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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
DryiuS of Cows.


There Is well-founded belief that
the cow who is persistent mixer does
not produce the best calves. While this
Is so, the methods generally employed
to overcome this trouble are far from
the best. The usual plan is to cut off
the feed, oftentimes to the point Of
starvation; surely a most unwise move
and in nine cases out of ten results in
injury to the COW. The period of lacta-,
ton depends more largely on the sys-
tenn of feeding than farmers are willing
to admit, though ancestry must be
back of it all, for the most Intelligent
feeding in the world will not make
long mixer of cow whose ancestors
were In the habit of going dry for three
or four months. Naturally, If the breed
is a good one. the desire is to keep up
the period of lactation as long as possi-
bic, and yet have good calves. Particu-
larly is this desirable if the calves are
to be raised. The best plan for accom-
plishing this is to feed the cow the nec-
essary food to keep up fair flow of
milk, and with this food that will ben
eft the unborn calf. While doing this
keep milking the COW until she natural
ly falls off in supply. With a heifer
having the first calf, milking should be
kept up as long as possible before the
next calf is born, in order to establish
the long period of lactation, for if the
heifer COW goes dry early after the first
calf it will be extremely difficult to
carry her beyond that period afterward.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Fatal Effects of Green Sorghum.

Fatal Effects of Green Sorghum.
There has been much discussion In
some of the Western papers as to the
cause of cattle dying suddenly after
eating green sorghum. All were
aware of the facts, yet chemists
have been unable to detect any
poison in the sorghum plant or in
the organs Of the animals that died
from eating 1t. A writer in the Louis
lana Planter, who says he lost in this
way last year cattle that cost him 81
$50, thinks he can account for 1t. He
says: 'sThe blamed stuff won't be
swallowed. It simply gets warmed and
limbered little. coats itself over with
the tough, sticky saliva, or slobber, re-
pairs to the glottis, pastes itself smooth
iy over that organ, closing the trachea.
or windpipe, and the poor brute in the
greatest distress and misery smothers
to death-dfes for the want Of air. Ny
remedy would be to swab out the
bits of blades that have pasted them
selves over the glottis, or opening to
the windpipe. They will sometimes
stick there like wet paper to the roof
of the mouth. The saliva Of the cow is
more sticky than that of human, and
the smooth blades of sorghum stick
worse than fuzzy leaf" His explana-
ton seems plausible at least. and those
who lose cattle In this way should ex-
anime the entrance to the windpipe to
see If it is closed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
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.

1t is an old saying that the hand Is
quicker than the eye, and the sleight-
of-hand man makes use of this fact in
performing some of his seemingly mar
yelous tricks. Tricks that are decep-
tive to the eyes are classed among
optical illusions" and are often very
simple. The accompanying illustrat ton
will help you to understand simple
Illusion that may be produced by
means of a common wishbone.
For making the little machine shown
in the picture ducks wishbone serves
best. Fasten strong piece of twine to
one of the points of the wishbone; pass
the twine to the opposite point and
fasten it, and then carry it back to the.
first prong and fasten. thus connecting
the two prongs of the wishbone by two
bits of twine. Half way between the
prongs and between the cords insert
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
ALUM BAKING POWDERS.
Congress Is Acting to Suppress Their
Sale,

Congress Is Acting to Suppress Their
The report of the senate committee
on manufactures upon the subject of
food adulrerations and food frauds has
created sensation in congress and
awakened great interest throughout
the country.
If there could be published list of
the names of all articles of food found
by the committee to be adulterated or
made from injurious ingredients. it
would be of inestimable value to the
public.
The recomm mendations of the commit
tee that the sale of alum baking pow
ders be prohibited by law, will make
of special interest the following list of
names of baking powders which chem
lists have found to contain alum:
Baking Powders Containing Alum:
K. c.. Contains Alum
Mani. by Jaques Mfg. Co.. Chicago.
CALUMET. Contains Alum
HOME. Contains Alum
Mani by Home Baking Powder Co., San Francisco
WASHINGTON. Contains Alum
Mani. by Pacific Chemical Works, Tacoma.
CRESCENT - Contains Alum
Mani. by Crescent Mfg. Co., Seattle.
WHITE lily. Contains Alum
Mani. by d. Ferrera & Co., Tacoma.
BEE-HIVE. Contains Alum
Mani. by Washington Mfg. Co.. San Francisco.
BON BON. Contains Alum
Manf by Grant Chemical Co., Chicago.
DEFIANCE. Contains Alum
Manf by Portland Coffee & Spice Co.. Portland.
PORTLAND. Contains Alum
Mani by Beno & Ba1lis. Portland.
1t is unfortunate that many manu-
facturers of alum baking powders state
that their powders do not contain
alum. 1t is only right that consumers
should have correct information as to
the character of every article of food
offered to them
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Japan. Attitude Toward Chin..

The racial differences that exist be.
tween Japan and China have probably
led some observers to believe that the
two peoples are naturally antipathetic.
The war of 1894 has been cited as proof
of this, and in the present crisis in the
Far East it appears to be taken for
granted by many that the japanese
people will regard China's misfortune
as their opportunity. That there is
no valid reason for thinking that this
is Japan's attitude, and that those who
are most prominent in guiding Japan's
public policy sincerely desire to estab-
ish and foster friendly feelings with
China, is ably shown by Durham
White Stevens, ESQ.,. counsellor of the
japanese legation, in his article, 'sJa-
pans Attitude Toward China,'' which
appears in the current issue of Golfers
Weekly
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Superstition in ;yucatan.

''Apropos of the wonderful ancient
ruins in Yucatan," said New Orleans
college professor, "there is one very
fortunate circumstance which has pro-
tecteo them almost entirely from spoil
alton by the Indians. 1t is currently
believed by the natives all through that
part of the country that the ruins are
haunted and that devils will carry
away anybody who attempts to molest
them. This superstition has been en-
couraged by explorers, and is better
safeguard than picket of soldiers"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Southern Moonshiper..

The great majority of moonshiners
are to be found in the mountain fast
ness of Georgia, Alabama and Tennes-
see, and here they live in conditions
of civilization as crude as their ances-
tors, most of whom were English fugi.
tives from Justice who reached this
country more than century ago. In
deed, in many respects these descend
ants have retorgraded rather than ad-
vanced. Had they been surrounded
for century by Chinese wall they
could not have been more destitute or
ignorant of the modern conveniences.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

By local applications az they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness. and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in.
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets In
feet hearing and when it ID entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the infamma-
ton can be taken out and this tube restored TO
its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out OF ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an infiamed
condition of the mucous surfaces
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. SEND for
circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Do Your Feet Ache and Burne

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease,
. powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or
new shoes feel easy; gives instant relief to
corns and bunions. It's the greatest COM
fort discovery of the age Cures swollen
feet, blisters and callous spots. Aliens
Foot Ease is certain cure for ingrowing
nails, sweating, smarting, hot, aching feet.
We have over 80, 600 testimonials. Itcures
while you walk All druggists and shoe
stores sell it. 25c. Trial package FREE
by mail. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, lie
Row N, Y
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
years ago, and left to the renOvatIng
process Of a wood growth to bring them
to fertile condition again.-American
Cultivator.
Hog Cholera Experiments.

The division Of animal pathology of
the experiment station at the Univer-
sity of Nebraska is perfecting its plans
for the coming years campaign against
hog cholera. AS is we'll known, this
division has been very active in inaugu-
rating experiments with this disease.
One Of the experiments under contem-
plation is the taking up of certain coun-
ties in which hog cholera exists and
having experts there to note the mortal
ity in the entire county and to aid the
officials of the country in eradicating
the disease. both by sanitary and popu-
lar methods, and by the use of serum.
1t is hoped that If certain counties will
take up this idea of assisting this divi-
sion great deal of good can be done,
both in ascertaining how virulent the
disease has been in the county aud by
reducing the per cent of mortality in
the county. In other words, it is kind
of quarantine system, or stamping-out
process, and it is hoped by this method
that farmers can guard against this dis
ease to large extent. The plans are
not as yet fully matured, but will be
perfected before the work Is begun.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Barn Wiudow Screen.

baTn WIHUOW SCreens
A writer in Farm and Fireside gives
suggestions for screening the barn win
dows. Most farm. windows. he says.
are made to slide, so that in this case
the screen is also made to slide, but in
the opposite direction from the window.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
ALlTTLELOV SONG.

My heart, my hearts bonny bird
That carols song the sweetest heard;
My heart, my hearts fountain fair
That sparkles in the golden air;
Ny hearts rosy-raptured rhyme,
That echoes to the glad springtime.
My heart, my hearts a bud abloom
That lights with love greenwood gloom
My heart, my hearts silver star
That throws its beams afar, afar;
My hearts a canticle divine
And all because your heart is mine!
-Harper's Bazaar.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Rare Philippine Jewels.

The rarest corals in the world are to be
this jewel is, there is still rarer one. and
that is health. 1t may be possessed by
any one who will use Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters for Indigestion, dyspepsia, belching.
heartburn or sleeplessness. Try it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

All farmers are not good judges OF
butter and lose the advantage OF high
prices thereby. They keep cream too
long or fail to use thermometer when
churning, making mistakes that might
be avoided by taking precautions
against selling an inferior article.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

1t is thus very easy to slide either the
may be needed over the opening. 1t
will be noticed that the artist has COW
cred the window of glass with wire net
ting such as is used in poultry yard
building. This is good idea, especial
ly if the window is in front of the horse
where he can readily reach 1t, for often
times he will throw his head against the
glass with sufficient force to break it
and usually cuts his face more or less.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

Better make of every sorrow step
ping stone to higher, nobler thought
and deed than to hang it against your
heart to weigh you down into the
slough of dependency. q
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Meridian Ants,

Among the curious Inhabitants of
Australia are species Of termites
called the meridian ants" because
they Invariably construct their long,
narrow mounds so that the principal
axis Of the dwelling runs exactly north
and south. These mounds are 6 or 8
feet in height, and consist of series
of spires, topped with smaller spires,
and when viewed end on, they show a
remarkable resemblance to many
spired cathedral.
The sins of the father are visited on
the son, but the sins of the son often
keep the whole family awake nights.
A very little woman is often at the
bottom Of q very big fuss.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

Straw is put to strange uses in Japan.
Most Of the horses are shod with straw.
Even the clumsiest of cart horses wear
straw shoes. In their case the shoes
are tied around the ankles with straw
rope and are made of the ordinary rice
straw, braided SO that they form sole
for the foot about half an inch thick.
These soles cost about a half penny per
pair, and when they are worn out they
are thrown away. Every cart has a
stock of fresh new shoes, tied to the
horse or to the front Of the cart, and in
Japan it was formerly the custom to
measure distance largely by the num-
ber of horseshoes 1t took to cover the
distance. So many horseshoes made
days journey, and the average shoe
lasted for about eight miles of travel.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
playthings from Nuremberg and W.

In the old churches of Nuremberg
are to be found wonderful examples of
the medieval art of wood-carvers and
metal-workers. These famous handi-
crafts, which were created for the
adornment of churches. survive in the
toy trade.-Youth's Companion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best

Deliberate much before doing or say.
ing anything, for you have not the
power of recalling what has been said
or done,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Dicks Description.

DICKS Desert iptiOn.
This is little Dicks description of his
first flash of lightning and first clap of
thunder: "Oh, mamma, saw an angel
60 into heaven and bang the door after
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Cucum bers.

1 raise five crops instead of one on the
same ground, and on the same vines
with hardly any extra work. Plant In
the usual way. When a cucumber is
knife. leaving about an eighth of an
inch of the cucumber on the stem.
Then slit the stem with knife from its
end to the vine twice, leaving a small
portion of the cucumber on each divis-
ion. On each separate slit there will
be a cucumber as large as the first. By
this method you will only need one-fifth
the ground that you would need II
growing cucumbers in the old way
Walter Strosnider. in Epitomist.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Nest for Sitting Hens.

If hens are allowed to sit during the
cold weather, the nests must not only
be composed of warm material, but the
boxes must be in a warm location, or
injury will result to the eggs and em-
bryo chicks when the hens come off to
eat. Sometimes the hens will have to
stand quite severe temperature, but
when a hen is compelled to warm
dozen ice-cold eggs with her body she
suffers an ~infiction which nothing but
a bird will endure. The warmer the
nests the slower the eggs will give off
heat when exposed, and the less diff
Guilty is encountered by the hen in
warming them.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

match and twist it, turning 1t over
and over until the cords are well twist
ed together. Then pull the match back
so that one end of it rests on the shank
of the wishbone.
Now if you reverse the position of the
match so that its loose end rests on
the opposite side of the wishbone and
has to be held in place to keep it from
flying back your machine will be ready
for the experiment. When you remove
your restraining finger from the match
the end of the match will instantly de-
scribe complete circle, as shown by
the dotted lines in the picture, but the
funny part Of it is that the match will
seem to cut right through the shank
If the wishbone in order to get to the
other side. You may do the track as
many times as you please, but the eye
will never detect the match in the act
IF describing the circle. &C..
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

1t is a hard matter to discern rightly
whether good or an evil spirit does
provoke thee to coyet this or that.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Nuremberg TOYS.

South Germany, has become the prin:
cipal toy factory Of Europe. The best
wooden toys come from the Black For
white pine and put them together dur
ing the long winter nights; and the
costliest wax dolls are fashioned In
Paris; but there is hardly anything else
in the wonderland Of childhood that is
not made in the dreamy medieval
town of Nuremberg.
When Dickens wrote his novels there
was large toy industry in the East of
London, and it did not escape the keen
eye of that close observer. If he were
now living, he would find 1t difficult to
find traces of craft which suggested
some of the most charming scenes of
his stories.
The London toy-makers have disap-
peared. Dolls may still be dressed
there for English nurseries, but they
are no longer made in England.
The bulk of the so-called French
dolls, which are sold all over the world,
come from Nuremberg, where the toy
makers have mastered the art of joint
ing arms and legs and of extracting
musical squeaks and plaintive cries
from contracted waists. The old town
is also the headquarters of the Euro
pean trade in Noah's arks, lead and tin
soldiers, and all the standard metal
and wooden toys.
For many years the best mechanical
toys were made either in London or in
America. London has lost this trade
entirely, and American ingenuity is left
to compete with the industry in South
Germany. The shops of Paris and
London are now stocked with steam
engines, magnetic toys and mechanical
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Pig Notes.

rig NOteSs
Soak wheat twelve hours before feed
ing to hogs.
When the pig is grown he should be
ready for market. - , 5t.... -
Early maturity is one way of lessen
ing cost.
There is no benefit in keeping sow
that is vicious and troublesome.
Do not arrange the pig pen SO as to
shut out the sunshine and pure air.
A hog with fair proportion Of lean
meat is the best hog to send to market.
: No farmer who keeps three or four
sows can afford to do without a pure
bred boar. r.
If a SOW is not permitted to breed
until she is eighteen months old, the
pigs will be found much better than If
she is bred younger, and this will be
found true of her future litters.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Ready for Her.

'Well, Dean," said his tired Auntie,
"how many tongues have you got?"
Three" quickly replied Master
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Oyerworkinx Children. j..

We are sorry to see it stated In
Maine paper that girl 13 years old and
weighing 115 pounds has done the full
work of man during the haying sea-
son in one of the towns Of that State.
We have no special objection to having
young ladies or older ones work out of
doors on a farm If they wish to and
have the strength, and We think many
of them would be in better health for
such a chance to take exercise in the
open air, but we want all good things
in modera ton, and we would not like
to see either girl or boy of that age and
slight physical build allowed to do a
full days work for man in the haying
field. Even If much of it was on the
moving machine, hay rake or tedder,
we know from experience that they are
not easy riding vehicles. and while
there is much work that girl or boy
can do in the haying field, we do not
believe it right to work them beyond
their strength at such an age. Many
boy and girl too has received lasting
dislike to farm life because of over
Cultivator.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Story of the Dandelion.

Once upon d time. in tiny green
lamp by the roadside, lived soldier
Ill alone. He had travelled long way
rom dark underground country, bent
IN seeing the world. The first thing
lie saw was a broad field. full of wav-
ng banners, and he thought, what a
beautiful place l have discovered!' and
pitched his tent among the green
grasses.
The, raindrop elves saw how tired
ind dirty he was from his long jour-
ley northward, and soothed him with
stories and refreshed him with a show
er bath. Through the clouds came the
sunbeam fairies. bringing him hand
some uniform of green and gold and
Iuiver of golden. arrows. Then the SOL
Her was very happy and smiled out at
,assers-by. cheering many weary
raveler with glimpse of his sunny
face.
BY and by spring went away over the
liiitops the birds had finished building
their nests and the butterflies and
yrasshoppers came to herald summer.
Then the soldier began to feel tired
md knew he was growing old. His
gay uniform had faded and the golden
arrows had turned to silver and the
wind brownies shot them far away
So the soldier crept down among the
green grasses and his little camp was
eft empty. Everywhere his silver ar
"ows fell there blossomed bright golden
wers-"dandelions," children called
hem.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

Indeed! Where are they?"
"One in my mouth and ON in each
Shoe"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-14
Mafeking BOmbarded.

London. March 14.-Lady Sarah Will
son wires to the Daily Mail from Mafe-
king, under date of March 6, by native
runner to Lobatsi. March 9, as follows:
ION Saturday. March 3, h Beers flu
riously bombarded the brick fields and
trenches about a mile from the town
for three hours, killing one and wound
ing two %colOnials.
ION Monday, March s, they made a de-
termined attack. Owing to a misunder-
standing the colonials evacuated the
foremost trench. This the Beers occu-
pied, out reserves were called up and the
trench was recaptured with a rush.
We had no casualties.
1.-The Beers are very active and 1t
taxes Colonel Baden-POwell n the gar
rison very heavily to prevent their en-
croaching on our lines. Since Command
ant Snyman returned from the north
the siege has been prosecuted with re-
neWed vigor."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-14
Hailed With Satisfaction.

London. March 14.-The London Times,
commenting editorially this morning upon
the reply of Lord Salisbury to the mes
sage from h BOer presidents, says:
"The government has given the only con-
ceivabl reply to the extraordinary kru-
ger Steyn telegram. a reply which will
be hailed with profound satisfaction
throughout the empire. We are sincerely
glad to see the attitude the United States
has assumed in transmitting the propos-
ais. WashingtOn's services. of course.
have been declined. but declined. we need
hardly say. in the same cordial and
friendly spirit in which they were offer
ed.
1.-The news tha General French COM
mands RloemfOntein Is an instructive
comment IN the proposte p0us character
Of the Boer pretensions."