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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28


If farmers will consider that from one
to three tons Of cured provender may be
grown on an acre, and they will take
advantage of the summer season for SO
doing, they can greatly enlarge their
capacity for feeding stock during win
ter. Hungarian grass is crop that
grows more rapidly than millet, and it
Is one of the most efficient weed de-
stroters known, even the Canada thistle
it. AS it soon reaches the cutting stage
of growth it will afford two or more
mowings, which will destroy any weeds
that have the ability to compete with
the crop. The stubble remaining over
serves to protect the soil during the
winter. Rape may also be cut two or
three times, but requires good land.
The rule is to. turn sheep on the rape,
using hurdles, and make profit on the
mutton. Cow-peas- equal clover as a
hay crop. The plants also benefit the
soil by storing nitrogen therein. Many
advise the growing of cow-peas as q
green manurial crop entirely, but 1t Is
more profitable to NOW and cure for
hay, as the manure will return to the
soil that portion not shipped to market
in the forms of meat, milk or butter.
The cow-pea shades the land complete
ly when broadcasted and provides ia
vorable conditions for the recuperation
of the soil. Whether for hay or for
plowing under any Of the crops men
toned the farmer should not permit his
growing corn to take the whole of his
time from the summer crops.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28
STATURE OF AMERICANS.
Loss of an Inch in Height Might Bring
:. l. - Serious COnseaueucea. -

Loss of an Inch in Height Might Bring
Serious Consequence. |1
In paper read by Major Henry s.
Kilbourne, surgeon United States army
before the Association of Military Sur
Gated the theory that the physical
power of a race or people-and, cOnse-
quently, their capacity for works
measured by their average stature For
every inch of height between five and
six feet the extreme breathing capac-
ity is increased eight cubic inches; the
vital capacity being at its maximum at
80 years. A table of measurements of
19O,621 native white Americans, ac-
cepted for the military service Of the
United States, shows that the number
of men below sixty-three inches in
height is but little greater than that of
the class above seventy-three inches.
The most numerous class is included
between sixty-seven and siXty-nine
inches, and this standard class would
have greater chest girth than the
average. The mean height of 125 Unit
ed States naval cadets above the age Of
% years was 67.SO inches. AS these
men are drawn from all parts and
classes of the United States, they rep
resent very nearly the typical physical
development of the American people
of % years of age. E.,..
Mai Kllbourne concludes that the
commingling strains of Celtic, Danish,
Norwegian and German blood among
our people have, thus far, worked no
deterioration of physical quality. mot
SO with the swarthy, low-browed and
stunted people now swarming to our
shores. Absorbed into the body of the
people, these multitudes must irretriev-
ably evolve an inferiority Of type. To
realize the result of such a contingency,
let it be considered that the loss Of an
inch in stature might bring in its train
the loss of national ascendancy. Let
us take care, then, that the state shall
suffer no injury" Boston Transcript
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28

apparatus. The four rubber cups are
attached to the teats Of the cow, and
the air is exhausted from the interior
of the can. This produces a vacuum
and causes the rubber cups to take hold
on the teats. The interior arrangement
Of the cup expands the teat and does
not shut off the flow of milk. AS the
vacuum increases inside the can it
starts the flow of milk, and steady
stream Is maintained from each teat
until the supply is exhausted. An in
dicating gauge is attached to the cover
to show the amount Of air exhausted
from the can. w. r. Thatcher and N.
w. Hussey, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, are the
inventors of this machine. ..+
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28
For the Horses.

There is a deal of horse energy ex-
hausted in fighting fiies.' ,'.
Fresh, clean bedding is as welcome
to the tired horse as to the tired, or
hired, man. - f.,
Water horses often as possible; a lit
tie at time is better than a deluge at
long intervals. .
Better shady outdoor feeding and
resting place at noon time than filthy.
hot, fly-infested stable. a 5~a
Sunlight and fresh air in the stable
constitute a fine insurance policy
against sickness and death.
1t is asking deal of farmer to do
much currying of horses in the summer
season, yet the more Of it done the bet
ter for the horse.
Work the horses easily for the first
hour or so after eating. They can do
their hardest work easiest after the last
meal is partly digested.r ~ s.
1t is doubtful If any one little detail
of farming pays better than keeping
horse stables clean and sweet during
the summer. And il kept fyless there
is good profit in them. -
Give little water before feeding,
even If horse is warm; then give hay,
and last good, clean oats; and give q
good long incoming. Both man and beast
will do more and better work for it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28

Postal Card Made Into a Magnet.
No doubt you've all made a rubber
comb pick up bits of paper by first rub
bing it briskly on rough coat sleeve,
but did you ever hear of postal card
that could be turned into magnet?
Balance walking-stick on the back
of a chair and tell the special tors that
you are going to make it fall without
touching it or the chair.
Having thoroughly dried a postal
card, preferably before an open fire,
rub it briskly on your coat sleeve and
then hold it near one end of the stick.
The stick will at once be attracted to
the card, and will follow it as If it
were magnet. AS 1t moves it will soon
lose it's equilibrium and fail from the
chair. OF course, you understand the
principle Of the experiment. By rub
bing the card you waken electricity in
it, and it thus becomes a sort of mag
net, with the power to attract, light
bodies.
Do not try the experiment in damp
weather.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28
Liehtning,s Strange Freaks.

There was a remarkable occurrence
from lightning at Londonderry, Tues.
day afternoon. DR.. B. F. Millington
had started out from the south village
to see a patient at Weston. He had
gone about half mile from the vii
lage on the hill road-about mile and
half from the point where Mr.. Jenne
was killed by a similar accident two
years ago-and he saw the lightning
seemingly running along the telephone
wire, the same mountain line from
which Mr.. Jenne got his death stroke.
That is the last he remembers. When
he recovered consciousness his horse
was standing by the side Of the wag-
on, both shafts were broken and the
harness completely stripped off except
the saddle.
The horse seemed none the worse for
the encounter, and Millington himself
after rigging up, continued his journey
to Weston, and not only called on his
patient, but several others.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28
The Boy wanted In Business.

''What kind of a boy does q business
man want?' was asked of q merchant.
He replied, well, will tell you. In
the first place he wants a boy who
doesn't know much. Business men gen
orally like to run their own business,
and prefer some one who will listen to
their ways rather than teach them a
new kind. Second, prompt boy-one
who understands seven O'Clock Is not
ten minutes past. Third, an industrious
boy who is not afraid to put in extra
work in case of need. Fourth, an hon
est boy-honest in service as well as
matters in dollars and cents. And
fifth, goed-natured boy, who. will
keep his temper, even if his employer
does lose his now and then."-Augusta
Chronicle.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28
Dolls In All Ages.
children

Dolls were buried with children
mummies in Egypt. The girls of ancient
Hindustan had dolls. and in Greece
even jointed dolls were sold in the
market place. The girls Of the middle
ages had not only dolls, which must
have been the favorite playthings, If
we can judge from the illusions of the
poets, but also dolls houses and dolls
wagons.
number of earthen dolls represent
ing babies and armored knights were
found under the Nuremberg pavement
In 1859. These dolls date from the four
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28

is in huShel of chaff.
Warm love burns farther than the
keenest intellect can pierce.
Many people claim to trust God who
find that they were mistaken when the
bank breaks .s.1 +-3..-r ,.s.-r
The man who will steal chickens is
often found hiding behind hypocrite
in the church. ,...s .s.-..
If it Is not summer in the heart, it Is
because we have turned our little world
away from God.
Some people never pray for revival
to come at time when it will Interfere
with their work, "a
The man who never speaks of his re-
ligion in public is not getting very much
out of it in private. g..
The road to heaven is very steep to
the man who is trying to get there
without doing any giving.
The comfort of God is for the nerving
of the heart before the battle as well as
for its soothing afterward.
God now and then suffers one man to
be thrown into lions den in order that
millions of others may be kept out.
1t is hard to convince worldling that
a sin is black clear through, as long as
he can hear gold jingling in its pocket.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28

A farmer of Jewell County, kansas,
says the covers he made for his alfalfa
hay last fall cost him $50, and that they
preserved more hay than you could put
in thousand dollar barn. He sawed
sixteen-foot 2x4's in two, bolted the
ends together, placed them six feet
apart over his stacks and nailed on sid
ing, making a complete roof in six-foot
panels. He bored holes in the down.
hanging ends of the 2x4's and tied
weights to them to Keep the wind from
blowing them off. His alfalfa comes
out as green and bright as it was the
day it was put up. He says the covers
paid for themselves this season, and
they will last for years. "a ,.r.-..
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28
Do Fowls Need Exercise?

AS fowls are ordinarily fed exercise
is positively necessary to enable them
to digest the food they take. A ration
Of grain in large part and other things
in small part means that the fowls
will have to develop muscle and energy
to do the work of grinding. But 1t is
else will not be of any value. This is
shown by the French method Of fatten-
ing fowls. They are shut up in cage
and fed on soft mash several times q
day. They are given no room at all for
exercise, yet keep perfectly healthy and
develop meat and fat at a great rate.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28
At YT1E COUNTY FAIR.

Settin' in the gran stand
At the county fair,
Seemed as if the whole world
An all their kin was there.
Way up on the top seat
Me an Jennie set
'Wisht had the candy
An peanuts that we ct!
Jennie's right good-lookin';
But she likes to boss;
Dared me to bet money
On Jake Douglas hoss.
Like a fool T done it;
Went down to the track.
How dye think 1 found her
8 was climbin' back?
There I met her half way,
With another beau,
Stuck-up, slick-haired softy,
That Will Jones, ye know.
Let on not TO see NE,
Went right on a-past,
S'pose she thought I'd asst her
Where she's goin' SO fast
Warn't no use to foller,
So let 'em go,
Funny how things sometimes
All go wrong jes' so.
Lost pile on Jake's hoss;
Couldn't ring a cane.
Fellow swiped my goldine watch,
Then it poured down rain.
Tell ye faint all sunshine
An all pleasures rare" --.r
Settin' in the gran stand -
At the county fair.
chicago Record,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28
How Process Butter Is Made.

Here is description of process but
ter: This butter Is made from old,
rancid and useless dairy butter, pur-
chased from the country storekeepers
in the States farther West and shipped
in old barrels, tobacco pals, shoe boxes,
etc, which appetizing mess is put
through a process of boiling and reno
waiting. to remove the nauseating odors,
and through other treatments which
have brought it under the ban of the
pure-food laws of several States, after
which it is worked over in sweet butter
milk. which gives it temporarily fair
ly clean flavor" See that this stuff is
not worked off on you by your grocer
The green" woods are full Of .it.-New
York Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28

The well on the grounds of the Good
Shepherd, in the town of Wauwatosa,
Wis, has been bored to the depth of
1880 feet, one Of the deepest wells in
the world. The contractor has con-
cluded that he cannot obtain flowing
rises within eighty feet Of the surface,
and is soft, limpid, of excellent quality
for drinking, for washing or culinary
purposes, and is in such abundance as
to furnish water sufficient for the needs
Of 1000 or 5000 persons. The. water
will have to be pumped up by an en-.
gine, which will cost $500, and then the
institution will have all the water 1t re-
quires for century to come. AA-'@fs
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28

teenth century. The, hole in one Of
them is for the reception OF the path.
enpfennig," or godparents' gift.
The children of those times were not
exacting. Colored eggs, painted wood.
en- birds, bladders filled with peas, lit.
tie s.practicable" windmills and earth.
en- animal figures Were thankfully re-
ceived. The boys had hobby horses,
paper windmills and marbles. The
older boys went fowling with blow.
guns.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28

the ground, says the Farm Journal. An
excellent plan is shown in the cut. A
low, wooden support like that shown is
placed at intervals Of eight feet along
the row, and across the top is stretched
two strips of twelve-inch wire poultry
netting, leaving space between for
plants to grow up through.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28
Woman as a Halter.

Men are good at revenge-they have
so many ways of prompt action-but,
while she must wait long perhaps, a
woman is the best hater If once
wronged, and If before death her day
comes she strikes.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28

HE m a n n er in
which you spend
your leisure is de-
termining how you
will spend eterni-
ty. 'as
If sin could not
hide it's face none
but devils would
love it. sp., -
There is more
life in one grain of
wheat than there
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28
Measuring a Tree.

Supposing a woodchopper in the
Maine forest is told to get out a mast
for . yacht. He knows that he must
find a tree which is straight for sixty
feet below the branches. 1t would be
very troublesome to climb trees and
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28
Vacuum Cow Mike,

V0Cuum Cow MiIker.
The invention here shown relates to
q machine by which cows can be more
rapidly milked than by the old method,
and the apparatus is adapted to be read
lily changed from one can to another.
By fitting the cover tightly on a can
an air-tight space is made in the in
terror, the only opening being through
the milking tube and into the exhaust
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28

The lawyer who willed his estate to a
lunatic asylum probably wanted biz
former clients to get the benefit Of it
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28

AS long as a man Is of a forgiving
disposition woman doesn't care
whether he pays his debts or not.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28
Su,nort for ro,no+oe.

Support for Toma toes.
Tomatoes need a benchlike support,
so that the vines can spread out to the
sun and air and yet be held up from
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28

A pretty and wealthy young widow
Is never a-miss.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28
Irrigation Projects i'm Mexico.

The extensive arid regions of North
ern Mexico are to be irrigated by canals
from aid extended by the Federal and
State Governments.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28
TRUMPET CALLS.

Rams Horn. Sounds Warning Note
to the Unredeemed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28

measure them with tape meaJure, 20
he, without knowing it, uses practical
rrigonometry. He measures of sixty
feet in straight line from the tree,
and then he cuts pole, which, when
upright in the ground, is exactly as tall
as himself. This he plants in the earth
his own length from the end of his
sixty feet. &Aa
For example, If he is six feet tall, he
plants his six-foot pole sfifty-four feet
from the tree. Then he lies down on
his back, with his head at the end Of
the line and his feet touching the pole.
and sights over the top of 1t. He
knows that where his eyes touch the
tree is almost exactly sixty feet from
the ground.-Weekly Bouquet.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28

Royal Ruler Without a Crown.
The Sultan possesses no crown, coro
nation being unknown in Turkey.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28
In the Hammock.

For blindman's buff or Il spy"
So into the hammock we all three troop,
The baby and Ted and l. III
It's a sailors hammock, at first we play,
And three jolly tars are we,
And the queerest yarns we spin all day
OF shipwreck and storm at sea.
And then it's papoose cradle hung
In forest dark and high,
And our mother sings in the Indian
tongue
A strange, wild lullaby.
And then it's light little fairy boat,
That is rocking from side to side
On the little waves that round it float
And the clear and crystal tide.
And then tits a nest, an orioles nest,
That swings in leafy tree
When the wind blows east or the wind
blows west,
And three little birds are we.
And then it's a big balloon that rides
On the great wide, empty air,
And we peer below as it safely glides
Over hills and rivers fair.
But no matter how far away we fly
In our happy, dreamy play
Up, up through the big blue summer sky
Where the white clouds softly stray,
Yet down without harm, and as swift as
thought,
From our loftiest wanderings
Jumps each little hungry aeronaut
The minute the tea bell rings.
Youths Companion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28

Selling Vegeta bles by Weight.
The Retail Grocers' Association OF
Cleveland, Ohio, has adopted resolu-
ton to hereafter sell all vegetables by
weight, even in small quantities. This
should be the rule everywhere, as it
protects both buyer and seller. We once
heard a huckster say that no man was
fit for peddler who could not get forty
quarts of string beans out of bushel,
and u clerk more anxious to please his
customers than to serve his employer
will not get much more than three
pecks out Of the bushel. The legal
weight for spinach, dandelions and beet
greens there is twelve pounds to the
bushel, but we have seen farmers pack
fifteen or sixteen pounds in a bushel
box, and have seen the retailer make
two pounds fill peck measure, which
would give about eight pecks to the
bushel box.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28
A Perfect Winter Wheat.


Up-to-date Farming tells what q per-
feet winter wheat should be. 1t should
mature early, as a few days delay in
harvesting may give rust, blight or in
sects a chance to injure the crop. and
it must be prolific in yield. One vari-
ETY. will often produce twenty bushels
or more above the yield Of another on
same soil and similar conditions. 1t
should have stiff straw to prevent the
stems from falling or. lodging before
harvest, which will result only in
shrunken and imperfeetly matured
grain. 1t must be hardy in winter, as
some varieties winter kill much more
than others, and it should have a thin
skin. Some kinds have so thick skin
that there will be several pounds more
of bran and less of -four than with 9TH
er thinner-skinned sorts, which makes
them undesirable for the miller. Can
all these qualities be combined in one
variety, and who will first offer such q
variety to the public? , 5tA T.,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-18
Was a Prisoner In Police
Court
Charged With Refusing to Pay
Bar Bill.
PoIiceman's Patience Was Exhausted
Settled the Claim.

Frank A. Mcgowan, former Mayor
OF Trenton, N. j., and one time mil
lionairc manufacturer, who attained n
wide notoriety through his domestic
troubles, added new chapter to his
varied career by appearing as a pris-
oner In the New York police court.
Mcgowan will be remembered in Ak
ron, as the star performer In the diff
culties of the Barnes family.
The details of the New York affair
are given in the following special
Frank A. Mcgowan, appeared as n
prisoner in the Jefferson Market police
court yesterday, after having passed
an evening with n party of friends in
one of McGurks places, 10 Third ave-
nue..
Mcgowan was charged by Patrick
Kelly, a waiter, with refusing to pay
a bill of SG.65. which he had contract
ed for drinks.
Mcgowan, accompanied by two
friends, entered McGurk's place at 10
o'clock Monday night. He began to
order round after round of drinks. The
bill reached $6.6J, and the waiter then
refused to serve any more drinks. Ma
gOwan fumbled through his clothes
without finding any money, but
offered to settle the bill with a check.
Cheeks don't go here" said Kelly.
"You'll have to pay, or I'll call cop"
THAT'S AL right" replied Mcgowan,
II guess you don't know who 1 am.
I'm ex-Mayor Mcgowan, Of Trenton,
and Vm stopping at the Waldorf. 1t
you don't believe me. I'll take you
up there and get the money"
The prisoner was taken to the West
Thirtieth st. police station, where he
was bailed out by friend.
He paid the bill in court and was
A cab was called, and the party, in
cluding the waiter, drove to the hotel.
At the Waldorf the clerk said he
did not recognize Mcgowan as one of
the hotel guests.
Mcgowan, not a bit abashed by his
rebuff at the hotel. ordered the cab
driver to Corbett's saloon. Corbett