iiwjl kicked in the door at recess; how, when the trembling young master asked "who did that?" the big boor lifted his thumb to his nose and executed that significant gyration with the little finger which would make a savage of St. John him self; how, fired with the courage of des pair, and a vision of our farm-house Minerva, we seized the big oaken ruler, rushed up the inclined plane, upsetting several small children, on the insolent scoundrel, tore the collar off his frock coat, snaked him down the area before the fire-Dlaee, and beat him over the head and shoulders till he roared for mercy ; how at intervals he cast a glance at his accomplices and took in the situa tion; the "ten great gals" had spiked the guns of all but this wretch, who slunk and begged under our hand how we wound up with an eloquent address, and gave the whipped ruffian his hat, with instructions to go home; how his sensi ble father took off what remained of his dilapidated frock coat and trounced him till he yelled again, and sent him to school the following day with a compli ment to the plucky young master; all this might be sung in heroic verse. But, if the truth were known, it was not we, but the "ten great gals" that did the business. They had so demoralized the attacking columns by the magic of their charms that only one had the heart to defy the little master, and he dared not lift his hand when the day of battle came. And from that day we crowned dear old Aunt Anna rjrophetess of love. Gain the affections of the "ten great gals" in your school-room, "and all things shall work together for good." Journal of Edvcation . The Great Western Empire. Autumn Cake of Plants. It is high time that house plants that have been kept out of doors tmring the summer be protected from the chill evening air. All tender plants, as begonias, the ten der cacti, mesembry-anthemums, pepero mias, calla, epiphillum and all those classes of plapts, should not become chilled at night. Geraniums, ageratums, lantanus, fuchsias and all that class will uot injure short of actual frost, but care should be taken that no plant intended for the house should be exposed to strong winds. When the weather is blustering, it is better that they be re moved indoors, putting them out again upon the recurrence of fine weather. Avoid, above all, to allow them to be drenched by cold, chilling rains. What ever the temperature of the room during the day, it should not fall below 42 de grees at night, nor should the night tem perature really go much below 60 de grees. One of the very worst things for plants is to allow a direct draft of cold air to strike them from the outside. Change the air of the room by allowing it to enter through another apartment. Do not water except when the plants need it. This may soon be estimated pretty correctly by the size of the pots and the nature of the plants. Porous leaved plants require more water than firm leaved ones. All the cacti tribe require but little water in winter. The smaller the pot the oftener it will re quire water. It is better that the plants sometimes show signs of drooping than to keep them drenched. If the soil is kept full of water, the plants are sure to sicken, for this is one of the reasons that water should never be kept in saucers under the pots, except in minute quan tity, and not so deep as to reach the earth in the pots. The soil will absorb too much by capillary attraction, and the very act of this absorption and evapora tion will keep the soil cold, and it will become ultimately sour. One of the greatest disabilities to house plants is the dust from the building of fires, the constant passing to and fro, and especially from sweeping. If you have a bay window, the plants may easily be protected from dust at such times by means of curtains, to be drawn. If not, a curtain or cloth should be used for covering. This with an occasional sponging with tepid water as to the firm and smooth-leaved plants, and the rising of soft and downy ones, with an occa sional showering with a fine rose pot or plant syringe, should keep them in good condition. Prairie Farmer. An Usuber's Dodge. -"One of the most impudent usurer's dodges on record," says the London World, "has just been detected in Paris, and is now the subject of a thorough investigation at the hands of the police. It seems that several young men had been ruined lately, in a very short space of time, by a company .which proceeded as follows: The 'Board of Di rectors' was always willing to advance money to anv amount, at the shortest notice, and without inquiry fees or secu rity, to young fellows of good family who applied for it, their only rules being: 1. That the money should be paid at a given date, generally within six months, at an exorbitant interest. 2. That the borrower should sign a declaration to the effect that he had received the money as a deposit. It followed that, is case of non-payment, the unfortunate youth was amenable to the law as a swindler. i rom fear of an exposure he paid, or his family paid for him ; and the usurers, being in league with several women of demi-monde, seem to have dnown no de pression of trade lately. Complaints have been so numerous, however, that Dame Justice has stepped in. The Duke of Hamtjcton's Escapades. The Duke must have been the hero of a good many escapades of the "Prince Hal" kind. At a restaurant in Paris he was so unfortunate as to be compelled to knock a policeman down, whereupon brother guardians of the peace were un der a painful necessity of taking His urace and a friend to the lock-up. 1 be lieve they were unaware of his rank and position, and looked more ashamed than the Duke when they learned their mis take. The thing got into the papers and the late Felix Whitehurst was in structed to state that there was no truth whatever in the report, etc. For all that, there was a good deal. The late Duke, by the way, was far more unfortunate rii an his son in these little affairs, managing to terminate his priencely ex istence by tumbling headlong down the steps of the Mason Doree. London Truth, Sept. 22th. A young man never feels so much at a loss what to do as when he takes his girl to a picnic, a Dig ant crawis aown ui to lii to Vier iust above the belt, and she begins to scream for help. Whoever carefully examines the sta tistics showing how the population of the United States has grown of late years, must be impressed with the rapid ity with which the Western States are outstripping the Southern and Eastern. The rate of increase in some of the South ern and Northern States is almost identi cal ; for instance, the Southern State of Mississippi and the Northern State of New Hampshire are on a par in this re spect, while Alabama, one of the most backward of the former States is not much behind Vermont, one of the most enterprising of the latter. H Texas be classed among the Southern States, it may be regarded as an exception, be cause it seems to exhibit as rapid pro gress as any one in the West, yet when its size is taken into account, there is noth ing very wonderful in its development. Such States as Kansas and Illinois, Colo rado and Minnesota, are reallv conspicu ous in this rivalry and they bid fair to continue to be distinguished above the others. It is with reference to these Western States that the words of Mr. Whittier, in his well known verses on the Western pioneers, are fraught wTith perfect truth for in them the pio neers are really advancing like the hrst low wash of waves where a human sea will soon break. The progress westward is the more significant because it is em phatically a progress of trained and sea soned men, who have learned what life is in less congenial regions, and who are well adapted for bearing with equanim ity and hardihood the privations inseji arable from a new sphere of existence. The fertile prairies of the great West are as inviting to the farmer who tills the stubborn soil of New England as the virgin land of the seabord was to the first settlers in America. What proves most attractive to the European immi grant is not the western prairies, but the Kocky Mountain mines; he presses on to a mining camp, hoping to draw a prize in the mining lottery, m preference to set tling on a farm, and earning a comforta ble subsistence by agriculture. In con sequence of this, the absorptive power of these regions is greatly heightened. There is always room for new-comers, because the older hands die off so quick ly. A miners chances for a long life are far less than those of a farmer, and it is very unlikely that we shall see the capacity of the West to sustain a large population tested till mining holds a second rank among the in ducements to seek new homes. In any case the citizens of the United states will doubtless have ample reason to con gratulate each other as the figures of every succeeding census are made pub lic. They are certain to become as num erous as the most exacting among them might desire. As they widen the circle of their nationality, they at the same time enlarge the bounds of our common race and our mother tongue. M. de Candolle, the French statistician, esti mates that a century hence English will be the speeoli ol HoU,uUO,UHu persons, German of 124,000,000 and French of 60,000,000. The figures are fanciful, for it is hardly to be expected that the in crease of the English-speaking popula tion will be maintained at the same ratio in the future as in the past. But the no tion involved in the forecast is as gratify ing to a citizen of the British Empire as it is to a citizen ot the Nana American Republic. It is asserted that trade fol lows the flag. It is certain that ideas follows the language, and the increase of the English-speaking people implies the wider diflusion of the ideas of well ordered freedom and continual improve ment, which are the glory of our race, and the source of its prosperity and greatness. London Times. Madame Recamieb. The First Consul was expected, and the elite of Paris early thronged the salons of the charm ing hostess, but where was Madame Recamier? "Souffrante, the murmur ran, retained to her bed by a sudden in disposition. She would, howeve, re- reive her guests couche. The company passed to the bedroom of the lady, which, as still the custom in France, opened one of the principal salons. There, in a gilded bed, lay Madame Recamier, the most beautiful woman in France. The bed curtains were of the finest Brussels lace, bordered with garlands of honey suckle, and lined with satin of the palest rose. The couvre pied was of the same material; from the pillow of embroidered cambric fell "des fiots de Valencennes. The lady herself wore a peignoir trimmed with the most exquisite English point. Never had she looked more lovely; never had she done the honors of her hotel more gracefully. And so she received Napoleon, so she received the budding heroes of the great empire. All admired her "fortitude," her "devoue ment," and thus sacrificing herself to society; and on the following day, "tout Paris e'est fait inscrire chez elle." Surely the art and artifice of toilet could go no further, for everybody is aware of the ethereal delicacy and loveliness oc casioned by a profusion of lace about one, and especially about the face. Trading on Sex. She has a poor poem, a poor story, a very poor picture, a poor phiy and a poor excuse for forcing its notice on men, whom she bores and annoys by her persistency, and that is because she is a woman. Because she is a woman, and because of the attention and gallantry due her sex from the other, she expects her story, her picture, her statue, her play, to have the preference over that of the man, who has an equal wolve howling at his door, and whose work may be more meritorious. This is simply trading on sex, and it's animus won't bear close inspection, because it is akin to something from which the woman might shrink in horror did she see it in its true color. Graphic. A woman who will carry a 20-pound baby around all day in a broiling sun, and never mutter a word of complaint will make enough noise getting an 8-pound lump of ice from the front steps into the kitchen to run a freight train forty miles an hour. Xv.iiice.- in irfcai Column. 20 cent per line, each Insert lot.. Transient al veniremen', ier square of 13 line. Nonpar II mea-ure, $2 5o to dr',nJ 31 for encti aut-.srq lent ir.s- ril n iu A DV AJJOK' 1. gal auver. isi. eniH cliH'geo us trnii:leul. a ii ustsst i-H-d fir ium -x :iiri-: : ii o ch---ne l.r i-uiili her'-j fHiavil! (.uO'icafiou, Yearly a'lver" in n!- on litn i-.il lei 'iis. P:oieK..ioital Crd q ir-J S i antrum. All 171.11 e.s H l H4ivt-i.s IMSCMtHe!t.t?".: ' 'r nWlcajtt'JBSho;i 'i . Ii ii led n hv " The Great Captain. A gentleman who formerly resided In Galena, and who was subsequently an officer in the Union army, furnishes the following facts in regard to General Grant's joining the army in the late war: When the Avar broke out General Grant was an employee in his father's leather store, which was located on Main street, in Galena. Grant had only been in Ga lena about one year, and had made but a limited number of acquaintances when the first call , for troops was made by President Lincoln in 1861. Among these were E. D. Washburne, John A. Raw lins, John Russell Jones and a few others. A company was raised in Galena at once. A mass meeting wass called at the Court House, and a muster roll called. The result was that a company was formed, and Augustus L. Chetlain, elected Captain; Wallace Campbell, First Lieutenant and Nicholas Roth Second Lieutenant. The company left for Springfield soon afterwards, and was as signed to the Twelfth Illinois Infantry. Meanwhile Washburne went to Spring field, and in conversation with Governor Yates, mentioned the name of U. S. Grant, and, upon Washburne's recom mendation, Governor Yates sent to Ga lena for Grant, who came at once and as sisted Allen C. Fuller, then Adjutant General of the State, in the organization of the Illinois regiments. After a time Grant w&s commissioned as Colonel of of the Twenty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and one day asked Governor Yates for marching orders. "But I haven't the transportation," said the Governor. "Never mind that," said Colonel Grant. "Give me the orders, and I'll find trans portation." The orders were given, and within forty-eight hours the Twenty first Illinois went out of Springfield in column by fours. and took the road to Quincy, where in due time they arrived, and then went into Mis souri and reported to General Fremont for duty. General Fremont knew General Grant so well that he put him in command of the post at Cairo, where he remained until he ascertained from his scouts that the Confederates, who were massed at Columbus, Kentucky, twenty miles below, were establishing a camp at Bel mont landing, on the Missouri side of the Mississippi river, opposite Colum bus, with the object of raiding that State and the flanking of Fremont and Sigel. Colonel Grant immediately made prepa rations to attack them, and did so during the week, capturing their guns and sup plies; and "breaking up the whole con cern," as Grant expressed it. This was really the first victory of the war, and showed the people of the United States that one officer meant business. From here Grant's career is a part of the his tory of the country and the people unite to do honor to the man whose genius and patriotism and wise statesmanship have placed our country where it is the foremost amongst the nations of the earth. Jessie Benton Fremont. Jessie Ben ton Fremont is in her Arizona home un dertaking to make better men and wom en of the boys and girls growing up about her. In a private letter to a friend in New York she tells of her work thus: "It was a great pleasure to me to find that I could add to the knowledge of these young people; that I could make real and human to them names and per personages; that I could link together one event and one personality after an other until history became not a dry mass of names and dates and isolated events, but a connected and yet broadening stream of human effort. I cannot, of course, begin to tell you all I said to them, but the thirty -two history talks I gave my Arizona flock of scholars each Friday of the term after I joined them were a panorama of history as my father had taught me to know it, as I had realized it in many a spot of classic ground in Europe, as reading had en riched it with personal belongings and lights, and as I had seen it made both in France and in our own great trial time. For this, when they would thank me, I would toll them to thank my father. I acquired last winter a practical insight into the vast and spreading influence of the spoken word on receptive and will ing young minds. I have never done any one thing that gave me so much con tent in the doing and the remembrance. It is wonderful how many benevolent men we find who have no money. They feel for the cause of Christ, for the ne cessities of the poor, for the welfare of the heathen and a thousand other good objects, but really they have nothing that they can give. They have lost so much, and property has depreciated so greatly, that they are restricted, and can not do as they would. But how was it when they had money ? Then they used it for themselves and for their own ad vantage. When it is gone they are very willing to give it away, bnt while they had it, neither God nor man could loosen their grasp upon it. They proved themselves unfaithful stewards, and have been put out of their stewardship. They now have the opportunity of being "faithful over a few things," and if they are thus faithful, the Lord can make them rulers over many things. The les son for us all to learn is to do good while we can do it; while our hands is on the plough is the time to cut the fur row. To-day we have the opportunity to do something for the Lord. It may be our last opportunity; it may be our only one. Let us do while we can do; let us give while we oan give; let us work while we can work. The night cometh wherein no work can be done. "Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it." Prov. 3-27. The Christian. "Will the angels come down for me with a chariot and horses when I die?' asked a little boy of his Sunday School teacher. "I guess if you're a real good boy," said the teacher. The little fel lows eyes sparkled with anticipation as he eagerly exclaimed: "And oh! do you think they'll let me sit on the front seat and drive?"