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Published Every Friday Morning RY M. S. WOODCOCK. SUBSCRIPTION RATLS: (Payable In Advance. ) Per Year Six Months . Three Month. 1 JO Sinele Copies. Per Year (when-not paid In advonce). . ....... 3 00 All notices and advertisements intended for pub eation should be handed in by noon on Wednesdays. Rates of advertising made known -on application. SOCIETIES. A. R AND A. M. CorvalKs Lodge, No. 14, A. F. and A. M., meeU on Wednesday evening, on or preceding full moon. JOHN KEKSEE, W. M. Rocky Lodge, No. 75, A. F. and A. M., meets on Wednesday evening after full moon. s. . BELKNAP, W. M. R. A. M. Fergttsoe Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M., meets Thurs day eve ;nz on or preceding full moon. " . " WALLACE BALDWIN, H. P. K. OF P. Valley Lodge No. 11, K. of P., meets every Moir day evening ' W. H. MANSFIELD, C. C. J AS. READMAN, Jr., K. B. S. I. O. O. F. Barnum Lodge, No. 7, I. O. O. F., meets every "lay evening- T. C. ALEXANDER, N. O. A. O. U. W. Friendship Id?e, No. 14, A. O. V. W., meeU first and third Thursdays in hEBhoELROY( M. w. W. C. T. U. Regular business meetings first Saturdays ill leacli month, at the Evangelical church, at 2:30 P. M. Prayer meeting every Saturday at same hour. A cordial invitation is extended to all. Mrs. Nora Williams, Pres. Mrs. T. Gratiam, Sec. CHURCH DIKECTOKV. BPTIST CHURCH SERVICES.-Preaching evorv second and fourth Sabbath in each month at the College Chapel, by the Kev F. P. Davidson. Services begin at 11 a. .,and(i:30 r. m. All are m Tited. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Regular services very Sabbath morning and evening. Sunday Shoolat the close of the morning service. Prayer meetimr Thursday evening at 7 o clock. Public cor dially invited. H. P. DLNMMJ EVANGELICAL CHURCH Services regularly ev ery Sabbath morning and evening, unless otherwise announced. Sunday school at 3 r. M. each Sabbath. Prayer meeting every Thursday at 7 r. u. The publi cordially invited ' Rsv. J. Bowkrsox, Pastor. M E CHU RCH There will be public services at the M. E. Church every Sabbath at 11 o'clock It the morning. Sabbath school at 3 o'clock each Sabbath. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. M E CHURCH SOUTH -Services every Sabbath at 11 A. . and 7 r. M. . at the college chaiwi. Sunday chool at 9:30 a. . Prayer meeting Friday evening at 7 o'clock. Public cordialiy invited. J. R. N. BELL, Pastor. ATTORNEYS. M. S. WOODCOCK, A.ttornev - at - Law, Corvallis, - - Oregon. KELSAY 8t KEESEE. attorneys - at - Law. Corvallis, - - Oregon. 19-22-yl. A, CHENOWETH. F. M. JOHNSON. CHENG WETH & JOHNSON, attorneys - at - Law, Corvallis, - - Oregon. 19-2Gyl C. MADDEN, A J. J. 4- T . n TTCT -CA. 1 1 u r ii c y jlj v, CORVALLIS, OREGON. Will oractice in all of the Courts of the State. 18:5Syl E. HOLGATE, A-ttorney - at CORVATjLIS, Law, Oregon. dnftial I is VOL. XIX. CORVALLIS, OREGON, NOV. 24, 1882. NO. 48. W. C. Crawford, JEWELER. ON HAND A LARGE assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, etc. AM kinds of repairing done on short noticd, and all work warranted. 8:33-yl TTEEPS CONSTANTLY LV as EC . E. HARRIS, One Door South of Graham & Hamilton's, CORVALLIS, - - OREGON. Groceries, Provisions. DRY GOODS. CoraHis, June 24, 1882. 19-19yl C. W. PHILBRICK, GENERAL Contractor and Bridge Builder, AT Corvallis, Oregon. Will attend promptly to all work under his charge. 19-27yl E. H. TAYLOR, Real Estate for Sale. Will sell a farm of 478 acres for less than $18 per acre, being one of the cheapest and best farms in Bentoi. county, situated 4 miles west of Monroe, of a mile from a good school, in one of the best neigh borhoods in the state with church privileges handy. About 130 acres in cultivation, and over 400 can be cultivated. All under fence, with good two story' frame house, large burr, and orchard; has running water the vear around, and is well suited tor stock and dairy purposes. This is one of the cheapest farms in the Willamette Valley Also, two improved lots on the main business street with small stable, woodshed and a good, comfortable dwelling house containing seven good rooms. These lots are nicely situated for any kind of business pur poses. For fnrther information enquire at the Gazette Office. NERVOUS DEB11ITY. 4 Sore Core Guaranteed, DENTIST The oldest established Dentist and the best outfit in Corvallis. E. E. C. WEST'S NEKVE AND BRAIN TREAT ment, a specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Convul ons. Nervous Headache, Mental Depression, Loss of Memory, Spermatorha;a, Itnpotency, Involuntary emissions, premature old age, caused by over exertion, Belf-abuse or over-indulgence, which leads to misery, decay and death. One box will cure re cent cases. Each box contains one month's treat ment ; one dollar -abox, or six boxes for five dol lars ; sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price. We guarantee six boxes to cure any case. Wii each order received by us for six boxes, accompanied with five dollars, we will send the purchaser our written guarantee to return the money if the treat ment does not effect a cure. Guarantees issued only by WOODARD, CLARK & CO., Wholesale and Retail Druggists, Portland Oregon. Orders by mail at regular prices. 19-13 y 1 CONSUMPTION CURED An old physician, retired from active practice, having had placed in his hands by an East India Missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh. Asthma, and all Throat and Lung affections, also a positive and radical cure for general Debility and all nervous com plaints, after having thoroughly tested its woiutertul curative powers in tnousanas oi. cases, feels it his duty to make it known to e 11 rpi. Til, f.-ll nis sunenng ienows. tuc recipe witu iuu particulars, directions for preparation and uso, and all necessary advice and instruc tions for successful treatment at your own home, will be received by you by return mail, free of charge by addressing with stamp or stamped self-addressed envelope to UP.. M. B. tH.L,li, 161 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, Md 19:2yl All work kept in repair free of charge and satisf ac on guaranteed. Teeth extracted without pain by he use of Nitrous Oxide Gas. tFTRnoms up-stairs over Jacobs & Neugass new Brick Store, Corvallis, Oregon. I9:27yi HUTTON & HILLIARD, BL ACKSMITH IXC ANX Carriage and Buggy Ironing, Done Neatly. HORSE-SHOEING A SPECIALTY. Corvallis, Oregon, 19-27m6 OCCIDENTAL HOTEL. Corvallis, Oregon. CANAN & GiB LIN, PROPRIETORS. PECIAL attention given to collections, and money and Con- n O collected promptly paid over. Careful and prompt attention given to Probate matters. veyancing and searching of records, Ac LOANS NEGOTIATED. WUlgive attention to buying, selling and leasing real estate, and conducts a general collecting and busi ness agency. Olflce on Second Street, one door north of Irvin's hoe shop. 18:43yl ? PHYSICIANS. f . A. JOHNSON, 3?h.ysiciaru Surgeon, And Electrician. Chronic Diseases n ade a specialty. Catarrh suc e'sfully treated. Also Oculist and Aurist. Otfice in Fisher's Block, one door West of Dr. F. A. Vincent's dental office. Otfice hours rom 8 to 12 and from 1 to 6 o'clock. 19:27yl T. V B. EMBREE, M. D !Physio .sua 5b Surgeon. Office 2 doors south of H. E. Harris' Store; COEVAI,LI, - - OKEGON. Residence on the southwest corner of block, north and west of the Methodist church. 19:21-yrl. h. K. FARRA, M. D., T'h.ysiclan & Surgeon THE OCCIDENTAL is a new building, newly furnished, and is first class in all its appointments. RATES LIBERAL. Stages leave the hotel for Albany and Yaquina Bay aionaayg, v eunesuays anu rnuays. Large Sample Room on First Floor for Commercial Men, 19-35 ly THE YAQUINA HOUSE! Is now prepared to accommodate travelers IN FIRST-CLASS STYLE. FOR MEALS AT ALL O-SLV 25 HOURS CENTS. HORSE FEED Constantly on hand, at the LOWEST LIVING RATES. Situaued on the Yaquina Road, half way rom Corvallis to .Newport. 19:12yl. - P. BRYANT. J. W. HANSOlSf, MERCHANT Good Brick kept (constantly on hand at Mrs. L. A. Dennick's Brick Yard, near the flouring mill, on the new ferry road South of Corvallis. 19-33m3 Forest fires. The idea that the best way to pre vent forest fires is to burn all trash and small limber growth annually seems to gain popularity. One who is well posted in forestry matters says: "If the undergrowth is kept down and dead matters not allowed to accumulate, there will be no fire to hurt the live trees. We know of a piece of woods that is burned under every year by sparks from the Read- ng Railroad locomotives, but the standirg timber has never been ih ured. It will not cost a thousanth Dart as much to clear out all the brushwood in the United States as we lose in one year by the forest fires and the true way to preserve our for est start from here. At any rate, the dea removes the great objection to forest planting that it may get burned. If rank vegetation id kept down for a few years during the growth of the forest it will, by its own shade, keep down the growth hereafter. A HOME FOR SALE. Four lots nicely situated in Corvallis, Ore- gon, with 1 GOOD DWELLING HOUSE Barn and out-houses. Will sel; all or oly two lots. Call at the Gazette office or on 38-m3 W. H. WHEELER. NEW FIRM! AGEICIILTIlEiL IMPLEMENTS We have in stock, the Deering Twine Binders, Deering and Standard mowers, Minnesota Chief Threshers, Morrison Plows, Minnesota Riant aii Stillwater Ensines. Elwood mounted Horse-Power, Centennial Fanning mill, eel ehmted Buck o ve line of Seeders and Drills. we also Keen me ceieurabcu ituiKtrnwi ttuu Ketchum wagons. june2yl W. H. MILLHOLLAND. PORTER, SLESS1NGER & CO, Manufacturers and Jobbers of THE CELEBRATED IRON CLAD BOOT & SHOE. These Coods are Warrant ed not to rip. All Genuine have the trade mark "IKON CLAD stamped thereon. 117 Battery Street, San Francisco, Cal. GOODS FOR SALE AT MAX FRIENDLY' S Corvallis, Oregon. nPFlCE OVEE ORAHAM V Dru? Store. Corvallis, Oregon HAMILTON & CO"S 19:25yl MISCELLANEOUS. J. H. NORMS, WAGON MAKER, Philomath, Oregon. Black smithing and Wagonmaking a specialty. By constantly keeping on hand the best materials and doing superior work, I expect to merit a share of public patronage 32m3 i. U. Kukris. Next door North oi Post Office, CORVALLIS, OREGON. F. J. Hendrichson, Boot and Shoe Maker, Philomath, Oregon. I always keep on hand superior ma terial and warrant my work. I aek an examination oi my goods before purchasing elsewhere. 19-32-lyr F. J. Hendrichson. F. J. ROWLAND, Blacksmith & Wagonmaker, Philomath, Oregon. Mr. Rowland is prepared to do alt kinds of wagon making, repairing and blacksmitbing to order. He uses the best of material every time and warrants his work. lp-32-lyr 15120 par day at home. Samples worth (5 free Address Stinsoo & Co., IVrtland.Me. Pantaloons made, to order of Oregon Goods for $7.50. English Goods, $11. French, $14 US' Suits from $30 to $60. "B Cleaning and Repairing done at ReawnaM Rat I8:51yl CORVALLIS Photograph Sallery. PnOTOGBAPHS FROM MINATTJEK TO LIFE SIZE. First Class Work OnlyT Spying in all branches. P nee of all kinds Copying i firewood taken at cash prices. and E. HE8LOP. 27 c week. SIS a day at home easily made. Costly outfit free. Address True Co., Augusts, Me, POETLAND BUSINESS COLLEGE (Old ' NATIONAL," Established 1S66. 128 Front St., Between Washington and Alder, PORTLAXD, - - - OREGON. An institution designed 'for the practical business education of both sexes. Admitted on any week-day of the year. No vacation at any time, and no exam ination on entering. Scholarship, for Full Business Course,i$60 PEN WORK Of all kinds executed to order at reasonable rates. Satisfaction guaranteed. The College Journal, containing informa tion of the course of study, when to enter. time required, cost of board, etc., and cuts of ornamental penmanship, from the pen of Prof. Wasco, sent free. Address A P. ARMSTRONG, Lock Box 104, Portland, Oregon. A Similar Case. 'Jack, I heard you have gone and di-ne it. Yes, I know; most fellows will; Went and tried it once myself, sir. Though, you see, I'm single still. And you met her did you tell nier Down at brighton last July, And resolved to ask the question At a soiree? So did I. I suppose you left the ball-room, With its music and its light, . For tbey say love's flame is brightest In the darkness of the night; Well, you walked along together, Overhead, the starlit sky, And I'll bet old man, confess it You were frightened. So was I. So you strolled along the terrace.' Saw the summer moonlight pour All its radiance on the waters As they rippled on the shore; Till at length you gathered courage, When you saw that none was nigh Did you draw her close and tell her That you loved her? So did 1. Well I needn't ask you further, And I'm sure I wish you joy; Thirk I'll wonder down and see you When you're married eh, niy boy? When the honeymoon is over, And you're settled down, we'll try What? The deuce you say! Rejected! you rejected? So was I! Divorce In New England (Stateman). Of the frequency of divorce in New England, the Interior says that "it probably conies of an over -supply of literary culture and an under-supply of domesticity they are too literary and too stinsy. There is not enough variety among them too much sameness of novels in the library and of boiled beans in the kitchen. It is not human nature to fttand so much of George Eliot along with so little to eat. Who ever heard of a man getting; a divorce from a Pennsylvan ia gill one who- knows the mystery of a fried chicken and waffles? or from an Ohio, Kentucky, or Indiana girl, who understands the true in wardness of hot corn-bread and fresh butter? or from any of their daugh ters in Missouri, Iowa, or anywhere in the Northwest?" United States Meat Production. The following is from the Hon. J R. Dodge statistician at Washington for an estimate which shows that the annual production of the different meals in the United States, taken in their green state as slaughtered, is as follows: Number. Dressed hogs. 28,000,000 Beeves 5,250 000 Veals 3,000,000 Muttons 7,000,000 Lambs 5,000,000 with which we have no concern and retailing gossip which is no business of ours to handle at all, there is not a hair's breadth to choose. Each is equally the sign of litter and entire vulgarity; and if the one is the bull's eye, the other is the gold. But both are faults to be found growing as rank as weeds by the wayside; and it would be hard to count ttpO'n One s finsrers, amongst our latest circle of acquaintances, those who are abso lutely free from the vice of gossip and the vulgarity of curiosity. Ex. Ilia Gazette Job Printing Office is complete In every respect, and are prepared to do all kinds of C0MMlciAN0fllTlul At Reasonable Rates When ih need of letter heads, hill heads, envelopes, statements, or in fact anything in the printing line givo us a call. Satisfaction guaranteed. Give us a Call The Age of Seeds'. Some twenty years ago a few grains of wheat were found in the tombs of sotno ancient mummies in the south of France, supposed to have been fully 2,000 years old. It is said that this wheat was planted and pioduced the astonishing yield of 1,200 grains to one, and the French government assumed charge of the matter, and when the product had in creased sufficiently, this new wheat was distributed throughout the em pire. The result, according to official reports, showed ati immense increase over the yield of the ordinary varie ties. As a raturaV result quite a craze ensued in regard to sowing old seeds of other plants. The excite ment reached the United States, and some agriculturists commenced Sav ing, melon, beet, corn and other seeds until they became four, six and eight years old, and upwards. The theory was that a ret of years, instead of months, gave the seeds unusual vital ity and more prolific powers of repro cdution. Many of the experiments proved otter failures, and no remark able degree of success seemed to at tend on any. Much surprise was ex pressed in some qnarters at such ' re sults, especially as the reports of the unusual productiveness of the mummy wheat appeared to be genuine. Those who had carefully noted the progress of the matter, referred the wheat suc cess to the fact that each package of wheat sent out by the French gov eminent contained detailed instruc tions in regard to the best mode of cultivation, which all recipients were enjoined to pursue faithfully. It may reasonably be doubted whether any wheat from .the case of a mummy ever sprouted at all; but the lesson ih improved agriculture was sent abroad all the same, and performed its work remarkably well If the wheat cultivators of California would take more pains to procure good seed, and cultivate their fields and harvest their crops with due care, there would be no need that they should look to the catacombs of Egypt for seed with which to secure a marked increase in the yield of their fields. AGRICULTURAL NOTES. Corn in the field is selling in Fay ette couuty, Ky., at 35 to cents per bushel. Morris Hickman Of Cape Girar deau county, Mc, this season raised id lbs. 2 oi of potatoes from a sing le slip, or stem. It is estimated that the value of farm products in Kansas, for 1682, will reach $176,000,000, or an aver age of $880 for each of her 200,000 families. Four years ago, Nathan Gill, re siding on Platte river, Worth county, Mo., set out 800 apple trees, the crop from which this year will bring him $350. At Oneohta, Oneida County, N. Y., 240 bales of last year's hops were recently sold at TO cents a pound, the highest price ever obtained there for year old hops. At last reports, western dairy but ter was selling in New York at 25 to 27 cents per lb., fancy creamery at 35 to 36 cents, and Jersey eggs 31 to 32 cents per dozen. About 120j000 miles of barbed wire was manufactured last year, on which a royalty of 75 cents per 100 pounds amounting to $90,000 was paid, mainly by farmers, to an un scrupulous and heartless monopoly. The exports of tbutter, oleomarga rine and cheese from New York city, from May i, the beginning; of the season, up to October 18, was as fol lows: Butter, 30,874 lbs.; oleomarga rine, 23,477 lbs; cheese, 1,019,295 lbs. Mohair from a sixth cross with Angora goats recently sold in Boston for 60 cents a pound more than double the price of wool. An An gora ranch started in South Africa in 1865, recently clipped 3,000,000 pounds of mohair, worth in England $800,000. Dr. O. M. BlahtOn, Greenville, Miss., from 256 colonies of beeS, in 1882, gathered 23,000-pounds of ex traded honey, an average of ninety pounds each. An Arkansas bee- keeper, living on the opposite side of the river from the Doctor, claims to have gathered 588 pounds Of extrac ted honey from a single Colony. Pamphlets, circulars, and general Job printing dte on shurt notice both neatly and cheaply; protests against a certain course the editorial room is taking, it ought to be respectfully listened to There arealwayB two sides to every ques- tion. Suppose all the newspapers pitch in as they sometimes do and denounce a certain public enterprise, a projected scheme of railroad legis lation, or a peculiar system of bank ing, or a co-operative mining inter est, and the counting room sends Op word that the Company advertise heavily with us; shall we go and join indiscriminately in that hue and cry. or shall we give our friend the ben efit of the doubt? HowelTa Modern Instance. Pounds. 5,120,000,000 3,125,000,000 275,000,000 350,000,000 100,000,000 Total 50,250,00 8,970,000,000 For several years ' past the expor tation has feeefl about one-fourth of the pork products and nearly one twelfth of the beef. A small amount of mutton is exported, and little else. About one sixth of the domestic meat products are exported. In the above, poultry, game and fish are not considered. The average supply, upon the above estimate, is 150 pounds per capita, against 101 for Great Britian and fifty-one for France. Most of the consumption of meats in Erance is in Paris and the towns. The average annual con sumption of a family in the country there would barely supply fof a month a family in the United States. Gossip. Gossip is a patent sign of vulgarity in heart and mind. Intellect that never rises beyond the small mean facts of personal history, fluidity which cannot keep to itself what has been told even in confidence, and that goes about swelling molehills into mountains! can claim no respect, make out no case for itself against the decree of gross, vile stupid vul garity recorded against it. it is as 1 thoroughly vulgar as is curiosity; o-nri netwoAn nrvinsr into thinsrs Alexander H. Stephens' Old Home. Just before leaving his old hora "Libei ty Hall," Crawfordsville, for Executive Mansion at Atlanta, Ga., the Other day, Alexander H. Steph ens went through the house with the gentlemen who had come to escort him to the capital, and talked freely of the history of the place. "I bought this house," he said, "in 1842; and to-dav for the first time it is to be closed up. We are packing tip every thing, and the house wiil be closed except for Mr. O'Neil, an old friend of mine, who is now approaching his ninetieth year, and who wHl continue to live here. This room (a bedroom adjoining the library) was occupied the night it was finished by Smith O'Brien, the last of the line of the Irish Kings of Munster th3- grand est man, in some respects, I ever knew. I never entertained a greater man." Mr. Stephens was unmistak ably sad on leaving the old plaee. and sader still Were his tenants and neighbors to see him eo. Crowds greeted him at every station on the wav to Atlanta. Passing Madison he exclaimed, "There is where spent the most miserable part of my life. I had just left college, and, full of aspirations and ambitions, had to settle down into the lifa of a peda gogue. It was intensely distasteful to me, and the three months I spent at Madison were the darkest of my life." The reception given him at Atlanta is described as one of the most imposing demonstrations ever known in that ity. Montana Cattle Trade. Four years ago not to exceed 5,000 Or 6,000 head of cattle came out of Montana and sought Eastern markets via. the Northern Pacific and its con nactions. This eeason the .northern. Pacific handled 18,000 head out of Montana between September 1 1th and October 11th. The daily aver age now coming bUt of the Territoryj is, practically, all that the railway has facilities for landing; and Will make an aggregate fotf the present month Of nearly or quite equal to that of the four weeks above record ed. During the season up to the 1st of September about i0s000 head came out,',so that to the present time it may be estimated in round num bers that the Northern Psciio has brought ont of Montana not less than 32,000 head, with the season not more than two-thirds passed. These figures very clearly demonstrate that the tide of shipment eastward of Montana cattle will now ih the chan nel of the Northern Pacific to the limit of the capacity of that channel, and that St. Paul must of necessity become one ot the intermediate hand ling points it should be the one great distributing center for this soon-to-be vast traffic. St. Paul Pioneer-Press. Cattle snippers Scared The rapid growth in the dressed beef trade between Chicago and sea board cities promises a revolution in the cattle shipping business. The refrigerator cars are at last receiving that recognition that they have been fighting for, for the past ten yearst and in the future they must prove a most imprtrtaut factor in the matter of live stock transportation. The prejudice againfet western dressed beef has greatly died out at the East the past year, and its consumption has increased two or three fold. Chi cago slatighteters have invaded to Baltimore, Washington and JNew York markets-, and are selling dress ed beef in those cities to snch an ex tent as to greatly alarm local butch ers. At a recent meeting of Balti more tiitcbeis, resolutions were pass ed" denouncing this unequal compet- ition, but they proved utterly impo tent. Shipments of western dressed beef to their city continue as large as ever, and the rapidity with which it is sold indicates its growing popularity atnorig consumers. In Nevv York this trade has increased to such an extent as to seriously effect the live cattle market there. Train loads of dressed beet are received daily and find ready sale to shop keepers, who are underselling local butchers to such an extent as to make tlieir business a losing one. To make this competition, ft butcher in Washington market olaim ed that Ihey were forced to sacrifice $10 on every carcass. It is an un equal fight, they claim, and they are justly fearful of the future. The business of supplying eastern cities with dressed beef is yet in its infancy and there is every evidence Of its steady and rapid glOwtb. Shippers ot live cattle east and the butchers there are alarmed alike at the form- id able ness of this new departure, and there are those in trade who prophe sy a revolution in the cattle shipping business east. "A Paper Does no Good Till it Pays;" "Look at the churches themselves! No church can do any good till it's on a paying basis. So long as a church is in debt it can't secure the best talent for he pulpit or choir, and the members go about ieeling dis couraged and out of heart. It's just so with a newspaper. I sav that a newspaper does no good till it pays: it has no influence, its motives are always suspected, and you've got to make it pay, by hooli or' by crook, before you can hope to to forward any good cause for it. That't what I say. Of course,' he added, in a large smooth way, "I'm not going to contend that a newspaper should be run solely in the interest ot the count But 1 do con Items of Interest. October 3, 1843v TJ. S. Senator Lewis F. Linn died at his home, St. Genevieve county, Mo. John D. Defrees, for many year superintendent of public printing, died at Washington City, on the 19th ult and was buried at Indianapolis on the 2 1st. When a man comes to me for ad vice, I find out what kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him; this satisfies him that he and I are two as smart men as there is living. Josh Bittiiigs. Gen. Irwin McDowell, retired from the army in October, on account of" age, (64 years), under the recent act of Congress, was given a banquet on the occasion by 600 of his California friends. He will continue to reside in that State. There is a splendid chance for good sermon by some popular preach eron the methods of the present campaign in St. Louis. It might be called "The Beer Test in Politics," Globe, ttemocrat. The Cape Girardeau (Mo.) Dent ocra, a staunch Democratio organ, has bolted the nomination of Hon. L H. Davi!; candidate for re-election, and hoisted the name, of A. B. Car roll, Republican. All right Let tb bolt proceed bott are lawyers. Admiral Hubh Young Purviance, a retired officer of the United State navy, who fifty years ago waa dis tinguished in the history of this coun try, died at his residence in Balti more, on the 21st ult., in the 83 year of his age. He was born ia 3 .Ui : . I. XTr at. oil' twd that, when the counting roOml more, Mai oh 22, 17 99.