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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-09-16
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Nobler anl brayer l. be who staEsi his al
And takes his loss Or gain Is thS eaanees

Than b who folds hi, hands and idIy walts
TIL the shadows gAthsr dAF ily about bis
gatel. -fEllen k.FAllOFton.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10
Fish and Fishermen.

Trout are caught in the Truckee
River, New, so easily that any one
with bit of crooked wire tied to- a
stick can get a basketful. r.
Winter fishing in Lake Manitoba
has become quite an Industry, several
hundred persons being engaged in it.
The fish is sold on the ice at cent
and quarter pound, Or three cents
delivered at the railway. Sss..t5
In Lord Mansfield 8 fishing grounds,
near Scone Palace on the Fay, a sal
mon weighing eighty pounds was re-
Gently taken. 1t was returned to its
element. The heaviest Tay fish on
record weighed seventy pounds.
In 1872 1000 marked salmon were
turned into the Weser, but not until
recently was the first capture reported.
The fish was taken near the place
where it was put into the water. 1t
weighed thirty pounds, and its marks
showed that it was thirteen years old
in 1872. -
A race between a trout and a water
snake was recently witnessed near
Oswego, N. Y. The fish was on Its
spawning ground, and kept swimming
about in circle, a little in advance
of it's pursuer. The snake finally
caught the fish by the tail, but the
trout had the use of its fins, and kept
its body well ahead of the snake. The
snake then backed up toward shore,
and with one final effort drew the fish
out of the water and swallowed it.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10
lin the Days OF Stage Coaches.

A book recently published in Eng
land, called the 'tRoyal Mail, " tells
this story of the old coaching days:
ssSpeed was of the first considera--
ton, and the stoppages. at the way
side stages were OF very limited du--
ration. At an inn would
hardly have made. a, fair start in ap-
peasing their hungerNwhen the guard
would be heard calling upon them to
take their Seats, which, with mouths
full, and still hungry they would be
forced to do, though with a bad grace.
and howl-the acknowledged prfvi-
lege of Englishmenl A story is-told
of one passenger, however, who was
equal to the occasion. Leisurely sip
ping his tea anda eating his toast, this
traveller was found. by the landlord in
the breakfast-roons when tina other
passengers were. seated and the coach.
was On the point, of starting. Boni--
face appealed to. him to take his place,
or he would, be Left behind. But,
replied the traveller, that | will not do
till have .a,spoon to sup my egg. A.
glance appraised the landlord that not.
a spoon adorned the table, and, rush.
ing out, he detained the coach while,
all the passengers were searched for
the missing articles. Their out came
the satisfied Traveller, who also sub
mitted to the search and afterwards
mounted the, coach; and as the mail
drove, of. he. called to the. landlord to-
look inside. the teapot, where the art
full traveller had placed the dozen
spoons. with the double object. OF
cooling the tea for his second cup and
desalning the coach tilLhe drank It, "
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10
crop Prospects.

The growing wheat crop having
reached a critical stage and winter
wheat having approached. a conditions
sufficiently near maturity to approx
mate the acreage and probable yield,
the Farmers Review has followered UP
Tits usual weekly summary by COM
plete survey of all the Western ami
Southern wheat growing states, re-
ports having been received from over
5000 correspondents, covering every
wheat producing county in Ohio, Michi-
gan, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska,
Iowa, Wisconsin, sMinnesota and Da-
kota, together with very accurate
and recent summary from the Pacific
coast region made by thu associated
press, 1T is believed, makes the most
complete report ever issued, The re-
view has been carefully prepared, and
the information is believed to- be most
exhaustive and the latest that has yet
been obtained and foreshadows the
state and government reports. In
summing up its detailed reports. the
ReUSeU says:
The eloomiest views which have
been advanced concerning the winter
wheat outlook for 1885 must now be-
accepted as the most accurate. The,
promising conditions of 1884 have this
season been completely reversed. The
absolute uniformity of the returns in
dlcate that the winter-sown wheat this,
year is the worst in ten years, and it
may be,now set down as positive that
under the most favorable conditions
the total winter and spring wheat
yield is to, fall considerably under the,
short crop. of 1881, when the total pro-
duct was $50, 100000 bushels.
With the exception of Michigan and
Oregon and Washington territory on
the Western slope, the causes leading
to decreased output of winter wheat
are almost Identical. In Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Kansas and Missouri the
ground was bare of snow during the
severely cold weather at the close of
the winter, which was followed by.
cold, dry winds later on. There was
also decreased acreage owing to the,
low prices which prevailed for the crop.
of 1884 In California the decreased
acreage was accompanied by severe
drouth,- which has tended to almost
ruin the growing crop. Oregon and
Washington territory were saved by
bountiful showers which came in time
tOfS save tuC w hOh' lhS 5eAeeNo
aHe considered in detail the-situaLlon
can be better appreciated.
Turning to the spring wheat belt the
outlook is altogether more promising.
Full returns from Nebraska show a
slightly enlarged acreage as compared
to last year, while in Iowa, Wisconsin
and Minnesota the decrease in acreage
will be about 10 per cent, while con-
ditionr is about 90 per cent. The
acreage of Dakota is about per cent
less than last year and the conditions
fully equal. though the season is from
tcn,to twelve days later. The prob.
able spring wheat yield based upon
continuing favorable weather will be-
130, 600, 900 bushels. The total wheat
crop of the country, therefore, from
the present outlook, will be from 32O.-
O0O.O 900 to $50, 100000 bushels, against
anda an average yield for the last
five years of 464, 100, 900 bushels.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10
Amenities OF War.

While we were in. front of Chatta-
nooga it became fashionable along the
picket line to exchange papers. The
plan was, for a, ConSederate who want
ed, paper to come to the front, shake
a Southern paper as flag OF trnce,
and in this, way invite exchanges. The
pickets on either side in that lmme-
diate vicinity would cease firing, the,
Union soldier would start from his
line and. the Confederate from his line;.
and they would meet nalf way, shake
hands, exchange papers, and iffthere
were no officers, in sight, sit down. and
have chat. This had been kept up
for several daNs, when there came an
order from head quarters that no more
papers should be exchanged. But the:
bows. choosing their time for exchanges.
continued the practice against ORDERS
There came Il week, however, in. which
no rebel responded to waving, or-shak-
ing, or futterings of paper Or hand
against exchange had been issued ON
that side as well as ours. st,s
But ONE morning quite early my
partner discovered 4 man on the rebel
line frantieally waving a large paper.
He suggested that we slip away from
the reserve and 90 out and SEQ what
the mar wanted. He took paper
waved it, and we started toward the
rebel in front. When we. had pro-
ceeded about half way to. the point OF
meeting the fellow ceased to wave his
paper. We were puzzled at this, but
finally concluded tina. he. was down In
a hollow, and we would SEQ him when
he came up on high gnound. So we
walked on and walked without warn
ing into Il group of soldiers at the
rebel picket post. The, men were jusa
ready to take breakfast, and after the
first furry they ioked us good desI
about our extraordinary willingness,
to get into their clutches at breakfast
time. When we spoke of the exchange
of papers the officer in charge informs
ed us that orders were positive against
exchange, and that all his men Under
stood it. As this was the case, hs
took the position that we had come
willingly into their lines, and that he
could not allow us to return. l saw
at once THAI his men disagreed with
him. but the question was how we
were to get away.
Nv partner, who had been soldier
in Germany, joined in the jokes at our
expense. and proposed shat he make
the boys some coffee that was coffee.
The confederates had a very poor ex-
cuse fol- that article, and without more
ado he proceeded to make a kettle Of
coffee, the aroma of which seemed to
fascinate the coffee hungry Snapshots
ers. When he had poured the coffee
into the cups and had exAatiated on
the good it would do the men, he took
up his rifle and said to me: ''Now lei
us start for our own line" followed
him, and not assoldier on that pickel
post lowered tho cup of coffee from
his lips or looked our way Caacagt
Inter. Ocean,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10
Cruelty to Sullivan.

The sympathies of tender-hearted
people will go out towards John l..
Sullivan, the pugilist. His wife has
commenced proceedings against him
for divorce, and in his answer Sulli-
mens and drunkenness. This is indeed
hard. The poor man can have no
peace. His business is fighting, when
away from, and it certainly is discour-
aging, after going about knocking out
people, and coming home for little
quiet rest, to be knocked out by a
wife who ought to love and protect
him. Mr.. Sullivan could get all the
fighting he wanted away from home.
He could whip the biggest man and
the smallest waiter girl, could take
possession of saloon and throw
everybody out of doors, could unmer-
clfully beat his horses on the streets,
and any one could see that what he
needed when he got home was rest,
but he was met by cruel woman who
would whip him. o, cruel woman,
how could you hurt the man who
came home to be loved, and to sober
up? Those who have seen the great
Boston pugilist in the ring or on the
rostrum, admired by thousands, and
seen strong men try to iniure. him, and
seen him knock them silly, little
thought that when he got home his
wife would cruelty maui HIM, knock
him down and sit on him. Had the
condition of things been known his
enemies would have matched against
Sullivan an unknown" and placed
his wife in front of him when the hour
came for battle, and frightened him
under the ropes and into the woods.
Picture to yourself gentle reader, that
strong man coming back from New
Orleans, a victor over Paddy Ryan's s
truss, with the laurel wreath on his
brow, and a keg of beer in his stom-
ach, wavering as he approached his
own door. trembling at the knees as
he entered his house.. pale and weak as
he meets his @'cruel' little wife, crawl
ing under the bed in. abject fear as she
lands him one in the ear. She snatches
the laurel wreath from his brow
and in it's place puts a wash bowl, and
he begs to be allowed to come out
from under the bed. OF what use is it
for him to win reputation as a hard
hitter, and have his, cruel wife make
him toe the mark at home? Away
from home he was a. terror, and no
one could stand. up. before him. After
a victory he would fill up with cham
pagne to prepare himself for the in
evitable licking whichhe must receive
when he got home. Poor Sullivan!
What fall it must be for the "brave"
brute. to 90 into. court and charge
his little wife with ''cruelty." He
ought to. be made the laughing stock
of the whole country, guyed by all
the people,. the object of the contempt
of all mankind, and the waiter girl
whom he struck down should empty
slops on. him out of second story
window, until he. should call the
police to. protect him, from ''cruelty.'" !"
ReeE's San.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10
The Inventions OF paper.

HOW, when, or by whom paper was
irst invented will never be known.
According to Hallam, documents on
paper are found as,early as the tenth
century, and it came into general use
not 10ag after this,aGa, and completely
supplanted all other materials which
Wore formerly employed for the pur-
poses for which it is now used 1t
will be observed that the invention OF
some kind Was an absolute necessity
before there could be printing, as
parchment was, far too expensive to
use for the purpose, even were it other
wise perfectly adapted to this use.
The use of paper in western Europe
dates from tho time mentioned, but it,
was known to the Chinese long before
the Christian era, and it is believed
that they used the bark of various
trees, the soft parts Of the bamboo
stems, cotton and several other kinds
of vegetable fibers. From the Chinese
it is supposed to have spread to India.
thence to Arabia, and the manufacture
was introduced into Europe by the
Moors of Spain, but about tAis there
is no certainty. The rice paper of
the Chinese is made in the same gene
raj way as the papvrus of the ancient
Egyptians, by placing in proper order
LAYERS of tibers and cementing them
with sizing or glue. The first patent
for paper making was taken out in
England in 1865, but it was ''for maxi
ing plew paper, such as is used by bak-
ers. The next. for making writing
papers, was in 1915, and covered
writing and printing papers.-Ss, Louis
Globe Deaancrcs
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10

cial intercourse, just because you aim
half bakedp' and Mr.. Spoopendyke
slammed the door after him, and
mounted the staircase with heavy
tread. 81
I don't care,'' murmured Mrs
Spoopendyke, as she swept up the sde
6ris, II don't care. If that is the
way his mother made pie, 1 don't
wonder it left a strong impression on
his mind"
And with this charitable view oi
the situation, Mrs. Spoopendyke sat
down to the consideration of whether
she'd better make a false train fol
her new black silk.-Drate Traveler's $
Mn01zine
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10
DECORATION-DAY.

The war-cry thro' the land is stilled,
The cannon's sullen lips are dumb;
Today throughout our land we hear
The solemn beat of mufhed drum.
Tho flags hang dropping from the stan
The streets are filed with grave-eyed men
Long dormant memories spring to life
We live the dead past o'er again.
= We see thro' mists of falling tears
The Wild fierce strife of armed bands;
We hear the clash of hostile steel,
We feel the touch of vanished hands.
We part, as in the days of yore,
From loved ones long since in the grave;
We hear tiat mournful sound again,
The cIanking fetters OF tine slave.
We see the lines of Blue and Gray
Massed for the fight. as in the past;
We bear the neighing of the steeds
And waken to ourselves at last.
instead of strife, the lutte of peace
Breathes softly o'er grateful land;
Instead of arms the dainty flowers,
Are streWn about on every hand,
The Gray now mngles with the Blue
In that eternal sleep called death,
Their strife is oer and in the end
We mourn them all with equal breath
From far off lands We come to place
Sweet blossoms on the honored tombs
And wonder vaguely will they see
Our offerings from their narrow rooms?
The empty sleeve a Northman bears
Is matched by one from Southern lands;
Ihc fair May-blOssoms they would strew
Find other eager, willing hands.
And as the one-time warriors stand
With tear-dimmed eyes, to lend their aid
Their very actions seem to say
''fhis brotherhood hath all repaid"
Their str fe is o'er, their work complete,
AND that for which they strove is done:
We who remain can but applaud
A noble battle grandly won.
Ihey bullded better than they knew"
a goodly structure-our fair land;
Nc mourn the dead but gladly see
HE Blue and Gray stand hand in hand.
.-Edaons o. Wheeler, IN The Current.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10
Narcotic Plants.

In Vick's Floral Magazi,se we read
of a flower which creates laughter. II
grows in Arabia; the flowers are of a
bright yellow and the seed resembles
small black beans. These are dried
by the natives and pulverized, and it
is said that small doses make person
behave like circus clown or a mad
man, for he will dance, sing and laugh
most boisterously, and carry on in a
ridiculous way for about an hour. The
stage of excitement is followed by ex-
haustion and sleep. ...-.
This reminds US OF an experiment
we made many years ago. We had
seen Prof. James r. Buchanan ex-
perimenting with pulverized herbs by
placing them in the palms of the
hands of class of medical students.
While they sat in sort of expectant
mood, waiting for something to turn
up and holding various powdered
herbs in closed fists, every now and
then some one of them would tell of
the symptoms which were being pro-
duced upon him. It was 70 us then a
new and surprising revelation that
medicine could thus act without being
taken into the stomach, and we are
not yet fully satisfied as to the way
they do act under such circumstances.
But having seen Prof. Buchanan's ex-
experiments we were led to try it our
selves on a couple of boys about sew
enteen years of age. Powdered Can
nabis Indica from the same plant
which gives hasheesh, narcotic used
by the natives of India, was placed in
one hand of each of the boys, while
they sat quietly waiting to see what
would turn up. One of them soon COM
menced to litter and then to laugh
boisterously, and soon he became so
hilarious with excitement that we
thought best to take the drug away
from him. He soon sobered down.
During the period of excitement we
tried to get him to say why he was
carrying on IN such way, but he was
utterly unable to give any explanation
for it other than he felt that way.
The other boy quietly nodded off to
sleep in his chair.
This experiment illustrates two 1m-
portant things; first, that medicine
can exert an action in this curious
manner, and second, that a medicine
will act differently on different per-
sons, according to temperament or
indiosyncracy, or susceptibility, what
ever you choose to call it. Further
more, it may be remarked that both
the exhilerat1ng and the supplying re-.
suits observed in these cases are
known to be the effects of hashees
upon the human system when taken
internally. f-
The description of the ''laughing
plant" given by Vick does not CORE
spond with the botanical description
of the Cannabis Indica plant, though
there are some slmilarities, but in ef.
fects they are evidently quite alike
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10
Wilkins Star Proverbs.
Give the devil his dude.

Many a many is q fool for revenue
only.
Sunbeams support the floor of
heaven.
The waste basket is mightier than
the pen-
Silence is the gold plating for a
FOOLS tongue.
The drunkard's thread of life is
wound on reel.
When hope dies the devil adds an
other scalp to his belt.
Splitting heirs is nothing new.
Solomon attemptedit.
And he said: "Let there be elite,"
and the '.first family bounded into
the world.
Hope builds nest in a mans heart
where disappointment hatches its
brood.
A little learning in fool, like
scanty powder in a large gun, will
sometimes make considerable noise.
Whitehall Times
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10

subject we have good many inquir-
les from various cities, and have pre-
pared list of those used by us. The
naples, poplars, box-elders, and lin
dens are the most used, but they do
not complete the entire list by any
means. There are some thirty-tive
kinds used on the streets. alone, ito say
nothingsof the large numbers in the
parks.n
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10
Not So Sensible,

"Father," exclaimed young jenkins,
entering the old gentleman's Office,
81 have sold my printing Off ice-''
'sS1t down, Tom. I am glad to see
that you are SO sensible
Eyes, father, have sold my Office,
but have bought another one"
''Get up! You have lost what little
sense you ever did have. n-Artausam
Traveller.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-13
LET NO GUTLTr MIN ESCAPE.

The law, as administered in Chicago, seems
to be no respecter of persons. Mr.. CHESTER
FIELD MACKIN and his colleague, GALLAGHER,
in the election frauds perpetrated at the late
election, were consigned to two years So
jouru at Joliet on yesterday. In addition a
fine Of So, 600 was exacted of EACH The
GLOBE can but commend the sequel TO these
cases as a wholesome discipline for rank
offenders against the purity of the ballot box.
And the fact that they are Democrats is no
mitigation Of their oiTense. The laws made
and provided for the protection of the ballot
box in this country should be rigidly en- forced,
whatever may be the position or power or in
fuence or political complexion of the Offend
ers. The marshals who interfered with the
Ohio election should not now be sighted in
the dispensation of justice which has been in
augurated, but there are very grave doubts if
they get their just deserts. It is true, the
administration that employed them has paid
the penalty Of its transgression by being
hurled from power and place But this is
not enough. The individual offenders ought
10 be punished as well.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-13
BLOWING OUT THE GAS.
The Danger of Turning Jet Dozen Lo,c
ia a Sleeping Room.

The Danger of Turning n Jet Dozen Loic
ia q Sleeping Room
Rossiter ". Raymond in New York Tribune.
There is undoubtedly vast deal Of gratui
tous insult and couiumely heaped upon the
head of that fool who blew his gas OUT
cannot believe that there are enough people
of this exaggerated type of idiocy in the coun-
try to iIl out the list OF deaths from asphyxia-
ton by Illuminating gas. | am OF the opin-
ion that in the majority of these cases the
fault lies in having the gas turned down
when retiring for the night, either from an
idea of economy in the saving Of matches or
some other reason. and that the flame is after
ward extin guished 5y any one OF number
of natural causes, with resulting insensioiiiy
aud possible death of the victim from iuhal-
ing the escaping gas The following Is
case in point: While staying at hotel in
Pittsburg recently discovered, By narrow
escape from sufTocztion on ny own part, that
the gas had peculiar way Of exinguishing
itself.
After studying ever the matter L came TO
the conclusion tba: the patent machine in
which it vas produced permitted air TO enter,
go ibst a. times there would nOs be sufficient
gas emitted at the burner 70 sustain mbus-
ton One night the entire house was aroused
By the porter going through the corridor and
pounding on each door sud asking the rudeiy
awakened guest If his gas Was escaping, the
halls being filed with II from some unknown
source. In the morning the answer 70 the
universal question was: 20, that fool in
No. 40 blex his gas out" Excuse ne,
gentlemen. said I, hut | have been there
myself That gas bls~ Itself out. and the
foolishness Of No. ~ consisted only in e1-
pectiug il TO burn