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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
THIS is THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
Quaint Sayings and Cute DoinEs of the
Little Folks Everywhere, Gathered
and Printed Here for All Other Lit
tie Ones to Read.

There is really no reason nowadays
why children should not have play
houses of their own, for portable struc-
lures for lawn and garden use are
manufactured.
One house of this. sort is 6 feet 4
inches wide, feet 6 inches long and 3
feet 9 inches tall from the floor to the
point of the gable. This house has one
door and one window. The window is
divided vertically in the middle, the
two halves opening back on hinges at
the side edges. The door has glazed
sash in it's upper part, and it has also
lock and key.
These houses are built in sections,
and they can be put up in different
ways; that is, they can be set up with
the door in the front and the window In
one end of the house, or they can be set
up with both the door and the window
in front; the sections are interchange
able.
There is provided for use with the
house veranda roof, which is made in
sections of the same width as the sec
tions of the house itself, so that these
veranda sections can be put up. to-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12

gether, making a continuous veranda
along one side of the house, or they can
be put up one over a door and one over
a window.
There are made also, for use with
these playhouses, if desired, outside
blinds and screens for doors and win.
dows. The gable ends of this house,
under the roof, are shingled; the side
walls are of matched pine, as is also the
floor, which is made in two sections.
This house can be put up and taken
down in a few minutes.
All sorts of furniture in suitable
small sizes can be brought for the fur
nishing of these houses, including
chairs and tables and settees and vari-
Gus other articles in wood and in wick
erwork, handsome little desks, and
everything needed for parlor or library
or dining room, and there can be
bought for kitchen and other uses the
most complete outfits, including stoves
of the most modern description and
equipped with every sort of cooking
utensils, and there can be had also little
washing machines and ironing boards,
and so on.
The playhouse, in fact, whether it be
of one room or more, can be furnished
as completely as house OF ordinary
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
AliCia's Experiment.

0 LICIA WELLINGTON was 26
AN years old and she had never re-
O- ceived an offer of marriage nor
had a lover Her two younger sisters
were both happily married Gertrude to
q young man who had adored her from
childhood and Lottie to an elderly wild
ever who had fallen in love with her
at her coming-out party. Gertrude had
refused three offers before marrying
John Nelson; Lottie, who was a born
coquette, had received homage from al
most every man she knew from the
time she could talk.
Alicia was serious and rather
naughty. Her friends called her ''in-
tellectual," and this same intellectual
ity made her unpopular with men, who
were generally her interiors in her cho-
sen style of conversation, if not in
depth of thought. Until now Alicia
had affected to despise the other sex.
Lottie's fiirtations and Gertrude's con-
quests had seemed frivolous to her. But
she wished to be a well-rounded woman
and it suddenly occurred to her that
she knew nothing of love, although it
was one of the chief things of life. The
fact that she was different from other
girls and their inferior in one respect
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
We TWO.

Ne two make home of any place we go;
We two find joy in any kind of wealth
er;
Or if the earth is clothed in bloom or
snow,
If summer days invite, or bleak winds
blow,
What matters it, We two are together?
We two, we two, we make our world,
our weather.
We two find youth renewed with every
dawn;
Each day holds something of an I'M
known glory.
We waste no thought ON grief or pleasure
gone;
Tricked out like hope, time leads us on
and on,
And thrums upon his harp new song or
story,
We two, we two, we find the paths of
glory.
We two make heaven here on this little
earth;
We do not need to wait for realms
eternal,
We know the use of tears, know sor-
rows worth,
And pain for us is always loves rebirth,
Our paths lead closely by the paths
supernal;
We two, we two, we live in love eternal.
Century.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
versant, for he had always known that
Sho was ssiDtpIIaot11a1n

verSant, Tor he had always known that
she was intellectual"
1t was scarcely a week before Reggy
again presented himself at the Yelling
tons. He asked for Miss Wellington
instead of for 1.-The ladies'" He was un-
conscious of the neglect Of Mrs. Well
ington, but wary Alicia smiled when
she, alone, was summoned to the draw
ingroom.
"Oh, Mr.. De Greve," she said-hereto-
fore she had called him Reggy-''I am
so glad to see you. l know you can
help me solve something that has been
worrying my poor BRAIN
She took seat beside the young man
and submitted the something" that
had been worrying her. 1t was only a
charade, an intricate one, however, tC
which Alicia knew the answer. Reggy
did not suspect that and he was good
at puzzles. He solved this one easily
and explained the elaborate process to
Miss Wellington.
THANK you, Mr.. De Greve, you are
so clever" said Alicia, exactly as she
had heard Lottie say the same words
to different men at least a hundred
times.
That evening as Reggy went away his
predominant thought was ''She thinks
me clever"
In the course of time Alicia convinced
Reggy that she was uncommOnly pref
ty, agreeable, not too wise, and alto
gether charming-just the woman to
II 1t, ,xNlr hi
spend his rather large patrimony. She
also convinced him that he was good
looking, clever, witty, and manly. In
deed, under the sun of her approval he
grew wonderfully until he was quite
different Reggy.
At last the schemed for proposal took
place. Satisfied with himself and much
more than satisfied with the accom-
plished Alicia, Reggy asked her to be
his wife. Alicia foresaw the coming
offer, of course. She made ready to re-
fuse it. She even chose her next vic
tim, William Giles, a lawyer of skill
and renown. He would be difficult to
enthrall, but a foeman worthy of heI
steel.
But she did not think of William
when Reggy proposed. She watched
1.-The boy" as she called him in her
heart, with curious pride. "How well
he does it." she thought. Love has
made a man of him. He is desperately
in earnest; he is charming is adora-
ble"
why, Reggy," she said aloud, to he1
own astonishment, Il believe do love
you. Yes, 1 will marry you, after all
yes, yes l will"
The happy Reggy did not notice the
peculiar wording of Alicia's acceptance
of his heart and fortune. He had wor
her and his joy seemed complete. Nc
one but his wife ever knew that he hat
been the subject of an experiment.
Chicago Tribune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
Wheat Lands to Be Opened.

The alarm about the early exhaustion
or insufficiency Of the worlds wheat
supply may be somewhat abated by the
facts in connection with an application
for charter Of a new Canadian railroad.
The title of the proposed road is the
Quebec and Lake Huron, and it's route
is from the mouth of French River, on
Georgian Bay, across the Ottawa at
Mattana and the St. Maurice at
Grandes Piles, to Quebec. The distance
is 44O miles, or 135 miles shorter than
from Parry Sound. Included in the
line is a great plateau, embracing
100000 acres of forest and farming
lands, now out Of reach Of railroads,
and said to be capable of easily sup
porting a population of 100000.
The region through which the new
road will pass is well adapted to wheat
growing, and the plan includes great
grain elevators for the accommodation
Of this resource. incidentally the
project calls attention to the fact that
Canada has other large tracts of unde-
veloped territory adapted to the grow
ing spring wheat. This area, added to
that about to be opened by the Trans
Siberian Railroad, will certainly post
pone for some years the shortage pre-
dicted by Sir William Crookes. Mean
time the wheat farmer is not receiving
a price for his product Indicative of any
popular fear or speculative belief in the
failure Of the supply.-Pittsburg Dis
match
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
FOUR RICH FOREIGN MISERS.

Made Fortunes by Begging In Different
Countries Across Sea.
In Austria a man who was without
feet or arms seven years ago, lacking
two months, sentenced to hard labor
for that terms of years, is said to be
well and hearty and with eager longing
looks forward to the day when he shall
be liberated. Simon Oppasich is his
name. Born legless and armless, he
managed in the course Of fifty years
to make, purely by begging, $60,O0O,
and this huge sum he was in the habit
of carrying about with him by day and
hiding in the wall of the cellar where
he slept by night. He got into trouble
with the Austrian police by declaring
that he was destitute and taking an
oath to that effect.
Lately in England died one Isaac Cor
don who had been a professional beg
gar, and when he was picked up lifeless
out of the street it was found that he
had SIS, ZOO on his person. And a writ
ing was likewise found that signifies
that he had made a will. Volunteer
heirs are coming forward in numbers.
The miser of the story book usually
boards his money in good red gold
under the hearthstone or in some such
uncomfortable spot. Real misers of to-
day seem as rule to prefer bank notes.
They are certainly more easy to handle.
Tori, notorious Italian beggar and
miser, who died a little time ago, after
life of gripping want and misery, left
100000, all of which was hidden in
boxes, tins and behind the tattered wall
paper in his room. 1t was almost en-
tirely in paper money. Another man OF
the same type who died at Auxerre, in
France, in 1898, left a large sum In
bonds, but most Of his wealth he had
invested in rare wine. No less than 400
bottles of one very choice vintage over
eighty years old were found in the Gel
lar he lived in. This he must have
bought bottle by bottle. 1t was prac-
tically certain that he himself had nev-
er SO much as tasted drop of this liq-
uid gold.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
Ntengu! ntcngu!
Chips, return to your placesi
Chips, return to your places!
Chips, be quick!
Saved by a Doll.

An exchange gives a story told by an
Indian agent Of the manner in which a
doll averted an Indian war.
On one occasion Gen. Crook was try
ing to put band Of Apaches back on
their reservation, but could not catch
them without killing them, and that he
did not wish to do.
One day his men captured little In
dian girl and took her to the fort. She
was quiet all day, saying not a word,
but her beady black eyes watched ev-
erything. When night came, however,
she broke down and sobbed, just as any
white child would have done.
The men tried in vain to comfort her,
until the agent had an idea. From an
officers wife he borrowed a pretty doll
that belonged to her little daughter, and
when the Apache was made to under
stand that she could have it, her sobs
ce,ssed and she fell asleep When morn
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12

was brought home to her by a medita-
ton ON love and matrimony which fol-
lowed the receipt of letter announc-
ing the engagement of the only I'M
married one of her classmates. To be
sure, Alicia was younger than the other
girls, but she had come out the same
year.
1T is all very well not to marry" she
said to herself in conclusion, but it is
odd not to attract single suitor. There
must be something lacking in me. 1
have always known that l didn't like
men, but it is strange that men don't
like me. l can accomplish almost any
thing if 1 make up my mind to it. L
will have lover. L need not marry
him, of course, but 1 will have him des-
perately in love with me, so that 1 shall
have an impassioned offer; then l will
refuse him.
Alicia cast about her list of male ac-
quaintances with q view to selecting a
suitable man for her experiment. FL
nally she chose Reggy De Greve Reg
gy was year younger than Alicia. He
was as frivolous as any girl and de-
cidedly effeminate in his looks and
ways. He had been one of Lottie'S nu-
merous admirers, in an impassive way,
but he had never gotten up courage to
propose to her. He had not been sure
that he wanted to do so. Now he came
to the house rather because he was used
to coming to see 1.-The ladies' once in so
often. Alicia's mother was fond of
him, for she had known him since he
was in dresses and she regarded him
as a boy. Of Alicia he stood somewhat
in awe.
"Reggy will be good one to begin
with" thought that young woman. He
will be easy to influence. After have
refused him l can try some one more
difficult"
Thus Miss Wellington began her ca
reer as a fiirt. That evening Reggy
came to the house. He found Alicia
wonderfully interesting. She talked
about cotillon figures, pretty girls,
Judges. and golf. Reginald was in de-
mand as a cotillon leader he was
chevalier des DANES, an expert chatting
dish cook, and an aspiring golf player.
"Gwacious, l never thought she knew
so much" he said to himself as he left
the house. But this was only because
Alicia had displayed knowledge of the
subjects with which Reggy was con-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
Digestive Powe1s Of the Ostrich.

The digestive powers of the ostrich
have long ago passed into proverb;
the birds will swallow almost anything
that they can get into their beaks. They
are amusingly greedy, and will gulp
down whole oranges more rapidly than
they can take them into their stomachs,
so that half dozen may be seen pass
ing down their long necks at the same
time, each orange producing queer
looking protuberance. When visitors
stand near the fence Of one of the in
closure the birds will peck in a most
persistent manner at any bright object,
such as the head of an umbrella or a
walking cane, watch chain, locket,
brooch or button. 1t does not surprise
us to be told by the attendant that in
digestion is the prevalent malady
among ostriches, and usually Is respon-
sible for their death. 1t is said that an
attempt is sometimes made to relievs
their systems of an accumulation of in
digestible matter by administering half
a gallon of castor oil In one dose.-Good
Words.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
NIGHT IN A BUFFALO HIDE.
Queer Imprisonment of Hunter in
the Northwest.

Queer imprisonment of a Hunter in
the Northwest.
A party of scouts from the stations
on Bledsoe's Greek, in Sumner County,
was over in Wilson on a tour of obser-
vation for Indian signs, says the Port
land Oregonian. AS they prepared to
camp late one winter afternoon Capt.
Jennings, who was one of the number,
which was near by.
There was a heavy sleet on the
ground, and he found it difficult to gel
good range on account of the noise
of his feet on the cracking ice, but af-
ter following the game for severa.
miles he at last killed a very large bull.
Fearing that the meat might be in
jured if left until the next morning, he
skinned the animal and took out the
viscera. By the time he was done night
had come, and he decided to remain
with his meat instead of seeking camp
in the darkness. So, wrapping the huge
hide around him, flesh side out he lay
down and slept very. comfortably until
morning. On waking he found himself
tightly imprisoned in the hide, which
had frozen hard and now resisted all
his efforts to escape.
Hour after hour. rolled by in agony to
the captain. He yelled at the top of
his voice for help and strained and
kicked with all his might at the raw
hide inclosure, but it proved stubborn
to the last degree. He doubtless swore
many a bitter oath, for he was of too
irascible a temperament to submit
tamely. He expected his companions
to search for him, and they did, but
with a great deal Of caution, fearing
that he had been killed by the Indians.
His prolonged absence could be ac-
counted for in no other way. He gave
up all hope of extricating himself as
the hours wore away, but help. which
he had not thought of was to save him
from a death which would have been
extremely mortifying, at the least, to
a man who had escaped Indian bullets
and swan icy rivers like a beaver. We
will let him relate the issue in his own
words: "Well, the sun came out in the
afternoon, and this softened the hide
on the top so l could get one arm out.
and when I got one arm out 1 worked
like piZen until 1 got my body
through
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
A Serum for LeDrOsy.

Some success has attended the treat
ment Of leprosy by the injection under
the skin in various parts of the body of
the antivenene of Calmette. The case
was a woman SO years old, and in three
months she received forty-seven injec-
tions. AS a result she was much i'm
proved, having lost her leprous express
sion and the infiltration in various parts
of the body disappearing. The blush
color of the face changed to a healthy
red. Some liberation that was present
disappeared with several tubercles.
The skin became softer and fairer and
she gained fourteen pounds in weight.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
Starting Grape Vines.

1 have had good success in inducing
young grape vines to make a vigorous
gro with the first year by the following
method: When set they are cut ba.at to
two or three eyes and from these they
usually start number of canes: Some
let all of these grow the first season,
others remove all but one. 1 do nelth-
er. Any plant TO make good growth
needs plenty of leaves. When my vines
start into growth In the spring pinch
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
Archibald EOrbf a

The recently deceased Archibald
Forbes entrance upon the career of
war correspondent was, it is said, de.
cided by chance. His first step was to
enter a cigar shop at the bottom of
Ludgate hill, where he bought cigar,
and threw the names of the four or
five principal daily newspapers into
his hat before drawing lots to decide
which of them he should first ap-
proach. The name that he drew out
was that of the Daily News. Without
delay he sought out Mr.. (now Sir ]. r.
Robinson, whom he then met for the
first time, and was promptly engaged.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
sheep wool Is fitted. !

origin, being kept in large flocks in that
part of northern Africa known as Don
COLA, a part Of the Soudan, where the
British armies recently subdued the
barbarous Dervishes. The skins of
this kind Of goat are extensively used
for leather, of which the Dongo!a kid
q large amount of the wool and skins
imported into every civilized country,
and especially into North America,
where women and children do not go
barefoot, and need light shoes. There
is an extensive interest arisen of late
in the United States in regard to this
goat, and large fiocks of them are be-
ing formed in many localities.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
Old Story, but Good.

A little girl was permitted one bright
Sunday to go to hear her papa preach.
Now, it CHANGED that on this special oc-
casion papa's sermon was of the warn
ing" order. After a moment of breath
less surprise and horror the little lis
great pity for the poor mortals upon
whom so much wrath was descending.
She rose excitedly to her feet, and, her
wide reproachful eyes just peeping over
the back of the seat, called out, in
sweet, chiding tones:
"What for you scolding all the people
so, papa?"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12

ing came the doll was still clasped In
her arms. She played with it all day,
and apparently all thought of getting
back to her tribe left her.
Several days passed, and then the lit
tie Apache girl, with the doll still in
her possession, was sent back to her
people. When the child reached the
Indians with the pretty doll in her
chubby hands it made great sensation
among them, and the next day the
mother came with the child to the post.
She was kindly received and Hospitality
treated, and through her the tribe was
persuaded to move back to the reserva-
ton.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12

PRUNING KNIFE. tHe accompanying
Illustration, one might suppose knife
of such shape would slip off instead Of
cutting. But that is not so. In testing
it one will be surprised how nicely it
will do the cutting. 1t will slip just
enough to give the drawing motion, and
thus it will sever the hard cane from
the stub with the least outlay of
strength. The illustration represents
the shape of the knife exactly as it
should be. A good blacksmith should
be able to make one out of wornout
fat file. 1t should be inserted in an old
hoe handle, or something of that order.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
CroDs that Pay Best.

Small farms can be made to combine
many advantages. Some poultrymen
grow plums in the poultry yards, and
also keep bees. Others grow early veg
etables under. glass and also grow two
or three crops in the open ground. One
gardener near Philadelphia makes a
large profit on four acres, on which he
grows only lima beans. Another makes
peas a speciality, following the peas
with late cabbage. To attempt to
farm" four acres in the usual way,
with wheat, corn, oats, etc., would
cause bankruptcy. The crops that pay
best. are those that require the most
hand labor.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
Good Pruning Knife.

] o b is anything
but a pleasant one.
The force neces-
sary to cut an old
w 90 d y cane is
sometimes q III t e
enough to pull up
a whole raspberry
plant. To make
cutting easy one
should draw the
knife across the
object to be cut. A
writer IN farm
and Fireside says:
l have lately come
across a knife that
W ork 8 well. 1
have tested it and
find it superior to
anything l have
seen. Looking at
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
A Cauuihal Story.

In the long winter evenings, which In
South Africa commence in May, June
and July, the little Boer children sit
around the fires and listen to stories
like this:
There was once woman who had a
son named Magoda. She became can
nibal and ate up all the people in the
village.
One day her two nieces ran away
from their home and hid in her house,
but they did not know her. Their cous-
in Magoda came and talked to them.
Then they hid. The woman said:
81 smell something nice. What Is it,
my son? Surely smell fat children" +"
Then she went to the woods and COM
menced to cut down tree with an ak.
When the first chips fell bird called
utengu sang:
Ntengu! ntcngu!
Chips, return to your places!
Chips, return to your places!
Chips, be quick!
The chips then went back to the tree
This happened three times. Then the
woman caught the bird and swallowed
it, but one of the feathers dropped out
of her mouth. She tried to cut down
the tree again, but this time the feather
sang the same song, and the chips flew
back to the tree.
The two nieces had been hiding in the
branches of the tree. They saw three
dogs as big as oxen. These they knew
belonged to their father, SO they called
to the dogs, who ate up the wicked
woman, and so the girls went back to
their father singing the song Of the
feather.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-12
What Kept Him Late.

"How is it, Frank, that you're late
home nearly every afternoon?"
"Why, you see, mother, we've got
such big clock in our school"
'But what has the clock to do with
it?"
"'Cause it's so big it takes the hands
an awful long while to get around. Ii
we had a clock like papa's little one
I'd get home great deal quicker"