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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Prizes to veteran Servants.

Prizes to servants who had served
their masters long time were distrfb-
uted in Austria on the occasion of the
Emperor's SEVENTEEN birthday. Twen-
ty-one prizes of $75 each were given
for serving thirty years. Among the
recipients were a valet Of II years of
age who had served his master forty
six years; nurse 72 years ago, who
had been forty-two years in one fami-
ly; maid of all work, II years Of age.
whose record was forty-one years, and
a cook, kitchenmaid and a maid Of all
work, who had each stayed in one place
thirty-nine years.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Weight of Elephants Tusks.

Sir Samuel Baker gives the weights
of the largest African elephant tusks
he ever saw as 172 and 188 pounds, re-
spective1y. Tiffany & Co., of New
York, have now pair weighing re-
spectively 224 and 239 pounds. Their
corresponding sizes are: Length, 10
feet q inch, and 10 feet 3a inches;
circumference, % inches and 241a
inches. The tusks of the extinct
Elephas ganesa were sometimes IL
feet inches long, and feet 8 inches
around. A mammoth tusk from Alas
ka is IL feet 10 inches long and 2215
inches around, but the average tusks
of this animal are feet to 9 feet long
and only 60 pounds to 80 pounds in
weight. The tusks of the mastodon
are thicker than those Of the man.
moth, large one being 8 feet inches
long and % inches around.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Method of Stacking Fodder.

MeCnOQ OF Stacking FOQQefs
An excellent method of stacking fod-
der, says the Ohio Farmer, is to con-
struct a long and narrow platform Of
rails or anything that will serve to
keep the bundles off the ground This
platform can be as wide as the length
of two bundles or it can be two or three
times that width, If there Is large
amount of fodder to be stacked, and as
long as necessary. The stack should
be quite long in proportion to its width,
as the fodder is to be- used from the
ends. Begin by laying bundles closely
lengthwise until the center is from
four to eight feet, depending on the
width of the stack, higher than the
outside. Then begin laying the bum
dies crosswise, close together, butts
out. Keep the center higher as the
stack advances, that the top bundles
may be quite slantlng to shed water
well. Tie a number of bundles near
the top, divide into two equal parts,
set half on either eide Of the top the
whole length Of the stock, and it will
not take water. In using the fodder,
begin at the ends; pull out the bottom
bundles first, and none need be dam
aged by rain, the end only being ex-
posed
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Value of Wheat Bran.

That a ton Of good wheat bran con-
tains more protein than ton of corn
meal, and is therefore more valuable
as milk-producing food, or for build
ing up the bone and muscle on growing
stock, is well known to many farmers.
But there is a considerable difference
in the quality of bran. Some samples
have been found which analyzed over
18 per cent of protein, and others not
much over IL per cent, or about two
thirds the amount Of this most valu-
able element. Spring wheat bran aver
ages better than the winter wheat
bran, or nearly 16 per cent protein
with 4.34 per cent fat and 52.86 per
cent Of starchy matter. This bran
should always be sold on guaranteed
analysis, and at value very nearly
represented by the protein found in 1t.
If that having the least protein is sold
at $12, it may be more profitable to pay
SIG for the best that can be found.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

Jacobs ladder, game for two, is
played on a diagram, such as Is here
shown. The number at the bottom
of the ladder may be 100 or more and
denotes the amount which counts q
game. One player selects number.
Player No. then asks odd or even,
and the other player tells him. Sup
pose his reply to be even. Player No
then places counter opposite the
number which he guesses to be that
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

content to sing Of the heights while
they walk in the vale.
Big game are often killed with little
guns.
Green branches do not grow on dead
roots.
The devil often puts garlands on his
victims.
He who knows he is right fears no
ridicule.
Youth lives in the future and age
in the past.
The natural is inconceivable without
the supernatural.
He cannot be brave who does not
fear to do wrong.
The child Of God is never at home
without his Father
Liberty Is freedom to do what you
ought, not what you like.
The admission ticket to society often
costs the sacrifice of the Savior.
The nails of the cross may mortify
the flesh, but ting xl Ne best tonic
for the spirit.
The sweetest song you can sing as
you work will not atone for sweeping
the dust into the corners.
When the wicked flourish like a
Green Bay tree, the saints get under its
shadow and expect to prosper.
Application to ideals accomplishes
more than mere appreciation Of them.
The worldly Christian refuses the
bread of life and pretends to rejoice
over mud pies.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

4. Food should never be taken i'm,
mediately after exercise. At least a
half-hour should elapse before eating.
5. Light exercise before breakfast
may be taken with advantage, but dry
biscuit or crust Of bread should be
eaten before beginning.
6. If the muscles become lame or ex-
hausted give them a good rub down
with witchhazel or Hniment.
z. Regular and thorough exercise
with dumb bells or Indian clubs for ten
minutes, morning and evening, will
gradually increase the strength and
health Of the entire body to surpris-
ing extent.
8. Don't drink water when over
heated.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
The worlds Petroleum Supply.

Statistics show that the United States
and Russia are between them produc-
ing, in round numbers, 10000, 900
barrels of petroleum per year, and that
the production of outside countries has
of late increased so much that they are
able to contribute enough now to bring
the worlds aggregate annual produc-
ton to about 15O,OOO,OOO barrels 1t is
well known that the production of Rus
sia is much less now than it might be,
owing to the lack of enterprise Of the
people and to inadequate Transports
ton facilities.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

fastened at the neck at all. The stalls
are 31a feet wide, with chain or rope
stretched across the stall behind the
COW. The sides of the stall must be
high enough and extend back far
enough SO that the COW cannot turn
around In the stall. She can only back
out, and this the chain prevents. This
seems the most humane cattle fasten-
ing imaginable, and 1t works very sat
isfactory in the barn referred to. OF
course, the manure is scraped from the
rear end Of the platform several times
a day, though while eating her hay the
COW stands well back, where the ma
nure will fall into the gutter. The shall
low trench saves the cows from many
slim and lar.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Railroad Depot Notice.

A notice which attracts the attention
of many sojourners in New Hamp-
shire town is posted on the wall of the
little railway station. The paper on
which it is printed bears evidence Of
long and honorable service: Notice
Loafing either in or about this room is
strictly forbidden and must be OBJ
served"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Turkish Bows at School.

Turkish Boys at School.
The beginning of a Mahomedan boys g
school life is always made an occasion
for a festival. 1t occurs on his seventh
birthday. The entire school goes to
the new scholars home, leading a rich
ly caparisoned and flower bedecked
donkey. The new pupil is placed on
this little beast, and, with the hodja
or teacher, leading the children, form a
double file and escort him to the school
house, singing joyous songs.
To a stranger the common Turkish
school presents a singular scene. The
pupils are seated cross-legged on the
bare marble pavement in the porch or
mosque, forming semi-circle about
the hodja, who is, as rule, an old fat
man. He holds in his hand stick long
enough to reach every student By
means of this rod he is enabled not
only to preserve order among the mis-
chievous, but to urge on the boy whose
recitation is not satisfactory. But as
rule, hodjas are lazy and often fall
asleep. Then 1t Is that the pupils en-
Joy what the American boy would style
picnic" A trick they specially like
to play on their sleeping teacher Is to
anoint his hair and long gray beard
with wax, which is, of course, very
difficult to get rid of. You may be
sure that when the hodja wakes he
makes good use of his lengthy weapon.
Some of the answers these little Turks
receive to their questions would make
an American child open, his eyes in
amazement. A half grown boy, in the
presence of a missionary, who tells the
story, asked the hodja:
"What makes it rain?'
'eUp in the Clouds" answered this
wise teacher, "our prophet, Mahomed,
and the one who belongs to Christians
went into business together, the prof
its to be divided. One night Mahomed
stole all the profits and ran away. In
the morning, when the Christian God
discovered his loss, he pursued Ma
homed in his golden chariot, the rumb-
ling of whose wheels makes the thun-
der. The lightning is the bullets of
fire which the god shot after his fleeing
partner. Mahomed, finding he could
not escape in midair, plunged into the
sea; the Christian god followed him,
and the shock splashed the water out
and it fell to the earth in rain.
And the young Turks, believing the
teachings of their hodja, grow up with
out further investigating the cause of
rain, the true source of which is taught
an American child in the kindergarten.
Boston Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Farm Machinery.

The increased use of farm machin-
cry was at one time thought to be TAX
ing so much work away from the labor
ing class that in some places mobs
burned the harvesting machinery when
taken into the farming districts be-
cause it was going to take away the
Door mans means Of support. To-day
it seems to be realized that only by the
use of such machinery is the cultiva-
ton of large areas made profitable and
possible, and these large tracts annu-
ally employ more labor than did the
small ones which were grown in the
days of hand labor. They have also
helped the poor man in another way.
They have increased the amount of
food production, and cheapened its
cost, SO that we are not only obtaining
our own food at less cost than thirty
years ago, but are selling large
amounts of 1t to the people Of other
countries, not only to the profit Of the
farmers, but to the advantage of those
who grow it, and those who find we'll
paid employment in transporting it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Breaking Out Roads In winter.

Breaking Out Roads in Winter.
At a Farmers Institute in Kennebec
County, Maine, Mr.. e. G. Buzzel gave
his experience for the past five winters
in breaking out the 100 miles of road
in his town. The average depth Of
snowfall during a winter for the last
twenty years has been ninety-six
inches, or eight feet of snow a year.
For the past twelve years they have
used rollers, and now have six Of them
to cover the ITO miles. They have
roads from eleven to thirteen feet wide
without high ridges at the side, SO that
heavily loaded teams can pass each
other safely, even after the heaviest
snowfalls, which usually come in
February and March. The average cost
for the past five years has been 5000
per year, including all expenses Of
shoveling when necessary to get the
first rollers through. This is in the
town of Fryeburg, but many towns
near there are now using the same sys-
TEN. But there are still many towns
in the State that have less than 100
miles of road that spend from 81, 700 to
$1,000 year to break out their snow
drifts, using road scrapers, snow plows
and gangs of shovelers, and yet do not
get as good a road as those towns that
use the rollers, SO says an Eastern ex-
change.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Filling His Order.

"Waiter, what's all that noise, like a
pile-driving machine at work?"
That's the cook pounding your beef
steak. You ordered tenderloin, believe.
sir."-Judge.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Sandy Soils,

The Department Of Agriculture has
not been able to find soil SO sandy and
poor that no vegetation will grow upon
it. The sandy beaches upon the sea-
shore, and those places where the sand
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

Great Brftain,s African Possessions.
Great Britain owns in Africa an area
of 2,57O, 900 square miles, almost equal
to the area Of the United States.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
RAMS HORN sLAsTs.
Warning Notes Calling the Wicked to
Repentance.

HE God who up
holds a universe
can uphold you.
The cheerful
gift makes the
cheerful giver.
God asks for
your all because
he needs nothing.
True courtesies
are the flowers
on life's dining
table.
Too many are
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Ruies of Young Athletes.

Moderation is the keynote of athletic
success. A few principles used by
well-known athletes may be followed
with profit:
1. Do not try to do too much.
2. Begin with simple and gentle ex-
ercise.
8. Never attempt work directly after
meal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

The barber who pinned a newspa-
per around customers neck and gave
him towel to read was just a trife
absent-minded.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
The Canals of Britain.

England has over 8, 600 mileso of canals:
ireland, 600; Scotland, 100. They carry
in the year 100000 tons of traffic,
yielding over f29.OOOOOO revenue.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

Some Cow Stall DEVICES.
New ideas, says correspondent OF
the New York Tribune, have done away
with some of the old-fashioned notions
about cattle fastening, and have
brought much relief to stock. But all
dairymen have not yet reached the most
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN.
TEREST TO THEM.

Something that Will Interest the Ju-
veni1e Members of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings
of Many Cute and Cunning Children.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
How Slate Pencils Are Made.

How Slate Pencils Are Made.
Slate pencils were formerly all cut
from slate just as it Is dug from the
earth. Pencils so made were objected
to on account of the grit which they
contained. To overcome this difficulty,
says the London Engineer, Colonel D.
M. Steward devised an ingenious pro-
cess by which the slate Is ground to a
very fine powder, all grit and foreign
substances removed and the powder
bolted through silk cloth much in the
same manner as -four is bolted. The
powder Is then made into dough and
this dough is subjected to very heavy
hydraulic pressure, which presses the
pencils out the required shape and d.
ameter, but In lengths Of about three
feet. While yet soft the pencils are
cut into the desired lengths and set
out to dry In the open air. After they
are thoroughly dry the pencils are
placed in steam baking kilns, where
they receive the proper temper.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

An old bachelor says the happiest
age Of woman is marriage.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

1t is said that an artist at work on a
biblical history undertook to make a
sketch of "Rebecca at the WELL" but
he couldn't draw the water.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
What Becomes of Birds, Nests.

what BECOMES OF b1rue' NeStss
Hundreds of thousands of nests are
built every year in trees and hedges.
What becomes Of all these homes after
the birds have eiEa( from them at
summers end? Most of them are lined
with sleeps wool, with feathers and
other materials that bind them togeth-
er. Now it happens that beetles and
moths and other insects devour these
things, and by thus destroying them
loosen the nests SO much that wind
and rain soon scatter the rest of the
materials. But for this timely help
the trees would be clogged up with a
mass Of old nests, the leaves could not
sprout and many trees would perish.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

Three things to wish for-Heath,
friends and cheerful spirit
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

Never judge physicians by the praise
undertakes bestow upon them.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Top-Dressing Fa1l Grain.

we lAiAh d AcT l1liZSE VI oOV pOuuuS VI
acid phosphate and 100 pounds Of muri-
ate of potash to the acre is better for
fall grain than dressing of stable or
barnyard manure, first because it costs
less than the manure is worth for other
crops, and because while it may not
grow as much straw it will grow
sitter straw that will not lodge, and 1t
will make heavier and plumper grain.
When the seed Is drilled in it may be
drilled in with it without extra labor,
but when seed is sown broadcast we
would harrow in the seed first and then
sow the fertilizer above it to be carried
down by the fall rains. In many sec
tions the amount we advise for one acre
would be thought enough for two acres,
but we think the larger amount would
prove most profitable on land which
had been long used for growing hay or
for pasturage. If the land was very
light we would top dress with from IS
to 100 pounds per acre Of nitrate of
soda after wheat came up, in prefer
ence to sowing it when wheat was
sown, and in any case unless wheat
was very rank in the spring, as'it may
be where clover or other manurial crop
was plowed in, we would sow about
the above amount of nitrate of soda
early in the spring to stimulate good
growth and early maturity.-American
Cultivator.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

chosen by the first player. If wrong,
he guesses until he strikes the right
number guessed. When the right num-
Der is guessed the marked numbers are
added and the sum Of them becomes
the count Of the player No. 1. Player
No 2 then selects number and No.
1 takes his turn at guessing, and so
on until one of the players wins by OBJ
tanning the amount at the bottom of the
ladder
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
AN AUTUMN STORM.

66 S.7 ND during all these months
~ you have j., been writing, of
cOurSeY'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
drifts almost IKE ligne snow have been

drifts almost like Light snow have been
planted with what are known as sand
binding grasses and sedges which have
been found not only to grow there, but
to SO fill the sand with their roots as to
prevent 1t from blowing by the wind or
even being washed away by ordinary
waves or tides. Once made to grow,
these plants will contribute vegetable
matter to the soil, which in time may
make them fertile for other plants. The
department is introducing sand binding
plants from foreign countries which
they propose to have tested in climates
here like those from which they are
brought, to see If any of them are SUI
perior to our native sand-growing spe-
cies. Even If they fail to make the
sand fertile, 1t will be Of advantage in
preventing its drifting and covering
other land. For some years the Gov
ernment has been setting some of the
beaches with sedge or grass to prevent
the shifting of the coast line, and the
formation of sand bars in streams by
the blowing or washing of sand from
the shore, and they may find some plant
which will be more valuable for this
purpose than any we now have.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1900-09-29
IN THE SHADOW DE DEATH.


Mrs.. Angelo Picollo Stricken BY she
Rupture of . Blood Vessel.
Mrs. Angelo Picollo of Cherry Greek,
who has been residing in Eureka for
several weeks past. is at the point Of
death as the result Of the rupture Of q
blood vessel In the brain on Wednesday
night last. DR.. Keen was sent for and
ministered to the patient. and he after
ward called DR.. NJ. ]. Davis in consul
t~ation. but no hope is entertained Of the
iady's recovery.
Mrs. Picollo is . daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. V. LAM Of Eureka. She has been
in poor health for some time past, and
it is said this is the second hsmorrhsge
of this nature from which she has suf-
fered. Mr.. Picollo was at Cherry Creek.
and q telephone message was sent &c
Ely to have . messenger dispatched fol
him to that place. and he is expected Il
arrive here this friday evening. &
Later-Mrs. Picollo died At noon Of
Friday, September %.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1900-09-29
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.

The Question Of Mortgages SAN
Claims Their Attention.
During the past week the Board oI
Equalization transacted the following
business:
b. Berg appeared before The Board
and asked for . reduction on his prop
srsy recently destroyed by FIRE. Taken
under advisement.
The Board ordered that the assess
ment Of NJ. Rich on mortgages stand %
assessed by the Assessor for 1900.
]. A. Rattazzi wa raised s6S on .
mortgage NOT heretofore assessed 10 him.
P. Paroni was raised $500 on . mort
gage not heretofore assessed 10 him.
The mortgage George Gavin was cited
10 appear before the Board and explain
was found 10 have been satis6sd.
The Clerk was ordered TO notify P. Il.
HUI to appear before the Board on Sep
TENDER 20 and show oauss why he should
not be raised on mortgages.
The inal meeting will be held on
Monday, October l..
II. johnson appeared before the
Board and asked for . reduction on the
property assessed TO che 81. Peters Gold
& Silver Mining Company. Taken I'M
der a~dvisement.
. j. H. Shoemaker, one Of the Trustees
OF the Masonic and Odd Fellows Hall
Association, asked . reduction on the
assessment of that property. Taken IN
der s~dvisement.
s. Raphel appeared and ssksd for . re.
duction Of the assessment on his wife's
property. Taken under advisemsnt.
w. E. Griffin appeared on behalf Of
the Foley estate and asked for . reduc-
tion Of the assessment on the Pinto Mill
property. Taken under advisemsnt.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1900-09-29
FOR COUNTY TREASURES.

Oscar j. Smith Nominated by He.
publicans of WashOe County.
At the Republican County Conven-
tion held ct Reno ON Tuesday last Oscar
J. Smith was placed in nomination for
the Office of Treasurer Of WAshoe
county. Concerning his selection the
Reno Gazette says:
"Oscar j. Smith, nominated for
County Treasurer, was . case of the
Office seeking the man, for Mr.. Smith,
like Teddy Roosevelt. did not want to
be nominated, but the convention in
sisted and Mr.. Smith fell down. There
is no joke about the fact that the county
is fortunate in having . man Of Mr..
Smiths worth as . candidate for 90 i'm
portant an office"