The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-16

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talking about how to wash feathers.
At last there. came IL moment when
Miss Avery missed her scissors. and
| pushed her chair back to look for them
where can they be9'' She sa d, and
then she exclaimed: ''Whv, massy
salSes! that little Follv's got hold of
'em, and, L do believe Hshe's in mis-
| chiefi''
You little tvke!'' said grandma,
getting up as quick as she could, and
both the lad es ran to the spot. Polly
had ust fin shed cutting out the second
angel, and there they iay sn ling in
her lap.
Your nice chintz. curta ns.'' cr:el
Mrs. Clark. s'Why. you aim t had, EN-
but year, Miss Garner!'
She's cut 'em zig-zag,' said Miss
Avery, examining the holes hoplesslv.
You little tyke!' repeated grand
ma, and she really did not knew what
else to say.
The dear little angels were taken
away from Polly, who almost cried to
part from them, and Mrs. Clark and
Miss Avery went to work laying pieces.
under and darning down, until at last,
after couple of hours you wouldn't
have known, unless YOU lookedi twice,
tn at the little winged boys had ever
left their clouds.
Il know they wanted to- come live
with me and play W. tn ME, > sa d Pol
ly, when she told her mother all about
it that night on her return to the farm.
We'll, they d d come to live with her
at last, but it was not til many ears
after. when the dear grandmother had.
gone to live am ong the real angels.
Then the chintz curtains We're taken
down and folded away. And, now they
belong to Polly, who sometimes takes
them from their box and looks at them.
and feels like little girl again
Trades For American. Rcys..
st. Nicholas
The trades in our country. of late
years, have almost been monOpoliZed.
by foreigners. The American boy,
however, when. he does take trade.
goes straight on to, the top of the lad
der. 1t seems as.if our BOYS, wouldl
rather be fourth rate lawyers or ply.
sicians than earn their living. by work
ing: W tn their hands. Only the other
day l read in a New York newspaper,
of a young lawyer'in in a distant CITY,
whom knew some years a.!o when [
resided in that sect on of the country,
who literally starved to DEATH. He
made scarcely any money, was too
proud to tell of his want, lived as long
as he could ON crackers and water, and
was found one day in his office, dead
from lack of nourishment. He should
never have entered the legal profes-.
sion, for he had no alb ty IN that d.
rection. As a farmer or a mechanic
he. might have lived long, useful and
al I 70 No hN, of
should enter a trade; unless ha. feels
himself fitted for it; but, on the other
hand, he should not, it seems to me,
let the false pride aga nst manual Ia
Dor, which now preva Is to such VIDE
extent in our country. prevent him
from endeavor.ng to do better work
with his hands than in his inmost
thoughts he knows he can do with
head.
oyster. Farming
Harper's Young People.
In addition to natural oyster beds
there are many ''oySter FARMS" where
these delicious mollusks are regularly
cultivated. Stakes are driven in the
mud n shallow water, and branches of
trees, rough boards, or stones are
placed between them for the baby oys
ters to fasten themselves to. When
the nursery is ready several boat-loads
of oysters are dropped near the spot.
They increase and grow rapidly. being
ready for the table in from two to
three years.
Oysters are generally fshed with a
dredge. AS this instrument is drag
ged over the bed the teeth pull up the
oysters. both large and small, from
Their rest ng place. Those that are
too young for market are thrown back
into the water, and if they fall on a
suitable surface they will attach them
selves and continue to grow. Many
of them, however, S nix in the mud and
are suhocated.
The process of dredging IS also des-
tructve to the oysters VIII ch remain
on the bed, as they are roughly torn
from each other and dragged into the
mud. Here they cannot open Their
valves W thout admit ng the mud, and
this is certa n death to the oyster.
Oysters are highly esteemed for food
on account of their delicious flavor,
and the demand for them is constant
ly increasing. Ibis leads to excess
i've fishing of the oyster beds, and in
manv places the beds yield much
smaller supply than formerly. Such
is the case with many of the European
oyster beds. The French government
has been obliged to take control of its
shores and to enforce certain laws with
regard to fishing them.
The Tell.Tale.
With the aid of pair of compasses
or pencil and bit of string, carefully
draw two concentric half-circles; that
is, from the same center, and one
about half an inch within the other. |
The size of the design makes but little
difference, but the result is more east
ly seen if the diagram is as large as
Divide this double half !
circle into number of compartments,
and in each place letter of the alpha
bet, numeral or a name, as the fan |
cy may ctate, the object be'ng that
there shall be no possible mistak ng of |
one compartment for another. hule |
straight Ines from each compartment |
to the common center. Now take a |
small button-a shoe-button is as good |
as ahy-and fasten d b of. fine silk !