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THE COKVAUJS GAZETTE, FKIBA1?, O0TOBEn-3, ISM. .(teals ferfte; S8USD IVHT FRIDAY MORS ISO T ttSJ&asfiS GONOTEE, SUBSCRIPTION RATE3 ferTesr. W 00 S Month 1 0U Thre Mimth. IS Single CopiL.. 5c On Vssr (when not paid in iihuctU t M ABOUT NURSERIES. The census bulletin iu regard to the nurseries of the United States gives the total number at 4510, valued at $41,97S,S35 and occupy ing 172,806 acres acres of land. The business engages $52,425,609 of capital, employs 45,657 men and 3279 women, and produces annual products estimated to be worth in round numbers 1100,000,000. There were found growing in the United States 95,025.42 acres of trees, plants, shrubs and vines of all ages, and figures based upon the best estimates of the nursery men make the grand total of plants and trees 3,3S6,S55,778, of which 51S,016,612 are fruit trees, 6S5, 603,396 grape vines and small fruits, and the balance evergreens and deciduous trees, hardy shrubs and roses. California is credited with 166 nurseries, occupying 11, .144 acres of land, worth on an av erage $290.0S an acre and having a total valuation of $4,158,S61.5S. In extent of acreage planted in nurseries we are surpassed by sev en, states. New York coming first with 24,840 acres, and in the val ue of land per acre we are sur ' passed by the District of Colum bia, where the value is $500, and by the states of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Vermont. It . should be noted, however, that the price of nursery lands has been found in many cases to be de termined more by its proximity to a city than by the value of their products, and this is especially the case in the District of Columbia and the states where the price is rated highest. The rates of wages paid for labor in nurseries '- in the different states varies consid erably. They are highest in Ida no, where the rate is $1.87$ a day and lowest in South Carolina, where they are 60 cents a day. The variation, however, does not follow sectional lines, as in Flori da the average wage is $1.10 a day, while in Delaware it is $1, and in Massachusetts, where the rate is $1.63, wages are nearer the luauu Dwuuiiiu iuau iu vamuruia, where they are $1.57 a day. Ow ing to the fact that this is the first time that . nurseries have been made the subject of special census inquiry there is no way of accu rately 'estimating the recent growth of the industry. The first nursery established in America of which there is any record was that of a man named Price, which was ctartcwl at. TTlncriirnr Tjnar Telanrl. . - ""oj o " 7 about themiddle of the last cen tury and for more than a hundred years it was continued by his de scendants. ' '.- .. Fanaticism is the outgrowth of . ignorance, manifesting itself where truth "has but little connection with thought, . The religious fa natics of. the day" do not influence the development of great moral truths or religious activity. On the contrary, they generally put a check to the "force , f moral ; pre cept and cause ridicule to encroach upon truth. Ridicule, Landon lias truly observed, is harmful ? to vtruth, and these fanatics do more to provoke ridicule than any other class of public proclaimers. Thus they harm truth by raising public opinion; to a pitch of ridicule, and . moral precept is left to languish with danger and doubt. In a re cent instance, for illustration, one of these fanatics dared to soil and minify the moral magnitude ..and majesty of Scriptural precept, ; by advocating, through its insirumen olitw an h a claimed: certain doc- VJ J WW w . f " trinal -ideas of his own limited conception, concerning the com ing of the last iudjrment. These ianatics v" excite very little' atten tion nowadays. ' The "common heid'-Miave as close proximity . to knowledge as ; the individoal to whom they give ear, and their at- tendance is oceasiooed by curiosi ty njy. ; It won't do to fanatieize in these day s of practical wisdom, in the search, lor lunaamentai Among alL the tributes to the memory of James Russell, one of the most, fervent in feeling .arid expression is that of W: T,' Stead,' the editor of that excellent maga zine, the Review of Reviewers. He writes from the standpoint of one who was helped to higher standards in living by the words and example of the poet and scholar, and the words in which he expresses his gratitude are not doled out in any meager measure. He does not " hesitate to say that "neither on the one side of the At iantic nor on the other - is there a poet left us whose verse is in stinct with so much inspiration, or one who has in him so, much of the seer of these latter days. lie was only a lad of fifteen when he first felt the inspiration of Lowell's word, and from that time on until he reached manhood and thereaf ter, he found health, strength and comfort in his utterances. Mr. Stead calls Lowell's interpretation of Christ's teachings "a real gospel with grip in it, which is far from cut and dried dogmas." It will take mints of money just now to prepare the exposition grounds for the World's fair to say nothing of the $7,000,000 to be spent on the great buildings. Here are some of the interesting figures: Grading and filling, $450, 000; landscape gardening, $323, 600; viaducts and bridges, $125, 000; piers, $70,000; waterway improvements, $225,000 ; railways $500,000 ; steam plant, $800,000 ; electric lighting, $1,500,000 ; stat uary, $100,000; vases, lamps, etc., $50,000 ; lake front adornment, $200,000 ; water supply and sew erage, $600,000; other expenses, $2,000,000; total, $5,593,500. Be sides these total expenses of or ganization, administration and op eration of the exposition is esti mated at nearly $5,000,000. This takes no account of the sums to be spent by the government, the states or foreign nations, without which we have a grand total of over $19,000,000. Where will the money come from? If it is, as is sometimes claimed, intuition rather than common sense that guides woman to her conclusions, intuition has the call. Woman has at all events, shown most conclusively during the past week her superiority to man in the matter of holding conventions; and if her guide was intuition it is a better guide than logic When men hold conventions they ap point them for the hottest months of the year, when travel is ... most uncomfortable, and the difficulties of accommodating one's ..' self to strange surroundings in tha matter of bed and board are worse than at any other season . of the year. Woman, on the other hand, selects for her conventions September or October, when travel is a delight and when the most critical person can, without much discomfort, ad just herself to novel surroundings. This is why the meeting of the American Society for the Ad vancement of Women,' at Grand Rapids, and of the Young Women's Christian Association, in Chicago, have been so successful. '.' It is interesting to learn from a press anecdote that an. American who called upon Tennyson was corrected by -the poet for his use of "awfully," declared to' be an "Americanism" which was as ob jectionable Co the Laureate as the slang use of the adjective "bloody." It happens that the slang use of both these words is of cockney derivation says the Pittsburg Dis patch' .Nevertheless it is satisfac tory to learn that the American citizen who had adopted either specimen of English slovenliness, was properly crushed by the Lau reate. We can forgive the latter his inaccuracy with regard to' the origin of the terms, in view of the pertinence of his reproof. ; There were two Generals Sher man during the civil war Thom as W. .Sherman and William . Te cumseh Sherman. The former led t an ; expedition against Port Royal, South Carolina, at the opening of " the war, and ; proved himself an able military ? man. Does anybody kabw , whether he was a family connection of Gener al William Tecumseh Sherman? He died in 1878. The Louisiana ; lottery is still alive and ..active and the latest liews is to the 'effect that the lot- tery men are somewhat ahead in that state. They have succeeded in capturing the Democratic cen tral committee, which is composed of ninety members. There is an unusually bitter fight for the con trol of the committee, but the. lot tery men had a small majority on a test vote, and are greatly re joiced t hereat. . The governor of the state is highly indignant over the conduct of some half a dozen friends holding office under him, who deserted the anti-lottery sec tion at the last minute ' and went over to the other side. It is al ways the most effective manner to educate public sentiment in order to make successful any public ref ormation, and the people of the United States must do this if they would rid the country of gambling and gambling games. Judge White, of the South Da kota court, must be a survival of the "wild cat" days when business men did not dare to go to bed with a dollar bill in the house because they" were afraid it would depreci ate from 10 to 50 per cent, in the night. He has just decided that it is unconstitutional for the legisla ture to undertake to legislate for the regulation of banking because it is a private business. Logically he will be compelled, if the ques tion as to the constitutionality of laws against lotteries ever comes before him, to hold that the legis lature is powerless in respect to those institutions also. A lottery is as much a private business as a banking office; and in some sec tions of the country the one is just about as risky as the other. It is said that Bellamy has clear ed $16,000 of the proceeds of his book, "Looking Backward." A man can afford to advocate almost anything now-a-days if there is money in it, but we are led to wonder if Bellamy would take to the woods with his. $16,000 if na tionalism were really to be precip-. itated upon us at an early day. There is nothing like having the government a subject of tlie peo ple. Bellamy's scheme would en slave us, and make the people subjects of the government, In dependence is power. ' Dr. Talmage. the great Brook lyn divine, preached a sermon on the alarming increase of suicide, and attributes the cause of it to either infidelity or insanity. Many snap the bond of terrestrial life because they recognize a glorious someweere or a pleasant nowhere so far as the future is concerned, and tired of earthly turmoils they quit life thus precipitately. The insane man Dr. Talmage does not remark responsible forself-immd-lation, but the - one who, - in the possession of his" reasoning facul ties, suicides, had better look out for the shackles of eternal death. The bland celestial continues to filter himself over the Canadian border without let or hindrance, exclusion laws to the contrary notwithstanding. Four hundred, it is said, have come across at Kingston within' the' last two months.. The only way to stop this thing is to cut off the pigtail of every mother's Chinaman that can be laid hold of and then turn them loose on the Canadian side. They would be specimens of such awful retribution that the average Chinaman would riot stop flight this side of Hudson Bay. The successful struggle of' the great ocean liners with wind and wave during the past ten days is calculated to give the public confi-! dence in their staunchness and safety under any circumstances. The gales which they 6afely out rode were the fiercest of modern times; and while the passengers suffered a good deal of discomfort they do not appear to have been at any time in serious peril. It is a pity that some of the great steam ers did not try the effect of oil on the waters.. The opportunity,, was an excellent one. . -. - - City improvements . make Corf vallis look better. ; AlL we need now" are additional cottages" for rent. The demand for them is in creasing. , - .JA convict m one of the peniten tiaries in Pennsylvania has - fallen heir to fl,000,000and it is nbw announced that he was innocent of the crime of which he was con victed, and that a movement has been started to get him released. It is very pleasant to know that the man is innocent, for it would never do to release him simply be cause he has become a millionaire. The only matter of regret is that somebody did not find out he was innocent before he inherited the fortune. rS. Jose Mercury. The great crowds of men and women that waited in the ceme tery all day the body of Parnell laid to rest on Irish soil, attest the love and honor which Ireland has for her lost leader. It would be well if all factions. of her people, re membering his loyalty to Ireland, could forget his faults and their own quarrels and above his grave join harmoniously in establishing a united Ireland as an enduring monument to his name. .The World's Columbian Expo sition promises to be the most stu pendous affair known to the mem ory of man. Think of it! Every conceivable character of interest will be exhibited, and every sec tion . of . the' earth will present a brilliant display of representative fruits, cereals and vegetables. It will be a grand school of profitable education to those who may be so fortunate, as ' to attend.- The world will be there, and all the achievements of civilized iife. . 'Tis astonishing what things are found out on a man when he runs for office. .The mean Republican papers charge that Flower, the Democratic candidate for governor of New York state, sent over to Lunnon for a coat-of -arms and a crest for his .carriage and silver, dontcher know. The worst of it is they prove it, . and Tammany is mad, while the mugwumps fold their hands in silent prayer. As torian. . " The Democrats in Ohio are mak-! ing rash predictions on the elec tion of Campbell, but of course, this is where it always ends. No reasonable man'' has ventured to question the 'certainty of Mc Kinley's success' by an increased majority. If the Democrats cap ture the legislature, they will Michiganize . the state, and thus secure a majority of its vote in the electoral college. Ohio is Repub lican. ; . The poor of Europe are suffer ing the pangs of hunger, while the American farmer is selling his wheat at an advanced price. "It is an ill wind that blows no one any good," is an old saying, and a truthful one in many instances. If the crops in Europe were not short this season, the wheat of the United States would not be pur chased at the present high figures. A newspaper writer rises to re mark that spanking is a lost art. Well, mebbe; but it is safe to wa ger that this newspaper man is an only and spoiled - child. Had he been laid across the maternal knee in youth and felt the stinging ap plication of the maternal hand - or carpet slipper (as the case '., might be) he would depose and say oth erwise. '.. . S . In a few years the population of Cor vallis will be doubled. We can easily discern metropolitan manifestations throughout the city and the outside world will make a note of this. The plow factory is now a reality,'.and there will cer tainly generate a healthy boom, just such as Corvallis needs. The next thing is a cannery. . , Geu. Miles's statement of the reasons tor the Sioux outbreak of a year ago is an arraignment of the United States government and of its traditional policy of dealing with tlie red men. There needs to be an; absolute change in this re gard. - The Indian should be civil ized instead of being supported in idle savagery." . . ; It has been resolved by the Chi nese government to make no more concessions ' to " foreigners - outside of the treaty ports; and hereafter any native selling land, to a for eigne'r .-for settlement' or ; residence will be severely punished. ,.:Po6b. Richard says.i "time is money ' 'Poor Richard," it will be remembered: was1 at one time a country editor, and like common class of today, he probably was compelled to take most of it out in "time." He thus knew, the value of it, being that "time" was all he cOuld get. Unlike Henry Clay, Governor Hill would rather be president than be. right. If he continues his present course , in political life, there is not much likelihood of his ever being either. .Hill is a dirty politician, and a shyster of the first magnitude. ; It is said that the war, secreta ryship stands between Elkins, of West Virginia, and Estee, of Cali fornia, to succeed Redfield Proc tor, who is going to the senate from Vermont. The Gazette would like to see a Pacific coast man in the cabinet. Tuesday will be a great day for the people of the East. The ques tion of paramount importance to both Democrats and Republicans is, How will the Farmers' Alli ance stand when the polls close? The Alliance is certainly much weaker than it was one year ago, and this will go a long way toward Republican success next Tuesday. The year of '91 will go down or up in history as the year in which all the racing records were broken. Sail, steam, trotting, pacing, run ning, jumping, etc.; in all the de partments of speed the partici pants have displayed speed hither to unheard of. ' John P. Irish gets the benefit of some scathing Examiner write- ups recently on his proposition re garding the postoffice site at San Francisco. The Examiner and Irish are decidedly at outs, and have been for some time. . The question of Irish leadership agitates the land of Erin. John Dillon may prove a forcible polit ical figure to succeed Charles Stew art Parnell: but there are many aspirants for distinction just now, and the successful one is the ques lion. ... We are informed that the em press of Japan is quite musical, and plays the koto. How delight full If the koto is anything like the kazoo, what a charmed life the emperor must lead. A New York physician has kill ed himself by drinking too strong coffee. Caffeine, tannin and nico tine are as deadlv as alcohol if taken in corresponding doses. Blaine has got back to Wash ington. 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