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The record-union., 1897-07-08
A Trout-fishing Outfit.

L Will suppose that you are going on
a four months vacation somewhere in
the country, and of course you will
want to go fishing while there. Now
what had you better take in the way
of tackle?
First the rod. Do not get a cheap
split bamboo-there are plenty sold at
from three to five dollars apiece, but
not one in hundred is worth buying;
to make split bamboo takes skilled
workmen and careful selection of the
pieces of cane used, and that is expen-
sive. The cheap rods are made by split
ting the cane up with a band-saw and
gluing the pieces together, without ex-
amining whether the pieces are perfect
or not. There are eighteen pieces in a
rod, and one bad piece will spoil the
whole, so the chances of getting any
thing worth having are very small. Get
a rod about nine feet six inches long
or even shorter, made like a f1y-rod.
with the bands for the reel below the
hand grip, and rather stiff; made of
green heart, which is, / think. better
than lancewood, and weighing about
eight ounces; such a rod is good all
round rod, and can be bought at any
of our sporting goods shops for three
or four dollars, and a waterproof silk
line, about "F"' size, a dollar. For
trout fishing you will need some three
foot gut leaders; get them of the grade
of fine trout" not, however, wire
drawn and they will answer also for
black bass. In buying them choose
the unstained gut, as that shows less
in the water; for the fish look up from
the dark towards the light. The best
hook for trout fishing is the "Ameri-
can trout hook about No s on gut
snells.-Harper's Round Table
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The Only Man on His Side.

A certain Judge. popular, but with a
slight tendency to irascibility was
holding court. One of this Judges
favorite ideas is to go into the details
of case in a thorough manner and
explain matters at length to the jury,
always under the impression that the
members of that body are not capable
of understanding for themselves.
The case in point had been treated
carefully by the Judge, who, as he
thought, had put it so clearly that a
verdict could be given at once, and he
expressed surprise when the jury found
it necessary to leve their seats As
hour after hour passed and they did
not return, he finally sent in word in
quiring what the trouble was. The re-
ply that one juror was standing out
against the other eleven angered him
so that he summoned the jury before
him and rebuked the recalcitrant.
But may [ say a word?"
Yes, you may!" cried the Judge.
We'll, then, you see, l was the only
man on your side and l stood out. y
Harper's Round Table.
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Some travellers are always trying to
get ahead of the lOcomotiye.-New York
Telegram.
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SACRAMENTO MARKETS.
Trade Quiet in Local Produce Cir
c1es Yesterday.

Sacramento, July 7th.
Trade was of a quiet nature about the
local markets to-day. A trainload of
Fresno Watermelons arrived to-day Lima
Beans are added to the list of vegetables
quoted. The retail price is 10c per 10.
Following are the retail prices for the
articles mentioned:
FLOUR-Family Extras, 81 IS per 100 Tbs !;
81 % for 50 lbs.
FRUIT-Oranges-Ha Seedlings %
2oc per dozen; Cocoanuts 10c each; Ba-
nanas, 25c per dozen; Strawberries, 3 for
25c; Cherries, sc per 10; Gooseberries.
| &c per 10; Raspberries, for 25c Black
berries, for 25c; Currants, DC per 10; APP
roots, &C per fb; Apples, sc; Pears, sc;
Peaches, 3@5c.
Almonds, 12l3c; New Brazils, 121Ac; Pc
cans, Ice: Filberts, 15c; Chestnuts. zoe !;
Pine Nuts, 15c; Hickory Nuts, Ice
DAIRY PRODUCE--Butter 2OG
zoe; Petaluma, 40c per roll; Creamery. 4Oc
per roll. Cheese-Californa, 15c Der Ib ::
Young America, lie; Eastern Creamery,
ls@20c; Genuine Swiss, 40c: American
Swiss, SOC; Martins Creamery. zoe: sage
Cheese zoe: Neufchate 10c
VEGETABLES-Gree Corn, 25c per
matoes, PFC per H., Celery, SC per head;
Caulifiower, 10c per head: Artichokes Acc
per dozen; Rhubarb sc per 10; New Pota-
toes e per g Ip ,0 Nevada vac & and Oregon Po-
Cabbage, &c per head. Turnips, Beets,
Leek and Green Onions Onions l2%c 3aeiShes per
dozen punches; Onions, &c per ID; Dried
Peppers, 15c per ID; Dried Okra, zoe per
10; summer Squash, 4c per ID; Wax Beans.
&c per 10; Green. do. 4c per 10: Windsor,
do. sc per 10; Green Peppers, l5c per 10:
Lima Beans, 10c per 10.
POULTRY-Hens, 60c each: Springs. SOC
each Broilers 40c each: Tame Geese, 81 50
EACH Tame Ducks, 75c each: Young Tur-
keys, zoe per 10.
GGS-California, 15c per dozen
-Beef-Prime Rib Roast 121bfD
15c; Loin Steak, .212015c; Rump Steak
10c; Chuck Roast. 10c; Rump. Sc: Brsket,
Sc Chuck Steak, 10c. Veal-Loin and Rib
Chops, 15c; Roast Veal, 12c. Mutton-Leg.
1l@121ac; Loin and Rib Chops, l21bc; Nut.
ton Stew, Sc; Shoulder Chops, Sc Pork,
SGI12c per fb Corned Beef, Sn12@c: Sau-
sage. 121ac; Vienna Sausage. 15c: Bacon.
SQl312e; Ham. 121aalS12c.
per cwt; Alfalfa, first cutting, 45150c; sec
ond and third cutting, 50Q55c; whole Bar
ley, Csc; Ground Barley, 81 05 Feed Oats,
81 20G1 80; Middllngs 90c; Bran, S5c
Straw, 50@55c; Corn. 81 10 per ctl; Cracked
GRANITE MINING CANDLES :
Mhqlsssle9 c }s a1 2hd 10 OF. 6Ac; IL o. 7c IA o.
Fl, EiEcTRfc e ri itS'' LIGHT CANDLES :
SWholeesale), M 10 OF, sac; 12 OF, &c; IA OF
GASOLINE-(Wholes Stove Gaso-
line. cases, lie; Stove Gasoline, bulk, 111ac;
Sc degree Gasoline. cases, 25c; Sc degree
cases. 1611c; 63 degree BenZine. bulk. lie.
COAL OIL-(Wholesale) Pearl, lie; Star.
lie; Eocene, 19c; Elaine, 22c Extra Star,
21c; Water White (bulk), 111ac.
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Meat Market.

Following are the rates for whole car
casses from slaughterers to dealers:
BEEF-First quality, 515c: second quail
ity, SC; third quality, 4q412c per tb
VEAL--513Q613c for large and 7QSc per 10
for small.
MUTTON-Wethers, 5Q6c; Ewes, 41kQ
Size per ID.
LAMB-7Q715c per 10 for Spring.
PORK-Live Hogs. 312G35sc per ID for
heavy and 3&4@4c for small; dressed so
615c per 10.
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SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.

San Francisco, July 7th.
Morning Session-Alpha, 20c; Andes. 16c;
3 & B, 46q44c; Chollar, soc; c V, 81 40;
Con Imperial, &c; Crown Point, 23c; G & c,
3I@36c; H & N, S5QS4c; Mexican, 4l440c
Ophir 73c; Sierra Nevada, 81 10; Union
Con, 49@4Sc; Yellow Jacket, 57Q56c
Closing Quotations-Alpha Con, 12c; An
des, 15c; Belcher, 1Sc; b & p, 44c; Bullion,
10c: Caledonia, Sc. Challenge Con, Ale;
Chollar 7Sc; Confidence, 81 05: c c & V,
81 So; Con Imperial, 1c; Crown Point, 20c
Exchequer, 1c; G & c, 34c; II & n, S5c;
Julia, 4c; Kentuck Con, SC; Mexican, 36c
Occidental Con, 15c; Ophir, Csc; Overmar,
Ice: Potosi, 40c; Savage, 25c; Scorpion, 4c:
Sierra Nevada, 81; Silver Hill 1c; Union
Con. 43c; Utah Con, &c; Yellow Jacket, 4Sc;
Standard 81 so
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Eastern Grain Markets.

New York, July 7th.
WHEAT-July, 76Ac; September, 71asc;
December, 73Ac.
Chicago, July 7th
WHEAT-July, 69%c; September, 655sc;
December, 6712c.
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pany sold California fruit at auction to-
days as follows: Peaches-Alexanders 81 IS
q 80: Hale's 65c 81 50. Pears Bartletts,
81 90 Plums, 45cQs1 40. Prunes. 60c4Sl 90
Apricots-Royals, 30cGS1 10; Queen, 81 05
MONTREAL, July Porter Brothers
Company sold California fruit at auction
to-day as follows: Prunes, SlQ1 %. Plums
- -MlkadOS SncnSl
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A Necessary Invention,

Frank-Some genius out in Chicago
has invented a buttonless shirt
Billy-Why, that's old. I've worn
them ever since my wife learned to ride
a Wheel-NeW York Journal
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COMMERCIAL.
WHEAT HIGHER, BOTH ON CALL
AND FOR SPOT.
Barley Unchanged - offerings Of
New Are Liberal, but Buyers
Are Not Numerous.
San Francisco. July 7th.

San Francisco, July Ith.
Wheat is higher both on call and for
spot goods; Eastern markets have ad-
vanced; the spot market is not very ac-
tive. Barley is unchanged; offerings of
new are liberal; buyers are not numer-
Gus. Oats move along slowly at the old
prices; new Red have been offering at
81 %, with few buyers. Corn appears easier,
but no lower; the entire receipts-S00 GEN.
tais-were from the East.
HuckleberrieS from Sonoma County
bring S@l0c per fb. Raspberries, which
have heretofore held up, are weakening
Held-over Figs sell below the quotations
Seedless Grapes have dropped. Water
melons arrive daily, though in small guam
titles as yet. Loose Cherries are no longer
worth quoting.
Butter has advanced still further, and is
firm; receipts are smaller; there is an ac-
tive demand for dairies. of which there is
slight scarcity Cheese continues in
large supply and weak. Eggs are higher,
with a good demand for all kinds
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Tapestry Portiers, 81 yards
long, in red, green, old rose
and brown, extra quality and
rich designs.
Clearance Sale Price, SS 50 Pair.
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niscellany.
LOVE LIVES ON.

took from their hiding place last night
Your letters, sweetheart, and read;
And their passion thrilled in the waning
light,
Though 1 said, 'My love is dead"
But tears came back to my Sorld-worn
eyes
As thought of golden June
And lovers who sang, Love never dies
While boats drift under the moon"
For white wings come, and white sails go,
Drifting out into the dawn;
But memory comes with refuent flow,
And it's true as ever it was, know,
That love lives on and on.
1t comes with the touch or the clasp Of a
hand,
Or the glance of strangers eye,
Or a kindly act in foreign land,
Or the gleam of a starry sky,
Or drifting boat on silver lake,
Or a lily you touch with your oar,
Or the sound of the winds and waves that
break
In melody on the shore.
But as long as white wings come and 60,
Or drift in the rosy dawn,
While memory comes with refuent flow.
1t $ true as ever it was, / know,
That love lives on and on.
New England Magazine.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-03
A Sample Road.

The first sample road built under the
direction Of the Good Roads Bureau OF
the Agricultural Department was late
ly laid at New Brunswick, N. j. A
second one, begun at Geneva, N. L..
will be nearly a mile and half long,
macadamized in the center, with rolled
dirt roads on either side. The founda-
ton will be five inches of broken Held
stone, which is covered with fine rock
siftfngs. and made a firm, compact
foundation by means of twenty ton
roller. On this is laid three inches OF
broken trap rock, which in turn is roil7s
ed so smooth as to be impervious to
water. 1.-THE whole secret of good
roads," says Mr.. Harrison, special.
agent of the department, ''is to. make
them water-tight and keep the founda-
ton dry. That is the reason we use the
heavy roller SO much. In the absence
of water, frost does not amount to any
thing" This road will cost about $1O.-
600, but the Government supplies only
$500, the balance being, furnished by
the citizens.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-03
Tu1,ercp1oua Animals.

Serious attempts have been made in
certain parts of the country to eradi-
cate the disease by destroying all re-
acting animals. Such a course is un-
doubtedly too drastic, and it has met
with persistent opposition. 1t is ques-
ton whether such methods are war
-anted or not. Certainly, such-a course
is sure to defeat the very end desired,
4. e., the cooperation of all in eradi-
eating the disease. There is nothing
that would be more beneficial to the
stock interests of the country than the
widespread application Of the test, but
it is hardly possible to hope for such an
extension where such severe measures
are applied.
From experiments already made un-
der different auspices 1t is evident that
the progress of the disease can be
stopped by the isolation of all reacting
animals. The least affected animals
can, with care, be used for breeding
purposes, and il the calves are sep
arated at birth and fed ON boiled or pas
teurized milk, it is possible, within a
relatively short time, to build up a
strictly healthy herd from affected par
ents.-Wisconsin Agriculturist.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-03
Sea Water for Blood.

M. Quinton, as consequence of his
researches in evolution, believes that
as all the higher organisms, according
to the teachings of evolution, have as
cended from less highly organized
marine ancestry, the liquid which
bathes all the cells of the individual
ought to be chemically similar to ses
water. During experiments made al
the college of France dog was bled to
such an extent that death would have
inevitably followed had the animal
been left alone. 1t was then given an
intravenous injection of sea water. Ter
days after the operation the dog
showed, as tested by the calorimeter,
a larger proportion of hemoglobin than
before the bleeding. All dogs expert
mented on not only survived, but re.
covered with remarkable quiekness. M
Quinton thinks it is on account of its
holding in suspension the same salts
which are constituents Of sea water
that artificial serum holds the repnta.
tion that it does, and that sea water is
physiologically superior.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-03
Sale as AM Insecticide.


The use Of salt as an insecticide, or
vermin destroyer, is not sufficiently
known among the farming community.
Many farmer has lost dollars and dol
lars, simply because he did not know.
what virtue there is In salt. How many
times has farmer ploughed up acres
of crop attacked by some worm or
caterpillar, re-sown the land, and all
because he did not know that salt
would have killed the worm and i'm
proved his crop. Last year a case was
reported through the press, and vouch-
ed for as correct A farmer had a ten
acre field of oats attacked by the army
worm. The whole ten acres was in
such condition te decided to plow
them all up and re-sow. AS an expert
ment he left an acre, to which he gave
a dressing of 800 pounds of refuse salt.
Three days afterward he gave the
same acre another 300 pounds of refuse
salt The result was that on that acre
he had good yield of oats, and had he
only known he might have saved the
whole ten acres. Salt for such pur-
poses is simply invaluable.
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THE CARETAKER.

Caretaker is word adopted into modern
use and means one who takes care of, and
is very generally applied to those employed
to take care OF. things committed to their
keeping. The way some people have Of
taking care of themselves is very suggestive
of the need of a caretaker. The human
body to such is mansion filled with pre-
cious things uncared for, where thieves
may break in and rust doth corrupt. Pains
and aches are thieves, and the body left
uncared for to their spoliage will be robbed
of all it's comforts and despoiled of its peace
of mind and happiness. 1t is happy
thought to look upon st. Jacobs Oil as a
caretaker, to employ it as a watchman
against such intruders. There is hardly
an ache, from a toothache to toeache,
that it can't take care of and effect cure,
and pains the most violent are conquered
by its use. Its Office as caretaker is to
prevent the spread of aches and pains into
a chronic stage. Keep bottle of it in the
handiest place and be assured of good care
and comfort
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-03
Growing Beet Seed.

Beet seed is so easily grown that 1t
is always very cheap. Yet we believe
in farmers growing their own beet
seed, provided they will grow the best.
1t is not the beet that produces the
most seed that is best for planting. If
beets, or any other root for that matter,
are planted so early in spring that they
grow tough and stringy roots, such
roots will produce a great amount Of
seed, but it will produce If sown at any
time plants that are like its parent. 1t
Is thus that roots degenerate into some
thing like their sriginal wild condition.
A moderate-sized root grown quickly
after midsummer, and In very rich
ground, will be tender and good until
late in the spring. Such root will not
produce as much seed as a tough,
stringy one, but its seed will bring
much more satisfactory crops.-Amer-
lean Cultivator.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-03
The AIsike Clover.

This clover resembles the large red
clover, except the stem is much finer,
though it grows to about the same
height. 1t makes an excellent hay,
which is much relished by all kinds of
stock. We were led to try alsike or
Swedish clover hy Allen. the author of
the American Farm Book, and, after Il
trial of it for some years, would strong
ly advise anyone wanting good feed
ing clover to try it. / should be sown
on high, dry, well-arained sod. 1t re-
Quires the same care and cultivation as
red clover. 1t may be sown either with
timothy or with red clover. A good
mixture for one acre is three quarts of
alsike clover seed; four quarts of red
clover seed, and six quarts of timothy
clover seed. Sow the timothy in the
fall and the clovers the lar of Febru-
ary The seed is made in the first crop;
the second crop may be pastured. 1t is
q very fragrant clover, the heads being
full of sweet juice. 1t makes fine bee
food.-The American.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-03
Farm Notes.

There is no bedding SO suitable for
hogs as leaves, and for sows having
broods leaves cannot be surpassed
They retain warmth, can easily be re.
moved, and cost only the labor of col.
lecting and storage.
The garden plot should be plowed In
the fall and then covered three or four
inches with manure free from litter,
worked in with a cultivator. In the
spring the plot will be ready for seed
early and the manure will quickly de.
compose.
When a farmer becomes so busy as to
be unable to work every portion of his
farm it is the best evidence that he has
too much land. The successful farm
ers are those who seek to bestow thor
ough cultivation to every acre, and
small farms give larger profit proper
tionately than farms where crops can
be grown on only portion every year.
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ities in order to avoid loss. The old
method of storing In pits is still fol-
lowed. but there are periods during the
winter when the ground is frozen as
hard as iron, and the pits cannot be
opened except with some risk. Tur-
nips can be grown at small cost, but
a bulky crop is difficult to store in a
manner to have the roots always avail
able. Farmers who have discarded all
bruised or injured specimens have been
successful in storing carrots, parsnips.
turnips and beets in bins, using layers
of clean, dry sand, followed by layers
of the roots, the bins being in cellars or
barns, by which arrangement they can
use them at any time, but the method
will not answer where large fields of
such crops are grown.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-03
Pure water for Mi1ch COWS,

Experience has shown that water
which looks pure and clear may have
in it the germs of the worst diseases,
and If so there Is possibility that these
may go into the milk. On the other
hand, water that looks muddy from
contact with soil may be entirely free
from any germs that are injurious.
The danger from germs in milk, we
believe, has been much exaggerated.
The safe way is to keep cows from
drinking any water where there is a
possibility that it has been infected
with germs of typhoid fever or diph-
iberia. 1t is the milk producers inter-
est to strictly guard against any
chance of infection, as wherever such
a case occurs 1t is sure to spread un-
reasonable fears and injure his bust
ness.-Exchange.
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Shredded EnsiIaRe.

After shredding our ensilage for sew
eral years, we filled the silo one year
with cut ensilage and found it neces-
sary at once to brace all sides to keep
it from bulging out-thus rowing that
ensilage shredded exerts much less lat
eral space than that which is cut This
feature would probably not be consid-
cred of so much Importance by those
whose silos are already constructed
with reference to the use of cut en-
silage, but in case new silo is to be
put up it can undoubtedly be built ,or
much less money by the shredder
Country Gentleman.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-03
stab1ing Cows in Bad Weather,

So soon as fall rains begin, COWS,
especially those giving milk, should be
stabbed. The effect of rain on the hair
of an animal is to induce heavy evap-
GRAFTON, which, of course, chills the
animal, much as would the wearing of
a heavy woolen coat, saturated with
rain during the entire night. There is
no way to keep up milk supply after
wet weather begins except by stabing
the cows. The wet weather is really
much more injurious to the animal
than dry, cold weather could be.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-03
Broad rires pecrease DRAFT.

A series of tests to determine the
amount of energy necessary to haul
wide and narrow tired wagons over
different kinds of roads, and in various
conditions, has lately been made at the
Missouri Agricultural College.
The tests were made under severe
conditions and with great care, and
were frequently repeated. In every
case the load hauled was the same, and
the draft was ascertained by the use of
self-recording dynamo meter.
On macadam roadways and streets
of average good character the differ
ence of draft was uniformly in favor
of the six-inch wide tire. 1t was dem
onstrated that the same draft required
to haul one ton with narrow tires over
a macadam roadway hauled more than
one and quarter tons when wide tires
were used. On graveled roads it was
proved that the draft required to haul
1000 pounds with narrow, or standard
tires hauled 2,61O pounds on broad
tires.
In the test made -on common dirt
roads, free from ruts, the, broad tires
pulled more than one-thfrd lighter. On
dirt road cut into ruts by narrow
tires, but where the surface was hard,
after the second trial the profit was on
the side of the broad tires, even where
they had to be run over the ruts.
On muddy, springy roadways, with
spongy surfaces and soft sub-structure,
the broad tires drew one-half lighter
than the narrow, for 5000 pounds were
drawn on them, with the same expend-
ed energy required to draw 1900
pounds on narrow tires. On the same
road when it was soft and sticky on top
but firm underneath the narrow tires
drew more easily than the broad by
about one-third. That is, 2,666 pounds
were drawn as easily on narrow tires
as 1000 on the broad.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-03
Farmers and Good Roads.

Farmers have enough In the way of
taxes to pay without undertaking the
building Of elaborate gravel and stone
roads. 1t is unfair that such burden
should be added to their already heavy
load. Whatever may be undertaken in
the way Of constructing permanent
highways should be done at the eX-
pense of those who are to reap its ben
efits. True 1t is that the saving in the
cost of hauling crops would be consid-
erable, and that this saving would re-
suit almost entirely to the farmers, but
that is no reason for asking him to pay
the cost of building such roads. He is
not the only one to use them. They
serve to bring city people and city
products into the country as much as
they serve to bring country people and
country products into the city. The
merchant who has business with the
farmer is as much benefited through
good road to travel over as is the farm
er who comes to town on business of
any kind. Neither is the use of roads
limited to those living in the vicinity,
and travellers from distance share the
benefits resulting from their improve
ment. 1t would be the height of injus-
tice, therefore, to ask the farmer alone
to stand the cost of good roads.-Moto-
cycle.