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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
CHECKING AN EPIDEMIC.
A Stage Manager Puts an End to tn
Playei-Out Call for a Doctor.

A Stage Manager Puts an End to the
P1ayei-out Call for Doctor.
"Your story about calling for doctor
in the circus,' said retired Snowman,
reminds me of the way we broke up a
nuisance in a good-sized Pennsylvania
town. l was on the road with farce
comedy company, and we put in two
weeks at the town in question, there
being a big military encampment there
and county fair to boot. We drew
good houses all through the engage
ment, and were booked for an early
return. l don't think we had been
there more than one night before the
doctor nuisance began. There would
come hurried messenger from the box
office to the stage manager with re-
quest that he ask if DR.. Bolus, or what
ever his name happened to be, was in
the house, and If he was, to send him
to the office at once. OF course, the
stage manager couldn't very well re-
fuse, and general attention was direct.
ed to the medical man, much to his
satisfaction. We soon found out that
the doctors who were so much in de-
mand were very small medical fry, and
there wasn't doubt that they had had
themselves called for in order to secure
the consequent notoriety. Well, we
stood it for few nights, and then an
idea occurred to me. l took walk up
the main street until l came to a cer-
tain sign hanging over the stairway. l
70 hn off ind fad a6
a brief conversation with its inmate,
ending it by handing him reserved seat
tickets.
THAT evening, Immediately after the
first act and before any messenger from
the box office had chance to arrive. l
stepped out in front of the curtain and
held up my hand Then in my gravest
tones l asked:
is DR.. Chizziold in the houseY
Immediately a very tall colored man,
with azbushy white head and huge sill
ver-mounted spectacles, arose in the
audience and said:
'Heah l is, sah.'
"The audience Uttered, but kept my
gravity,
Iou are WdulSu dl the DOA OuCe dt
once, doctor, in a case which requires
your immediate professional attention.
''As the aged darkey ducked to me
and hobbled from the room, the audi
ence broke into a wild roar
perhaps you will understand the
cause of>their merriment when 1 add
that the old man was corn doctor, and
probably the best-known eccentric cnar-
acter In town.
well, there were no more doctors
called from that stage during our en-
ent."-Cleveland Pla Dealer.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
oL1mArE AND coMroRr.

prolonged winter of extreme cold or mild
one, through the dan,pness and chill neu-
ralgia will find its victims, and great
many imprudent people will find neuralgia.
In either case, when it does come, with its
racking torture, let's look about for the best
that can be done. We need not go far.
The reputation of st. Jacobs Oil as GER
tain cure for neuralgia has gone before it,
and it is an established fact that it cures
surely, soothes and restores the troubled
winter, whether it is cold or mild, bear in
mind that for this complaint one should
have the great remedy for pain ready for
use. 1t is by putting off that the ailment
grows worse, and the worst cases grow less
as soon as it is used
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
ana engagements made with the towns.

and engagements made with the towns
people of the town. Decidedly the
stranger was no ordinary man.
And evidently Willie thought so. too.
for she would flash covert, inquiring
glances at him from under her long.
dark eyelashes. and sometimes would
listen with almost bated breath. won
dering what daring scheme would be
proposed next. He was SO different
from any man she had ever met-sc
energetic and impulsive and chivalrous.
She could not help liking him, and she
could not withstand his impetuoSity
any more than the reeds of the river
could withstand the current in spring
time. She offered objections to the
building of the bridge and he overruled
them in a single impetuous speech. She
did not like the idea of assuming all
the expenses of improving the river,
but did not dare expostulate for fear OF
the quizzical look which she knew
would come into his merry eyes. In
side of a month she began to feel that
he was as much at home on her planta-
ton as he was on his own. but she
could see no way to prevent it.
And, indeed, she did not want to. In
the fall their engagement was definite
ly announced, and all Talbottom said
1t was the most suitable match of the
year.
A few weeks before the marriage he
carefully overhauled his papers. There
were many letters addressed simply to
Willie Smith; some were to Willie H.
Smith. and a few to William Hamilton
Smith. All of them were destroyed.
''It isn't well to keep papers, he
soliloquized. as the last one was re-
duced to ashes. "Some folks see them
New York Ledger.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
Progressive Civilization.

A lady recently took into her service
4 Chinaman, and began to Christiaanize
him. Shortly afterward some silver
spoons were missing. Then she taught
him the Apostles Greed, and 1t was
discovered that a valuable piece of
plate had been stolen. His benefac-
tress, loath to suspect her new convert,
started in to teach him the Ten Com
mandments. By the time he was able
to repeat the First Commandment, the
scamp stole her watch. Then the phi
lanthropic lady's son rebelled. Moth
er," he exclaimed, ''for heavens sake,
don't teach that pig-tailed scala wag
any more, or by the time you've got
him to the Tenth Commandment he
will have stolen the house and taker
the cellar along with it!'
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
Odds and Ends

An easy way to remove spots of paint
from glass is to make strong solution
of soda in. hot water and wash the
glass with flannel dipped in this.
Tumblers that have been used for
milk should never be put into hot water
until they have first been rinsed in cold
water. The heat drives the milk in and
gives cloudy appearance to the glass.
which cannot be removed.
Clothing that has become spotted and
whose co'or has been destroy, by acids
may have the color restored by applying
ammonia and afterward chloroform.
Occasionally your pet. canary bird
should be fed with hard-boiled egg,
chopped fine and mixed with cracker
crumbs, giving it not more than a thin
bleful of the mixture at time.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
Around the
HearfhSfOne.
THE STRANGE GUEST.

He brought branch of olive
This stranger guest of mine;
Could l deny him entrance,
Who bore the peaceful sign?
All, nol l bade him welcome,
l set him meat and wine;
But while he drank and feasted,
How laughed his eyes divine!
I took the branch of olive
(The soothest plant that grows),
And from the carven ceiling
/ hung it with the rose.
"But why to me this token,
Who never lacked repose!
Why this to me-" I questioned.
"Who know no feud nor foes|'
He smiled beneath the olive
This strangest stranger guest.
A branch from off the thorn-tree
Had told his errand best;
For since my house he entered
There's ne'er heart at rest.
To mock me with the olive!
But Love doth love his jest.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
he soil Of moisture were to he seen as

the soil Of moisture were to he seen as
far either way as its roots extended.
At the time our views met much severe
criticism from those who regarded the
trees as objects of beauty. and to r
spared, whatever they cost to the fam
er. But the loss from plowing, wasting
seed, and labor in cultivating crops
under trees and getting nothing in re-
turn has convinced most who few
years ago were critical that they were
backing luxury that not one farmer in
ten can afford Keep the trees If you
wish in land that is to be always in
grass. but If it is to be plowed and cu.-
tivated, clear them out so that all the
labor applied may have its fullest eff
fect.-American Cultivator.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
Farm Notes.

There is no charm in slipshod farm
ing, none in weedy fields, fences, fence
corners or barns, or with buildings in
a general state of disorder.
Low-grade fertilizers cost less by the
ton, but cost a great deal more if meas
ured by the benefit derived. If COM
PEELED to buy fertilizers at all buy good
ones. If you are not posted you can
find neighbors who are.
The fall is the time to ditch and till
the land for drainage, as the work can
be then done at less cost than at any
other period of the year. Lands in the
West that have been titled have gained
sufficiently in one year, by the in
creased yield per acre, to more than pay
the cost of drainage. Every year that
wet land Is left undrained is a loss OF
just SO much time that could be gained
by drainage.
An orchardist says: Peach trees will
not bear choice fruit when growing in
sod. In fact, there are few fruit trees
that will not produce better fruit and
more of it If the grass is prevented
from growing near them. Fruit trees
in poultry yards, where the ground is
kept constantly bare of all vegetation.
usually bear excellent fruit. OF course
some allowance must be made for the
fertilizing benefits received from the
droppings Of the fowls.
In harvesting, as well as in storage,
potatoes should be exposed to light as
little as possible, says Farmers Bulle-
tin No. 35 of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture. In storing pota-
toes low temperature is required. The
potato tuber is uninjured BY a tempera-
ture of SO degrees F., and one authority
gives the freezing temperature of po-
tatoes 30.2 degrees F. Warmth favors
sprouting, which Injuries potatoes. both
for planting and eating.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
SAT- Destroys Seeds.

Wherever salt is sown so that it comes
in contact with terminating seeds 1t
will rot and destroy them. The first
germ of seeds is very tender, and as it
starts out the seed gives ont some mois-
ture which dissolyes the salt. The ef-
feet Of very small quantities of salt
is TO decompose vegetation of all kinds.
A large amount might pickle it and
prevent decomposition. But either
small or large, it is destructive of the
germs Of vegetable life. But if there
is great deal of rainfall the salt is dis
sipated, and so mixed witt surround
ing soil that little injury to the seed
is Droduced
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
Keep Flour from Taint.

Flour should be kept with the great
est care, (as it takes on the odor of
things about it, and becomes tainted al
most as easily as do milk and butter
AS it also becomes heavy and moldy in
a damp place, it should be kept where
weather changes will not affect it. The
lightness and dryness of the flour, of
course, has a great deal to do with the
superior quality of the bread and cake
made from it. When flour is bought
by the barrel. patented convenience
that consists of swinging shelf that
raises the barrel few inches from the
floor, so that the air may circulate free
ly about it. is liked by housekeepers
who have space for it. =
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
AN Impromptu FiIter

An impromptu filter will be found
convenient. Buy 5 cents worth of
powdered charcoal; put it in piece of
flannel, together with some small
pebbles are best-and tie it
to the spigot. The water running
through this will be quite clear. Be
sure you have coarse flannel, as the
charcoal sifts through muslin. If it
runs too slowly put something under
the spigot and let it run while you are
doing something else and dip it out af-
terward. The increased clearness of
the water will repay you.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
The strawberry Patch.

The family stra awberry ratch is not
usually large, and can therefore be
given the best of attention Rake the
beds and clear off all the refuse, or
burn, the beds over. Then sprinkle fine
bonemeal and muriate of potash over
that is free from litter covering the
beds with straw or salt hay. and plac-
Ing cornstalks or brush on the hay.
Early in spring remove the mulch and
sprinkle nitrate of soda over the rows
before the plants begin to grow.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
Untold Lies.

The art of telling lie by telling the
truth, but less than the whole of it, is
cultivated by some people; and when
their trick of concealment is by some
chance found out, they are never quite
believed afterWard.
A person Of this type was once re-
lating certain circumstances to an ac-
quaintance, who appeared, perhaps, a
trif1e incredulous.
'.Whatr' exclaimed the narrator: do
you suspect what l tell your"
"Oh, no." answered the other; "but
suspect what you don't tell mer'
The remark was an apt one, and
ought to have been warning to the
speaker. But inasmuch as this person
was grown to years of discretion, and
still kept back a part of the truth, it is
doubtful If any experience could teach
him to be really truthful. There is a
great deal of untruthfu1ness latent
somewhere in human nature. and un-
less one is brought up to tell the
TRUTH" and taught in childhood to alb
hor lie in any shape, there is very
little hope that such person will be.
come outspoken and candid.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
Late Maturinr Potatoes.

Most of the very large growers of po-
tatoes plant mainly of the late-matur-
ing varieties. There is good deal of
loss in marketing early varieties, espe-
cially those dug while their skin is stiil
tender, and is broken by being rubbed
against. In hot weather such potatoes
rot easily, and though the price is high
er there is not so great profit as for the
more productive later crop that can
usually be marketed without injury
EARLY potatoes do not generally pro-
duce heavily. Hot, dry weather short
ems the crop, while with late potatoes
planted late much Of the growth of the
tubers is made after the heated term
has passed
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
Trees in TILED Fields.

pensiyeness Of keeping scattered trees
left for shade in pastures in fields that
every few years had to be broken up
and used for titled crops. The grass
may or may not be injured under the
tree, according to its variety and habit
of growth. But wherever the field was
planted with either corn or potatoes
the bIighting effects of the tree sarping
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
The Season,

''To be sure" assented the wolf, cor
daily, Il am glad of the cool weather.
l never could do much in crash suit
There is nothing like the conventional
sleeps clothing, after all."-Detroit
Tribune.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
The gas engine. which in Europe b

The gas engine, which in Europe has
now supplanted the steam engine for
moderate power, is being used In
France for ships. A new gasboat on
the Havre- -Rouen-Paris lineis 100 feet
long, with seven feet draught. and at
tains a speed Of seven knots. The gas
Is stored in steel tubes under pressure
Of ninety-five atmospheres. The en-
CINE Is two-cylinder one and h Of
forty horse power.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18

Lion-Hunting an Ancient Sport.
To hunt the lion was kingly sport
from the earliest times, and the Egyp-
tian monuments show that all kinds
of hunting, as well as fowling, was
followed for pleasure.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO &C
TITCAS CpIrNTv 81

FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
doing business in the city of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of CATARRH that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9Th day of December, A. D. 1885.
! SEAL A. w. GLEASON,
t~~' Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials free
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills the best.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
of all cough cures.-George w. Lotz,
Fabucher, La, August 2;, 1895.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
Didn't Need 1t.

sHelp! Helpv' cried the man who
was being robbed.
"Calm yourself" said the highway
man. 81 don't need any assistance
Tid-Bits.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
FALSE WITNESSES.

There are knaves now and then met with who
represent certain local bitters and poisonous
stimuli as identical with possessing proper
ties akin to those of Hostetters Stomach Bit
tiers: These scamps only succeed in foisting their
trashy compounds upon people unacquainted
with the genuine article, which is as much
their opposite rs day is to night Ask and take
no substitute for the grand remedy for ma aria,
dyspepsia, constipation, rheumatism and kid
ney trouble.
Chicago university has just received
a gift of property worth $500. 900 to be
used for new biological station.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18

Your grocer will sell you
ScAz2laMgs S Best tea and re-
turn your money in full if
you don't like it.
He is our agent to this
extent; and we want no
better business.
4 schiing s. Company
ffs-a or;oce
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
The Particular Thing.

She-Was there any particular thing
about the town which struck you?
He-Yes; bicycle.-Yonkcrs States
man.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18

The Lord probably forgiyes every
thing else sooner than the discomfort
of a woman whose husband is good te
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
Pawning Idols in China.

It is quite a common thing in Shang-
hal for needy natives to pawn their
idols In order to buy food.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18

Married Men and Rings.
The latest suggestion made in the col
umns of London paper is that mar
ried men should wear wedding rings.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18

Keep Live Stock in Cool Condition.
1t Is the best and safest plan to put all
the live stock on winter rations in good
time and before they become really
hungry and lose flesh by the want Of
nutriment in the food gathered from the
fields. As soon as a frost has taken
the starch out of the herbage and les
sened its ability to nourish an animal
the main supply of food should be given
from the winter stores. To fall off
now is to keep out of condition all the
winter. It Is quite possible to STALL
feed an animal with success in the win
ter, but the consumption of food will be
considerably increased over and above
what would be required at any other
season. 1t Is an old saying that an
animal well summered is half wintered.
1t is perfectly true, for once the system
is in thrifty condition it is more easily
kept so than it can be recovered from a
lowered state of health and vigor. Thus
just now it should be the effort to pre-
vent any falling off in the condition and
put all the stock into winter quarters
in as fine a state of health as is possi
ble.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18

The human race is but a contest of
dollars.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
Relieving Choked Cattle.


IL have never known my method OF
relieving choked CATTLE says writer
in an English farm paper, Ito fail IN
giving instant relief. cut stick about
four feet long and <one-half an lnch
through Mt the large end. with prongs
like fork tines about one inch long at
the small end The stick wants to be
straight and smooth. generally cut
small gray birch. Then wind the prongs
with yarn until well covered and sew
over and through this piecn of cotton
cloth, making ball some inches In dl-
ameter securely fastened to the small
end of the stick. Grease the ball well
with lard, insert in the animals throat.
and push it down the length of the stick
if need be. or until the substance Is
forced into the stomach. Then with
draw the stick and the creature will be
relieved. have been called in the
night to go four miles to relieve an ami
NAL that had choked for hours | re-
lieved her in two. minutes after the
stick was ready, so that she commenced
eating Immediately. Two or three men
had tried every way they knew for
hours without success. The creature
was choked with a potato"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18
PIowine and Resee1inp.


Within the past few years there have
been more than usual complaints of
grass and clover seeds not catching"
well, and of running out" after an
apparently good seeding had been Sc
cured. Drought, or hard freezing in
winter, are commonly given as reasons
for these grass failures. But in many
cases we suspect that this does not ex-
plain the whole difficulty. AS vegetable
matter in the soil decreases it /: much
more injured by drought than 1t is while
the soil retained it's virgin fertility. Our
climate is not a moist one, like that of
England, and our winter cold is much
more severe. We cannot expect per-
manent grass either for pasture or
meadow. To plow and reseed every
second or third year seems to be ne
cessity of good farming in our Northern
States. Nor is this necessity any real
hardship. The first year or two after
seeding the crop is always better than
after. and then, too, there is the best
sward to plow under English turf
may keep thickening as the years pass
by. but our grass lands are sure to grow
thin. The longer the replowing is de-
layed. the more difficult it is likely to
be to get a good catch with the new
Seedinp-Ex
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO THE
FARM AND HOME.
Best Method of Preserving Fodder
corn-How to Relieve ohoked Cattle
Late Maturing Potatoes Are Most
Productive.
Preserving Corn Fodder.

A report from the Vermont Agricul-
tural Experiment Station says for two
wears past experiments were conduct
ed to determine the best method of pre-
serving the corn plant for winter use.
Four methods were tried. First, whole
ensiIage was made by running the new
Iy cut corn through cutter. reducing
1t to one-half inch lengths, then putting
into the silo. Second, the ears were
husked, cribbed, dried, ground, cob ana
all. and fed in connection with the
stalks. which had been previously cut
and made into ensilage; this was called
stover ensilage and meal. Third, the
fodder was preserved in large SHOCKS,
and before feeding was run through a
cutter, ears and all. and cut into one
half inch lengths. Fourth, the corn
was husked from the fodder, ground
with the cob and fed with the stover,
after it had been run through the cut
ter as needed from time to time.
Samples from the material preserved
by the different methods were carefully
analyzed. and the fodder was fed to
herd of fourteen milch cows. 1t was
found that each of the methods pre-
served about four-fifths of the dry mat
ter harvested. the loss from each being
pra actically the same in quality and in
character The folders kept in the
shock lost more and more dry dry mat
ter as the winter progressed. Ihe
ears in the silo during the last test lost
more of their food value than those
preserved in any other way, this being
the reserve of a previous test. The
relative cost of placing the same
amount of dry matter in the manger
was greatly in favor of whole ensliage.
Time and money spent in husk1ng and
grinding the ears were wasted, as bet
ter results were obtained when the
ears were left on the stalk. The en-
silages were relished much better by
the cows and they do better upon them.
Farm News.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18

Bricks of glass are now manufac.
tured in Silesia. They are cheap and
more durable than mud bricks.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-18

A scheme is on foot to have general
census of the whole world taken to mark
the end of the century.