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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
wbv We Are Right-Handed.

Primitive man, being naturally an ag-
gressiye animal, defended himself
against wild beasts with his fists and
nails: he fought for his food and his
womankind, which his enemies were
always trying to take from him. The
first movement on being attacked is to
endeavor to protect the most exposed
and vulnerable part of the body. For
the boxer and the fighter the heart is
undoubtedly the most Vulnerable place.
A hard blow in that region may easily
kill a man, and consequently prini-
five man used the right hand to fight
with, and the left to protect the heart
and to ward off the blows directed to
that region. When, therefore, arms OF
offense and defense were introduced
and replaced teeth and fists, 1t was the
right hand that welded the sword and
lance. while the left held the shielo
and buckler before the region of thu
heart. The enormous difference be
| tween the use of the right and the lef
] hand in our present civilization hai
| this very simple origin. In the irs
| place the superiority of the tight oVe
the left hand was only brought int
evidence during combat, but it 500
spread and became universal. Sine
the introduction of lethal weapons, tn
right hand became naturally accus
toned to the manipulation of the lance
the sword and the knife, and the nerve
of the right side soon became NOR
flexible and more under the control c
the will than the muscles of the lei
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Attention to the Feet.

It is utterly impossible to get well OF
keen we'll unless the feet are kept dry
and warm all the time. If they are FOR
the most part cold, there is cough or
sore throat, or hoarseness or sick head
ache or some other annoyance.
If cold and dry, the feet should be
soaked in hot water for ten minutes
avery night. and, when wiped and
dried. rub into them well ten or fifteen
drops of sweet OIL Do this patiently
with the hands, rubbing the oil into
the soles of the feet particularly. On
getting up in the morning dip both feet
at once into water as cold as the ar
in the room, half ankle deep, for
minute in summer, half minute or
less in winter, rubbing one foot with
the other, then wipe dry, and. If con-
yenient. hold them to the fire, rubbing
them with the hands until perfectly dry
and warm in every part. Ii the rect
| are damp and cold, attend only to the
| morning washings, but always at night
| remove the stockings and hold the feet
to the fire. rubbing them with the
| hands for fifteen minutes, and get I'M
| mediately into bed.
| Under any circumstances. as often as
the feet are cold enough to attract at.
tention, draw off the stockings. and
hold them to the fire; if the feet are
much inclined to dampness. put on
pair of dry stockings. Some persons
feet are more comfortable, even In win
ter, in cotton, others in woolen stock
ings. Each must be guided by his owl
feelings. Sometimes two pairs of thu
stockings keep the feet warmer thai
one pair which is thicker than both
The thin pair may be of the same o
different materials, and that which Il
; best next the feet should be determines
by the feelings of the person.
! Persons who walk great deal dul
ing the day should, on coming home TO
the night, remove their shoes and stocE
: ings hold the feet to the fire until pei
r fectly dry, put on dry pair of stoci
ings. and wear different shoes for tn
: remainder of the evening. To chang
+ to slippers is dangerous, as one is lik'
J. " to catch cold.
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Fasdin9 sittine Hens.


Sitting hens never get fat. In fact,
with some Of the persistent sitters OF
the Asiatic breeds, the semi-starvation
to which they expose themselves Is,
perhaps, better for their future as egg
producers than high. feeding would be-
Still It is not best to let this starvation
90 too far. The hen will not eat nor
drink much, but If food and drink are
offered early in the morning, some OF
both will be taken. We never feed
sitting hen anything but wheat, and DO
not give very much of that 1t - more
important that the hen drink Freely
than that she eat much. She Will some.
times drink If milk is offered to her al
night. With wheat In the morning anu
milk at night, the hen will lose fat
hut will be healthier and ready to GO
t, laying again by the time her clutter
of chickens is grown large enough te
care for themselves.-Exchange.
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p,.,.;,s Annie Orchards.

How far apart should apple trees De
n,anted? The small, thin, whipllke
trees with a few roots attached LOOK
very lonesome when set at the proper
distance apart. 1t requires strong
imagination and some faith to see
these in the future, spreading fifteen to
eighteen feet on either side, and with
branches that interlock each other. 1et
they will surely do it If not planted FOR
ty feet apart. And on good ground
that. for the spreading varieties, ike
Greening and Baldwin, Is none 100
near. The Northern Spy apple grows
more upright, and that may be planted
thirty feet apart, partly to crowd the
roots and induce earlier bearing. But
even with the Northern Spy we should
prefer to have the trees planted forty
| feet apart, and then plant In between
the rows peach trees or dwarf pear
trees to produce crop until the apple
trees come into bearing. No kind OF
ample SO much needs sunlight as does
the Northern Spy. But this can De
best secured by pruning out the INSIDE
branches of the tree and letting sun
light to the center. The Northern Spy
apples that grow on these lnslue
branches are small, colorless and pool
in flavor, The fruit at best needs
long season to ripen, and should have
all the sunlight that can be given IT,
American Cultivator.
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TOPICS FOR FARMERS
AnepARTMENr PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
rh. Re.t Kind of Corn for Ensi1age-
How to Plant Apple Orchards =
Grease will Destroy Lice on Cattle
-Earmers Who Are Land Poor
cnrn Tor Eneilagc.

Corn fOT 6nelAhESs
Quality of feed put into the siio counts
for as much there as 1t does II FED ory.
This has an important bearing on the
kind of corn to plant for the silo. II is
not now the practice. Us 1t USED TO De-
to look exclusively or even mainly 10
great bulk of forage without regaru
to it's quality. But where the iarse
Southern corn that will not ear SO Tar
north is sown thickly. the immense
growth of stalks without any grain anu
with very small nutritive value, makes
a feed so poor that it needs great deai
of grain or meal to perfect the ration.
Some good farmers Of our acquaihl-
ance have sown this Southern coro TOT
tho last time. The early Flint or Dent
varieties, drilled thinly enough 10 u'aAe
Mt least a nubbin on every staik' can
he made to grow twelve to hfteeh TONS
of green fodder per acre on rlch lahu.
If this corn is cut and put IN slio When
the grain is in the milk. there VIII oe
more valuable nutriment In 1t th,-h III
twenty to twenty-five tons OF paie
white stalks that have hardly enough
! ca rhon in them to heat and form the
rarbonic acid gas that preserves the
ensilage from spelling. The richer the
stalks. SO tLat they be green ana sue
culent, the sweeter the ensilage Will De
Sour ensilage always indicates that the
quality of the fodder was too poor Y
get up rapid fermentation, "nicl
would exclude air and prevent the ier
ment going to the point of maklns
vinegar, thus destroying much nutf'
tion-EXchange.
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u.avx Sol, Beet for Fruit.

Owing to its earliness and the ease
with which it is cultivated, 1t was nat
ural that for long time sandy s)ii
should be preferred by the fruit grow
err. But it is becoming understood that
we'll underdrained, heavy soils can be
worked nearly or quite as early as
sandy soils, and these are much richer
in the mineral elements of plant food
that are essential in perfecting fruit
of any kind. In many Of the winter
fruits the easiness Of ripening on Eeh'
soil becomes disadvantage, as II
makes late fall and early winte: fruits
of varieties that, when grown on heav
Ter soil, should be kept in good condi
ton until spring.
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rh.cormon Field Pea.

The common field pea is very largely
grown in Canada, partly because that
country is in some parts 100 far north
to grow corn profitably. Anothe: real
son is that the pea in Canada Is exempt
from the attacks of the pea weevil. II
is found that by securing Canada peas
for seed crops Of peas may be grown
on our side of the line free from bugs,
If in a place where no peas have lately
been grown. The pea Is really oettef
food for growing hogs than any other
grain, and as while growing the pea
roots increase nitrogenous fertility II
the SOIL the crop may be prohtapl!
grown. 1t is the best fallow crop u
nrecede either winter wheat or rye.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
EVA'S AMBITION.

Eva Norrington inserted her latch
key into the keyhole Of a Bedford
square boarding house, and entered.
1t was a dismal, windy, rainy Novem-
Der evening, and ever since lunch she
had been padding about London,
climbing grimy stairs of newspaper
offices, and talking to people who did
not seem especially pleased to see her.
Her skirts were wet, Gnd a wisp of
damp hair was tumbling over her eyes.
On the hall table, disclosed by the
Pickering gas jet, were some letters
"a year ago to-day" said Eva to her
self as she closed the door against the
wind. "Has he written, or has he for
gotten?"
He had not forgotten. Eva picked
ND the letter from the hall table, look
ed quickly round at the closed hall
door. and at the baize door that led to
the kitchen stairs-and kissed it. Then
she went upstairs to her bed-sitring
room with the letter in her hand AMI
Joy in her heart.
"Hateful little roomv' she murmu1 ct
to herself, as she struck a match ant
lit the gas. "But it's the last tlme
thank Godw
The room was not really bad; a bet
in the corner, a wash-stand, ward
robe. here and there picture on tn
walls. and a table by the window, rath
er rickety, on which lay heap of man
uscript-a half-finished story.
81 will burn that before / go to be
tonight" said Eva, as she caught sigh
of it.
Then she took off her hat and rloal
drew the only easy chair under the ga
let and sat down; lingering the letter
she did not open 1t at once. Now tba
happiness stretched in front of her
was pleasant to linger on the confine
of misery, to look back on the life ST
was to leave.
at Is not every one," said Eva r
fiectively, "who can make experiment
In life-without expense"
Eva Norrington had been the pride
the provincial town which gave h'
birth, At the high school no girl cou
stand against her. Her form COVER
ess. who now and then asked her favo
fte pupils to tea, even said she migl
be a head mistress one day. To E'
this seemed absurd. But when. at Il
age of 20, she gained a guinea pri,
for story in weekly paper she b
gan to think that at least she might
great novelist. At any rate she fe
sure that somewhere ahead Of b.
stretched a career: and as her 21
bfrthf1av aDnroa clled she announced
her startled parents her intention OF
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Grease to destroy Lice.

If cattle In spring are thin in flesh,
with rough, staring coat, it is pretty
sure sign that lice are troubling them.
1t is only on thin cattle that lice can
long continue to live. Grease OF any
kind kills them. as it closes the pores
through which they breathe. II is much
better to rub lard or fat of any kind
on the necks of cattle and around the
head than to apply large amounts OF
kerosene, which has usually the effect
of taking off the hair. If kerosene Oil
ia used. make it into an emulsion. with
ten times it's bulk of water, and usin4
enough soap to make the oil and water
thoroughly mix. This closes the pores
and is just as effective as stronger
! doses.
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coon LOOKS.

There are more wrinkles in the face ofa
baby monkey than there are in that of an
old baboon. And speaking of wrinkles,
more of them can be wrought out in fair
young face by neuralgia than in that OF an
aged person. Constant pain will shrivel,
and neuralgia neglected will .plow its fur
rows deep. It not only wrinkles, but takes
the bloom away and gives the skin dull
and yellow look. ST. Jacobs OH Is q a plomPSs pPS
be used, as while it soothes and cures, it
smooths out the tracks of pam and leaves
the skin healthy and fair again; besides it
rids the sufferer of much torment and re-
stores happier disposition. Cook looks
come only with good health, and health is
found in the absence of pain.
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Farm Notes.

The editor of one of the Leading dairy
journals states that If one-half of the
cows now giving milk, intelligently Sc
lected for that purpose, could be
slaughtered within a week, the remain-
ing half would yield greater profit
than is now realized from the whole.
The feeding of cut hay and pulped
roots to stock demonstrates that steers
will make larger gain in weight than
when the same foods are fed unpre-
pared, as much as 33 per cent. Increase
having been noticed. This Indicates
that it will pay to give careful prepara.
ton Of the food.
Oleomargarine does not injure the
sale of butter as much as does the large
| amount of inferior butter put on the
market by farmers, due to either lack
! of knowledge of butter making or care
lessness in the work. There Is sep
| orate and distinct market for choice
butter, and 1t sells readily at good
prices during every season of the year.
Sandy soil is usually deficient In lime
| and potash, hence any expenditure for
those substances to be applied where
the land is sandy should prove profit
able investment. Glover can be grown
after such substances are used, and the
land will then make gain In nitrogen.
It is not necessary to give heavy dress
ines of lime, but apply it lightly In the
spring and fall.
If you have any reason to suspect
that your oats are affected with smut
soak them before sowing ten minutes
I'm scalding water, and then for twenty
hours in a solution of potassium diver
of sulphur), ~ pounds to twenty five
gallons of water, in wooden vessel
This Is the treatment recommended b,
the Ohio experimental station director
The amount stated Is sufficient TO
twenty or more bushels.
, One of the best kinds Of grating
wax for general use is made Of fou
parts rosin. two parts beeswax an
one part tallow. Melt together, pou
< into a pail of water, and pull like me
, lasses candy. Almost any wax Wi
g melt in the sun in the hottest summe
y days. and should be covered with clot
0 or paper. If you want a harder wa
d than this add one part more rosin. Yo
o can try this wax by hot stove an
t find out it's melting point.
), Tobacco growers are combating tn
b worms by using spray of one poun
e Of Paris green to 16O gallons of waite
o Use a knapsack sprayer, with agitatt
n attachment. If 1t Is not desirable
IS use Paris green on the plants, the mot
e that lays the egg may be destroye
70 by taking the bloom of the jimso
N weed; place them along the tobac'
v rows in an upright position, and inje
into each bloom, with small, cles
lg can. some of the following mixtur
10 One pint water, one-fourth pint hone
is one ounce cobalt. 1t Is sure death
the miller.
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women on an equality with men, ano
that whereas men can buy the coveted
fruit of the tree of knowledge OF good
and evil by the pottle, women must
buy the tree outright, and pay cash.
1t was terribly unfair. And the most
unfair thing about the whole business
within her grasp, success was not what
she wanted. There Is no fun In Nv
ing your own life when that is precise
ly the life you do not want to lead.
1t was not as though Allan Craig had
never kissed Eva Norrington.
She opened the letter-cutting the en-
yelope with her nail scissors. For some
distinction must be made between your
first love letter and your bootmaker's
bill. She felt like one who has held
his breath to feel what suffocation is
like. The letter was long. Eva read
quickly at first, then slowly, knitting
her brows as she turned the pages, and
came at last to the signature. ever
your friend, Allan Craig"
The letter lay for some minutes In
Eya's lap. while she looked vaguely
round her room.
"He is afraid of spelling my career
my success has put an insuperable
| barrier between u.s." she murmured.
| The phrases of the letter had burned
themselves into her brain. 20. Allan!
| 7 wish I could tell you-or do you want
| to hear"
| When the dinner bell rang an hour
afterward Eva rose wearily from her
writing table, where she had been
| toiling over her half-fnished manu-
script. She had not burned it.
Five years passed before she saw AL
Ian Craig again. and then the meeting
was uneXpected-at the exit or the
theater where Eva had gone to see the
hundredth performance of her play
Allan was obviously proud of knowing
her. and introduced his wife, to whom
she gave graceful recognition. 1t was
raining and Allan offered to see Evi
to a cab. They stood for moment OF
the steps to the entrance.
ssYes," said Allan, in answer to Eva
polite question, "all is going well. W.
have a little daughter-Eva-my wife
name. curiously enough"
He stood by the hanson as she enter
: ed. guarding her dress from the whee
: AS she turned to give the address, b
said:
81 ought to congratulate you on you
2 success. 1t is very sweet to me. Yo
know-you-owe it all to me. Are 70
grateful?"
: Eyes; 1 owe it to you." she said, lear
ing forward as the apron 3closed upo
0 her. and the attendant constable gre
impatient. "Come and see me-Tue
days."
81 can't think why should be s
r silly." said Eva to herself, as she stuf
ed her handkerchief back into her poe
ct and felt for her latch-key, when I'll
II cab drew up before the hall door of HI
fat at Kensington.-Black and Whit
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The Isle of Man possesses many priv
ileges and unique features. It has a
music all its own.
500 REWARD $780,.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded d isease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages and that is Gatarrh Halls casafba at fbe
medical fraternity Catarrh being q constitu-
tionaI disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease and giving the pa pa
tient strength by building up the conslitutqn rs,
proprietors have so much faith in it's curative
bowers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars
Tor any case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
VI ' Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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He has just returned from Europe
and is now ready to join the racing men
on the Pacific coast, despite the large
amount of work he has gone through
during the past months.
Michael has made cycle racing care
full study, and is in position to give
excellent advice not only to racing men
but to wheelmen and athletes in gen.
eral. In reference to his own methods
the following letter will interest every
body:
Boston, Mass, Feb. 21, 1897.
After the exertion of my record rides
while with the Morgan & Wright team
in the south last winter, during which
lost somewhat in weight, on account
of the unaccustomed climate, was ad-
vised to use Paine's celery compound.
am pleased to say that it gave such
satisfaction that I was impelled to use
it again to brace up from the effects OF
the two unusually rough ocean trips
that I have taken during the past
month. believe that wheelmen who
have to undergo the hardships OF cir
cult chasing will find Paine's celery
compound of assistance in keeping up
their physical tone.
JIMMY MICHAEL.
Every one needs to take spring rem
edy to purify their blood, arouse the
circulation and counteract the debilitat-
ing effect of months of confning work,
worry and excitement.
The more intelligent portion OF every
community are the ones who best rec
. ommend Paine's celery compound.
They have looked into this great rem
/ edy, followed its remarkable achieve
ments in the case of friends, neighbors
and relatives, and know just what to
expect from its use as nerve and brain
strengthener and restorer and an Ideal
invigorator for a rundown system.
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HORRID TORTURE.

This is often felt in every joint and muscle OF
the body by turns, by people who, experiencing
arrest the malady, as they may easily do, with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, professionally
authenticated remedy for the agonizing COM
plaint, Recollect that rheumat SIN unchecked
often lasts lifetime, or abruptly terminates 1t
when the malady attacks the heart. The Bitters
also remedies chills and fever, dyspepsia and
liver complaint.
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filled with eating sores; my tonSue Was
almost eaten away, SO that for thres s
months was unable to taste any s9ilu e
food. NY hair was coming out rapidly;
and I was in horrible fix. / had tried
various treatments. and was nearly dis,
couraged, when friend recommended
S.S.S. After had taken four bottles,
began to get better. and when l had had
finished eighteen bottles, l was cured
sound and we'll, my skin was without a
b1emish, and 1 have had no return ,.o oI
the disease. S.S,S.saved me from life
of misery." SIS. Guaranteed pnssly
yepeta6le) will cure any case OF blood
poison. Books on the disease
and its treat AEAs 90 @
ment. mailed ~ ~ N
free by Swift A ~
Specific Co., ~ NJ
Atlanta, Ga. -
EAD CATE ONE GALlPOkNiA "A EE. EtS.
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profit.


Tomatoes at the Minnesota station
were forced in rich soil over Well-rotted
horse manure in barrel. and trained
m the south side of building, with
good results. Experiments conducted
for two and three years past with po
tassium sulphid and Bordeaux mixture
for the prevention of rot in tomatoes
have given unsatisfactory results, ano
the best method of avoiding rot Is be,
lieyed to be the selection of resistant
varieties and the use of uninfecteo
land
Much variation was found among
different varieties In susceptibility t.
rot. Early tomatoes were. as a rule
found to be inferior In quality to iatel
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1nSton,D.(.,SayS'
I was for a long
time under treat
ment of two OF
the best physi-
clans of this city,
for a severe case
of blood poison,
but my condition
grew worse all
the while, not
witllstanding the
fact that they
charged me three
hundred dollars.
My mouth wa:
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Shade of Pharoah's Daughter-Say
If YOU were on earth now you'd make
a fine sailor!
Shade of Lots Wife-Why?
Shade of Pharoah's Daughter-Oh
you're such an old salt, you know
New York Press.