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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
! Perch, Eels, Sinners, and Turtle Come at
her Call and Eat from her Hand.

Perch, Eels, Sinners, and Turtle Come at
her Call and Eat from her Hand.
Almost in the heart of Sandwich,
Mass, is a sheet of water covering
dozen acres. Along its shores are
many residences, among them that of
Mrs. Belle Burgess, not two rods from
the waters edge.
"Would you like to see me feed my
fsh?" she asked reporter The hos
tess and guest walked out upon the
ten-foot plank walk about foot above
the waters surface. Mrs. Burgess car
ried in her hands some cake and bread,
and two large river herring. She
splashed the water gently, and in
stantly there came from all directions
scores of fish of the sinners and perch
variety, and eels of all sizes.
"Come, come" said Mrs. Burgess,
and the command was followed by a
splash, splash, as two good-sized tur-
ties tumbled off a log, while four Others
arrived from other directions. Fish,
eels, and turtles would swim up and
take their food from the lady's hand,
and give no evidence offear. One large
WlllUC pCICll, NOltieA OlP OilS CNeoiS0
at a pound and over, seemed to de-
light in having it's sides rubbed, while
the sinners would allow any amount
of fondling, SO long as they were not
taken from the water. Several of the
cells were honored with names, there
being "Quinn," who is over four feet
in length, and is named in honor of a
policeman; Jumbo" a three-footer;
Beauty" a beauty in shape, com.
plexion, and department; "Eliza,"
who was christened by w. j. Leavitt
of Boston in honor of "All on Account
of Eliza" These slippery specimens
would take their food from the hand,
and, thrusting their heads just above
the surface of the water, seemed to de-
light in having them gently scratched
by Mrs. Burgess, who could tell which
eel was which, though to the stranger
all except "Quinn" and "Jumbo"
looked alike.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
A RUSSIAN REVIEW.
A Grand Military Display Ending will
Peculiar Rendition Of Prayer.

Grand Military Display Ending with
Peculiar Rendition Of q Prayer.
We rode at least mile and a hall,
says Gen. Higginson in Blackwood's,
past the line of tents, and must have
seen $4,000 men. The ground is
prettily accidente, and altogether well
suited for camp purposes. At the end
we came upon the guard regiments
and the Preobrajensky regiment,
with whom finished the inspection;
and here were assembled all the
bands and drums, to the number OF
500, IN one compact mass facing the
empress pavilion or tent, at the door
OF which she and her ladies alighted,
and were joined by the emperor and
grand dukes. We all dismounted and
came inside the square, of which the
royalty and staff formed one side, the
musicians the opposite side, the other
two sides being composed of officers OF
the various corps who had hurried to
the spot. In the center, on a mound,
stood the condutor of the united
bands of music, and near him one
drummer-boy, or perhaps lad of 20.
w Y, oAO iIllSSlCllS, SUOOu LII llllC,
and the emperor came down from the
pavilion and spoke to each of the
generals. He was very gracious to
me, and inquired about my service
and the commands had bsld This
over, he stood alone in .he center,
and detachment of sergcsnts in full
marching order passed am one by
one, each sergeant giving the evening
report of his picket and of the usual
"watch-setting' in loud voice, the
czar thus fulfilling for the moment the
role OF camp commandant. We
generals only) were then taken up,
oneby one, to the empress, who talked
to me about the princess of Wales,
Cowes, Osborne, etc., and was alto
gether gracious and charming. Then
tea was handed round, and the crowd
OF officers and of the troops generally
kept closing round the square as the
hour for 'sthe retreat" or zaria drew
nigh. Meanwhile heavy clouds had
gathered in the horizon, and a storm
seemed to threaten us, though the
view down the slope and over the valley
to Krasnoe, distant about mile, was
not rendered less beautiful by the COM
bination of waning sunlight and threat.
ening clouds. Eight o'clock sounds;
each field battery fires an evening gun,
three rockets shoot into the air, and
the drums and bands roll out, with a
solemnity and volume of sound not
easily forgotten, the evening hymn. AS
the lastnotes die off the drummer boy
steps forward, the bandmaster de-
scends, and the little drummer, sole
occupant of thesquare, repeats slowly
but with perfect distinctness the Lords
prayer. Every head is uncovered and
bows, from the furthermost spectator;
and I should in my heart pity the man
who, as the little lads '3Amen" went
up inits solitary simplicity, could scofi
at or even be unimpressed by the silence
which followed. There was total alb
sence of all exaggeration or straining
for increased effect. The bands then
burst forth with the Russian national
air, so well known to all of us, and the
scene closed as night fell.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
An Obliging Piece of Furniture.


From the Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer.
In family residing on Woodland.
avenue little girl was playing not
long ago with playmate from a neigh
boris family. They were playing at a
small centre table, and the little girls
noticed presently that when one OF
them put her hand on the table it would
lift up and down, and they finally
called others of the family to witness
the strange behavior of the table.
After experimenting some time the
little girl climbed upon the table, say
ing, "Now, let's see if you can move. -
To their astonishment the table be-
gan to move along the floor with the
little girl omit. Sheiumped off, saying,
t'Now, move yourself if you cam" The
table started off, moving across the
floor, no one touching it. eff you can
move so well," said the little girls
mother, "move into the next room
and kiss the baby in the crib there" !"
To their amazement the table started
off, moved across the floor, through
the door into theroom where the babe
was sleeping in the crib, and tipped up
with it's edge as close to the babes
face as it could get. Now, upon what
philosophy can this behavior of the
table be explained? Without going
any further into the phenomena OF
spiritualism, or discussing what are
put forward as higher manifestations,
how are these elementary raps and
movements to be satisfactorily ac-
counted for? At all events there is a
field here for honest investigation.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
What a Baby Can Do.

Babies are often called ''helpless
little things" ''powerless little crea-
lures" and all that sort of nonsense.
In few words we will prove to our
unprejudiced readers that babies are
neither ''helpless" or "powerless," by
informing them of few things that a
baby can do.
1t can wear out dollar pair of kid
shoes in twenty-four hours.
1t can keep it's father busy advertis-
ing in the newspapers for nurse.
1t can occupy both sides of the larg-
est size bed manufactured simultane-
ously.
1t can make the author of it's be-
ing's wash bills foot up to SIS a week
and not be feeling at all WE'LL
1t can crowd to suffocatfon the
smoking car of a railroad train with
indignant passengers between two
stations
1t can cause its father to beinsulted
by every second-class clearinghouse
keeper in the city who "never takes
children" which in nine eases out of
ten is very fortunate for the children.
1t can make itself look like fend
just at the moment when mamma
wants to show "what a pretty baby
she has"
1t can look it's father innocently in
the tace and five seconds later spoil the
only good coat that he has got in the
world.
1t can make an old bachelor in the
room adjoining use language that, if
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
Manners of Hired Help.

III. P. writes to the N. Y. Tribune:
"Will you not give us a little talk up
on the relations of the employer and
the employed, especially those exist
ing in the household and on the farm,
where one is associated personally
with those in his or her employ.
Please tell us what you would con-
slider the proper form of address due
the employer in such cases. ..
The Tribune answers: Our house
hold consists of two brothers past
thirty, one sister and myself past
twenty five, ,and think that a more for
NAL title than the given name used by
the family is due us from our hired help.
Now is it unkind to insist upon having
Miss used before my sisters name and
my own, and Mr.. before that of my
brothers? No well-bred person met
socially expects to use any other style
of address unless they are intimate
friends, and why should it be considered
a degrading thing for one in service to
place the suitable title before his en-
plorer's name when addressing him or
her? Surely the utmost kindness
should be shown to those we employ,
and certainly no true-hearted person
wishes to make any one feel degrad-
ing sense of inferiority because OF the
necessity of gaining a livelihood by
manual labor, but isn't it far easier to
keep their relations pleasant when
due respect is given to these outward
forms? Undue familiarity is never a
promoter of kindly feeling.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
THE FARM AND FIRESIDE.
Notes for the Housekeeper.

N. M. Writes to the N. Y. Tribune:
'Where one has to manage with a
small income and has good health, it
Is good plan to dispense with help,
and by economizing in other ways, buy
such articles as will contribute to the
comfort of the family and especially
such as will make the work easy-a
Dover egg-beater, a carpet-sweeper, a
washer, meat-chooper, a kerosene
stove with fixtures, a combination
baby high chair with rocker, a little
carriage, an adjustable gate that will
fit any door or window, so that you
can keep the babies very near you, and
yet not in the same room where the
work is going on. A great saver OF
time is to have place for each thing
and each thing in place when not in
use. 1t is surprising how the little
two-hear-olds will remember where
each thing belongs, and how soon
they will learn that it is the
right way to pick up the blocks be-
fore asking for the animals and how
the younger ones will teach the older
ones, this is our drawer, and that IS
mammals; we mustn't open mammals s
drawer 1t is rather hard at first to
leave all your important duties to
show the babies how to pick up the
playthings, right away, when they are
through playing with them; but have
patience, they wilIlearn and will know
no other way, and the first you know
they will do it of their own accord and
give you no more trouble. My two
Oldest babies now pick up their blocks
and pile them in the boxes without be-
ing told. At 1O:30eve morningthey
have each glass of warm milk andgo
to bed for their nap, where they stay
until 1 o'clock. Sometimes they sleep
all the time, sometemes only part oft,
but they don't know any better than
to stay there, and they need the rest.
How much work can be crowded in
while they are asleep need not men
tion here, as any one can try for her
self. At $50 the babies go to bed and
sleep from 6 p. m. to 6 a. m. The
evenings we spend very pleasantly.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
The Nude In Art.
From o Letter in the San Francisco
Chronicle.

From o Letter in the San Francisco
Chronicle.
The exposition of the French Acad-
emy at the Villa Medici this season
has caused quite a scandal. Doucet,
one of the pensioners, quiet, gentle
manlike artist, perfectly reputable
and excellent person, has painted for
this exposition, strange to say, very
coarse picture, not lascivious, but
coarse. It is called the "Interior of a
Harem." The light is dim; three or
four indistinct forms of naked women
are seen sitting about in awkard posi-
tions. There are no fine stuffs, no gor-
geous decorations, no dazzling colors;
the whole attention is directed to the
entirely nude body of a robust woman
of the Rubens type, who lies sleeping
apparently on the front plane of the
picture. Her face cannot be seen, as
her back is toward the spectator. As
a study of flesh, mere human flesh,
the picture is truly a marvellous work
of art but in every other respect is
not only unattractive, but absolutely
repulsive. After all that may be said
in defense of nudity in art by artists,
most of us shrink from the sight OF it
in modern art; we accept it with pleas
ure only in sculpture, especially an
cient sculpture. The Venus of Milo,
the Venus of the Capitol, the Apoxyo-
menos of the Vatican, the Apollo Sau-
roktonos, the Hermes of Olympia, are
such divine perfection of human devel-
opment that the beholder forgets all
modern artificial rules of decorum
when looking at them. They are be-
ings of far-off age; exquisite forms
manifested in a strange marble exist
ence. But in painting the nude almost
always gives a shock to a sensitive
and refined nature. Titian's Venus,
Rubens' huge ruddy woman, with all
their exquisite execution and the beau
ty given them by their creators, they
are to say the least, most unattract-
i've.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
Mary HOwitt's Father and Moth
err,

When my father was employ yed as a
surveyor in 1795 on the Talbot es-
tate, at Margam be attended the First
day meet ing of Friends at Meath and
met, at the hospitable table of Evan
Rees, Ann Wood, a aconvinced Friend, on
avisit to Evans wife Elizabeth. They
saw each other frequently and became
we'll acquainted. On one occasion at
dinner she suddenly learned his re-
gard for her by the peculiar manner
in which he asked: "Wilt thou take
some nuts, Ann Wood?" She took
them, saying: s'I am fond of nuts"
s'That is extraordinary, he replied,
ssfor so am l." There was in those
parts an aged ministering Friend of SO
sanity a character as to be regarded
in the light of a prophet. One First
day morning after they had both been
present at meeting, this minister drew
her aside and said, eff Samuel Botham
make thee an offer of marriage thou
must by no means refuse him." Ac-
cordingly he was before long her ac-
cepted suitor. In the year 1796, on
the sixth day of the twelfth month,
they took each other for man and
wife after the prescribed simple form,'
Sin the fear of God and in the presence
of that assembly," They were mar
ried in the Friends meeting house at
Swansea, where the brides mother
then resided. In the marriage certifi-
cate my father is stated to be an iron
master of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
He must therefore have considered the
iron works with which he was then
connected as the established business
of his life.-Mary Hewitt, in Coco
Works.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
Cistern Water.

B. writes: eff A. L. S. will use the
common chain pump in his cistern he
will have good water the year round.
I use rain-water from tin roof, and
fill in early spring enough to last till
fall: 1 use chain pump and the wa
ter is nice enough, for king. Water
needs air and the chain pump sup
plies" c. w. III. writes: After consid-
cradle experience in using well and cis-
tern water, myself and family prefer the
cistern water though we have a splendid
well. My cistern is built on the north
side of the house, 18 feet deep, bricked
up and cemented. In the bottom is
built chamber about 2 feet square and
four feet high of one thickness of brick
laid in cement, into which the pump
pipe passes SO that all water
must pass through the brick before
using. I never allow any water to go
into the cistern till it has rained hard
for some time and until I have proved
it to be clear by taking glass full of
it and holding it up to the light. I
turn the water off while it still runs a
good stream, as the water that has
dripped over the shingles is liable to
taste of pine. The smoky look and
taste in rain water comes from the
smoke in the atmosphere and from
the shingles. 1t takes quite rain fall
to clear both. The water from my
cistern is clear as well water, very
cool and almost tasteless. After one
weeks use no one would think ofusing
even spring water in preference to it.
A cistern properly managed will dis
count the doctors bill so per cent"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
seasonable Fashion Notes.

Ottoman ribbons are largely used
for trimming dresses.
Parasols match the costumes with
which they are worn.
White cloth dresses are trimmed
with embroidery or braid.
Black and white striped silk and sat
In are very popular in Paris.
Black, gray and shades of brown are
the leading colors in hosiery.
Dividing the honors with Spanish
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
Better Crops From Sheltered Belts.

Last winter in Southern Ohio, and
indeed over much larger section of
country, furnished an illustration of
the value of timber as protection to
small grain, which the dullest farmer
or most casual observer could not
fail to notice. The only fields of wheat
showing life were those which felt the
protection of timber. Rich land, thor
ough preparation of soil and early
seeding which gave a start to the crop
so that it covered the ground in the
fall, and even top-dressing with fine
rich manure, all counted for nothing
during the terrible winter, for thou
sands of acres which had some or all
of these favorable conditions were to-
tally killed. 1 rode during the last
week of April twenty miles through as
good wheat-producing locality as
can be found in the Union, and did not
see a single field that promised five
bushels of wheat to the acre, except
in the protection of timber. Here and
there was a green velvety field, and in
every case, without exception, was the
border of timber on one or more sides
oft. Even neglected hedges, allowed
to grow to the height of ten feet, saved
a belt of wheat several rods in width.
Professor Townsend, of the Ohio uni
versity, states that in the prairie coun-
tries it has been found that with one
sixth of the land devoted to timber
the remainder produced as much grain
as the whole did before the trees were
planted. I have raised timber belts of
soft maple and of locust on my farm,
and found that double row, occupy
ing less than rod in width of land,
can be grown from seed to furnish good
protection in five years, and Ihave cut
a cord of wood from thirty-fve maple
trees; ten years old, and occupying but
four or vesquarer rods ofland. There
can be no question of the profit ofthese
timber belts; they pay in the protec-
ton they afford to grain, grass and
stock, and the timber when utilized will
pay again and often largely. When ar
ranged to protect the permanent pas
lures it is safe to estimate that the
stock can be turned out a week earlier
in spring than in an unprotected field,
and a week of pasture at this season
is worth much more than week later.
I would urge every farmer whose land
is unprotected tie start a shelter belt of
trees.-Waldo f. Brown.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
Henry and Julia.

A day or two ago SIZE stopped in to
talk to a young apothecary whom she
knew very well, and casually asked il
he could conceal dose of castor oil
so that one could take it without
knowing it. He said "of course" and
engaged her in affable converse till she
said: 40, Henry, it is late-don't for
get your promise" "Oh, no, Julia, !"
he laughed; "but won't you have g.
glass Of soda before you goT' Julia
didn't mind, and after the last bit of
foam had disappeared said: Well, how
about the oil?" "But you have taken
it already-in the soda?" answered
Henry, with smirk oftriumph. ooh,
how could you? 1t was for Jane!' gig
gled the blushing Julia, as she fled to
conceal her emotions.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25

From the London Truth.
Have you any curiosity about the
trosseau princess has? I have seen
the sketches and materials of some oi
Princess Beatrice's trosseau frocks,
which are being made by Redfern. One
is very pretty brown and blue shot
tweed, with silk to match. The shirt
is of the latter and is arranged in wide
perpendicular pleats. The bodice and
tunic are of the tweed, the front of the
bodice being trimmed with folds of the
silk, arranged fichu-fashion. A pretty
little jacket to go with this gown is
made of the tweed, lined with peacock
colored satin and trimmed with the
shot-silk down the fronts, which are
straight, though the back fits tightly
to the figure.
Another nice frock is fgrenat blank
ct cloth, the long wide pleats on the
skirt being separated by folds of Otto
man silk in the same color. There is
also vest of the Ottoman, the bodice
and scarf drapery being of the cloth.
A jacket is made to accompany this
frock, the material being the blanket
cloth. 1t fastens from the left shoul-
der and is trimmed round all the out
lines with fine sable.
A gown of navy-blue cloth is cut out
in scallops, which fall over trimming
ofinterlaced cardinal red braid. A Asimi-
lar but narrower trimming edges the
tunic, which is quite short. The efronts
of the bodice are scalloped over vest
of interlaced red braid and the sleeves
are finished at the cuffs to match.
The jacket corresponding with this is
of navy cloth, edged with one row of
cardinal braid. A revers, turned back
at the side or the chest, is lined with
red silk and smaller revers, turned
back at the right side of the basque,
shows similar lining. This is a very
effective little arrangement and one
quite new to my experience.
A cream-colored cloth is made over
q skirt of pale blue yelling, being quite
plain except for narrow pleating
round the edge. The bodice of this
fastens diagonally from the left
shoulder by means of carved mother
of-pearl buttons. The vest and cuffs
are pale blue
Another cream-colored dress is of
Cairo cloth, with pleated skirt and
scarf-like tunic, made of cream-color-
ed satin. The bodice of this gown is
pleated and worn with a belt.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25

This way of forming new bed every
second year, as soon as the old rows
are mated, is decidedly preferable to
keeping the old beds in a half-produc-
tive state. The old beds are spaded
up next year when the new one will
havefilled therows; the runners on the
new rows should be directed to fill up
the vacant spaces, when the next. year
there will be full crop. The year
after the same process is gone through
to form a new bed.-New York Times.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
Strawberri es.

After a bed of Strawberries has fruit
ed, the space between the rows should
be spaded up and raked off SO as to
furnish place for the roofing of the
runners, from which a new bed may be
formed. By turning ther runners, which
grow freely after fruiting is over, into
this mellow, clean space, a large num-
Der ofnew plants will esecured, which
can be removed to new bed and
planted out to replace the old one.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
A Boston man suffering from inc

A Boston man suffering from indi.
gestion tried various kinds of exercise
to no purpose, but being at last pre-.
vailed upon to allow himself to be
tossed in a blanket every other morn
ing for a fortnight, recovered his health.
There used to be a report that old
John Jacob Astor, when too feeble to
stir around, was regularly subjected
to this treatment.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25

An exchange states that if castor
oil plant is kept growing in a room,
mosquitoes, flies and other pests will
not enter, or if they should they are
soon found dead beneath the leaves.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-07-10
Rocky Mountain
G O A Z

Having been appointed Agent OF the
Rocky Mountaia Coat osnpany, the
undersigned Is now prepared to NIL all orders
OF Coal,
~ TINE CARLOAD. on LESS QUAN.
TtTY.
Ex Orders viii be promptly filed, and Coal
delivered 10 customers
IA. w CUNNINGHAM
winnemucca. Feb. 20, 1885. f20u