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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
rLAY1N. rossuM.

"Playin' possum" comes from the fact
that the possum will feign sleep or death
when pushed into sudden danger of being
captured. But pains and aches never play
that kind of game. They never try to
fool anybody, and go to work to wake up
people, leaving no chance to feign sleep.
On the other hand, there is remedy
known as st. Jacobs Oil that will lull a
pain or an ache so that it won't wake up
again in the cure that follows it's use. Pains
and aches are great or less in intensity just
in degree as we treat them. Prompt treat
ment with the best remedy-St. Jacobs Oil
prevents their increase and by curing pre-
vents their return. Everything is gained by
taking pains and aches in time for prompt
and permanent cure, and there is nothing
better than the use of st. Jacobs Oil.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
the life we liv

the life we live within ourselves.
The cause of our not being esteemed
is in ourselves.
God pity the man who murders his
own innocence.
If there is nothing in man, his sop
portunity" never comes.
1t is blessing to have opinions; it
is curse to be opinionated.
The one man who fails in character,
has made the greatest failure.
All sinful life is moral insanity; and
a guilty act is criminal lunacy.
The largest screen for saloon, is to
build summer resort all around it.
Joy is the companion of Love, and
they may always be found together.
The man whose opinion is hardest to
get is the man whose opinion is most
worth getting.
The saddest ignorance in this world
is not toknow the pleasure that comes
from self-sacrifice.
The preacher who has to go to Eu-
rope to get ideas, has not entered the
infinite field of truth
Opinions are good thing to have in
life, but an extra pair of suspenders is
often of more practical value.
Calling a man hard names, is often
only another way of saying that he
dares to differ from you in opinion.
1t is merciful provision of provi-
dence that in hours of darkest sorrow
we are not conscious of what we suffer-
Some peoples virtues are like the
boys fish-when the head of vanity
and the tail of selfishness are cut off,
there is nothing left to eat
The mathematics of marriage-man
becomes an integer instead of a frac-
ton; he "halves his sorrows, doubles
his joys" and multiplies his usefulness.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
Doing and Not Doing.

''Sir," said a lad, coming down to
one of the wharves in Boston, and ad-
dressing well-known merchant,
'"have you any berth on your. ship?
want to earn something"
what can you do?" asked the gen
tleman.
Il can try my best to do whatever
1 am put to do" answered the boy.
What have you done?
"I have sawed and split all mothers
wood for nigh on two years."
"What have you not done?" asked
the gentleman, who was queer sort
of questioner.
"Well, SIR" answered the boy, after
a moments pause, 81 have not whis-
pered in school once for a whole year.
That's enough" said the gentleman.
.'you may ship aboard this vessel; and
1 hope to see you the master of her
some day. A boy who can master q
woodpile and bride his tongue must be
made out Of good stuff"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
OLD TIME COURTESY.

Of the Sort Found in Oregon When
She Was Young and Unfettered.
There wasn't any particular excite
ment over the hanging of the man
pointed out and arrested at Big Bend
as the chap who stole pack mule from
Colonel Whites camp, over on Fish
River. One of Whites men, who was
over after bacon, happened to meet
the stranger and he went to Jim Red
fern, president of the vigilance COM
mittee, and said:
Jim, is 1t good day for hanging?"
"Wall. tolerably far" replied Jim.
'The kuss who stole our pack mewl
is down in the tin front saloon"
81 see. And you want him hungf
Il don't keer no great shakes about
it myself, but l reckon the kurnel
would be pleased"
I'm willing to obleege Colonel
White, as he's good friend Of mine;
but do you think the critter down thar
has any objechshuns to bein' hung|
''He don't look like man who'd kick
about it. Pears more like a critter
who'd be glad to be off the airth."
w dll, we IL TAKE CuduC6S Ou ulIl,
said Jim, and he went to his shanty and
got a rope and asked eight or ten of
the boys to go along. When the crowd
reached the tin front saloon, the stran-
ger was just coming out.
Say, we want you," remarked Red
fern.
What fur?''
"Goin' to hang you"
"'Cause why?'
eur stealin' Kurnel Whites pack
mewl."
"Wall, fire away"
He was escorted to tree whereon a
dozen more men had been duly hanged
and, lifted upon an empty whisky bar
rel, the moose was soon placed over his
neck.
want to say anythingT' asked Jim,
as all was ready.
''Nothin' tall"
'"Then let 'er CO."
An hour later, Whites man, who had
started for home, returned to hunt up
Mr.. Redfern, and say:
"Look-a-yere, Jim, that feller didn't
steal our mewl."
mo"
mo. They got the feller and the
mewl over at Clay City, and hung him
this mornin'. l thought this was the
feller, but I must hev bin mistook."
81 see Wall, he's bin hung and bur-
led, and we can't help him any now.
Well jest let the next one off, to even
up things. My compliments to the
kurnel, and tell him l shall always
ready to obleege him."-Pendleton
East Oregonian.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
Local Fond. for Road Making.

Probably never before was the sub
ject of good country roads more thor
oughly discussed than in the recent
past. Not alone Is hand-to-hand work
being done by oranges and other farm
ers' organizations, but county, State
and even national officials are working
toward improvement in this great ques-
ton. The United States Department of
Agriculture is making investigation
through it's officers Of road inquiry, un-
der the direction Of Roy Stone. The
latest bulletin on this subject Is from
an address delivered some time ago
by Judge Thayer, Of Clinton, Iowa,
who succinctly remarks that the Uni
ted States annually contributes to the
mud fiend $250,0O0,000, which is total
loss
He favors borrowing money on long
time bond at low rate of interest, using
the taxes to pay the interest and prin-
cipal. 81 am in favor" he said, "of al
lowing the people of a township the
right to vote upon the question of bor-
rowing money, not to exceed certain
per cent. per year, to use in road build
ing. l would have road improvement
a township matter, based on local op-
ton. If the people of one township
want to build a certain number of
miles of good road, would not permit
the people Of another township or the
State Legislature to prevent it. If a
majority Of the people Of township
want good, permanent roads, at cost
within certain prescribed limits, l
would not put it in the power of the
minority to prevent it. 1 would build
good roads with the taxes now paid.
/ would cover the State with a network
of durable, permanent roads, which can
be used every day in the week on
which to haul a full load, and 1 would
do this without increasing the present
road taxation one MILL"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

A German professor, Karl Groos, has
written book on the plays" of ami
mails, in which he undertakes to show
that the desire to indulge in play is a
true instinct among the lower crea
lures. AS in man, the tendency to play
is stronger in young animals. Professor
Groos divides animal sports into a
number of classes. Among them are:
Play-hunting," in which the prey is
sometimes such as the animal natural
ly chases, and sometimes "make-be-
iieve;;" .'play-fghting," "building-play,"
nursing play" "plays of imitation"
and others.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
crumbs, win be found the best food

VI iuuUS, WILL UC lVuAu Tic USSl lOUU
for them.
Do not feed young chicks the white
of eggs, as 1t is very indigestible.
Granulated oatmeal, fed dry, is also
good, but it never should be damp.
ened.
If the chicks cannot get grass in
their runs, it should be provided for
them, or little lettuce cut fine will do
very well, if grass cannot be procured.
Do not allow the chicks drinking
water to get warm by standing in the
sun. Give them fresh water three or
four times day. After the first two
weeks, if you do not want bowel trou-
BILE, milk should be given them to
drink.
Middlings, bran and maize-meal, in
equal parts. make good food. The
mixture should be dampened just
enough that all the parts may be well
mixed together.-Poultry World.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
Ve0efahle S0eda

In buying vegetable and grass seeds,
buy from first-class house, and get
fresh, last years seeds. If the price is
high, get less seed, but prepare the
ground properly and put in plenty of
fine well rotted manure. Sow the vege-
table seeds thin-not more than two or
three seeds to the inch. Mangel seeds
should be sown but one seed to the
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
Cl0Yeraeed.

Before sowing clover seed, harrow
the grain across the drills, then sow
the seed right behind the harrow. If
the land is rich, six quarts of seed will
be enough to sow upon an acre; If the
ground is poor, SOW eight quarts to the
acre. The secret of successful clover
growth is a thin coat of rich manure,
spread over the field either in the fall
or in the spring. Six two-horse loads
will cover an acre. If the stubble is
heavy. cut it off, setting the mower bar
high. The time to cut is about the
middle of August. Make it into hay;
it makes fine feed for young cattle in
winter. The clover should be given a
coat of sixty bushels of lime to the acre
early in the fall. or during the winter
Glover seed sown late on hard, dry
ground is only waste of seed, as there
is not enough moisture to start the
seed, and being late the hot, dry wealth
er will kill the plants if they germinate.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
Easily Suited After All.

A stage manager well known in the
small towns for his ambitious demands
in regard to scenery and stage effects,
yet who was equally satisfied with the
most meager provision, said one morn
ing to the lessee Of wooden booth:
'In the first act shall require a regi-
ment Of soldiers on the right, posse
Of policemen on the left and crowd Of
peasants on the bridges In the center.
Now, how many supers have you?'
1.-TWO, SIR To which he composedly
replied: 'That will do beautifully"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
Repular Sailing of Cows.

1t is important that cows be regular
ly salted at least twice week. If they
have salt before them all the time they
will not eat more than is good for them.
This regular sailing not only increases
milk yield, but also makes it of better
quality. Where cows are salted regu-
larly their milk will keep sweet twen-
ty-four hours longer than will milk
from cows that have suffered for lack
of salt.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
women and the Garden.

Always take the wife's advice about
making the garden, but don't let her do
the hard work. 1t may seem puttering
work, but If SO plant in long, straight
rows with room enough between to use
the cultivator freely. In this way by
horse power much more can be accom-
plished, and the labor being used econ
omically, and on rich land, will make
more profit than the like amount of la
Dor on any part Of the farm outside the
garden
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
AN APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE.

The man who is charitable to himself will
listen to the mute appeal for assistance made
by his stomach, or his liver, in the. shape of
divers dyspeptic qualms and uneasy sensations
in the regions of the gland that secretes his
bile. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, my dear sir,
or madam-as the case may be-is what you re-
quire. Hasten to use if you are troubled with
heartburn, wind in the stomach, or note that
your skin or the whites of your eyes are taking
q sallow hue.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
In Court.

Lawyer-But when you said that did
you not have some ulterior motive In
view?
Witness-What right have you to
question my motives?
Lawyer-I'm not questioning your
motives, Pm questioning you.-Boston
Transcript.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

HE soul fed upon
husks, never gets
fat.
Reason always
walks, but love
runs.
sThe best men
are mother-Inade
men.
A oor free
lunch costs more
than a good din
ner.
The true life is
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
KaMr Corn.


dry-weather crop has justified the
claims of its friends and put to flight
It's enemies. All over that section of
the United States west of the Missis-
sippi River, where Indian corn fails
occasionally, kaftir corn was more
largely grown than ever before during
the season of 1896. The yield was
larger than ever, and as farmers be-
come more and more familiar with cul-
tivating and handling the crop the
early objections gradually disappear.
OF course, last season was not marked
by drouth except in limited areas, but
in Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, aud par
ticularly Oklahoma, dry weather did
some damage to Indian corn, but failed
to hurt the kaffir There is some OBJ
lection on the score of difficulty in cur
ing when it is cut as hay, or put into
shocks, as is Indian corn. AS rule, in
the sections where it is most largely
grown, rains are not at all frequent
during harvest time, and In addition
the atmosphere has peculiar drying
properties, so that experienced grow
ers find nothing to complain of. The
stalks make high grade of forage,
and the grain, when ground, is excel
lent for stock feed, and in number
of cases kaffir meal has been made
into acceptable bread. Broadcasted
fields are cut and harvested as hay,
but where the corn is planted in rows
1t is usually cut and shocked, remain
ing In the field until thoroughly dry.
after which it is stacked. The ground
is prepared as for an ordinary crop of
corn. Drill In the seed so that there
will be a stalk about every six or ten
Agriculturist.
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STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO 6.

LUCAS COUNTY. ss
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co.,
doing business in the city Of Toledo County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9Th day of December, A. D. 1856.
r.Il A. w. GLEASON,
t~) Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY d CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
Feeding Young Chicks.

Chickens do not require food for the
first twenty hours after Matching. At
ter that time they should be removed
from the nest or incubator where they
were hatched. Then for the first week
stale bread, soaked in milk, with the
milk partly squeezed, or the yolk of
hard-boiled eggs, mixed with bread
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

A man wastes lot Of time every day
talking foolishness, AMI in listening to
foolisKness as it is talked by other men.
No wonder his business suffers.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
HOME PRODUCTS AND PURE FOOD

:. All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. 1t is for sale
by frst-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac-
tured by the PACIFIC COAST SYRUP Co. All gen.
uine "1ea Garden Drips" have the manufac-
turer's name Autographed on every can.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
Gras. for Wet Land,

The best grasses for marshy lands
are red top, meadow fescue, fowl
meadow grass, Kentucky blue grass
and meadow foxtail. Land which has
been for twenty years in pasture will
probably not require much, if any, fer
tilizer, but it would be well, before
seeding down, to keep the land under
cultivation for one year. Corn would
be the most suitable crop for this pur-
nOSa
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
Twenty Acres Enough.

If you have but one team. twelve to
twenty acres will be enough to have
under cultivation. Aim to give every
crop four good horse civilizations. The
smoothing harrow is a very valuable
implement. One week after planting.
if the ground is fit, run over the field
the way the corn or pototoes were
planted; the following week harrow
across the rows. These crops may be
narrowed four times. With a good
harrow and a steady team, no hand
hoeing will be required.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

Moths may be kept from furs and
woolens, United States Entomologist
L. o. Howard concludes, by cold stor-
age during the summer at forty de-
grees.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

The island of Malta has language
of it's own, derived from the Carthagin-
ian and Arabian tongues. The nobility
of the island speak Italian.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

For Lung and Chest diseases, Piso's Cure
is the best medicine we have used-Mrs
J. L. Northcott, Windsor, Ont, Canada.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
A Bonn bshelI,

"Well, you see, old man, Pm afraid
the government won't come down with
the cash. He's a sort of bombshell."
"HoW so?"
"He goes off when touch him.
Washington Capital.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
The Quality of Ensiia-e.

AS much care is required in selecting
what shall go into the silo as food for
stock as to what shall be put in the
barn to be fed dry. The silo adds moth
ing to nutritive value. 1t must in any
case slightly decrease 1t, for some fer
mentation must occur to cause the en-
silage to keep. 1t is important that this
fermentation be as rapid as possible,
SO that it can be checked without going
to the acid stage which destroys still
more of what nutrition was put into the
silo. Hence the better quality of feed
put into the silo. retaining as much
moisture as is needed to exclude air.
1t is for this reason that corn that has
come to caring stage makes sweeter
ensilage than the immature stuff that
must ferment until it sours before
enough carbonic acid gas can be iber-
ated to preserve it.-EXchange.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

Owing to the unusual snowfall in
Switzerland the chamois have become
SO tame in some places that they visit
the stables in search of food.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

The craze for things Scottish has in
vaded Africa. The sultan of Morocco
has engaged 'braw Hielandman'' to
play the bagpipes at his court.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

The horse when browsing is guided
entirely by the nostrils in the choice of
proper food, and blind horses are new
er known to make mistakes in their
diet
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
Growing Seeds by Contract.

1t is a great convenience to young
farmers who have too little capital to
make a contract with some scotsman
to grow a part of the crop of seeds or
potatoes that he requires for his Gus
TONER'S There are few seedsmen who
have the land to spare to grow all the
seeds they require. At the same time
they cannot purchase seeds in the open
market that they know will be pure
and without admixture of other varie-
ties. Hence they are glad to furnish
seed for planting or sowing to some
one who will keep it free from mixing
with other kinds. And for this trouble
they can and do pay more than the
average market prices.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

1t has been discovered to bury a man
up to his neck in wet sand is a prac-
tically certain cure for apparent death
from an electric shock.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

Whenever we hear a woman say that
homa, we long to carry her on
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

The most thickly populated country in
Europe is Belgium, and it is also the
most Incorporate.
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The Modern Author.

He padded his jokes, he padded his books,
He padded his poems as well;
But good things come in the course of
time,
For the public padded his cell.
New York Journal
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS OFINTEREST TO FARM.
Err AND HOUSEWIFE.
When the Price Is Low Feed Barley
to Stock-K afRr Corn Grows Success
fully in Regions Affected by Drouth
How to Sow C1overseed.
A Good Farm Crop.

Barley must be gotten in early. A
light, sandy loan, if it is rich enough,
will grow fine crop of barley. A we'll
worked clay loan will also produce
heavy crops, and in some years extra
ordinary crops. The ground for this
crop should be manured the year be-
fore. Potato ground or beet land will
grow excellent crops. The best grow
ers plow their land in the fall, and
early in April, when the ground is fit
to work, harrow the land both ways,
and then drill in two bushels of seed
and two hundred pounds of fertilizer
to the acre. The fertilizer gives the
seed good start. The grain ripens
earlier and has a brighter color. After
the crop is about two inches high, it
should be rolled. The rolling should
be done when the soil is dry. Glover
seed may be sown with barley. If the
ground is in fine tilth and rich six
quarts of clover will give thick set.
One of the advantages of this crop is
that it takes but four months to grow
the crop, and, if the grain is high, it
can be sold, and, if low, it makes an ex-
cellent feed for all kinds of stock, espe-
cially for pigs. Barley ripening early,
the land, if not seeded to clover, should
be narrowed over with the disc harrow,
first one way and then across the field,
and prepared for wheat.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07

1t Is an awfully smart man who
knows enough to know when he Is be-
Ing laughed at
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-07
TRUMPET CALLS.

Ram,s Eorn Sounds a Warming Note
to, the Unredeemed.
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3red Yermin.

Animals kept in warm stables are
less liable to protect themselves
against vermin that they can easily
given free range In summer. The fact
that horse will often choose to roll
on bare soil, especially If dusty, rather
than on the grass, is itself pretty good
evidence that the horse is troubled by
lice. A shrewd horse will often do this
If the soil be wet, and thus cover him.
self with mud. When it dries it is
turned to dust in the process of groom
ing. Dust will kill lice, and when ami
mails have access to bare ground they
are never troubled in this way. Often
in stables where poultry are allowed.
the vermin come from the bodies Of the
hens, finding lodgment on the wood
work of the stable. Prepare kerosene
emulsion with one part of kerosene to
ten Of water, and enough soap to make
it come together in a mixture Wash the
necks and shoulders of all horses In
stables with this occasionally, and the
vermin will cease to trouble. But
whether horses are or are not pestered
with hen lice, poultry have no business
In horse stables. They are very apt to
get in unless doors and windows are
kept closed or protected by screens.
More horses are kept poor by having
fowls soil their feed boxes than by lack
of feed when working hard during the
warm spring weather.-American Gull
tivator.