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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
Connecticut,s Good Work.

Last year thirty-seven towns in Con-
necticut began the work of macadamiz-
ing their roads, and this year it is esti-
mated that more than eighty towns will
be engaged upon such improvements.
The towns begin in a small way, the
average length Of road reconstructed
last year in each town being from half
to three-quarters of mile. The State,
the county and the town each pay one
third of the cost of the work, and the
State Commissioners supervise the
work. The proof of the popular salts
faction with the system Is the Increase
this year in the number of towns adopt
ing it.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09

husband was strong Wing. He stump
ed the State with Tom Corwin, Tom
Ewing, and men of that class. Nat
urally enough l became interested in
the problems of the day" Every morn
ing after breakfast Mrs. Hanna takes
her papers, and does not lay them aside
until she knows what is going on both
at home and abroad In political, secular
and religious circles. Old as she is, she
requires no glasses to read with. nor
has she ever. Her features are delicate
and her fair skin is almost unwrinkled.
She has blue eyes and wears her snowy
hair in smooth Waves
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
Wit of the Joyous Luna tic.

Tie teeth of the old gentleman who
was frequently late to breakfast came
together upon some hard substance
with thrilling shock The old gem
tleman who was frequently late to
breakfast turned an injured glance up
on the landlady. The joyous lunatic
smiled cheerfully.
Madam said the old gentleman, "as
u general thing do not criticise the
victuals you see fit to place before us,
but in this case am obliged to.
have. am certain, found some foreign
substance in the hash.''
The face of the joyous lunatic light
ed up:
No substance" he remarked. lis
foreign to hash.'
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
IA liberal Husband.

Father" he suddenly remarked, as
he. looked up into the paternal face,
''you are awfully good to mother"
"Am 1? Well, hope treat her as n
husband should a devoted wife,"
"Apd it's all over the place how lib
eral you are to her"
'How? What do you mean?
"Why, l hear three or four men in
the cable car say that all you had in
the world was in her name!'
es-ahem-yes-you go to bed, sir;
and the next time you hear people lying
about me don't listen to what they say"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
Farm Notes,


Run the mower over the weedy pas
lures; 1t is good way to reduce the
number of weeds.
The best paying crops are grown,
not by the farmer with the richest soil,
but by the one with the longest head
In getting your wheat ground ready
for sowing, don't stop the work of prep
aration too soon. Much depends upon
thorough cultivation.
success with alfalfa Is reported
from the Michigan Experiment Sta
ton. When cut frequently through
out the year, as it should be, it yields
much better than red clover.
To make use of good sweet corn for
seed: AS soon as the huSks begin to
turn white, pick out sufficient num-
Der of the best ears and lay in the sun
until thoroughly dried. Then hang up
in loft where they will be safe from
vermin.
1t seems to be pretty generally con-
ceded now that the nutritive value of
ensilage is little (if any greater than
that Of corn fodder; but in practical
milk producing value 1t is superior,
because it furnishes succulent feed at
the time when cows need 1t most.
Red Kaff1r corn has proved to be
one of the cheapest feeds grown, ac-
cording to the kansas Farmer" 1t
stands dry weather better than any
other plant. and with the same treat
ment averaged 40 per cent. more grain
and over 80 per cent more fodder than
Indian corn.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
The Vanilla Bean

The so-called vanilla bean is not q
bean at all, but the fruit of a climbing
orchid, the capsule or pod Of which is
about three-eighths of an inch In diam
eter and from six to ten inches long,
and has certain resemblance to the
so-called catalpa bean. The plant In it's
native home, in Mexico and tropical
America, climbs over trees and shrubs
by means of slender rootlets sent out
from the joints of the stem. In its wild
state it climbs to height of twenty
feet; but in cultivation 1t is kept within
bounds, so that the unripe pods are not
injured when the others are gathered.
In Mexico the plant is propagated by
cuttings and then trained over some
rough bark trellis work in partial
shade.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
To Make Better Rosda.

At meeting of the Flint (Mich.)
Common Council a resolution was
passed authorizing the city to buy a
stone crushing machine and a five-ton
horse roller, with a view to making
crushed stone to improve the streets of
the city. The Street Committee was in
structed to set day when competi-
tive test would be made in the city of
the various road-making machines,
with a view of purchasing the best
mako
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
oldest Timber in the World

Probably the oldest timber in the
world is found in the ancient temples of
Egypt, in connection with stonework
which Is known to be at least 1000
years old This, the only wood used in
the construction Of the temples, is In
the form Of ties, holding the end of one
stem to another.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
4 sINauLAK FORM or aoxoMANIA.

There Is class of people, rational enough in
other respects, who are certainly monomaniacs
in dosing themselves. They are constantly
trying experiments upon their stomachs, their
trashy nostrums when these organs are
really out of order, if they would only use
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, they would, If not
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
From Alderman to BARI.

The Saxon title of Alderman was, It
Is said, changed into the more modern
title Of Earl by William I. shortly after
the conquest.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09

It must be tough to live to be so old
that no one else living remembers
when you were young and smart, and
good looking.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
w Fl EAT.

Make money by succ. ssfnl speculation In
Chicago We by and sell wheat there on mar
gins. Fortu es have heen made on q small be
ginning by tr tdsng in futures. Write for full
lartieul4rs Hest of reference given. Several
ears experience on the Chicago Board OF
Ttade aud thor ugh knowledge OF the bust.
OF Trade Brokers. 0fices In Portland Oregon
and spokane Wash.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09

A Roetgen ray apparatus has been
established in Pittsburg hospital as
part of the regular equipment.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09

Sin God we trust" first appeared on
the copper two-cent. issue of 1854. and
is the first use of the word "God" in
any government act.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09

Thoughtful: My husband is the most
considerate man in the world" "In
what wayY when he gave me my
new writing desk he had two keys
made, so that if lost mine, he would
have one. Few men would be as
thoughtful as that."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09

This blackberry pie isn't nearly as
good as those mother used to make"
.'No; told your mother this morning
when she made 1t that you would be
sure to find fault with it."-Chicago
Record.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
Gladness Comes

IXTith better understanding OF the
w transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that SO many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi-
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed SO highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. 1t is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine arti-
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
IF in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular. laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but If in need of a laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
bed andgives most general satisfaction.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
California Fruit Abroad.

California fruit is meeting with a
favorable reception in the London,
Eng, market. Pears and plums COM
prise the shipments made so far.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
HOW,s THIsY

For Lung and che st disc ases, Piso's Cure
is h. hest med C ne we have used.-Mr.
j. L. North cott, Windsor, Ont, Canada.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09

WEST q TRUs Z,
wholesale Druggi, ts. Toledo O.
WALDING, KINNAN & Marvin,
Wholesale Druge lists, Toledo, o
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upoA the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Testimonial, sent free. Price 75c.
per bottle. sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills the best.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09

A girl spends the greater part OF her
time in the front part Of the house, but
after she marries she moves to the
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09

Worked both Motions,
squildig-My wife called me up by
telephone this morning.
McSwilligen-What for?
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09

MAILED FREE To- sss ssssss; rs.ss cur liz. 81
HoUsEHoLD D GOODS. ETC.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
suckers ON Corn.

Early planted corn has always the
most suckers. That which is planted
late and usually receives no check in
it's growth has fewest. If the season
Is entirely favorable, the corn that has
had no check and has therefore few
or no suckers will be the best. But il
the season proves unfavorable, the
sucker may play an important part in
Increasing the yield. The sucker Is
always later than the main stalk.
though If the check to growth
Is received from early planting. some
times very good ear may be grown on
both sucker and stalk. 1t is the opin-
ion of many farmers that more weight
of grain is grown on corn early planted.
There is certainly a greater weight OF
stalks. and this increases the labor of
harvesting the crop.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
How They Applaud.

The Partisan whistles at the theater
"a order to show his disgust; the Lon-
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09

We offer One HH-dred Dollars Reward for any
case of atar,h that cannot be cured by Halls |
Catarrh Cure
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09

The first Roman Catholic camp
meeting held in America opened at
Atlantic Highlands July 80, 1881.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
Potato Buxs on Tomato vines.

FOfarO bu2S on 1oMutO tiHSss
Late in the season, after most of the
early planted potato vines have died
down. there will always come a influx
Of these pests on the tomato vines,
which, differently as they seem to US.
the bug recognizes as belonging to the
solanum family, and therefore his pro-
per meat In most cases hand picking
of the old bugs as they appear will be
the only remedy. The hard shell bee
ties do not eat, so they cannot be poi
soped, besides paris green should never
be used to protect vegetables grown
above ground from insect attacks. The
tomato Is very often cut up without be-
ing peeled, or is cooked in its skin, and
poison may thus be conveyed to those
who eat this fruit.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09

f. j. CHENEY q Gu, Toledo, o.
We, the unders gped. have known r. j.
Cbene for the last Is years. aud believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially anle to Garry out any obligations
made by tn ir firm.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
and the failure Of the vines just when

and the failure of the vines just when
they are needing most moisture to pro-
dnce the crop. The better way is to
plant the seed in Il line along sligh1
ridge. putting some nitrate of soda I'm Z
der the seed and scattering very lit
tie of the manure u little distance from
the vines. so that when the roots form
.on the points. as they Will, they will
strike down to the manure. very lit
lie manure is enough to furnish plant
food and is better than the large qua n
tity that only dries up the ground and
causes the crop to fail.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
MELON. Not Grown N HiIl..

Melons Not Grown In HfIls.
It seems most natural to most people
when planting melons to make hill,
put lots of manure under 1t, cover 1t
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
The Care of Homer

Honey has great affinity for moist
ure, and if comb honey Is stored in a
damp atmosphere it will absorb the
moisture through the slightly porous
cappings and become thin and watery.
The bulk of the honey will be SO in
creased that it will burst the cells and
ooze out. The honey may become so
thinned that fermentation will set In.
Cold is also detrimental to comb honey,
causing it to candy in the cells. When
comb honey is first taken from the
hives. it should be stored in a warm,
dry atmosphere. A room in the south
west corner of building where it will
become very hot in the afternoon is a
good place to store it. The heat con-
tinues the ripening process, and If
there ale any unsealed cells, the honey
in them becomes thicker and ripper In
stead of thinner. Down cellar is where
the ordinary purchaser of comb honey
Is almost sure to put it. No place
could be more undesirable for keep
Ing comb honey. As ordinarily kept,
comb honey will candy before spring.
but by keeping 1t in a warm atmos-
phere 1t will not candy, and will really
improve with time.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
zRuyin~ cheese ch.an1y.

The anti-il1ed cheese law passed by
the last Congress has cleared out the
adulterated cheese. which was wholly
aboinina BILE and indigestible Now that
good cheese is again in the market ey-
erybody may buy with confidence.
Cheese Is the cheapest nitrogenous food
that can be had, as 1t supplies also
phosphates, which meat, except In its
bone, mostly lacks. There ought to be
much more general consumption of
cheese than there is. Farmers who do
not themselves make cheese ought to
buy 1t. and the cheese makers will also
buy their products.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
Preventing weeds from Seeding.

In most of the States there are strict
ways in each town to see to 1t that all
weeds are cut at least twice year,
once in June and again in September,
to prevent them from seeding. They
are not generally enforced as they
should be. Either the work is wholly
unattended to or 1t is done so carelessly
as to do little good. 1t Is in vain that
farmers try to keep their own fields free
from weeds while weed seeds are pro-
duccd in neighboring highways to be
borne by winds to their fields, and per-
haps increase largely before they are
discovered.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09

borne by winds to their fields, and per-
haps increase largely before they are
discovered.
Dairy Dots.
Feed all that the cows will eat up
clean.
Neither the strainer nor the separator
will take dissolved filth out of the milk
or cream; prevention is the only rem
edy.
If the cows are allowed to eat the
bitter ragweed, the milk will be bitter.
While the grass is plentiful, however,
they will not eat much weeds.
Care must be taken to see that the
pastures supply plenty Of food; other
wise the cows may begin to fail in their
milk-giving.
To churn easily and make good but
ter, milk should not be over thirtysix
hours old. Keeping milk too long and
failing to salt the cows makes butter
slow to come.
The best churning temperature is 60
degrees in summer, and 64 degrees in
winter. If you feed much cotton seed
in winter you can go to 68 or 20 de-
grees, and it will do no harm. The
lower the better.
Milk stations are found at various
places In the cities OF Chill. A cow is
tethered on platform, and when a
person wants a drink of milk the cow
is MIXED to order. The cost is trifie,
and brandy Is at hand If he prefers
milk punch.
Cows get more sustenance from fod-
der when it is properly cut up. Testing
cows with equal milking capacity, 1t
was found that 721 pounds of cut fod-
der produced as much milk as 1,133
pounds of uncut stalks. This is diff
ference which demands attention.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09

>enent of our
themselvee
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-05

To the Editor OF tho Difpc en-;
Please answer the follo wing; WIN our
bank-notcs pass at par In England? Does
United states sold coin pass at It's face
value IN Europe2 D. l. '"
Nossingford. Va.
At this time al greenbacks. Treasury
notes. silver certificates. national-banK
notes. gold. and silver coin pass in the
PRINCIPAL cities OF Europe at their FACE
value. less the cost Of sending them 10 uS
for redemption and a small commission to
tho brokers': but we are Informed that
should we have fee silver there would be
a suspension OF gold payments. Cola
would then continue 20 brirs "a much as
II doc now, but silver certificates, green
backs. Treasury notes. and national-oanK
notes would sell al discount equal to the
discount on silver. which IS estimated By
rnanciers at from % 30 40 per cent.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-05

Passengers can leave Richmond DAILY
via Chssapeake and Ohio railway at 3.5j
= NJ. or Richmond and Petersburg rail-
road Norfolk and Western rolte) 900 4.
minion-Line steamer, sailing same eve
ming for New York.
'''''' ALL-WATER ROUTE.
Steamship Old Dominion leaves Rich
mord every Monday al oNJ +. Nj. for
tickets on sale at Richmond Transfer
companys 90 east Main street. Chesa-
peake and Ohio railway, and Richmond
and Petersburg railroad depots, and at
company's office. l2l2 east Main street.
Richmond. Basga sc check 4 through.
FREIGHT
for New York and all points beyond can
ne shipped b. direct steamers, sailing
from Richmond every MONDAY AND
isa Wing Richmond WEDNESDAY, 800 p
81. for N9-folk: connecting with steamer
'o Manifest closed one hour before sailing
ui Freight received and Forwarded. and
through bills OF ladng issued FOR ali
northern. eastern. and foreign points.
FROM NEW YORK.
Passengers can leave Daily, except Sum-
connectlng with Norfolk and Western
railroad or Chesapeake ard Ohio railway
Direct steamers (y,a. James,River route),
Freight. and Monday freight oniy1. A-'4
Sailing from company's pier. 80. %
North river. foot Of Beach street. al 800
p. NJ; Saturday, 400 7. NJ.
Freight received and forwarded daily
For further information apply to
JOHN +. MAYER, Agent,
lz12 east Main street,
Richmond. Va.
w. 7. Gulllaudeu. Vice President and
Traffic Manager. New York. apI
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-05
Notice 20 correspondents.

No notice viii be taken Oh anorymou,
communications.
In answering queries our first attention
will be given TO the letters OF those cor
respondents who ask but ons question
each.
We cannot publish copyrighted songs
and poems without the permission OF
the owner Of the copyright.
This column is not an advertising me-
dunn. No query will receive attention
the answer to which would necessitats
the advertising of any persons business
or wares.
Nor viii any attention lie given TO long
strings" OF Questions, Every week
numbers OF correspondents ignore this
rule % ours. and afterwards wonder why
their queries are not answered.
Many queries are not answered because
similar ones have been recently answered.
We cannot undertake to ascertain the
value OF old coins. For that Information
write to some dealer In them.
We cannot undertake to answer queries
by mail; We can only answer them
through this column
We are frequently called upon to re-
publish poems and songs, but We will
not undertake to do so. except where
the production called for has some his
torical or peculiar literary merit. and is
not OF easy access 10 the average reader
Address Query Editor. Dispatch once.
Richmond. Va"
n. d. We do not read unsigned ietterA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-05

To the T,litor Of the Dispatch:
WIN you please answer the following
questions in Sundays paper? II man
anC wife make an assignment. and turn
over all their property 10 their creditors
an: their deed e then upset. can the
vile claim her dover IN reai ana personal
properly; alao. ter Ccw-I Ia ronts from
such property sine, said assignment? ana
ob,ise o CJNHIANI i.-'+A-''-l''
/. A wife Is not entitled to dover in
personal property. All the personal pro-
perty OF tho husband may be subjected
TO the pay meut u his debts.
2 i wife. during the life Of her hus-
band. has only a contingent right OF
dover in his real estate. II she united
with him in conveyance, which il
thereafter set aside, It looks as II she
ought to occupy the same position which
she would have occupied If no CONVEYANCE
had been made; but this IS a disputed
question now before the courts. Where
a husband executes a deed OF conveyance
W icb IS oct aside as fraudulent, he may
then claim a homestead out Of property
embraced in the fraudulent conveyance.
See shlps vs. Repass IS; Grattan u.s.
Povnton We. McNeal 81; Grattan 456.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-05
VIII oats Turn into Cheatf

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Sundays Issue o. your paqer contained
an article stating that cheat was sown
II cheat grew en- field; that crop al
ways produced Just the kind Of seed sown.
You may know all about running q paper
but you are of on this subject. ] sewed a
field last lall that had been cultivated
the pre- ious year i'm corn, and sowe1 an
excellent quality of oate. ana the field
has nothing in II to-day but cheat
kept pArt o. nv oats from the same bin.
and sowed the same seed this spring, and
have fine lot OF oats on this last Held
How do you account for thisY
! planted a lot Of potatoes also, and
have lot Of bugs. but l am willing TO
make oath that l did not plant single
bug - - H.
keysvi.le Va.
We referred c. 4. HIS letter TO the
United States Department Of Agriculture,
and have received the following reply:
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Your communication OF June ed, M
closiug letter - c. a. H.. has been
referred to This Office FOR reply.
c. A. H. appear Co assert by Inference
tn bis letter that it H. possible for Kernel
Of oats 10 produce an entirely different
plant. known by the name Of cheat or
chess As to why the oats failed 20 grow
we cannot say: but II 81 very evident That
the chcot grew because the seed
was in the ground. and The conditions
were favorable FOR its development.
Very respcc fully yours,
T. w. ALLEN. Acting Director.