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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01
How to Locate Henhouse,.

Poultry houses should not be located
on the north side of a clump of ever
green trees or to the north of buildings
that will shut off the supply of sun
shine in the winter time. Sunshine
should be present at all times ,of the
day; it's salutary effect will be remark
able. In the summer time the fowls
naturally get all the sunshine they
want without our help, but at this time
of year we must give them our help.
Sunshine will keep the air dry, and
will, to some extent, neutralize the
moisture constantly being thrown of
from the lungs of the fowls. A few
good-sized windows on the south side
will prove of immense value.-Farm-
ers, Review.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01
Eggs for Hatching.


Eggs for Matching should be gathered
almost every hour during the day, says
a poultry writer in the Homestead.
When the egg is laid it is in its high
est state of freshness. If left in the
nest and one hen after another permit
ted to sit upon it the heat will start in
cubation, and If it is exposed to lower
temperature afterward, the germ is
killed and the egg decays. This is one
cause Of so many spoiled eggs that is
not generally known or needed by poul-
trymen. If the weather is cold they
should be gathered often to prevent
them chilling. The cold may not be so
much as to actually freeze an egg, but
it may be cold enough to chill it SO it
will not hatch. An egg is not frozen
SO as to crack the shell until the ther-
mometer reaches 10 to Is degrees,
which is a point lower than should be
reached in any poultry house. After the
eggs have been gathered they should
be kept at about temperature of 60
degrees and never be subjected to any
lower temperature than about 40 for
safety.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01

"Give it up, captain" whispered VIII.
"Get out the boats and provision them.
Take time for all you want, and we
will fight the fire."
The sailors worked with a will until
they saw the boats drawing I'D to the
gangway and the passengers taking
places, when they left their work. and
sprang for the boats. The passengers
made rush at the same moment, but
as they neared the gangway they met
Will Clay, a pistol in each hand, and
his eyes flashing fire.
"Stand back therev' he cried. "Do
you call yourselves men? Do you want
to swamp the boats, and spoil your only
chance|
"Get out Of the wayv hissed gigan-
tic Swede, raising his heavy hand. "Out
CT the way or will crush you with a
single blow"
A pistol cracked and the man fell
back, shot through the shoulder. The
crowd recoiled before this determined
young man, for even in an hour like
this men fear sudden death.
Keep back, I say!" repeated the
young mate. "Pass along those ladies'
first, for they go in the first boat"
The order was promptly obeyed, and
then six of the crew, called out by
name, went into the boat and pulled it
away from the gangway, under COM
mand Of the first mate. Boat after
boat pulled up to the gangway, re-
ceived its load and pulled away. There
was no more rushing, for there was
death in the eyes of the young mate and
the captain, who had taken his place by
his side.
My daughter Is not in the boats.
young man." said Arthur Vane hoarse!
ly.
Miss vane," cried Will, "you can
come now."
Mabel, who had been standing apart,
hurried forward. Mr.. Vane stepped
into the boat, and the last of the crew
followed. Then a panic seemed to
seize them and them pushed of, leaving
the captain and the mate upon the
doomed steamer, as long tongues of
flame leaped out toward the boat.
Through this fiery barrier the two men
udSICo anu WClC SCCA SlI1hluk OuI xOT
the boat.
"Stop!" cried Mr.. vane. "You have
left the captain and Mr.. Clay"
The men looked at him fiercely, but
the steady eye of the old man awed'
them, and the two were helped into the,
boat, the captain supported by the!
strong arm of his gallant mate. The,
boats pulled away together, while the
columns of fame which shot into the;
air announced the fate of the GRAY
Eagle. They reached the islands safely
after week had passed.
There is a yotng man who sails a
steamer from London to Alexandra.
whose name is VIII Clay, and he is
married. The name of his wife is Ma
bel, for Arthur Vane, having found a
man." knew how to make Linn all his
own.-Exchange.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01

"Or leave me out in the rain. Books
can catch cold as well as children.
"Or make marks on me with your
pen or pencil. It would spoil my looks.
"Or lean on me with your elbows
when you are reading me. 1t hurts.
''Or open me and lay me face down
on the table. You wouldn't like to be
treated so.
COR put in between my leaves a pen
Gil or anything thicker than a single
sheet of thin paper. 1t would strain
my back.
whenever you are through reading
me, If you are afraid of losing your
place, don't turn down the corner of
one of my leaves, but have neat little
book-mark to put in where you stop
ped, and then close me and lay me
down on my side so that l can have a
good, comfortable rest."-Selected
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01

will and saw that they might yet do
something to save the steamer.
A guard was placed at the hatch, SO
that no one could come down, and the
scuttle which led into the forehold was
opened. No sooner was this done than
a dense volume Of black smoke rolled
out, and the scuttle was closed again,
for Will saw that nothing could be done
in that way The men ran forward with
axes, but had scarcely gone a dozen
steps when they felt the deck tremble
under their feet and saw small jets of
fame shooting up through the planks.
A moment more and there was sort OF
explosion, and the red flames leaped up
suddenly and caught the planks above.
There was no hope Of concealing the
danger from the passengers now, for
the steamer was full Of smoke, and
wild cries from the deck announced
that the danger was known. They must
face the most terrible situation known
to the seattle one Of all others the
most feared-fire! Women shrieked
and tainted, strong men trembled and
could not move hand or foot, and others
ran wildly about the decks rendering no
assistance Mabel Vane, utterly be-
wildered by the sudden horror, felt a
strong hand clutch her arm, and saw
Will Clay, blackened by smoke and
singed by fame.
go aft!"- he said, hoarsely. "Stand
on the port quarter and wait for me,
and will save you or die trying. Obey
me, girl; am your master now."
She looked at him in mute wonder
and obeyed him in silence. He sprang
away and began to fight the fire as he
could, aided by the officers and crew
and some few of the passengers who
kept their heads. Among these was
Arthur Vane, handsome old gentle
man, with an engaging face.
"You are a man, William Clay" he
said, as the two hurled the contents of
a greater water cask down the open
hatch. eff we ever escape the COM
pany shall know that they have man
in their employment. If we don't, it is
all the same. Have you seen my daugh-
teri"
II sent her aft just now, and told her
And I'll do 1t, too, because love her."
"Love her-you!''
"Just now you said I was a man."
said Will quietly. Lay hold on that
cask, you. What are you shirking for?
Can't we talk and work, tooY'
A strange smile came over the face
of the old merchant and they hurled
the cask into the water and assisted
the man working at the fall in raising
it.
Don't think I'm a fool, Mr.. vane,"
said VIII. "If lived thousand years
and saw her every day wouldn't tell
her as much as I've told you. And
what's more, you wouldn't have heard
me say it If it had not come out before
1 thought"
Mr.. va1e said not word, and Will
Clay was silent. They worked hard to
save the steamer, but the flames gained
upon them inch by inch, and drove
them aft. -----.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01

am bit of ashes. How came to
be here you wonder. will tell you of
my travels. When first remember it
was being on the back of lamb whose
fleece was white as snow. I was the
fleece. I went around with the lamb
whose name was Fanny, for two years.
when the good old farmer came and
took Fanny and me down to small
stream which flowed through his farm,
washed us and took a pair of large
shears and separated me from Fanny.
ters, was put onto wagon and drawn
to market by two large white horses.
was then taken to a place called a
mill, where they spun, spoiled and
wove me into a fine fabric. I was
hauled to dry goods store. piled up
on shelf among other pieces of cloth,
and finally lady bought me for her
little girl whose name was Bella: She
was lovely little girl and thought me
very pretty. I was to be made into an
apron for Bella. She said that she
would like to have me made "empire." !"
OF course 1 didn't know what that
meant.
They took me to the sewing-room
and there lady took shears and cut
me. OF course it hurt, but was will
ing to stand anything for my young
mistress, Bella's sake. Then they
sewed me all up with kind Of thread
and put lace on me and then l was
ready to be worn. First I went to a
lawn party at nice residence of lit
tie girl named Leta Snow. We had
lovely time q mean Bella and y. They
served ice cream and all sorts of good
les; all of which Bella seemed to en-
Joy. After that I went to quite a few
parties. Then Bella only wore me to
school. And after while only around
home until she grew tired of me and
gave me to little girl named Glady
Jones, who was quite poor. She wore
me quite while "for NICE" as she said,
and then just around home. Then lit
tie Johnnie, her little brother, in pet
one night took the scissors and cut
big hole in me.
Then Gladys made me into a dollie's
dress for Margaret, her prettiest dolly.
After a while, she thought I wasn't
good enough for Margaret, SO she gave
me to Maggie, her rag dolly. After
that, Cecil, Gladys younger sister,
tried to cut blocks for her dolly's quilt
out Of me, but she didn't know how
very well, so she wasted me and I fell
onto the floor. Mrs. Jones picked me
up and put me into the rag bag. An
old man came along and bought me
and 1 was taken to a shop and made
into smooth, shiny writing paper and
sold from the store to a little girl
named Hattie.
This little girls mother was away
visiting and so Hattie wrote kind let
ter telling her mamma to return as
quickly as possible. Her mamma was
visiting her little nephew's parents and
her little nephew found me on the table
and tore me into shreds. The nurse,
coming in later, put me into the stove,
and the consequence was that I am
now ashes. Now you have heard my
story. Good-by.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01

b o wn, with their ADJUSTABLE cALKs.
ends bent up into hooks so as to engage
with the shoe. As both bars are of
shorter length than the largest diam
eter of the shoe, it is evident that they
bolt and nut in the manner shown.
Wedge-shaped calks are fastened in
tapering holes formed In the bars, the
location of the holes being directly
over the iron shoe, SO that they cannot
accidentally be driven through into the
hoof,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01
Big ST" in English writin,

Did it ever occur to you that it might
seem very egotistical for you to write
of yourself with capital ''I' instead
Of using the small and less obtrusive
one? The English use of the capital
81" is one Of the oldest features of the
language-to foreigner. If a French.
man writes referring to himself be
makes '.te" the French equivalent OF
'P) with small 81" So with the
German, who may use capitals to be-
gin every noun; he always uses the
small 81" in writing "ich." The Span.
lard avoids, as far as practicable, the
use Of the personal pronoun when
writing in the first person, but he al.
ways writes it "yo," taking pains,
however, to begin the Spanish equiva-
lent Of our you" with a capital. In
English it is surely big "I' and little
"you," as the old saying hasit.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01
MY SECRET.

When first assurance came to me
That thy dear heart was mine,
/ wandered forth upon the lea
Alone, lest all the world should see,
My secret so divine.
But ah, the world has passed me by,
Nor read the secret, dear;
The poor old world, so dim of eye,
So dull of ear, 'twere vain to try
To make my feelings clear,
To those who cannot know as
Thy heart when love draws near.
New York Home Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01
Packers in Poultry Bu.ines..

The poultry trade views with alarm
the giant strides made by the big pack
ing firms, meaning the Swift and Ar
mour companies, toward control Of
what has ben for many years profit
able business. These concerns have
for year or more been making large
additions to the capacity of their poul-
try packing plants, and, further than
this, they are represented to be now
reaching out for mastery over the
chicken producing territories of KAN
saa. Missouri illinois and the North
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01
A SAILORS LOVE.


HE Gray Eagle
W e n t on her
course, parting
the waves Of the
Indian o c e a n .
She was q packet
steamer in the
e m ploy of a
great e n g | | s b
company, a n d
C a rri e d many
p a s s e n G e r 8.
Among t b e S e,
standing on the
promenade deck
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01

dam is by President. Her list of hon.
ors won in the show-ring is long one
and includes first prize and gold medal
at the Royal Show held at Birming-
ham. She was brought out In great
bloom the day she was sold and ELECTED
the keenest competition.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01


er e d and slippery
pavemments has CIV
en- inventors an at
tractive problem. One
solution offered is an
adjustable calk that
can be fastened to
the shoe temporarily
end which can read
lily be resharpened at
will. 1t consists of
two bars, b e mt a 9
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01

1t is said that Solomon never at
tempted to answer the questions of a
child. This is another proof Of the old
gentleman's wisdom.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01

west. The margin Of profits in the poul-
try-packing business has been good fof
those who operate OH n comparatively
small scale, and it is no wonder that
these two big packing firms should un'
dertake to monopolize a field for which
they have exceptional facilities in mat
ters of transportation, storing and mar
ket-reaching.
Cut Feed for Working Horses.
While the horse is kept during win
ter mostly in the stable whole oats are
probably better feed for him than
meal, says The American Cultivator
The hulls Of the oats, as farmers say
"tickle his insides'' and increase the
activity of his digestion. Some oats
may pass through undigested, but un.
less the horse Is old and has lost his
teeth this loss may be overlooked
Anyway the fowls will get them. AT.
ter 8 years Of age horses should be fed
cut hay moistened and with, meal on it.
But any horse that Is hard at work
every day should have his grain In
meal and on cut hay. The meal ia
chewed with the cut hay just as oats
would be. 1t Is well mixed with saliva
when it enters the horses small stom.
ach and passes into the intestines. So
it does the greatest good possible for
the nutrition it contains. All old farm.
ers say that horses will stand hard
work better on cut feed than on either
whole grain or meal.
Early Plants for the Garden.
Those who have an Incubator brooder
may have green house on small but
effective scale. Dig hole in the ground
large enough to admit the brooder in
some sunny sheltered spot, bank pit
on north side eighteen inches high and
have tight wood or canvas cover for
use at night and stormy weather. The
brooder is placed in this pit and the
opening to the sun Is closed. Three
inches Of good garden soil is placed in
the brooder. The seeds are. planted
in this soil and the proper temperature
maintained by means Of the boiler
heated by lamp. A theEmometer will
be used to test the heat. One can raise
their early garden plants in this way
with but little expense and less labor
than the old-fashioned method Of
planting seeds in boxes placed in the
kitchen.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01
Shire Mare

The Shire mare Hendre Grown Prin-
cess was sold by Lord Vantage, a few
weeks ago. at public auction in Eng
land for $500, phenomenal price for
draft mare. She was got by Prince
Harold, one of the most promising
breeding horses in England, and her
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01
south Africa Volcanic.

South Africa Is Of volcanic origin,
and the land in the vicinity Of KIM
berley is SO sulphurous that even ants
cannot exist upon 1t.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01

Every girl should have silk petit.
coat. It's rustic sounds so rich she for
sets she hasn't q cent In the world,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01
A Books Request.

"Please don't handle me with dirty
hands. / should feel ashamed to be
seen when the next little boy borrowed
me.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01
Lime ON Onions.

Lime is excellent on the onion bed,
as it assists in destroying worms. 1t
will also serve to make the manure
more available. The onion seems to
grow on the top Of the ground entirely.
but it sends out roots far and deep, and
is one of the heaviest feeders Of the
soil known The land can not be too
rich for onions.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01
st;ck to ono Grade of Wool.

1t pays better to keep flock Of sheep
with the wool as near one kind Of
grade as possible-that is, Shrop-
shire ram should not be used one year,
a Lincoln the next, a Leicester the
next, and SO on until the flock Is mixed
up with little Of everything.-Joha
Jackson,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
This IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER

Quaint Sayings and Cute Doings of the
Little Folks Everywhere, Gathered
and Printed Here for All Other Lit
tie Ones to Read.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01
Keen. Horse from slippinp,

The necessity of keeping a horses
shoes sharpened in winter weather to
enable him to keen his feet on fce-cOY-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01

When baby cries it never sheds suf
fcient tears to drown the poise. -
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01
NUNS WHO NEVER SPEAK.

In the heart of the Pyrenees near the city Of
Bayonne, though without the range of its vision,
lies secluded the strangest convent in the world,
the convent of the Bernardines, followers of the
patron st. Bernard. The votaries who enter there
spend their lives in unending silence contem-
plating death and it's sequel. They never speak
word to each other to living soul except at con-
fessional, and they engage themselves by digging
graves and studying skulls and otherwise concen-
trating their minds upon the theme of death. Yet
great as are the hardshps they suffer they probably
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-01

There is a yotng man who sails a
steamer from London to Alexandra,
whose name is Will Clay, and he is
married. The name of his wife is Ma
bel, for Arthur Vane, having found
man." knew how to make Linn all his
own.-Exchange.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-07
BABIES AS MASCOTS.

Charles Bent is a lucky man. He has been very successful as a mine owner and a vendor of mines. The last time he was negotiating the sale of a mine a baby giri came to his house: the mine was old for handsome figure and the baby was blessed with good health and brought a ray of sunshine which the sale of the best mine in the world could not dim. For some time past MT. Bent has been negotiating the sale of another mine and last night another harbinger of success came to his home. It was a girl, brighter and better, if possible, than the other, and the sale waich is pending is now an assured re- ality. The friends of MT. and Mrs. Bent in Tucson send their congratulations and greetings upon this happy event. Citizen.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-07
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

Yes. August Flower still has the largest sale of any medicine in the civ ilized world. Your mothers and grand mothers never thought of using any thing else for Indigestion or Bilious ness. Doctors were scarce and they seldom heard of Appendiciti-. Nervous Prostration or Heart failure, etc. They used August Flower to clean out the system and stop fermentation of undi- gested food, regulate the action of the liver, stimulate the nervous and or ganic action of the system, and that is all they took when feeling dull and bad with headaches and other aches You only need a few doses of Green s August Flower, in liquid form. to make you satisfied there is nothing serious the matter with you. For sale by deal CTS in all civilized countries.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-07
DIPLOMATIC MACDONALD.

Sir Claude Macdonald. the new Brit ish minister 90 Japan. and, during the trouble in Pekin. the English represen- tative there, became a soldier at the age of 20 and was in almost continuous active service for twenty-five years He has been in ;he diplomatic service for only three years.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-07
HENRY FORESTER DEAD
Old Prospector Fatally Injured in the
 Copper Hill Mine.

Henry Forester. who was injured at the Copper Hill mine last Sunday died at St. M2ry's hospital. Tucson. Welnes- day night. says the Tucson Citizen.
 Forester was an old timer in Ariz- ona. having prospectei the hills for many years He was still hoping to make the strike of which all prospect DTS dream. when the fatal accident happened. The man was well along in years. being somewhere between sixty five and seventy years old, and Mr. Copeland, the superinsend gave him work more out of charity than because he felt that he was man to be put at the bCttom of a shaft. The old man was so anxious to get together stake that his earnestness oVercame Mir. COpeland's reluctance and he went to work.
 He was busy at the bottom of the shaft when the accident occurred. Su- perintenGent Copeland has always in sisted that the men get into the man. hole at the side of the shaft whenever the bucket is either going up or down. He has always told the men to do that choosing to lose the time rather than risk injuring any one of them. The old man disregarded the instructions, it seems, and did not get under cover.
 On Sunday night. while the work was going on, the indicator on the hoist be- came deranged and the bucket was lowered too far striking Forester on the head and injUring him badly.
 Late Sunday night Dr. Cauthorn re- ceived a call from the mine. and was driven out by Neal to the camp. He dressed the mans injuries and made him as comfortable as the meager con- veniences of the camp would permit Forester improved rapidly and yest5r- day seemed well enough to be brought to Tucson, where hospital accOmmoda- tlons could be had. He was placed in conveyance and brought to the hospi- tai, but the trip proved too much for him and he died shortly after reaching St. Mary's.
 Nothing is known about his relatives although it was said out at Copper Hill that he has a daughter in Tucson and a son in Mammoth.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-07
ATTENTION, RANCHERS!

Why stay here in this valley until you dry up and blow away then you can get Government lend in the Delta ot the Colorado, with an abundant water supply from the Colorado river? Fo- full information call and have a talk with w. F. GILLETT, Phoeuix, Spe- cial agent tor In perial and Co.,, No. 10 $. Cen ter St., with Pioneer Transfer Co.