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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-07-31
TOadstoolS as Food.

1t is as supplying stores of nutritive
matter and thus forming a most i'm
portant, excellent, delicate food supply
at toadstools are of most value. AL
most everything contributes to the
arts, but food supply is limited to di-
gestible things. To the inha bitants of
many nations toadstOols-in their edi-
BILE capacity-are most important. The
Russians pay particular attention to
their economy and cooking. The Ital-
ian peasants regard toadstools as among
their greatest blessings. In England
all of their edible varieties are eagerly
sought after; tons daily find their way
from wood and field to the markets Of
towns and cities and the great manu-
factories of sauces and pickles. Every
where in Europe they are dried fo-
winter use. In France, especially,
much attention is paid to the cultiva-
it constitutes an enormous industry.
Ten thousand tons are annually pro-
duced by one cultivator In October
of 1885 the writer saw the outlying
commons of Boston, New York, Brook
lyn and Philadelphia covered with men,
women, and children gathering the
prolific and delicate agaricus comatus
(coprinus) by huge basketfuls for the
use of hotels, clubs, and privates fami-
lies. Until within a very few years
this same coprinus was classed among
poisonous toadstools. = Lippincoet's
Magazine.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-07-31

ter the fall of Montezuma Indian slaves
carried it to New Mexico.
Americans are becoming more and
more popular in Paris. AS in London
they are the fashion. The spread-eagle
citizen is less conspicuous, and the
present quiet. observing tourist is wei
coined with admiration.
Ivy planting and tree planting make
! college cOmmencements the true time
| of "arbor days" Some love for trees
may be the result of the ceremonies,
and arbor day orators may be produced
from the graduating classes.
An early portrait of the poet Brown
ing, soon to be published in Il collec-
ton of his poems, is said to represent
a youngish man, with dark hair, rather
ill-shaped whiskers, and Il decidedly
Hebraic cast of countenance.
A well-known London firm of re
freshment contractors recently adver
tised for 1000 additional walters, md
| 10000 applications were received in re-
sponse, the whole of the candidates
claiming to have had experience.
The largest single check ever given
was by John ID. Taylor, treasurer of
the Pennsylvania Company. 1t was
drawn payable to order of Lee Living
ston & Co., for $14, 256, 1876 on the Ma
National Bank of Commerce, of New
York City.
The lumber from which the gallows
was constructed on which John Brown
was executed is owned by a resident of
Harper's Ferry, who is waiting for
1-Qlio b1ntor fn and a Ea If
off his hands. The modest sum of ST.
500 is asked for it.
One of the finest collections of coins
in the South is owned by Captain Bas-
com Myrick, of Americus, Ga. He
started it number of years ago from
bag of old Spanish and French coins
that he received over the counter while
cashier of a bank in Forsyth.
There is quite colony of well-to-do
colored men in Atlanta, Ga, numbers
of whom have made small fortunes
since the close of the war. The ma
jority of them were slaves and started
life poor, but pluck and persistence
have given them a firm standing finan-
cially.
A moccasin was killed near Smith
vile, Ga. and out of curiosity the boys
made post-mortem examination of
his body. To their amazement they
discovered that he had swallowed a
snake of length nearly equal to his
own, less the head, which had been
che wed off.
A cordial farmer, who is preparing
to receive city visitors, says: ''Ourpoor
relations have written to say that they
want to inhale the country air for
about three months. Well, if they can
live on it let them come. We can lodge
the last one of them, as we have plenty
of house ROOM"
Something that pays better than a
gold mine is large ledge of mica 10
Gated just west of Moscow, Idaho. 1t
was discovered a few years ago by an
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-07-31

Pullman Sleeper reservations
can be secured in advance
through any agent Of the
road.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-07-31
MISSING LINKS.

The days wages of a skilled mechan-
ic in Astoria, Oregon, will buy barrel
of -four.
Santa Barbaba, CAL, has an artesian
well which yields over !, 200, 900 gallons
of water daily.
During the recent cyclone in Missis-
sippi a negro boy was blown off his
mule into a creek.
Colonel Cash, of South Carolina, had
seven duels arranged for when he sud-
denly fell i'll and died.
There died the other day at Chilli,
Ind, pony of the mustang variety
that was foaled in 1887.
Even the Chinese have caught the
base ball fever, and they have organ
lied club at Marysville, Cal.
A st. Louis doctor says that cocaine
not only destroys the will power. but
will make villain out of the honestest
man in the world.
Roam Dog. the big medicine man of
the Sioux, finding his mother dead and
his reputation gone, sent bullet
through his heart last week. d.
The phylloxera is spreading in the
Wiley VI Sdll1OI 1auOOICL ulo-
ease called root rot has also appeared
to aid in the work of destruction.
Joseph Pinion, of Temple, Ala,
found a rock about twenty miles from
that place in 1868 that would cut iron,
and he says there is great deal of it.
A man in New Jersey, who was in
very destitute circumstances. applied
to the town for help. He asked for
some money and a pair of patent leath-
er slippers.
At Hamilton, Ont, man who bor-
rowed an umbrella and did not return
it has Just been sentenced to jail for
one year. A timely warning to the
wise is sufficient.
The most common stock expression
in the language is probably ''Well,"
used as an interjection. 1t may be
given more meanings than any other
meaningless word of a few letters,
Just before water was reached in the
new artesian well at Montezuma, Ga,
some strange articles came from it,
consisting of Jumps of coal, fish scales
and bone, clear am ber-coloredr rosin and
bits of soft wood.
There has been long search for a
sunken rock in the Red Sea upon which
two British steamers foundered. 1t has
at last been found. 1t is a very small
coral patch with only fifteen feet Of
water over it.
The French are acknowledged to
have the finest guns and proiectiles in
Europe. Their Ferminy shell has been
shot through an armor plate twenty
fl,i<l- o,A nr1t wifi, tic
steel point uninjured.
In the old church of San Miguel,
Santa Fe, N. NJ, is a bell that was cast
in Spain in the year 1856. 1t, was
brought to Mexico by Cortez, and af-
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-07-31

Italian, who sold it for a trif1e to w.
A. Moody. The ledge was next pur-
chased by Chicago firm, who paid
s125,0O0 for it. and have since taken a
fortune out of it every year.
A new process for preparing beans
for food has heen devised. The beans
are reduced to flour. which is boiled
until it attains a certain consistency.
and the name of ''curd" is given to it.
The article is simple, cheap and nutri-
tious, and is much relished by the Chi
nese: 1t has large percentage of
caseine, and is good substitute for
milk.
The advent of summer in the South
is described by an editor in appropri-
ately glowing language: The mer-
curry, like a eringing sycophant, quick
to do homage to the coming queen,
bounded up toward the nineties. and
the glowing sunshine showered upon
] the woods and fields and sweltering
mortals like wavering sprays of molten
gold.
! An Albany family has three-y ear
old boy whose bump of mischiefis phe-
nomenal. His mother took him in his
carriage to market and bought some
potatoes, which were put in the car
riage at his feet. AS she had walked
along conversing with another the boy
had dropped them all out unnoticed,
and the fact was not discovered until
they were home.
In a report to the trustees of Column
bia College, President Barnard had the
boldness to declare that there are too
many colleges in the country and that
for that reason he should like the un-
dergraduate department at Columbia
to be discontinued and the whole in
stitution to be made university Tor
postgraduate students. There are too
many colleges, but not too many like
Columbia.
Senator Bate, of Tennessee, is said to
carry cigar in his mouth a great part
of the time, but no one has ever seen
him smoking. The story is told that
during one of the battles of the late
war Senator Bate and his brother, who
was colonel, were talking together,
and just as the former struck a match
to light his cigar cannon-ball whizzed
by. tearing his head completely from
his body. The senator Graves the taste
of tobacco, but he has never lighted o
cigar since that tragic event.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-07-31
G. R. FARRA, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON

Special attention given to Obstetrics
and diseases of Women and Children.
Office up stairs in Crawford & Farra's
brick. Office hours, to a. M, ard
to 2 and P. m. 1I3-yI.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-07-31

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Historical Literature. The most wonderful New
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Splendid illustrated crcuary and full particulars
sent free. Address, HISTORICAL PUB CO.
ST LOUIS, Mo.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-10
: TIE HISTORY OF TIGHTS.

In the Middle Ages They We're the Proper
Costume for Both Sexes.
Apropos of the recent agitation against
tights on the stage in the Minnesota Legis-
ture, Paris newspaper gives some interest
ing facts Is to the history Of these garments
It seems, according to this authority,
that tights are only the ex-
tremely ancient Gallo "Braies, I"
or closely-ftting pantaloons, which
in the Middle Ages became the "haut-de-
chausses" worn by both sexes, and which,
according to o curious letter addressed by
Heloise to Abelard, were donned by the
nuns OF the convent of the Paraclete. The
"haut-de-chausses" for Ladies' were dis
carded when stockings came in, and they
were not heard OF in France from the period
of the Reformation to that OF the Revoiu-
tion.
Under the Directorate there was craze
for everything classic-Greek and Roman
furniture, dinners after the manner of the
ancients, and ladies' costumes initiated from
designs on Etruscan vases and the paintings
at Pompeii were the delight of society in the
gay city; but some of the sham antique
dresses we're so perilously transparent in
texture that Grundyism "a Ia Parisienne"
resuscitated silk tights. Such garment
was worn by Madam TallieD at ball at
the Sale Frascsti. The tights were of
roseate hue, enriched with golden bangles
above and below the knee, and on both her
great toes the elegant citizeness wore dia-
mond rings. The remainder Of her attire
was single robe of gauze, which doated in
the ambient air,
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the employment of colored ribbons. For
the handle take strip of narrow blue rib
bon and gum it on one side. Wind it dag
onally around the handle until there are
four strips across the top. When the gum
is thoroughly dry mark your inscription on
the ribbon with small brush. The letters
can be made in gold. Outline the panel and
fill in the background with gold color.
When this is dry you can make the scrolling
in about the same style we show. with a
hard pencil. The small ornament at the
end of the handle may be outlined and filled
in with any color desired. For the bowl
take broad strip of silk ribbon and fray
the edges. Gum this and stick it to the
bowl. In the center of this ribbon square
you can now gum a piece of white paper.
Draw the month in which the birthday oc-
ours on this, with all the dates plainly
shown. Now emphasize the particular day
and there will be no peed of further inscrip-
ton. The background of this design is 10
hs treated just the same as that on the
handle.
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the man 10 assist In wholesale slaughter, 90
! Rsvs him notice TO quit, aud rented bis
desk to the agent for ire.arm factory, who
brought some fne samples oil his arnIcable
goods. was especially pleased with the
appearances Of large, new gatling gun,
which the agent said could discharge 500
shots . minute, and had been brought up
with strong race prejudices. Then sat
and listened for colored footsteps In the
hall, but they did not come.
By an obstruse process OF reasoning
had come to the conclusion that my mys-
'terious pursuer was the collector for tailor
to whom I have the happiness to owe ball
ance Of $25r have owed it q long time
without remorse. / am naturally Of mild
and forgiving spirit but the sin Of the
tailor is unpardonable. Mere ASSAULT and
battery. could overlook, but the man who
cuts me pair OF bow-iegged trousers is be-
yond mercy. Many OF Us can forget ordi-
nary injuries. but We carry q perpetual club
for the man who has made Us ridiculous.
Black Art Of the Tailor.
we'll remember that stoop- -shouldered,
hump backed coat aud the pantaloons, which
l think he must have cut with jig saw.
also recall the arts which hs employ ed 10
make me accept them; how the electric light
went out and the gas burned with pale,
sepulchral flame while tried in vain to
see the outline Of my figure in his unwashed
mirror. And all the time he swore that he
could see the clothes perfectly well and that
there wasn't wrinkle In them.
Then remember when I tried to wear
the suit for the sake Of economy how my
vile said: "Howdy, what makes you carry
one shoulder 90 much higher than the other.
You're positively getting one-sided."
And my friends used TO come up behind
me on the street and tell me that was get
tiug round-shouldersd, and that looked
ten years older Ia the last six months.
Brown, who strikes 40o-pound blow, d sed
10 creep up behind me and slap me on the
back In 0 way that displaced my vi.als,
while he shouted ln my ear: "stand up
straight, old man." There was somsthing
about thst suit Of clothes which gave me the
perpetual attitude OF 0 mao saving wood.
Could Kill Without Qusim.
Pay for Il7 No, cir. I have lfanfsrsd
oil my property 10 my wife and have In.
daoed my friends 10 cover all my sources OF
Income with bogus attachment proceedings.
And " any man representing that tailor
should call upon me, felt that ! could turn
the gatling gun upon him without q qualm.
Meanwhile kept getting lncldeutal do.
seriptlenr ofths Black AyengeT iroal various
psopie-the Janitor, the elevator boy and
others. No two OF these description agreed,
but built my Ideal character from the most
terrible features OF all the stories.
And one day he called. George I. saw
him coming along the hall and he got into
tho safe and shut the door, the typewriter
girl faintedj the agent poured half peck
OF cartridges into the aatling. Then tho
dreaded form crossed tho threshold. He
was fine looking negro, somewhat above
the medium height, with an Intelligent OF.
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Import OF o simple Question.


"Hs wanted to know II you wore mar.
rlcd," added George I. ~ thought per.
haps he had scruples against making any
body a widow, 80 I said I guessed you
were"
"Ifhe comes agaIu," said ], "tell him I'm
suspected of bigamy and have fed the town.
What did the man look liks?"
swell, he wasn't so very tall, but he wal
broad shouldered and bad hand about the
size of four-ounce glove. I'd say he'd
fight at 200 pounds. He asked me when be
could find you In, an said you wouldn''
be here to-day"
gave George /. quarter and left the
Office. About two hours later was obliged
to return for some papers which had for
gotten. 1 entered cautiously. but enooun-
tered nobody moretformidable than George
IL, who remark&: "Pets Jsckson's been
here again lookH for you"
You mean he colored msn?'
"Yes, an he's O whale. Must be 6L feet
tall. He Aain't 80 very stout, but he's an
awful poserful lookin' man. Must weigh
$50 at least. He said if you'd make an ap-
pointment, it wouldn't take over two
minutes to settle the business. He wanted
to know where you lived"
''You didn't tell him?"
"Naw; gave him an address about four
miles from your house. You've always used
inc well. !"
The Description Of an Artist
I gave George II. half dollar, and got
out OF the Office as quickly as possible In
the obscurity of the hall met a colored
man and had already begun to repent Of
my sins when recognized him as the jani-
tors assistant. I went to an artists studio
where sometimes spend an hour or two
when people whom I don't want to see are
likely to call at my Office. The artist shook
my hand warmly.
'.I'm glad to see you alive" said he.
'There's been the biggest, bloodthirstlest-"
''You don't mean that he's tracked me
herep" 1 exclaimed. sold man, I'm lost. "
whats the matter? Have you been
writing him up? Some prize fighter, I
suppose, that you've been using as a horri-
BILE example? That fellows nearly seven
feet tall, and he'll weigh 800. advise you
to carry gun. Who is hep
"I haven't any idea; but he must be re-
markable man. According to the descrip-
ton get of him. he's grown foot taller
and gained 100 pounds in weight since he
came into my office at 9:30 o'clock this
morning."
The Typewrlter's Description.
Evidently the studio was not a safe place
for me. went home with gratitude in my
heart toward George II. for concesling my
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THE Fad FOR SPOONS.

IL Has Run From Tourists Mementoss TO
Popularity In Society.
The latest fad Is the souvenir spoon.
Some genius etched or engraved o teaspoon
after design or scene Of local Significance,
and in an incredible short space OF time all
of the larger cities began to produce spoons
which were calculated to catch the eye Of
tourists. Pittsburg's Fort Pitt spoon 10
already we'll known. The fad has gone fur
ther, and now spoons play part in social
life. Young ladies who know anything
about fancy work and cap use the
brush will loon be making spoons In
large numbers. A birthday SPOON" says
the New York Herald, can be made BY
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THE AVENGER GREW.
A Dark Giant Who Was Thirsting for
Howard Fielding's Gore.
TIE DESCRIPTIONS DID NOT TALLY
And Each Person Who Set Eyes on Him. Had
Worse Tale to Tell.
RACE OUTRAGE NARROWLY AvEarED
.wnrrrEx FOE THE DrsrArcu.,

WRITTEN FOE THE pfsPArcu.l
"There's been big colored man here
a.lookin' for you," said the First Office
Boy.
We have two Office boys. the First to 20
on errands and the Second to go and find out
why the First doesn't come back. We des-
ignate them numerically because both are
named George.
"what did the man want7" inquired of
George the First.
Dunno" he replied; 'wouldn.,t tell.
Said he'd call again. Taint any o my
business, but advise you TO be out He's
the ugliest lookiu' feller ever see."
George I. spoke In o tone full Of solici-
tude for my welfare. and he looked at me
with morbid curiosity, as one might regard
COW that was about to be made the subject
Of an experiment Ia electrocutiou, tried
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Dresses ior small girls arc really sntrano.
log IN their pfettInssa. One for lassie OF
II displayed In London shop window had
full plain skirt Of snew-inown hay" color,
with very deep hem, headed With Ave
rows OF orsam.white velvet The bodice was
cut low, and without sleeves. and was edged
all round with three rows Of the marrow
velvet, finishing on each shoulder Win
dainty little rosetteL A orean'sllk ihirred
shirt OF guimpe wns worn under this little
costume, with soft frills Of lace ~ the thrdet
and on the full bishop sleeves A rather
large shady aat ehip-hat OF the soft greyish
green color correspond Ing with the dress.
with dainty little rosettes OF narrow cream.
coloured velvet, and made O very glrlish
headpieoe for the artistic-looking gown.
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medium long basques, which are
bordered with embroidery; at the back
the basque is replaced by the sIashed tabs of
the velvet corselet, the front of which Is
short and does not meet, but is connected in
stead by ribbons straps with rosettes. The
sleeves are full at both shoulder and wrist,
and are gathered to small pointed cuff.
A most charming dinner gown is of
heavy gray-green corded silk, perfectly
plain and princesse shape in the back, but
opening down the front over petticoat of
rose-pink silk, veiIed with the loveliest
white lace. The bodice is cut square ut the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-10

London correspond
ent. 1t was of fawu-
colored cashmere,
with q plain skirt,
which was embroi-
dered as high as the
knees in small red
poppy flowers. A
little ruche of red
silk went all round
inside of the skirt so
that only a glimpse
of the bright color
was seen now and
then. The short bod
ice was of the fawn
color, with a pretty
draped front Of the
poppy-sprinkled ma
terial. outlined with
a tiny ruche of red
silk, coming to a
point at the waist.
The sleeves were full
and of the PLAIN stuff,
and with cuffs fn-
ished with the same
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pleasant traces, either
IN patches OF gray hair
or in thin places just
over each temple and
above the ear. The
hair may be wonder
fully abundant and
still dark in color all
over the rest of the head.
1t is just in these places
that 1t begins to go very
thin or else to turn
quite gray. To meet
lthe difficulty, SAYS the
Philadelphia Reco d,
and to give a per:acly
natural appearance to
the side of the head, a
Iopdon hair-dresser
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Clean I'm.

As the good housewife proceeds to cleanse
and renovate the family domieile. removing
the winters accumulation of dust and i'm
purities at this particular season, SO should
every intelligent person cleanse and renovate
their internal person, and make it health
ful habitation. for it's the home of the soul.
There is nothing that will SO quickly and
etfectualiy accomplish tits as dose of st.
Patrick's Pills. They not only physic, hut
clear the befogged mind and cleanse and
renovate the whole system, making one feel
brand new. wsu
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TWO PRETTY COSTUMES.

A Novel Corselet and a Charming Dinner
Gown Recently Created.
Suede colored crepon with an embroidered
seIvage is the material of the gown shown
herewith, with a corselet of green velvet on
the bodice, says Harper's Bdzar. The skirt,
which is three yards and third wide, is
plain and clinging at the front and gathered
at the back; at the foot it is trimmed with
two narrow bias rufles each headed by an
embroidered band. The bodice is gathered
at the shoulders in front and at the
neck in the back; the fronts extend into
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looks as if it must have grown there always.
She great secret of its successful adjustment
10 the head lies in the fact that it is made to
WORK on a very light selt-acting watch spring
of the finest possible description. Each
toupee is made specially to measure for the
head of the wearer, and it is OF such n mere
feAtherweight that no one can ever be con-
scious Of wearing it How the toupee looks
on its fair wearer is indicated in the larger
illustration.