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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
Raisinp Broom Corn.

Broom corn is easy to raise and care
for If a man will exercise good judg-
ment. Plant in rows four feet apart;
plant about eight pounds of seed per
acre. If the seed is clean a common
corn planter can be SO arranged as to
plant the proper quantity. The corn
should be thinned out until the stalks
stand about two or three inches apart
in the row, or, If very good land, would
not hurt to let it stand little thicker.
Cultivate as common corn. When the
brush is at its best, or, rather, when
the seed begins to turn from its light
color, and before the brush begins to
turn red, it should be cut in haste.
Walk between two rows, reaching as
high as possible; break the stalks down,
breaking both rows as you go, and
break both toward you. When you
have gone around this way -four rows),
take your knife and start back the way
you came, cutting the brush off, leaving
q stem of about six inches. When you
have a handful of brush, break a few
stalks down just behind you, SO the
stalks will De between you and the two
rows you first broke; lay your handful
of brush on this, as it protects it from
the ground; put what is convenient on
this, and make more to suit. On the
two other rows you can use these piles
also. When the days cutting is done,
If there be any likelihood of rain, gath
er up your brush and make good bot
tom with stalks; lay your brush on this
in two piles, with heads together; cover
over good with stalks. and your brush
is safe. But If the weather Is favor
able, let it lie for one day and night,
and then gather up. After few days
your brush will be cured and have a
fine green color. Haul in when con-
and stack In as large piles as
you like, and, If dry, it will keep safe
and sound.-Lee Mcconnell, in Farm
er's Advocate.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
Toy Trains on the Map.


On the floor of a room of one o; the
leading board schools in South London
Is plan of South Africa nearly twenty
feet square. Toy trains run on the rail-
way lines, the rivers are in white chalk
and the whole plan has been carefully
constructed to scale for the instruction
of the children.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
Vast Cost of Imported Perfumes.

Vast Cost OF Imported Perfumes.
A recent compilation of statistics
shows that in 1899 American dealers
bought more than 100000 worth Of
foreign cosmetics and perfumes. The
late Kate Field said, few years ago.
that American women spend 2,OO0,-
DO0 year in those toilet luxuries, most
of which," she said, "are poisonous"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
BEND
rms w

Dut IL does not tell you now 20 make
the mattress and bedclothes.
A small paper bag Of tissue or some
other kind of very light paper made to
fit the bedstead will answer for the
mattress cover, and if this is filed with
small crumpled bits of tissue paper it
will make as soft a mattress as the most
dainty paper doll could wish for good
nights rest or an afternoon nap.
Make the sh sets o. fine white tissue
paper aEd coverlid OF some bright col
ored paper. The bolster can be made of
roll Of soft paper and the pillows
made in the same way as the mattress.
White paper bags make beautiful pill
low slips, and If you have some old
candy boxes you can use the paper lace
with which to trim your pillow shams.
Dolly IS now ready to 30 to bed and
sleep g sweet paper sleep and dream
happy paper dreams Of pasteboard pies
and blotting paper pudding.
But no lady's bedroom is well furnish
ed unless Il has one or more rocking
chairs. Figure IA is pattern for a
bedroom rocking chair, and Figure Is
shows how the chair looks when 1t is
finished and ready for your little house
keeper to sit in and rock while she does
her tency work or chats with her paper
friends upon the prevailing styles.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
Remedy for cutworms,

Mix paris green with what millers
call shorts" or middlings. Use just
enough paris green to give slight
green color to the shorts or mixture.
Dampen slightly and then scatter over
infested places. The worms prefer IL
to any plant. After eating it they die.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
Ant,-Blood Circulationists.

A society has been formed in Berlin
TO combat the heresy Of the circulation
of the blood. The members show their
zeal by interrupting the medical lee
lures at the university by protests.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
Working Roads.

In sections where the highway Is
worked or filed in, either by the use
of the grader or old dump scraper, the
plowing should be done just as soon as
the frost is out of the ground, turning
the furrow toward the beaten path.
This early plowing allows the sod to
partly decay, and If plowed again few
days before placing in the road it will
be in fine, mellow condition to handle
in the easiest possible manner. Do not
on any account work the road by put
ting in more earth until settled weather
arrives. In most sections this is after
the middle Of May. The use of heavy
field roller upon the newly filed in
earth is of great advantage. Passing
over two or three times is none too
often.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
Butter Flavor.

The flavor of butter, it Is very evil
dent, depends principally upon the
proper ripening of the cream and upon
the absence Of bacteria, says the
Stockbreeder's Magazine. Thus the
washing of butter in granular condi-
tion with pure water is matter Of far
reaching Importance, for If this is neg
lected the butter will contain milk, SUI
gar and bacteria. Chemical action
brought about by the latter will hasten
Of the butter. The en-
emies that have to be dealt with in the
dairy are invisible and therefore all
the more difficult to wage war against.
1t is only unremitting care and con-
slant and almost scientific cleanliness
that will prevent their development.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22

A woman has a terrible struggle with
her conscience IL she feels that she
didn't struggle enough with her hus-
band to get him to church
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
Fumipatin1 Poultry Houses.

FumigatinG Poultry Houses.
Remove all nests, roosts and every
thing that is portable, put pound of
sulphur in an iron pan, with some burn
ing Goals, place the pan in the middle
of the house and close up the doors,
windows and all other openings, letting
them remain closed for two or three
hours. Afterward paint the roosts and
nest boxes thoroughly with coal tar,
and whitewash the house both inside
and out with lime. A spraying pump
is very useful to get the lime wash into
the crevices in the roosts and walls. 1t
is beneficial to add some carbolic acid
to the lime wash. Once a house is
thoroughly freed from vermin it Is
easy to keep it SO by attending to it
regularly and whitewashing it fire.
quently.-O. G., in Epitomist.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
RAMS HORN BLASTS.
Warning Notes Calling the Wicked %
Repentance.

obs work never
waits on the man
who is not ready.
In order to show
us the stars God
had to give us
night.
Before the devil
can be chained the
saloon door must
be shut.
Nothing bot sin
ever made any
body doubt tho di-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
Mathematical Magic Made Easy,

You never can tell what figures will
10. OF course they are truthful If prop
crly handled, but some Of them are ca
rable Of the most bewildeTing antics.
Here Is method By which figures may
lie made to tell secrets in a way that
will astonish those who are not inform
cd about how to do the figuring"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22

It's unwise to judge man by the
umbrella he carries until you find out
who owns 1t.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
tAIs IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
TIE PAPER.

SuainG SayiAuES and CEto DoinGn oc tho
Little Folks Everywhere, Gathered
and Printed Hero ior All Other Lit.
Sle Ones to Road.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22
The Size of Seed.

The size of seed bears directly upon
the crop produced. 1t also tends to in
fuence the strain for good or evil de-
pendent upon the size of seed selected.
1t is claimed that almost without ex-
ception the largest and heaviest seed
tend to produce the largest and most
vigorous plants. The lighter seed may
germinate, but the Seeding is so weak
as to succumb to any sudden change in
weather conditions. Experiments are
reported as showing the manifest su-
periority of large, heavy seed over the
smaller light ones in the case Of rad
ishes, amber cane, Kaffir corn, barley,
oats, sweet peas, winter vetch and rye.
A series of experiments with rye grass
seed in Germany showed that the num-
ber of seed capable of producing plants
increased with the increased weight
of the individual seed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22

fit it for producing a crop costs more
than the land did at first in many cases.
But to make old established and valu-
able farms pay their cost in crops of a
single year Is a different matter. 1t is
most often done in growing fruit. A
New Jersey farmer bought cultivated
farm we'll stocked with fruit of all
kinds for $1,000. Last year he sold
from it 81, ,45O, or $3.50 more than the
whole farm cost him. Besides fruit he
grew and sold vegetables. milk and the
other products Of ordinary farmers. All
Of these added to his income and in
creased his profits. He had doubtless
a favorable year for fruits, but, as the
New York Farmer says, the question
what profit farmer shall make de-
crops or location. 1t Is not uncommon
for market gardeners to grow crops
that exceed in value the land which
produced them, and 1t is sometimes
done by farmers who grow potatoes and
cabbages.-American Cultivator.
Wheat Bran.
The farmer who grows wheat can
make good profit in selling his wheat.
and buying wheat bran to feed out.
The pound of wheat will nearly pay for
two pounds of bran, and the bran, if
sweet and in good condition, is worth
more per pound to feed to cows in
milk, those soon to calve, to growing
young stock. sows in pig or for sheep
before lambing. and while lambs are
with them, than the whole wheat
would be. If it Is not fattening or
heating enough at other times the
wheat can be sold and corn bought,
and still leave balance in the pocket.
1t is much like selling the butter fat
from the milk, and feeding calves or
pigs on skim milk, which is better for
them, and has not SO high selling
value. If more fat Is wanted little
linseed meal or f1axseed tea will give it
at less cost than butter fat. Almost
anything that has place on the table
will sell for more than 1t Is worth to
feed to animals, as they care less for
looks and delicacy of flavor and more
for the nutritive qualities than does
mankind.-American Cultivator.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-12-29
ARMY TO HELP EDUCATE.
Bill Now before Congress Provide,
for Military Instructors In schools
Desiring the Same.

1t will be interesting to the male
school children Of the United States to
know that the house has agreed to q
bill introduced by Col. Marsh. Of ILL.
nois, which permits the president to
detail in addition to the army and navy
officers now authorized, retired officers
and non-commissioned officers Of the
army and navy, as military instructors
in the schools of the United States,
where such instruction Is authorized
by the educational authorities and
where the services Of the instructors
are requested. The only expense TO the
schools will be the cost Of Communication
OF quarters of the officers.
The preamble of the act recites that
as the national defense must depend
upon the volunteer service of the peo-
pie, the schools which shall adopt n sys-
TEN of military instruction are en-
titled TO the assistance Of the govern
ment, in order to secure to the United
States such knowledge Of military af-
fairs among the youth Of the country
us will render them efficient rs volun-
teers, II called upon for the national
defense.
Col. Marsh said: IF this measure is
adopted it will result in giving the
youth of the country military train
ing which will be valuable to the gov
eminent in time of need"
He is confident the bill will be adopt
ed by the senate.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-12-29
SAW MURDER m DREAM.
Nebraslka Arrest IN the FslIhart Case
~ . Result Of Description
Furnished BY Sister.

Indications are that q Nebraska fugi.
tive murderer has been captured and
will be brought to Justice through q
remarkable exhibition Of mental tele.
pathio interest existing between sis.
ter and brother. On the night Of No
vember 20 last w. II. Fullhart, q
wealthy cattleman living near Broken
Bow. Custer county, Neb., was muir.
dered on his ranch. That night his
sister, Phoebe Fullhart, living on q
farm near Huntington, Ind, expert
enced . remarkable dream, in which
she saw plainly every detail Of her
brothers murder and went through q
bitter struggle with the murderer.
She awoke in a perspiring condition
and was nearly Frustrated from q
nervous weakness.
The crime in Nebraska was not dis.
covered till two days later, when the
sister received news Of II. She at
once forwarded q description of the
man she had seen kill her brother In
her dreams, and q suspected man tai
lied In appearance exactly with this
description. He was arrested, and the
sister has sent her attorney. ]. S. Bran.
yam, Of Huntington, to assist in his
prosecution. Miss Fullhart described
exactly from her vision the wound in
her brothers head and other minor
details Of the affair.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-12-29
FnIFp ALL RRQuIREMENTs.
she Wanted . Real sensible Book ant
she Took Robinson
CrAsoe.

The trials of librarians in city libraries
have often been cited; those Of the guard.
ans Of small country Libraries are OF diff
ferent character, but require perhaps the
exercise Of even. greater patience, says
Youths Companion.
ma wants you should pick her out q
book" said freckle-faced girl to the bright
young woman In charge OF the free library OF
New England village; land she don't want
1 serious one, she says, nor she don't want
a love story, without it'r founded on fact.
Nor Of course, she don't want anything she's
ever read before"
The librarian tapped her pencil thought
fully on the desk, without trace Of de-
expected to see on her face.
'Nor she don't want an ythng that's
chopped up into short stories, she says"
continued the girl, bent on the librarian's
further enlightenment, "and she wants con.
sider'ble going on, and lot Of pictures, ma
does. And she told me partic'lar to say
she didn't want no di'lec' stories; she says
she knows well enough how folks in the
country talk"
Still the librarian thoughfully tapped her
pencil, apparently waiting for further m
structions. .
grandma likes and ] like, too, volunteered
mas, emssary; then suddenly she leaned
hoarsely, eff there's one Of the Robinson
Cruzo books in, ma said you'd better gimme
that"
Certainly" said the librarian, pleasant.
", and q moment later the well.thumbed
copy Of the famous adventures had changed
hands, and the happy possesor Of 1t de-
parted wreathed in smiles.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-12-29

Tn every county Of the civilized world
i the Sisters OF the Good Shepherd
are known. .;ot only do they minister
to the spiritual and intellectual needs Of
the charges committed to their care,
but they also minister to their bodily
needs.
With so many children to take care Of
and to protect from climate and disease,
these wise and prudent Sisters have
found Peruna never-failing safeguard.
Columbus, O., July 10, 1900.
The Peruna Medicine Co., City:
Gentiemen-"A number Of years ago
our attention was called TO DR.. Hart
mans Peruna. and since then we have
used II with wonderful results for grip,
coughs, colds, and catarrhal diseases OF
the head and stomach.
For grip and winter catarrh espe-
cially II has been Of great service to the
inmates of this institution. Sisters Of
the Good Shepherd.
The following letter Is from Con-
gresham Meekison, Of Napoleon, Ohio:
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-12-29
SCHOOL FOR GOSPEL SINGERS
IRA %. sankey I'm Route TO New York
r 60 Establish New Insti-
tuition.

Ire d. sankey, famed co-laborer OF
Dwight L. Moody, hopes to parallel in
New York the work which the late
evangelist initiated at Mortified.
During their long association both be-
aieved in the effectiveness of combined
exhortation and Gospel song. North.
field now has IN institute which pre-
pares men for evangelistic work. Mr..
Sankey now proposes to establish in
New York school for Gospel singers,
and cooperation between the two in
stitutions Is likely.
Before sailing for the United States
from London the other day, after the
completion Of three weeks lectur-
ing tour in England and ireland, Mr..
Sankey said he intended to establish
his school early next year. In explain.
ing his plans he continued:
"Many of our friends have suggested
the advisability of perpetuating the
musical system which has always
proved such n popular side to Mr..
Moody's evangelical work. I have I'M
dertaken the task by mapping out n
regular course of instruction built
upon the lines of my long and interest
dng experience"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-12-29
FOREIGNERS INTERESTED.
American Art Exhibition Mt Paris Ex-
position Excites Favorable Conn
ment by Foreign Critics.

John d. caldwell, United States d.
rector of fine arts at the Paris expo
sition, has arrived at New York. The
American exhibit was left in charge of
Henry B. Smell, the assistant director,
who will remain with II until it is
shipped home on the United States
cruiser Prairie about the end of the
month. Concerning American art
abroad Mr.. caldwell said: "Our fine
arts exhibit at the Paris exhibition
attracted general attention and was
commented upon most favorably not
only by the French, but by the Ger
man, Austrian and Italian critics, some
of whom expressed establishment at
the progress made by the painters and
sculptors Of the United States during
the last decade. A marked interest
was shown particularly in the canvases
Of our artists residing at home as dis
tinguished from our artists residing
abroad and it was generally conceded
that their work showed indsputable
evidence ofthe development of strong.
wholesome and untrammeled national
art
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-12-29
ITALIAN PRIEST ROBBED.
Clever swindlers Play . Neat Trieh
and Are Enrichea 5000
Thereby.

According to q story just received
from Italy, q couple Of clever rascals,
said to be Americans, played conf
dence game lately on an Italian priest
by which they profited to the extent
of $4,000. They have not been
caught. Rev. Father N. Crosse, Q
member Of the Society Of Jesus, who
Is superior Of the Jesuit institute at
Turin, was the victim. Two hand
somely dressed men, apparently
Americans or Englishmen, called upon
him about fortnight ago and told
him that they were the trustees Of q
rich orphaned boy, whose father had
been killed in the war in the Trans
vaal. They told the priest that they
wished to place the boy under his
care and have him educated in the in
stitute. At the same time, they said
that they were custodians Of 100000,
WHICH belonged to their ward, and
this money they desired to leave in
the priests charge.
Father Crosse consented to take
the boy under his care and also agreed
to accept custody Of the funds, as sug-
gested. The two strangers displayed
several bundles of bank notes, appar-
emily genuine, which they placed in
compartments in the safe which
Father Crosse accommodatingly
opened for them. The pair then left
the house, stating that they were 60
ing to Milan, where they had left
their young charge, and would re-
turn with him.
Several days passed, but neither Of
the men returned. Father Crosse
then, having become suspicious, went
to his safe. He found that notes ag-
gregating 10000, all the funds Of the
institute, were gone, and that the
bundles OF so-called bank notes left
by the two strangers contained moth.
ing but waste paper.
The men, under the eyes Of the
priest, had extracted the institutions
money in the safe while placing their
own counterfeits in the compart-
ments.
The police Of the principal cities Of
Europe and this country have been
notified.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-12-29

Switzerland's universities are still
the most popular academies in Europe
for women students from all parts Of
the world. OF $50 students Mt the
University of Zurich 2ls are women
One hundred and twenty of these are
studying medicine, So philosophy, 81
natural science and II Jurisprudence
Only IS are of Swiss nationality
Ninety-seven are Russians, 30 Amer.
leans and us many Germans.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-12-29
Heart Failure

Almost daily you read Of prominent men and
women. ito aynothing Of the thousands Of people
In tho everyday walk Of life. Of which no mention
is madeIn print,) dyingfrom Heart Failure. The
cause back Of 70 all is-siek kidneys. When the
kidneys arc sick, all the other organs are affected
Dizzy spells. fainting spells, pain In tho back,
frequent severe headaches. falling or indlstlnct
vision with flashes Of light or floating specks are
ure." Reader your only safety Is 10 ret your
kidneys right 20 that they can perform their
duties promptly and properly. Tho only remedy
IN which you can place implicit confidence Is
MorTow's Kid-ne-olds. They strengthen and
tone up the kidneys. enabling them 10 purify the
blood, clear out the obstructed passages and
mako heart failure impossible. MorroW's KID
ns-oids prevent heart failure By removing the
cause.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-12-29

Benign paternal government IL to
be the general note Of Soudan admin
istration in the earlier stages of its
reorganization, says n Cairo corrc-
spondent. Here are few of the chief
heads of the new code just promul-
gated: The importation, manufac-
ture or sale Of alcoholic liquor is pro-
hibited. No person will be allowed to
sell his land or to make loans at usu-
rious rates. Even mortgages will be
subject TO formal authorization.
Trade, industry and navigation arc
free, and every chieftain is a magis.
trate in his own district.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-12-29
Hax,a Thias

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
+. ]. Cheney 4 Co., Props, Toledo, Q.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j.
Cheney for the last IS years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able 10 carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure 10 taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
tle.. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-12-29
Try Grain-Oi Try Grain-Oi

Ask your grocer to-day to show you pack
age Of GRAIN.0, the new food drink that
takes the place OF coffee. The children may
drink it without injury as well as the adult.
All who try it, like it. GRAlN.O has that
rich seal brown Of Mocha or Java, but it is
made from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress. / the
price OF coffee. l5c. and 25cts. per package.
Sold by all grocers.