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SOCIETIES.
A. F. AND A. M.
Corvaliis liodire, No. 14, A. F. and A. M. ; meets on
Wednesday evening, on or M.
Bocky Ijodge, No. 75, A. F. and A. M., riieets on
Wednesday evening after M LKNAP w. M
R. A: M.
. S. R. A.
M., meets Thurs-
sfc niuiaii rhrmtrr. No.
- Z 1 mi niuwlmlr full moon.
" " " WALLACE BALDWIN, H. P.
K. OF P.
ninf8' 1WKH?MALeDT..r
ItS. WSADMAN.Jr., R. K. 3.
I. O. O. F.
BaniuiH Lodge, No.
I evening.
7 I O. O. F., meets every
T. C. ALEXANDER, N. O.
A. Oi U. w.
Friendship Lodge, No. 14, A. O. U. W., meets first
fld third Thursday, in - M w.
W. C. T. U.
Regular buslneas meetings first Saturdays m each
month, at the Evangelical church, at ;.30 P. M
Prayer 'meeting every- Saturday at same hour. A
cordial invitation is extended to all.
Mrs. Nona Williams, Pres.
Mrs. T. GRAHiU, Sec.
'IIt RCII DIBECTOBV.
BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES.-Preaching
every second and fourth Sabbath in each month
U S College Chapel, by the Rev. F. P. Davidson.
Service. begin at 11 a. M.,and B:30 T. M. All are In
vited. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. -Regular services
verv Sabbath morning and. evening. Sunday
Shoolat the close of the morning service Praj er
meeting Thursday evening at 7 o'clock. IT.b" cor"
Sially Invited. V DL Pastor.
EVANGELICAL CHURCH-Servlces regularly ev
ery Sabbath-morning; and evening, unless orvr,se
Enounced. Sunday school a 3 r. m. eacl. Sabbat
Prayer meeting every Thursday at r. M. ine
Dubll cordially invited
' ' rSv. J. BonnRsox, Pastor.
M E CHURCH There will be public services at
he K E. Church every Sabbath at U o clock 11 the
morning. Sabbath school at 3 o'clock each Sabbath.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7 o .-lock.
M E CHURCH SOUTH Services every Sabbath
at li a ' H and 7 p. m. , at the college chapei. Sunday
school at 9:30 A. M. Prayer meeting Friday evening
at7o-clock. P'i-BELL. Pastor.
3f)
. a. -at tinmfl Milv RinilR. COStiV
outfit free. Address True & Co., Autrusta Me.
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WASHINGTON. .
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We refer here, to the Post Master, the Supt. of the
Money Order Div. , and to officials of the U. S. Patent
Office For circular, advice, terms, and reference to
actual clients in your own state and county, address,
C. A. SNOW & Co.,
J9.8 Opposite Patent Office, Washington, D. C
Heal Estate for Sale.
Will sell a farm of 478 acres for less than 818 per
ere, being one of the cheapest and best farms in
Benton 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 barn and orchard; has running
water the vear around, and is well suited for 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-
PCA!valuable-fami all under fence only 2, miles from
Corvallls'of 150 acres, 80 acres now in cultivation, the
balance of it can be cultivated; about 20 of it now in
wheat with a fair house good barn and granery.
will be sold at a bargain.
Two unimproved lots In Corvaliis Or. One of the
choicest building places In the city for sale reason
ante. Four unimproved lots except fenced in Corvaliis
Or. The chbicest building place In the city for sale
reasonable.
For fnrther information enquire at the
Gazette Office.
NERVOUS DEBIHTY.
1 Sure Core Guaranteed.
Rv E. C. WEST'S NERVE AND BRAIN TREAT
mnt. a srjechic for Hysteria. Dizziness. Convul
sions. Nervous Headache, Mental Depression, Loss
of Memory, Spermatorhaia, Impotency, Involuntary
AmWtiiftnfl' nrematurc old ace. caused by over
exertion, self-abuse or over-indulgence, which leads
to misery, decay a'nd death. One bo will cure re
cent cases. Each box contains one month's treat,
ment ; one dollar abox, or six boxes for ftvo dol
lars : sent bv mall prepaid on receipt of price. We
marantic- afc boxes to cure any case. With each
AMmr received bv da for six boxes, accompanied
with five dollars, wo will send the purchaser our
written guarantee to return the money if the treat
ment does not effect s cure. Guarantees issued
only by . .
WOOPARD, CLARK & CO.,
Wholesale and RetaH Druggists.T'ortland Oregon
Orders by mail at regular prices. 19-13 y 1
VOL. XIX
CORVALLIS, OREGON, DEC. 22 ,188
NO. 52.
ATTORNEYS.
M. S. WOODCOCK,
A.ttornev "at Law,
Corvamjs, - - Oregon.
KELSAY & KEESEE.
A-ttorneys - at - Law.
Corvallis, - - Oregon.
19-22-yl.
C. MADDEN
Attorney at
CORVALLIS,
Law,
OREGON.
Will oractlce In all of the Courts of the State.
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E. HOLGATE,
Attorney - at
Corvallis,
Law,
Oregon.
SPECIAL attention given to collections, ana money
collected promptly paid over. Careful and
prompt attention given to Probate matters. Con
veyancing and searching of records, Ac
'LOANS NEGOTIATED.
Wi give attention to buying, selling and leasing real
tate, and conducts a general collecting ana ousi-
ncss agency. ,
Office on Second Street, one door north of Irvln s
shoe Bhop. ia:4jyi
PHYSICIANS.
P. A. JOHNSON,
Physician, Surgeon,
And Electrician.
Chronic Diseases nade a specialty. Catarrh succ
essfully treated. Also Oculist and Aurist.
iffiV in Flutter's Block, one door West of Dr. F.
. Vincent's dental office. Office hours rom 8 to H
nd from 1 to 6 o'clock. l:27yl
T. V 6. EMBREE, M. D., '
Physic ian & Surgeon,
Office t doors south of H. E. Harris" Store,
Corvallw, - - Oregon.
Residence on the southwest corner of block, north
and west of the Methodist cnurcn.
19:21-JTl.
d CAUDA m n
u. Hi rni".n m w-,
Physician & Surgeon.
J. W. HANSON,
MERCHANT TAILOR
and dealer in
Ready Mad e Clothing,
Next door South of Post Office,
CORVALLIS, OREGON.
Pantaloons made to order of Oregon
Goods for $7.50.
English Goods, 911. French, $14
tarSuitt from $30 to iGO.m
Cleaning and Repairing don. at Reasonable Rates
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NEW PlftMf
AGRICULT1IRAL IMPLEMENTS
We have In atock.the
Deering Twine Binders,
Deering and Standard Mow?r,
Minnesota Chief Threshers,
Morrison PIowp,
Minnesota Oiant and Stillwater Engines, El wood
mounted Horse-Power, Centennial Fanning mill, cel
ebrated Buckeve line of Seeders and Drills.
We also keep the celebrated Whitewater and
Ketchum wagons.
. Iune2vl W. H. MILLHOLLAND.
rVFFICE OVER ORAHAM
O Drag Store. Corvaliis, Oregon
HAMILTON & CO'S
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MISCELLANEOUS.
F. J. ROWLAND,
Blacksmith & Wagonmaker,
Philomath, Oregon.
Mr. Rowland is prepared to do all kinds of wagon-
makimr. repairing and blacksmithing to order. He
uses the best of material
his work.
every time and warrants
iw-az-iyr
J. IT. NORRIS,
WAGON MAKER,
Philomath, Oregon.
Blacksmithinz and Waironmaking a specialty. By
constantly keeping on hand the best materials and
doing superior work, I expect to merit a share of
public patronage. aziiu n. humib.
F. J. Hendrichson,
Boot and Shoe Maker,
Philomath, Oregon.
I always keep on hand superior ma
terial and warrant mv work. I ask an examination
of my goods before purchasing elsewhere.
IT ivr ITT r . J. oeuunciiwjii.
P. H. Sawtell.
19:40 ni3
Music for Everybody.
MERRILL'S j
INGENIOUS
METHOD!
COPYRIGHI SECUrcEB.
For starring children and others in the ciil-
trne of Music. It overcomes the drudgery
of leanrinc; the elements of Music by rfleas
ant amusement. This new method teaches
yon all about the Musical Staff, Degrees of
the Staff, Clefs, Notes and Rests, Scale,
Intervals of the Scale, Location- of Letters
on the Staff, and their relation to the Keys
of the instrument (This is very important
With children) Flats and Sharps and their
n. All the different Keys, how to form
Chords' or musical words. It teaches the
syllables. Do, Re, Mi, etc. , in singing. It
contains a complete musical catechism; It
is multum in parvo. All this is learned
while the learner is amusing himself by
playin? familiar tunes. Persons with no MU
SICAL talent may play the tunes, as the
guide is such' that he cannot strike the
Wrong key. Full directions and four pieces
of music accompany the Method. Sent by
mail for $1.00. Address, -
CHICACO PIANO CO.,
78 &80 Van Buren St., Chicago, 111"
44-m3
A HOME FOE S ALE.
Four lots nicely situated in Corvaliis, Ore-
gon, with
1 GOOD DWELLING HOUSE,
Barn and out-houses. Will sell all or only two
lots. Call at the Gazette office or on
38-mS W. H. WHEELER.
W. C. Crawford,
J EWELER.
PORTER, SLESSINGER 4 CO,,
Manufacturers and Jobbers' of
THE CELEBRATED
IRON CLAD
BOOT&HOE.
These Coods are Warrant
ed not to rip.
All Genuine have the trade mark "IRON CLAD"
stamped thereon.
117 Battery Street, San Francisco, Cal.
GOODS FOR SALE AT
MAX FRIENDLY' S
Corvaliis, Oregon.
THE TAQTJINA HOUSE!
Is now prepared to accommodate travelers
IN FIRST-CLASS STYLE.
FOR
MEALS AT ALL
ONLY 35
HOURS
CENTS.
HOESE FEED
Constantly on hand, at the
LOWEST LIVING RATES,
Situaued on the Yaquina Boad, half Way
rom Corvaliis to Newport.
19:12yl. BRYANT.
H. E. HARRIS,
One Door South of Graham ft Hamilton's,
CORVALLIS, . . OREtiOS".
Groceries,
Provisions,
Com.il is, June 24, 1882.
-A3
GOODS.
19-19yl
C. W. PHILBRICK,
GENERAL.
Contractor and Bridge Builder,
AT
Corvaliis Oregon.
Will attend promptly to all work under
his charge.
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AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
T. T. Montnef, Boone county, Mo.
this year produced an ear ot corn
containing 1,820 grains.
Beans contain 10 per cent more
food nutriment tban wheat beans
84 and wheat 74 per cent. but it
takes a Yankee cook to get the ex
cess ont of the beans and make them
palatable and healthful.
Apples are worth $3 to $4 per bar
rel in the Atlantic cities. In one
week, recently, 23,000 barrels were
shipped from New York city to
Liverpool, and the expectations are
there will be a large foreign demand.
This will tend to keep apples in the
West at good prices.
Rye for Future.
Lincoln, Nebraska, Farmer.
There is probably no crop so val
uable to the stock-raiser as rye. It
may be sown in the fall atiy time
after the last plowing of corn up to
the time of the freezing of the ground,
and even just before the last plowing.
This is particularly the best time
where fall pasture is wanted, but as
the season is too far advanced now
for getting a fall crop, it may be
sown to advantage for spring feed
ing. The same amount of spring
feed can be had in no other way so
cheaply as with rye; it comes on just
at a time when stock most need good
feed, we may say between hay and
grass. At that season of the year
stock are most liable to be thin in
flesh and dninty in appetite; the con
tinuous feeding of dry .feed having
turned them against it, they require
a change, and nothing but green
feed will satisfy them; besides, there
is no. better medicine for stock when
they have begun to look rough with
their hair pointing toward their ears?
than a good green pasture. -
Salting Buitr
The Dairymac
Butter is usually salted in accord
ance With the demands of the mark
et to which it is to be sent. American
butter is generally salted at the rate
of about one ounce to the pound
erhaps the greater part of the
sweet-cream butter has halt oi less
than halt that quantity. In the south
of Europe, indeed all Latin countries
oil is in more general use than butter
and nnsafted butter is preferred The
Parisian custom of serving butter en
tirely unsaited is sometimes aped in
England and some ot our American
cities, but as a rule the markets de
mand that the butter shall carry
more than half an ounce of salt.
Unsaited butter will keep forever
provided if, is butter and only butter.
But the butter ol commerce is never
pure, it retams more or less ot the
other properties ot the milk, and it
is these which, while they add very
much to its valrfe, are subject to al
most immediate deterioration, and in
turn tend to injure the butter itself.
Even salt will no longer preserve
them. Unsaited butter does not
"keep." The use of salt in butter is
more for flavoring than for preser
vation purposes. The protection and
preservation of butter are due far
more to the package than to the salt
which is put in it.
SI $20
per day at borne. Samples worth 85 free
Address Stinson & Co. , Portland, Me.
A NASAL INJECTOR free with each bottle of Slit.
lob s Catarrh Remedy. Pnco 50 cents. Sold at
T. Graham's.
SfiBLOH'S VrTlLIZER is what you need lor con
sumption, loss Ot appetite, dizziness and ail symptoms
oi ayspepeia. i rice iu ana toe a Doiueat uranam a
THERET. GEO! H. THAYER; of Rourbon, Imt,
M.VS- "Both mvself and wife owe onr lives to SH1-
M0 CONSUMPTION CURE." Sold at T. Gr
Con
at T.
ARE YOU MADE miserable br Indigestion
So'd
htipation. Dizziness, Loss of Appetite, Yellow Skin ?
pwitiv cur
f-hiloh's Vlulizar is
Graham
ON HAND A LARGE
T7i
,1V assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, etc.
All kinds of repairing done on short noticd, and all
work warranted.
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CORVALLIS
Photograph Gallery.
PIKTOGRAFHS PROM MINATURK TO
' tUFE SIZE.
First Class Work Only!
CoDvittir'in all branches. P
firewood taken at cash prices.
uce of all kinds and
E. HESLOP.
HUTTON & MILLIARD,
B L AX K SMITH IXG AM)
Carriage and Buggy Ironing,
jbone Neatly
HORSE-SHOEING A SPECIALTY.
Corvaliis,
Oregon,
ltMHnu?
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL.
Corvaliis, Oregon.
CANAN & GlBLIN, PROPRIETORS,
TTTE OCCIDENTAL i a new building,
newly furnished, and is first class in all its
appointments.
RATES LIBERAL.
Stages leave the hotel for Albany and Yaquina Bay
. ... , i j ,i ...
jionaays, neuirouajswiu e,to.
Large
Sample Room on First
Commercial Hen.
Floor for
19-35 ly
E. H. TAYLOR,
i
DEUTIST
The oldest established Dentist and
the best outfit in Corvaliis.
All work kept In repair free of chanro and satis fjc
on guaranteed. Teeth extracted without pain by
he use of Nitrous Oxide Gas.
MTRnnnn nn-stairs over Jacobs A Neugass new
Brick Store. Corvaliis, Oregon. 10:27yr
,
cultiihsls From all paits of the coun
try, and the papers read and discus
sions which followed were instruc
tive and of great intarest to all who
are engaged in husbandry. Repre
sentatives of the leading agricultural
colleges were present, and the sub
ject of practical education was fully
and exhaustively treated.
Commissioner Loring recognizes
the apparent fact that the live-stock
interests of the eonirtty exceed all
others in importance, and while he
designs a programme covering all
branches of agriculture, he announces
that the producers and the represen
tatives of the dairy interests will
be especially invited to take part in
the convention, with a vie of arriv
ing at the most comprehensive and
intelligent methods for the extensions
of these industries which aro rapidly
reaching proportions of the greatest
magnitude. The time is not distant
when America will supply at least
one-sixth ot the meat consumed by
foreign countries, and Commissioner
Loring deserves the thanks of Amer
ican producers for the opportunities
offered at these conventions to com
pare notes, and enable them to more
readily meet the demftndS of people
on the other side of the water, in
whose minds the prejudice against
American minds is rapidly disappear
ing.
A Pointed Illustration.
Did vou ever hear the speech of
ye successful but modest candidate,
after he had left no stone unturned
to secure his nomination and election?
If so you will appreciate the follow
ine: Olson, a Wisconsin thief, made
a little speech to the prison officials
on arrival at that institution the oth
er day, somewhat after this fashion:
"I assure you gentlemen, that this
olace has sought me and not t the
places My own affairs demand all
my time and attention, and I truly
say that in selecting me to fill this
position I am taken entirely by sur
prise, though many of tbf friends
have repeatedly told me that. I would
bring up in the State senate or the
State prison. Had I consulted my
own wishes I should have eprempto-
rily declined to serve, but as I am in
the hands of my friends, I see no
other course but to submit."
at Waab-
KHILOH'S CATARRH REMEDY a positive cure
for Catarrh, Diptheria and Canker Mouta. Bold at
G ralTstL's.
week in tout own town. Tends and IS outflt
free, .address B- HsEett & OaoHKae, Me.
Annual Agricultural Convention
ington D. I.
Visksburg, Hiss., Planter's Journal. .
The annual convention of agricul
turists, which was held last year, un
der the auspices and direction of the
Commissioner of Agriculture, proved
of invaluable service to planters, far
mers, stock-raisers and general pro
ducers in all sections of the country,
for whose benefit it was organized
The evidences o its success and ad
vantages have been made so appar
ent, and are of such a gratifying and
satisfactory character, that Dr. Lor
ing considers himself justified and
necessitated to call a second meeting
of the convention oi agriculturists,
which he announces will be held at
the department at Washington, com
mencing on January 20th next, and
will continue one week. The date of
the convention has teen fixed ten
days later than last year, to avoid
interfering with the various State
conventions and other gatherings of
farmers which are usually held about
the first of the year.
The meetings last year were large
ly attended by representative agri- gate.
Jk Kan of Experience.
A Boston merchant, who has been
in business many years and aecumu
lated a large fortune and who still
manages one ot the most extensive
establishments in that city, in the
course of conversation with the rep
resentative of the Journal a day or
two ago, said, in answer to the sug
gestion that he was having a rush of
business:
"Yes," replied the proprietor,
big rush partly because it is holi
day season, but mainly on account of
advertising."
"How can yon tell whether adver
tising nays, and what papers are
good mediums?"
"1 can tell that advertising pays
by stopping my advertisements.
I've tried it. Trade drops: not at
once, but the tide of purchasers flows
some other way. The cash receipts
tell the story."
"Is there any difference in the
sharpness of the buyers I mean do
they haggle much over prices."
"Oh, no; we sell at one price and
all the best stores in Boston do the
same. They will sometimes say
they can buy such and such a thing
cheaper elsewhere. When they men
tion the place, we send and see if it
is true,and if so, we mark our stock
down."
"Suppose you should give up ad
vertising ?"
"Well, 1 should save a big pile of
money the first year, but I should
lose a bigger pile the next two years.
Ton must fceep the boiler heated if
you want steam. If you bank our
fires too long, it takes time to start
up. Advertising is the steam which
keeps the business moving. I've
studied the matter."
, e
A writer in a scientific journal
combats the popular notion that
night ait is injurious to health. We
never supposed it was, unless the
dog were to break loose while the
young man was lounging at the front
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STOCK DEPARTMENT.
Three hundred head of Kansas
stock cattle near Emporia sold for
$8,500.
Eastern markets are demoralized
by the invasion of Western dressed
beef.
The Colorado Courier reports the
arrival ot a load of fine stock hones
direct from Kew "5fork,
The Mason City, lowaj Express
tells of a pair' of twin calves, year
lings, the property of J. R. Adams,
that Weigh 1,05)5 pounds each;
The Barbour county (Kan.) Index
reports Missouri cattlemen seeking
stocks and locations and going away
on account of the crowded range.
Scab is said to have been eradi
cated from New Zeeland and almost
driven from Australia, by a law im
posing a penalty of $500 for every
case of scab found after seven months
from the date of the going into
effeet ot the law.
An excellent foot wash for sheep
with sore feet Is a solution of arsenic
or blue-stone mixed with water, two
ounces to the gallon of water. Make
shallow troughs, place in your chute
and drive the sheep through it; or, if
you have but a few sufferers, make
them stand in a box in which the
solution is standing, say from two to
four inches in depth.
There are sqme common-sense
rules in fattening stock, the Value of
which every farmer must acknowl
edge. The animal must be comfort
able and contented to do its best
To insure this condition, they mnst
have plenty of good, clean water,
easily accessible, to drink, plenty of
good, palatable food which they can
eat in quietness and undisturbed, be
sides have quiet, pleasant compan
ions in the field that do not book or
bite.
Disease is often the. direct conse
quence of filth. It is not only cruel
to keep a sheep in filthy pens but it
is poor economy. Our advice to
flockmasters, therefore is, to clean
their sheep corrals frequently and
see to it that there are no pools of
dirty, stagnant water around, either
on their ranges or near their bed
grounds. Such places are hot beds
of disea se, and it will cost ten times
as much to keep them as to get rid of
them.
Exerclsd.
Hartford Conn., American Poultry Tard.l
Keep the hens busy and a great
deal is accomplished. Prevent them
from having much extra time to
stand around and think whether th ey
are paid as much as they earn, and
you may prevent a strike among
them, resulting in a refusal on their
part to furnish any more eggs. Ac
tivity and energy are the antidotes
for more ills tban we have any idea
of. What a miserable, wretched
world this would.be, to be sure,
we weren't allowed to work. Daniel
Webster said: "The longer I live
the more I am convinced that it is
employment that makes people hap
py."
For the poultry yard heed the
following hintt Now is the seasou
of the great harvest of dry leaves
and the careful pdultr j "dealer will
do well to gather them. We are
glad to see that a previous suggi
tion of covering the hen-house floor
with some such materials for this
purpose a suggestion . originally
made by ourselves has been favora
bly received by thg agricultural press
and in a variety of forms repeatedly
insisted upon. There is nothing that
promotes the contentment and thrift
of poultry than "scratching for a
living."
Freights and Charters.
The San Francisco Commercial
Herald says: Tonnage continues to
accumulate and grain freights to de
cline to 40s per ton, and even less
for large carriers. The disengaged
fleet in port is 88,000 tons, which is
four times greater than H was! one
year ago. The fleet to arrive within
five months Js Zt,000 tons; same
time in 1881. 286WO tons, and m
1880, 18e,000 tons. On tho berth
there ate some 4;000 tons, Which is
less than on3-half -what it was one
year ago.
A good degree of activity
observable in the grain markets. Ex
ports of wheat continue liberal, with
some slight shadiBg off , in price for
the higher grades. In fact, stocks of
wheat are waning, and in many de
pots inland the warehouses are near
ly depleted. Millers as welt as ship
pers find more or less difficulty-in
securing choice lots. On Call few
transactions have been recofded ot
late, and as there is considerable
variance in views as to the stock yefi
remaining in the State, and as many
predict a dry season, We do not look
for any activity Until the new yeaf
opens and stocks are taken, jmow
we quote the market for spot. Wheat
at $1 GSl4l I2i $f ctl. Barley con
tinues to be the chief attraction at
the Produce Exchange Call, with
large transactions in futures.
Washington Letter.
(From our Regular Correspondent):
VYASriiNGTON, D. C, Dec. 4, 1882.
The national colors have agairt
been run Up at each end of the cap-
itol indicating that the Senate and
House are in session. The usual
crowd made up largely of transient
visitors assembled to witness the
opening of Congress; all the galleries
were crowded to overflowing and
many who Were unable to obtain ad
mission remained outside In the lob-
bies or strolled about the corridors
Th" opening scenes in the Senate and
in the House Were no variation from
the familiaf routine. Until the speak
er's garel fell the House was as bois
terous as bedlam, while the Senate
preserved its traditional dignity so
well that it seemed almost superflu
ous for the Falstaflian vice president
to Call it to orden
The roltnnda of the capitol pre
sents a curious appearance to its
familiar habitrteS. The historic pic-
tures of the signing of "The Declara
tion of Independence," "The mar-'
riage of Pocahontas," "The Sufrend-'
er of Cornwallis" and others have
been concealed under maroon cur
tains, and in their place are bung
numerous paintings of smaller size
leaned to the Garfield monument
fair. The old ball ot representatives
is full of gatidy pavilions in which
are sold as great a variety of articles
as can be found at a country store.
The ignoble temporary use to which
the capitol has been put seems at first
jarringly out of place; but oh reflec-
tion, one remembers that his country
capitol has been the scene of bolder:
bargains and less innocent traffic. It
is doubtful if the Garfield fair will
realize the expectations of its mana
gers. The attendance has not been
as large as was expected, and the
booths, with the exception of the
one managed by the professional
beauty, Miss Gipsie Gilbert; have not
paid. Miss Gilbert has not only bus-'
tained her part in the Langtry role,
but she has established1 a repntatrori "
as a saleswoman by strict attention
to business. With a voice as sweet
as Bernhardt's she asks you to buy a
Garfield poem for thirty-five cents
those eyes and teeth and that cheek
are irresistible, but the poem is 9
wretched gilt edge doggerel of the
adulatory style, probably-written by
some one who wanted a government
clerkship.
It is thought that this Will be an
interesting winter 1ft Washington
politically and socially. The forty--seventh
congress will expire by lim
itation on the 4th of March,- and it is
expected it will make the most of'
the brief remnant ot its term. Lenb
comes very early this season, and
society is expected to "dance till
morn when youth and pleasure meet.'
Wealthy and distinguished people
are arriving from all quarters, for the
reputation of the new Washington as
the fashionable winter resort of this
county is established. Many will
remain here throughout the entire
season, while many more will make
shorter visits or Hying excursions to
the city. Not to have seen this meccar
of the politician, this paradise of the
wealthy and of the fashionable, this
microcosm of everything- Araerican
is to have missed much. .
The appropriations committee of
the House has two bills ready for
immediate attention. Some members
and senators talt as if they intended
to work twenty-five hours a dn y front
now until the fourth of Marcl .- Thw
country need not hoWerer 1 n-m$
Niagara of legislation l-origress
will as usual assemble aborrt ii M.
and, if it has a quorum, pfow---l t'er
business. It will adjourn about 4 P
M., and take a good Cbriitmai rest
of two Weelp,
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