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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

marks are well founded, for she is az
hale and healthy looking as any woman
could be who has lived her great age.
(Signed) ANNA MOORE.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, a
notary public, this 23d day of May,
1896.
My commission expires May 14th,
1900.
Milton A. Lyons, Notary Public.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all dealers, or will be sent postpaid on
receipt of price, so cents box, or six
boxes for So. SO (they are never sold in
bulk, or by the 1907, by addressing DR..
Williams Medicine Company, Schenec-
tady, N. Y.
Water in Wood.
1t has commonly been estimated that
green wood, when cut down. contains
about 45 per cent of its weight in mois-
ture, but in the forests of central Eu-
rope wood cut down in winter Is said to
hold more than 40 per cent Of water at
the end Of the following summer. Kept
for several years In dry place, wood
retains from Is to 20 per cent of water,
while that which has been thoroughly
desiccated will, when exposed to air
under ordinary circumstances, absorb
per cent Of water In the first three
days, and will continue to absorb it un-
til it reaches from IA to 16 per cent as
a normal standard-the amount fiuctu-
ating above and below this standard
according to the state of the atmos-
phere. 1t has been found that, by ex-
posing green wood to temperature OF
212 degrees, F., the loss Of weight equal
ed 45 per cent; and, further, on expos
ing small prisms Of wood one-half inch
square and eight inches long, cut on,
Of billets that had been stored for two
years, to the action of superheated
steam for two hours, their loss Of weight
was found to be from 10 to 45 per cent,
according to the temperature of the
etaam-
The Drama at the Vatican.
Theatricals in the vatican! The an.
nouncement, though strange, Is true.
Pope Leo has hitherto allowed no the.
atrical representations to be given with
in the walls Of the vatican. He has,
however, lately made one exception.
The historic Swiss guards from the
canton of valais, who, in their yellow
and crimson uniforms, are on sentinel
and escort duty within the palace, suf-
fer, it seems, from Inconsistencies and
ennui. To these human weaknesses
the pope has made the concession of
allowing short amateur pieces with
orchestral accompaniment to be acted
during the coming winter. The enter.
tainments are to take place in the small
private theater within the Belvedere
gardens. The performance is to con-
sist OF harp and violin music, mono
logues and short pieces in French. So
here is one more link between church
and stage.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
The Cow to the Acre Plan.

Can the dairy be made to pay! We
believe it can, but it must be done on
the COW to the acre plan-better and
fewer COWS, better and more feed to the
acre, and cows better looked after.
There are men making money to-day
from their dairies. How are they doing
it? Condensed dairying. AS fast as
cows are demonstrated not to be max
ing a profit they go the way that all
poor things should. and leave their food
to the COW that hath from two to five
talents already. It does not pay. nor
did It ever. to feed COW $50 worth of
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
cArARnH CANNOT BE CURED

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat OF the disease. Cararrh is
bleod or constitutional disease. and in order to,
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts di-
reetly on the blood and mucous surfaces, Halls
Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine, 1t was
Country for years, and is q regular prescrip-
tion. It is composed OF the best tonics known,
com bined with the best blood purifiers, acting
directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful effects in curing
Catarrh, Send for testimonials, free.
FL. CHENEY & CO Props, Toledo, o,
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Less than a Farthing.

The smallest coin now current in Eu-
rope, and the one having the least value,
is the Greek lepton. The lepton is, ac.
cording to the decimal monetary sys:
tenn, current money in all countries be-
longing to the Latin union. Some idea
of this valueless little disc of copper
may be gathered from the fact that the
lepton is the one-hundredth part of a
drachma. The Greek drachma usually
passes for the same value that franc
piece does.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
The Advantages of Sheen,

They are profitable.
They weaken the soil least and
strengthen it most.
They are enemies of weeds.
The care they need is required when
other farm operations are slack.
The amount of investment need not
be large. ...
The returns are quick. and many.
They are the quietest and easiest
handled of all farm stock.
Other farm products are made more
largely from cash grains, while those
from the sheep are made principally
from pasture.
There is no other product of the farm
that has ductuated so slightly in value
as good mutton.
By comparison wool costs nothing,
for do not the horses and COW in she'd
ding their coats waste what the sheep
saves?
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Storing Potatoes,

Strictly speaking, no one should store
potatoes in the house cellar. But as
hundreds of thousands do every year,
and will continue to do so, word may
not prove amiss. First, potatoes should
be sorted While in the field. 1t saves
the housewife much work, saves stor-
age room and the work of extra ban
ding. Potatoes for the cellar are best
barreled, as they are then movable
when the accidents of time bring frost
or water. Above all, they shonld be
kept dark. Canvas sacks make good
curtains to set off portion of the eel
lar, and also good covers for the bar
rels. Light will ruin the flavor and
half-light will cause them 20 sprout.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Aimed at Chica~o.

"Once, for all, girl" he Kissed, ''once
for all, will you marry me?"
YES" she said, "I'll marry you, but
don't know about the once for all part
of it. l guess you haven't lived here
long enough to catch the spirit of our
enterprising city,
And all was sti1l, save the sound OF
the lake breeze and the moaning of a
delegate who had been buncoed and
was unable to get away.-Cincinnati
ENQUIRER
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Xalue of Bran.

Wheat bran Or shorts contain little
more flesh and milk forming matter
and little less fat than middlings.
There is not much difference in the
average feeding value per ton, but the
shorts being more bulky is to be prefer
red to middlings for mixing with glu-
ten and other heavy concentrated
foods. Careful analyses and digestion
tests made at the State Experiment Sta
ton have failed to note any material
difference in the feeding value of Sc
lected winter wheat bran.-Massachu
sets PlOWman
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

food to get SIS worth Of milk, let alone
her drying off soon after the county
fair, let the time of year be what it
may. Think this matter over An acre
of corn fodder, another =. oats. and a
third of mixed crops, will keep two
cows a year. Can corn, oats and the
like be as well sold as to good COW,
her produce sold, and the fertility re-
turned to the farm?-Cor. Practical
Farmer.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Apples for Cows.

do not think there is any better food
for milch cows than ripe, sound apples
/ am aware that the prevalent opinion
is that apples have tendency to make
cows sick and dry them up. AS con-
firmatory of this l have heard of nu-
merous Instances where cows have
broken into orchards and eaten their
fill of apples and have been made sick,
and in a few instances have died as the
result. ! also knew a case where a
man ate an unreasonable quantity of
baked beans, and it killed him. Now,
the one case no more proves that ripe
apples are not good cow food than that
baked beans are not good human food.
The proper way to feed apples to cows
is to have them ripe and sound. Green
or rotten apples are not good food for
anything. The cows should never be
given a full feed of them at first or
given them on an empty stomach. At
the first the COW should have no more
than two or three quarts once day
Rural New Yorker.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Making Sure.

dennis, did you mail that postal card
l gave you?"
"Yis, sorr, an O. TUX the liberty. sorr
of putin 2-cint shtamp on it, sorr.
Ye wrote so foine an got SO much on
tn cyard OF fought it moight be over
weight, sorr."- ."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Killing White Grub Worms,

Meadow lands infested with white
grubs should be plowed and thorough
ly cultivated in the fall, then planted
to some crop that requires thorough
cultivation the next season. The fall
cultivation will destroy many of the
insects which are then in very ten
der stage in little earthen cells in the
ground, and the thorough and frequent
cultivation of the following crop will
soon discourage the grubs.-Rural New
Yorker.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Missionary work Needed.


Is rather hard isn't 1t? Yet how many are
compelled to do this after every meal. Dys
pepsfa, that ine1orable prosecutor, never
ceases to torment of it's own volition, and
rarely yields to ordinary medication. But
tranquility of the stomach is in store for those
who pursue course OF Hostetter,s stomach
larial and kidney complaints rheumatism,
constipation, biliousness and nervousness.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Much Trouble.

Mrs. Musicus-Did you have much
trouble in learning to sing so beauti.
fully?
Miss Frankly-Yes; especially with
the neighbors i
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
The Turtle.

E; Formerly the turtle was taken BY
means of harpoons or spears; but this
process injured the creature. 1t is now
taken in nets or captured upon the
beach. Certain fishermen prefer to
dive and take the animal by hand, but
when the reptile is powerful this is no,
accomplished without some difficulty.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Best Food for Poultry,

The very best use of shrunken wheat,
some of which will be found in every
crop, is as food for poultry. The grain,
being shrunken, is deficient in starch,
but it has all the greater proportion Of
gluten, which is the chief element of
the egg. while the outside husk, or
bran, is rich in phosphate, which helps
to make the eggshell. The poultry
dealer can usually buy shrunken wheat
at lower price than the perfect grain,
while for feeding fowl it is really better
for being shrunken.-Germantown Tel
egraph,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

Friend-I understand that you advis-
ed Mrs. Jones Brown to go abroad. Doc
tor--Yes; 1t won't do her any harm, and
It will relieve me for few months.
Puck ssI..l ss
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
The Very Life.

Mr.. Cahey-Y' lead me cat and dog
loife, y do.
Mrs. Cahey-Ach, it's thot VERY
thing OF do. You layin' and loafin'
aroun' tn house an me workin' hard
tn whole t. feed ye.-Harlem Life.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Working Butter.

The object of working butter is to rid
It, of the surplus moisture, to distrib-
ute the salt, and to unite the granules
and give the butter consistency; and 1t
should not have any more 1han will ac-
complish this. One of the advantages
of salting in the churn and allowing
the butter to stand until the salt is
wholly dissolved is, that much working
is not required, as the butter only re-
quires to be worked until the color is
uniform, or when the streaks caused
blythe salt disappear.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
To Raise the Roman Vessels.

Italian engineers have found that the
two Roman vessels discovered in the
Lake Of Nemi can be raised without too
great difficulty, and the Government
has taken measures to have this done
soon
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

Cumso-Have you tried anything for
your insomnia, Cawker?
Cawker-Of course I have I've tried
all the infallible cures.-New York
World
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Logic.

Wasn't that dinner we just had
great?"
Elegant! don't know when 1 have
felt so uncomforta BILE. Brooklyn Life.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

A Goldfish recently caught off Flam.
borough Head, England, had inside it
fifty mine fish hooks.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

The political problems Of this year
may be the ehestnuts Of '96.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
The Winter Fuel.

Every farmer who burns wood even
partially for heating and cooking
should, as early in the winter as pcs
sible, cut and pile enough wood to last
whole year. This will save many
complaints during the summer, and be
much easier done now than in warm
weather. Besides, dry wood burns
without the waste of heat, always lost
in turning it's sap into steam. When
using green wood, chips and small
limbs will dry out more quickly than
will the body of the tree, especially if
the small limbs are split.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Some Good Ideas.

Judging from the enormous produc-
tiveness Of our common field corn. If
anyone should ask me what is best to
grow to fill silo, would say the best
thing to grow is corn. The second best
is corn, and the third choice in the Sec
ton would be corn. Like the COW, ev-
cry part of it is useful, and it is forage
crop. the lazy mans crop, the ignorant
mans friend On hillside or valley it
brings a profitable return. 1t will do
well with half a chance, even on hard
seed-bed, or with roots torn and bleed
ing it is a great forager, and when
nursed it responds with great possibili-
ties. We have only half appreciated its
wealth of helpfulness in the past. The
silo and fodder machinery are giving a
double value to it with meaning of
large profit on our seasons effort.-E. G.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
each years crop has been above 49,

100000.
CAS- rule the planters do not know
how to cure the beans. This is mat
ter which requires much experience,
and persons making profession of it
buy the beans from the planter and
cure them themselves. Vanilla beans
are also grown in subtropical climates,
but they are much inferior to the Mex
lean product. t."-Washington Times.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
TARIFF AND TAXES.

Whatever the new order of things may
be in tariff and taxes, business is already
better, and there are sure signs of its being
rapidly improved. Infrmities and all
ments are the tariff and taxes on physical
strength. Lumbago is complaint that
taxes our best endurance. 1t cripples and
unnts one for anything like active exer.
ton. 1t is sudden backache, but nc
matter how sudden, st. Jacobs Oil is quicl
and sure enough i'll it's prompt cure te
break it up and restore strength. In pay
ing the taxes on our health the best cur.
rency is the best remedy for pain, and its
prompt use the surest way of getting back
to business.
Missionary Work Needed.
The State Grange and Farmers
Clubs Of Michigan are opposed to any
change in the road laws that will in
crease the immediate burdens of the
taxpayer. AS the farmer Is the real
beneficiary of the good roads move
ment, it would seem as if some mission
ary work was needed among the agrt
culturists at once.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Stick to the Farm.

History proves that prosperity has al
ways followed times of great depres-
sion, and history will repeat itself. No
matter what comes, let us stick to the
farm. We may work few years for
nothing. but what matters it so long as
we retain in our possession the old
farmhouse? We shall not always re-
main at the bottom of the wheel In
time, matters will adjust themselves.
Then let us have a firmer determina-
ton than ever to know the details of
our business, and make the coming
year conspicuous for having made prog
ress i'm reducing the cost, of production,
the curtailment of unnecessary eX-
penses. and, above all, let us never for
get that ours is one of the noblest call
ings given to men, and the little spot
of ground we occupy is part of Gods
green earth, and let us manfully and
hopefully till and care for it, that those
who shall succeed us may point with
pride to the work of our hands.-New
York Tribune
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

North Carolina the Early Bird.
It is claimed that North Carolina
must henceforth hold the highest place
in the production Of early fruits for the
Northern markets.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Chestnuts.

The American chestnut has the sweet
est kernel, but is smaller, and the
trees must be some fifteen or more
years from the seed before they bear.
The European, or Spanish chestnut, has
nuts nearly double the size of the Amer
lean. but tanner in, flavor. But the
seed will bear at about ten years from
the seed. The dwarf Chinquepin Chest
nut will often bear the second or third
year from seed, but the nuts are so
small that they are not in general use..
The Japan chestnut is comparative
dwarf, though a stronger grower than
the American Chiquepin-but the nuts
are as large as the European chestnut,
with about the same taste. Like the
Chinquepin, they bear early. But all
the kinds bear early when grated from
bearing trees.-Meehan's Monthly.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

ScAtz2iNg's Besttea-gro-
Ger gives your money back
if you don't like it.
It's one thing to say
money back, and another
thing to do money back.
We say it, and your gro
Ger does it: aad we pay him.
I ssis;l'asJ IN g !. csss.as =.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a
family medicine with US since 1865. R.
Madison, 24O9 42d ave-, Chicago, Ill.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO THE
FARM AND HOME.
The Winter Season Good Time to
Rebuild Fences-Farmers Advised
to Stick to the Farm-Procuring the
Winter FueI-Storing Potatoes.
Remake the Old Fence.

There are many farms bearing old
rail fences that their owners have felt
for years would be better torn down
and rebuilt upon the Same,or other loca-
ton, says Rural World. They have
been built upon and added to until they
contain at least enough good rails to
construct good straight fence. The
undertaking is not a big one. and when
it is finished the satisfaction of seeing
the neat. newly constructed fence. in
addition to the firewood, will repay the
farmer for time and new wire. There
is no more favorable time than just
after the ground has frozen and before
snow comes. A pair of bobsleiShs can
be used, even if there is no snow, when
the site of the new fence is to be some
where else than that of the present one
If the ground should be too much froz-
en- to break the crust to set the stakes
or posts. everything can be got in readl-
ness to rebuild in the spring, and that
will be found a great advantage when
the building time comes. The sorting
of the rails, cutting and sharpening
stakes or preparing posts and saving
up the done" fence timber into fire
wood. can all be finished in the slack
season, and the putting up of the fence
will be as nothing in the spring before
seeding operations commence, when
the ground will be so soft that the
stakes can all be driven with sledge
hammer. If possible, do not put this
work Off The commencement of such
jobs that have stared one in the face
for years, probably, is more than half
the undertaking. The old snake fence
is an eyesore and a harbor for rubbish
and weeds. while the new straight one
will save land and give the farm tidy,
DrOSDer0uS anDparanpe
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

Three copies of the Bible, written on
leaves of the fan palm, are in the Brit
ish museum.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

!, Such a dear
old home it
was. Nesting
| down in an
LII
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-05-21
SALE OF. THE PooRMAN MINE.
One of the Most Important Transac-
tfOns In the Nelson District.

Spokane, May 15.-The most important
mining deal that has taken place for
some time, and the most important of
the season in the Nelson district, is the
reported purchase CT the Poornan mine
by Hector McRae and J. Fred Richie
from A. L. Davenport and Robert Ewart,
for the large sum of 800, 600.
The Poorman is situated about seven
miles below Nelson, on the Kootenay
river, and has long been considered the
principal free milling property in the
Kootenays. 1t has already yielded over
years 1t has been a steady producer. The
mine is equipped with IL ten-stamp
MILL compressor, hoist and power drills
all operated by water power. There are
five other claims included in the group
which consists of the Poorman, White,
Hardup, Election and Myomer.
The work on the group is confined al
most entirely to the Poorman, which has
about 1000 feet of tunnels, shafts and
drifts upon it. lar, ora
A crnsSa.. fttvIi VIII tap the AN~oN
at a depth of about 800 feet.
The White is the only other claim OF
the group that has been worked TO any
extent, and about 500 tons of ore nave
been taken from the workings, whlch
run a little above the average OF the
ore from the Porman.
A company is to be organized with a
capital of $25O,O0Q $4,000 of which VIII
be in the treasury to take over the prop
erty. The trustees will be Hector Nc
Rae, j. Fred Richie, j. T. Hume, A. L..
Davenport and Robert Ewart
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-05-21

New Denver, B. c., reports that late de-
velopments on the Galena Farm snow up
that property in a most satisfactory man
~ The ledge at the 2O0-foot level Is OF
unknown extent, and level is about 10
he started both ways on it. Water power
is soon to replace the present steam l nois, ,,
ing and pumping plant and the loo-to,,
nnnoentrator and Burleigh air compressor
slant win soon be placed in position. Many y
prospects are being recorded. From al
sections the more fortunate claim nun
orc come in with something staKeu.
Snringer creek, Lemon, Carpenter, Ten
Mile, Four Mile and Wilson were the 10,
calities designated by most of them, ana
on the lake shore others found the mn ~
eral in places Across the lake ana d,
,ts head properties showing well IN golu
and iron pyrites are found, and there
it is predicted. will be the gold camp campo o.
the lake. On Wilson creek iate aeHeiU ~
ments show the ledge matter there OF ths
same character as that found about ROSS
| land.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-05-21
noes Not Like Meditation.

London, May 13.-The CORRESPONDENT OF
the Daily Telegraph at Constahuho,l,e
soys that the sultan resent5 the meula-
ron of the powers and wants 20 negotiate
with Greece directly. If refused the Iur-
kish demands will be more exacting:
The Berlin correspondent Of the pl az,
News saws the turkish government ue5
mends a war indemnity of $4,000 600 ano
the right to occupy Thessaly until II Is
paid. ear, ron.
stnntinople says: An imperial trade mas
been made directing military governors
| to give preference to natives Wnene ,,ts
POSSIBLE in making official appointments
| in Thessaly the official reports are no
| favorable. A Turkish reconnaissance ~
force at Domokos has been REFUSED an ~
the attack on Arta, which PROMISED
| he successful, has also resulted IN
check. 1t is believed that Edhem Pasha
is developing an outfianking move 1n,
Wow of rendering the Greek position u
| Domokos untenable.