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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-10-10
The Other Fellow Got the Drop.

He was six feet two inches tall and
weighed 25O pounds. His face was
purple with rage, and his breath came
in short and quick gasps. He walked
into the office of quiet little man on a
certain street of this city, and, with a
heavy cane uplifted, he commenced:
"D-n you. I've got you now. My
time has come, and I'm just going to
wipe up your floor with you. You are
sir!'' he suffered as
his eyes fell upon the self-cocking re-
volver held pointed at his heart by the
quiet little man. '.That's all 1 wanted
to say, sir. Good morning, SIR" and
he rushed out of the door with the
perspiration standing in beads upon his
forehead. Turning to the Town Talk
er, the quiet little man said: Don't
say a word about this, but that man
is going to meet with sudden death
some Of these days." and he replaced
the weapon in his pocket.-LouisviIIe
Commercial,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-10-10
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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-10-10

Doors and Sash kept in stock or made to
order. Mouldings of all kinds in pine or
cedar. All orders will receive prompt at
tention. I guarantee al my work 20 be
first-class. West of s. F. depot, Corvallis,
Oregon. s s-tf.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-10-10
Sacred to the memory OF
Elizabeth,
Wife of Caleb Field,
Who died Jan. IS
<-1 IN -4nr1
"He giveth his beloved Sleep"

On the mound were the freshly
planted buds. He stopped down a little
to see if they were wilted. and he
thought he saw tear-drop in the heart
of one of them.
'e.Poor little girl! I was a brute to
gone eiup like that; I must, tell MOTHER
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-10-10
F0arth and Morrison Sts., Portland. OreSoI

NorE.-Home treatment, securely packed, sent by
express to all parts of the Pacific Coast for those who
cannot nossibiv call in Dersop
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-10-10
A New Battery-Cell.

Edison has invented a new battery.
cell for the use of telegraph companies:
1t is described as a simple cylinder OF
zinc in which ;s placed thick stick OF
caustic soda, and the cell is then filled
witk water. 1t is said 10 possess
marvellous potential energy, with
minimum of internal resistance, and 9
battery will work as well in wet
weather as in dry. There is no polari'
xation and the zines never require
cleaning.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-10-10
London's Fog Tower.

Four hundred plans have already
been received by the committee wEo
offered prizes for the best and second
best plan for the proposed Watkin
Tower-the English Eiffel. 1t will be
so high that all that need be done
when fog comes on will be to enter the
lift and in few minutes be up in the
clear blue.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-10-10

80. DOCTOR" exclaimed the weeping
wife, must you give my husband upl
Can't you do something more for him,
doctor. before you go?' "Yes,
madam" said the doctor, grimly, u
can make out my bill. Somaerville
Journal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-10-10

Belinda-"I see that Clara has taken
to sending liberal donations to the hos
pitals and asylums." Annabel-"Yes.
you see she has everything she could
possibly want, she has not wish un-
gratified, so she is going in for self
denial and giving to the poor.
ica.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-10-10
Three-Story Wagon.

A three-story wagon was captured
at Martinsville, Nd, a few days since.
The first story under the running gear
was coop of live chickens; the Sec
ond, sandwiched between the first and
third and hidden from view, was de-
voted to ''moonshine spirits; the third
was laden with tobacco and fodder.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-10-10

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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

The villagers of Cynthiana, KY,
were treated to a sensation recently
somewhat similar to one Of the in
teresting scenes in La Sanambula. u
A woman subject to fits of mental
alteration, while suffering from
one of these attacks, Invested her.
self of every stitch of her clothing
and took to the streets. She ran
around the village in an absolutely
nude condition, and it was some
time before the good villages could
regain sufficient presence of mind to
capture the personator of Mother
Eve and take her home.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

SAYS a dispatch from Bonn, Ger
many: While young girl was
praying before the shrine of the
Virgin in a chapel in the forest Of
Rheinback a stranger entered and
locked the door. He then tried to
rob the girl Of her jewels. As she
resisted struggle ensued, during
which frail altar that stood before
the shrine was torn down the up.
roar attracted the attention of some
wood choppers and they soon forced
an entrance, rescuing the girl, but
in doing so allowed her assailant to
escape. The Berlin police are, how
ever in possession of clues that. it is
hoped will lead to his arrest.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

SECRETARY BUTTERwoRTH says he
has no fear that the Mckinley tariff
law will seriously interfere with ex-
hibits from foreign countries at the
Worlds fair In 1898.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

In answer to an inquiry sent out
by Gov. Ross to the county judges
relative to the ratio of increase OF
decrease of crime in the state, lis
replies show decrease of 40 per
cent for the past four years.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

The speaker of the house at Guth-
RE, o. T., came near being mobbed
by an excited crowd Thursday on
account of his action on a bill max.
ing Guthrie the permanent capital
of the territory.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

The Adams Express company was
robbed by bandits on the Cincin-
natl and Sandusky road in Ohio
Thursday morning. The amount OF
booty secured is unknown.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09
KIND WORDS AND ACTIONS.

Nothing really ever persisted
wholly; nothing yet has died in act
uality for all time. Absolute annihi-
lation is but phrase descriptive of
a process that has never yet operated.
Everything recognizable BY the SEN
ses-touch, taste, sound, sight and
smell-are but varied phases of ON
nipresent life. All nature is con-
glomerate of pulsating life, for even
the rocks-so science has declared
are formed of living things massed
soidly. The water we drink, the
air we breathe, are composed of bill
lions upon billions of enthusiastically
small creatures, bouyant with life
living animals invisible to the eye,
yet many of them provide with re-
spiratory apparatus corresponding
to the lungs of the higher animals,
and these are the component parts
of the things we call water and air.
The creeping caterpillar draws about
itself winding sheet of silk and to
all appearances dies, but soon the
chrysalis falls apart and behold a
miracle is wrought-the gaudy but
terfy comes forth and scars in
splendor toward the sun. So it is
with kindly words and actions, these
never die. Their influence for good
continues to generate goodness in
definitely, and like life itself-ceas-
ing in one form only to reappear in
another-go onward ever, strewing
broadcast as they travel flowers OF
cheer and hope that bloom peren-
nially giving rare encouragement to
those inclined to falter who follow
after on the roughened road.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

SECRETARY HESTER of the New
Orleans cotton exchange reports the
movement of cotton for September
to be greater than any September
since the war.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

TO-DAY is railroad day at the San
Antonio exposition. Ex-Governor
Hubbard will deliver an address.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

The daily Independent made its
first appearance at Sulphur Springs
yesterday.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

The election in Idaho on the LIST
went overwhelmingly republican.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09
WE WILL GIVE AWAY

With every dollars worth of goods
except groceries, bought from US
at one time, for cash, piece of
your own choice from the S cent
counter. Our stock consists of 5
10 and 25 cent Counter Goods, Tin,
Glass, China and Queensware,
Lamps, Lanterns, Toys, Cutlery
and Wood and Willow ware. Give
US trial and be convinced that
we are the cheapest house in town.
Knoop & schawe.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

The following is correct list OF
wedding anniversaries Three days,
sugar; sixty days, vinegar; first an
niyersary, iron; fifth anniversary,
wooden; tenth anniversary, tin; ff-
tenth anniversary, crystal; twenti-
eth anniversary, china; twenty-ffth
anniversary, silver; thirtieth anniver-
sary, cotton; thirty-ffth anniversary,
linen; fortieth anniversary, wooden;
forty-ffth anniversary, silk; fftieth
anniversary, golden; seVenty-ffth an
niversary, diamond.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09
Health is Wealth!

DR.. E. C. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN
TREATMENT, a guaranteed specific for Hys-
terra, Dizziness, Commissions, Fits, Nervous
Neuralgia, Headache, Nervous Prostitution
caused by the use of alcohol or tobacco,
Wakefulness, Mental Depression, Sotening
of the Brain resulting in insanity and leading
to misery. decay and death, Premature Old
Age, Barrenness, Loss ofPower in either sex,
Involuntary Losses and Spermatorhea
caused by over-taxation of the brain, self
abuse or over-indulgence. Each box con-
tains one months treatment 81 box, or
six boxes for SIS, sent by mail prepaid on re-
ccipt of price.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
to cure any case. With each order received
by us for six boxes, accompanied with $500
we will send the purchaser our written guar-
sntee to refund the money if the treatment
does not effect cure. Guarantees is
sued only by j. D. ROGERS Bten-
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

In the art department, pictures,
sculpture, artistic wood work, paint
ings, bric-a-brac, and every eonceiva-
BILE article of virtue is coming to
hand. Lovers of the beautiful in
art will have good time this year.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

R. G. SAMUELs, a leading negro
politician of Arkansas, announces
that he will leave the Republican
party, because ''the Republicans
promises us everything and gives us
nothing" He viii go into the Hon.
G. R. Breckenridge's district and
work for him.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

Two hundred and two Mormons
arrived in New York Thursday.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

Honest poverty is better than
wealthy fraud.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

The Fifty-frstCongress has ad-
journed. 1t has been in session
longer and done less perhaps than
any previous Congress. True it has
passed the tariff bill with its host of
amendments, and perhaps would
have passed the Force Bill had not
public sentiment raised such howl
against it.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

GENERAL BoULANGER is said to be
living quietly and in luxury on the
contributions that the French Mon
archists and his other supporters
have made to him. In other words
He has played the part of chevalier
of industry, and laughs at the vic
Tins whom he has pled. Naturally,
the Orleanists are very angry; but
what could they expect? The man
who wonld play traitor to his coun-
try, as Boulanger did, could be trust
ed to swindle his friends.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-09

Rev. Mr.. DIXON, of Chicago says :
II would rather be a drummer in
the Salvation Army and save men,
I would rather be human sandwich
with the gospel on my breast and
rescue souls, than preach in fres-
coed temple to handful of old men
and women who have gone to
church so long that they have
sacred rheumatism" Rev. Sam
Jones must look out or he will be
left way behind in the procession of
reverend word singers.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-15
Books and Catalogues Received.

Peter Henderson & Co.'s manual of
everything for the garden. This cata-
logue is gotten outin the usual handsome
style and contains good deal of inter-
esting matter 35 and 81 CORTLAND
street, New York: Peter Henderson &
Co.
Walter A. Woods thirty-seventh annual
catalogue of harvesting machines. A
Typographical work of art. Hoosic Falls,
n. Y: Walter A. Wood.
The "New Guide to Rose Culture" A
catalogue Of roses and other Towering
plants. Contains valuable information
on the subject OF growing roses. West
Grove, Pa: The Dingee & Conard Co.
Henderson's farm manual for 1890.
New York: Peter Henderson & Co.
Floral treasures; handsome illustra-
ted catalogue Of foweringp plants. Spring
field, O.: Good & Reese
Spring price list of strawberry, rasp-
berry and blackberry plants from Meadow
Brook Nurseries. Dover, Del: Slayma-
ker Il Son.
Price list and catalogue Of the famous
Ohio ensilage and feed cutters for elevat-
ing ensilage and dry fodder Salem, Ohio:
Silver e Denning Manufacturing Go.
OrmOnd, Fla: E. W. Amsden.
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Print Your Wrappers.

We have contended all along that it
would pay our orange shippers to use
printed wrappers for their fruit. Our rea-
sons for believing this are twO-fold. First
it will establish demand and a reputa-
ton for your fruit. Second, if proper
matter is printed on tie wraps in connec-
ton with the brand and trade mark, it
will be a good advertisement, for the
State.
This is what a recent bulletin of the
Fruit Exchange says on the subject:
Some of the best known and largest
Florida shippers put up their several bet
ter grades under designated brands, indi-
Gated by certain devices. these are not
only marked upon the box, but are
also printed upon the centre of each
wrap. Some of these private brands
have acquired national reputation and
sell on the marking withoutexamination
The top layer only is wrapped in printed
paper, and it gives nice appearances
when opened up. Thosewho have fair to
large-sized crops of prime fruit would do
well to adopt this plan. 1t would en-
nance the value of the fruit enough TO
compensate several times over for the
trouble and expense.
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three feet, and, to insure stand, five
were placed in a hill. Strips one by two
inches were nailed across as a rest for
an awning, which, on cold nights was
stretched over the enclosure. The avn
ing was made of two widths of cheese
cloth, costing four cents a yard. The
plants were uninjured when the Their
mometer was much below the freezing
point.
The vines began to fruit early and pro-
ILLEGALLY, and bore through the summer.
On September Sd l ate good fruit from
them. A mistake, [ think, was made in
allowing the vines to run beyond the en-
closure. Another, possibly, was that
after rains the plants were not covered
with the awning as protection against
the sun. The estimate yield per acre was
near 200 bushels of good smooth fruit,
and as much more of culls.
During the dry weather these plants
were watered occasionally but not CO.
piOusly.
Several pages and tables are devoted
to muck and it's analysis, which will prove
of great interest to Floridians. DR.. J. C.
Neal, entomologist and botanist, has a
valuable paper in the Bulletin on COM
post working
Send your address to J. p DePass,
Director, Lake City, and get a copy of
the Bulletin.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-15
Bulletin No. 7.

Bulletin No. Z of the Experiment Sta.
ton of Florida has Just been received.
We are inclined to think that this is the
most valuable bulletin that has yet been
issued from the Florida station. 1t is not
confined to one subject, but touches upon
several OF interest to farmers and fruit
growers in a concise and comprehensive
manner.
One table is devoted to corn expert
ments, and shows the yield per acre re-
sulting from the application of different
fertilizers. The yield from an unfertilized
acre is given at nineteen and one-half
bushels. An acre fortified with one ton of
Pot. Ammonia produced tWenty-six bush
els. One ton of cotton seed meal thirty
two and one-half bushels, etc. In no case
was the yield over thirty-two and One-half
bushels, which increase over the unfertil-
lied land hardly appears to Justify the
expenditure for ton of fertilizer. In a
future issue we will publish the comments
on these experiments.
The bulletin gives the following chap
ter on cucumhers, which we reproduce en-
tire as it is timely.
The goth Of January planted cucum-
bers on the following plan:
A plot five by sixty feet, running east
and west, was marked off. This was ex-
cavated a foot, the top soil, to the depth
OF about. four inches, being thrown on
the south and the subsoil on the north
side. The sides were walled with plank
two feet above the level of the GROUND
and eight inches on the SOUTH The
ground was then spaded, and about four
inches of green stable manure spread
evenly over it, and covered with the top
soil. The seeds were planted three by
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-15

ever, we would rot advise the planting of
any crop without proper fertilization, for
the result will be more satisfactory in
proportion to the amount of fertilizers
applied and cultivation given.
Another crop sadly neglected by new
corners, but fully appreciated by old set
ties and natives, is the sweet potato. Any
land in Florida above water will produce
sweet potatoes; of course, the better the
land the larger the yield. Every grove
owner should raise enough potatoes to
supply his family. If there is surplus
produced it can be readily disposed of at
prices ranging from 30 to 40 cents per
bushel or used as food for COW or horse.
We have seen thirty bushels of corn
raised to the acre between the rows of
young orange trees on the ordinary pine
land of South Florida. OF course this
land was fortified, and whether the Guilt
walton of corn in the orange grove bene-
fitted or damaged the trees is an impor-
tant question to be considered How
ever, we only give the above instance to
show that corn can be raised in the Or
ange growing section of the State
1t is impossible to enumerate all that
may be grown on the common pine lands
of South Florida by ordinary cultivation
and a reasonable quantity of fertilizer.
Peanuts for the stock and family, crab
grass hay, field peas for hay and table,
Strawberries for the family and the market,
cassava, sugar cane and vegetables, etc.
Some of these do better in some sections
than others, and some again will hardly
pay for the trouble of cultivating in some
parts of the State and on certain soils,
but the grower must use his discretion
and plant only those things suited to his
soil and latitude.
The vegetable garden, however, should
not be neglected under any circumstances.
1T should be ma lie to yield at least some
thing nearly every day in the year and
although this something" may in itself
be small the aggregate will be large
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-15

OUR fruit growers should not forget the
special meeting of the Florida Horticult-
ural Society to be held at the Semi TrOp-
ical Exposition in Ocala on Feb. 3, 4, 5.
AS has been previously announced, the
Exposition offers $625 in prizes for the
exhibit of fruits to be made under the
auspices of the Society. Each member
should exert himself to make this display
the finest ever seen in the State. A large
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-15
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY Is, 1890.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CORRESPO Observation-Disclosures Plan for the
Fruit Exchange; Spanish Peanuts and Rice
for Stock and Poultry; Tree Foundation. 80
Domestic Uses of Honey; Roofing and
Planting Grape Cuttings "a
Retaining Neglected Groves 35
SELECTED-How to Make Living in Flori-
da Do
Print Your Wrappers Curing Lemons. "a
Intensive Grove Culture. Observation-Disclosures. 35
Prosperous Florida Prices of Orange Land
in Italy, California and Florida; Okra cult
ure; Winter Potato III ouse 36
The Citron for Florida When to Plant. 81
Points in Drainage; Vitality of Glover Seed;
Reduced Charges on Nursery Sotk. 3S
FLORAL-Florida Flowers; English Violetsin
Florida; Recent Improvements in Cannas
Growing Flowers in the Flatwoods 80
EDITORIAL-An Imperative Necessity; Bull
letin No. z; Books and Catalogues Received 40
MARKET REPORT Observation-Disclosures. Al
Young Folks Number)-The
Kind Wanted; Amusementfor Little Folks;
Baby Lace Letters from the Children;
''Grls Help Father" ,.........,, ............ AZ
POULTRY-Egg Food; Breeding Pen ofSilver
Laced Wyandottes; The Guinea Fowl. ... 43
Y-Story-"Dunraven Ranch" ........ A
The Puzzler.. 46
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. AZ
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The Sub-Tropical Exposition opened
in Jacksonville last Thursday with ap-
propriate exercises. Ten thousand Wis
itors were in the city on opening day,
and the building was crowded with people
and exhibits. The Semi-Tropical Expo
sition opens at Ocala to-day and promises
to be as great success as the Sub
Tropical.