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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
Seed Peas.

Mr.. James Dougall, of The New York
Witness, makes an interesting state
ment and suggestion concerning Seed
Peas:
s'By a mistake, nearly all the earli-
est part of the crop was gathered for
family use before we noticed it, and
fearing that the rest might go the
same way, we pulled up the vines when
the pods were quite green and hung
them up to dry. The peas had then
attained about their full size, but
when shelled out were quite green in
color though shriveled. This spring
when about to SOW them, we found the
color still green, but the peas were
shrivelled and shrunk up to less than
half their size; the pea when at matur-
ity is a smooth, white pea. Thinking
that many might not grow they were
sown rather thickly; but every pea
started, and they have grown very
fast and strong, and are taller and
better than some fully-ripened peas of
the same variety soWn at the same
time. Might not this method, if fol
lowed out, prove destructive to the
pea-bug? Had these peas contained
any bugs the shrinkage would have
crushed the life out them.'
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
Some Valuable Hints.

Sugar loses part ofits strength by
boiling.
Tomatoes are nice with cream and
sugar
Never wash raisins; wipe them with
dry cloth.
Wrap fruit jars with paper to keep
out the light.
Figs are good boiled five minutes
and served hot.
Keep preserves in dry place; seal
with flour paste.
Boil coffee in salt sack; it is nicer
than egg to settle it.
Put soda in sour fruit for pies and
they will require less sugar.
After pairing fruit drop it in cold
water to prevent it changing color.
A little sulphate of potassa added
to preserves prevents fermentation.
Glaze the bottom crust of fruit pies
with white of egg and they will not
be soggy.
Always put little soda in milk
that is to be boiled, as an acid is form
ed by boiling.
Seal the juice left from canning fruits
in small bottles and keep for making
fruit pudding sauce.
Do not boil vinegar for pickles.
Boil the vegetables in salt and water,
drain and pour the vinegar on.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
The Wastes of the Household.

While the well-known saying that a
French family could live with elegance
on what an American housewife throws
away is frequently Illustrated in fam
lilies where waste can be ill afforded, it
is also true that, in eight cases out of
ten, this relegation of cold bits to the
offal pail or ash barrel is not caused so
much by extravaganza as by the lack
of knowledge of how to dispose Oft them
in any other way. The dainty utili-
zation of scraps is a subject that well
repays the thoughtful study of any
housewife, and even the least original
cook can often "evolve from her inner
consciousness" an appetizing dish from
cold fragments that at first sightappear
utterly unpromising. In this matter,
however, the mistress must generally
depend upon her own brains. Few
hirelings have the keen interest in their
employers welfare that would urge
them to save couple of pennies here
and five or six there. Fewer still, with
the best intention in the world, know
how to do it or appreciate that it is
in the minor economies that true saw
ing consists. What difference does it
make if those scraps of cold bacon
left from breakfast are summarily dis
posed of in the swill barrel, or if that
bit ofcorned beef-too small to appear
upon the table again-is bestowed
upon the first basket beggar who
presents himself? And if these escape
that fate from the extra conscientious
ness of the housekeeper, they are too
often converted into the Ubiquitous
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
THE FARM AND FIRESIDE.
Farm MISCELLANY.

DR.. F. M. Hexamer suggests good
way 'To orenovate old garden ground, y
by seeding alternate parts to clover or
some other green manure crops; or to
grass for a few years. Thus ssthe soil
becomes sufficiently supplied with veg
etable matter, the most frequent de-
sideratum in old gardens" Another
advantage is, this system favors con-
centration of fertilizer and tillage upon
a smaller surface, rather than spread
ing too thinly over all, and the result
is as large a crop as would be secured
from twice as much land inadequately
fed and cultivated.
The great problem profitable farm
ing consists in making the soil increas-
ingly fertile. He who builds up bank
account at the expense of the fertility
of his soil is not to be considered a
wise husbandman or successful farmer.
There is no better safe deposit for
farm products than reinvesting them
in the farm itself. Not only is it a safe
deposit, but any investment made in
this direction is certain to yield pay
ing dividend annually.
According to the rules governing the
registration of pedigrees in the Ameri-
can Short-horn Herd Book no animals
are eligible to entry therein unless
their lineage can be traced, in all cross
es, to imported ancestry, or to ami
mails previously recorded. This rule
seems to be based upon the idea that
no number of crosses of pure blood
will avail to produce uniform type
where the foundation is an unregister-
ed native COW. The governing the
publication of the British Short-horn
Herd Book is more liberal, allowing
the entry of all Short-horn bulls,
whose pedigrees show five consecutive
crosses of recorded bulls, and of all
COWS having four such crosses.-Sand-
erS.
On the danger of the cattle plague
Hon. Jas. Wilson says: cit is some
time since practical men begun to speak
of this danger The disease was then
located on the Atlantic seaboard.
Now it is next door neighbor. Mis-
souri, cannot ship east or west. She
can drive into Iowa and who can tell.
One drove will pollute Iowa. Thegov-
ernor has done all for us he can. 1t is
high time we did something for our
selves. If the disease should be dis
covered soon in Iowa and investiga
tion show that traders have contain
mated several counties as they did in
the states that are suffering, and it is
further found that to stamp out the
disease will require a large sum of
money, are we any better prepared for
such an emergency than the other
states that look helplessly on while
the disease spreads?
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
Queer Visitors Who Take Grover
by the Hand Every Day.

Washington Special to the Dispatch.
There is a queer crowd tthe Execu-
tive Mansion every day to shake hands
with the President. He gives his pub
lie audience in the East room daily at
1 o'clock, and there gather men, wom-
en- and children, mostly strangers and
non-residents, to take him by the hand.
One fellow came cooked and primed
with set speech. He was near the
end of the line, and as he got to the
President he raised his voice grand
iloquently and said:
81 am honored, sir, to be allowed to
take this hand. Now is the winter OF
our discomfort made glorious summer
by the son of New York. I am" and
here the usher fired him past his mark
to the Presidents great relief
A little girl comes next and says:
"Mr President, I want to give you a
good shake, one for myself and one for
my little brother Willie," and the
childish eyes sparkled.
''Tell your little brother Willie,"
said the President, smiling as he grasp
ed the tender hand, "that Iwould like
to have him come and give me a good
shake for himself"
The crowd passed on, and brace OF
pretty girls took their turn The
President is very human, and if he
held on to the maidenly hands lit
tie longer and pressed them a little
more tenderly, it was but natural.
Farmers and mechanics and matrons
and dudes and people of every degree
take their turn and pass out. For
each the President has word or a
smile or both, replying with happy
tact to the various remarks. It is
only moment, but to most of the
visitors it is moment of a lifetime
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
How Kit Carson's Life was Saved

From the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
During the last war thegreat Navajo
tribe of Indians were on the warpath.
The First Regiment N. M. Volunteers,
commanded by the great scout and In
dian fighter, Col. Kit Carson, was Or
dered to subdue and bring them into
subjection. Major Joe Cummings,
who had organized one of the first
companies of the regiment, and as
brave man as ever lived, was one
day riding at the head ofthe command
with old Kit, when the following Incl
dent took place: Kit was dressed in
his old suit of pepper-and-salt, while
the Major was in full reg1mentals, even
to epaulettes. While Kit hated dress
and tinsel, the other lived to dress.
They were now nearing a canon, and
Kits well-tralned eyes were the first
to discover the smoke of the redskins
ascending from the neighboring noun
tains, telegraphing the approach OF
the soldiers. 1t was then that the big
hearted old trapper and patriot turned
to his friend and said: "Joe, you had
better change your coat and hat, and
put on q blouse and slough hat, for
we will soon have hot work, and the
varmints will surely aim for the COM
mander, and as you have on your
regimentals they may take you for
me; at any rate you make splendid
target" The Major answered.: "Col-
onel, it is no time now to go to the
rear" They were the last words ever
uttered by the brave Cummings.
Bang! went a rifle, and as the smoke
curled up beside a rock the brave
Major fell mortally wounded, pierced
between the eyes by the unerring aim
of a hidden foe, amid the wild yells OF
the savages, hidden from view, who
imagined they had killed the greatest
scout that ever lived.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25

peating his formula, "All right, guv'
nor" he fell back-dead. He had sue
ceeded in his escape, after all.
lowered up the body, and think
ing no one would be likely to come
near the spot, drew it aside near the
rock which l should recognize again,
and started off, walking brisk1y to
Princes town, considering many things
by the way. went to the prison, and
came back with some wardens to show
them the spot; and, as was obliged
to await the inquest, attended the
funeral of poor No. 492.
l trust in the ''Other Land" it may
be for him-as for many of us for whom
it has been all wrong-"An right
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
Veterinary Matters.

A cough in any animal indicates dis
ease of the lungs; although it may be
produced by Indigestion. In the latter
case it is accompanied by roughness
of the hide and an i'll condition, with
dullness of the eyes. In all lung dis
orders the eyes are bright and CLASSY,
the muzzle hot, the nose discharges,
and the breathing is short and hurried
and sometimes painful for the motion
of the inf1amed or sore lungs. The re-
quired treatment varies SO much that
only the advise and counsel of a vet
erinary surgeon can be ofany value.
Careless feeding is the frequent cause
of inherited disease. One OF the COM
monest complaints in dairy cattle is
tumors on the jaw bones. This is
scrofulous in it's character and is GER
tainly hereditary. A bull diseased in
this way will produce diseased calves,
and a COW will do the same. know
case of a Jersey herd in which every
count of this disease, developed the
same fatal disorder, sooner or later.
The preventive is apparent; not one
case in a hundred is curable.-Argus-
ide.
Bad feet are inherited, and no mare
having them should be used for breed
ing. Bad shoeing may cause fever in
the feet, and this will produce dry and
brittle hoofs. The treatment is to
keep the hoofs moist, to wash them
night and morning, and dress them
with glycerine and water mixed in
equal parts after washing and without
drying gthem. Thegreatest care should
be exercised in shoeing and in driving
the nails, and the hoof should never be
rasped or burned with hot iron.
Parasitic worms in. the intestines
are best treated with small repeated
doses of turpentine mixed with six
times it's bulk of linseed oil. The tur-
pentine may be given in doses of one
teaspoonful to lamb, four times as
much to calf and one ounce to afull
grown animal. Turpentine is also ef-
tective as a remedy for worms in the
lungs or throat which cause the dry,
husky cough in calves and lambs, COM
monty called husk or hoose, and, in
deed, it is useful in all cases of intesti-
nal parasites, including tapeworms.
Warts are disease of the skin con-
sisting of a growth of cell tissue, which
is provided with blood vessels and
nerves. It partakes something of the
character of q cancer, excepting that
the tissues are not consumed and dis
organized, but accumulate and form
tumor. The only cure is to remove
the wart by cutting it out or by de-
stroying the tissues by means Of eaus-
tics, or by tight ligature which stops
the circulation and causes the death of
the tissue. An effective caustic is nit
ric acid, either in it's ordinary form of
a. LIQUID or in combination as nitrate
of silver, or lunar caustic in solution
in water.
Retention of afterbirth is due to a
strong adherence of the points ofunion
called "cotyledons," which attach the
fetal membranes to the uterus and
support them in it. When these do
not give way as they should do, from
whatever cause, the best way is to
wait no longer than three hours, then
oil the hand and arm and insert them
with the fingers close together, the nails
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-25

Hon PRICE TOBACCo.-On Tuesday
last about 10. coo pounds were sold at
" hite a Nagee's warehouse. The prices
we're high, astonishingly high to the or
iinary spectator. Those who sold were
more than pleased at the prices brought
and SO expressed themselves How the
buyers are going TO get their money back
Is the question, but of course they know
their business. We'thought We noticed
one way however, BY which they make
it, and 1t is this The farmers that is,
! the majority OF them, who sell here, do
40; sort their tobacco properly. They
/ have Ia the same bundle short and long,
good and bad, bright and dark, Jugs and
+ I'll ers, smokers and cutters, shipping and
short, bright aud black, different lengths
colors and qualities. The buyers take
/ this tobacco and reassort it and make
some money. They are entitled to it for
their trouble, but why should not the
farmer take this trouble, in other words
attend 10 his own business and interests
and make this money himself.
Warren's present or next crop OF to-
bacc0 will reach two millions FIVE thous-
aud pounds. This is an average Of SO
per hundred, which Is not a high one
now. means $3.50 600 in the pockets Of
+ the farmers. Tobacco culture also means
wheat and clover next fall aud this means
good cattle and swine and comfortable
living But We viii make almost as much
cotton a. if We made no tobacco, for the
cultivation Of the two does rot materially
/ couiiict, aud better still, all Of this tobac
co. besides some trom Halifax, Nash,
Fr4uhliu and Meck!enourg and Bruus-
wick, e., will he sold ia our own home
market a. our own doors, thus saving
freight 4rayagc, insurance and other
charges. Better sull. the farmer can
leave home after early breakfast sell his
tobacco aud pet back 70 his vile aud chil-
/ drou by evening. his is DO fancy pic
Nture, but a TACT anl il il astonishing that
this has not been done long since. There
is 90 doubt about II that these engage
IA the cultivation OF fine tobacco are max
ing independent iyings, aud some saving
mouey. As proof take Granville, Per
son and adjacent counties. There "a We
learn iIum various reliable sources. such
d thing a. q crop lien i rarely ever heard
Of Mr.. Branch, a guan0 dealer o
Petersburg, told Us this week, that mos
| of the Granville farmers paw cash for theI
, guanos Tie late Col. Workman, of Ok
ford told u several years ago that mort
cages were almost unknown in Granville
Mr. Parker, Of our town. was IN that sec
7 ton last week, and asked why did no
; some Of the people there come down i
Warren and buy our cheap lands. Th
reply was, we are making as much none
here as we want and there Is no occaaio
D for our going anywhere w Warrento
Gd-ette
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-25
Tobacco in North Carolina.

Ia The Campaigne, or kIsLeru division
Of the STATE named, the principal sea
lures il The soil adapte "a to the growth III
yellow tobacco are on open, sandy tex
lure. light gray color, with gray VI sci
uw subsoil, sandy, permeab'e, and We.
drained, with a tree growth OF pine ami
oaAs, chlet', post oak, and whitc-Oak~
/ n Only three counties ot tais dlvl> Oh has
the nngtVrlment OF growing yellow tobac
60 'ee@s .red, viz Wayne Lenoir, and
: Dp>5tn Il Is U-ufts.,, nom ,hest
sp rAilc trials, that is culture may be
extended over the eatsTe cotton belt If
the two states where suitable sells pre-
vail. Fron-the-e soils which belong
to the class known a. transported, or
drift soils most ot the clay and tie iron
oxide have been washed out, leaving the
sandy and grGyely material behind. 4
much larger proportion OF this territory
is adapted 70 the production Of the crop
than In any of the other articles, and the
product ripens fully a month earlier than
IN the mere elevated regions. In this re-
Spect ouly does climate exert an Influence
on the product.
The industry took its rise in what Is
known as the Midland district, 4 district
generally hllly, the streams having cut
down through the strain from 50 to 200
feet below the summlts Of the Iuterven~
ing ridges. The soils, suitable fer pro-
ducing yellow tobacco, are rregularly
distributed, even in the most highly ia
vored counties, forming but smai part
OF the whole area. So controlling,
says Prof. Kerr, IS the constitution Of
tha .nl at n pt Ha tarIts ~
even Of the same field, may produce the
finest brands known III the market and
another part be wholly Incapable ot max
ing anything better than the commOnest
article. The quality Of the tobacco l.
determined absolutely n the field before
cutting, and no manipulation IL the han
dhug or curing VIII make fancy, bright
tobacco out Of pialt OF inferior texture
and color Of eat, although the best grades
may be spoiled IN caring. The bright
tobacco patches, rs a general rule, are
found on the ridges and benches between
the Watercourses. Whenever their ridges
have gray, or yellowish, or cream ell
ored subsoil, and covered with a gray,
sandy, or gravely soil the bright tobacco
may be grown. Upon old fields, long
exhausted and having a scauty growth OF
chinquspin. old-field pines, aud running
briers this tobacco wlil grow in it's high-
est per .cution, provided always, that the
soil anfs ubsoi are Of the character and
color Indicated above. No soil Of red !,
dish hue, containing large percentage
of oxide of iron, viii under any circum
stances produce a high grade OF yellow
tobacco. All the characteristics OF the
haSt }ohaccO soils are thOSp which denote
st2rlih,y They are utterly worthless JI
the production Of wheat, corn oats, OF
grass; are low in alunina, humus, and
the oxide Of IRON, aud contain from 90 &c
g6 per cent Of insolubletsilica. They arl
indeed bed Of fine, yellowish sand d
open texture, well drained and warm
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-25
The Tongue Instructed

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-25

COLD WHISKY East Tawas, Mich,
February 1T.-Y esterday a party Of
lumbermen found Johnson lying in the
snow unable 10 rise, both legs frozen
from the feet to the knees aud both
hands frozen. The snow was beaten
down for several feet ia circumference
in his cndcayors to rise. He was brought
here, and has since died He stated
that fecl.n. tired he told a man who was
with him TO 20 ahead and he would soon
follow His companion has been found
dead oac raile fUc-ac- or, partially Gov
cred with snow. They had been out
two nights with the mercury 26 below
zero.
Hunter, Point, l.. l., February IL
/ The nude body OF man found on Thom-
sen avenue, yesterday, was identified
this morning rs that OF Herman Rue, a
! German. The man 5 clothing was found
in tie woods near by. and it is supposed
/ that while suffering from delirium tre-
mems lie stripped himself and Jumped
down the embankment, twenty feet
/ IN height, at the base of which his
1 body was found, and was frozen 30
i death. Rue had been seen drinking
i heavily in Woodside on Sunday evening
Petersburg, Va. February l7.-IIcnry
/ Lewis was found frozen to death to-day
about tive miles below Prince George
/ Court House. 1t is supposed that while
intoxicated he laid down i'll the snow on
The side Of the road, as a whskey bottle
was found on his person.
John Meagre, aged 10 years OF Phila-
delphia, was found yesterday morning
lying in lumber yard frozen TO death.
4 fcatpd
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-25

IN FULL RETREAT.-L London, Feb.
lo.-Reports from Abu klea, dated on
the evening of the 18th instant. state
that Gen. Butler announced his nten-
ton to evacuate his position near Gu
bat aud withdraw his whole force to
A bu klea, whi n is a better strategic
position. After rendering Gordon's two
steamers useless by removing their
machinery. the whole force started on
the morning of the I4th insant across
the desert, and arrived at Abu klea
next day without firing a shot. The
men are in cheerful frame Of mind
They prefer walking to camel riding.
The Arabs who We're massed in and
around Metemneh did not notice this
movement for several hours after Gubat
had been deserted. The British will
retire to Gaktlul Wells. aud may poss
bly, continue the retreat TO kortl, in OF
der to concentrate the force there under
the command Of General Wolselev for
a fresh advance. Lord Charles Beres-
eord displaced the machinery OF the
steamers in such a way as to make it
impossible for El Mahdi's troops to use
them, although leaving them capable Of
being repaired when the British return.
The total force at A0u klea, including
| the Egyptians and Soudaues. now
amounts to 900 men, with 500 cam
els. Tho water supply is not sufficient
for the mep and camels. 1t is believed
| General Butler is awaiting orders to
| know whether to retire to Gakdul or adj
vance to Berber and join General
! Brackenburys force. 1t Is said the
! Mahdi is travelling in state with 10000
! to so, ,O03 faIloNers towards Metemneh.
! The force that General Talbot encoun-
tered was an advanced detachment On
the l4th inst the Mahdi. with his army,
was twenty miles from Gubat. aud was
marching slowly. 1t is estimated that
the rebels lost eighty men killed during
the Talbot skirmish.
The reason for the abandonment OF
Gubat was the advance made by E
Mahdi. with 5000 men from Omdurman,
toward Gubat. and the retreat was or
dered when the main body OF the Arabs
was twenty miles Oft; but an advance
guard of 1000 men. with five cannon
was within seven miles of the Britisl
lines. General Sir Butler had less thar
$4,000 all told, under his command.