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The Corvallis Gazette. PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY MORNING, BY. W. B. CARTER EDITOB. AND PROPRIETOR. ...12 SO ... 1 60 ..100 TEKH4, (Coin.) Per Year Biz Months ........ Three Month Invariably In advance. All notices and advertisement intended for publication should be handed in by noon on Wednesday. ':.: CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. M. 8. WOODCOGK, Attorney and Counselor at Law, oasTaun ORKOOI, OFFICE OK FIRST STREET, OPPOSITE Wood cook Ac Baldwin's Hardware Store. Special attention given to Collections, Foreclo sure or 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, Main Street. Corvallis, Or. DEALEB IX Stoves, Ranges, FORCE AMD LIFT PUMPS, HOUSE FURNISHING HARDWARE. Constantly on hand, the NEW BLCHMOND RANGE, Beet 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. Corvallis, July 14, 179. l:29tf FRANKLIN CAUTH0RN, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Corvallis. Oregan. Special attention riven to surrerv and dinnnira of the eye. Can be found at his office, in rear of uranam, Hamilton & uo.'s drug store, up stairs, day or night. June 3, 1875. lfl-23t W. C. CRAWFOM, D KALE Ft IX WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SPECTACLES, SILVER WARE, etc Also, Musioal I n-ti'Um -irt fco JEST Repairing done at the most reasonable twos, and all work warranted. Corvallis, Dec. 13, 1877. . 14:50tf GRUUM, IUMfLTAX & CO., COVal.L!1 ... tlRUOH. DEALERS IN Drugs, Paints, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, DYE STIFFS, OILS, GLASS AND PUTTY. MIRE WINES AND UQUORS FOR MEDICINAL USE And also the the vary best assortment of lamps and Wall Paper ever brought to this place. AGENTS FOR THE AV-BfU CIKtflCU PAINT, SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER ear r l.yoleinna' 1 e.crlitloi I si Asilr woUadd. u-m JOB PRINTING. THE Gazette Job Printing House IS NOW PREPARED TO DO Plain and Ornamental Printing, As neat and Cheap as tt eau be Hone by any Office on the Coast Mil tier Head. hpmto. Ma rnmta, BaI) Tlene lBVItnUsN Circulars, Musi ' nrttm, VtelUstg- arels aaswis. ssJsr, MM all rmtr. an s-eltt I sravf Blanks' Mmtrm. Order Roosts, Inlaw. TaH, tr Orders by mail promjaiy. liiitsl. Est sanuasss. The Corvallis Gazette BATES OF ADVERTISING. Inch Inch loch Inch l Column t Column : Column 10 00 Column 15 00 1 w. f i 00 2 00 3 00 4 to 00 760 1 M. 13 00 6 "0 6 00 7 00 900 12 00 16 00 20 00 IK. 16 00 7 CO 10 00 15 00 16 00 18 00 96 00 40 00 6 M. 8 00 12 00 IS 00 18 00 20 C8 35 00 40 00 SO 00 1TB. IS 00 18 00 22 0 26 00 86 00 48 00 60 00 100 00 VOL,. XVIH. CORVALLIS. OREGON, FRIDAiS MARCH 11, 1881. NO. 11. CITY ADVERTISEMENTS'. orrallis I oilRe Ho. 14, f. A. M. Holds stated Communications on Wednesday on or proceeding each lull moon. Brethren in good aianaingcoraiauy lniriieu u auena. rsy oraer W. M. Burn urn Letts So. 7. I. O. O. F. Meets on Tuesday evening of eaah week, in their ball, in Fisher's brick, second story. Members ot the order in good standing invited to attend. uy order ot n . u. r. a. CHKHOWETH. T. K. JOHNSON. CHENOWETH & JOHNSON; ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OUST A UiMV OREOOS. September 4, 171. 16:38 If UM1 A WOODWARD, Druggists and Apothecaries, P. 0. BUILDING. CORVALLIS, OREGON. Have a eomplete stock of DRtGS, MEDICINES, PAINT?, OIL, SLfiSJ, IT tltl. School I'ooks - tationeny, Ac We buy lor Cash, and have coo ice of the FRESHEST and PUREST Drugs and Mm'ic ne? the market affords. Prescriptions accurately prepared at half the usual rates. 2Mayl6:l8tf AUGUST KNIGHT, Cabinet Maker. CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. I BKTnBSSSSSSSraSBBSBSS f UNDERTAKER. Cor. Second and Monroe Sta., MKTlUUI, OMSOH. Keeps constantly on hand all kinds of FURNITURE COFFINS & CASKETS. Work done to order on short notice and at reas onable rates. "r ' Corvallis, Jan. 1, 1S77. 14:1 tf J W. ftAYBURlv, ATTORNEY AT LAW, (OHViLUH, s OKIOOI. OFFICE On Monroe street, between Second and Vhir.L 5ESf Special attention given to the Collection of Notes and Account 16-ltf J MtS A. YANTIS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, OHVAi.II, iraoB. ty ILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS of the State. Special attention given to natters in 1'iobate. Collections will receive B i. in I it and careful attention. Office in the Court fuuse. lft:ltf. DR F. A. V NCENT, DENTIST. COUViliLW ' REGOIf. fkFFICE IN FI8HER'S BRICK OVER Max. Friendley's New Store. All the latest improvements. Evervth-ng new and complete. All work warranted. Flea e give me a call. 15:3tl G. R. FARRA, Ml. D. PHVMIIAH AND MI KG EOS, OFFICE OVER GRAHAM A HAMILTON'S DrugSto.e, Corvallis, Oregon. 14-20tf Woodcock & Baldwin (Successors to J. R Bay ley & Co,) XTEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE old stand a large and eomplete stock of Heavy and helf Hardware, IRON, STEEL, TOOLS, STOVES, RANG' 8, 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 safe of the beat and latest im- proved FARM MACHtNEUY, of all kinds, together with a full assort ment of Agricultural Implements. Sole Agents for the celebrated ST. L Ul CH ART R OflK 8 0VES the BEST IN THE WORLD. Also the Norman Range, and many other patterns, in all sizes aud styles. WSf Particular attention paid to Fanners' 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. Ofir motto shall be, prompt and fair dealing with all. Call and examine oar stock, before going, elsewhere. Satisfac tion guaranteed. VVOOKttX K A BALDWIN. Corvallis, May, 12t7ft. 14itT LANDS ! FARMS ! HOMES 1 I HAVE FARMS, (IMPROVED OR uNIM proved) Stores and Mill Property, very desirable FOR SALE These lands are aheap. Also claims in unaurveyed tracts for sale. Soldiers of the late rebellion who have, under the soldiers' Homestead Act, located and made final proof on less than 160 acres, oan dispose of s naiance to me. Write (with stamps to prepay postage). R. A. BENSELL, Newport, Benton county, Oregon. 61r2tf. H . Hi). H A. RRI S, One door South of Ofcaham A Hamilton's, cobtamis, osueojr. GROCERIES , PROVISIONS, AND - Dry Goods. Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1878. ldrlvl DRAKE & GRANT, MERCHANT TAILORS, cdrvsll.h, . . X1UE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE and well selected stock of Cloth; viz: West or i ngland I road . lotbsf, renoh iiaalmi-ros, - eoteh T weeds, and. Amcrleaii ulttnr. Which we will make up to order in the most approved and lash onsble styles. No pains will be scared in pioducing good tilting ganitents. Parties wishing to purchase cloths and have them cut out, wilt do well to cull and examine our stock. DRAKE A GRANT. Corvallis, April 17. 1879. hi:16tf Boarding- and Lodg ing. Pliilomatli Benton . Unsoa. GEORGE KfSOft, T E8PECTFULLY INFORMS THE TRAV eling public that lie is now prepared and in readiness to keep mcAi boarders as may choose to give him a call, either by the SING. E (iUL, DAY. OR WEEK. Is also prepared to fun sh horse feed. Liberal share ot public atroiiage solicited. Give us a call. GEORGE KISOR. Philomath, A prii a. 1879. I0:18tf CORVALLIS Livery, Feed . ...AND... SALE STABLE, Main St., Co . val lis. Oregon, SOL. KING, - Porpr. rkWNING BOTH BARNS I AM PREPARED " to offer superior accommodations in the Liv ery line. Always ready for a drive, OOI TEAMS A-t, Low It jit o. My stables are first-class in every respect, and competent and obliging, hostlers always ready to serve the public. SEASONABLE CHABUKH FOR KIKE. Prteol:r sttSntla I t4. Kurllu( tSM. ELEGANT HE A-USE, CAIIHIAGES AND H At KS FOR FUNERALS Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1879. 10:lyt Bebs Hasilih. Esimbtt P. Wbstx. DRAYAGE ! DRAY AGE ! Hamlin & Wrenn. Propr'kv HAVING JUST RETURNED FROM Salem with a new truck, and having leased the barn lonncrly occupied by James Eg lin, we are uuw ire ed to do all kinds of DRAYIftC A D HAULING. either in the city or country, at the lowest living rates. .Can be found at the old truck stand. A share "f ihe public patronage respectfully solic ited Con aiiie. Dec 27. 187S. l5:SStf J C. MORELANO, (city attokukv.) ATTORVKY AT POKTLASO, OFFICE Monastes Brick, first street, between Morrison and Yamhill. 14:38tf THE STAB BAHEBY, Umtm Street, CarvsUUa. HENRY WARRIOR, PR0H.IET0H, Faniily Supply Store! G roeeriest, oreaa. OsjutKlieas, xoyas. Always on Hand. Onnrrilis, Jan. 1, mi. UOU Rupture CURED. at Merchant. Daytoh, W. T., Feb. 10, 1879. W. J. Some, Proprietor California Elastic Truss uo., 7USS Market street, Ban r rancisco ir: The Truss I purchased of you about eue year ago has proved a miracle to me. I have been ruptured forty years, and worn dozens of different kindajof Trusses, all of which have ruined my nealtn as they were injurious to my back and spine. Your valuable Truss is ss 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, botb ladies and gentlemen, afflicted, to buy and wear your modern improved Elastic Truss imme diatelv. I neyer expect to be cured, but am sat isfied and happy with the comfort it gives me to wear it. It was the best $10 Lever invested in my life. You ean refer any one to me. and I will be glad to answer any letters on its merits. I remain, yours respecUully, D. B. BUNNELL. Latest Medical Endorsements. MBTiNEz,Cal., Feb. 17, 187. W. J. Borne, Proprietor California Elastic Truss Co., 702 Market street, S. F. Sir : In re gard to yoar 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 which Trusses are worn it is the best Truss ever offered to the public. Yours truly, J. H. CAROTHERS, M. D. Endorsed by a Prominent Medical Insts- tnte. San Fbascisco, March 6, 1879. W. J. Some, Eng. Sir: You ask my opinion f the relati ve merits of your Patent Elastic Truss as compared with othei kinds that have been ested under my observaion, and in reply I frank ly stale that from the time my attention was first oalled to their simple, though highly me chanical and philosophical construction, together with easy adjust biltty 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 themselves highly favored by the possession ot one of the improved JSlastie Truss. lours truly, isakluw J. smith, m. v. Proprietor Hygenic Medical Institute, 635 California street, San Francisco A REMARKABLE CURE. Sah Fbahcisco, Oct 26, 1879. W. J. Some. Proprietor California Elastic Truss, 702 Market street, San Francisco Sir : I am trulv erateful to vou for the wonderful CURE your valuable truss has effected on my little boy. The double truss I purchaset from you has PER- rjflUliix UUKJiJJ turn ot nis paintui 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 i v . i j e it n . . . -.. w II till II w laia lb &01UB mr iue vai.i rusniA .uiad- 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, 038 Sacramento street. 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 part of the United State at our expense on receipt of the price. Send Stamps for Illustrated Catalogue and Price last Giving full information and rules for measuring. California Elastic Truss Co. 702 Market Street S. F. A Slelgn Bide for Life. SAFE AND LOCK CO. CAPITAL $1,000,000. Crsnsral Office and Manufactory, CINCINNATI, OHIO. Pacific Branch 211 and 213 California St., San Francisco CH AS. H. DOOB CO., POBTLAHD, Agent for Oregon nd Washington Tar. hall's patent tosemsTE FIRE-PROOF SAFES. Have been tested by the most disastrous confla grations in the country.. They are thoroughly liro prct They are free from dampness. Their superiority is beyond qnestion. Although about 50,000 of these safes are new in use, and hundreds have been tested by some of Uie most disastrous c-.nflarl;ons in lh country, there is not a single in--tu.ee on record wherein one of them ever failed to preserve ' it contents jterfectly. HALL'S PATENT DOVETAILED TKNOS AND OKOOVK BURGUR-PftOOF AFEH. Have never been broken (X-u and robbed by burglars or rob' -. Hall's burglar work is .protected by letters patent, and his work cannot be equaled lawfully His patent bolt is superior to auy in use. His patent locks cannot be picked by the most skillful experts or burglar. Bv one of the greatest improvements known. the Gross Automatic Movement, our locks are ted without any arbor or spimlie passing rough the door and into the lock. Our locks cannot be oiened or picked by bur glare or experts, (as in case of other locks), and we will put from $l,0ti0 o $10, Oslo behind them any time arainst an eoual amount. THEY ARE THE BEST SAFE Made in America or any other country. One Thousand Dollar si To any person who ean prove that one of Hall's Patent Burglar-Proof Safes has ever been broken open and robbed by burglars up to the present time. C. W. POOL, TRAXELIKG AGENT. Ofiee with O. H. Dodd A Co., Portland, Oregon. C B. PABCELU, Manager. S. F. opera b throus $300! A MONTH guaranteed Twelve dollars a day made at home by the industrious. Capital not re quired; we will start you. Men .wo men, bora and girls make money faster at work for us than at anything else. The work is light and' pleasant, and such as any one can go light at. Those who are wise who we this notice will asm us their addresses at and aes for them selves. Costly outfit and terms free. Now is the usne. Those already at work, are Jay met up large sums or money. Address TKUG W., The month of February was drawing to a close. There had been a thaw, with a warm, drizzling rain all day-f but just before dark the wind changed, and great masses of inky clouds rolled np from the northwest. It grew cold very rapidly, and before nine o'clock the soft, "8po8liy" snow had become a frozen mass of ice. The morning dawned clear and bright, with the mercury only four" de grees above zero. Frosty particles glit gered in the air, and the cleared fields at the base of the distant bine Oquago Mountains seemed cased in fetters of ice. "Boys," said the father, rising from the table and going where the warm fire was glowing like molten gold in the open grate, "can't you take Mr. Fenton's aleigb home this morning as you go to sonooir as s flown niu most of the way, and you can draw it easily by hand. You will have plenty of time before school commences, and then you'll not De Dotnered to come home with the horse. . i 1 yji course, we coma taae it, just as well as not. J ohn was seventeen and I was nineteen, hale and hearty; and with our strength of muscle and ambitious spirits, we undoubtedly feft, as most young men of that age do, that we were a "full team" for almost anything. The long, yellow sleiarh, with three seats and heavy swan-necks in front, was soon at the door. The dinner baskets and books were placed therein, and each took his place at' the pole, for a brisk run along tns icy road. "Iiet me say one word to you. bovs. before you go," said father coming out upon tne stone steps. xon t under take to ride down hill. Its icy and it's dangerous. Bemembes what 1 tell yon!" "All right, we replied in concert, as we started on a run. The half mile that intervened between our place and the school bouse was soon passed. A num ber of girls and boys were running about the yard as we came up. "Hurrah for a sleigh-ride a "genuine old-fashioned good one!" I shouted, as we halted before the door. "Come boys and girls, get in. Load up the old sleigh, and go down to Mr. Fenton's with us. We'll have a glorious time, and we can all get back before school com mences. Come!" Alas, in our moments of excitement and hilarity, how soon was the admoni tion of a kind parent forgotten ! "Good!" ejaculated Harry Siggars, buttoning np his coat and drawing on his mittens. '.'Girls, getyour cloaks and shawls, and bundle up and we'll have a half -hour's fun fit for a king." In less -than five minutes the long sleigh was well filled with a laughing, merry orowd, and we were ready to start. Billy Smith stood up in front to hold the pole, and two of the larger boys took their places on the sides to steer. Herb Martin stepped behind and pushed the sleigh two or three rods as fast as he could run, and then leaped aboard. We were fairly under way. Before we had passed over ten rods, I began to see that we had undertaken a dangerous ride. On we flew, gathering speed faster and faster with every rod we passed over, until the keen air blew in our faces, and the trees and fences seemed to dash past us at an amasing rate of speed. What if we should happen to meet a loaded vehicle ? I could not help shuddering a 4 he thought. The boys who were act ing as steersmen were stout fellows, who knew their duty well; but I noticed they already had hard work, and the sleigh, with its heavy load of human freight, was getting beyond their control. We had not taken into consideration the icy road, and the weight of the load that was propelling the smooth steel sleigh-shoes with almost irresistible power. We had a good mile of down grade to ride, and scarce a quarter of the distance had yet been passed. A short way be low ns the road made an abrupt turn to the right, around a spur of the steep hill side. The ground had slid away on the lower side of the road around this turn, and an almost sheer precipice yawned below for more than 150 feet. Could we make the turn? We had little time to think. A loaded sleigh had passed along the road the tight before, and the run ners had cut deep furrows in the soft slush, which was now frozen like ada mant. Doubtless these aided in keeping our sleigh in it proper position. We dashed around the dangerous turn like wild-fire. I shuddered as I caught an instantaneous glimpse of the tall tree tops away below us, and lower still the clusters of willows that lined the icy shore of the river. At the same momenta column of white steam smoke shot np from the foot of the bank directly below us the shrill shriek of the locomotive rang fearfully in our ears. It was the up mail train sounding its approach to the station. The road extended along the steep hill side in a southwest direction for half a mile or more, when it crossed the- rail road track, near the foot of the descent. In many places the rocks had been sliced down 40 or 50 feet to form the road-bed, and a precipitious cliff extended below to the railroad track. Neck and neck we flew along, even with the great puffing iron monster below. It was a race for life; for if we met the train at the cross ing, no earthly power could save us. The engineers saw ns, and promptly sounded the danger signal sharp and distinct. It rang alarmingly in our ears, like the knell of approaching death. The steersmen grasped the side of the sleigh with the energy of despair, setting their teeth together, made a last concentrated effort to check our lightning-like earner. But the moment their feet touched the surface they were thrown violently up ward, nearly jerking them from their po sitions, and the mad runaway sleigh dashed on as before. The engineer seeing our situation as we afterward learned opened the throt tle and threw on every pound of steam the engine was made to bear. Fearing for our lives, he made the effort to pass the crossing before we reached there. It was an awful moment. The sleigh track span out behind us like silver ribbons, sod the stumps and corners of fences seemed to dash past a like flashes of lightning. Little pieces of ice from the road-bed flew spitefully in our faces, and the wind blew so hard we could scarcely breathe. Oh, how forcibly did father's kind woras oi warning come back to our re collection now, and pierce our disobe dient hearts with mental anguish! Thoughts of home and eternity passed vividly through our minds m quick sue cession. The girls clasped each other's hands, and with staring eyes and bated breath tremblingly awaited the dread moment. A moment only we had to think; and we were at the crossing, and the cri sis was at band. The sleigh struck the iron rails just ahead of the cow-catcher, and with a sud den shock, leaped forward and upward. mere was a inghtful clanging and hiss ins around us. and a deafeniner screech from the steam valves as we leaped the track. The hot breath of the fiery mon ster iainy swept in our faces as we dashed before him; and he even left his mark, in the shape of a long and deep in dentation, on the rear of the sleigh box. The girls uttered a wild shriek of de spair and two of them fainted' in each other's arms. Billy Smith sank down, pale and trembling, and the steersmen tottered and shook as though their almost palsied limbs were struck with deathly weakness. It was all. over, however. Ws had won the race; we were at the bottom of the hill, and we were safe. The engineer and fireman swung their hats, and a score of handkerchiefs fluttered at the car win dows as they dashed past us; but we were too much frightened and excited to return the congratulation. Our rate of speed diminished rapidly as we crossed the little flat, and shortly alter we struck the ascending grade, ceased altogether. The shock to our nervous systems had been considerable; but nevertheless we soon recuperated. and while the girls slowly wended their way back to the school .house, we drew the sleigh to its destination. We returned to the school room that morning ten minutes late. The teacher had heard the story of our narrow escape, but did not mention it to us then. Perhaps our blanched faces and nervous glances revealed the fact that we had learned a lesson we were not soon to forget. Aye, so it was! For weeks after that exciting event I often saw in my dreams the great, hissing iron steed just rushing upon me, and with the alarming scream of the steam whistle I would give back the answer with a despairing shriek, and awake, trembling with mortal terror. Father kindly forgave us when he heard of it, but it was the last of our riding down hill, and from that day to this I cannot witness the sport anywhere near the railroad without recalling my fearful experience, when so many oi us passed through such a narrow escape from a death so horrible. I Golden Days. Construction of cnowflakes. In the frozen clouds, high in the at mosphere, the snow appears to be formed of very slender crystals of ice. When the small drops of water which form mist and ordinary clouds, become congealed, it is probable that these drops do not preserve their spheroidal, but that they fall and take the shape of a fila ment, which freezes concurrently with its physical transformation. By virtue of the law of crystaiization, these smau filaments of ice become cohesive at angles of sixty degrees, and form the figures which, though so numerous, still appertain to the same geometrical order. Uiaisher. in his ascent toaioon oi June 26, 1863, encountered at 18,000 feet an immense clouds of snow, extending to a thickness of nearly one mile. It was a truly wonderful sight. The snow was composed entirely of small and perfectly formed crystals of an extreme delicacy. The points were visible, separate from each other, following two Bystems of crystaiization, for the angular intervals were some at sixty degrees and others at ninety degrees. The construction oi snownaxes nas 1 Li i. 3 Xl . .Umm. . . ( nl,MtHraiHl Kepler speaks of their construction with admiration; and other natural pniioso phers have endeavored to determine their cause; but it is only since the laws of crystaiization in general have been ascertained that it has been possible to throw any light upon this subject. In a circle, oi ail tne polygons wmcu can be inscribed, there is but one whose sides are equal to its radius. That is the regular hexagon, or figure with six sides. This hexagonal figure is traced upon the flowers of the field, and we meet with it also in the crystaiization of ice and snow, m the analysis of all the lorms presented to our notice. The tendency of ice to take a crystaline shape is made evident by the fern-like leaves noticeable on window panes during winter when water becomes congealed upon them. The examination of the figures of snow leads to impressions not less marked as to the existence of geometry, number and beauty in the worxs of nature. It is not merely a few ice flowers such as have been remarked in the slender snow- flakes, but there are many hundred dif ferent kinds, all constructed upon the same fundamental angle of sixty degrees. Camilla Flammarion. The Way She Ideat fled H m. A few days ago a man called at a house on Fort street east and- asked for a bite to eat. He was ref used.and shortly after he left a cloak was missing from the hall tree. The police was notified, and the other day, when they arrested a man on suspicion, they sent for the woman ' to come down to the City Hall to identify Tiim When ahe was asked if she was certain she could identify the man who had called, she 'somewhat indignantly replied: . , "Identify him! Why, I could pick him out among ten thousand!" . She was then confronted with the pris oner. She gave him a good looking over and called out: "Oh, you can't fool me! You ve had your haw dyed from, black to red since you asked for cold pancakes, but I would know you if I saw you in Texas." The captain observed bare that he never heard of black hair being dyed red, and after a brief consultation, he asserted that the prisoner's hair had not been dyed at all. ... "Well, I may posnbly.be mistaken about the hair," said the woman, "but I'll swear to that overcoat. I took a good look at it as ho went off the steps, and I know its the cost sad the man. I partus- niarxy noncsu sun, -ww . from the top was missing." Notices in Local Column. 90 cents ner line. each insertion. Transient Advertisements, per square of 12 lines. Nonnareil measure. t2 SO for first, and tl for each subsequent Insertion -in anv Aires. Leeal advertisements charred as transient. and must be paid for upon expiration. Wo charge lor publishers affidavit of publication. Yearl v advertisements on liberal terms. Pro fessional Cards, (1 Square) $12 per annum. The captain qnietily informed her that it was an overcoat he had borrowed with -in the hour, and asked the prisoner io slip on. The woman wouldn't give in for some time, but finally said: "Well, I might have been mistaken, bnt I looked square into his eves, and I know this is the man." ' 'What color did you say his eyes were?" "Blue, sir; light blue' "But this man's eyes are black coal black." So they were. The woman was dumb with astonishment for a time, but finally rallied and said: "Didn't this man wear a slouch hat when arrested?" "No ma'am; he wore a cap." "And don't you think he is the man?" "I don't think anything about it. as I never saw him until an hour ago." "Is it nositivelv niMtAnaavv that. T iilan. tify him as the man?" "No, ma'am." "Then I guess I won't. Fact is. I was a little flurried that morning, and I don't think I got a fair sight of the fellow. Besides that, I think the cloak was stolen the day before I missed it by an old woman who was selling notions." De troit Free Press. The Dress Coat In England and America It is a very notable instance of the rapidity with which an institution may be adopted and domesticated in a country that the English evening dress, rarely known in the United States twenty years ago, is now almost universal. I believe it is insisted upon more in America than in England; that is I observed that it was invariable used by gentlemen dining together in olubs, however few in num ber, and under circumstances when it wonld not be exacted here. But the rulings on dress etiquette in America do not appear to have been completely har monized. An English gentleman of my acquaintance was invited to a (gentle man's) dinner party in New York at 3 o'clock, that early hour having been adopted to suit his convenience. He went, of course, as he would have gone in .London, in frock coat and black cravat, but was embarrassed by finding all others present in evening dress. Such dress would not be allowable in England at any company not expected to extend throughout the evening. It is not allow able here at afternoon receptions, though I observed that it was so used in some parts of America. Complaints are made that certain eminent Englishmen have appeared at companies in America with out evening dress, and in some cases, no doubt, the complaints are just; hut it is possible that in other cases the English men were perplexed about the American hours. Even 6 o'clock might be a very dubious hour for dinner to an English man, who is in the habit of dinirg at o. This may be a trifling matter, bat the respect due from the gentlemen of one nation to those of another is no trifling matter. And, by the way, now that the social sanctity of the evening dress is admitted, is it quite the. right thing for Americans to wear white cravats in the morning and along the streets? One newly arrived from Europe might wonder at the num ber of clergymen in America. Grant that the white tie is cheap, light and cool, might it not be colored, if only not to mislead the foreigner? Even in America the secnlarity of the white cra vat appears to be not universally appre ciated. I heard in Philadelphia that a gentleman with a white tie, having ap peared at the gate of Girard College, was refused admission in pursuance oi the fundamental law of that institution forbidding the entrance of clergymen. The irate applicant, however, having ex claimed, "t3K to with your old col lege," the gates were at once thrown open and he was politely invited to enter. f Cincinnati Commercial. Algnet and His Cross. Mignet was agreeably surprised to hear that he was raised to the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, a distinc tion .rarely conferred on literary men who are not great public functionaries. Theirs rose to the Grand Crass on being named Chief of the Executive Power, aud Grevy ascended to it per saltum the day on which he replaced MacMahon at the Presidency. He was undecorated up to that great turning point in his life. Theirs was made a Grand Officer by Louis Philippe, but never wore his decoration, unless at official dinners. M. Barthelemy St. Hilaire has a right to wear the knot of red ribbon dear to French, but prefers keeping it in a drawer. He was decorated for the civic courage he displayed in a revolution in which he and Grevy fought side by side. Gambetta will probably remain un decorated until he succeeds Grevy five years hence. The new Grand Cross is a tough old man, going on toward ninety. He is ereot and active, and never misses a sitting at the Academy. Latterly his eyebrows have grown bushy to a phe nomenal degree. Over the ardent South ern eyes, the brightness of which time has not dimmed, they appear like a snow-covered thicket. Mignet rarely uses a hackney coach; he walks a great deal, and when he has a long distance to go he rides in an omni bus. He resides in the house of Mme. Thiers, in the Bue d'Aumale, on the first floor, and has been there almost since it was built nearly forty years ago. She, for his convenience, opened a sheltered passage between it and the garden of her own residence, so that he could run in to dejeuner and dinner without discomfort. Mignet is one of Mme. Thiers' executors. During her last illness his nephew, whom he brought up, was in constant attend anee on her as a doctor. The new Grand Cross belongs to a set of men who never smoked and whose intellectual facilities were vigorous to the last to-wit,Guiwt, Thiers, Dufaure, De Bemusat, Gaultwr de Bumilly, Cousin and Barthelemy St. Hilaire. Mignet is old enough to re member the murder cf General Brun by aBoyalist mob at Avignon, where he went to school -PaU Mall Gazette. A young fellow once offered to loss a Quakeress. "Friend." quoth she, "thee must not do it." "Oh, but by Jore, I must," said the youth. "Well, sa thee hast sworn, thee y &o t, but thee must not make a practice of it.