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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-01

About the time lat little Richard
Gibson was teaching tho English prin-
uesses 10 uraw. Nildta Molaeievltch 90
tot tho "MuRcnNto court fool and
dwarf WIS appointed tutor to his
Russian igojesty, the young egar, Potter
the Great,
Hotnf Is said to have enjoyed n great
reputation for learning and g"t dness.
according TO the Russian stnGdBid OF
that time. As late az the year lGSr.
whcn LCuia XIV, and Cherries H. We're
holding their brilliant c0urts, and the
guod William Penn was making treat
les with the Indians OF America, Rus
la was 30 far behind the atlicr Euro
pean antinns that oven a royal prince
seldom learned anything more trnn a
htuo reading, writing and Arithmetic.
WIN perhntA q smattcring OF geo
grnphy an0 history,
There were thon no great writer's or
artists among the ,ugsinus, but court
testers and dwarfH NJ hlghly es-
toentrd Learning ala Dat count for
much, except among tho clergy; but
great empire, we are told, was remark.
able tor her fools" OF high deifrOe.
for cven princes werl proud TO hold the
oiiice
AZ for lwarts tho country was
really alive with them one DID
author says there was scarcely noble.
man ir the land who did not possess
pllN vi 'UtIt hi NlNf'. llkSkAT or lutNfN.
At almost all state dinners. II these
pyglniea were fortunate enough 10
escape beng served N pie, it was
their duty TO stand behind their lords
chair. holding His snuf1-box or await
Ing hts command They were usually
sayly dressed In a uniform or livery
" worry eoatly materials,
IN 1905 Prince Menshikof sent 20 his
/ Wife IN Ruasia two dwarfs whom he
I had snnde prisoners-of-war IN poinnd
[ Accompanying She gift ~cte the follow
ing hnea' send you a present Of two
I glris, one of whom Is Very small and
| con serve as parrot She Is more
laxative than IL usual trnang ouch 1T
[ tie people, and can make You much
I gaycr than Il she wax a real parrot .
one ~ these dwArfs wDH stin living
( IA l1ai After The d'sglNcs OF her noble
MUSTER She came under The care az
( the Princess Of Resse,uomburg, and
when she DIED, Gen Retskoy. the
pripeess halt. took the dwarf az part
+. AZ his hiherfnpne. Nearly a ceninrs
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-01

arm In the field last fall when he was
through seeding. and the man who iett
his pillow in the field when he laid by
his corn, and the man who left his
binder in the field when he was
through harvesting. You can then
write us letter calling him by his
own name and say all kinds OF hard
things about him. No matter what you
say he will never sec It for he never
reads the papers anyway.
r.. e. Beatty writes TO the Field and
Farm as follows: To these who are
troubled with prairie dogs VIII give a
remedy which win never fail and which
is easy and simple 20 apply. Get from
the druggist what il called Puma"
which IL a LIQUID gas. Procure dry
horse manure balls and soak one bail
thoroughly. Throw or roll II Into the
hole. then cap the hole with sod and
throw dirt on top 10 close up the hole
air tight and the Sig is up with prairie
d.as. "Trumar IL carbon bisulpbldc,
which Is heavier than afr. and when
confined, sinks to the bottom Of the
hole and suifocntss the dog almost In
stnntiy.
Watch for new holes, MS all can not
be found at one time. To Kill rcd ants
psur two tahlesnootfuls Of blsuinhide
In thoir main entrance. Some light tho
gas and explode II and say II works
better but 1nd the quickest way IL
10 take an iron. bar End make hole
down through the middle two feet deep,
then pour IN some Of the llduld and
close the hole and It will make clean
sweep.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-01

One-pound frame comb honey at
TURNER & DINGEEs.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-01

To know thy bent, ana then pursue.
Why that is genius, nothing else;
But he who knows what not TO do,
Holds haf the aecret OF success.
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox. in June Cen
fury.
The secretary OF the Texas State
horticultural society Is IN constant re-
crlpt Of letters nom parties desiring to
establish commercial orchards in Tex
MS. They say they know nothing OF the
business Of fruit growing. and hope he
Will write all particulars. No man
can learn how TO grow fruit by CORE
Fnordcnce. II d man docs not get 100
per cont proht In the way OF pleasure
In fruit growing he should not engage
extensively IN the business. II man
can not conilne his intelligence and
time on small territory he should
avoid muir culture. For tho benefit
OF those who desire a commercial or
chard. the history of the most SUCCESS
ful one In Texas ls here given. Some
twonty years ago Mr.. II. NJ. Strmgfcl-
low was prosperous merchant in
Galveston lie thought roal estate
would hoom, and Inverted. 1t did not
boom and he broke. Not being coll
onel he saved nothing. He sought
work and could find none lie found
that cabbage was selling at GO cents
por head, and concluded 20 raise cab
bage 10 bought Peter ucuderson'g
werit ON market gardening and read
up on cabbage. spending much time
investlgatlHg cabbage. lie planted
Cnftage, cultivated cabbage. and In
seven months had made 1880 on cab
bagu, In three years he made 10000
on cnl hagc SAT- water out NJ the
gulf r'ae over hi7 ca21age patch and
broke him again. He went out to
Hitchcock aud lturted pear orchard.
All OF hts friends told him he was
urnzy, strangers wrote 10 tell him hc
was crazy. one old friend came "a
long way to ten him how crazy he
was llG got mad ut this and planted
M OF HE iuud la pears, ana started a
rosc uedgO to keep thieves from stcnl.
Ing his pears. He talked nothing but
pears. studied nothing but roprs, and
worked for nothing bat pears. ON the
evening Of April 3, 1894, aitting beneath
,ho shade OF that rose hedge, with the
delicate perfume OF his orange grove
rendering the very mir dcliRhtful, his
magnificent reHideucc IN fun View In
which could be seen his noble wife,
who has been a constant help to him,
no told OF the above experiences In his
life. and waving nIs hand toward his
pear orchard, added; "And there You
SOC the only pear orchard IN full bear
Ing free from all disease. Not u tree
S. missing from where | first planted
thom. and every one white with bloom,
I know J have in that pear orchard an
annual income larger than the sulary
OF any officer IN TcNhs. md II has
placed me already above want FOR the
remainder OF my lifc." Excursions Eo
into the coast ooustry now without
number, and from many states amt "
" all boCnuso this one man had cont
dehoe In himself pears. and Texas ell
mate and soil netween Houston and
Galveston few years ago there was Il
fat, uninhabitcd country. NOW the
trains atop every three miloE at vile
mge OF prosporoul fruit and vegetable
growers. Strpgtollcw's success brought
item there. Have you such confidence
In youruella II YOU have. select some
one product, no matter what, and plant
IT,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-01


The nee Keepers HAVE a say.
To the Editor OF the Farm Department
of the Oazettei
Referring to your article criticisng the
sixth annual report OF the agriculture Of
Texas. In It's treatment of bee culture
win say that have Just received the
sixth annual report OF the agricultural
bureau OF Texas l have examined II
carefully and II shows maas OF static
teal figures on the products Of the
statc, apparently 20 show those out OF
tile state our vast resources, Instead of
being OF value to our own citizens. Our
honorable commissioner has the right
idea OF what should be done. but for
come reason haa not tho support OF the
law and the funds 10 carry out hts de-
sirva
on the subject OF bee culture the re-
mort gives eight lines. witch does an
injustice 10 this branch OF agriculture
lie shows that In 1891 TeNas had one
nfth moro bees than IN 1872, No rea.
son ID given FOR this falling on. nc men
tl5na no disease or destructive influence
20 account FOR It. The report starts out
with: "Thc production OF honey has
received but little attention In the state
although Il paye more % capital in
Nused than any other business" The
Texas STATE Bec Keepers association ~
entirely ignored This association has
h,ld ita sixteenth annual convention
has never missed year since It's or
gaMgntion to hold an enthusiastic
meeting. II has membership In North
rcXaa alone OF 500, Ain0ng lta mem,
bera II has many OF the most progress,
sive bee masters In the United States
aud IL the beat association In the South
II has done mare 20 advance the scienc.
at Hthlf n n
other Hourcea combined. We have the
lnrgpst factory fnrsthe manufacture Of
suppliue ia tho South. the largest and
most extensive italian queen breeder II
the world her orders last year amount
ed TO over 1000 queens. und this year ap
10 date. the number has already reached
beyond 5000 queeps 1 refer 60 Mrs
Jennie Atchley, OF Heevlllr, raNns
Ny 'ldea OF a report on bee culture. Is
that 81 should ba written BY u man whn
= aBeicntliic bee master and up 10 tht
times, and should contain information
of value 70 our own Texns bee keepers
( ~ worthy Of remark that tho meth
DDS pt this country do mt apply to our
nortt0rn brethren where they must
spend one-half Of their time drvislnn
cellars % winter IN carrying their bees
nut for NY and replacing them IN
their cp0aiturles, Our bees can Ms
every month in the yenr might SAY
thet tncre are not ten days IN q yeai
TINT they do not as out ana brood
rearing Is continuous, Lei our reports
discuss matters OF interest TO those who
ara rlagene OF our ptate, This ~ tht
only way % encourage this alnduHtry
Which rpnya more 70 tho capital invest.
I'd than any other bueina.sr
Hes WA. &, HOWARD.
EeessTeSeF state Ben Kespefw Asa'n.
What about the swiue hrpedors now
They eleet twice a year and yrt the,
pre not mentioned
IT, u nv ~ IItn ---A-----@.
Kindly look no ioc MIN ,eho iefi III,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-01

old. she was sim brisk and lively. with
a bahyish voice when she cried. as she
often did, at the recollection Of her
ancient court-dresa, which she had
priced exceedingly. Except when
looking at her face 70 face, one would
think her TO be a child or years old.
MARY Shears Roberts. In June ST.
Nicholas.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-01

Tho meeting OF tho Texas state Hor.
ticultural society nt Houston on July
II to 10 promises 80 DO the largest ever
held IN this state. A delegation from
Florida viii be on hand TO examine the
display OF fruits and methods IN use
among Texas fruit growers, They are
also cnyoys TO Invite tho Texas society
10 meet In Florida In 1906, Illinois will
have ON hand one hundred fruit grow
ers. Tho railroads havn made low rates
TO all persona Wishing TO nttond, acd alt
persons are invited to attend,
A splendid line OF teas slways tn
stock at
TT1RNUR q nINlnE'g
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-05

all the lower courts to the supreme courts
of the United States, no lawyer, capable of
comprehending the details of this suit and
writing an answer therefor las was done
by US, which we modestly say was heartily
approved by attorneys in New York and
Philadelphia), could be hired to undertake
the work for less than retainer of $1,000.
In addition to this is the suit of E. W.
Hadley against the Anglo-California bank
ct al. for steel rails, or their value in money
equal to 5000. We are satisfied no rep
utable attorney would have investigated all
the details of the history of this transaction
and have brought the suit, except upon
previous payment of a generous retainer.
Besides this is another steel rail suit lnvolv.
ing S25, 900. and the intervention of the re-
ceiver in the suit of Coe VS.. the Pacific Con-
struction Company, involving Sl72,OOO, to
say nothing of thousand and one queetions
and complications that have continually
arisen in the administration of this receiver
ship. For all this work we have received
nothing as pay, and the court has the bene.
fit of work which no private person could
have obtained, except upon the payment of
large retainers. But be all arguments
what they may, we unhesitatingly present
the legal expenses of the Oregon Pacific re-
ceivership under Mr.. Hadley, and challenge,
for economy, comparison with any other de-
partment Of the receivership. We are not
disposed to shrink from any responsibility
properly resting upon our shoulders, but in
due time we shall strongly invite every one
to bear his own burden.
Very respectfully,
JOHN P FAY, of FAY g. GEsT.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-05
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

NJ Office IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
N the undersigned has been duly ap-
pointed administrator of the estate of Eliza
beth McBee, deceased, by the county court
of the state of Oregon for Benton county.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to present the same to me at
my residence, seven miles southwest of
Corvallis, in Benton county, Oregon, or to
E. Holgate, at his Office in Corvallis, Ore
gon, within six months from the date of
this notice.
Dated at Corvallis. Oregon, Oct. 6. 1898.
VIM. FL. MCBEE,
Administrator of estate of Elizabeth
McBee, deceased.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-05
Club Rule In New York.

I was somewhat shocked last week
while sitting in the Knickerbocker club,
where was busily engaged in alternate
ly gazing on those tiresome wall paper
bouquets and garlands and in keeping
up a desultory conversation with the
only two men Of my acquaintance left
In town, to see man whom we all
knew nod to us as he passed the club
window, although accompanied by his
wife. This is certainly very bad form.
his wife than to any other woman. OF
course he knew better than to bow
One is supposed never to recognize g
woman acquaintance from a club win
dow. Otherwise we approved Of him.
VOpua.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-05
Why Flowers Sleep at Night.

Why should flowers sleep? asks Sir
John Lubbock IN ''The Beauties of Ma
ture and the Wonders of the World We
Live In." Why should some flowers do SO
and not others? Moreover, different flow
ers keep different hours. The daisy opens
at sunrise and closes at sunset, whence
its name "day's eye." The dandelion
Qeontodon) is said to open about and
close about 5; Arenaria rubra to be open
from to 8; the white water lily (nym-
phea) from about Z to 4; the common
mouse ear hawkweed (hieracium) from
to 3; the scarlet pimpernel (anagallis)
to waken at and close soon after 2;
Tragopogon pratensis to open at 4 in the
morning and close just before 10, whence
its English name, "John go to bed at
noon" Farmers boys in some parts are
said to regulate their dinner time by it.
Other flower, on the contrary, open in the
evening.
Now, it is obvious that flowers which
are fertilized by night flying insects
would derive no advantage from being
open by day, and, on the other hand, that
those which are fertilized by bees would
gain nothing by being open at night.
Nay, it would be distinct disadvantage,
because it would render them liable to be
robbed of their honey and pollen by in
sects which are not capable of fertilizing
them. I have ventured to suggest then
that the closing of the flowers may have
reference to the habits of the insects,
and it may be observed also in support
of this that wind fertilized flowers do
not sleep, and that many of those flowers
which attract insects by smell open and
emit their scent at particular hours.
Thus Hesperus matronalis and Lychnis
vespertina smell in the evening, and Or
chis pifolia is particularly sweet at night.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-05
The Value of Old Books.

A young man writes FROM st. Joseph,
Mo-, to dealer in this city that he is
offering for sale, through stress of hard
times, a very rare book, presumably
"the Oldest book in America" The vol
ume is printed in Dutch, is in perfect
condition and was published more than
800 years ago. The present owner, whose
letter proclaims his illiteracy, believes
that he has a veritable treasure. He
will be terribly shocked when he discov-
ers that his treasure is worth in the mar
ket not more than $5.
Age alone gives value to but very few
books. Yet the average person has an
idea that if a book was printed long ago
it must necessarily be valuable, and.
what is curious, different people differ
as to the daies that make book old.
There are those who fancy that volume
printed 100 years ago must be esteemed
very old and very rare and very valu-
able. Others show you with pride a
Hudibras printed-we will say-in 1850.
or a Bible printed 200 years ago, and
these volumes are cherished because of
their antiquity.
A very worthy lady living in Massa-
chusetts recently exhibited with an elab-
crate flourish a volume Of sermons bear
ing the date of 1850 volume she rev.
cred, loved and treasured because of it's
age. A few moments later she gave up
to the writer without any hesitancy a
charming little 1897 reprint of the New
England primer. Chicago Record.
The Color of Electricity.
At meeting of the British Meteoro-
logical society at London, Shelford Bid
well made a remarkable experiment,
showing the effects of electricity upon
steam. 1t is well known fact that the
shadow of a jet of steam cast upon any
white background under ordinary cir
cumstances is of feeble intensity and of
a neutral tint. But. however, if the jet
be given discharge of electricity just
at the moment when 1t comes in contact
with the air, the density of the shadow
is amazingly increased as a result of con-
densation, and it assumes a peculiar
orange brown hue with lines and waves
merging into inky blackness.
Mr.. Bidwell, the only person to my
knowledge who has ever made these ex-
periments scientifically, suggests that
the electricity promotes a coalescence of
the exceedingly minute particles of wa
ter contained in the jet of steam, thus
forming drops large enough to obstruct
the more refrangible rays of light, but
why the color Of the shadow should
change from neutral to shades of at least
three well defined colors he does not at
tempt to explain. From one of his late
articles I gather ideas which point to the
intense blackness of thunderclouds be-
ing due to similar causes.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-05
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE,

NJ Office is herby given that the under.
IN signed has been duly appointed ad-
ministrator of the estate OF B. 7. Harris,
deceased, by the county court of the state OF
Oregon for the county of Benton. All per-
sons having claims against said estate are
required to present the same to me at my
office in Philomath, Oregon within six
months from the date of this notice.
Dated at Philo:iath, Oregon, December
4th, 1893. A. j. WILLIAMS,
Administrator of the estate of B. 7. Har
ris, deceased.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-05
Satan's Sign Manual.

A Bates county farmer saw a bolt OF
H9htning strike In the center Of one
Of his fields, and being curious to see
the effects Of the stroke visited the spot,
He found the subtle fluid had left its
mark in the shape Of an enormous I'D"
Of an angry red color, and had no doubt
that it was thessign manual of the arch
fiend himself. f.-Kansas City Journal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-05

Headquarters for Foreign and Domestic Groceries.
HTKQ FROM 25c TO $3.50 PER POUND COFFEE FROM
AHAO 25c to SOC pound All kinds Farnaceous
Stock Canned Fruits Fish, and Vegetables complete line
of Smokers Articles Cigars Tobacco Ber Meechaum Pipes
always hand Stationery Playing Cards. Notions and Pocket Gut
lery Also full line of Willow Wooden and Sonewae Tea
fee and Spices Specially Sole Agency Anermentne
fruit without cooking
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-05
New Office Requisite.

Visitor-Why do you have that dog
sitting on your writing desk?
Clerk-I have mislaid my sponge, so
am getting him to lick my postage
stamps for me.-Sobremesa.
Playing Horse.
A wealthy hermit who dwelt near
Springfield, O., has started for western
Indiana with cart made from old bug
gy wheels and shafts, to which he him.
self was harnessed as though he was a
horse. A large dog accompanied him
as a hodYguard
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-05

all the peculiar troubles that beset wo-
man. The only guaranteed remedy for them
is DIR. Piercefs Favorite Prescription. For
women suffering from any chronic female
complaint" or weakness; for women who are
rundown and overworked; for women ex-
pecting to become mothers, and for mothers
who are nursing and exhausted; at the
change from girlhood to womanhood; and
later, at the critical change of life = it
is medicine that safely and certainly builds
up, strengthens, regulates, and cures.
If it doesn't, if it even fails to benefit or
cure, you have your money back.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-05

In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for the
Countyfof Benton.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-05

What you are sure of, If you use DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy, is either per-
feet and permanent cure for your Ca
Rtarrh, no matter how bad your case may
the medicine promise to pay you the
money, If they can't cure you.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-05

JOHN P. FAY, of FAY g. GEsT.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-05
ALBANY STEAM LAUNDRY

Leave orders for work by this laundry
with John Lenger at Wells, Fargos express
office. Clothes will be called for on Tues
days and delivered Fridays.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-05
PROPOSALS TO FURNISH THE
COUNTY IN WOOD.

Sealed bids will be received by the county
court at the Jan'y term, 1894, viz, up to,
Wednesday noon, January 4th, 1894, to fur
nish the county go cords Of oak grub wood
and 80 cords Of body wood of old growth red
fir. All wood to be four feet long and to be
cut before the sap raises; to be delivered be-
tween the first day Of June and the first day
of August, 1894. ALI wood to be frst-class
wood.
The court reserves the right to reject any
and all bids. b. w. WILSON,
Dec. 7th, 1898. County Clerk.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-08
Two Weddings.

A long line of carriages with neatly
dressed coachmen. Ladies In silks,
and satins, carrying flowers. Men
we'll dressed and some with low-cut
waistcoats and 'swallow-tails." A
magnificent mansion with canopy
from door 30 street. Strains Of music
from within the mansion. In the in
terror presents imumerable and cost
ly. wedding Is being celebrated.
Presently the bride and groom come
forth, and are driven away. They
start ON an extended tour of Europe,
followed by the good wishes OF many
friends. This was a fashionable we'd
ding.
At about the same time another wed
ding took place ON little street down
town. Five people We're present. The
ceremony over, the newly married pair
left the rest of the company. They
had no carriage or flowers. Swallow
tail coats and silks We're unknown to
them. They went TO a restaur and
enjoyed a humble repast, Then the
groom took his bride home and re-
ceived the blessings of a hard-work-
ing father and good mother The
next day the groom went to work in
the foundry again.
Each couple thought their wedding
was the happiest that had ever been
solemnzed.-Pmladelphia Call.