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The record-union., 1896-07-29

DUNlENllCN
Fancy Dress Ducks in light and dark
shades; most Of them in neat stripes
CLEARANCE PRICE, &c YARD.
Fancy Dress Linens in all the newest ef-
fects. Figures. Stripes and Polka Dots;
all fast colors; formerly 121ac yard.
CLEARANCE PRICE, &c YARD.
Fancy Openwork Grass Dress Linens in a
nice, variety of patterns. Formerly zoe
CLEARANCE PRICE. 12hc YARD.
A value every housekeeper will appre-
ciate Bleached Damask Table Linen,
warranted pure fax, and full &C inches
wide. Cholce patterns.
CLEARANCE PRICE, 39c YARD.
Honey Comb Bedspreads in pretty Mar
seilles patterns. They are free from
dressing.
CLEARANCE PRICE, SOC EACH.
Ecru Curtain Scrim in pretty lace ef-
fects They are well worth the former
price, 15c yard.
CLEARANCE PRICE, &c YARD.
Full! Bleached Pure Linen Damask
Towels with knotted fringe and fancy
colored borders. Formerly 81 80 a dozen
CLEARANCE PRICE, &c EACH.
1S-inch Bleached Crash, pure linen, soft
and absorbent, Formerly 121ac yard.
CLEARANCE PRICE, &c YARD.
Unbleached Linen Crash, II inches wide,
made from pure flax.
CLEARANCE PRICE, &c YARD.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
Had to Work Their Way.

"a great many years ago." said an
old army officer, 81 was stationed on
the Government reservation at Kibisil-
lah, on the coast Of Mendocino Coun-
ty. About the only amusement l had
was working tramps and they were
scarce.
1.-THE hills along the coast from Kibi-
sillah to Fort Bragg are very precipit-
GUS, and in those days there was moth
ing but a little trail that wound along
the sandy beach at the base Of the
bluff. Whenever tramp came along
and begged meal would caution him
against the dangers of the beach and
warn him that the tide might catch him
most anywhere. Then, to insure his
safety, would strap on him an old
life preseryer from which had re-
moved nearly all the cork and substi-
tuted scrap iron. He would carry that
eighteen miles to Fort Bragg, and there
a friend of mine would relieve him Of
1t. In day or two would see 1t CON-
ing ND the trail on the back of another
tramp. / don't know how many hun
dreds of miles that scrap iron was car
ried. but 1t was kept on the move the
greater part Of year and half
San Francisco Post.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
Vitality of Toads.

We have all read of the discovery of
toads sin solid stratas of stone," where
food and air sufficient to sustain life
could not have possibly been had We
have not only read these stories, but the
majority of us have put them down as
Mulhatton yarns, which, were written
by someone who did not expect them to
be believed. Now comes the scientist
NJ Victor Lagroche, who says that he
has imprisoned toads in masses of
mixed plaster of Paris and found them
.well, fat and hearty after a lapse of
eight years He argues hat if such
creatures can live for years without
air or light they "can continue to live or
fndefinitely."
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
Military Pride.

Looked at from soldierly point of
view, the following little anecdote of
the battle of Alma is worth quoting
from Sir John Adye's "Recollections of
Military Life" "The battle ended
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the
headquarters camp being pitched near
the river; and Lord Raglan then went
in search of his orderly officer, Lieut..
Tor, Leslie, and, with the help of some
Guardsmen, with stretcher, brought
him to his tent. Lord Raglan asked
me-" writes Sir John, 'if knew Toms
mother; and on my replying in the
negative, he said, "A charming woman.
/ must write to her. How proud she
viii: be to hear that he has a bullet in
his shoulderp
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11

HOW lS 1t in our Town!
A locomotive must get up steam be
fore 1t can pull the train, but it should
not spend all its time steamlng up. II
should do more or less pulling after
awhile.
A certain amount of discussion re-
garding any topic is necessary to awak-
en- public interest, but after about SO
much talk has been INDUCED in some,
thing more tangible should be done.
In every city and town are people
who are talking about good roads and
clean streets. Talk is good enough
for starter, but it's no good for a
stopper.
If you live in a.town where number
of citizens reside who think something
should be done along these lines, call
them together and lay out a plan of ac-
tion that will result in putting the the
ory into practice.
You can't pull much till you get your
feet on terra frma. Your local news
papers will assist in the matter. Ev-
erybody wants good roads. How to get
them is the only problem you have to
solve.
Get your townspeople together and
try. The chances are you already have
steam enough up to do considerable
pulling, If only you will apply 1t.
Try it.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
Telling Time in India.

The Hindus look upon our clocks as
ornaments and curiosities Many are
found in India, but they are not en-
ployed as timepieces. They are the
luxury of the rich. The old-fashioned
way of telling the hour of the day in
India by calculating the number Of
bamboo lengths the sun has Travelled
above the horizon is entirely satisfac-
tory to the natives. In the country po-
lice stations in India, where the Euro
pean division of the hours is. observ-
ed, time is measured by placing in a
tub of water a copper pot in which a
small hole has been bored. 1t is sup
posed that it will take one hour for the
water to leak into the pot so as to fill it
and sink it. When the policeman sees
that the pot has disappeared he strikes
the hour on a bell-like gong. If he is
smoking or doing the COPPER pot may
have disappeared several minutes be-
lore he discovers the fact, but thu
,our is when he strikes the gong.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
How Bicycle Tubing Is Made.

Solid -iraw steel tubes have been
made fo1 years for boilers and general
use. but the great demand arose when
the safety type of bicycle came into
vogue, the diamond frame requiring the
use of greater length of tubing and
necessitating that this should be as
light as possible. There are variations
in the methods for producing a cold
drawn s+eel tube. but the principle Of
all Is practically the same. Only very
high class of steel Is suitable for the
purpose, and that hitherto employed
has been chiefly Swedish charcoal steel,
containing certain proportion of car
bon. The steel Is taken in the form of
a billet Two feet long and about six
inches IN diameter. A hole Is bored
through the center and it is heated, an
nealed and rolled into the form of a
tube about 1a4 inches in diameter, with
walls of about 10 gauge. This is then
drawn through die and over man
drel by means of draw-bench, until
about 500 feet long, beautifully smooth
This is not drawn at once, but in a
number of operations, and between
each of hem the metal has to be re-
picked and reannealed to prevent the
crystallization to which the drawing
process tends to give rise. The first
drawings of the tube leave it about
three-eighths of an inch thick, but this
gradually decreases until tube is pro-
duced which is of the thickness of stout
writing paper. This is the class of tube
employed in bicycles and that imparts
strength and rigidity out of all proper
ton to Its ightness.-Boston Transcript
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
Around the
Hearfhsf0ne.
ON THE STAGE.

In the rosy light of my days fair morn
Ere ever a storm-cloud darkened the
west,
Ere ever shadow of night gave warning,
When life seemed only pleasure guest,
Why, then, all humor and comedy scorn-
ing,
liked high tragedy best.
liked the challenge, the ferce-fought
duel,
With death or parting in every act,
liked the villain to be more cruel
Than the basest villain could be, in fact,
For It fed the fires in my mind with fuel
OF the things that my life lacked.
But as time passed on and I met real
sorrow,
And she played at night on the stage of
my heart,
I found that 1 could not forget on the
morrow
The pain had felt in her tragic part;
And, alasi no longer / needed to borrow
My grief from the actors art.
And as life grows older, and, therefore,
sadder
get sweeter, may be, In Its autumn
haze),
I find more pleasure in watching the
gladder
And lighter order of humorous plays,
Where mirth is as mad, or may be mad
der
Than the mirth of my lost days.
like to be forced to laugh and be merry,
Tho the earth with sorrow is ripe and
rife;
I like for an evening at least to bury
- All thought of trouble, ,sor pain, or strife.
In sooth, ] like to be moved to the very
Emotions ] miss in life.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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.sUNcLE DAWES" scHEME.
He Enjoys q siesta while Neighbors
Dig Hie Well.

Blairstown, N. J., has clever old
farmer. who has evidently read the
story of how Tom Sawyer cajoled his
friends into whitewashing the front
fence for him. BIairstown's man of
genius, however, made his friends dig
his well gratis. His name is David
Hennion, or "Uncle Dave" as he ~
familiarly known.
4 few days ago he decided to sink a
well, and, determining not to have fur
the. trouble in obtaining water, made
the well large and deep. He bought a
windmill and then started to excavate.
He went down and down, although the
job was slow and tedious one. Final
ly he struck a splendid stream of water
and prepared to line the well with
stone. He carried large quantity of
The weight of the stones or something
else caused the sides of the well to cave
in.
Uncle Dave" viewed the collapse
with chagrin and disappointment, for
it meant much more hard work on his
part to clear the well again. Finally
he struck an idea and proceeded to car
ry ii into effect. He obtained his coat
and placed it near the excavation, then
he placed his hat on top of his coat.
This done he sought the hay loft of his
barn and secreted himself The neigh
bors had taken considerable interest in
the well, and it was not long before
one of them came along to see how the
work was progressing. He saw the
half-filled well and the hat and coat
close by. Believing tine walls had
fallen in on him, he rushed to the house
and asked where "Uncle Dave" was.
Mrs Hennion had not seen him and a
search Of the farm did not bring him
to light. The conclusion was he was
buried under the earth and stones in
the well.
The neighbors for great distance
around were alarmed, and within a
couple of hours twenty men were at
work digging to clear the well and res
cue the body of their neighbor.
By morning they had the well cleared
to the bottom, but found no trace of
'Uncle Dave" The men, when they
found they had nothing for their pains
except cleared well, went away
weary and startled. When the coast
was clear, "Unele Dave" emerged from
his hiding place to find his wife sit
ting beside the well hole. dazed and
mystifed. She was as much puzzled
as any one. 'Uncle Dawes" first greet
ing to her was: "Golly, Sally, I'm most
starved; get me something to eat; but
didn't those fellows work hard|
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
The Bic Fire in London.

The "great fre" in London broke out
In bakers shop in>Pudding lane, close
to the monument, on the night of Sept
2. 1866. 1t ragged for four days and
nights, destroying SO churches, the city
gates, the Royal Exchange, Custom
House, Guild Hall and many other
public buildings and palaces, together
with 1920 private residences and
shops. The ruins covered 436 acres Of
ground, and 100000 persons, whose
homes had been burned, camped for
weeks in the open air.
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500 REWARD, 500.

The readers ofthis paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at le st one dead d disease
and that is Catarrh. Halls Catsrrh Cure Is tae
only positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh b-ing constitutional dis
ease requires a constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the sys-
tenn, thereby destroying the foundation of the
disea e, and giving the patient strength by
building up the co stftution and >sisting na-
ture i'll doing lis work. The proprietofs have
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that II
fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Ad-
dress, FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
Minks Ranish snake..

Water moccasins were formerly nu-
merous In the regions close to Taylor,
La. In recent years they have become
scarce while minks have increased in
numbers. Old hunters there say that
the mink is the deadly enemy of the
snake, and that in fight the quadruped
always comes off vlctorious.-New York
World.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
Rival Artists.

Joseph elliott, the manufacturer OF
pens, once visited the artist, Turner.
Il have come to swap some of my pic
lures for yours" said he.
.What do you mean?' exclaimed
Turner. seYou do not paintw
"No, do not, but draw" said GIL
lott, unfolding roll Of Bank of England
notes, .and here are some of my pic
lures"
Undoubtedly the Swap was effect
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
DIsHoSoRED DRAFTS.

When the stomach dishonors the drafts made
upon 1t by the rest of the system, it is neces
sArfly because its fund of strength is very low.
Toned with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, 1t soon
begins TO pay out vigor in the shape of p re.
1ich blood, continuing the clements of muscle,
b.,ne aud brain. As sequence of the new
vigor sfforied the stomach the bowels perform
their functions regulary, and the liver works
like clock work. Malaria has no effect upon Il
system thus reinf breed.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11

Beware of prejudices; they are rats,
and mems minds are like traps. Pre-
judices creep in easily, but it is doubt.
full if they ever get out.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11

Peasant spoke to our herb doctor
and he advised me that l should
Doctor Qnterrupting)- he gave you
some ldiotic advice, ] don't doubt.
Peasant-He advised me to see you.--
z r1aotter.saasss
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
Novel way to Raise Money,

A mammoth artificial mosquito
adorned the New Jersey State booth at
the Washington convention. At the
close Of the convention this was sold
and the proceeds were devoted to the
Armenian relief fund.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11

The man who sits next to pretty
girl in a street car is always willing to
move up little closer to her to give
somebody seat
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
III. Ties.

She knew not what he meant;
She little guessed the dreadful ties
That held him while she went;
For though with love his heart was
filed
He moved to no extent
Because he sat where some one spilled
A tube of bike cement!
The Looking Glass.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
MOsafcs,

Mosaic floors, laid with small pieces
Of different colored stones set in regu-
lar patterns, were known to the Egyp-
tians 23O0 B. @. In Babylon floors Of
this kind dated from HOO B. G.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11

A grain of pure musk will scent a
room for twenty years, and at the end
of that time will not show it has dmin-
ished in the least.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11

It is with wits as with razors, which
are never so apt to cut those they are
employed on as when they have lost
their edge.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11

Two bottles of Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton cured me of a bad lung ouble.-Mr-.
]. Nicholas, Princeton, Ind, Mar. 26, 1895.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
P.ache. ON Plum stock,

The peach can be and frequently Is
budded on the plum. 1t makes good
combination where the trees are plant
ed on heavy soils, the plum stock doing
much better on these than the peach.
1t does not make the peach any more
hardy, as even in the coldest winters
the peach tree escapes, while it's buds
are destroyed when the thermometer
runs down to 10 or 12 degrees below
zero, and with sharp wind at de-
grees below il the ground it not covered
with snow.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
The Dairy.


A gallon Of milk weighs eleven
pounds.
Divide the pasture into two or more
lots and you will gain In food and milk.
When the cows have been long In
milk, the churning becomes more diff
cult
The rate of consumption of cheese in
America is about three pounds per
capita per annum.
A good dairy COW should be trained
mixer can readily use both hands.
1t is less work to wash the butter
milk out of the butter when In a gran
ular form, and 1t can be done more ef-
fectively.
Once in full year should be consid-
cred often enough for mixer to bear
calf and for younger cows once in
fourteen to sixteen months.
How have you got thebest results from
your milk-sending to the factory.
making butter at home or peddling to
local customers?
Let one person do the milking, If pos
sible. Cows get used to milker, and
almost invariably "hold up their milk
when a new milker comes. Too fire.
quent changing of mixers has ruined
many cow.
I Don't hire at any price man who has
bad temper; he win ruin your cows.
Don't hire one who is not a good milk
er; he will dry of your cows. Don't en-
pIoy a man or boy who Is not willing
to learn to carry out your instructions.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11

1t is waste of time to watch a
hypocrite.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
Early Fattening of Pork.


Corn is not SO exclusively the feed
Of hogs at any age as it used to be.
Instead Of growing pigs on their swill
with pasture, and thus stunning their
early growth, it is the practice of the
lest farmers to begin the high feeding
from birth, keeping the pig always In
condition for the butcher, and topping
off the last few weeks with a clear
corn diet. Many farmers prefer that
pork for their own use shall not be thus
topped off. 1t Is sweeter but less firm
in texture, containing more moisture
This, however, only means that the pig
killed after being fed SO as to waste
In cooking is by that fact shown to be
in healthy condition. All animals In
perfect health are composed largely of
water This is evaporated when inter-
nal fevers evaporate the internal mois-
ture, and the meat is then said to be
drtn, solid q will waste little ~ cook
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
Early Chinese Roads.

harly NnfneSe kOaO9e
While there are no good roads in
China nowadays, there are one or two
Interesting relics of what were in and
for their day most excellent roads. The
first emperor Of the Mings, some time
during his reign of from 1868 to 1899,
made road from the bank Of the
Yangtse, opposite Marking, to his birth
place in Anhui. The levels were care
fully graded and the road carried across
river valleys on weH-built, arched via
ducts. 1t remains to-day simply Te-
markable specimen of early engineer
ing. The road from Peking to Tung-
show, built by the emperors of the
Yuan dynasty away back in the dim
ages, remains as vast effort OF In
utility" 1t was paved with great
blocks Of granite, averaging fifty to
eighty feet square surface each, all
closely jointed. To-day it is worn into
ruts foot deep, and is almost impassa-
BILE. With the exception of these two
roads, no attempt of any note has been
made to facilitate land communication
throughout the empire. The stone
bridges at Fukien and elsewhere, often
instanced as remarkable, are notable
only as Instances of the ability the
Chinese display in moving huge masses
Of stone by manual labor.-Chicago
News.
~ Use of Roads.
According to Col. Albert A. Pope, the
census returns show that there are in
rae United States about 100000
horses, over 100000 mules and $4,000
asses. The annual cost of feed for
these animals is about s., ,575, 900, 900.
en- fine stone roads one horse can haul
as much as three horses can haul over
the average dirt road of this country.
It Is estimated that it would be neces-
sary to build about 100000 miles of
inacadamized road in the United States
norder to have as good a system Of
public highways as is found in several
European States. At $4,000 per mile
this would involve an outlay of $4,000
100000. But If one-half of the draft
animals could be dispensed with by the
building of such roads there would be
an annual saving Of $7S8 100000 in the
feed bill This Is 8 per cent interest on
$26, 900, ,0O0, 600; consequently IL road
bonds were issued bearing 8 per cent. in
terest, more than 100000 miles Of ma
cadamized road could be built without
creasing the annual expenses one dol
lar. The people, Col. Pope shows, are
actually paying per cent on $26,000,-
900, 600 in order to keep up the present
1ad roads, while it would not cost one
sixth of that sum annually to build the
f,O00,0 600 miles needed in order to put
this country on par with France in
the matter of good roads. Col. Pope is
now abroad looking into the foreign
bicycle market, but he will also inter-
est himself in gaining still further IN
formation relative to foreign roads and
the most advanced principles of Euro
pean road building.-New York Trib.
une.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
cooner,a Foreaixht

MaudesI think Cooper must have
foreseen this craze for bicycling among
the women.
Marie why so7
DID, BE- write t1e Leather Stock;
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Odds and Ends.

oQuS anu TSnu0s
Sandpaper will whiten ivory handled
knives which have become yellow from
age or usage.
A person broken out with prickly
heat will find great relief II the parts
affected are busted over several times
day with rye -four.
If hot meats and soups are covered
before they are perfectly cold they will
surely spoil; the hot air must have a
place to escape or the meat will be af
fected.
A common cause of failure in max
the dough too stiff; 1t should be soft
to be easily worked, without being ia
the least sticky.
Bread that has been cut In slices and
become stale may be freshened by lay
ing the slices together and folding a
damp napkin around them; put the
napkin in paper bag and place the
bag in n hot oven for fifteen minutes.
The most wholesome way of cooking
potato, says the New York Sun, is
to bake 1t. A small piece of the skin
should be cut from the ends before put
ting the potatoes In to bake. If baked
potato stands after 1t is cooked 1t is
likely to become soggy. To avoid this
when the potato Is done fold 1t In nap
kin and roll the potato between the
palms Of the hands until 1t cracks open.
Treated in that way, the potato will al
ways be mealy.
For a sprain use hot lamentations or
very hot bandage, and rest the hurt
limb until it is knit together well. In
all cases of sprains and broken bones
the patient should be kept perfectly
quiet until physician arrives. Burns
are painful and hard to heal If not well
cared for. If the skin Is off, creosote
Is a good remedy. Do not remove any
dressing until skin Is formed under
1t. If nothing else Is available, -four or
cornstarch are good, as they keep the
air from the skin and allow 1t to heal.
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wanted, 1t should be fattened with boil
ed vegetables or fruit mixed with wheat
middlings and bran to make the right
proportion Of heterogeneous matter We
have often more than half fattened
hogs on boiled pumpkins and windfall
apples. and never had pork that tasted
better than that thus fattened. Even
before we knew that it was unwhole-
some, we never much liked the pork
fattened on corn alone.-American Cul-
tiyator.