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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-03-29

Des Moines. Ia, March 22.-Just
before the adjournment Of the lower
house of the legislature at noon to-
dav a resolution was introduced by
R.I,rs sentative Kendall declaring
that the people of Iowa are unalter-
ably opposed 10 the Porto Rico tariff
bill passed by the lower house OF con-
gress.
After considerable debate the reso-
luton was adopted by unanimous
vote.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-03-29

The results OF an over indulgence
in food or drink are promptly recti-
fed. without pain or discomfort. by
taking a few doses OF HERBINE Price
80 cents lat H. l.. fuckers.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-03-29

Fulton has already begun TO talk
I'D its street fair for next autumn
1t had one last year and liked it.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-03-29

II ALFRED SPEER
e Pioneer wine of
gandy rivals the world imported the Port Grape
planted the Valley The
Passaic New identical
Speer's New Jersey Vineyards
situated the valley below
grapes
md made into
of Speers
only be obtained paying that higher than
vineyards Mr. healthy
VINE that allowed get rid of
arse with this object he
cellars and frequently racks before boug offering
e The reputation Speers valuable medicinal
family wine extends around the world
Grocers and Druggists sell Speer Wines and Brandy
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-03-29


MASKING TRoDDEN PORT VINE
The rugged hills projecting shae
persons
Gd which
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22

Ask some person to put down un-
known to you a number composed of
three figures (say 1872. Tell him to
transpose the figures (making 26D and
to subtract the lesser from the greater.
Then ask him to tell you the first figure
Of the result, and you can tell him the
entire number. For instance, your first
number In the present example is 762,
which transposed makes 267. Subtract
tract 267 from 762 and you have 495.
The only figure that you are told Is
4, the first of the result All you have
to do is to subtract from 8, which will
give you 5, the last figure, and the CEN
trail figure is always 8. So your num-
Der will be 495. This Is true in all cases
where only three figures are used in
making up number. The central fig
ure will always be when the trans
posed number Is subtracted from the
original number, and the two end fig
ures when added together will make 8.
So, knowing either the first or last fig
ure Of the result, you can give the en-
tire number.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
Never Admit Defeat.

Never admit defeat or poverty,
though you seem to be down and have
not cent. Stoutly assert your divine
right to be a man, to hold your head up
and look the world in the face; step
bravely to the front whatever opposes,
and the world will make way for you.
No one will insist upon your rights
while you yourself doubt that you pos
sess the qualities requisite for success.
Never allow yourself to be traitor to
your own cause by undermining your
self-confidence.
There never was a time before when
persistent, original force was so much
In demand as now. The namby-pamby,
nerveless man has little show In the
tustling world of to-day. In the twen-
teth century a man must either push
or be pushed.
Every one admires the man who can
assert his rights and has the power to
demand and take them If denied him.
No one can respect the man who sinks
in the rear and apologies for being in
the world. Negative virtues are of no
use in winning ones way. 1T is the
positive man, the man with original
energy and push that forges to the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
Shaved Without Arms.

American men think it a very merito.
rious and remarkable accomplishment
to be able to shave themselves. YET
Charles Francis Felu, the armless Bel.
gian artist, who has just died In his
SEVENTEEN year, performed this ardu.
GUS Office every morning for himself,
and did not consider that he was do.
ing anything unusual.
When a baby Felu related how he
used to sit In the garden with his
mother during the long summer days
while she taught him to pluck with his
little toes the bright colored flowers
with which their garden abounded. For.
titled by this practice his baby feet be-
came daily more flexible and useful to
their little master, and when he had
reached the age Of he could do almost
as much with them as his little COM
panions and playmates could do with
their hands.
In later years, when he commenced
the study and pursuit of his favorite
art, painting, it was a wonderfully in
teresting sight to watch the gifted boy
at work.
He always held his palette with the
great toe of his left foot and manipu-
lated the different brushes, crayons and
pencils with the toes Of his right foot.
Always when at table he skillfully
managed his knife and fork.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
A Eehorning Cage

"A IenOfn1nG cage
A convenient and easily constructed
dehorning cage is shown in the accom-
panying cut reproduced from the Ma
tional Stockman and Farmer. The di-
mensions of the cage are as follows:
Six feet long, feet high, 31a feet wide
at top in front and AZ feet wide at top
at back end. Bottom or foot board
foot wide, with seven cleats ~ inches
thick, foot long, nailed across 1t to
keep cattle from slipping. Foot board
two inches thick, and rests on three
2x4 inch cross pieces feet long. To
these are bolted upright pieces feet
long, 2x4 inches, for nailers for sides
Of cage. Across the top Of cage are used
two strips 1x4 inches for each set of
upright, bolted one on each side OF up
right. The inside of this frame is
boarded up with inch plank of con-
venient widths. The lower 21@ feet
should close enough to prevent animals
putting their feet through the cracks.
On left side, 31a feet from bottom.
should be used a board one foot wide,
and one foot longer than the cage. In
this bore two one-inch holes four
inches from sides Of board. Through
these put piece Of rope and tie on out
side. This loop is put over the animals
nose and drawn tight by the use of
hand spike. An upright lever is used
to catch the back Of the head and draw
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
Chinese Boys as Soldiers.

In China the boy soldiers are better
drilled than the men. Every Chinese
bann>r regiment has its troop OF boy
soldie s, carefully exercised, and far
superior in discipline to the rest Of the
army. They carry old fint-lock mus
kets, and show themselves expert in
the use of those antiquated weapons.
The military spirit, which seems al
most extinct in China, If the behavior
Of the Chinese armies in the war with
Japan is any indication, seems to be
strong yet in the children, and this fact
gives some promise that the future Of
China will not be altogether clouded.
American boys could not show greater
earnestness or readiness than these
Ii tie soldiers of the Orient, to whom
China will ere long be looking for sup
port and defense. These boyish evolu-
lions took place at the recent triennlal
review Of the forces Of the southern
provinces Of China.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
POWER OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES

misconceptions of the Force Exerted by
Dynamite and Gunpowder.
There Is widespread misapprehen-
sion in regard to the devastating effect
of these high explosives, for when un-
confined the effect even of large
charges Of them upon structures is
comparatively slight. At the naval
ordnance proving grounds, SO long ago
as 1884, repeated charges of dynamite,
varying from five pounds to one hum
dred pounds in weight, were detonated
on the face of a vertical target consist
ing Of eleven one-inch wrought iron
plates bolted to a twenty-inch oak
backing, until 40 pounds Of dynamite
had been SO detonated in contact with
it, and yet the target remained practi-
cally uninjured, while at Braamfontein
the accidental explosion Of fifty-fve
tons Of blasting gelatin, which was
stored in railway vans, excavated but
10000 tons of soft earth.
This last may seem q terrible effect,
but the amount of explosive involved
was enormous and the material one Of
the most energetic that we possess,
while, II we compare 1t with the action
of explosives when confined, its effect
becomes quite moderate. Thus at Fort
Lee, on the Hudson, but two tons of
dynamite placed in a chamber In the
rock and tamped brought down 100, 900
tons Of rock; at Lemberis, Wales, two
tons and half Of gelatin dynamite
similarly placed threw out $4,000 tons
Of rock, and at the Talcen Mawr, in
Wales, seven tons of gunpowder, placed
in two chambers Of the rock, dislodged
from 125,OOO to 100000 tons Of rock.
We might cite many such examples,
but on comparing these we find that
the gunpowder confined in the interior
at the Talcen Mawr was over forty
two times as efficient as the explosive
gelatin on the surface at Braamfon-
TEN, while the dynamite at Fort Lee
was over ninety times as destructive
Popular Science Monthly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22

the dining-room. The heavy black lines
show where to cut with the scissors.
The dotted lines show where to fold
the mantle to give 1t the form Of Fig
ure Z.
When the space in the panel above
the mantel Is cut out, as shown in the
diagram, paste a colored picture from
some paper on the back, SO that the
panel frames the picture, as In Figure
Z. Bend the CRATE back inside the fire
place, and fill it with crumpled pieces
of bright red paper to represent fire.
The paper fire will be warm enough for
a paper doll, and prevent her from suf-
fering with cold feet. Figure shows
how to make vases of flowers, the point
ed ends at the bottom being intended to
stick through the slits cut in the top Of
the mantel.
Figure shows how to make a man
tel clock. A grandfather's clock to
match the Janice Meredith chairs can
be made by simply making Figure 8
three times as long as it appears In the
Illustration.
Dolly cannot sleep upon the chairs,
and bed is as necessary a thing for
the bedroom as a stove is for the kitch-
en-. Figure 13 tells you just how to
build four-post bed for the little miss,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
OLD TIM ES.

There are no days like the good old
The days when we were youthful!
When humankind were pure of mind
And speech and deeds were truthful;
Before love for sordid gold
Because mans ruling passion,
And before each dame aud maid became
Slaves to the tyrant fashion.
There are no girls like the good old girls
Against the world I'd stake 'em!
AS buXom and smart and clean Of heart
AS the Lord knew how to make 'em!
They were rich in spirit and common
sense,
A piety all-supportin';
They could bake and brew, and had
taught school, too,
And they made the likeliest courtin'!
There are no boys like the good old
boys
When we were boys together!
bare feet
That dimpled the laughing heather;
When the pewee sung to the summer
OF the bee in the willowy clover,
Or down by the mill the whip-poor-will
Echoed his night song over.
There is no love like the good old love
The love that mother gave US!
We are old, Old men, yet we pine again
For that precious grace God gave us!
So we dream and dream Of the good old
times,
And our hearts grow tenderer. fonder,
AS those dear old dreams bring soothing
CLEANS
Eugene Field.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
M. eALLIFET AND HIS FISH.

He Caught 1t In the Presence of Napo.
leon III. and 1t Made Trouble.
In the etats de service Of Gen. CALI
fet the present War Minister Of
France, there is a curious note which
should endear him to the hearts of al
fishermen. After paying just tribute
to his abilities, the note reads:
But unfortunately, he selects ex
traordinary companions"
Thereby hangs a fish story. Long
ago, in the days of the second empire
Gallifet was the aid-de-camp Of Napo
leon III. At st. Clouo his quarters
were just over the imperial bedroom
Everything around him was very grand
and very gloomy. The window of his
room looked upon the pond that wash
ed the walls of the chateau. The water
was clear, and the surrounding seen
cry was beautiful; but the young lieu
tenant felt like a prisoner. Early one
morning while seated at his window
trying to drive away the blues with q
cigar he espied below in the crystal
water an enormous carp. The instincts
OF the angler, strong in Gallifet, made
the young mans eyes snap and set his
heart a-throbbing.
The big fish was the private property
of the. Emperor. Consequently, for
Gallifet 1t was forbidden fish. But 1t
was such fine fellow! The resist
ance Of the soldiers conscience was
useless. 1t surrendered uncondition-
ally. The remaining part of the cam
paign against the carp was simple
enough. Gallifet went to his trunk,
brought out his trusty line, to which
lie fastened a hook and an artificial
bait. With his accustomed skill he
cast the line. The carp was hooked
and hauled in through the window.
Here the lieutenant's fun ended and
his trouble began. The fish landed
upon table, overturned a large globe
filled with water, and caromed from
that to magnificent vase, which 1t also
upset and smashed to pieces upon tue
floor. Then it began to execute a genu-
inc pas de carpe among the smither-
eens.
The Emperor, hearing the strange
racket overhead and seeing the water
trickling through the ceiling, was aston.
ished. He rushed upstairs to find out
what was the matter. Gallifet heard
him coming and endeavored to grab
the carp and throw it out Of the win
dow, and thus destroy the evidence of
his poaching in the imperial pond. But
the slippery thing was hard to hold; so
he tossed 1t into the bed and covered
1t up with the bed clothes. When the
Emperor entered the room he noticed
Immediately the quivering bed clothes.
He pulled them down and uncovered
the f1oundering fish. His majesty's
face assumed an almost jim-iamic ex.
preston, which gradually faded into a
faint smile. He took in the entire stu
alton, saluted, and left the future War
Minister to mediate upon the mysteries
Of a fisherman's luck.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22

a moment, although he prolonged his
stay until after the last visitor had left
''Surely he will WRITE" she had said
to herself, and for weeks the postman's
ring had caused quick fnttering of
the heart which subsided into the dull
ache of disappointment when the long
ed-for letter never came. She had heard
of him often from common friends, of
his success socially and financially In
the distant city which he had made his
home, and had slowly and unwillingly
resigned herself to the conviction that
their friendship had been but an cpl
sode. And now she held in her hand
the announcement of his marriage to
another woman. She felt glad that the
family had regarded him as her sisters
admirer.
Slowly she went upstairs to her room
and unlocked her desk, taking from an
inner drawer a small stock of treasures
"a dozen notes, some dried violets, candy
box, ribbons, and other souvenirs equal
ly trif1ing. She must destroy them now,
she was too old-fashioned to preserve
such memorials of another woman's
husband. Violets and ribbons were
soon in ashes on the hearth, but each
note in the packet was opened and
read before being sacrificed. She was
naturally methodical and they came in
correct order. She smiled bitterly to
herself to see how little there was real
ly in them. Even Mrs. Bardelps law
yer would have been puzzled to find on
those pages anything tender or COM
initial What fool she had been! She
finished the holocaust and turned to re-
place the empty drawer. 1t stuck and
had to be pulled out again. Looking
for the obstruction, she found another
note-the last one-which she had
mourned as lost. Now she remembered
that she had put it away, after reading
it hastily. for there were people waiting
below. 1t announced that he was COM
ing to see her that afternoon and re-
iauested that she would not fail to be
fin. Just above the signature was SEN
.tence in Latin, rapidly and illegibly
twritten-h1s handwriting at its best
was difficult to decipher. She started as
she remembered that in the hurry of
that long-ago afternoon she had put off
Latin. He knew that she
had studied the language, for he had
once asked her, seemingly apropos of
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22

nothing, but she had not told him that
she had forgotten nearly all of it since
leaving school. She rushed for the die
tionary and read understandingly for
the first time the neglected message,
the gist, as it proved, of the whole:
80 love of mine; my bleeding heart
lies at thy feet; deign to accept the Of
fering Of thy slave"
She had not been mistaken; he had
loved her, after all, but why did he
how could he-trust living story to a
dead tongue? And why had she, how
ever hurried, left word of that letter
unread?
The letter was clutched convulsively,
the lexicon dropped to the floor, and
her head went down on her arm in a
passion of futile tears.-Philadelphia
Item.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
Held Reformer to His Word.

When beggar asked Philadelphia
stationer the other day for help the
latter offered him two lead pencils,
saying: with half the effort required
in begging you can easily sell these for
cents apiece" The beggar gazed at
the pencils scornfully. Who'd give
me 5 cents for them? he demanded.
"Why, anybody" said the stationer.
go out and try it." "Would your
asked the beggar. "Why, certainly" !"
was the reply. A smile of triumph
spread over the grimy features of the
mendicant. Here you are, then," he
said. "Gimme the 10 cents. You can't
go back on your own word" 1t took
the stationer several minutes to re-
cover his breath, but he finally entered
into the deas and hereafter he will
adopt other tactics.-Hartford Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
A LATIN LESSON.
:GeeGeeGG&GGGeGeEe

7T was year since he had left Chi
cago, and in all that time she had
heard nothing from him. 1t seemed
strange! they had been such friends
indeed, more than friends, for he had
seemed to like her much, and had
sought her society on every possible oc-
casion. The day before he was to leave
he had come by appointment to see
her. She had noticed with concern
that his manner was chill and con-
strained, but had had no opportunity
to dissipate that chill by her own cor
diality. Although it was not their reg
ular reception day, the drawing-room
was full of people, and her sister, who
was apt upon occasion to monopolize
his attention, never left them alone for
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
Rslief Farm i'm Cuba.

In the province Of Matanzaa, Cuba,
at Celba Mocha, an industrial relief
farm is carried on by a New England
relief society. Its first crop was early
potatoes. Nearly all the cultivating
and harvesting were done by war Wild
ows and orphans. During the insurrec-
ton 5000 reconcentradOs were crowd
ed together at Celba Mocha. Eight
hundred are left. Five thousand are
In q cemetery near by.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22

v1nity Of Jesus Christ.
Prayer for daily bread Is answered
with daily strength.
To nail your doctrines to the cross
will not take away your sins.
Good fortune sometimes comes to see
us in very shabby looking carriage.
The devil probably dressed In white
on the day the cigarette was invented.
A man had better sleep in sloth than
keep himself awake with wickedness.
There can be no refinement of man.
ners where there is corruption of NOR
ais.
1t would puzzle an onion to under
stand what there is about a rose that
people like.
Angels weep on the day that a young
man begins to spend more money than
he can make.
= The cross corrects the pessimism Of
the reign of natural law by the revela-
ton Of the reign Of divine love.
Many man whose prayers were
long will be kept out Of heaven be-
cause his yardstick was too short.
When an evil thought is trying to
force itself upon your mind, the devil is
knocking at the door of your heart.
The man who says, "Our Father" in
honest prayer, will not be found stand
ing with his foot on his brothers neck.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
Paying for Land with One Crop.

Paying TOR Lana with One Crop.
1t is sometimes boasted by Western
farmers on rich prairie land that with
favorable seasons they have been able
to clear as much money from their first
good grain crop as the land originally
cost them. That is, however, usually
because the land was bought at so low
a rate that to make one crop pay all
the original cost might not after all,
leave much, If any, profit to the farmer.
The breaking up or prairie sod SO as to
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22

a boy VINO 10 evidently very nice to
his little sisters writes to the Cincin-
natl Enquirer description Of lot Of
paper furniture he made for the girls
doll house. AS he tells how the articles
are cut and shaped we reprint the ar
ticle for the benefit Of our little read
ers:
There Is nothing more cheerful than
an open fire in the dining room, and a
paper lady has just as much right to
cheerful surroundings as any one else
who depends entirely upon other peo-
ple's LABOR for their comforts in life.
Figure Is pattern for fireplace for
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22

it to the left side of cage. This upright
should be a strong 2x4 Inch, 8 feet
long, bolted to bottom cross piece near
the right side, the upper end slipping
back and forth between the cross
pieces that hold the tops of the two
front uprights in place. This lever Is
thrown to the right when open for the
animal to enter. AS soon as the head
passes it is pushed to the left side and
fastened as tight as required by small
iron pin slipped through the cross
pieces at top back Of it.
AS soon as the head is fastened a
hand spike is slipped through the cage
back of the animal, and another over
the neck to hold the head down. These
remain in place usually without holding,
the operator standing in front while
taking off the horns. The smallest ami
NAL having horns up to a bull weighing
1880 pounds has been dehorned In this
sized cage. Animals weighing up to
1,2OO pounds pass right through the
cage when the holding lever is thrown
back against the right side. Cows heavy
in calf and larger animals back out Of
the cage.