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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-11-06
A Modem Lotus Tree.

People do not really know the Colo
RADIO desert. 1t has a flora and a num-
Der of trees that horticulturists do not
suspect to be in existence. There is a
tree in the desert which people tell me
emits a most fascinating and peculiar
smell-in fact the regular upas tree
story. They say that when a man
comes under the influence of this at
tractive odor he is bound to be drawn
to it, and there he will stay until he
dies.
The singular part of the story is that
women are not affected by the smell
only men, and am told by my friends
who have prospected in the desert that
even males of animals are drawn tc
the tree and there live to die under its
baneful influence. Francisco Let
fer
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-11-06
-rh. Opportunity That the Colleges Lost.


In the early decades of the present
century the predoIninance of classical
studies was not indeed unnatural But
conditions were changing. James Watt
and succeeding inventors had inaugu-
rated revolution in industry more
complete. if less dramatic. than that eff
fected in politics by their contemro-
raries Thousands of men were to be
replaced by machinery. new industries
were to be created. nations to be
brought closer together, the conditions
of existence to be ameliorated-aIl by
inen consciously or unconsciously study
Ing applying science.
Nowhere were these changes to oper-
ate more powerfully than in the United
States. What would be the effect on
our education7 Would the colleges
realize their opportunity and by coop
Grating In this great improvement en-
phasize and strengthen their right to
the intellectual leadership of the nationf
Had they previously occupied them
selves more with things and less with
forms they might conceivably have
taken the tide at the food. Being what
they were, they could not--Professor
Fl. w. Tyler in Forum.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-11-06
TO. ELEVATE THE MONKEYS.
A Scheme for Producing an Aristocrac
of Intellect Among Simians.

A Scheme for Producing an Aristocracy
of Intellect Among Simians.
A man of large means, who resides in
Washington, has declared his intention,
privately, to devote 100000 to a very
original purpose. The idea is that no
satisfactory opportunity has ever been
afforded for the development of the in
tellect of the brute. Intelligence, like
bodily qualities, is susceptible of i'm
provement through breeding, as every
one knows who has thought about the
evolution of the dog from the wolf by
artificial selection. This rich man pro-
poses that monkeys or apes shall be
taken as subjects for experiment, simply
because man understands those animals
better than he does others.
Let fifty of them, half males and
half females, be placed in paddock
suitably provided with separate quar-
tiers for the sexes. Then have them
breed pair by pair. as shall be directed
by those who superintend. Some of
them will develop certain abilities more
eonspicuously than others. For exam
pie, certain individuals will exhibit a
superior understanding of the COM
mands addressed to them or will show
a greater dexterity in the handling of
objects. Those which appear stupid
are to be expelled from the colony,
their places being filed by fresh re-
cruits. When a male and a female are
found who exhibit the same sort of
aptitude in any direction they are to be
mated. This process, carried on for
generations would necessarily result in
the development of superior characters
until finally. after the lapse of twenty
five years perhaps, there would almost
certainly be apes or monkeys far higher
in the scale of reason than any known
up to the present time.
These putative cousins of the human
race have already exhibited mental
and even mechanical capacity sufficient
to give ground for great hopes of pos
sible development in point of intellect.
fChimpanzees have been taught to bring
things to the table. and the big Langur
baboon of India is commonly used in
that country today as q servant for
working the punkall fans, with which
flies are kept away from dinner tables.
Explorer Stanley has given an account
of apes which carry torches at night.
This is believed by scientists to be an
absurdity. because all the anthropoid
and siInian tribes are too afraid of fire
TO render such u thing possible. 1t is n
fact well known that gorillas, while
they will gather about q deserted camp
fire for the sake of warmth. will never
think of keeping the eInbers alight by
adding fuel. Nevertheless, every book
on natural history relates many an in
stance illustrative of these creatures
thinking powers, and there is no ques-
I ton that 1t could be greatly improved
by the process of judicious breeding.
Even a pig can be taught to count up
to ten. Washington Evening Star.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-11-06

HOTEL TO LET.-k frst-class hotel
situated in an excellent locality and
doing a business which pays from
$500 to $4,000 per year to lease for
a term OF years. THIS is good op-
portunity for someone. The furniture
must be sold with the lease. Reasons
for leasing, on account of poor health.
Address "L NJ" Gazette Office, Cor
wallis. Oregon.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-11-06
Storks I'm Palestine.

The regularity Of the migrations Of
storks furnished jeremiah with a re
buke against the Jews: 1.-THE stork in
the heaven knoweth her appointed
time" Canon Tristram, when in Pal
estine, saw thousands moving slowly
northward. They were scattered, .
he says, lover hill and valley, moving
a few miles a day-not in focks, but
singly or in small groups" Few stay
there for the breeding season, and
these areVever molested. Its Hebrew
name. Chasedah, signifies pity or mercy.
and Is probably derived from the afec-
ton which the stork has for its young
-Chambers' Journal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-11-06
"Doins" Palestine.

A woman who has been to Europe
says an opportunity is never lost to
;gibe the meteoric flight of the tour
1ist." She heard story of two young
men doing Palestine. They drove to
the pool of Bethesda They descended
from the carriage. ''This." said the
guide, sis the pool of Bethesda +"
.tAh, commented one Of them. 'pool
of Bethesda. Chalk it down. Gus,
we've seen the pool of Bethesda By
the way, guide" as he turned and
.dived into the carriage. "who was Be-
4hesdaqt-New York Timea
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-11-06
The Scales of Fishes.

The scales of fishes are very beautiful
things to examine microscopically. Take
those Of a goldfish for example. The
brilliant golden or silvery hues of these
fishes are produced by soft layer OF
pigment spread over their inner surface
and seen through the translucent sub
stance of the scales. On carefully de-
taching scale one sees on the under
side a layer of cleaning substance
easily removed. silvery or golden, ac-
cording to the hue of the fish. If a
small portion of this substance is taken
up on the end of fine needle and
spread on glass slide under the micro
scope it is seen to consist of two dis
tinct materials, one giving the color and
the other the metallic luster. When
thus greatly magnified the former of
these two substances Is seen to be a
layer of. loose cells, of an orange
color in the gold and whitish in the sill
yer fishes. If drop of water be then
added and the solution gently agitated
with the needle point the mass is seen
to be full of an infinite number of fat
crystals, oblong pris1ns, with angular
ends. By reflected light they flash like
plates of polished steel.
But what appears most singular is
that each crystal is perpetually vibrat,
ing and quivering as if alive, although
it is really due to q slight motion of the
water in which they Hoat. Owing to
this irregular movement each crystal is
momentarily frightening or waning.
flashing out or retiring into darkness,
thus producing positively magical
effect. To this property, presumably,
is to be attributed the pearly play OF
light which marks the living fishes
Interview in Washington Star.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-11-06
When the Drum Failed to Scare.

The eieada, by using drum at the
base of the abdomen, produces a re-
markable sound, sufficient to even
fighten off an enemy, yet once saw a
big wasp bearing off o big cicada larger
than itself, despite the ''zeeing" and
drumming of the victim.-St. Paul Dis
match
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-11-06

John London Macadam, the inven-
tor of the road that bears his name,
labored for years to perfect his ideas,
and although the English parliament
voted him $50, 900 it hardly covered his
outlay. His monument is the roads Of
England.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-11-06

If old Diogenes lived today he
wouldn't use lantern to find an hon.
est man. He would be out scratching
for an umpire who would give satis-
faction to all concerned.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-11-06
The origin of Visiting Cards.

The Origfn OF YisftfDg Cards.
1t is said that we owe the invention
OF visiting cards to the Chinese, an.]
that even 80 long ago as the Tong
dynasty (618-90O visiting cards were
used in China. No nation observes SO
strictly the ceremonies In regard to the
paying of visits as the Chinese do, but
the cards they use for this purpose are
very different from our dainty bits o.
white paper, being large enough to fold
twice, and of a bright red color. -Har.
per's Young People.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-11-06
Sympathy.

Miss Prim Ito Mr.. Richfellow)-Oh,
It's nothing, nothing. My teeth ache a
little; that's all
Small Brother (sympathetically)-
Why don't you take 'em outa-Good
News
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-11-06
THE
THE
YAQU!NA R00UTEE.
Oregon Pacific r "a ilroad
T. E. Hcgg, Receiver, and
Oregon Development Co.'S
STEAMSHIP LINE.

235 Miles Shorter; 20 Hours Less time
than by any other route. First class
through passenger and freight line from
Portland all points in the Willamette valley
to and from San Francisco, Cal.
TIME SCHEDULE Except sundays.)
Leaves Albany 100 p. m Leaves Yaqunae:45 a. M
Leave Corvallis1;4 40 "A. Leave Cor, alIis 1926 g
Arrive Yaauina $50 p M Arrive Albany II 10 a. m.
Oregon & California trains connect at Albauy and
Corvallis. The above trains connect at Yeauina With
the Oregon Development Co 8 line Of steamships be-
tween Yaquina and San Francisco.
Frm Yaquina.
Steamship stWillamette Valley" Aug.
4th, 18th, 22nd, 3lst.
Firm oSan Eraneisc.
Steamship sWillamette Valley" July
3lst. Aug. 9th, 18th, Goth.
This Company reserves the right TO chang sailing
dates without notice.
N. R-Passengers from Portland and all
Willamette valley points can make close
connection with the trains OF the Ya4nina
route at Albany or Corvallis, and If destined
to San Francisco should arrange to arrive at
Yaanina the evening before date of sailing.
Passenger and freight rates always til
lowest. For information apply to D. w.
Cummins, freight and ticket agent, Corvaf.
lis, or to C. G.. HOGUE, .
Gen. r. and p. Agent, Oregon Pa
citic Railroad Co, Corvallis, Or.
W. B. WEBSTER.
Gen. F. and P. Agent. Oregon Develop.
ment Co., 304 Montgomery ST., s. F., Cal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-11-06

Pullman Sleeper reservations
can be secured in advance
through any agent of the
road.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-11-06
for Infants and Children.

'tCastoria isso well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me.'' Il. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
YARN land

is continuously practiced,, it will be-
come fixed habit more easily main
tanned than by allowing everything to
run to disorder.
A few examples where these rules
are variously carried out may afford
some useful suggestions to owners of
farms in moderate circumstances who
are about laying out their home
grounds, or who may wish to make
some improvements on those already
arranged. There are many farms placed
on one side of public highway, with
dwellings and farm building easily ac-
cessible from it. Fig. represents such
place conveniently arranged as sug-
gested. The dwelling is about eight
rods from the public 1oad, and is
reached by the foot-path on the left,
and by the carriageway On the right;
and to economic space, ard to take ad-
vantage of the farm road, curve car
riagc road leaves the farm road, turns
up to the side entrance and passes on
again into this road. This arrangement
obviates the necessity of passing every
loaded team close in front of the dwell
ling. The barn and carriage-house are
easily reached by this farm road. The
position of the orchard, fruit garden
and vegetable garden requires no ex-
PLANTATION. The vegetables are planted in
rows or drills so Us to be entirely cult
waited with horse. They may wholly
occupy the ground with annual crops,
or may be placed between the rows of
currant bushes, raspberries, etc, which
may be 20 feet apart. The farm road
will be where the horse may turn, and
II feet space lett at the other end for
the same purpose.
Fig. is plan of a more symmet-
rical place, an acre of which is occr-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

pledged his eternal faith 70 ner and
then sailed away. She had waited and
waited, but he had not returned. She
had had good offers of marriage and
refused them. Suddenly she discovered.
or thought she did, that people were
laughing at her tor waiting for Klaus
Cristofer-for believing he would re-
turn; and she left Denmark for America,
to work for her bread amongst strang-
ers. To one true friend she gave her adj
dress. If Klaus ever came back or
was heard of there would be letter
for her Through all those ten years
she had hoped for one; and never be-
fore had she guessed that anyone no
ticed none ever came for her. Now her
humiliation was excessive.
why, I want to know" said the
postmaster; ''she thinks I'm poking
fun at her; poor thing, she's a furriner,
and this letter has come a good way.
Well, 1 suppose she'll stop in going
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

ANNA BANNER, WHO NEVER GERS A
letter. She never gets one, but there
she comes again
'No; I'll not make fool of myself.
l shall never get a letter." and she
turned away.
Still keeping on toward the mill, she
turned down toward the lower road.
along which a railway ran, and took
the track. A fear of being laughed at
had entered her soul, and she fancied
that if she went along with others she
might hear some one say:
''Oh, there's Anna Banner, who never
gets letter and always asks for one"
AS she gave the little jump from a
Jutting rock which was the step from
the lower road to the upper, the owner
of the store, grocer, dry goods mer-
chant and postmaster, came to his
door. He held a letter in his hand and
looked after her.
''Well, if everr' he said. eff that
don't beat me! That gal has been for
a letter every day for years, and the
fust time 1 got one for her she goes
apast. Hi, Anna! Miss Banner, there!
Hi."
Anna heard him. She looked over
her shoulder
"You didn't stop for no letter this
morning -sfiorocct the ord man.
Annals face flushed scarlet, aud she
hurried on.
Just rs thought" she said. 'sThey
begin to make fun of me, as they did
of crazy Peter in Copenhagen, who was
always asking if the ship had come in.
See what a fool I've been. Oh! oh!
OH
There are in the world certain still,
inexpensive women to whom ridicule
would seem the worst calamity on
earth They can bear trouble, pain,
grief; but to be made '.fun Of kills
them.
Anna was one of these. Years be-
fore she had been engaged to Klaus
Chrissofer, . ycung sailor, who hsd
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

Tile Aaxd Of time
deals lightly with woman in
perfect health. But all func-
tional arrangements and dis
orders peculiar to women
leave their mark. You needn't
have them. DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription comes to-
your rescue as no other medl-
cine can. 1t cures them. For
periodical pains, prolapsus and
other displacements, bearing
down sensations, and all "fe-
male complaints and weak
nesses, it is a positive remedy.
1t is a powerful, restorative
tonic and nervine, imparting
strength to the whole system
in general, and to the uterine
organs and appendages in par
ticular. 1t keeps years from
your face and igure-but adds
years to your life. It's guar
auteed to give satisfaction in
every case. If it doesn't,
your money is returned.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

shoot, about as INEXPENSIVE PRUNING
thick as thumb. SAW.
This is split at its upper end, the end
of saw blade inserted (saw teeth point
ing toward you), and thus fastened
with a nail driven through the center
of stick and the hole in the blade. Now
the stick of wood is bent, and the
other end of blade inserted somewhat
in same way as the first Now you
will have saw, with good handle,
and you will be able to saw off limbs
as thick as mans arm without the
least difficulty. Such handy nipple.
ment is shown in the accompanying il.
lustration.-Der Landwirth.
Production of Lean Meat.
Many work as though fat was the
cheapest part of the carcass of the pig.
!rhcy feed corn FROM hi-th r. mako.
The cheapest food any farmer can pro-
duce is that made from grass. For fat
tening hog this is not the. ration, but
with combination of grain better re-
turns will be made The animal will
thrive better with the two than with
either fed alone. Muscular meat is
produced at the least cost from grass;
fat meat is made at the least cost when
grain is fed to hogs, having the best
development, and it is well to
remember that the muscular develop
ment should always be made first. In
feeding grain to young stock it should
be the care of the owner not to produce
too much fat, for this will seriously In.
teffere with proper musculsf growth.
~National Stoekmsn.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
GRANDM OTHERS PANTRY,

Some of the TOothsomc Delicacies II
Used to Contain.
A correspondent who evidently has q
''sweet TOOTH" wakes eloquent over tho
goodies made by our grandmothers,
who. as he truly says, had few cook.
books, but knew how to cook. He
writes feelingly and we'll, but if he is q
married man it is perhaps fortunate for
him that his letter is printed anony-
mously:
1t is long since some of us have seen
any of the crullers of which we were
SO fond when grandmother made them.
She used to make, also, a toothsome
little seed cake, fragrant with caraway
and anise seeds, with sugar on top, the
like of which we have not seen since
we used to slip into her pantry and
help ourselves. out of the old blue
stone jar in which they were always
kept. There was another and larger
stone jar on the same shelf, in which
she kept those big, puffy, twisted and
braided doughnuts that neither looked
nor tasted like the degenerate. dough.
nuts of the present day.
Sometimes we choose a cookv in.
stead, cooky ''as was cooky;" not
thin, wafer-like, dry cooky, like the
cookys of this generation, but full
inch thick and almost as large as q
saucer-a cooky to delight the heart
and still more the stomach of a hungry
boy. You remember, too, the big brown
turnover with your initial on it. In
these days of elaborate and unwhole.
some dishes you have never. tasted any.
thing better than that turnover. You
found many things In your grand.
mothers pantry that you never find
anywhere now. And perhaps, with the
exception of your own mother, You
have never found anyone SO kind and
patient and generous Is grandmother
hevseh wss--Yonth's Compsnam.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
AGRICULTURAL HINTS,
YARDS AND GARDENS.

Plans That May Be Adopted by Country
Residents Generally.
Some of the leading points to be oh.
served are the following: l. Make as
few foot walks and carriage ways as
may accord with proper convenience,
us keeping them in neat order will be
a source of expense. 2. Devote at
least a quarter of an acre to lawn,
and rather more as may be practicable.
This should be made smooth, so as to
be easily and cheaply cut once a week
with the hand lawn-mower. 8. Let the
paths from the house to the barn and
to places about the barn be made of
such materials as will never become
muddy. 4. Let the vegetable garden
be near the dwelling, and be so
arranged that it may be wholly cult
waited with horse. 5. Keep. every
thing in neat condition, and avoid all
appearance of waste, confusion, and
slipshod management; and if this care
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

or passenger in some great balloon fly
ing before the wind over the village,
have seen doors open anywhere all over
the valley, and men, women and chill
dren come forth with tin cans or dinner
baskets in their hands and turn toward
the mills. Some plodded slowly along;
some made great show of haste. The
children ran awhile, then stopped to
pick up green apples, chase stray pigs
or pick wild cherries, and then ran
faster.
AS they passed the post office some
stepped IN and came out again with
letters in their hands, which they
read as they walked on, for the mill
people were generally strangers who
had come from a distance to get en-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of many nations,
English and Irish mostly, but mingled
with Germans Swiss and Swedes
At the clang of the bells one woman
had appeared at the door of poor lit
tie house on the roadside, to whom the
fresh, bright morning had not brought
either freshness or brightness. She
was a sturdy, well-built woman, with
fat Danish face and mild blue eyes.
Her dress was of some unusual wooden
stuff, made with a short spare skirt
and with a jacket much like mans.
On her head she wore close-knitted
hood or cap. Her skin was fair, her
hair faxen and her expression extreme
ly innocent She would have looked
young but for the brand of horizontal
lines that trouble always sets upon a
woman's forehead. Comparatively
young at least, for she was past girl
hood.
She seemed to know everybody but
to have no intimates among the other
mill workers. To them she only nodded
as she went in. When she came to the
post Office she paused for a moment and
stood looking in at the door, Her feet
seemed inclined to ascend the steps, then
she shook her head and turned away.
No" she said, "best not make fool
of myself. What did 1 hear the post
master say yesterday?
"'That's Anna Banner. Every morn
Ing for ten years she has stopped for a
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
German
Syrup"

eve are six in fam
AFarmer at lily. We live in a
rd., rax,. place where we are
' ~" subject to violent
Says: Colds and Lung
Troubles. I have
used German Syrup for six years
successfully for Sore Throat, Cough,
Cold, Hoarseness, Pains in the
Chest and Lungs, and spitting-up
of Blood. l have tried many differ
ent kinds Of cough Syrups in my
time, but let me say to anyone want
ing such Northumberland Syrup
is the best. That has been my ex-
perience. If you use it once, you
will 60 back to it whenever you
need it. 1t gives total relief and is
quick cure. My advice to every
one suffering with Lung Troublesis
Try it. You will soon be con-
WINGED. In all the families where
your German Syrup
is used we have no John
trouble with the r-,,,-,;.
Lungs at all. 1t is ~
the medicine for this Lava,
country. q
G. G. GREEN. Sole Man IF, Woodbury,NJ.
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pied with ornamental trees and shrubs,
with the lawn between them to be
made and kept smooth by passing the
hand lawn mower once a week. The
portion on the right may be an orchard,
as represented in the plan, or the whole
may he devoted to ornamcntals. if the
owner desires. The farm road being
entirely away from the dwelling, gives
more space for planting the surround
ings. The vegetable garden, extending
towards the rear of the grounds adj
mits of any extent of land devoted to
these crops as the owner may prefer
Country Gentleman.