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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
sURcHAReEp STAMPS.
irregular Profits of Public Officers
Dealing with Collectors.

irregular Profits of Public Officers in
Dealing with Collectors.
Three years ago the Times drew at
tention to the subject of surcharged
stamps in lengthy article, says Cham
bers' Journal Lord Ripon had caused
circular to be sent from the colonial
Office in order to put down the abuses
connected with the sale of ''surcharg-
ed stamps" which had proved temp
tation to postmasters and treasurers
and other public officers, by making ir-
regular profits in dealing with stamp
collectors and others. The remedy for
this state of matters is to keep suf-
fcient supply of stamps on hand, and
then there would be no necessity to
practice "surcharging.
1t appears that when in certain cases
it became known that stamp was get
ting scarce agents of the stamp dealer
would at once buy up the stock and ask
for more. The colonial postoffice, in or
der to get over the delay involved in
procuring fresh supplies, would print
on dearer stamps than those which
were exhausted the price Of those which
were asked for. For instance, three
penny stamp becomes half-penny one
and four-penny stamp two-penny
one. A stamp thus altered in value is
said to be "surcharged" and rush is
made for this by the dealer. These
find their way into collections at so or
100 per cent. over their value. A Paris
dealer is said to have kept sum of
Fl, 900 placed" at different postoffices
with instructions to local postmasters
to send on specimens to that value
whenever new stamp OF fresh sur
charge was made. A London dealer
one day received remittance for
12s. Cd. in half-penny postage stamps
from some one in Fiji who was in debt
to him for that amount. The stamps,
being all surcharged, were sold for
about ELS.
1t will be remembered that the repub-
lie of Liberia, on the west coast of Afri-
ca, not having ready cash to pay the ex-
penses of it's delegate to the Chicago
exhibition, gave him a supply of post
age stamps to sell to the best advan-
tage. 1t appears that this negro repub
I lie depends largely on the sale OF
stamps for paying its way, and the
stamps, beautifully engraved in Lon
don, are largely sold to stamp collec
tors. When the North Borneo Company
issued finely engraved stamp in 1894
in six weeks tn e wholesale dealers
turned over $4,000 worth of them. One
dealer went in for $500 worth, another
f40O, and two for Fl, 200 between them
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
SLAIN BY POISON.

Not the poison that the covert assassin ad-
ministers in the drink, the food, or some other
guise, but the poison of malaria shortens tli'
lives of m riads. There is safe and certa
antidote. Hostetters Stomach Bitters whic
not only fortifes the system against malaria,
but roots out its seeds when they have gernlin-
ated. Dyspepsia, constipation, rheumatic,
liver and dney trouble are conquered by the
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
BY A BRACELET.

LII the anger
had died out of
his voice, the
half-s m o X e d
pipe had drop
ped from his
fingers upon the
sand, and his
head was bow
ed Respondent
ly. The girl
seated on the
upturned boat
cl a 8 p d her
hands behind
her neck, and
8 W u n g back,
watching him
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
How'S THIS !?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by HallI
Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for the last Is years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and
financially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm,
WEST & TRUAX.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN IL MARVIN,
.- Wholesale Druggss S, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials free. Price
75c. per bottle Sold by all druggists
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
A VaIuahIa Gem.

The Austrian Government has Hun
garian opal 3% inches long and 211a inch
es thick. It weighs II ounces, and is
worth 100000. The fire opal ef a hya-
cinth red to honey yellow, with fire
like reflections of bright light is valued
at from SIS to SO per karat.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

been made in that Hcinity, and more
could have been sold. The price re-
ceived is thirteen cents pound, equal
to twenty-six cents for butter. 1t IS
not stated whether bulletin has been
issued detailing the process, but If not,
most likely one will be ere long.-Prac.
teal Farmer.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
S2OOOmoo

Economy: save 10 cents on
a package Of "cheap" baking
powder and eat the cake.
You couldn't do better-for
your doctor.
SeAillixg's Best money-back
baking powder is at your
Erocer's.
a schilling 8 Company
San francisco 1000
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
RaiIroads and Country Roads.


The building of good country roads Is
a matter of more Importance than the
building of more railroads. In fact,
the railroads themselves have made
better country roads an absolute ne
cessity, for the two systems depend on
each other. The complete development
of one involves the completer develop
ment of the other. 1t is to be presumed
that the public understands this in a
vague and indefinable way. The ques-
ton, therefore, for the public to con-
slider is not the necessity but the profit
ableness of good country roads. Will
it pay to begin and carry on to compile
ton the work of permanent improve
ment? This was the question asked
when the people were asked to contrib
ute to the local railway enterprise, and
1t is eminently fair one. With respect
to good country roads this inquiry may
be partly answered by an appeal to the
common sense of those who are inter-
ested. Will it pay the farmer to be
able to do the work of two and three
horses with one? Will it pay him to be
able in one day with two horses to do
the work that formerly required four
horses and two days to do?-Atlanta
Constitution.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
HOME PRODUCTS AND PURE FOOD.

All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. "Tca Garden Drtps" 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 Garden Drips' have the manufac.
turer's name Autographed on every can.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
The Lettuce Seed Crop,

Always in saving lettuce seed, choose
that which has most leaves, and which
has grown without interruption from
the seed. The practice in many fam
lilies is to pluck the leaves three or four
times, and when at last the leaves be-
gin to be tough, let the plant send up
its seed stalks. Usually the largest
crop of seed will come from the plant
that has the fewest leaves. But it will
not be worth planting Grown as let
tuce for seed should be without dis
turbing leaf, each plant will produce
very few seed. Yet seed from this
nearly seedless lettuce is worth any
amount of the seed which is produced
in the usual way.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Bathing in England.

The London Telegraph describes a
fashionable watering place in England,
where the bathing beach is half girdled
by the blue waters of four bays, each
in close proximity, and overlooked by
the houses and terraces above. It is
the regular resort Of many thousands
of respectable people, who go In bath
ing in the most delightful fashion and
abandon, without fear and without re-
proach. There are no lighthouses, no
tents, no costumes, no indecency, no
bushes, no prudes, no opera glasses,
hundreds of women on the beach,
dozens already in the water, and no
piles of sand-soiled clothing.
A ring of dozen stout and matronly
women here and there, standing close
together, facing outward, while inside
a blue and white and pink futtering for
a few moments, then the ring, with
feet close to the tapping wavelets, opens
seaward, and out runs, in absolute
nudity, young Venus of anything
from IA to 25 summers. A dream of
beauty in the flashing sunshine, a few
steps, gasp and a splash, and the
white foam clasps her in its arms.
There she is, up to her armpits in the
merry sea, disporting herself with
other friends already there. And here
is where Puritan England goes to learn
lessons in what 1t calls true modesty.-
Boston Herald.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO THE
FARM AND HOME.
Proper Shelter for Stock-Carin for
Cabbage = Advantages of a Covered
Barnyard Method of Washing Butter
Harvesting weedy Potatoes Notes.
Shelter for Stock.

One of the most important and oft
neglected matters for fall considera-
ton on farms where a few swine are
kept is that of a proper shelter for
them during the inclement weather of
late fall and during the winter season.
This is question into which both hui
manity and profit enter. Nests made
in heating manure piles and at the base
of straw stacks furnish warmth, but
are very injurious to the health of the
animals; while low, dusty shelters un-
der buildings breed vernin and disease
and should be avoided. Dry, fioored
pens raised from the ground so the
wind can blow under are very uncom-
Portable in cold weather, and the ami
mails will not thrive therein until the
wind Is excluded below. Every farmer
knows how to construct comfortable
shelters, but 1t is too often neglected,
and the pigs not only permitted but
compelled to trough it." often under
the most unfavorable conditions.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

I believe Piso's Cure is the only medicine
that will cure consumption.-Anna NJ
Ross, Williamsport, Pa, Nov. II, '95.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

1t is said that the flesh on the fore
quarters of the beaver resembles that oil
land animals, while that on the hind
quarters has fishy taste.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

A St. Louis paper is marvelling over
the case of septuagenarian whose
white hair turned black in single
night recently.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

Ancient" coins, many of which an
tedate the Christian era, are made in
large quantities in London, and find
sale all over the world.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

A Minneapolis genealogist reckons
up four billions of persons between
William the Conqueror and one of his
descendants now living,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

A daguerrotype of Louis Philippe,
taken in 1910 by Daguerre himself. has
been presented to the Camavalet mu-
scum in Paris
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

"King Solomon's Treasure" only Aphrodisaca
Tonic known. (See Dictionary $500 q box,
weeks treatment. Mason Chemical Co., P. o. Box
747 PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

There are 1900 more women than
men in the state of Massachusetts, and
this excess is all in persons over ID.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
New Instrument of Death.

For use in time of war new explo-
sive shell is forged with Longitudinal
grooves on it's inner surface to insure
It's bursting lengthwise after firing
thus scattering the shot inside at right
angles with the direction Of the shell.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Potatoes Under Straw.

An Indiana farmer who has been
quite successful in growing potatoes
explains his method of doing it some
thing like the following: He breaks up
his ground deep and works into the
soil well-rotted compost. The surface
is made level and smooth and the pota-
toes are dropped on top of the soil in
straight lines. The whole is then COW
cred with six to eight inches of straw.
During the season ashes are literally
sprinkled over them twice; the result
is tubers of the finest kind. We have
no doubt whatever Of the success of
such plan and of the production Of
fine tubers, but we venture to suggest
that the piece was not large in extent.
When potatoes are grown by acres, any
thoughtful farmer can see that the
amount of straw required would be I'M
mense. No doubt for garden purposes,
where smooth tubers are desired, this
course would give them, but no better
than to plant burrows, covering with a
layer Of straw and then of earth which
would require very much less straw.
The matter of expense sometimes gov
erns farm operations.-Germantown
Telegraph.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Americas Ha rpin Industry

1t was not until 1873 that the manu-
facture of hairpins began in the United
States. Previous to that time those
used In this country were brought from
England or France. Now the trade is
such a large one that 1t takes $4,000
packages, each containing twenty-four
pins, to supply the wholesale demand
daily in New York alone.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

Which is greater, q railroad engi.
neer's responsibility or passengers
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Onions from Seed.

To grow onions from seed the prac
tice now is to SOW the seed in hotbeds
or cold frames in winter, in order to
get sets, which saves the cost Of sets.
Maggots do not injure the onions
grown from sets as seriously as they do
from seeds. A fly deposits eggs on the
sides Of the young shoots, the maggots
from the eggs going down into the
bulbs and destroying them. When sets
are used they grow rapidly and get
ahead of the maggots. Seed can be
sown almost any time, the sets can be
transpalnted in the spring. After the
seeds have started the young onions
should not be kept too warm, as it is
not necessary for the sets to be of
large size.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Cabbage in Winter.

The old plan of buryfng, or putting
cabbage in trenches during winter, or
for winter use, has become obsolete,
and more simple and easy plan has
been adopted. Where cabbage is grown
on large scale for shipping purposes,
the best plan is to lift the cabbage and
stack them two tiers deep and as close
ly as they can be placed in an orchard,
or wood If convenient, and cover with
leaves to the depth of two or three
inches, the leaves to be kept in place
by a slight covering of earth, says
American Gardening. In this way the
heads will keep perfectly sound all
winter, and they can be easily taken
up as wanted for shipping. For fam
lily use cabbages can be kept in the
same way, only it will not be neces-
sary to make the second layer. 1t Is
quite important to keep them little
below the freezing point. 1t has been
suggested to keep them In some con-
venient building, but this plan has al
ways resulted In failure, as the dry at
mosphere is fatal; cabbage must be
kept moist and cool, the slightest wilt
ing renders it unfit for the table.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

When q woman's bliss lies In her ig-
norance it IL folly for her to read the
letters she fnds In her husbands 3
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

rr, schilling's Best tea and baking powder
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
A Covered Barnyard.

The barnyards during the winter are
often so wet and filthy that the animals
are uncomfortable, which difficulty Is
sought to be remedied by the use of
cornstalks and other materials as abb
sorbents. The barnyard can be rem
dered dry by having it higher than the
level of the surrounding ground, but
in the arrangement of the barnyard
for the comfort of stock the next point
Is how to preserve the manure from
loss by rains, heat, cold, etc. The only
remedy is covered barnyard, but that
Is expensive, though farmers would
find that the saving of food, better pro-
lection to stock in summer and winter,
and the saving of manure would repay
any outlay in that respect, as any kind
Of roof that would turn water from the
barnyard would answer the purpose.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

Sin may be ugly but 1t understand
the art Of beauty culture
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
weanins Young Lambs.

1t Is always best to wean lambs from
their dams before cold weather or
droughts injure the pasturage. But,
however good the feed, some grain
should be added to keep the calf thrifty
and in good condition to enter the win
ter. Oats are the best grain to feed to
lambs or sheep, and when at pasture a
gill day is sufficient, as it Is not de-
sirable to fatten them. Much of the
future value of the sheep depends on
how 1t goes through the first winter.
1t should be kept growing, and 1t is
also making fleece to be shorn In the
spring. Both of these operations re-
quire rich food with large proportion
of nitrogenous nutrition. Oats or beans
will supply this. When lambs are to
be fattened add corn meal with bran
and very little linseed meal. The
latter is especially good to increase the
wool growth, and some may safely be
given with oats and wheat bran to
lambs that are to be kept for breed
fnO
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

In private conversation, in the period
icals of the day and, now and then, In
formal memorials or resolutions adopt
ed by large bodies of cyclists, the inhu-
ence of the wheelmen and their sisters,
cousins and aunts is exerted In behalf
of better thoroughfares. 1t Is con-
slant though varied pressure worth
much more than spasmodic and short
lived ements.-Cleveland Leader.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Points to Ponder.

The muddier and rougher the road
the farther the farmer is from market.
If you use the roads for any purpose
you are interested in having them good
all the time.
1t will pay you to go five miles to see
a stone crusher at work, and learn how
easy it is to build and repair the roads
with one.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Washing Butter,

In washing butter either extreme is
to be avoided. To wash it even In
granular form, until the water runs
off clear, will give us a butter that will
not decay or turn strong SO soon as that
not washed SO thoroughly, but it
washes out much of the flavor On the
other hand, while the flavor is enhanced
by not washing, the buttermilk left In
after working will tend to putrefac-
ton; for, as we all know, there is moth
ing which more quickly spoils and be-
comes ill-smelling than buttermilk. To
work out all the buttermilk breaks the
grain, makes the butter salvy. Of
course, we do not want to do this, so
we will wash it in granular form
through two or three waters depending
upon quantity Of water used, and also
upon temperature of butter), work In
the salt until thoroughly incorporated,
and call 1t inished.-Jersey Bulletin.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Harvesting weedy Potatoes.


That sins Of neglect will follow a man
until he is duly punished is never more
conclusively proven than when the neg
lected potato field comes to be harvest
ed. Not only Is the crop greatly les
sened, but the labor Of harvesting has
been increased. AS a matter Of fact,
the farmer who can and does keep his
potatoes free from weeds saves labor
by the operation. Sooner or later tile
weeds have to be uprooted. 1t costs
less to do this while they are small. If
done then, the yield of marketable
tubers is so much increased, and the ex-
pense Of harvesting is decreased so,
thatitreally costs less to harvest large
crop kept free from weeds than to mar
vest crop failure made so because
overrun with weeds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-04
DISMAL SWAMI LIFE.
Is No Healthier SPOT in the world,
says a Scientist.
From the washington Post.

"The public az large has n very erro-
neous idea Of the Dismal Swamp" said
Prof William Palmer, chief taxidermist
OF the Smithsonian Institution. who has
Just returned from a trip through the
swamp.
"The idea seems to be that the swamp
a low. marshy waste. with an unhealthy.
fever-breeding atmospheric place one
enters at the peril OF his life. both from
the foul air and from the sting OF snakes.
In point Of fact there is not a healthier
place In the world than the Dismal Swami
There are no unhealthy. or even unpleas-
ant, odors. Swamps, as generally known
an wastes poorly drained and rendered
unhealthy by the rotten vegetation which
r. deposited I'm the damp depressions. In
the Dismal swamp the drainage Ia perfect
The soil IL sandy and the water percoiates
through the sand, making the most ar
proved system OF drainage The water In
the bitches themselves Is not unpleasant
TO the taste II Is dark IN color and rather
thick. much OF the consistency OF cofree
yet we drank the water during our entire
stay and suffered no ~ effects. In fact
we grew to like IL. and l. for one. found
it much more palatable than our Potomac
water.
There Is very little land; one might al
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-04
USE or ooMpnEssED am.
Houses Moved aud Teeth FILLED by

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Few men are aware to-day OF the Inn
mense strides that have been made in re-
cent years in the applications OF compress
"a air to commercial uses. No one can
comprehend It's possibilities In tho future.
Compressed air. IN fact has become 80
generally used In the arts and manufac-
lures that Il now applies 70 some portion
OF almost every branch OF trade II Is
used to raise and transport immense
masses. to propel cars and TO clean car
pets. II Is used In coal mines and beneath
rivers. upon the mountains and under
them. Il has become an agency In the
painting OF houses and Of landscapes as
well, and every day sees its uses multi
piled and extended
n has even become customary for peo-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-04

Pa-its something you take 10 brace YOU
up
Winie-Well. what's teutonlc-somethin
to brace you TOO much2-Harper's Bazaar
A Test-"You needn't say woman has
no mechanical genius. ] can do anything
on earth with only q halrpln."
well. here, sharpen this lead-pencll
with it"-Detroit FREQ Press
-"sonny." said Uncle Eben. don yoh
nebber vase youh time tryln' ter define
what happiness is. IL kin be anything
FUN million dollars down 10 = circus
ticket Washington Star.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-04

Wine of Cardui has the best record for curing suffer-
ing women Thousands of women find relief by taking it
after everything else has failed 1t is medicine pro-
vded by nature to regulate the delicate organs woman
hood. Properly used it insures freedom from whites "
falling of the womb flooding, painful and irregular men
situation. 1t enables perform all the duties of
wifehood and motherhood without becoming invaids
few doses often make great change in woman's life
If you want to be happy, healthy instead of
helpless invalid, try Wine of Cardu Nearly every druggist
in the country sells and recommends it. S10o per bottle
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-04
Wnecof0rdu1

ScoTTsBURG, Ind, March IIth 1897.
am we'll pleased with Wine of cardu 1t has helped
than any medicine have had. have taken
bottle of the Wine and package Draught
and feel wonderful change.
Mrs. ROBERT JOHNSON.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-04

Mrs. Manykysis-There IL one good
thing about our girls; they are always
self possessed
Papa Manykyds (grlmly)-Yes: they're
coo self-possessod ] wish they'd get
some one else 70 possess thom.-Puck.