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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
People Eat Far Too Much.

A Philadelphia physician of note, DR..
Edward II. Dewey, claims to cure all
sorts of diseases by starving his pa
tients. The brain, says this practitioner.
never loses weight in either sickness or
starvation. Usually the mind remains
clear when the body has wasted away.
The head is the power-house of the
body. The stomach is run by brain
power. When the stomach does too
much work it makes too great de-
mand upon the brain.
For more than twenty years." writes
this doctor, 81 have permitted my sick
to do without food so long as there was
no desire for it. Not mouthful was
enforced in any case, not one mouthful
denied on the first hint of hunger.
"In this I have had all the medical
textbooks and the entire medical pro-
fession as authority unquestioned
against me. That food is needed to
sustain the strength of the sick has
never been a matter of question with
the medical profession.
MANY of my sick have gone for more
than a month without food. One very
sick, in bed for more than a month
with acute rheumatism, was able to
walk about the room on the forty-sixth
day before the first food was taken. An
other patient, a woman of 81, went
until the fortythird day before she
broke her fast, and without any omis-
sion of her ordinary duties. A diseased
stomach was cured as the result, and
now, after five years, there has been
no return of the trouble"
Physicians are pretty generally
agreed that Americans eat too much
especially too much meat. The no
breakfast habit may not be so very silly
after all.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Beetle,s Eye a Camera.

Thousands of years ssbefore; the in
ventive genius of men discovered the
multifold mysteries of photography and
worked out the problem of the lens the
little beetle was carrying round with
him a snap camera of the most unique
and interesting character. This camera
was provided with at least 100 photo
graphic lens, each perfect and In ma
lures finest working fettie.
All know that the beetle has the curl
Gus projecting eye very similar to the
sort one sometimes sees in man him.
SELF The eye Is large and round, or
almost so. 1t can hardly be called a
perfect sphere, for it is slightly convex
in shape. Such insects have eyes called
compound, formed not of one lens, but
of several hundreds, set side by side.
like cells in honeycomb.
Dr. Allen, of England, the famous sci
enlist as well as physician, took the
cornea of the eye of beetle and en-
ployed it In place of the usual photo
graphic lens of the camera used for
making photographs of microscopic OBJ
jects. A silhouette of head was
pasted on pice of ground glass and
lamp placed behind it. A Photographic
dry plate was exposed to the light COM
ing through the beetles eye from the
silhouette and developed in the usual
manner.
The resulting multigraph was circular
and conta ned several hundred i'm g 8
of the profile-one, indeed, for each
facet Of the eye. 1t seems reasonably
clear that insects form their judg-
ments of distance from such multiple
images, depending upon the power Of
each facet to refract light rays. The
nearer the object the greater would be
the area covered by the images on the
retfna. Enquirer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04

Barefooted boys and hens form q
curious partnership in the making of
pair of fine gloves. Thousands of dOz-
ems of hens eggs are used in curing the
hides, and thousands of boys are en-
ployed to work the skins in clear water
by treading on them for several hours,
says the Philadelphia Record.
When woman buys pair of kid
gloves she speaks of her purchase as
"kids." If the clerk who sold her the
''kid" gloves knew the secrets of the
glove-making business he might sur
prise his fair customer by telling her
that those beautiful, soft, smooth-fit-
ting ''kid" gloves came from the stom-
ach and shoulders of the 3-weeks-old
colt, whose neck was slit on the plains
of Russia, and whose tender hide was
shipped, with huge bundles of other
colts hides, to France, where they were
made up into kid" gloves; or he might,
with equal regard to the truth, tell her
that those gloves in the other compart-
ment once darted from tree to tree in
South America on the back of the ring
tailed monkey.
And if he made the rounds Of the
store and could distinguish one skin
from another he could point out "kid"
gloves made from the skins of kan
garoos from Australia, lambs or sheep
from Ohio or Spain or England, calves
from India, muskrats from anywhere,
musk oxen from China and other parts
of Asia, rats, cats and Newfoundland
puppies. But the Russian colt, the four
footed baby from the. plains where the
Cossacks live, the colt from the steppes
of Siberia, where horses are raised by
the thousand, supplies the skins which
furnish the bulk of the dainty cover
mgs for my lady's hands.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
A CHANGE ABOUT THE PLACE.

The place don't seem just like it did be-
fore she went away,
It's all so still and lsnesome-not a word
from her all day;
The old mare whinnies still when l go to
the stable door,
But, somehow, things seem different
since she amt here no more.
The vines creep up along the porch just
as she trained 'em to;
The flowers grow along the fence, just
as they used to do;
The house is left just as it was, but still
it seems, to-day,
As if it wasn't just the place from which
she went away.
The sun still gets to peepin' in that Win
dow over there
Along lords breakfast time, and there's
her high-backed rockin' chair;
The creeks still flowin' where it flowed
the waters cool and clear
But still, somehow, it amt the place it
was when she was here.
The hedge still fences in the lane, just
as it did when she
Would come, at dinner time, and call
across the fields to me
But where that steeple peeps above the
hill she's sleepin' now.
And everything's got all turned round,
it seems to me, somehow.
This doesn't seem like home no more, and
often through the day
get to thinkin' 'tisn't her, but me that's
gone away
That she's at home there on the hill,
a-callin' soft and low,
And that Pm goin' back, and glad it's
nearly time to go.
Chicago Times Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
His Theory.

A novel explanation of the cause of
thunder showers was once given a so
journer in little Nova Scotia town by
one of the Inhabitants.
do you know what makes thunder"
the Nova Scotian inquired of his guest.
1--WE got theory of my own, and call
it pretty good one.'
81 should like to hear it," was the
diplomatic reply.
"Well," said the host, slowly, "my
idea this: You know we hear about the
air circulating and circulating all the
time. My notion is that the pure air
from above comes down here in sum
mer, and gets foul with all the smok
and dirt and grease; and then the heat
drives it up again into the clouds, and
when it gets up there it's pressed on all
round by the clouds coming together,
and it explodes! That's my theory, of
course" he added, with becoming mod
esty, 'other folks may have Others"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Playtime in Italy.

In Italy they have very few games,
but the little Italian boys and girls ex-
Gel you in one pastime-that is model
ing. A little Italian boy will pick up
clump of clay in the street and model
you horse, or dog, or COW in no time,
and more experienced boy will at
your request speedily reproduce the lit
tie bimba (baby) stretching out her
hands, or the herdboy blowing his horn;
in fact, almost anything you like to ask
him for.
The favorite game-both among boys
and men-seems to be one called
flashing fingers" Two men or boys
place themselves opposite each other,
and at the same instant each throws
out his right hand, with so many fingers
open, or so many shut or bent upon the
palm, and each of the players, also at
the same instant, cries out the number
made by adding the number of his ad-
versary's open fingers to his own. If
both cry right, of course the throw
counts for nothing.
As boy gains point by hitting the
right number, he marks it with finger
of his left hand, which hand is kept
motionless. Five points make the game,
and when the thumb and four fingers
of the left hand are extended, then the
lucky owner of that hand cuts caper,
and cries, "Done-I have conqueredy'
The Italian people say that the very
best actors of Italy come from Naples,
and the reason they give is that the
people all speak in pantomime, even
the children being too lazy to talk, SO
they make signs to each other instead.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04

her Aunt Elinor and Mr.. Appleby be
hind her. Jim was not there. With the
prescience of love she knew where she
should find him, and snatching white
scarf from her aunt's shoulders she
said:
Aunt, you and Mr.. Appleby wait fol-
me; am going to find JIM
Nellie! Nellie! You will compromise
yourself fatally" ...
Il don't care; love Jimv'
"Nellier'
But Nellie was gone. Mr.. Appleby
smiled as, under the cover of the
shadow of a column, he said:
Let her go, Elinor. Nellie is right.
Jim is worthy of any good woman"
But he is poor"
''That he isn't. l brought the news to
him that he had just inherited bigger
fortune than he lost. He doesn't know
it yet, and, Elinor, we can all be mar
ried together, Eh?'
"O-Lloydy'
We've waited long enough, dear, I
think"
Nellie flew like white angel down to
the Point, her slippered feet scarcely
touching the ground. Yes, there was
Jim. Was he about to commit suicide,
as he stood there so ngidly still? Nellie
caught her breath, and then advanced
slowly, stilling her throbbing heart by
miracle of will power, power such
as is only given to womankind.
ITS a lovely evening. Mr.. Alden, isn't
it?' she said, quietly.
''Nellie, little Nelliev' said Jim, in
such transport that 1t is lucky he
couldn't see the sudden color leap to
Nelfie's cheeks. 81 beg pardon, Miss
Burton. 1 forgot for moment"
There is nothing to forgive"
"Ah! Where is your aunt-and Mr..
Appleby?" asked Jim, stupidity.
Il left them on the porch, settling the
date of their wedding day."-BostoD
Globe.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04

is nine-tenths right and 80 per cent
sure.
The best heart purifier is to be filed
with thoughts of God.
The lights of the world need focusing
in the lens of Christ's love.
Though the fire is extinguished In
death, the gold will remain.
If home means only fine furniture,
children will mean only bitterness.
1t is praiseworthy to aspire to the
stars, but you must also plan to drop
on the earth.
You must live a royal life If you
would have the world believe you are
the child of king.
Education may furnish you a mead
light, but only the grace Of God can
help you make steam.
Too many Christian workmen wear
their oNeralls on Sunday and their
"best clothes" all the week.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Projecting the Pump.

PrOtectfnX the Pump.
The cut tells its own story. The pump
Is thus inclosed at slight cost Of labor
and kept from freezing up" during
cold snaps in winter. If stock Is to be
watered, spout can pass through the
rear side of the covering, to be removed
and the opening closed when not in use.
Scores of hours are consumed on many
farms in winter shaving OUT pumps.
A little protection of this sort will save
much labor. The water In a well from
which cattle are to be watered can also
be kept much warmer II the platform
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Winter Work.

Winter Work.
The farmer should rejoice at the ap-
proach of winter, not because it will be
a season of rest, but because it will give
him an opportunity to do SO many
things that he has neglected in the
hurry of planting, cultivating and har-
vesting. There are many little things
for which there seems to be no great
haste. They can be done at any time,
and that means that they are never
done, or done in great haste when they
reach the point where they must be
done. When we were farming we used
the days when it was NOT suitable
weather to work out of doors in putting
all tools and machinery in good condi-
ton, including farm wagons and carts,
and they were painted, If they needed
1t, which most of them did even after
one years use. The work might not
have been done very artistically. but
the paint served to protect the wood
from the weather. Then harnesses
were cleaned, mended and oiled, and
repairs made on gates, fences, etc.
while during the pleasant days manure
was drawn out, and the summer wood
brought home. All this so helped when
the spring work began that IL we de-
sired to go on farm again we should
much prefer to take it in November
than March, unless we were sure that
our predecessor had been one who
spent the winter days in getting ready
for the coming season.-American Cul-
tiyatOr
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Only Two Methodist Papers Profitable

Only Two Methodist Papers Profitable
1t came out in the reports Of the re-
cent Methodist conference that only
two of the fifteen official journals of
the church, published in different sec
tions of the country under the common
name of the Christian Advocate, had
been conducted at profit. The net
loss on the others-$10S,O0 in four
years-had been borne out Of the prof
its of the publishing business known
as the Book Concern.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Biggest Sturgeon.

The largest sturgeon on record was
caught in the North Sea. It weighed
525 pounds, but the delight of the fish
ermen was tempered by the fact that
1t did $3.50 worth Of damage to the nets
before it was given the coup de grace.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Food ofJapanese.

The japanese are not heavy meat
consumers, and yet they are wonderful
ly muscular. Japan consumes more
rice than any other nation in the world,
the average being 300 pounds a person
per year.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Richest In Minerals.

The soil of Peru contains the largest
number Of minerals of any known
country. At Piurfa, in the north, pc
troleum and sulphur; silver, lead, cop
per and coal in the great mining basin
of Cerro de Pasco, in central Peru, and
phosphate, quicksilver, auriferous
grounds and borax at Arequipa, in the
south. At the present time the number
of mines being worked is $500, en-
ploying 10000 workmen.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04

is closely banked with hay to keep out
the cold air. 1t Is essential not only to
keep the pump from freezing up," but
also to keep the temperature Of the
water in the well as high as possible,
since very cold water is undesirable for
any stock, and particularly undesir-
able for cows in milk and growing
young stock.-New York Tribune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
To Preyeut Calves Sucking.

To Prevent Calves Sucking.
To prevent calves and young stock
from sucking the cows and the cows
from sucking themselves, procure at
your grocer's or druggists one pound
of cayenne pepper, pour one-half pint
boiling water on one tablespoonful and
let 1t steep a few minutes. Tie soft
niece of cloth on the end Of long stock,
and with this swab rub the pepper so
lution over the cows udder. II this is
nerseyered in you will have no more
trouble.-Mrs. ]. Coffee, Farmers Ad-
yocate.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Use Skim milk.

Skimmilk is food which contains
muscle and flesh forming material in
form to be readily taken up and digest
ed by the system. Milk that has been
skinned has really lost but small
amount of its value as food, the cream
consisting considerably Of fat, which
in itself is the least nutritious part Of
the milk, except to create warmth. The
cheesy matter left in the milk is its
most valuable part for food and tends
to produce vigorous, healthful growth
when fed to calves, pigs and chickens.
If chickens were fed less corn and more
skimmilk, it would not only be to their
lasting benefit, but 1t would also even
tually result in financial benefit to the
farmer-Poultry Keeper.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
candied Honey.

At the approach Of winter, says
American Gardening, extracted honey
will candy or crystalline unless kept in
a temperature above 80 degrees, and
even then with some kinds Of honey it
is difficult to prevent it from candying.
This is regarded by most beekeepers as
test of its purity. Honey that has
been adulterated with glucose or other
foreign matter as rule will not gran
ulate or crystalline when kept in mod
erately cool place. Honey that has
gaanulated may be restored to its
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04

T takes two to
make a quarrel,
b u t one m a y
mend it.
A lie in its own
clothes is always
iInpotent.
Easy preaching
comes from hard
preparation.
1t is impossible
to put off sin till
youput on Christ.
A sincere man
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Tommy Was Right.

"What is bread chiefly used for,
Tommy?' asked the teacher of a small
pupil in the juvenile class.
ITO spread butter on" was the logi-
cal but unexpected reply.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
To Keep Cider Sweet.

To keep cider sweet is not an easy
proposition, remarks New England
Homestead correspondent. For domes-
tic use on small scale heat thorough
ly for twenty minutes at temperature
of 100 degrees; then seal up In fruit
lars or bottles. This, done thoroughly,
will keep the year round.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
0Hox xAwfuI1xGree1x.n

"HOw AwfuIly Gree1 1y.T
"How awfully greedy you are! said
one little girl to another. "You took the
biggest apple from the basket Just as 1
was going to take it myself"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Sheep's Faces.

The face of a sheep does not only in
dicate elegance of form generally, but
it is the more sure and certain indica-
ton of the best feeding quality. Sheep
Breeder.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04

Stick a pin through the center of a
pea, then obtain straw, clay pipe
stem or anything with small hole
through it. Now If the pm be inserted
in fhestube and it be held straight up
ward and blown through, the pin will
leave the tube and circle rapidly around
it, the pea meanwhile remaining sta
tionary in the air.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04

liquid form by placing the bottle of jar
In pan and setting on the kitchen
stove OF range. The pan should be
partly filled with water and heated
slowly until the honey is melted. If
melted gradually and only heated
enough to restore it to its liquid state,
it does not injure or impair the flavor
In the least
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Sugar in Germany.

In thirty years Germany, from being
little more than self-sustaining, has be-
come the largest sugar-exp<.sug eoun-
try.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Cover Sick Land.

We used to hear much Of land getting
clover sick, or so that while rich
enough for corn or most of the usual
farm crops, it seemed not to be suit
able for clover. Either the seed would
fail to catch or the plants would die
out before they had attained size
enough to show them above the other
grasses. Perhaps on poor field near
by there would be good crop of clover
growing, sown with seed from the
same bag and under the same condi-
dons of season. When we first noticed
this we saw that the farmers who had
used wood ashes on their fields had no
trouble in growing clover, and that in
pastures where bushes had been cut
and burned there were often punches
of clover, most frequently of white
clover, that came in and remained until
they were killed out by being fed too
closely. This led US to believe the clover
would be benefited by the use Of wood
ashes or any form of potash. Then we
noticed that farmers who used a COM
mercial fertilizer in addition to their
manure had no trouble in growing
clover. Later studies showed us that
lime formed considerable part Of both
ashes and the superphosphates. and
thus we do not hesitate to advise any
one to apply lime where they wish to
grow clover, and to use acid phosphate
and muriate of potash when they sow
the seed, or as topdressing afterward.
We think these are sure remedy for
clover-sick soil-Exchange.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04

The belt worn by an actress ls q
theater dress circle.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Public Land i'm Michigan. :

Michigan holds the title to over 5O0,-
600 acres, most Of it school and tax
homestead land.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
. Drilling Grain.

The Minnesota experiment station
tried for several years drilled wheat by
the side of wheat sown broadcast.
These were field tests on considerable
areas, and they found as an average
that the drilled wheat yielded so per
cent more than that which was broad
casted. The results were most marked
in seasons when the soil was dry, as
the seeds were well covered at uni
form depth by the drill, and thus ger
minated more freely and evenly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Had Seen Slater.

It was Dots first visit to the country,
and she was very much interested in
the pigs curly tails. At last an idea
occurred to her.
"Auntie," she said, "does uncle put
pigs tails in curl papers every night?'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
The crother, Peach.

Prof. n. E. Van Deman, while living
in Kansas, came across peach called
Crothers, which he thinks worthy to
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04

S b o W its merits
among t b e b e 8 t
peaches of the coun-
try. He procured
buds and put the
peach into his trial
orchard, and has
been so much pleas
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS

Something that Will Interest the in.
venile Members of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings
of Many Cute and Cunning Children
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Since Willie Goes to schoo

Since Willie goes to school, the days
Are always full of peace,
And in a hundred little ways
The cares of life decrease;
The halls are Uttered up no more
With blocks and tops and traps;
No marbles lie upon the floor,
But are we happier than before@
All, well perhaps-perhaps!
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04

MOVABLE FODDER RACK.

outside rack should be made Of heavy
poles, as the reaching of the cattle will
break ordinary lumber.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
Small for Usage.

Small for Usage.
Pat called as usual one morning at
the Cow and Pail for his threepenny-
worth Of whisky, when the following
conversation ensued between the land
lady and himself:
Pat-This be good whisky, mum.
Lady-Yes, Pat. Can you guess the
age Of It?
Pat-No, mum.
Landlady-Well, it's thirty years old"
Pat (eyeing the threepennyworth)-
Ohm a-thinkin' it be moighty small for
it's age, mum.-London Spare Moments.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-04
TRUMPET CALLS

Ran's Horn Sounds a Warning NotA
to the Unredeemed.