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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

| hooked it on fer her fourth, an ben
a-lookin' out fer her fifth now. But
she didn't do it, an there's where she
made her mistake.
"'This here last lively movin' of
Aunt Huldy's must a kind O. sot Uncle
Abel to thinkin'. Joe Bevan, up yon-
der apiece, had an OF churnin' ram that
somehow or other was dead sot agin
women folks, an none of 'em cared
| to go nigh him, cause he'd pitch at
'em, an Joe KEEP the ugly OF chap tied
up. But the ram was mild enough TO
men folks. Tother day Aunt Huldy
says that it beat all how 1t was that
she couldn't have a piece O. rope to
make pull-to for the gate, and that if
she had man worth a pinch O. salt that
she'd a had the rope long fore that.
This was tn. fust that Uncle Abel
knowed that Aunt Hubby wanted a
piece O. rope, an that very day he was
goin' by Joe Bevan's place, an he see
a piece O. rope at the side O. the road.
h. picked it up and went home with
it. Wrappin' it round post, he went
in the house.
hCy VIC III
home piece O rope"
"'"You have, hay?" Aunt Huldy
snapped out. ITS a good thing, an
it'll come in handy fer you to hang
yourself withr'
$50 Aunt Hubby goes to see the rope.
"'"Ding your picturn' she hollers
back to Uncle Abel. "An' you've got
that rantankerous r m O. Joe Bevan's
tied to the end of it, toor'
"'"Why, so he ISL says Uncle Abel.
"'Aunt Hubby grabbed the ak and
NOV ed on the ram. The ram seen Aunt
Hubby comm, an went to meet her.
He met her so suddint that she curlad
up like a ship-knee, kicked little, an
never got up from where she landed.
Uncle Abel says that Aunt Hubby pass
ed away a good deal peacefuller than
he thought it was in her natur' to, an
he's lone, lorn widderer, an has the
bombazine dress to sell. l wish he'd
staid here awhile. Then I'd a had
some one to jine me in a scrunch. If
you don't keer to jine, you mowt leave
one for Uncle Abel
Il paid for a 'scrunch for Uncle
Abel to enjoy when he came in, and
drove on my way, and who should
meet but Uncle Abel again.
"'Hullov he shouted, and 1 stopped.
"'He told We bout me an Aunt
Hubby, an the rantankerous ram, O.
course" said Uncle Abel, 'grinning.
eyes l said.
He's been licked like tarnation
three times in less'n year fer tellin'
that said Uncle Abel, but seems like
he can't help it. He didn't mean no
harm by it. He'll tell it to you ag'in If
you come along this way tomorrow.
want never married in my life, an
there amt no Aunt Hubby, nor no ram,
nor never wasr
Il couldn't help but grin with Uncle
Abel, and said:
"'Welr 1 paid for rum and tansy
up there for you, anyhow
"'Course you didv said Uncle Abel.
That's part of it. l hain't took a drink
in more'n forty year! Think you'll go
back an lick him? He'll sort O. 'spect
It,
But I said I'd let it go, and drove
on, leaving Uncle Abel in the road grim
ming after New York Sun.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
Persons Who Are Maenetized.

Recent French experiments have de.
veloped the curious and unexpected fact
that certain persons possess a magnetic
olarity-that is, they act as magnets,
having north and south poles. Such a
person, when completely undressed
and placed near sensitive galyanome-
ter, will, when turned on a vertical
axis, cause DETECTION first in one di-
rectlon and then in the opposite, just
as magnet would. All persons do not
possess this polarity. Professor Mu-
rani, an Italian, upon whom the expert
ment was tried, exhibited this phenom
enon, and it is was found that his
breast corresponded to north pole and
his back to south pole.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

By local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu
tonal remedies. Deafness is caused by in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustach!an Tube. When this tube is infamed
you have rumbling round or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed, deafness il
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tn be restored to it's normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever
nine cases out of ten caused by Catarrh
which is nothing but an inflamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness, Caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars; free.
F.J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists. 75c. -
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
BEDDING Absorbents.

The only proper way to keep cows is
to keep them clean. 1t is just as neces-
sary to bed cows and keep them clean
as it is to feed and care for them in
any other way. l milk forty cows the
year round, and always milk in stable,
summer and winter. If l find any of
my cows in condition to need wash
ing, somebody gets hearing, and the
second offense is sufficient for change
in help. The platform and drops should
be so constructed that all the drop
pings, both liquids and solids, will be
received in the drop. An absorbent of
some kind should be placed in the drop
to soak any liquid matter.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
Winter Window Plants

The plants for midwinter and early
spring blooming should be brought into
the house, but the ro2m should be only
moderately heated. Give abundance of
air every mild day. The temperature
of the room at night should be twelve
to eighteen degrees lower than during
the day. Remove all dead leaves. Give
only enough water to moisten the earth
in the pots. The earth should not be
made pasty.
Chrysanthemums.-T prolong the
period of blooming, take up the choic-
est specimens with a large bali of
earth. and set them in tubs or boxes
Keep the plants upon the porch in a
protected situation for few days until
they recover. They may then be
brought into the house. Beds of plants
should be covered over with large
muslin sheet during frosty nights.
Insects.-For the aphis and plant lice,
smoke with tobacco stems. Window
plants can be easily fumigated by plac-
ing them under barrel. Rose bushes
in the greenhouse can be kept free of
the aphis by the free use of the syringe
American,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

A handful or two Of hemp seed given
each day to flock of pigeons will help
them through moulting.
Every fancier should have leg bands,
and keep record of your birds, as this
is the only way we can. prevent In
breeding, as they are cheap.
Look! Look for the little red mites
that infest the young birds in their
nests, as they kill more young pigeons
than disease this time of year. Nests
should be cleaned frequently, and saw
dust and tobacco stems put in.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS

We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word ''CASTORIA," and
PITCHERS CASTORIA,'' our Trade Mark.
I, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of " PITCHERS CASTORIA,' %
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac-s simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original 6 PITCHERS
CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the Kind you hare always bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MD.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
Linseed VS.. Cotton Seed Meal.

While fully grown animals with
strong digestive organs can eat cotton
seed meal properly diluted with straw
or hay without serious injury, it is
doubtful whether it is advisable to
make this part of their ration. Lin
seed meal can be purchased at about
the same price as cottonseed meal, and
has equal nutritive value. The new
processsmeal is the kind generally used.
Ii is not so fattening as the old process
meal, because more of its oil has been
expressed. FaXseed whole is very
rich feed, and if boiled so as to swell it
out all that hot water can do it may be
given to cattle, sheep or horses with
safety. Only a very little should be
given at a time, as the oil in it makes it
very laxative.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
Getting Rid of Rats.

An unusual interest has been aroused
in the destruction of rats this season
bt cause of the great number found i'll
cornc"i:rS and in the vicinity of poultry
houses. The loss from this source has
been considerable. to say nothing of
the annoyance. If trouble in corn
cribs is to be avoided next year, set
the inildings OH posts eighteen inches
high, and around the top tack strip OF
old tin OF invort a tin pan and place it
over the top of the post. This will not
always keep them out, but will do
mich towards preventing their en-
trance.
Where cribs are On the ground and
lave been undermined by these pests,
number of methods of getting rid of
them, more or less successful, have
been suggested. If a well-trained fer
ret and good rat dog can be secured.
great numbers can be killed in short
time. The ferret will so into the holes
under the crib and run out the rats,
which can then be disposed of by
means Of the dog or guns. After the
rats have been we'll cleaned out by this
means they seldom return, or at least
lot for i long time. In closed bins,
wLc:a carbon blsulphide can be used,
they can be got rid of in short time.
Merely place IN open dish full of the
chemical Oh top of the grain and permit
it to evaporate. 1t will permeate every
point and kill all living creatures. In
using the bisnlphide, remember that it
is very infammable, and all lights and
fires must be kept away from the build
ing while it is being applied.-Orange
Judd Farmer
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
Fall Manuring Winter Grain.

There is no better time to topdress
winter grain than late fall. If it is done
after the ground is frozen it will be all
the better The loose soil will not only
poach less, but the manure lying over
it's frozen surface will prevent the al
ternate freezing and thawing which is
more trying to winter grain than is
continued cold weather. Besides, if the
winter grain field is seeded with clover
in the spring, as it always should be,
the topdressing of manure will be just
what the young clover needs to give it
protection early, and make it grow Wig
orously later in the season.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
To Provide Domestics.

The Housewifery Club, of New
York. is intended to facilitate domestic
work. 1t provides its members with
maids having satisfactory references,
and stimulates the servant by paying
her a prize at the end of a certain time
If her work has been satisfactory.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
Piweor, Notes,

We would caution beginners, better
invest your money in one or two good
birds than In half dozen cheap scrub
birds.
AS soon as you see a pigeon in your
loft that is sick or out of condition, re
move it from the other pigeons at once,
and treat. and, II too far. use hatchet.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
The Water a Cow Drinks.

NJ. Dancel reported to the French
Academy of Sciences his experiments
to determine the effect the quantity
of water cows drink upon quantity and
quality of milk. "He says writes DR..
Galen Wilson, to- Practical Farmer,
that, by inducing COWS to drink more
water, the quantity of milk yielded can
be increased without injuring its quail
ity. He asserts that the amour of milk
is proportioned 70 the quantity of wa
ter drunk. In experimenting upon
cows fed in the stall with dry fodder
that gave only nine to twelve quarts
of milk a day, that when this dry food
was moistened with from eighteen to
twenty-three quarts of water daily,
their yield of milk was increased up to
twelve to fourteen quarts a day. Be-
sides this water taken with the food,
the cows We're allowed to drink the
same as before, and their thirst was
excited by adding a little salt to the
fodder. The milk was of good quality,
and the amount of butter satisfactory.
He found, by a series of observations,
that the quantity of water habitually
drunk by each COW was a criterion to
judge of the quantity of milk that she
would yield.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

In Illinois there is big steel plant
where the redhot ingcts, billets and
plates are handled by huge electro-mag.
nets. They take steel weighing five
tons and transport it safely to any dis
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
Farm Notes


Teach the pigs to eat as soon as possi-
BILE.
A good pedigree always adds to the
value of a horse for any purpose.
When wheat is sold buy back bran
and shipstuff enough to feed out the
straw.
The average farm can be run a good
deal better without a dog than with
out a pig.
Hard work is not so apt to injure
horses if they receive proper attention
afterwards.
There are some good butter cows in
all breeds and they are even found
among scrubs.
The most clear profit in raising good
horses is in the fact that you have
raised them yourself.
The farmer who cannot supply com
Portable shelter cannot afford to winter
stock
One advantage in having the manure
reasonably fine is that it can be more
evenly distributed on the land.
A short-legged, short-haired sheep is
often heavier and will produce more
wool than one that looks much larger.
The restless spirit of a growing colt
is a sufficient guarantee that it will
take exercise if the opportunity is af-
forded.
In order to make good beef and to
make it easy steady feeding of the
most suitable food from the first is es-
sential.
Every kind Of a crop grown on the
farm is needed, and somebody will pro-
duce it and realize profit is producing
and marketing.
In selecting farm stock to use as
breeders. secure only such animals as
arehealthy themselves and have sprung
from healthy, vigorous stock
To injudicious feeding may be cred
tied a large amount of the fatality
among hogs and with care in feeding
large amount of disease may be
avoided.-Farmers' Union.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

1t is reported from Bombay, India,
that Dr. Yersin has had much success
with his anti plague serum, the only
cases not amenable to treatment being
those where the disease is too far ad-
uancod
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
KNOCKED OUT.

1t knocks out all calculations of attend
ing to business in the right way for day
when we wake up i'll the morning sore and
stiff. The disappointment lies in going to
bed all right and waking up all, wrong.
There is short and sure way out of it. Go
to bed after good rub with St. Jacobs Oil
and you wake up all right; soreness and
stiffness all gone. So sure is this, that men
much exposed in changeful weather keep
a bottle of it on the mantel for use at night
to make sure of going to work in good n1.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

A man we'll up in dog-lore, counsels
intending purchasers of puppy to let
the mother of the puppy choose them.
In carrying them back to their bed, the
first the mother picks up will always
be the best.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
WeauinE Foa1s.

Foals that are about to be weaned
in the fall of the year, should, prepara-
tory to the time of isolating them from
their dams, be taught to eat freely OF
grain, pulse and other highly nutritive
food. The loss of the dams milk is 4
severe check to their constitution and
growth, which even an abundant, sup
ply of hay or grass will not wholly COM
pensate. variety of food is not only
permissible, but to be advocated, al
though grass or good hay and corn
should form their staple diet. Too many
different sorts of food can hardly be
tried, says high authority on the mat
ter. "but, of course, they must be given
judiciously, at various times and in
small quantities. Live Stock Journal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
Small Potatoes.

Save all the small potatoes for seed
that are of the regulation form. These
may be the only seed available in the
spring, while if they are not needed
when planting time comes they can
then be discarded. We would not have
it understood that we are indorsing
small potatoes for planting. Large seed
is preferable every time.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

The Cherokee form of marriage is
perhaps the simplest and most express
siye of any. The man and woman
merely join hands over running
stream, emblematic of the wish that
their future lives, hopes and asplra-
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
To Farm Driveway.

The entrance drive or ''lane," as it is
usually called is an important feature
In the surroundings of a country home.
The success of landscape effect depends
largely upon its judicious location and
arrangement. While the shortest line
Is the most practical course for travel
between two points; artistically consid-
cred, long, narrow, straight line,
fenced on both sides, unadorned by
trees, is something to be avoided, if pos
sible. If the driveway must be straight,
let it be through an open field or fenced
on one side only, and lined with trees.
or if inclosed by two fences let them
be fifty feet or more apa-t, with n row
of trees on each side. 1t my then an
swer for the family orcha rds of all
kinds of fruit and nut trees, or IL plant
ed with naples, beech or oaks, will
eventually form a magnificent avenue.
American Gardening.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

In the publication of the Berlin
Academy of Sciences, Professor Roent-
gen has an article in which he confirms
the observation of DR.. Brandes that it
is possible to make the X-rays visible
to the eye.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

A fa. mems club has been instituted
in Paris, with the novel aim of in
creasing the weight of the members,
the rules enjoining all the comrades to
sleep, eat and drink as much as pos
sible
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

What is claimed to be very satis-
factory imitation of camphor is now
manufactured by passing hydrochloric
acid into spirits of turpentine sur
rounded by freezing mixture.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
THE PURSUIT. OF HAPPINESS.

When the Declaration of Independence as
serted mans right TO this, it enunciated ar
immortal truth. The bilious sufferer is on the
road to happiness when he begins to take Hos
in chills and fever, constipation, dyspepsia
rheumatism, kidney trouble and nervousness
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

If you look at the map you will find
that the mountain chains of the Old
World lie east and west, while those Of
the New World lie north and south.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
Traction Engines.


The self-propelling steam engines to
be used on ordinary roads are not near
ly so much in favor as they were when
they first began to be used. An eight
or ten horse power engine pEt upon a
suitable truck can easily be drawn by
an ordinary farm team. 1t does not
frighten teams along, the highway as
the putting traction engine is sure to
do. AS the traction engine costs sew
eral hundred dollars extra, ard is sew
eral hundred pounds heavier, it is not
now in much favor. Many good coun-
try bridges that would stand ordinary
loads have been broken down by the
traction engine, entailing loss both to
tie owner of the engine and the county
In many places notices are put up that
If traction engines cross certain bridges
they must do so It their own risk.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

One of the most curious results of
the investigation by doctors in the
Russian jails is the. statement that
each group of criminals has its own pc
culiar color of the eye.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

+ All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and OF heavy body, is made from
glucose. "Tea Garden DriDs" is made from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. 1t is for sale
by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac-
tured by the PACIFIC COAST SYRUP Co. All gen.
uine "Ted Gdrden DriDs'' have the manufac-
turer's name lithographed on every can.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

Scientists tell US that every element
necessary to the support of man is con-
tanned within limits of an egg shell, in
the best proportions and in the most
palatable form.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

When a fine ruby is found in Bur-
nah a procession of elephants, grandees
and soldiers escort it to the kings
palace.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
Drain the Land.

A farmer can raise more bushels of
better grain, corn and wheat, or any
other produce, on fifty acres of well
underdrained land than he can on 100
acres of wet land. and he can do it with
less than half the labor and expense.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

Paris has fourteen asylums for the
homeless, where needy persons can OBJ
tain lodgings. Last year they accom-
modated IA, ,037 persons.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

1t is expected that when the 1899
season opens there will be a cog-wheel
railway from Chamounix up the Mont
envers.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

A copper pan, said to be the largest
ever made from one piece of metal, has
been turned out at Swansea, England.
1t is 12 feet four inches in diameter,
three feet three inches deep, and
weighs two tons.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
JaDanese Girls as Nurses.

Two Japanese girls, Hisa Nagano
and Natru Sankaki, are at present serv-
ing as trained nurses in Chicago They
intend to study medicine and then re-
turn to Japan to found a hospital on
the same plan as those of this country.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
Back to the Old Proposition,

Miss Perkinson-My ancestors came
over in the Mayf1ower.
Miss Westlake-Indeedl I suppose
you were too young, though, to remem-
Der much about 1t, weren't you7
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

A floral curiosity is on exhibition in
the Temple Gardens, London. 1t is
S., 900 orchid from Venezuela. 1t has
a white flower which in shape resem-
bles a sea-gull with outspread wings.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

Benjamin Bissell, who lives near
Ballston Spa, N. Y. says he has voted
for eighteen presidential candidates,
not one of whom was elected.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

The number of emigrants who left
Hamburg in 1896 was so, 74S, dimin-
ution of 2,349 from the preceding
years figures.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

liking Solomon's Treasure" only AphrodisiacaI
Tonic known. (See Dictionary $500 a box, 8
weeks treatment. Mason Chemical Co., P. o. Box
747, Philadelphia, Pa
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

About half the time when woman
does hit the nail on the head she drives
it in the wrong place.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

In every mile of railway there are
seven feet four inches not covered by
the rails, the space left for expansion
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

The population Of Dublin, Ireland,
has decreased within the last 40 years
from 261 900 to 245, 900.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17

Diamonds have been discovered, in
rare instances, in the meteoric stones
which have fallen to the earth.