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dkrkllb dinette. I8iud Every Friday Morning; by fhe Gazette Publishing Co, B.W.JOHNSON,. f Editor and Business Manager. CORVALLIS, OREGON, Mar. 26, 1897. SOME LINCOLN POULTRY. It is perhaps not impertinent to remark that the Gazette did not support Senator Mitchell be cause a lot of political old hens throughout the state attached themselves to his cause, but rather despite that fact. It was Mr. Mitchell's misfortune that his active adherents were not all such men as Judge Denny, Chas. Fulton, Judge Carey, Sol Hirsch and the Patterson boys. He was handicapped by the presence at Salem of a crowd of peanut politicians who discredit ed his otherwise respectable cam paign with their unsought sup port. This paper desired Senator Mitchell's re-election because he is able, experienced and influen tial and could and would well represent all of Oregon in the national senate. It desired his election because he is a republi can. It desired his election be cause he was the logical candi date against a corrupt machine that has betrayed the republican party time after time. The GA ZETTE advocated . his return, as an Oregon newspaper interested, in the welfare of the state, and not as a Mitchell newspaper in terested in the welfare of Sena tor Mitchell. . The Gazette has no fault to find with those who honestly and decently opposed Senator Mitchell's re election. They certainly had a right to their judgment. But it is difficult to understand how they can endorse the desperate and dangerous methods employed to defeat him, and probably they do not. It is believed, with reason, that recent events, which have demonstrated an unpardonable conspiracy be hind the opposition to Mitchell, win so influence nis nonest op ponents that he will, eventually. be returned to the United States senate. wU A genuine, honest, practical sentiment is behind his candi dacy. His support is not con fined to the political biddies who, having long ceased to lay, make up in cackle what they lack in usefulness. Senator Mitchell can hardly help their roosting in liis trees. There are a few of these birds in Lincoln county, For some comically mysterious reason they are cackling at a few Benton county republicans They evidently desire the Ga ZETTE to notice them, and the Gazette, if anything, ing. is oblig- An obscure little organ of these dolorous fowls, with the boldness of unimportance, in a libelous screed, asks why the Gazette did not abuse Senator Carter and Representative Lake for staying out of the joint con vention. This is an astounding question. The Gazette never presumed to think for these gen tlemen. Both are intelligent and honest They doubtless had as good a right to consider the joint convention illegal and iutile as others had to deem it legal and important. The GA ZETTE hoped that both would enter the joint convention, for it believed that such convention was competent to elect a senator and said so. But it does not feel it' to be its duty to berate gentle men for having opinions of their own. It is but just to Senator Mitchell to add that the senti ments of. the little Newport dodger are not his sentiments nor are they in any way inspired by him. He has only kindly feelings for Senator Carter and Representative Lake. The Gazette never aspired nor professed to have any partic ular influence with either legisla tors for Lincoln or Benton coun ties. Nor has this paper any "secret policy." Messrs. Carter and Lake have the respect of their fellow citi zens, and the silly slanders of an irresponsible fool will hardly disturb their equanimity. This paper cannot speak for them. It only speaks for itself, and this to satisfy local jnaligners. A Bird of a newspaper pub- 1ichfr1 at t1i pact' pnH of tbic county Lagle by name in de fence of the position taken by the "Hon. E. J. Davis" during the late hold-up of the legisla ture, says that "Mr, Davis has been true to himself and the common people that he repre sents." The Tribune is quite willing to admit that the Hon. Mr. Davis has been true to him self; also that the people he rep resents are common very com mon. So let it drop. Pendle ton Tribune. The appointment of Binger Hermann as laud commissioner gives great and general satisfac tion to the entire west. ; He is an exceptionally capable man aiid a worker. President McKinley lias made a wise selection. IMPROPER CRITICISM. The Eugene Guard demeans itself by its recent attack upon President Chapman, of the Stale University. A man's household arrangements cannot be considered a legitimate sub ject for newspaper criticisms. The Guard condemns President Chapman for employing a Jap anese servant and adds: "It may be the fault of lack of aesthetic culture and training that renders our western people incapable of appreciating the propriety of taking such a male servant into a household compos ed of but man and wife. Our training, however, has been ac quired in the wild and wooly west, and we may not be capable of appreciating the cosmopolitan spirit and brotherhood-of-man ethics displayed in daily house hold association with the broth er of the yellow race. We hope we shall never advance to a stage of culture where such compan ionship will be agreeable." The employing of Oriental servants in the .United btates was original with the "wild and woolly west." But it is hardly the custom, .as the Guard would imply, in either the east or the west, for families to make house hold companions of their Chi nese cooks. The Guard has over-stepped the bounds of newspaper propri ety in its strictures. Ihe. em ployment of family servants has nothing to do with President Chapman's educational and ex ecutive abilities. INDECENT JOURNALISM. A vulgar and indecent adver tisement appeared in the Orego nian of March 18th. The lan guage used would have shamed the Police Gazette. It is need less to remark that the Oregonian is altogether too decent to'publish such uncleanliness free. The advertisement was too columns wide and half a column long, and was well paid for. In the same issue, the Orego nian editorially apologized for filling its columns with prize fight news, referred to Iugalls as an "intellectual harlot" and re marked that the "the idea that girls., .should be protected from fevit associations may be an old one, but woe betide the family in which it is recklessly disre garded." The Portland Oregonian is a synonym for shameless hypoc racy. A QUESTION OF PARSNIPS. A bushel of bulbs is the root of the present trouble at the Ore gon Agricultural College. The botanical department is panic stricken. Prof. Hedrick and Mr. Maude, of Monroe, have had a tilt con cerning the plants that were re cently experimentally fed to calves on the college farm with deadly effect. "Come into the garden, Maude," requested the professor, "and be taught the secrets of the parsnip and the hemlock." Maude came with a brickbat of authorities and the professor hastily retired. The case is interesting. A Lincoln county farmer sent 'to he college, a bushel of bulbs and asked their name, stating that cattle died. feeding on them The botanical department con cluded .that they were wild pars nips. ' Some eight years ago, at the college, wild parsnips were fed to cattle, with no bad effect The Lincoln county bulbs were fed to two calves, which immedi ately died. Ergo, wild parsnips were poisonous. Mr. Maude suggested that the bulbs were not wild parsnips, but wild hemlock. Prof. Hed rich had in the meantime been informed by practical botanists .that the plant fed the calves was wild hemlock, which contains a deadly poison. He then .pro ceeded to inform Mr. Maude that wild parsnip and hemlock were one and the same thing. The latter asserted the contrary, quoting Huxley and . Fanhi- land. Mr. Maude is evidently cor rect. All the authorities recog nize the existence of a plant which they call wild parsnip, The wild hemlock is another plant altogether, and does not be long to the parsnip family. It more resembles parsley. Wild parsnip, when eaten, sometimes has malignant consequences from the excess of acids, the same effect that, in a lesser de gree, green apples cause. Ma tured, it is harmless. Wild pars nip is not poisonous in the sense that wild hemlock is poisonous. It is plain that the two calves were sacrificed because the bo tanical department of the college lacked botanical knowledge. The Oregonian asks "What is the matter with Oregon?' ' There are several things the matter. Too much Oregonian, too much Corbett, too much Simon, too much Kincaid, too much populism, and not enough manifested common sense and common honesty.. As was the judgment of the Independent last week, Hon. H. W. Corbett, Gov. Lord's sena torial appointee, will not be ad mitted to a seat in the senate. If the Oregonian had thrown its voice and strength in favor of allowing a majority of the re publican legislators to organize the legislature and elect a repub lican to the United States senate, we would have an additional vote in the senate for protection and sound money. We badly need that vote. Hillsboro Inde pendent. If the counties can, under the law."apply the money raised for state taxes to the reduction of their debts, instead of sending it to Salem for the state treasurer to speculate with for two years, they should certainly do so. If the law forces this money into the state treasury to lie idle, as far as the state is concerned, for two years, the people have but to thank the Corbett-Simon-Scott-Lord-Kincaid populist com bination for it. The state treasurer . deposits most of the state money . in the First National bank of Portland. Corbett did not secure the sena torship, but the money he ex nenderl in holding ud the leisla- O A A ture will not be lost to him, if the law compels the counties to pay over the state taxes. The Oregonian s says of Mr. Hermann: "He is a good man. He has no principles and no opinions to maintain." The latter sentence does not fit Bing er Hermann, but it admirably defines Harvey Scott's ideal good man. "The Oregon legislature did meet last winter, it is true, but it did not organize, and conse quently could not elect anybody." It could organize. There are occasionally distinctions without differences. Cattle Poison. The latest press bulletin issued by the Oregoii Experiment Sta tion contains an article by Prof. French, giving the results of an experiment in feeding poisonous roots to cattle. The detailed account of the I experiment is-highly interesting and it will doubtless be ol great lvalue to the Oregon fanners to j know that cattle will die with j spasms alter eating there poison ous herbs, the name ana nature 01 which is left in doubt by the sta tkm botanist. The bulbs in ques tion were sent to the station iron) Lincoln county and it appears that the sender was aware of the fatal consequences resulting Iroin feeding them to cattle, and was anxious to know if there was an anlidoie for the poison. From the station information was given out that the bulbs were wild parsnip roots and that they were to be fed to a couple of calves at the college in order to determine their effect. The experiment was tried, the calves died and the public was in formed that it was wild parsnips that had killed them. In; his bul letin, given below, Prof. French admits that Prof. Iledrich, the Station botani&t, was unable to state whether or. not the roots used in the experiment were from the plant known as wild parsnip, but that he has since learned from other botanists that the '. bulbs are not wild parsnip roots. It is most likely that the bulbs are wild hemlock roots, a large, poisonous herb of the parsley family that is sometimes mistaken for cow-parsley. If this be the case, there ought to have been no. trouble in determining that the bulbs used in the experiment were not wild parsnip roots, for wild parsnip and hemlock are not even of ihe same family. Professor French's article is given bely w in full: "A communication was received at the Station from Waldport, Lin coln county, regarding cattle pois oning. A sample of the .root which caused the difficulty Was sent to the botanist for examina tion. On consultation 'with the professor, we determined to test the effect of the root on animals at the Station. A bushel of f'ootv were forwarded to us from the in jury first occurred. 'We determined to feed an an imal oil the material first' to de termine whether the bulbs would actually .; kill. . Experiments had been carried 011 at the Station some eight years ago, in the leed ing of wild parsnip, without any injurious effects, hence we wished to determine whether this -material, which was said to be wild pars nip, would actually kill It may be stated that we were in doubt as to whether the roots were from the plant known as wild parsnip. ' 'A bulb was cut;- into small pieces, mixed with a carrot cut up in the same wayand fed to a two year-old grade, .heifer. The material was fed af "8 o'clock a. m., and at 9:30 the animal was dead. The poison performed its work so quickly ,7 after : the first symptoms, that e werjb unable to be present jat ' tlitf moment death occurred, , but reached the place soon after, i The animal ev idently died in a. spasm. It was in a stall and,-falling on the reft side, never regained its feet. Froth and foam -escaped from the mouth in considerable quantities. "On post mortum examination, pieces of the ro6t were found in the rumen, and in - the reticulum, or second stomach. "". None was found beyond the second stomach. It was somewhat surprising to find not more than two drams of the root in the stomach.' A very small aniaunt might have passed beyond recognition by mastication, but a careful examination was made, resulting in the above amount. From the amount left in the feed box, it was evident that only a very small portion had been eaten. "The lungs were badly congest ed, otherwise there were no ab normal conditions noticed in the abdominal or thoracic cavities. "The following day we deter mined to make another- trial of the material, and if possible, coun teract the effect of the poison with an antidote. "A calt one year old was select ed for the experiment. The tem perature of the animal was taken in the evening and morning pre-. ceding the experiment. The.n6r; mal was found to be 102V de grees. . "Two bulbs the size of an egg were cut and" mixed with carrots, and a little grain sprinkled over the roots to induce the l&himaj Jo. eat them. The root is not'" espec ially relished, but when : an ani mal is hungry f r something green, I imagine they would be quite readily eaten. The animal men tioned ate the mat' rial - under pro test, in order to get the grain and carrots. ' ' . v ' "The material was led at 9:15 a. m.; at 9:40 the temperature was 103, and the muscles about the nose began to twitch. At -10 o'clock the temperature had risen to 103; no other changes, except the animal was a little uneasy. At 10-25, temperature 104, . and the animal began to tremble about the flanks. Eyes watered very freely. At 10:35, somewhat excited; temperature 1044,. At this time the animal began to uri inate very-freely and-this contin ued until death ensued. ; At, 10:45 the animal fell over 011 its left side with a spasm. Ihe eyes were drawn and the muscles were very rigid and contracted violent ly. The animal fell backward rather than sideways, and when part way down, rolled on its side. "As soon as possible, the animal was given an ounce ofspirits of turpentine in a quart of milk, and and immediately the animal re covered its feet and began to walk. Its limbs were stiff and it walked with a straddling gait. At 10:55 the temperature stood at 104i and the animal was perspir ing very freely. The respiration were very hurried, being almost double the usual number per min uted Symptoms seemed to im prove for a time 4 but soon there were indications lof severe spasms. The dose of turpentine :and milk was repeated and the animal stood uphill 11:30, when it went down as before. ? .A full do'sfe of tincture of acconite with a quart of v milk, but no results were no ticed; immediately a hypodermic injection of nitro glyerihe was made, but with no results. The spasms 'Were almost continuous from the time the animal fell over until death took place at 11:45, just two and one-half hours from the time the poison was adminis tered. The highest temperature reached was 106 degress "Since the experimental feeding of the root, Professor Hedrick has received samples from several botanists. to whom samples of the roots were sent for identification, and all have replied that the plant is not wild parsnip or water pars nip (Sium L.), but a plant closely resembling the former, called wat er hemlock (Cicuta L.) r As" to the exact species, we are not cer tain, but investigations' will be made to settle this point." " WEUS ITEMS. .Jake Hecker called on" friends at Park er last Sunday. Fred Tomlinson visited friends west of Suver last Sunday. The Artisan entertaiment has been postponed until some future time. The farmers iu this section are taking advantage of the good weather. Mas. J. A. Carter is very sick, 'but is reported some better at present. The literary. society here is .progressing nicely and our society paper is becoming quite an attraction.' r. Miss Josie -Hecker left; lasto!wek for Dixie,- whereshe goes to spend the sum mer. Don't look S3 downcast, boys. She will be back this fall.; " ' Wm. Hartless, of Corval'lis, was iu this part of the country, working in the interest of the Corvallis Creamery. He is trying to' establish a skimming station at Wells. We hope he will succeed.. , ' . ' WEW.S. Laxnted Bromo Quinine Tablets do not affect the head or produce nervouinesj like the Sulphat; of Quinine. Messrs. Graham & Woriham are authorized to refund the money in every cage where it fails t cura Coughs, Colds or La Grippe. Price 25 c-nts. Wheeler's Wonder for kidney, liver and stomach trouble, nervous and sick headache, purifies the blood and builds up the system; once used,, always used. For sale by Allen & Woodward. Notice to Creditors. Notice is hereby given that the under signed has been appointed administra trix of the estate of Anna 'V. Halgate, deceased, by the county court of the state of Oregon for Benton county. All persons having - claims against said estate are required to present the same, proper ly verified, to me, at my residence, or at the office of E. Holgate, ,both in Corval lis, Oregon, within she months from the date of this notice. . ' , Dated this 1 2th day of February, 1897. Hr,EN L. HotGATE, Administratrix. Rattlesnakes, and Washington Irving said, he supposed a certain hill was called "Rattlesnake Hill" because it abounded in butterflies. The " rule of contrary " governs other names. Some bottles are, sup posedly, labeled ".Sarsaparilla" because they are full of . . .well, we don't know what they are full of, but we know it's not sarsapa rilla; except, perhaps, enough for a flavor. There's only one, mate of sarsaparilla that can be relied on to be all it claims. It's Ayer's. It has no secret to keep. Its formula is open to all physicians. This formula was examined by the Medical Com mittee at the World's Fair with the result that while every other make of sarsaparilla was excluded from the Fair, Ayer's Sarsapa rilla was admitted and honored by awards. It was admitted be-, cause it was the best sarsaparilla. It received the medal as the best. No other sarsaparilla has been so tested or so honored. Good motto for tire family as well as the Fair : Admit the best, exclude the rest. : Any doubt about it ? Send for the ,( Curebook.'" It kills doubts aiid cures doubters. ' Address: J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mats. OUR OWN LANGUAGE. . Instruction in English at the Oregon Agricultural Col- - .' lege. English is the only language taught in the regular courses at the Agricultural College. This department of the col lege work is well equipped and every student is required to devte a regular amount of study to this important sub ject. A thorough course in English includes instruction of the understanding aBd in struction in expression. At the college as much time is given to the practice in the art of expression and the study of the use of words as to the study of the philosophy of language and the laws to which style must conform. Besides the regular text-books, the best English au thors are studied and the students are made familiar with the cream of English literature. The college literary societies, six in number, admirably supplement the work of this department. The college library is well supplied with representative works iu the English literary field,' while Prof. Horner, who is at the head of the department, has one of the best private literary libraries in the state, to which students are kiudly given free access. -Miss Helen V. Crawford has had chr.rge of the freshmen class this School year. The class is so large, about 150 students taking first year English, that she could not give necessary time to the students of elocution proper. . Mrs. Ida B. Callahan will next term take charge of the Freshman English studies. The text books used in the first year work are Liockwood's English and Cathcart's Lit erature. The students are taught the use of dictionaries .and encyclopedia. They are give, general hints as to mar gins, paragraphing, punctuation, capita li zation" and preparation of manuscript. They take up letterwriting, grammatical and rhetorical and classification, history of the English language and anlysis of words. Prof. Horner has direct charge of the advanced classes. The professor does not favor "smattering" education, but he has established a systematic Course. He in structs the student iu principles and de tails and urges upon him to bra thorough The student is taught to criticise intelli gently and write creditably. Master pieces of the English language are dis cussed and a certain amount of original composition is obligatory. Space does not permit the extended account that this department deserves. CHAIR OF ELOCUTION. At the beginning of the present school year, the chair of elocution, with Miss Helen Crawford, of Albany, as instruc tor, was temporarily added, and the splendid satisfaction she has given as sures its permanancy. The Emerson method of instruction is used by Miss Crawford and is designed to teach oratory as an art, the theory of in struction being based upon the laws of nature, and tend more than other meth ods to develop the individuality of the student. The pupil is taught to make the will sovereign, leaving him free to express his thoughts and emotions ac cording to his own interpretation, by cultivating the imagination, guiding the suns 1 JgcfablePreparationfor As similating ilserooTandRegula tiig the S tomachs and Bowels of Promotes Diestion,ChecrfuI ness and JisstXontains neither Opjurn.Mcitune norMiQEral. Not .Marc otic. bVB afOldTt-SAMUmHrCBEB jttx:Saml JhtutSe&i Jteiptrmint - HGrmSeed - Aoerfect Remedy for Cons ti na tion. Sour Stornach.Oiarrhdca, Worm onvuteions .Feverish ness and Loss of Sleep. Tac Simile Signature of NEW "YORK. EIACT COPY OF WRAPPER, Butterflies, ... ? ? feelings and disciplining all the agents of expression, rather than fashioning him after a certain- model and sacrificing individuality to arbitrary laws. ' The benefits ef this course are felt all along the line of study. There are no set rules to learn and the pupil, being compelled to think and act on his own judgment, is prevented from becoming mechanical. He is taught to read intelligently and understanding and this training proves very helpful to him with his other stud ies. In connection with this depart ment, instructions are also given iu phys ical and voice culture. During commencement week, it is Miss Crawford's intention to give two en tertainments. One night will be devoted to a literary contest, in which represent atives from each of the half dozen liter ary societies of the college will take part. The other evening will be taken up with a popular elocutionary -enter tainment and will be participated in by only the very best talent in the school. THE PROFESSORS. Prof. Horner has 'made English litera ture a life study. He is a careful and discriminate reader and an untiring stu dent. He graduated from Philomath ollege with the degree of Master of Science and later received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Willamette Uni versity. H taught his first school iu Benton couuty in 1872. He has been connected with educational work nearly all his life and has been exceptionally successful. He has had charge of the department of English at the Agricultur al College for several years and his work has always given satisfaction. . Miss Crawford is a graduite of Wil lamette University, having been a pupil of Miss Brown, who received her train ing at the Emerson School of Oratory, Boston. She is oue of the most popular professors at the college and. the impor tance of her work cau not be over esti mated. The pupils geuerally evince a deal of interest in this department and, under Miss .Crawford's able .direction, Jiave made wonderful improvement. Mrs. Ida B. Callahan is a graduate of the colllege. She' is an intelligent wo man and a capable instructress and her long connection with the college as teacher has been uniformly successful. Miss Callahan also teaches history and grammar. "Excuse me," observed the man in spectacles, "but I am a surgeon, and that is not where the liver is." "Never you mind where his liver is,'' retorted the other, "if it was in his big toe or his left ear DcWitt's Little Early Risers would reach it and shake it for him. On that you can bet your gig-lamps." Allen & Woodward. Absolutely pure, perfectly harmless, and invariably reliable are the qualities of One Minute Cough Cure. It never fails in colds, croup and lung troubles. Children like it because it is pleasant to take and it helps them. Allen & Wood ward. Scaly eruptions on the head, chapped hands and lips, cuts, bruises, scalds, burns are quickly cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. ...It is at present the article most used for piles, and it always cures them. Allen & Woodward. THAT THE FAC-SIMILE " SIGNATURE ' OF "':'" IS ON THE WRAPPER i OP EVEBY BOTTtE OF Oastorla is pat up in onebe bottles only. It is not sold in bulk, Don't allow anyone to sell yon anything else on the plea or promise that it is " just as good" and "will answer every pur pose." -W See that 70a get 0-A-S-T-O-B-IrA. SEE at Latet . For NEW We are mow receiving Our Spring aad Summer liae of States direct from the East, in ttae following Shades Styles Prices Chocolate Lace Pointed Toe $3 50 Oxblood " " " 3 5o Black w- " Coin " 3 00 Black ...... " Pointed " 3 50 Chocolate- " ' " 2 50 Black iii, " " " ': ... j 00 Black : l " ' 5o - These shoes we are carrying in all widths from A to EE. : We also have a complete line of the latest button shoes in both pointed and coin' toe. ,' I When completed, our line of Half Shoes will be the finest ever shown in the City. We will be pleased to have you call and examine , our stock and be convinced for yourselves. S. L. KLINE'S; Fancy and G-ROC o AUGUST HODES. liSb Blace to Palatable Lunches, Delicious Coffee and Excellent Meals served at all hours by. HODES jjf 'C&n&en& Nuts, 4 ' . iru-ijTJTjxru-Lf iij-mj-ij-iiru in nririnjruuTJurunjruru The New York Racket Store Is cutting and slashing prices to almost nothing. Bargains We always give, but never such brilliant bargain meteors as now. Ladies Kid Shoes Going at cost Ladies' Blouses at cost. Biggest bargains in Shoes .on the Coast. To pass these values by js throwing away A Golden Chance. Our new Spring .'. Stock l :; Of Clothing . and Gents' Furnishing Goods has commenced to arrive, and we will be ; . '; ' ' showing : '. ,: The Finest Line of Goods in this Department, 'ever shown in this city. CAT T.j -k.2TID SEE' Prices The Lowest. F. L. MILLER, Measures taken for suits made to order and satisfaction guaranteed or no trade. Shades. Spring . . SHOES THE- WHITE HOUSE. riVS rZS JSZ Eat. & HALL. Pies and Cakes, Tobacco and Cigars. 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