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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
Cause of Office Drowsiness.

Some men are quite martyrs to Of
flee drowsiness," physician remarked
the other day. ANY monotonous sound
near them, the hum of traffic outside or
even the scratching of clerks pen Is
sufficient to induce a feeling Of sleepi-
ness which it Is almost impossible to
resist. The worst of it is that this
symptom is seldom regarded as any
thing serious, though have known 1t
to be the beginning of critical mental
trouble. Far more often, however, it
is merely the effect of constitutional
eccentricity, though in either case a
few simple remedies might be tried
with advantage.
"For instance, l always advise the
old Indigestion cure-a glass of hot
water-when the feeling comes on. To
keep the eyes tightly closed for three
or four minutes and then bathe them in
very arm water often gives relief at
once. Another good idea is to lower
the head for few seconds to a level
with the knees. Above all, one should
never give in to the feeling of drowsi-
ness by taking a short nap In the hope
of waking up brighter after it. At the
same time the condition of the office
might be looked to. The slightest de-
feet in ventilation will often cause one
man to be affected by office drowsiness,
even though other people in the same
room feel nothing Of it whatever"
London Tit-Bits.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
How TO Drink Water.

The effects produced by the drinking
of water vary with the manner in
which it is drunk. If, for instance, a
pint of cold water be swallowed as a
large draught, or If 1t be taken in two
portions, with short IL .eryal between,
certain definite effects follow-effects
which differ from those which would
have resulted from the same quantity
taken by slipping.
Slipping is powerful stimulant to
the circulation-a thing which ordinary
drinking is not During the act of sip
ping the action of the nerve which
shows the beats Of the heart is abol-
ished, and as consequence that organ
contracts much more rapidly, the pulse
beats more quickly, and the circulation
in various parts of the body is increas-
ed. In addition to this we also find
that the pressure under which the bile
is secreted is raised by the slipping Of
fluid.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
To Mark a Historic spot.

A decidedly belated but no less
worthy movement has been inaugural
ed at Saratoga to properly mark the
site of the historic Fort Ticonderoe::
that figured so prominently in both the
French and Indian wars and that for
American independence. 1t is section
of early struggle in which all New
England was interested, when many
fought valiantly whose descendants
are still among us. The old fort has
fallen into state of regretful neglect;
it is now largely leveled ruin. al-
proach to which is made with much
difficulty. The citizens of the village OF
Ticonderoga have recently held public
meetings for the purpose of arousin:s
an interest and formulating systematic
plans for properly marking the spot al
least, If not doing something to restore
a place of such attractive interest. The
movement has gone so far as to ap-
point working committees to accom-
plish the purpose.
The many memorable localities OF
that vicinity are now said to be suit
ably designated except Forts Ticonder
oga, William Henry and George. The
colonists assisted the English army in
capturing these strongholds from the
French prior to 1760, and then in 11I5
under Ethan Allen drove the English
therefrom, only to lose and win it again
before the revolution was brought to
a close. 1t ought not to be great task
to speedily accomplish the worthy pur-
pose that actuates the people of that
section in this matter, and now that an
organized effort has been begun ii
may be expected to be properly done.
1t has probably never been done be
cause its nature was of that kind
which makes "everybody's business
nobody's business" s."-Manchester IN.
H.) Union.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
Crane GRATING.


An old Clinton vine stood at the cor
ner of the woodhouse which was so Wig
orous that it's branches spread over
everything within reach, but bore no
fruit. In April, 1896, cut both
branches off close to the ground and
grated Delaware grape into one
and an Iona into the other. ! used no
wax, simply wrapped carefully with
strings of cloth, pasted a little mud
over the wound and covered all with
cart except the top buds of the gratis.
Those CRAFTS made a wonderful growth
the first season, owing to the far-reach-
ins roots of the Clinton vine. At close
of the first season the Iona vine was
about eighteen feet long and the Della
ware about twelve. This season, with
the vines one year old, the Delaware
branch bore twenty-four as fine bunch
es of Delaware grapes as l ever saw
The punches and berries were slightly
larger than the Delaware generally
grows, and so compact on the stems
that they could not be picked off easily
without beginning at the end of the
stem.
The Iona branch bore about forty
punches of Iona grapes of the finest
quality. This Is a quick way of get
ting a grapevine into bearing. l tried
the same experiment on a wild grape
vine down in the pasture. 1t grew just
as vigorously, but an inquisitive Jer-
sey COW spoiled the experiment.-Ag-
riculturist.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
Stopl Women,

And consider that in addressing Mrs.
Pinkham you are confding your private
ills to a woman-a woman whose ex-
perience in treating woman's diseases
is greater than that of any living ply
sicfan, male or female.
You can talk freely to a woman when
it is revolving to relate your private
troubles to man; besides, a man does
not understand, simply because he lisa
man.
MRS. PINKHAM'S STANDING
INVITATION.
Women suffering from any form of
female weakness sareinvited to promptly
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. ALI letters are re-
ceived, opened, read, and answered by
women only. A woman can freely
talk of her private illness to a woman.
Thus has been established the eternal
confidence between Mrs. Pinlham and,
the women of America which has never
been broken. Out of the vast volume
of experience which she has to draw
from, it is more than possible that she
has gained the very knowledge that
will help your case. She asks nothing
in return except your good will, and
her advice has relieved thousands.
Surely any woman, rich or poor, is very
foolish if she does not take advantage
of this generous offer of assistance.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
To the Point.

Africa always has been afflicted with
drought, and among the Beers prayers
are regularly offered up-usually when
the drought already has begun-for re-
lief from this evil, and the author of
"On Veldt and Farm" tells a story of
a pastor who pointed out the futility
of assisting people who would not as
sist themselves. A Presbyterian con-
gregation once pointed out to the min
lister that, in view of the impending
drought, it were well to approach the
Almighty on the subject of the rainfall.
81 will not insult the Almighty" re-
piled the sturdy Scot, "by asking such
a favor of Him, after the way in which
you have let His past mercies run away
with you."
The rebuke was leSeled at the made
quacy of the water storage,< and it is to
be hoped was not without due effect
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
Poultry Notes.

Grit must be SharD.
Feed before you water.
Do not feed glass for grit.
Feed a mash the year round.
Good food is positive economy.
Clean out the feed troughs daily.
Oyster shells are too soft for grit.
Never throw soft feed on the ground
Do not feed corn during hot weather
Round pebbles will not answer for
grit.
Half starye your hens and they won't
lay.
In feeding grain in the runs, broad
cast it.
Millet seed is great reproducing
grain.
Bone dust is valuable for growing
chicks.
Always feed the mash crumbly, not
sloppy.
Do not allow the mash to sour in the
troughs.
Charred corn is good for Indigestion
in fowls.
The noon meal is not necessary dur
ing summer.
Beans are excellent feed, being high
ly nitrogenous.
A quart of feed for twelve hens is a
good measurement
No breeder ever gets old enough 20
know everything.
Milk can be fed in any form-sweet,
sour or buttermflk.
Barley is much used in Europe and IS
valuable as variety.
Sorghum and broom corn seeds are
excellent for a variety.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
South Sea Caresses.

When a South Sea Island mother
wishes to chastise her child she seldom
resorts to slapping and slippers
course she has none.
Instead of using the forms of punish
me customary among civilized moth
ers, she pulls the child's hair and bites
some part of the body, generally the
feshy part Of tae arm.
In wandering about the village she
sees many children having on their
body scars produced by wounds infiict-
ed by their mothers teeth.
When a mother wishes to caress her
child she deftly draws her thumb
across it's eyebrows or cheek, or gen
tly seizes it's cheek between her teeth.
The rubbing of noses is also a mark
of affection among the Kingsmill ISL
anders, as it Is among the Maoris of
New Zealand.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
Friahtenine a Grizzly.

A veteran hunter tells in the San
Francisco Chronicle of bear which
backed out of fight frightened by
mans acrobatic performances. He
says:
"A remarkable instance l heard OF
once, where a famous guide coura-
geeusly advanced upon three grizzlies,
an old she-bear and two half-grown
cubs, and by series of ridiculous mon
key-shines and acrobatic manoevures
on the ground within a rod or two of
the bears, filed them with such aston
ishment and apparent fear that the
three hastily retreated into the woods.
.'The guides gun had snapped in
both barrels, he having drawn on the
old bear before the young ones appear
ed. He afterward said that it was in
a fit of desperation that he tried the
turning Of a handspring and jumping
up and down, Topping his hands and
resorting to other unhunterlike meas
ureS.
.sHe had been told once that a hunter
had frightened mountain lion away
by similar absurd movements, and he
found that it worked to perfection in
the case of the bears, although he did
not encourage any one to go hunting
grizzlies armed with nothing more than
q capacity to turn somersaults."
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
Valuable Autozr aph Collection.

One of the largest collections of auto
graphs in Connecticut is owned by'Will-
lam L. Ransom Of Litchfield. In his
selection he has confined himself main
ly to the pen written letters and pcr-
traits of the members of the provinci:l
congress, the signers Of the Declaration
of independence, the Presidents of the
United States, Senators and Represen-
tatives of Congress, Supreme Court of
ficials and famous army and navy of
ficers. He has the autograph Of every
President. Mr.. Ransom found that An
drew Joknson's autograph was the
most difficult to secure, from the fact
that johnson wrote little, and when he
did write used a lead pencil instead of
a men,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

nv VIE" 66F 6N TO "S
We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word " "CASTORIA,' and
"PITCHER'S CASTORIA,'' as our Trade Mark.
I, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,,
was the originator of" PITCHERS CASroRIA,' -
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac-simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original PITCHERS
CAsToRIA" which has been used in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind Jon hare 0Iz0ays bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MD.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
Development of Swedish Iron.

An interesting paper on the develop
ment of the Swedish iron industry,
read by Mr.. Wahlberg at Stockholm
before the international congress for
methods of testing, stated that while
in 1888 the mean daily outturn of a
furnace did not exceed 2.S tons, the
average in 1896 was 1875 tons, and the
highest 1926 tons, the total product of
charcoal iron being 1852, $50 tons
Sweden has now thirty Bessemer con-
verters, thirty-three open-hearth fur
naces and five crucible steel furnaces.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
Good Roads Crusade.

The crusade for good roads is to be
taken up on new and very extensive
scale this year. The executive commit
Stee of the L. A. w. has just approved
a proposition submitted by the good
roads committee, to print and distrib-
ute an edition of 100000 pamphlets,
and particularly to the subject of state
aid to highways. The Government bu-
reau is working with the L. A. w. to
carry out the plan.
Otto Dorner, of Milwaukee, chair
man of this committee, is preparing
this book for the press, in which he
has the assistance of Gen. Roy Stone.
the head of the United States Bureau
of Road Inquiry at Washington. The
national committee for highway i'm
provement and the officers and mem
bers of the league. will collect the ad-
dresses of farmers and State and local
officials to whom the pamphlets are
to be sent.
The highway improvement commit:
tee has had this project under consfd-
GRAFTON for over a year, but 1t is only
within the last few days that the plan
for Issuing and circulating the pam
phlets has been finally perfected. AT the
good roads parliament at Nashville last
September, Mr.. Dorner and A. B.
Choate of Minneapolis, members Of the
national committee, laid the matter be-
fore Gen. Stone, who at once declared
that the undertaking would have every
possible support and encoura cement
from his bureau. Gen. Stone has is
sued, since the establishment of the
good roads bureau, some fifty different
bulletins relating to various phases Of
the good roads problem, and containing
great deal of valuable information
but the appropriations made by Con-
gress for the support of. the bureau be-
ing limited in amount, it has been i'm
possible to circulate them upon large
scale. 1t is partly for this reason that
this enormous edition of pamphlets is
to be issued by the L. A. W., and they
will contain the condensed results of
all the many valuable inquiries made
by the good roads burea u, both in this
country and abroad. They will explain
the losses due to bad roads, illustrat te
the different methods of constructing
macadam, Telford, gravel and dirt
roads, both in Europe and in America,
and discuss the various means and
methods for raising funds to pay for
| improved highways. Special attention
will be paid to the plans successfully
adopted in New Jersey and Massachu
setts. Both the l.. A. w. officials and
|
collection of photographs of good and
bad roads, taken in this country and in
Europe, which will be employed In il
| Illustrating the proposed book. Work
ing drawings, made by prominent en-
g>aers, will be used to illustrate the
various methods Of road construction.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
HAWAII AND JAPAN.

Dispatches from Washington state that there
are about to be important developments in the
Japanese imbroglio with the government of the
Hawaiian Islands. However this may be, Ger
tain it is that the disturbance of the stomach
caused by-simple indigestion will develop into
chronic dyspepsia unless checkmated at the
start. The finest stomachfc is Hostetter's stom.
ach Bitters, which promptly rectifies gastric
trouble and does away with irregularity of the
bowels and liver
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
What Hungry Hogs will Do.

The Agricultural Epitomist says:
"a bunch of hungry hogs will do a
good job turning and fning coarse
straw manure if some grain is sown
upon it. Occasionally their roofing
propensities may be utilized in other
ways" A Maine farmer is said to re-
move stumps by fencing them in, max
ing holes under them with crowbar.
placing grain in the holes and turning
hogs into the enclosure. In roofing
among the roots the hogs are said to
root the stumps out by the roots.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
Goethe the Popular Favorite.

The London publisher, Walter Scott.
recently asked the subscribers to his
"Scott Library" to ballot on the ques-
ton of what classic they would have.
for the 191st volume of that series
Goethe was victor In the composition
and a selection from his critical paper.
was accordingly chosen.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28

meat, l kill them by knocking on the
head and bleeding them. The meat is
first-rate The demand for breeding
has been so good that 1 intend to in
crease my stock as fast as possible
Massachusetts Ploughman.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
HOME PRODUCTS AND PURE FooD

All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and OF heavy body, is made from
glucose. "Ted Garden Drips' is made from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. 1t is for sale
by frst-class grocers in cans only. Manuiac-
tured by the PACIFIC COAST SYRUP Co. All gen.
uine "Ted Garden DriDs' have the manufac-
turer's name lithographed on every can.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
Linseed VS.. Cottonseed Meal.

While fully grown animals with
strong digestive organs can eat cotton
seed meal, properly diluted with straw
or hay, without serious injury, it is
doubtful whether it is advisable to
make this part of their ration. Lfnseed
meal can be purchased at about the
same price as cottonseed meal, and has
equal nutrtive value. The new proc
ess meal is the kind generally used 1t
is not so fattening as the old process
meal, because more of its oil has been
expressed. FlaXseed whole is very rich
feed, and if boiled so as to swell it out
all that hot water can do, 1t may be
given to cattle. sheep or horses with
safety. Only very little should be
given at a time, as the oil in it makes
it very laxative, and a small amount
daily is better tnan more. There is
nothing better for an animals hair
than little fiaxseed daily. 1t will in
sure the shiny coat. which, in either
COW or horse, is a sign of thrift.-Amer-
lean Cultiyator.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28

Representatives of the Methodist
church are in session at Washington
for the purpose of effecting union of
the M. E. church North and South.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
The Salt Habit.

The use of salt as a condiment Is so
general and so universally believed In
as necessary that We rarely hear
word against its excessive use, but
there are multitude of persons who
eat far toe much salt-eat it on every
thing, on meat, fish, potatoes, melons,
in butter, on tomatoes, turnfps and
squash. ia bread and on host of foods
too numerous to mention. To SO great
an extent is it used that no food is
reIished which has not a salty taste,
and this hides more ,or less the real
taste, which is often very delicate.
Now, the amount of salt required in the
system is comparatively small, and if
the diet has been rightly compounded
very little is necessary. Some go SO far
as to discard its use altogether, but
whether this is wise or not we will not
here consider. What are some of the
evils of 4he excessive use of salt? They
are to paralyZe the nerves of taste, or
to pervert them so they cannot enjoy
anything which has not salty favor.
and in addition there is direct tax on
both the skin and the kidneys in re-
moving it from the blood. Whether
the skin is harmed by this tax we 90
not know. Possibly it is not greatly in
jured, yet we know that few people
possess a healthy skin; but it is now
pretty well settled that an excessive
use of salt does overtaX the kidneys
in its removal. and that the great num-
ber of cases of arrangement and dis
ease of these organs is due to this use.
1t takes only little time to learn to
enjoy many kinds of food without salt.
and we advise our readers and others
to leok into this matter and to try and
diminish the use of this condiment so
far as possible. We believe they will
be better for it.-Journal of Hygiene.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
The Japanrs, Way.

The japanese version of "A glass OF
wine with you, sir!" is peculiar. You
empty your cup, plunge it into a bowl
of clean water, move off your mat, and
after putting the cup to your forehead,
offer it upon your open palm and with
a low bow to the person you desire to
toast. He receives it in the same man
ner, and the servant fills it for him. A
few minutes after he returns the cup
with like ceremony.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
How to IrriRate.

A writer who has observed methods
in California, Arizona, Utah, Wyom-
ing. Nebraska and other States has
concluded ID that the best method is
the old and well known one of gravita-
! ton, taking the water from streams
and conveying in bitches to the land
where it is to be used.- Sublrrigation,
where it is practicable, gives good re-
suits. Where water Is raised by pump
ing with a lift of ten to forty feet a
water wheel or turbine connected with
a centrifugal pump Is cheapest and
most satisfactory. Windmills for lift
ing water for the ordinary farmers
garden or small truck farming are de-
sirable, provided wooden tanks are
used or the soil is such that water
tight reservoir can be built. Centrif-
ugal pumps, water elevators or other
pumps when driven by steam or gaso-
line engines, horsepower or other ex-
pensive methods are impracticable.
He tells in the American Agriculturist
that he does not regard any method
practicable for general farming except
where water flows direct from streams
In bitches at low cost.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28

After being swindled by all others, send us stamp
for particulars of King Solomon's Treasure, the
ONLY renewer of manly strength. MASON
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
Voted Early and Often.

Rev. Washburne West, who died
lately in London. had the distinction Of
being able, through judicious distri-
button of his property, to cast twenty
three votes at each parliamentary cleo
ton. He was kept busy in rushing
from one polling place to another on
election day, as he was interested in
politics. At the 1892 election he man
aged to vote the Conservative ticket
seventeen times.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-28
breeding Wild Geese.

1t is usually difficult to mate geese
that have been captured alive, for most
of them have already been mated and
will not take on new love. But some
times young geese are secured, and II
these are placed with domestic geese
each one will select its mate and re-
main faithful during life. The cross
with wild geese improves the size and
hardness of the domestic goose. But
it has the disadvantage of perpetuatfng
sona of the migratory tendencies of IL
wild half of the cross. All geese wiz
respond to flock of wild geese flying
overhead, and they doubtless hear
their cries much more quickly than do
persons. Often in spring or fall when
~ flock of geese is making a loud
squawking, if one looks up into the
sky he will see flock of wild geese fly
ing overhead. 1t is always best to clip
one of the wings of all geese, especially
of those that have any wild blood In
them. Wild geese that have been cap
tured after attaining full growth are
especially liable to be led astray. They
are probably looking for the old mate
they had before they fell under man
control.-American Cultivator.