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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-30
Practical Ihilo.ophy J

whats the use Of crying over split
milk?"
So saying, the milkman turned
cheerfully to the pump and supplied
the deficiency.-Truth.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-30

Children like to see kin come, but
then children do not buy the groceries.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-30

Any wife can make her husband
tremble by saying she s.has heard
something" about him.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-30
State
Agricultural
College,. OF OREGON

SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT
THE BEST IN THE STATE.
Military training by United States officer.
Twenty-Five instructors.
Surroundings healthful and moral
Free tuitionf No incidental feesl
Expenses, including board, room, clothing,
washing, books, etc., about $50 per schsol year.
Fall Term Opens September go.
For catalogue or other information address
THOMAS M. CATCH, Pres,
Corvallis, Oregon.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-30

"Goodi Hand it over"

i
Good! Hand it over.'
what do you want of it?"
i've dun got plan. I'll take that
paper along. I'll git Ike Baxter. Bill
Taylor, Tom Henderson and six or eight
mo-, and we'll find that Yankee. When
we've found him, I'll be civil and de-
cent ard say: Folks is a-tellin that yo'
nm is Yankee spy, and that yo' un is
gwine to skip out fur the north purity
quick. Rpw does yo' u1 1constanduate?"
"What do you mean by that9" asked
Wyle.
THAT means how does he un stand.
Is he un for the south or north? If he
un's fur the south, let him put his name
right down thar to be one of us. If he
un's fur the north. we uns will cum back
fur tar and feathers.
"Steve, you've hit it-hit it plumb
center!' exclaimed Wyle as he rose up to
shake hands. You We got the idea ex-
actly. Put that there paper right at
himl If he's for us. he'll sign; if he's
agin us, he won't. Get your men to.
Sether and start out right away"
I'VE uns will find out all about it in
an hour, lootenant, and doggone my hide
if amt so chock full of fout that I've
got to holler! Hip, hip, hoorayl Aim
low, boys, and Civ it to 'em heavy!"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-30

believe Piso's Cure is the only medicine
that will cure consumption.-Anna M.
Ross, Williamsport, Pa, Nov. IL, '95.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-30

Professor Forbes calculates that the
first cataract of the Nile at Dhigh Nile
represents 500, 200 horsepower, and at
low Nile $4,000 horsepower.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-30
Neapolitan Cruelty.

Neapolitans have bad reputation
for ill-treatment of animals, and the
Naples society for the prevention OF
creulty to animals seems to have
plenty to do. During last year its
agents stopped 44,321 carts for carry
ing too heavy loads, and in nearly one
half the cases had the load reduced;
they confiscated 41,011 sticks used for
beating animals and 887 spikes used on
curb chains; 2,282 convictions for cru
city were obtained.
Lord Kelvin, the great British scien-
tist, declares that the earth is 80, 000,-
600 wears old
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-30
When a person falls into the water

common felt hat may be used as life
preserver, and by placing the hat upon
the water rim downwards, with the
arm around it, pressing it slightly to
the breast, it will bear man up for
hOurs
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-30
ABOUT IRREGULARITY.
A Chat with Miss Marie johnson.

A Chat With Miss Marie johnson.
The balance wheel of woman's life
Is menstruation.
Irregularity lays the foundation of
many diseases, and is in itself symp-
tom of disease. It is of the greatest
Importance that regularity be accom-
plished rs soon as possible after the
Aouz il an established fact.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-30

AN" 49,
Lydia E.
hams Vege'
Conpoundi i
greatest
regulator
known to
medicine.
"My
health be-
came SO
poor that I
had to
leave
l1 4
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-30
IN GUARANTEED ORDER
State Your Wants and Write for Prices.

1857 SanS0n7e Street
San Francisco, CaL...
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-30

Leonard Huxley is making good prog
ress with the biography of his father.
The book Is awaited with great inter
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-05-01

1000, and said appealingly as hs
handed il over:
''Ry the way, AL, never talked to any
one before as 1 have to you."
That's all right. I'll never speak Of
it II you make me few promises"
what are they?"
"That you'll keep on attending strict
ly to business for the sake of your
younger brothers and sisters"
"Why, certainly, must do that"
"And that you'll never do nything to
pain that good woman. your mother. OF
your sweet wife"
''Of course I'll not"
"And that you'll never set bad ex.
ample to your children"
''Why-er-er-what are you driving
at?"
"And that you'll stop reading sport
ing news and scandals in the papers and
wishing that you were devil Of a fel.
low. In return. when you hear Of me
painting the town you can console your
self with the thought that you supplied
the paint; and when my luck turns I'll
refund the money you have staked me
with"
Without waiting for a reply the man
with past strobe away, leaving his old
schoolfellow dazed and puzzled. and
wondering if. after all, virtue might not
be its own reward. As the black sheep
paused in the hallway to adjust his tie
he muttered:
"They say that sucker is born every
minute, but mighty few of them are OF
his kind..N. Y. Truth.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-05-01
PREPARING cAv,ARE.
Oonethln9 About One Of the Lea1an0
Industries OF Russia.

Oomethin9 About One Of the Leading
Industries Of Russia.
The most valuable products of the
ash industry in Russia are cod liver oil
and caviare. Russian caviare is obtained
mainly from sturgeon. In the Volga
district the white sturgeon leads for
the high quality of its roe. and next
comes the common sturgeon. The
United States consul-general at st.
Petersburg says that although the prep
aration of caviare does not differ from
that in other countries, its superiority
being due to the fine quality of the
roe, he has studied the process Of ito
manipulation, which is as follows:
When q stranger is admitted into the
fishing section where caviare Is pre-
pared he finds it supplied with num-
Der of troughs, wooden tubs and watts.
a stand looking like bench with upper
frame open, ON which is placed the
freshly-salted caviare in order to sep
arate it from the superfuous brine.
There is also a very important imple-
ment-the caviare press-with which
the pressed caviare is prepared. On the
walls hang the caviare sieves, consist
ing of wooden frames and nets Of strong
cords. The workmen separate the cav
iare from the egg bags in which it is in
closed by rubbing it with the hand
through a sieve into a vat. The egg
skin does not 60 through. but remains
on the surface of the sieve. When the
fish are in the first stage of deoompo-
sition the egg skins get 50 soft that
they can be separated from the roe. and
from these the low grades Of caviare
are made. Next, in the sailing of the
csviare. it IL salted only with brine
made of fine salt.
The difference in "fresh" caviare is
caused by the smaller or greater quanti-
ties of salt contained in the brine, and
this is regulated to me1 the length OF
time the caviare is to be kept. The fresh
brine is kept in large wooden tubs. and
the fine. clean ealt used for the prepara-
::on Of the brine is put into small bar
rels. The superfluous brine is used
again. Immediately after the eggs have
heen rubbed through the sieves they arc
put through the brine, and as soon aa
they are deprived ef the superhnous
salt they are. placed in tin jars or cans
and small wooden kegs; and the SO
called fresh caviare, which is high.
priced, is ready for market. The cheap
er kind is cured in the brine and then
put into linen bags and pressed. This
is called pressed caviare. The roe
should not be taken from the fish BE-
fore the third or fourth year, when II
It is ripe and grown to its full siz..
Many fish are cut before the roe ie ripe
and In such cases the roe must be used
Immediately. This is one reason why
fresh caviare can be obtained at all
times. During the ten months of re.
cent year Russia exported 4,6ss. AS
pounds of pressed caviare and 6l3.oQi
pounds Of fresh caviare.-Journalo Of the
Society of Arts.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-05-01

There was 4 painful silence. during
which the man with past gulped down
a glass Of champagne an5 viciously bit
the end OF a cigar.
go on with your story. Gordie!"
Well-l-er-er-Ig got married, and,
Of course. / couldn't do anything that
would pain the woman ] loved SO de-
votedly. If was out late at night, even
with business, I would always find her
in tears when got home, SO finally be-
came SO methodical that l was able to
spend all my evenings with her. Now,
I'm not grumbling about that, for !
have the contest home a man ever had,
and oh-you have never seen my chill
dren, have you? You must see them
er-er-"
Al smiled grimly. That's all right,
Gordie. It's because you are Vach a
good soul that you forget my limita-
tions, and forgive you for old. sake'a
sake. You don't drink or smoke, do
you?"
"No; the fact is, both my wife and
mother don't like drinking and smok-
ing, and don't think myself that it is a
good example to set before the chill
dren"
Right. my boy. and don't you do it
But go on. You haven't finished"
"Well-there isn't much more" said
the good man in an embarrassed way,
"except that as I was the Oldest in the
family / naturally took charge OF the
business my father left, and as the es-
tates of my younger brothers and sis
tiers were in the same boat, had to give
business every attention. SO that they
wouldn't lose anything. And as our con.
Germ is highly respected, it wouldn't do
for me to dissipate in any way. for fear
the story would get out and the public
lose confidence in us"
"Quite right. Now I don't suppose
you want to hear my story. so Ill just
tell you the results. I've been tough
haven't II"
"Weli, you've had good time"
"You put il delicately. don't think
you would hurt the feelings OF mi.
crobe il you could help it; but look at the
result. 1 can't be received in good so
ciety on account of my escapades. and
am dead broke"
"Why, my dear fellow" !" exclaimed the
good man. reaching for his purse. LET
me"
That's all right, Gordie, but take out
your checkbook. not your purse. You
have money to burn. and l have q per
sonallv conducted bonfire that has al.
most gone out. I'll touch you for the
amount of that contribution to charit y
that was worrying you when came in. :
The millionaire signed the check fol
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-05-01
A LESSON OF l,F6

aong days journey there lay before:
crossed the meadow at breaking morn.
saw the road wind by hill and moor,
ana beyond the hills was my distant
bourne.
thought Of the greetings should win
What was 1t moaned at my feet mean
while!
poor old terrier. lame and thin:
stopped and helped him over the stile;
men would have crossed, but q dreary yelp
Arrested me. and turned to view
Mmping poodle whose need OF help
was manifest: and helped him, too
O1 every nation and tribe are they;
AND each has a fresh, resistless vile.
Each says. in his own peculiar way:
Please help lame dog over q stile!''
They're greyhound. Skye. Pomeranian.
They limp along in an endless file,
1ney-re smooth and curly, they're black
and tan.
They an are lame. and would cross the
stile.
The shadows deepen DER hill and glen.
Dim II my pathway of many q mile;
fet VIII renew my journey when
The last lame dog is over the stile
may Kendall. in n. ". Christian Advo-
cate.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-05-01

A little colored boy. the grandson Of
an old servant in New England fam
ily, was constant playmate of the boy
of the house, whose parents were par
ticularly anxious that their child should
treat his colored companion with gem
tleness. They were SO anxious. in fact,
that the little negro acquired habit of
running to his playmate's mother with
any trouble which may have befallen
him, sure of her protection. One day
the two boys were snowballing. and in
some way or other the negro received
an especially damp and 'sloshy" snow
hall in his face, though it had been
aimed at his back. "You better look
out, William Percival!" he cried, turn
ing a snow-plastered face, from which
cleaned two small but wrathful eyes,
on his playmate. IF you don't say you
won't do dat again, l take dis count'n-
ance right in and show it to your ma
ies' as it is!"-Youth's Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-05-01
THE SPONGE.

Ol0e0lty In Asslgnlng It the Proper
Place In Natures Catalogue.
1t would be for many persons a rather
difficult thing, without taking any time
for consideration, to assign to the
sponge it's exact position in nature.
Vegetable, some would hesitatingly pro-
nounce it; others would find it hard to
believe that It was of animal origin;
while . few might fall into the same
error ~ the old parish clerk, who, hav-
ing to arrange miscellaneous cOllec-
ton Of articles lent for an exhibition in
the village schoolroom. placed some fine
sponges, contributed by local natural
ist, in the section devoted to "Manufac-
tured Goods" A similar mistake was
made some time ago by the clerks in a
government office, who styled the firm
sponge Manufacturers" in addressing
q letter upon some departmental busi-
ness. Like coral, sponge il the natural
product Of marine animalcule, being
the elastic fibrocellular membrane
which serves ~ an investing layer for
the organic part of the sponge. The
sponge brought up alive from the rocks,
to which it adheres at the bottom of the
aea, il . very different looking article
from that which we are daily accus-
toned to. It 10 then covered by an
outer membrane, in which the pores ap-
pear or disappear, apparently under the
control of the living organic portion
contained within. Upon being cut into
eections the sponge is found to bear
some resemblance to raw beef, inter
-sected by tubes and cavities. lined
throughout with = glutinous substance
known in natural history as ''sarcode, !"
a term derived from Greek word sig
nifying "fieshlike") applying to the
lowest forms Of animal organisms. 1t
il of q grsyish-brown color. and has the
consistency Of treacle. This sarcode.
then, il the only live part Of the sponge;
while the membrane already referred
10 is practically its skeleton, and it is
this latter part which we are acquainted
with. The animal structure derives it's
nourishment from the stream of water
constantly entering the numerous ex-
ternal pores, and distributed through
out the sponge by means of the small
intestinal canals, carrying along with
it the food Of the sponge in the form
of minute particles of animal and vege-
table matter.-Health News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-05-01

The good dairy cow makes prons
ON each dollars worth of feed, and the
more Of suitable food we can get her to
eat the more profit are We certain TO
get
The Poland China Is . pOrk-prO-
ducer of the very best quality, and
beauty 10 look at; bred. fed and inn
proved for generations. he stands to
dsy almost . perfect hog.
1t i the poorest kind of economy to
evur stint IN animal in it, food; but in
senerous feeding there IL the great
DANCER Of waste frum feeding that
which tie animal does not need
The shsep was Arst improved fnr
IL wool; nsxt for mutton AID now
our people axe acquiring . tasts fe
thu nnet excellent food. and the -
nand exeeeds tie supply. We welSt
unso god nnttoo sheep
-Is1mruv,d sAsck = n kinns -
have i11rrpveA else, - tkng et M
- e 1kou6o1vD HI - -
r,n131orn, &c., oqAl ~ W
e1oin ihaa III = -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-05-01
About Apenaicitis.

Appendicitis usually occurs between
the ages Of ten and 30 years. 1t is ex-
tremely rare above or below those ages.
1t is much more frequent among males
than females. the proportion in all coun-
tries being 20 per cent. females to 80
per cent. males. The cause for this diff
ference ID Of very recent discovery and
is not even known generally among the
medical profession. DR.. Clado, a French
surgeon and Investigator, sought an ex-
PLANTATION Of the comparative immunity
of the female sex from the malady and
discovered that the appendix in woman
has an extra blood vessel that does not
exist in man. This discovery was hailed
with delight BY the surgical world. 1t
was not only bit Of new knowledge Of
infinite value. but was an additional
proof of the theory that the collapse OF
the appendix il always due to its want
Of vital resistance. In man II has no
bloo8 supply except from the minute
veins ofathe web that holds il in place,
and In woman 1t has another and more
abundant source Of supply.-N. Y. Jour
NaH
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-05-01
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Prof. Ario Bates of the Institute Of
Technology, addressing the grammar
school teachers in Boston, said: 1.-The
literature best for adults is the literat-
ure best for the children"
The novelist (Crackenthorpe)
whose melancholy death in Paris re-
Gently created a sensation in London
literary circles, was a great-grandso1
of Canon Cookson, whose sister married
Wordsworth.
Mime. Paul Blouet translates her
husbands (Nlax O'Rell) books into Eng
lish from the original French. She is
an English woman by birth. but learned
French as a child, and speaks it with
perfect ease.
After Canon Doyle's first story had
been refused by II publishers, he man
aged to sell it for & R2s. Sir Walter Bes.
ants first novel lay after having been re-
jected by the publishers. for some years
in a corner of his study. He finally
burned it.
MIR. William Morris was the richest
British poet of his time except Lord
Tennyson. His estate, the value Of
which has lately been announced as
f55.059. very nearly approached the
late laureate's a57,2O6, but was. Of
course, due more to his business than
his poetry.
The San Francisco Argonaut is re-
sponsible for the following bit Of
rroSs;u. Ella Wheeler VilNox the
famous "poctess of passion" has just
celebrated her forty-third birthday.
She married a silver-plate drummer
some years ago, and her muse has since
become much more sedate.
Speaking of the author of Tess Of
the D'Urbervilles. writer in the Lon
don Literary World says FINALLY. as
regards his personality. the impression
Mr.. Hardy makes upon a stranger is
that of a retiring and modest man OF
letters. There is nothing about him to
indicate the poseur or the prophet"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-05-01

11ous . feeding stock, but the nooo
il greater. Al the desptsed silver DOL
lars DOW into the hand9 OF the pro
gressive farmer = the result of well-
applied energies, IL proves coaclus'veiy
thatdiversi1ed, intensive farming payA
But how about the other kind q
farmer, the slow-goinG ne'er-do-weii.
who Il NO more at TO run . farm than
. circus? He can perhaps sign nis
name-to . mortgage On the Old
farm, to buy machinery. Or bsala
. new house; but he could not tell
his life depended upoa Il. how he was
going to lift that mortgage. He tekea
no paper, but plods ahead from morn
ing till night in his own peculiar w.y,
using his Drawn altogether and not h1a
brain. From disuse Il soon becomes
deadened and benumbed. and h b
comes simply . working machine.
In many cases his wife il by far NE
better managereould better rum the
farm, but this kind Of . mans head y
always we'll developed in one spot-ehe
bump Of self-esteem. He knows It ALL
and il too Jealous Of his manly prerog-
ative to listen to any suggestions nom
his wife. He plants the same ground
to the same kind Of corn he has planted
since he began farming. So many
scres Of cotton, Or whatever else the
neighbors plant. The garden srun oy
the woman" IL she can attend to It, II
not there il none; and the half dozen
or dozen hens must roost in the trees
the year round, and lay in the fence
corners.
The wife may have pleaded for bet
ter accommodations for the chickens.
She il generally shrewd enough to see
there il money in poultry when prop
erly managed. But it Is seldom that
her husband will give her any assist
ance in that direction. Az the result
Of these s'little leaks the money lender
takes the farm, and they must 60 forth
toiled 30 hard-tho EoOnlt Of misapplied
energies
Farming is . science for which every
one Is not fitted by nature. One must
combine brains with Drawn, b > good
manager - well - worker, to make .
success 1t farming. People are coming
more and more to full understanding
Of this fact, and the time ID even now
approaching when young men and
women win NO moro think Of engaging
In the pursuit Of farming, unless they
have . special .bent" that way, and
prepare themselves thoroughly for il,
than they would think Of attempting
70 operate railroad Disaster will -
surely result in the one case - in the
other.-Mary Hungerford Cook. in Ru-
rnl World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-05-01
TWO CLASSES OF FARMERS.


The O0o OOoo 000o000D 0t . HFo0e 001
Disaster Oveseakes Tie Othse.
There are two classes Of farmers To-
day, tilling or attempting to till the
fields of America One is progressive;
he takes . sufficient number Of live
newspaper and farming journals to
keep posted - 70 what is going ON in
the world. II India or China or any
other foreign country is threatened
with wheat or corn famine he knows
Il - soon as anyone else, and can form
his own Judgment without having to
rely on the word Of dishonest grain
spectators, as to whether 'twould be
better 70 sell at once, o. hold for high
er prices.
II there's . promising new cereal or
seed potato discovered, he knows all
about it and procures trial package.
He believes in and practices intensive
farming; that il, his acres are not
many, but his cultivation il thorough;
his yields 90 great that his neighbors
talk Of his wonderful rood luck!
''Luck" forsooth! It's nothing more
nor les than good management. The
progressive farmer il 20 busy with
head and hands, planning his good
times" that he has NO time to Join in
the general calamity howl Of '.hard
times"
|. He knows nothing Of the hard fsrs
Of city life, with Ill the vegetables he
can use, abundance Of milk, cream, good
sweet butter, and fresh eggs. now and
n - - .