The Corvallis Gazette. ' PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY MORMKG, BY. W. B. CARTER EPIXOR AND PROPRIETOR. TUX, (Coin.) rer Year Six Months .82 SO .. 1 SO Three Months 109 Invariably In advance. All notices and advertisements Intended fur trablicallon should be handed In by noon on Wednesday. CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. M. 8. WOODCOCK. Attorney and Counselor at Law, COHVALLIs ORtOOI. OFFICE OK FIRST STREET, OPPOSITE Woodcock k Baldwin's Hardware Store. Special attention given to Collections, Foreclo sure of Mortgages, Real Estate cases, Probate and Road matters. Will also buy and sell City Property and Farm Lands, on reasonable terms. March 20, 1879. 16:12yl J. K. WEBBER, Bala SUeet. Corvsllli, Or. HEALER IN Stoves, Ranges, FORCE AND LIFT PUMPS, HOUSE FURNISHING HARDWARE. Constantly on hand, the NEW RICHMOND RANGE, Best in market. THE BONANZA COOK STOVE, Something New. And the New VECTA PARLOR STOVE. Jan. 1, 1880. 17:ltf J. R. BRYSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. All business will receive prompt attention. COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY Corval lis, July 14, 1879. 16.-20U FRANKLIN CAUTH08N. M. 0. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Corvallla, Orsgsa. Special attention given to surgery and diseases ef the eye. Can be found at his office, in rear of Graham, Hamilton & Co.'s drug store, up stairs, day or nieht. CortwUis The Corvallis Jazette. vol. xvni. CORVALLIS, OREGON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1881. NO. 9. CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. f or Tallin I.o.tue R. 1, V. A. M. Holds stated Communications on Wednesday on or proceeding each lull moon. Brethren in good standing cordially invited to attend. By order W. M. Barnum Lode Me. 7. I. O. 4t. T. Meets on Tuesday evening of each week, in their hall, in Fisher's brick, second story. Members ot the order in good standing invited to attend. By order of N". O. F. A. CHIKOWETH. F If. JOHNSON CHENOWETH & JOHNSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OOBTA1XIP. OREOOS. September 4. 1879. 16:381 UlEI & WOODWARD. Druggists and Apothecaries, P. 0. BUILDING. CORVALLIS, OREGON. Have a complete stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINT? , OIL, BUSS, IT?., 110. School Pooks - tationeny.Ao. We bny for Cash, and have cnoice" of the FRESHEST and PUREST Drugs and Medicine the market affords. JSt Prescriptions accurately prepared at half the usual rates. 2Iayl6:18tf AUCU8T KNIGHT, Cabinet Maker. June 3, 187S. 16-23t sM rsasuMi i W. C. GRAWFOR), -DEALER IN WATC-iEd, CLOCK?, JEWELRY, SPECTACLES, SILVER WARE, etc. Also, Musloul lntrnni''iits jCFRejiairing done at the most reasonable rater 3K-'l work warranted. Cap.jS, Dec 13, 1877. 14:50tl GRAHAM, IIANILTOX & CO.. COtTALLU ... oKKUON DEALERS IN Drugs, Paints, M EDICINE8. CHEMICALS, DYE ftTCNfl, OILS, CLASS AND PUTTY. PURE WINE8 AND LIQUORS FOR MEDICINAL USE. Aud also the the very beat assortment of Lamps and Wall taper ever brought to this place. ;t. . AGENTS FOR THE AVrRHl CRariQU PAINT, SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER aar r yiielnva' P e criptlnna r tall. ttiup iuuded. l-8tf JOB POINTING. UNDERTAKER, Cor. Second and Monroe St., COKVA&LIS, Keeps constantly on hand all kinds of FURNITURE COFFINS & CASKETS. Work done to order on short notice and at reas onable rates. Corvallis, Jan. 1, 1877. 14:ltf J. W. RAYBURf, ATTORNEY AT LAW, f ORV.tLLIH, s OBIOOI. OFFICE On Monroe street, between Second and Third. .as-Special attention given to the Collection of Notes and Accounts. 16-ltf J MfcS A. YANTIS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, OHV Al.t IN, . ORtttOH. tlflLl. PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS " of the State. Special attention given to Biatters in Probate. Collections will receive iitnpt and careful attention. Office iu the Court mm. Ifitltf. DR F. A. V NCENT, CIHIVALLIH - t REGON. OFFICE IN FISHER'S BRICK OVEB Max. Friendley's New Store. All tbe latest improvements. Everyth ug new and complete. All work warranted. Plea egive me a call, tfctfl C. R. PARRA, M. O. THE Gazette jeb Piloting House IS NOW Pit EPA RED TO DO Plain and Ornamental Printing, A neat and Cheap as it i a;. be -one by any Office on the Coast. - Mil He . a tier In -, H n:r ini ", lltkrs IKTII .li tiifOir. Kiml i.e a nt. Viaia 4 ante lab- tt. ' r MSnll VnK T. , .. tet t rsnl lasks1 Bausk . biEl it ti-wt'. tP ! r KiU. i n m -. jaB""Grdei .- by ina. 1J l' uu luraisiuiJ- (FFICE OVER GRAHAM A HAMILT0N1 v DrugSto.e, Corvallis, Oregon. U-20U' Woodcock & Bald win (Successors to J. R Bayley & Co,) JT EEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE old stand a large and complete stock of Heavy and Mielf Hardware, IRON, STEEL, TOOLS, STOVES, RANGES, ETC Manufactured and Home Made Tin and Copper "Ware, Pomps. Pipe, Etc. A gstod Tinner constantly on band, and all Job Work neatly and quickly done. Also agents for Knapp, Burrell & Co., far tbe sale of tbe best and latest im proved ..' i : A It M MACHINERY. of all kinds, together with a full assort ment of Agricultural Implements. - t , -Bote Agents for the celebrated ST. L Ul CHART R OAK S 0VE8 the BEST IN THE WORLD. Also the Norman Range, and many other patterns, in all sizes and styles. iSF" Particular attention paid to Farmers' wun, aud the supplying extras for Farm Machinery, and all information as to sucb articles, furnished cheerfully, on applica tion. No pains will be spared to furnish our customers wi'h thf Iwct goods in -market, in our line, and at the lowest prices. Our motto thali be, prompt and fair dealing with all. Call and examine our stock, before going elsewhere. Satisfac tion iriii-raiiteed. VVOOK OCR & BALDWIN. C'jiwJIie, Way, 12, lo7t. H:4tf CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. LAND ! FARMS I HOMES 1 I HAVE FARMS, (IMPROVED OR V xJTM proved) Stores and Mill Property, very desirable FOR SALE These lands are cheap. . w Also claims in unsurveyed tracts for sale. Soldiers of the lata rebellion who have, under the Soldiers' Homestead Act." l.mu-,l and inula final proof on less than 1(0 acres, dan dispose of tne uaian.ee to me. Write (with stamps to prepay postage). R. A. BENS ELL, Newport, Benton county, Oregon. :Ztf. 61 H. X2. HARRIS, One door South of Otaham A -Hamilton's, COKVALI.IM, OIIWI, GROCERIES. PRO VISIONS, AND Dry Goods. Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1878. l:lvl DRAKE & GRANT, MERCHANT TAILORS, COKVALLIB, - UKK60A. X7"E HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE and well selected stock, of Cloth, vir : West of - ngland Broad . lotlis. reneh assimeros, ootch Tweeds, and. A merloan t- ultlnif . Which wo will make up to order in the most approved and lasb onable styles. No pains will be spared in prottucing good fitting garments. Parties wishing to purchase oloths and have them cut out, wiH do well to call and examine our stock. DRAKE A GRANT. Corvallis, April 17, 1879. I6:16tf Boarding" and Lodging-. Philomath. Benton Co . Orrgsa. GEORGE K I SO It, T ESPECTFULLY INFORMS THE TRAV eling public that he is now prepared and in readiness to keep such boarders as may choose to give him a call, cither by the SINGLE MEAL. DAY. OR WEEK. Is also prepared to futn'sh hone feed. Liberal share of public patronage solicited. Give us a call. GEORGE KI80R. Philomath, April 28. 1879. 10:1 Stf CORVALLIS Livery, Feed ...AND... SALE STABLE. Rupture Mulu !., Co-val 1. Ureiron. SOL. KING, - Porpr. rvWNING BOTH BARNS I AM PREPARED v to otfer superior accommodations in tbe Liv ery line. Always ready for a drive, GOOD TEAMS At Lo-w- Uiitom. My stables are first-class in every respect, and competent and obliging hostlers always ready to serve the public. REASONABLE CHAKUKH FOR HIRE. Part lea I Mr avtt.:tf H-iJ to Busrdlni " O I 111. ELEGANT H t:KSK, CARRIAGES AND HAI KS SOR FUNERALS Corvallis, Jan. 2, 1S79. lo.-lyl Rkes Ham lis. Emmett IT. Wbisx DR AYACE ! DRAY ACE I Hamlin & Wrenn Propr'a. II AVING JUST RETURNED FROM Salon; with a new truck, and havmr leased the barn formerly occupied by James Eg lin, we are now prepa ed to dio all kinds of DRAY1NC ad hauling, either in tnVcity or country, at the lowest living rates. Cau be found at the old truck stand. A share i if the public patronage respectfully solic ited. Corvallis. Dec 27. 1878. 15:52tf J C. MOR ELAND, (city attorney.) ATTOREY A.T TA.W. ruttTUKU, OFFICE Monastes Brick, First street, between Morrison and Yamhill. 14:38tf THE STAR BARKRY, - Street, rorvsdlU. HENRY WARRIOR, PR0PRIET0I. Family Supply Store ! Groceries, Bread. Cokes, Pie, Oandlea, Tojris, Always n Hand. CwTfJUis, imu. 1, 177. Mtttf from a Merchant. Daytoh. W. T.. Feb. 10. 1879 W. J. Home, Proprietor California Elastic Truss Co., 702 Market street, San Francisco Sir: Tbe Truss I purchased of you about one year ago has proved a miracle to me. I have been ruptured forty years, and worn dozens of different kindsjof Trusses, all ol whicn baye ruined my health, as they were injurious to my back and spine. Your valuable Truss is as easy as an old shoe and is worth hundreds of dollars to me, as it affords me so much pleasure. 1 can and do advise all, both ladies and gentlemen, afflicted, to buy and wear your modem improved JSlastic Truss imme diatelr. I never expect to be cured, but am sat istfied and happy with tbe comfort it gives me to wear it. It was the best $10 1 evet invested m my life. You can refer anyone to me and I will be glad to answer any letters on its merits. I remain, yoars respectlully, D. B. BUNNELL. Latest Medical Endorsements. MABTlHEZ.Cal., Feb. 17, 1879 W. J. Home, Proprietor California Elastie Truss Co., 702 Market street, S. Sir : Jn re gard to yoitr California Elastic Truss, I would say that I have carefully studied its mechanism, ap plied it in practice and do not hesitate to say that for all purposes tor whieh Trusses are worn it is the best Truss ever ottered to the publtc. Yours truly, J. H. CAROTHERS, M. D. Eudotuid by a Prominent Medical Insti tute, San Fbahcisco, March 6, 1879. W. J. Home, Eaa- Sir: You ask my opinion ef the relative meri ts of your Patent Elastic Truss as compared with othei kinds that have been ested under my observaion, and in reply I frank ly state that from the time my attention was first oalled to their simple, though highly me chanical and philosophical construction, together with easy adjust bihty to persons of all sizes, ages and forms. I add this testimony with spe cial pleasure, that the several persons who have applied to me for aid in their especial cases of rup ture, and whom I have advised to use yours, all acknowledge their entire satisfaction, and consid er tbemse ve hiehlv favored by the possession of one of the improved Elastic Truss. Tours truly, cakiaiw j. saiin, m. u. Proprietor Hygenic Medical Institute, 635 California street, San Franoisco h REMARKABLE CURE. Sad Feanccsco, Oct. 26, 1879. W. J. Horne, Proprietor California Elastie Truss, 702 Market street, San Franoisco Sir : I am truly grateful to you for the wonderful CUP your valaable trus-s has effected on my little boy. Tbe double truss I purchasec from you has PER FECTLY CURED him of his painful rupture on both sides in a little over six months. The steel truss he had before I bought yours caused him cruel torture, and it was a happy day for us all when belaid it aside far tbe Califobhia Elas tic Truss. I am sure that all will be thankful who are providentially led to give your truss a trial. You may refer any one to me on this sub ject. Yours truly, WM. PERU, ess Sacramento otreei. This is to certify that I have examimed the son of Wm. Peru, and find him PERFECTLY CURED" of hernia on both sides. L. DEXTER LYFORD, M. D., Surgeon and Physician. Trusses forwarded to all parts of the United States at our expense on receipt of the price. Mend Stamps for Illustrated catalogue and Price List Giving full information and rules for measuring. California Elastic Truss Co. 702 Market Street S. F, SAFE AND lOCK CO. CAPITAL $1,000,000. General Office, and Manufactory, CINCINNATI, OHIO. Pacific. Branch 211 and 213 .California St., San Francisco CHA0.II. DOOD CO., PORTLAND, Agenta rr Oreffoa and Washington Tor. HALL'S PA I ENT C05v:rtKTE FERE-PROOF SAFES. Have been tested by the most disastrous con 11a grations in the country. They are thoroughly ftr" profc They are free from dampness. Their snperiority is beyond question. Although about 1&0,()01) of these sates are now in use, and hundreds have been tested by some of the most disastrous cutiflapiii-'ons in the country, there is not a single in- tat.ee nu record wherein one of them ever failed 'o . preserve it contents perfectly. HALL'S PATENT DOVETAILED ThNON AKI UHOOVK BURGUR-PAOSF -A FES. Hare never been broken open and robbed bj burglars or rotters. Hall's burglar work is protected by letters patent, and bis work cannot be equaled lawfully His patent bolt is sujierior to any in use. His patent locks cannot be, picked by the moat skHlful experts or burgicrs. By one of tbe greatest improvements known, the Gross Automatic Movement, our locks are operated withont auy arbor or spindle passing through the door and into the lock. Our locks cannot be opened or picked by bur glars or experts, (as in case of other locks), and we will put from $1,000 o $lu,0ou behind them any time aeainst an eoual amount. THEY ARE THE BEST SAFE Made in America or any other country. One Thousand Dollars To any person who can prove that one of Hall's Patent Burglar-Proof Safes has ever been broken open and robbed by burglars up .to the present tira. C. W. POOL, TRAKELISG AGEHT. Ontoe with C. H. Dodd d Co., Portland, Oregon. C B. PaBCKLU, Manager, . F. $300! A MONTH guaranteed Twelve dollars a dav made at home by the indus'iious Capital not re we will start vou. Men.wo- hov and oirls make money faster at work f ... u. ...thiiK lw The work is lieht and pleasant, and -such as any one can go right at. Those who are wise who see thn notice will sand us their addresses at once and see for them selves. Costly outfit and terms free. Now is the time. Those already at work are laying up lar je sums of money. Address TRUE Sc CO., Aagttsts, Maine. The Gentlemen In Slug Sing. Human nature is certainly given to unaccountable eccentricities; -but tbe maudlin sympathy which it somethimes delights to entertain for all sorts of crim inals, is the most unaccountable of all. This sympathy is not consistent i. e., it does not pour itself in a wishy-washy flood ovor criminals as a class but it is spasmodic, and is apt to select a man who has been guilty of a cold-blooded and diabolical crime, and weep over him as though he were a martyr instead of a murderer. When Wagner, for instance, coolly butchered a whole family for a few paltry dollars, and was sentenced to be hanged a fate richly deserved tbe aesthetic ladies of that part of our great and glorious country known as Down East, went into an ecstaoy of excitement, and sent him bouquets, and sat by his side talking to him in silver tones of the "Sweet By-and-By," into which the coarse rope of the brutal hangman was soon to hurry him. The air is at present filled with a wail about Sing Sing. The gentlemen who are living in that castle on the Hudson, it has been ascertained, are compelled to labor in a stove-polishing shop, where the smoke and dust are positively disa greeable. They get their hands grimy, and their clothes unutterably dirty. The little particles of iron which the swift grindstone flashes from the castings amid a shower of stars set into the lungs and produce pulmonary diseases. Such cru elty is intolerable in an age like this. A man may be a criminal, red with the blood of his victims, but he certainly ought to be treated like a gentleman! Just think of putting those delicate hands which have never done an honest day's work, which have been so skilfully trained that they can write another man's name on a note with the accuracy of An autograph to such base use as pulling iron castings out of vile oil of vitriol! Just think of subjecting the finely- wrought organization of a man whose only misfortune is that he smothered his wife or snapped a pistol against the brain of a traveller who happened to have a small sum of money in his pocket-book, which in a fit of mental aberration the murderer transferred to his own posses sion, to the hard compulsion of ten weary hours' work a day in a sooty and disa greeable blacksmith-shop! The idea of such unnecessary rigor is appalling, and so contradicts the advanced moral senti ment of the nineteenth century that we stand aghast. To be sure, there are 100,000 other men, not in prison, who never committed a crime in all their lives, who maintain their affectionate families by doing the same kind of work; but it must not be forgotten that they like to do it. They go to their tasks willingly and with a light heart, and would hardly change their labor for the delights of a compe tency; while the martyrs of Sing Sing go to their morning work with great hesitation, and act as though every re fined sentiment of their natures rebelled at it. Beside, the honest workman has his liberty. He is not confined within four granite walls, with a sentinel to watch every action lest he take a stray opportunity to bury a knife into the Warden s heart, lie is neia in du rance vile in spite of repeated decla rations that he is innocent as a new-born babe, and that the crime for which he is so patiently snnering was committed by an unprincipled Wall-street broker, or by some irreligious millionaire of Fifth avenue, who persists in concealing his guilt and compels an innocent man to go to prison in his stead. The case is assuredly a very hard one. But, alas! it is a wicked world in which we live, and we cannot hope for any radical reform in such matters at pres ent. We greatly fear that even the maud lin sentiment of those delicate souls who weep over the imaginary crimes of the incarcerated will not avail to supply wine and flowers to grace the somewhat frugal board of Sing Sing whose liberty has been restricted because an unreasonable community has suspicion that they were cut-throats and pickpockets. - Stories of Card-playing. Many strange stories are told of card playing. Hone, in his "Every -Day Book," gives an account of a child being played for at cards at Durham in 1735. The parent wagered it against the modest stake of four shillings, and it was won by the opposite side. A quaint little book, published in 1796, and entitled, "The Amusements of Clergymen," has a good deal to say about cards. The title of this work is somewhat misleading, as it al ludes to most "amnsements" only to prove them unlawful, at least for tbe ideal pastor. Not only the cards, hunt ing and theatre-going prohibited, but the generally considered innocent recrea tions of fishing, chess and music are equally interdicted. In fact, the "amuse ments befitting a pious clergyman" re solve themselves into gardening for an outdoor, and shuttlecock for an indoor amusement, the worthy author strongly commending this childish game as one that "gives us good exercise, makes us cheerful, does not empty our pockets, and requires little skill to learn. Re spect the man who invented shuttle cock." As might be expected, this writer is very severe on cards. He denies their utility, even as the means of amusement for the sick and aged, enforcing his opinion by the anecdote of an old lady, who, having "lost the use of her speech and both of her hands by a paralytic affection," was advised by her doctors to play whist for her amusement. A friend sorted and held the cards before her and the patient nodded at the one she wished played; but it unfortu nately happened that these signals were occasionally misunderstood, which "threw the old lady into such fits of fury that she derived injury rather than good from this prescription." Dean Bamsay in his "Reminiscences," tells a ghastly story of another old lady whose passion for cards was such that she played them even on her death bed; and, expiring before the conclusion of the game, her partner took her cards, and the players finished the rubber be fore calling for assistance. According to Scottish superstition, Glanils Castle encloses a band of yet more inveterate gamesters a certain wicked Earl and his associates, who, four centuries ago, being remonstrated wiih by a pious chaplain, swore that they "would continue card-playing to the end ui me worm. xne legend states tnat the room in which they sat immedi ately sank under the castle, and there 4.1 11 , .-11 , -I ... - nio gaiuuiers piay-snii, roe rattle oi tne iw;o auu me voices oi ine gamesters be ing audi Die on stormy nights The love of narrla still oviaf. in Shod,'. An old number of All The Year Round gives an amusing ananrlnta priest who was so devoted to this amuse- A A 1 Al m . .a m muni mar. ne played up to the last mo ment before commencing the Church services. On one occasion, having a (jmuuumrij gooa nana uen.it mm. ue iiuiuoti tuti tarns mio nis pocxet, intend ing to return and finish the crama nfrr the service. Unluckily the cards fell A.-A Al i a a , uuh uu Liiw uuureo noor, to tne extreme scandal of the pnn crr"AcrQ.Hrn Tha i44- O 9 -" VT ILL priest, however, was fully equal to the occasion, ai tne conclusion of the ser vice he beckoned up one of the choris ters and asked him the names of several of the cards, which the boy knew cor rectly. He then suddenly asked the lad the name of the next Saint's day, which the child could not tell. "See," cried the priest, turning to the congregation, "you teach your children the names of every card in the pack and leave them ignorant of their religion. Let this be the last time I am compelled to bring playing-cards into the church to shame you," and picking up his hand he made an honorable retreat. "London Globe. Sot Invited. The services in a Missouri church had ended, the only thing remaining for the preacher being to pronounce the bene diction. The sleeping brethren were shook into wakefulness. The sinners ar ranged female hate and bows, and male hats were held ready to put on the mo ment "amen" was reached. But there was an unexpected halt in the ceremonies. "If those persons who wish to enter into the matrimonial state will come for ward now, I wiil join them in the holy bonds," said the preacher, coming down out of the pulpit. There was to be a wedding, it seemed, and nobody had been told anything about it. But, as nobody came forward to be married, everybody looked at ev erybody else, wondering who had gone an imposed upon tbe whole neighbor hood in that sly, underhanded way. "Will the brethren and sisters please sing a hymn while we are waiting ?" said the preacher, finally. An old sister in a distant corner struck up a cheerful hymn in which all the con gregation joined. Bnt there was still an increasing look of wonder and inquiry on every face. After the last sound died away, and female curiosity was exasper ated into giggles and indecorum, a tall man, a stranger, stood up and nodded to the preacher. " Will you please to come forward, sir?" The man left his seat and walked down till he stood facing the preacher. But no lady came forward, and the wonder increased. The preacher was puzzled, too, but stood waiting patiently for the bride that did not come. "Is the lady here?" he finally asked. "I don't reckin' she is," was the calm answer of the marrying man. "She did not come' with you, then?" "No, she didn't come with me." "But you look for her to come soon?" "She mought." The preacher looked anxiously at the man, at the door, at the congregation, and finally asked the brethren to sing again. The man looked around over the con gregation while the singing was in pro gress, and, finally meeting the eyes of an acquaintance, nodded and said, "How d'y?" it being at the interval between verses. The preacher fidgeted and the brethren smiled. "The lady don't come," said the preacher. "No, I don't see her." Then there was a brief time of embar rassing silence. The young folks began to giggle; the brethren tried to frown and look serious; the preacher was grow ing red in the face, the candidate for matrimony calm as evet. "Don't yon think tbe ceremony had better be postponed till another time?" "Suit yourself, elder, but this time suits me for gittin' married." "But the lady don't come do you know of any. reason why she is not present?" "Well, yes; I don't reckin' anybody give her an invite to come thisbein'my weddin' and so you don't need" to wait for her." ' , There was some sort of a benediction then, but that Missouri preacher says, earnestly, that no more weddings may be looked for till all parties have been invited. BATES OF ADVERTISING. IV. IX. IK. 6H. 1TK Inch $1 00 $8 00 $5 00 $ 8 00 t!3 Ob Inch 3 00 5(10 7 00 12 00 18 00 Inch 3 00 0 10 00 16 00 3200 Inon flMI 700 1300 18 00 26 00 Column 800 9 00 15 00 90 00 85 00 Column 7 50 12 00 18 00 35 00 48 00 Column 1000 IS 00 25 00 4000 6000 1 Column 15 00 2000 40 00 80 00 100 00 Notices In Local Column, 9i cents per line, each insertion. Transient Advertisements, per square of 12 lines. Nonpareil measure, S2 50 for first, and $1 for each subsequent insertion in advanci. Legal advertisements charged as transient, and must be paid for upon expiration. No charge lor publishers affidavit of publicat ion. Yearly advertisements on liberal terms. Pro fessional Cards, (1 Square) $12 per annum. Ministeb Kasson has a Rough Voy age. A letter recieved from the Hon. John A. Kasson, at Liverpool, contains the following personal information of in terest to many of Mr. Kasson 's friends : " We had a dreadfully rough passage, a bad .storm, and several accidents to pas sengers. I was once thrown across the ship, receiving a wound at the top of my throat, badly hurting my ribs, with other bruises, and was in the hands of the ship's surgeon two or three days, but am now only feeling the soreness, with no broken bones. Twelve persons, sail ors and passengers, have been injured, more Or less, on the voyage. We did not go into Queens town, but came direct to Liverpool, arriving in nine days, not withstanding the stormy weather." Des Moines (Iowa) Register. A member of one of our learned clnbs returned to the bosom of his family one night, sadly "under the influence. ' as he cautiously steered himself up stairs he mef his wife, who at once upbraided him with his condition, and declared that he exhaled strong odor of spirits. "Taint that," pleaded the suflerer. "Had my hair cut. It's bay rum you smell." Senator Hamlin has acknowledged him self conquered by the strong hands of Time and winter; he has appeared in the Senate wearing an overcoat for the first time in his life. He has been extremely positive in pronouncing overcoats super fluous, bnt a sharp attack of rheumatism has been a means of enlightenment. The Spanish Widow. In middle-class Spain, the lady calls her servant "My daughter;" they live on a kind of free-and-easy footing, not much authority on the mistress's side, and cer tainly little discipline on the part of the servant; and the mistress herself, since she has little to do, often dusts with her little beno or sorro, or broom made of strips of cloth, her best room. "It was ours once, she says; "it was his and mine; now, it is only mine!" Yet she has never moved, with all her dusting and empress, has never moved his things; he was an omcer in tne army, ner nusband; and lo, there, on its accustomed peg. as though he was likely to come in and put it on, and pass out. with a gay dittv and a kind good-bye, to the barrack or the parade-ground, there hangs his sword at his bed-head; there, on his dressing- table burns his star of honor; there ape his boots, his uniform and he? "Alii!" she weeps, as his death- day comes around, "pobre cito; tan bueno que ha sido a mi" ("Alas! poor little fellow; how good he was to me!") And, then, in a flood of scalding tears, in that lonely room, she kneels and prays to La Virgen de los delores; she pushes away her simple meal, the fried egg, the punohero, the cup of black coffee; she wanders up and down the house. "Ah! it is bo lonely without you!" she says, and, at night, her heart bursting with its load of trouble, she sobs herself to sleep, her crucifix clasped to her breast, her pillow wet with tears. sunshine, thank God, in Spanish sorrow. often bursts upon the glittering land scape ere the clouds have floated away ; out tne clouds return; they come back at the recurrence of every day of his, the lost one's saint; at every sight of his little things; there is not, as in English sorrow, a steady clondy season, and then sunlight, bright and steady if some what mellowed and autumnal in its glow. Temple Bar. A Remarkable Year. Viewed from a business standpoint, the past year has been a remarkable one, probably the most remarkable in the his tory of the country. There has been a great revival in trade, and the volume of legitimate business during the year was beyond all precedent. The improved condition of affairs was the natural re sult of large crops, a good export de mand for our products, the growth of the country, the heavy influx of gold from Europe, and the complete restoration of confidence, growing out of the success of specie payments. One of the most grat ifying features of 1880 has been the greatest falling off in the number of failures and amount of liabilities of sus pended merchants. The growth of the country and the large additions to the na tional wealth during 1880 are strikingly illustrated in the products of the soil, of which we raised 475,000,000 bushels of wheat, 155,000,000 bushels of corn, 413,- 000,000 bushels of oats, 24,000,000 of rye, 40,000.000 bushels of barley, and 6,000,000 bales of cotton, to say nothing of the tobacco, sugar, rice, hemp, hay and other crops, and the hog and dairy products, which will yield an immense sum of money in the aggregate. In plain words, the United States now raises enough to feed her own 50,000,000 of people and supply the deficiency of the civilized world. During the year more miles of railroad have been built, more consolidations and combinations ve been entered into, more freight and pas sengers have been transported, more money earned and more interest and div idends paid than in any former year. The commerce of the country during the year has made rapid progress, and caused the United States to take still higher rank, being now third among the com mercial nations of the globe j Evening Express. Worth Knotting. Keep salt in a dry place. Keep yeast in wood or glass. Keep fresh lard in tin vessels. Keep preserves and jellies in glass. Keep meal and flour in a cool, dry place. ' Keep vinegar in wood, glass, or stone ware. Sugar is an admirable ingredient in curing meat or fish. Crusts and pieces of bread should be kept in an earthen jar, closely covered, in a dry, cool place. Lard for pastry should be used as hard as it can be cnt with a knife. It should be cut through the flour, and not bo rubbed. In boiling meat for soup use cold water to extract the juices. If the meat is wanted for itself alone, plunge into boiling water at once. To prevent meat from scorching dur ing roasting, place a basin of water in the oven. The steam generated prevents scorching and makes the meat cook better. Broil steak without salting. Salt draws the juice in cooking. It is desir able to keep these in, if possible. Cook over a hot fire; turn frequently, searing on both sides. Place on a platter; salt and pepper to taste. Beef mat has a tendency to be tough can be made very palatable by stewing gently for two hours with pepper and salt, taking out about a pint of the liquor when half done, and letting the rest boil into tbe meat. Brown the meat in the pot. After taking up, make a gravy of the pint of liquor saved. I Floral Cabinet. A aril Question" "Mr. OTBafferty," said the Recorder, "why did yon strike Mr. Murphy?" "Because Murphy would not give me a civil question, yer Honor." "What was the civil question you asked him?" "I asked him as polite as yon please, 'Murphy, aint your own brother the biggest thafe on Galveston Island, ex cepting yourself and your ancle, who is absent at the penitentiary in Hunts ville?" "And what rude answer did he give to such a very civil question ?" "He sad to me, 'Av course, prisint company excepted.' So I said, 'Mur phy, yon are another,' and sthruck him wid me fist, "-rrf Galveston News. "I'll make it hot for you," as the osy enne pepper said to the man who wa patting it in his soap.