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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16
Lims and Acid Phosphate,

the tests made at the Rhode Island Ex-
pertinent Station in the use of lime
upon certain soils and for various
crops, we desire to call attention to the
possible danger of using lime with an
acid phosphate. The object in treating
bone and phosphate rock with sui
phuric acid is to render the phosphoric
acid soluble in water SO that it may be-
come more readily available for plant
food. 1t does this by removing from it
part Of the lime, changing it to sui
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16

| child buried her head on her brother
neck. Then, suddenly rising, she ex
| claimed: 80. why was l not man
Cuba so needs men! Yes, I'll tell hin
to get Linda ready at once. Colone
Pena must go to help Gomez" Turn
ing. she kissed her brothers forehead
, and hurried out to the stables. SooI
| the quick gallop of a horse was heard
| approaching the house. But it did no
| step at the gate. On it sped in the di
| rection of Santa Lucia.
A moment later Guido. the half-wit
| ted black boy, wandered aimlessly into
| the room.
"Where is the horse. where is Emil
ia? inquired her brother.
"Gone"' replied the boy.
Gone? Where?' came from all pres.
ent.
Il dun know. She said somethin
bout St. Lucia, jumped on Linda's
back, and looks to me as how she's
gone"
And so she was; the brave little Emil
la. although not a soldier of Cuba, had
taken her brothers place. She had gone
to get Pena; to tell him that the fight
between Gomez and the Spanish Gener-
al Castellanos was on at Saratoga and
that every Cuban in Camaguey was
needed.
On the little heroine rode in the dark
ness of the night She had been born
and raised in the country. and she knew
the way to Santa Lucia, although she
had never before travelled 1t in the
dark. But she was riding to save her
brothers life and for Cuba. Darkness,
danger, nothing daunted her. Bare
headed and alone, she urged her horse
over the road at a pace which would
have made most girls tremble with
fear.
Not even when an hour later the trop-
ical storm broke in all its fury around
her did she hesitate. Lightning strik-
ing the tall palma reals caused Linda
many times to shy and almost bolt the
road. but the brave little rider held on
and never loosened rein until in sight
of Pena's campfres.
"Quien VS." suddenly called out the
picket
"Cuba"' answered the brave little pa
triotas. She reined up her painting steed.
"Adelante una" ordered the guard
and Emilia, pale, wet. and dripping
rode forward.
'Caramba! 1t is a child. Who are
you? What do you want?'
81 am Emilia Moncado. 1 want to tell
Colonel Pena that there is a battle at
Saratoga. General Gomez has only $50
men against over 1000 Spaniards, and
he needs help"
A few minutes later. almost fainting
with fatigue and nervous strain, she
was borne into the presence of Pena.
ened to her story and then gave the sig
nal for his command to mount
You poor little thing, you should be
abed and asleep" Wrapping his coat
around her little, trembling, wet form,
he jumped into his saddle and had an
officer pass the child up to him. The
order was given to march, and in his
arms the fighting Colonel of Camaguey
carried the little heroine back to her
home in Rosalia.
Take her." he said, as he handed her
over to the half crazed mother. "She
brought us the news. I'll speak of her
to General Gomez. She deserves the
rank of a Major General. She has
saved her brothers life, and her brave
deed may win the day at Saratoga
Omaha Bee.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16
EznAlIlLHYE rs

of lime is added it will be taken up by
the dissolved phosphate. and it reverts
again to the insoluble form. Lime may
be used with bone meal. because that
already has its phosphoric acid COM
bined with as much lime as it can take
up, and it really becomes available, as
it is acted upon by the acid in the soil.
But where one uses enough of bone
meal there is little need to use lime in
any other form.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16
Irrigation in Rocky Mountains.

Irrigation In Rocky Mountains.
In the six Rocky Mountain States Of
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska,
Utah and Wyoming agriculture is large
ly dependent on irrigation. The distri-
button of the water supply is regulated
by law, and costs about 81 per acre.
Nebraska and Wyoming have water
commissioners, who receive all appli-
cations and determine all controversies.
In the other four States there Is much
litigation. But when the ranchman's
water rights are once established, he
thinks himself far more sure of regular
crops than the farmer in "the humid
States," where there Is always liability
of drouth or excessive rainfall, while
he has the exact amount of moisture
he needs, just when he wants it. and at
no other time-and always on tap.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16

heavy and large
in leaf. The fruit
Is of a beautiful
shape and color,
coming in as early
as the majority
and continuing as
late in the season
as any on the list.
In it's v ar ! e t y
trials of stra Wber-
les for 1900
American Garden
ing found fully a
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16
from either side of the hopper is a shor,

from either side of the hopper is a short
arm, which is connected with stirring
device inside of the hopper. this ar
rangement being useful in starting the
flow of feed if it should become clogged
in the hopper. If the feed stops the
animal will move its nose about the
trough to pick up the stray grain. thus
coming in contact with one of the arms
and .dislodging the feed and starting
the flow again.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16
BIoat in Cattle.

Bloat in cattle, from whatever cause,
is very dangerous; and unless help Is
soon obtained, the animal will die. The
most effectual way of relief Is to use
the trocar and canula, an instrument
that is designed for this purpose. II
this is not a t hand, a knife may be used,
the small blade of a penknife being the
right size. We used the small blade OF
jackknife, with rubber over the blade.
to make the right length. Push the right
side of the COW against the wall. Place
the knife on the left side. about mid
way between the short rib and hiE
bone. Give the knife sharp blow with
the hand; withdraw the knife, insert
goose or turkey quill. and leave it there
until the gas escapes. The quill should
be watched so that it may not become
clogged with blood. The next day after
the operation we gave the cow one and
one-half pounds of Glauber's salts, and
as she was not chewing her cud by the
next day strip of salt pork was given
her. This brought her out in good
shape. The knife operation is not dan.
gerous, but the gas Is.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16

NICK oHMER BERRY. quart per plant 10
be easy figuring in the cases of NICK
Dinner and Sharpless, which stand pre-
eminently in mind as the leaders of the
test. Frost caused some injury. but
Gladstone, Gem and Star suffered most
seriously in this respect. Wilson and
Sharpless were tremendous troopers
and gave good fruit early to late.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16
known that it carried about with 1t an
of nearly 500 pounds in

Elephants of this size are becoming
rarer every day. The merciless war Of
determination carried on for years
against the elephant by ivory hunters
has been. only too successful. Where
once immense herds were to be seen,
man now may travel for hundreds of
miles in the vain search for those forest
monsters. They tend to retire further
and further from the coast in quest of
solitudes as yet uninvaded by man.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16
German Juries.

In Germany, when the vote Of the
jury stands six against six. prisoner
is acquitted. A vote Of seven against
five leaves the decision to the court,
and on a vote of eight against four the
prisoner is convicted.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16
KEEPS THE WHEELS CREASED.


for Vehicles.
The labor of oiling wagon wheels by
the usual method is somewhat ardu-
GUS, and he who can perform the task
without soiling the hands and clothes
is an exception to the general rule.
With the idea of doing away with the
necessity for removing the wheels
every time the axles are oiled Van Don
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16

After a man has accumulated as
much as $1,000 it is perfectly proper
for his wife to refer to the grounds
surrounding their home, instead of ths
yard"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16
New War Balloon Invented.

An officer in the Austrian army in
Vienna has invented balloons which
will float both men and horses across
a river. They are to be fastened to the
belts around the men and the harness
of the horses.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16

When young man finds that he can
make two girls believe the same COM
pliment, he begins to look upon him
self as the Real Thing.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16

1t is curious and interesting coinci-
dence that while the old confederate
cruiser Alabama was for long time
known as "No. $780," the new battle-
ship Alabama was numbered 1890" at
the builders yard before her name was
decided upon, and without any thought
of the original.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16
Good Strawberries.

The Nick Dinner strawberry is a fine
grower and carries its fruit on strong
stems well up from the ground. 1t is
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16
Rape Plants as Weed Killers.

Aside from its value as a forage rape
Is an excellent crop to grow on fields
that are foul with weeds. The late date
at which the seed may be sown allows
the weeds to get well started before the
final preparation of the soil begins. they
are further kept in check by the culti-
vation required for the crop during its
early growth. and later the rape plants
shade the. ground so completely as to
keep the weeds down. An excellent
treatment for foul field is to pillow
thoroughly in late summer or early au-
tumn and seed to rye or some other
forage crop to be pastured off during
the fall, winter or early spring. When
the crop has been pastured sufficiently
and before the weeds have produced
seed, piow again, plant rape IN drills
and give thorough cultivation. There
are few weeds that will survive such
treatment, and the land will have given
profitable returns In forage in the mean
time. The rape Is usually ready for use
in about eight or ten weeks from the
date of seedfng.-T. A. Williams.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16
Inotation Cheese.

In 1899 the imports of imitation
cheese into Great Britain from the
United States and Holland, the only
countries where 1t is made, were 5,687
hundredweight, which was less than
one-half the amount imported in 1897.
Popular sentiment has been so strongly
against the article on both sides of the
water that it was expected the trade
would gradually die out. Recent high
prices for pure cheese have, however,
induced a few concerns In Great Brit
ain to handle the imitation stuff, and
they have inquired for supplies both in
Canada and the United States. To the
credit of Canada it may be said that
the law positively prohibits the manu-
facture or sale of the article in any of
the provinces of the Dominion.-Farm,
Field and Fireside.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16

They who know God love Him, and
they who love Him learn to know Him
best.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-16

Brown can hit good canteloupe
every time.
do you do it-by physiogomy or psy.
choloRy?-lndianapo Journal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26

a poll OF the members of Congress In.
dicates an overwhelming majority favor.
Ing the Immediate passage OF the Nicsra-
qua Canal BILL Washsngton Post.
So it goes. Causes which the
CITIZEN has steadfastly advocated
are. one by one, meeting with frui-
ton. Many have already come to pass
but two very important ones vet re-
main unsettled state constitu.
tional convention and the Nicaragua
Canal. We fought for these in their
incipiency, and at the same time. and
now we have good assurances that
both will at an early date meet with
contamination.
The Alexandria Gazette has this
to say about the Nicaragua canal bill
1t lie the prevailing Impression here
that the bill appropriating one hundred
and forty million dollars for the Nicara.
qua interoceanic canal will be passed by
both houses of Congress, and, stranger
still, that both the Virginia Senators and
all the Representative from that State,
but one, Mr.. Jones, will certainly vote
for It.
If correctly represented We are at
u loss to understand why NJ. Jones
should oppose the measure. No
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
TELEPHONE TALK.

The trunk line to Newport News
will unite with the Chesapeake Tele.
graph and Telephone Company in
building the pole line from York
town to Newport News. This ccm-
pany will erect a new pole line from
Gloucester Point and use the old poles
for branch lines. A number of new
phones will be- installed as soon as
as the trunk line is built and the new
switchboard is put in.
About the same line the Southside
Sentinel recently said: "a reply 10
a telegram sent from Urbanna to San
Francisco last Thursday night about
S o'clock was received the following
morning about the same hourly
hours going distance of 5000 miles
more or less"
This is the line through the coun-
ties south of the Rappahannock.
Those who have had occasion to be
thrown In connection with the oper-
alton of this line, and its energetic
manager, have had nothing bat praise
for it. How different it is with our
Northern Neck line. A correspon-
dent of the Fredericksburg Free
Lance recently wrote that ''the tele-
phone line connecting the Northern
Neck with Fredericksburg and the
outside world Is down in several
places, and in very bad condition"
This seems to be its chronic condi-
ton, but why it is so the public has
never had explained TO them. We
could not well get along without it,
even in the ship-shod manner in
which it is conducted, but why it is
not operated in a more business-like
way, and better service given to the
people of prosperous country who
are willing to pay for such, remains
a mystery to many.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
CHINA YIELDS TO FRANCE
New Territory Coded and Indem.
nifty Will he Paid

TACOMA, WASH, Jan. 22.-Th,
steamer Monmouthshire brings news
from Shanghai that China has &C.
quiesced in French demands for ter
ritory at Kwangchanwan bay after
two or more Chinese defeats.
China has dismissed the viceroy OF
two Kwang provinces, appointing Ii
Hung Chang TO succeed him. The
Chinese also agreed to decapitate the
project who began the warfare
against the French and to pay 20O,.
600 taels (about $13O,000) indemni-
ty to the families of Frenchmen who
were killed.
French leaders in Tonkin are great
~ elated and declare that while
England is busy in Africa France
should extend her sphere of influence
over Kwang Tung, Kwangsi and
Yunnan and demand equality with
England In Szechuau.
AMERICA TO ENTER SCRAMBLE.
LONDON, Jan. 22.-The Copen-
hagen correspondent of The DAILY
Mail says:
Negotiations for the sale of the
Danish West Indies to the United
States are likely to undergo new
development. The United States
'Government intends to acquire a
sphere of influence in China"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26

WHITE paper continues to advance
in price. News paper, which a short
time ago could he purchased at RI
cents a pound, is scare now at 81
cents. The newspapers, large and
small, throughout the country are
raising howl, and it is to be hoped
that this will have some effect on the
paper trust. Many country papers
will have to shut up shop, or else
raise the price of subscription or cut
down the quality of paper they are
using, If this thing keeps up. 1t is
one of the cases in which the con-
sumner (the reading public) just at
present is not paying the tax but will
be forced to If exorbitant prices con-
tinue for any great length of time.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
GREAT CONTEST NEXT YEAR.
Three Candidates In the Field for
Governor.


There will be at least three prom
inent Democrats in the race to head
the State ticket next year. For the
first time in the History of the State,
perhaps, there will be an organized
fight for Acknowledgement. AS
usual, there will be contest for the
nomination for Attorney-G
Hon. j. Taylor Ellyson, Represen-
tatiye Claude A. Swanson and Lieut.
Gov. Echols may be put down as
full-fledged candidates for Governor.
1t is an open secret that many
friends of Acknowledgement Monta-
que are urging him 10 run for Gov
ernor.
Judge w. H. Mann, of Nottoway,
State Senator, has been suggested ms
excellent gubernstorial timber. A
contest with Ellyson, Echols, Swan
son, Montague aud Mann, as the can
didates would certainly be memoir
able in the history of the State.
Harry l.. MAYNARD, State Senator
from Portsmouth, will be put up as
3 candidate for Lieutenant-Go Governor,
while DIR. G. w. LeCato, the able
Senator from Accomac, has strong
following for that position.
There will no doubt be a contest
for the nomination for Attorney
General. In the event Mr.. Monta-
que decides net to aspire to first
place, he will probably seek renomi-
nation for the place he is now so
worthily filling. Major Francis r.
Lassiter, of Petersburg, will be a
candidate. He made a splendid run
against heavy odds in 1897.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
THOSE DEAD FISn.
EDITOR CITIZEN:

EDITOR CITIZEN:
The writer had occasion to be on.
in Chesapeake Bay just above Smiths
Point recently and passed through
great areas of floating fish. All of
the specimens examined were from
three to five inches long and of the
order LeiOStomus 1dnthmrus, locally
called spots, and IN some sections
named croakers, goodies, roach, &c.
No menhaden were noticed, although
there may have been plenty there.
The cause of the death of these
millions of fish appears to be the
sudden and severe cold wave that
passed over this section lately. 1t is
possible that the fish We're schooling
in shallow waters and the sudden
change of temperature destroyed
them.
Two or three years ago, just after
a sharp freeze in early December, the
same thing happened, as may be
shown by reference to the files of
the CITIZEN. Up the Potomac
thousands OF large perch have been
seen floating on the water after a
similar early freeze.
Shallow ponds along the Chesa-
peake and Potomac have been covered
with dead fish of different species
after one of these early freezes. 1t
would appear that owing to the fine
weather the fish had not as yet
sought their winter quarters. and in
each instance were caught unawares
as it has not been reported that SINH
lar mortality has been noticed later
in the winter. GEO. ii. SMITH.
Sunnybank, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26

conditions among whom he has
grown up and spent his life. He
has been called to the discharge of
many public offices. whose duties he
has faithfully aud efficiently per-
formed. He has never been defeated
for any position to which be has ever
aspireJ, or for which his friends
have presented him. re has had
large administrative and legislative
public experieacr, aud he is in the
iine OF promotion. lie may be said.
without exaggera,ior, TO fulfil the
measure IF the Jeffersoniah require
ments of fidelity, capacity and hon
esty. His personal and political
record is without blemisb; and We
confidently predict his nomination
aud election rs the next Governor
of Virginia - SGuHfOR Spectator.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
A Newfoundland Wreck.

st. Johns, N. F., Jan. 19.-The
tug Ingraham has returned here
from the wreck of the Heiigoland
in st. Mary's Bay. A diver who
went down found the steamer a
shapeless mass of iron, sails and
cordage.
The only letters of her name now
remaining are "Hel-." The coast
folk who first sighted the ship as
sert that she was on fire when she
entered the bay, the flames being
plainly visible. The captain was
making for the land to beach the
steamer, when the fatal rock was
struck.
AS yet no bodies have been re-
covered.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
BUTLER AT A sTANDsTILL.
STATE LEGISLATURE.

Doings in our Law-Making Body
The General Assembly and Senat
took holiday Friday in honor of Gen
eral Lees birthday.
The conference of Democrat,
Senators, after a stormy debate, OF
Tuesday night admitted Senator
VIM. Stands to seat in the caucus b,
a vote Of 10 to is.
The House of Delegates (the Sen.
ate concurring) unanimously invited
Hon. w. j. Bryan to address tin,
Virginia Legislature during tn,
present session. Mir. Bryan has ac-
cepted.
The separate Car bill passed th,
House of Delegates without dis.
senting vote. and although there's in
the Senate some opposition to it in
lis present form, it will quite GER
tainly pass that body also.
Delegate Gravely has introduced &
bill in the House 20 repeal the pres
ent law which requires the superin.
tendent of the penitentiary to send
his guards out to the various coun
tiea and cities and bring convicts 10
the State prison.
The Whitehead bill to authorize
the teaching of physiology, hygiene
and the effects of alcoholic liquors
on the human system in the public
schools Of the State, was taken M
out of regular order in the House
last week and unanimously passed.
Hon. S. Wilkins Matthews, of Ac.
comac, is drafting bill which will
cover the operations of the slim
Grow" car law to eamboats. There
are more complications in regard to
the endorsements of this law on
steamboats, than are to be encounter
ed on passenger trains, and the bill is
being very carefully prepared.
Mr.. Sanders introduced two bills
repeating sections 1903 aud 1880 of
the Code. They are companion bills
to bills heretofore offered, having in
view the removal Of all disabilities
from the wife In relation to her con-
tractural powers, or to cults for or
against her. The bills seek to make
her feme sole.
Mr.. Warthen introduced by request
a bill, prepared by a number of bar
bers of the State, which seeks to Gre
ate board of tonsorial examiners.
The object of the bill is to throw re-
strictions around the practice of bar
boring and provi1esVhat before any
"artist" shall WELD razor by pro
fession, he shall be passed as qualified
by the board.
MIR. Walkers bill to permit the
Carriers Greek Fish Guano Go. TO
erect wharves on Carriers creek and
Mr.. Wellford's bill to allow j. III.
Wheaton aud +. B. Blackman To
build pier in Rappahannock liver
near Wheaton, at or near the mouth
of Morattico creek, have passed both
houses of the General Assembly.
Colonel Joseph w. Ellis, member
OF the House of Delegates from Luz
renburg county, died at the Retreat
for the Sickin Richmond at / O'Clock
on last Friday morning. Messrs.
Priddy, Musgrave and Ware were
appointed as the escort of honor to
accompany the remains to Fort
Mitchell in Lunenburg county,
where the burial took place.
The following joint resolution has