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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
GOLDFISH is EASILY SHARED.

His Unsuitable Appetite Makes Him a
Ready Victim of the Hook.
A Goldfish is never more happy than
when he is hung to line. He will
travel a hundred marine leagues if he
hears that some man in a little fishing
dory has hook out. He never learns
that the dainty, juicy morsel swinging
to and fro thirty or forty fathoms down
in the sea conceals a steel barb. His
ancestors have successfully gone on
making the same objectionable mis-
take ever since the waters of the great
deep were gathered together. Other
creatures, in the light of a dreadful
experience, have picked up an instinct
that there is danger in hook, but the
cod does not, and is pulled In. And his
family of youngsters-he leaves be-
hind a thousand of them-sooner or
later will follow him into cask.
So the chap in the dory drifting quiet
ly over the bank watches his two lines
and awaits the inevitable jerk which
tells of the presence of the voracious
morrhua. He knows that If the signal
nibble does not come soon that cod has
other fish to fry, because 1t Is always
eating or going to eat. 1t is the marine
personification Of famine and starves
with its stomach full of food. Old
fishers say that a cod will gulp down
baited hook with his mouth filled with
a salmon he has just caught. There
have been several cases where this
gourmand of the seas has managed to
get away with a hook, sinker and sev
eral fathoms of heavy line, to be caught
a few minutes later by a new fishing
tackle.
Notwithstanding the fearful mortal
ity among this fish, so anxious to get
caught that only the most remarkable
error on it's part can save its life, 1t
defies determination. 1t spawns and
swarms and thickens the sea with it.
self. 1t has been said that if the cod s
many enemies ceased working on him,
and If he did not die himself from
over-eating. he and the different MEM
bers of his family would soon fill the
ocean from bottom to surface and from
shore to shore. In fact, there woul1
be no more sea.
Being a juicy, delectable morsel Is
not the only good thing that can be
said of this fish of the genus Gadus.
He has an Unsuitable appetite for scien.
tific research and an exploration within
his almost unfathomable stomach has
revealed the fora and fauna of life ex-
isting far down in the soundless deep.
While he Is discussing breakfast oe
mussels with seaweed on the side he is
laboring in the cause Of science, and
when David Starr Jordan hooks him
out of his great watery dining room he
will be the means Of adding much to the
roster of the vegetable and animal
kingdom of the sea.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
The Aniary.

II case of robbing occurs look at
once for the queen. Ii she Is missing,
supply new queen at once.
Frames of honey that are intende
for fall use in wintering the bees may
be left in the upper stories.
1t will be a good plan to continue to
raise few queens, so that all the poor
ones may be superseded in the fall.
1t is a mistake to rob the bees OF
honey so closely that feeding must be
resorted to in order to keep them from
starving in winter.
At the close of the honey season the
queen will stop depositing eggs to n
great extent, but fresh quantity OF
brood will be kept up.
Bees, when building comb. plumb
their work, and if the frame is not in
me with their vertical frame building
it will not stick to the bottom of the
frame.
Bees varnish everything in the hive
towards fall All sealed combs are
vanished to prevent moisture from en-
tering the pores of Gaping and dilut-
ing the honey; which causes fermenta-
ton by the heat in the hive.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
Beware
OF the Knife.

Mr.. Lincoln Nelson, OF Marshfeld, Mo-,
writes: "For six years have been a
sufferer from scrofulous affection of
the glands of my neck, and all efforts
of physicians in Washington, D. c.,
Springfield, ILL.,, and St. Louis failed to
reduce the enlargement. After six
months constant treatment here, my
physician urged me to submit to re-
moval of the gland. Atthis critical mo-
ment a friend recommended S.S.S.,
and laying aside deep-rooted preju-
dice against all patent medicines, 1 be-
gan its use. Before had used one bot
tie the enlargement began to disappear,
and now it is entirely goae,. though am
not through with my second bottle yet.
Had only used your S.S.S. long ago,
1 would have escaped years of misery
and saved over $I5o."
This experience is like that of all who
suffer with deep-seated blood troubles.
The doctors can do no good, and even
their resorts to the knife prove either
fruitless or fatal. S.S.S. is the only
real blood remedy; it gets at the root Of
the disease and forces it out perina-
nently.
G 6 /o.o..ouSoeI huxpT,, 1,e0ef1bLe1
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
Monkey on shipboard.

Among the passengers arriving at
Southampton recently by the steam
ship Norman was monkey of large
size which came from South Africa in
charge of a passenger, by whom he
was found after the late explosion at
johannesburg, seated in the only
room remaining intact of what had
lust before been a considerable sized
cottage In the room were also discoy-
cred two baby children, one of whom
had been killed, but the other vas
alive, and, it is said, in the arms of
the monkey, who was tenderly nursing
it. The living child was adopted by a
resident of johannesburg, but the mon.
key, who was noted on board for his
extreme fondness for children, was
popular passenger by the Union Com
pany's mail steamer.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
Patti Got Her Cash.

The death OF Franchi, who was for
merly Nine. PATHS private secretary,
recalls a scene in Philadelphia during
one of PATHS tours. Colonel Maple
son was to pay Patti five thousand dol
lars q night in advance. He possessed
only four thousand dollars, and Nine
Patti good-naturedly undertook to
come to the theater ready dressed for
la Traviata," all save her Shoes Eight
hundred dollars more was scraped
from the box office, and Signor Fran
chi declared: you are marvellous
man, Mapleson She would not do 1t
for any one but you. Mime. Patti has
put one shoe or" Nor was the other
shoe worn until the odd two hundred
dollars was forthcoming.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
A Chtnese military INQUIRY.

During the late war between China
and Japan we heard often of wonderful
acts of bravery performed by the jap
anese, but tales Of Chinese bravery
were few and far between. The fol-
lowing story, however, which appears
to be told by an eye witness. is enough
to show that the Chinese had at least
one officer who was no coward.
The deposed viceroy, Ii Hung Chang,
and the committee appointed by the
Government to investigate the reasons
Of defeat at the battle Of Port Arthur
met in the city Of Pekin on Sept. g.
gunnery" brought against Capt. LIE
Chen Fue, who had commanded the
Yen Use Chang, one of the largest bat
tie ships that escaped from the action
without great damage. After Ii Hung
Chang had read the charges in full, the
accused captain rose and requested that
a dozen shells be brought from his ves-
sci. This was done, and the shells
were brought in and set in row before
the committee.
Le Chen Fue then stepped forward,
and drawing his sword, said, "Can you
wonder that we were defeated when
our shells were like these?"
AS he spoke, and before any one
could stop him, he raised his sword and
brought it down on the shell in front Of
him. The shell was split in two, and
sawdust and red brick dust few all
about. Then, in rapid succession, he
struck shell after shell. Nobody moved.
we were so surprised and frightened.
1 remembered thinking that if the last
one proved a good one there would be
none of us left to tell the tale; but no,
that was like all the others-a sham.
As he finished, LIE chen Fue laid his
sword at the feet Of Id Hung Chang,
and as soon as that statesman could
speak he dismissed the charges
Youths COMPANION.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02

made her debut three years ago in George
Alexander's revival of "The Second
Mrs. Tanqueray" in the title role. Since
that time Miss Millard has had impor-
tant roles in Mr.. A1exander's produc-
tions When he secured the English
rights for "The Prisoner of Zenda,'' Ed
ward Rose and Mr.. Hope superintended
the dramatization of it, At Mr.. Hopes
request Miss Millard was selected to
take the leading role. She made hit,
and Mr.. Hope fell in love with her.
Anthony Hope Hawkins is the son of
the Rev. E. G. Hawkins, rector of st.
Brides London. His uncle is Sir Henry
Hawkins, famous as the hanging
judge" The author is 35 years old. He
is lawyer by profession. New York
Sun.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
Not So Crazy.

A gentleman was visiting Scotch
lunatic asylum, where new premises
were being added. The inmates were
assisting. On seeing one Of the latter
wheeling a barrow upside down from
the building to the stones, the visitor
asked him why he wheeled it in that
manner. "Oh," said the lunatic. "that's
the best way" The visitor took the
barrow, and, turning it upside down,
said: 'This is the proper way" That's
a. you ken," said the inmate. 81 tried
it that way, but they filled it fu' o.
bricks" So saying, he trotted on his
usual way.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02

ing the Princess
Flavia in Mr..
II Hope' 8 play.
1.-THE Prisoner of
Zenda, " at the
st. James the
ater. The report
was confirmed in
New York by
friends of the
novelist. M i s s
Millard is de-
scribed as an ex-
trenely pre- t t y
and accomplish
al oo%rocc Che
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
Farm Notes.

Brains IN business rank above the
capital invested, and capable men re-
ceive large salaries. Farming is a
business, and should be conducted on a
business basis.
Wire fences have been productive of
great benefit to farms, as they do not
abound in fence corners, as in the case
with rail fences AS the rail fences
vanish there are fewer propagating
places for weeds.
Thirty tons of roots may be grown
on any good acre of land by the right
cultivation. This will feed thirty sheep
for two hundred days, or two hundred
for month. This will supply two
thirds of the feeding.
When a farmer has a theory it indi-
Gates that he is thinker and is willing
to advance in his system of farming.
1t is right to test all theories, but it
should be done in limited manner.
Every farmer should have an expert
menting plot for testing fruits and
vegetables, as those adapted for one
farm may not be suitable for the next.
If given the chance, a horse, COW,
or hog will lick up the ashes in a
burnt-up district of forest; something
in the ashes satisfies a natural craving
of animals Mixed with charcoal and
little salt, it should be constantly
kept near swine. There is, therefore,
more than one useful purpose to which
wood ashes can be put on the farm
Sometimes there Is more to do than
to turn out our cows to pasture in the
summer and then milk them twice a
day. Unless the pasture is ample it
will pay to feed also little grain. Even
with full pasture this is sometimes
adyisa BILE. The more succulent food
requires more salt, too; and above all
things, see that there is pure water in
plenty.
The farmer, in making war on in
sects. should learn to distinguish
friends from foes. Many insects are
destroyed when engaged in the work
of proving on the kinds that damage
crops. Birds should also be protected,
especially wrens, which will build their
nests and multiply on the farm if suit
able boxes are provided for them with
openings too small for the entrance into
the boxes Of sparrows.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
se,f-sown Tomatoes,

Where large quantities of tomatoes
are grown and the fruit is allowed to
rot on the ground, there will be many
young tomato plants spring up the
following season. They will not be so
forward as plants from seed sown in
dollhouse, but they will be thrifty
and hardy for outdoor setting and come
into bearing very nearly as quickly as
the later plants from the hothouse. Fall
sowing of tomato seed is little likely to
start the seed into full growth. as the
rains prevent the seed from trying suffi.
ciently to germinate.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02

during summer which the potato needs
to be grown successfully. Here the
bulk of market potatoes in the past
have been grown, and from there also
will probably continue to come the
larger part of the potato crop in the
future-Exchange
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
HOGS in Hot Weather.

A few remarks concerning the hand
ling Of hogs in hot weather may not be
inopportune. 1t is generally agreed
that the early hot days of summer are
most fatal to the quickly grown and
well fattened hog. 1t seems to be the
rule, too, that the finest hogs in bunch
are first to succumb. Shippers when
sending hogs to market should be care
full not to overcrowd the cars, and
should also be certain to send along
with the shipment a reliable man to
sprinkle the hogs at every opportunity
and to keep them from .'piling," which
term is perhaps more applicable to win
ter. This man should also take par
ticular care that he is not charged with
more dead hogs than Is proper and cor
rect In unloading, buyers and inspec-
tors would do well to be in no hurry to
weigh during the summer months, as
much trouble can be averted by plac-
ing the hogs in airy sheds with well
sagged earth floors for a few hours
prior to weighing. To show the impor-
tance of this hint, we may add that we
have seen numbers of hogs die imme-
diately after being weighed from cars.
which, of course, means a loss for the
buyer. Some shippers land even those
very careless in this matter of over
crowding hogs in hot weather and rush
ing them through, hence our advice 20
buyer and nspector.-Colman's Rural
World.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
Can Crown Themselves.

Prussian kings have the right to
crown themselves If they wish it, and
the privilege of dispensing with the
ceremony If it is preferable. Kaise,
William l. was probably crowned be.
cause he was not the direct heir to the
throne. being the son of Frederick Will
helm III. Frederick Wilhelm ". had
no sons.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
Cheaper Growing of Potatoes.

Nueaper GrOW1nX OF POtatOeS.
The experience of farmers last year.
and as now seems probable this year,
also impresses the Importance of cheap
er production of potatoes as the only
means of making this crop a prof1table
one. Last year, indeed, prices went
so low late in the season that there was
really no market in many places for
potatoes at any price. They were Of
fered in cellars or pits to whoever
would take them away. No possible
cheapening of production could give
profit to the holders of potatoes held to
be absolutely worthless, but the less
that their product had cost them the
smaller will be the loss. The large in
crease last year was mainly from the
growing of potatoes in large amounts
in places where they had never been
grown before as a market crop. In
most cases these potatoes had cost
mora than the average expense of the
potato crop in localities where this crop
Is largely grown, and when the market
collapsed, the disappointment of tine
potato grower was all the greater. The
truth is that the cheap growing of po-
tatoes depends much on climatic con-
ditions. The Lake and Aroostook re-
gion Of Maine, Of Western New York,
Ohio and Michigan and the neighbof-
hood of Lake Champlain In New York
ard -EoEmouf hoxa the moist climate
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
Not Ready 20 swear to n.

Not Ready 20 Swear to 1t.
Wiggles-What church does your
family attend?
Waggles-The Ninth Unitarian.
Wiggles-That is the one out 18th
street. isn't tt?
Waggles lhss1 isgly)-I-believe 80,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
! SINGULAR FORM OF MoNoMANIA.

There is class of people, rational enough in
other respects, who are certainly monom aniacs
in dosing themselves. They are constantly
trying experiments upon their stomachs, their
bowels, their iyers and their kidneys with
trashy nostrums When these organs are
really out of order, If they would only use
Hos,etter's Stomach Bitters, they would, If not
hopelessly insane, perceive its superiority.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
Sweet Corn and Beana

Both corn and beans were grown by
the American Indians, and the combi-
nation of both in the form of succotasil
was a dish which the aborigines taught
their white neighbors to like. 1t is 4
curious fact that seed Of beans and of
the early varieties of sweet corn plant
ed on the same day will be sufficiently
advanced to cook together at the same
time. The two foods also admira bly,
supplement each other, the beans sup
plying the nitrogenous or strength-g1v.
Ing nutrition in which the corn is def
cient. There are few who do not like
succotash, and the fact that the food is
healthy and nutritious as well as palat.
able will not detract from it's deserved
DODuIaritv
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
Extiupuished.

Mr.. Fussy-I don't see why you weal
those ridiculous big sleeves when yor
have nothing to fill them.
Mrs. FussyA5Do you fill your silk hat
-Up-to-Date.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
Met Freauentlx.

They were very much thrown together,
But not as folks usually are:
They merely clung to adjoining straps
In the o'clock trolley car.
Detroit Tribune.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
Making Fruit Attractive.


Fruit is always sold very largely by
its looks. /. The highly colored apples
will always bring higher prices than
those of a duller or green color. With
pears there is partial exception, as
there are so many superior varieties
of rusty color that this rather than
bright red has the preference. But
with the pears that do color, the more
highly colored any specimen may be-
the better it is likely to prove. But
SO much depends on an attractive ap-
pearance that many growers have
learned that there is money in putting
a spray of green leaves to offset the
color of the fruit. This is almost al
ways done in selling the finest peaches,
and fruit growers are 1earning to treat
other fruit in the same way.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
How,s TaIse

case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known r. J..
Cheney for the last 15 years. and believe him
perfectly honorable iu all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
WEST Il TRUaX,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Drugs lists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally acting
directly upon the blooi and mucous surfaces of
the System. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c
yer bottle. sold by all druggists.
Halls Family. Pills are the best
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02

Plso's Cure for Consumption has been a
family medicine with us since 1865 r.
Madison, 2409 42d ave., Chicago, ILL.,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
Improving Rented Laud.

1t is bad policy to rent land where it
can by any possibility be bought. A
really good farmer is sure to leave the
farm he occupies in better condition
than he found it, and in this country,
unless a special bargain is made, the
man who has made the improvements
gets no benefit thereby, except as he has
made it while occupying the farm.
This matter is managed much better in
ireland, where for a number of years
the law requires that the landlord shall
pay to the tenant the value of the i'm
proyements made. Renting land is
much more common in Ireland and
England than it is in the United States.
1t is also true that in European coun-
tries land under cultivation is more apt
to improve than it is in the United
States. Heretofore, indeed, there has
been little occasion for laws to reim-
burse the renter for increase of value
in the farm from which he had been for
several years taking off the cream of
fertility. Probably as the improvement
of land rather than it's exhaustion be-
comes more common the laws will be
amended so as to better apply to the
new conditions.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
ANTHONY HOPE ENGAGED.

His Fisncee Evelyn MfIard, Who Plays
In His "Prisoner of Zenda-"
A dispatch from London states that
Anthony Hope (Hawkins), the author,
is engaged to Evelyn Millard, the young
English actress who is at present play
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02

Portland, Or, street. improvement
warrants are being sought after.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
. w WHEAT.

Make money by succ ssful speculation I'm
Chicfgo. We buy and sell Whest the re on m ar
gins. FOrtu es have heen made on a small be.
ginning by trading in futures. Write for full
particulars Best Of reference given. Several
Tea1s geaIs exIerience 1 on the Chicago Board Of
ness. Downing Hopkins & Co.. Chicago Board
of Trade Brokers. Offices in Portland Oregon
and Spokane Wash.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02


numb him and send him to the bottom.
They come up to him and pulled un in.
l could see them a-pulling Of him, but
whether it was thirty bob or five
pounds worth couldn't rightly make
out for certain.
"Is it alive or dead?" says the young
lady.
"Well," says 1, che d. look rather
limp" says 1, "as is natural when
you've been lying so long in the water.
But 1 think it's alive. Anyhow, wed
better row back and get your things
dried, miss
80, no." says she, crying. 81 can't
go back till 1 know. Cap'n COOLEY"
says she, "we must row on and meet
them."
Well, l didn't quite like 1t, owing to
the gentleman perhaps having nothin'
on, which Miss Noe hadn't thought Of.
Still, this being a matter O. life and
death, where such things can't be al
lowed to count, rows on to meet them.
About a hundred yards off stands
up and shouts so as she shouldn't un-
ueTStduu. Is IL AFe-pouHu JoD, Aaee,
or a thirty-bobber%
And the young gentleman himself
lifts himself up in reply, with one of the
fishermen's jerseys on an sail wrap
ped round un, and he shouts at the top
of his voice, waving his hand, Alive,
alive, Noep'
l wanted to turn then, but, bless you,
there wasn't no keeping back that
young lady. Afore I knowed where
was at the sound of his voice, she's
stood up in the boat and jumped OF the
seat and was swimming for de'sr life
again to the sailing boat, whe1e her
young gentleman was a-sitting.
III uae rooct Il f7eaa s when alas rot