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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20

for you in the winter? It vas sflfy lit
tie thing, but it was all could do for
the DEAR And it did her good. You
said So"
He turned aside his head, exhausted.
Roses eyes were full of tears. You
stayed in that wood all night, every
night? You initiated the nightingale
in all the wind and rain? And now
She had crouched by the bed, and lay
ing her head on her hands she sobbed
aloud.
Don't" he said, feebly; sit was
nothing Just a little thing to please
the child.''
She lifted her face, flushed and dis
torted by her violent weeping, and laid
it gently against his. He put up fee
BILE hand and touched her neck.
You're sorry for me-" he whispered.
t'You needn't be. I can't even be un-
happy after this. Your face-your dear
face-I don't in the least mind dying
now"
She sprang up. "Dear Tommy own
dear Tom! You're not going to die.
shall send nurse to take care of you.
Now promise me at once, that you will
get well, because Vynie and l cannot
possibly live without you. My dear,
dear, dear"
Tom did not give the promise, but he
did what was better. He got well.
When first he saw Vynie, now walk
ing cheerfully with the crutches that
would soon be laid aside, she told him
about the nightingale.
"And, do you know" she said, "Sissy
says he never sang after you got ill.
suppose God was so busy taking care
of you that he hadn't time to bother
with naughty nightingales that
wouldn't do their singing. The night
ingale sang very nicely, though, when
he was made to. Only I thought after
a bit he seemed little husky"
"Perhaps he caught a cold" said
Tom. '.Some of the nights were very
wet"
perhaps he did-like you, you
know" said Vynie cheerfully. 'Well,
he was a naughty nightingale. But if
he had cold 1 hope he had some one
as Nursey and Sister to look after him,
like they did you"
''I think he had" said Tom.
Anyway, 1 shall always love him,
even if he was naughty, because he
helped me to get we'll"
''It would make him very happy if he
knew that"
do you think he does know?"
Eyes, think so.''
''Well, whether or no." said Vynie,
comfortably, ''Ill go out into the wood
and tell him all about it if he sings in
that wood next year."
But the nightingale never sang in that
wood again@CoIlier's Weekly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
Hit Torpedo with Hammer.

A sergeant who returned from Manila
a few days ago was asked by friend
whether he saw any of the work of
pneumatic guns and aerial torpedoes
while there, and said:
81 saw just one shot fired, and the
effect was great. The long missile flew
through the air and fell right in the
enemy's trenches. We waited five or
ten minutes for the explosion, and then
the air seemed to be filed with dirt and
rocks and chunks of Filipinos. We
rushed to the trenches then and learned
from one of the wounded prisoners that
they all wondered what the strange
thing was, and thought it carried some
kind of comforting message from
sympathizers, so they tried to open it
with hammer.
with the aid Of a curious enemy, /
think aerial torpedoes will be a great
success.
.'The long brass case contained twelve
pounds of explosive gelatin
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
THE HALL OF WASTED THINGS.

At the Castle of Mems Sorrows, in the
Hall of Wasted Things,
Are broken old betrothals, and old be-
trothal rings,
And long-forgotten kisses, and old letters
never sent,
And heartstrings of young lovers that
faithless ones have rent,
And long since burnt-out passions, and
the fires of wasted loves,
And cast-off madens' ringlets, and pairs
of maidens' gloves,
And smiles that men have treasured, and
sweet glances gone astray,
And broken words of lovers, and hours of
many a day.
Now with these I'd fain deposit some few
things of my own
Some paltry, wasted trifes that some one
has outgrown;
This tiny, battered locket, and this bit
of gem-set gold,
And the love I've left unspoken, and the
love L may have told:
May they lie and be forgotten, where the
gray-robed angel sings
The Angel of Oblivion, in the Hall of
Wasted Things.
Life.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.


Awful Suffering of the Victims of the
Traffic in Humanity.
Every one knows how wearisome 1t
in one position, even on a well-made
bed. We must needs turn over when
we are awakened in the night. But
the slaves We're chained down naked on
the planks of the decks and shelves
p1anks that were rough just as they
came from the saw, and had cracks
between them. No one could turn from
They must lie there on their backs for
eighteen hours at a stretch even in
pleasant weather in port.
Hard as that fate was, new tortures
were added with the first jump of the
ship over the waves. For she must
roll to the pressure of the wind on the
sails, so that those on the weather side
found their heels higher than their
heads, and when the ships angle in
creased under the weight of smart
breeze the unfortunate sometimes sag
ged down to leeward, until they were
stopped by the irons around ankle and
wrist. They were literally suspended
-crucified in their shackles.
Even that was not the worst of their
sufferings that grew out of the motion
of the ship, for she was rarely steady
when heeled by the wind. She had to
roll, and as she did so the slaves some
times slid to and fro, with naked bodies,
on the rough and splintery decks.
There was never a voyage even in the
best ships where the slaves did not
suffer tortures from mere contact with
the slaye-deck.
To the sufferings due to these causes
were added other torments, when the
weather was stormy For then it was
necessary to cover the matches lest the
waves that swept across the deck pour
down and fill the ship. The slaves
were confined in utter darkness, and
the scant ventilation afforded by the
hatchways was shut off. Serious as
that was, still worse must be told. The
negroes were made violently seasick
more readily than white people even
they sometimes died in their convu1-
sions. The heat and foul air quickly
brought on more serious Illness; but
there the slaves were kept in their
chains for days at a stretch, wholly
helpless and wholly unattended
Scribner's.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
The Cost of Making Butter.

The creamery conducted on the right
principles is one of the best friends of
the farmer, and If it can be started 1t
should receive the intelligent support
of those who raise the milk and cream
for it. Too often there is an antagon-
ism between the creamery owners and
the farmers, and the latter, to show
that they have the power to close the
creamery, may very easily destroy a
profitable industry in the vicinity. 1t
certainly pays farmers better to raise
their milk and cream for the creamery
than for most of the city markets. In
these latter places the price for milk is
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20

height of basement is nine feet and
there are plenty of windows for light
and ventilation; the basement floor Is
of cement, and is fully drained, the
drainage from the cutters being carried
to manure shed in the covered yard.
The dotted lines show the trap doors
above for feed and litter. The water
from the main roof is run into cistern
at the side of the driveway and the wa
ter from the front is collected in els
tern near the yard, where cattle may
be watered when desired. If desired,
drinking bowls may be fitted in the
stalls and supplied with water from
pipe made to connect with each of the
bowls, by the simple turning of one
cock under the driveway. The two
pens &C. are for young calves and II
desired hospital pen, or two, may be
made under the driveway at the end
of the open passage. The whole cost
is estimated at from $1,000 to $1,000.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
Doing and Not Doing.

Doing and Not Doing.
'.Sir,'' said a lad, coming down to one
of the wharfs in Boston and address
ing a well-known merchant, "have you
any berth on your ship? I want to
earn something"
what can you doY' asked the gen.
tleman.
81 can try my best to do whatever
/ am put to-" answered the boy.
what have you done?"
81 have sawed and split all mothers
wood for nigh on two years"
what have you not done?" asked
the gentleman, who was a queer sort
of a questioner.
'.Well, sir" answered the boy, after
a moments pause, Il have not whis-
pered in school once for a whole year.
''That's enough" said the gentleman.
"You can ship aboard this vessel, and
/ hope to see you master of it some
day. A boy who can master wood
pile and bride his tongue must be
made of good stuff. Christian Lead
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
winding drum. This winding drum

the winding drum. This winding drum
has external teeth over which the links
of the chain fit to prevent slipping, af-
fording a much frmer hold than II
the ropes were wound directly on the
drum. A long lever is used to rotate
the drum and ratchet device locks
the drum against backward revolution
while new hold is being taken with
the lever By working the lever back
and forth the chain is gradually drawn
through the drums until the stump
roots give away.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
Spraying Fruit Trees.

A correspondent of the Prairie Farm.
er says he has been spraying fruit trees
with more or less success for eleven
years, but only for the last four years
has he obtained results entirely satis-
factory. He now slakes lime in the or
binary manner and strains it. Then
for apple and plum trees he adds to q
gallon of this two gallons of water and
two teaspoonfuls of London purple, and
sprays the trees before the bloom comes
out, and again after the bloom is gone.
Gives a third and fourth application il
necessary, which is not often the case.
Never spray while the bloom is on, as it
browns, poisons or kills the pollen.
Uses the same on currants and goose
berries before they bloom and after the
fruit has started. For peaches and
pears he weakens it, using one-half
gallon of lime water and one teaspoon
full of London purple in two gallons of
water. Uses lime water without Lon
don purple to spray trees after fruit is
fair size, to prevent fruit rotting on the
trees, and has succeeded III saving it by
shaking slaked lime from a can attacks
ed to pole, right on the ripening fruit.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
Fin ling a Long-Lost Penny,


Jabez Alvord of Winsted, Conn,
hunted for a penny for sixty-three
years. He found it recently just
where he hid it. 1t is of the vintage
-or mintage-of 1918.
1t is, the first penny Jabez ever earn
ed. He was 10 years old. The cop
per, the foundation of the fortune he
dreamed of, looked very big, indeed, to
him. He hid it in a crack in the floor
near the hearthstone of the house of
his father, Deacon James Alvord.
Weeks passed and the thrifty young
Jabez went to get his hidden treasure.
He could not find it. His father, moth
er, sisters and brothers all truly de-
clared they had not seen the penny.
s.Pll find it If it takes me the rest
of my life!" cried the earnest Jabez.
The old Alvord homestead is being
DEMOLISHED. Jabez, now aged, but still
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20


Here is a plan for barn for forty
cows and having double stalls for
horses and a pen for bull. 1t is to
be built in hill side with about four
feet in the rear and yet is not base
ment. The barn is in the form of an
L and has two silos.
The ground is dug out all along the
back and end, which are supported by
a stone wall The barn is then built
in the usual way, of timber. The silos
are placed as shown. with bridge
over the open space, so that the silage
may be moved by a slide right on to
the main floor, and from thence be dis
tributed to the cows below through
trap doors in the main floor. Every
convenience has been studied. The
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20

thrifty, has been on hand looking for
his penny. When the floor was re-
moved from around the hearthstone
there, imbedded in dust, was the PEN
ny.
Amateur mathematicians are anus
ing themselves by calculating how oft
en- the penny would have multiplied in
sixty-three years at 6 per cent COM
pound interest. 1t would amount to
AZ cents and mills.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
Profit from Cows.

1t is estimated that the cost of a COW
for one year for food alone is about
$25, says the Farmers Journal. This
amount she must return to her owner
before she can make any profit, and
yet there will remain the cost of the
labor and shelter, for which she will
pay with the manure, as it possesses
value, as we'll as the milk. If the
farmer cannot get enough from the cow
to pay for the food she eats he will
keep her at loss. At $25 per year
the cost is about cents per day. The
price of the milk in market will deter
mine the value of the COW. If she pro-
duces $500 quarts of milk in year,
the cost of each quart will be reduced.
All cows cannot be kept for one year
at so low cost, but as there must be
an expense for the cow whether she
proves valuable or not, the dairyman
should seek the best, in order to reduce
the cost.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
He Addressed the Jury.

A man who had never seen the in
side of a courtroom until he was in
troduced in a case pending in one of the
Scottish courts, on being sworn, took
a position with his back to the jury and
began telling his story to the judge.
, The judge, in bland and courteous
manner, said:
address yourself to the jury, SIR"
The man made a short pause, but,
notwithstanding what had been said to
him, continued his narrative.
The judge was then more explicit,
and said to him: Speak to the jury, sir;
the men sitting behind you on the
benches"
The witness at once turned around,
and, making an awkward bow, said
with perfect gravity:
"Good morning, gentlemen '-Buf.
falo Courier.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
Hana.operated stump. Pu11er.

A stump-puller, which can be easily
operated by the man and which VIII
do it's work without straining the user
will always have a ready sale in the
farming districts and new land of the
country, and the device which we show
in the picture seems to have these ad-
vantages to recommend it. 1t has been
patented by Theodore Fl. Mccain of
Monroe, Wash, and is light enough to
be carried on the shoulder of the man
who operates it. AS will be seen, the
connection between the stump and
solid tree or more firmly ser stump is
made by means of ropes and puileys,
with chain connecting one pulley to
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
Fodder Shock Finder.

An Ohio Farmer reader sends the ac-
companying description of an appliance
that he uses to tie corn fodder in the
shock: A is piece of hard wood three
feet long, round and tapered to point.
A crossbar is solidly fastened upon the
large end, and to one side of the middle
of this crossbar is stapled half inch
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
Location of Poultry Houses.

John NJ. Wise, in American Poultry
Journal, says, if possible, locate poul-
try houses on high, dry ground. Select
an elevated site, protected by trees on.
the north and west. If the yards in
front are exposed too much to the sun,
plant trees. If you are afraid the fowls
will destroy them by scratching about
the roots, place stone about the trees,,
or make board frame, which can be,
cheaply and easily made from any old
lumber. This will also act as a mufcha
and keep the ground cool and moist9
Trees and fowls are good friends sands
should never be separated. !. /.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
DEVICE FOR TYING CORN FODDER.

rope, with ring in the free end. OPP
posite the staple is a strong iron hook.
To bind, insert sharp end into shock,
put rope around shock and fasten ring
in hook. Tighten by turning as you
would an auger and bind with corn
stalks or twine
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
The Duel.

The Duel.
The gingham dog and the calico cat
Side by side on the table sat;
Twas half-past twelve, and what do you
think!
Neither of them had slept wink!
And the old Dutch clock and Chinese
plate
Seemed to know, as sure as fate,
There was going to be an awful spat,
q wasn't there-I simply state
What was told to me by the Chinese
plate)
The gingham dog went "bow-wow-wowr
And the calico cat replied "me-owv
And the air was streaked for an hour or
With fragments of gingham and calico,
While the old Dutch clock in the chin
ney place
Up with its hands before its face,
For it always dreaded family row!
(Now mind, I'm simply telling you
What the old Dutch clock declares is
true.)
The Chinese plate looked very blue
And walled: "Oh, deari what shall we
do?'
But the gingham dog and the calico cat
Wallowed this way AID tumbled that
And utilized every tooth and claw
In the awfulest way you ever saw
And, oh! how the gingham and calico
few!
Don't think that exaggerate-
got my news from the Chinese plate.)
Next morning where the two had sat
They found no trace of the dog or cat;
And some folks think unto this day
That burglars stole that pair away;
But the truth about that cat and pup
Is that they ate each other up
Now, what do you really think of that :?
(The old Dutch clock, it told me SO,
And that is how came to know.)
Eugene Field.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20

often SO ridiculousIy small that daIry-
ing does not pay. The remedy often is
for more farmers to encourage the erec-
ton Of creameries. In parts Of the
West and East where creameries have
been established farmers get more re-
turns from their farms. and are better
contented, than in dairying regions
where the milk is all shipped to cities.
The cost of making a pound of butter
has been steadily decreased by means
of the improved creamery, and it is pos
sible for creameries to make and sell
butter at profit when farmers cannot.
Country butter does not sell well in the
large markets. Creamery seems to have
charmed name for consumers, and
they demand this every time. Country
butter to-day is drug in many mar
kets-as low as and 10 cents per
pound. The farmer making his butter
cannot make living at any such prices.
The day of the country butter has gone,
and the farmers of any dairying region
should recognize this and not waste
their time in making it. The milk
should either be raised for a creamery,
or the farmers should join together and
run their own creamery. AS rule, the
man who will put up the creamery and
run it himself will do better than an
association Of farmers where too many
heads are apt to cause disputes and
chickering's. Milk sent to the creamery
pays all the way from II to % cents a
pound, and at this price the farmer is
making far more than by making his
own butter. This comparatively high
price is made possible because of the
better prices received for creamery, and
for the low cost Of manufacturing it.
This latter varies because the size Of
the creameries vary. The larger the
creamery the cheaper the butter can be
made, and this varies all the way from
1 cent a pound to cents. The two
extremes, however, are exceptions. and
somewhere between them the actual
cost could be placed, say from to 8
cents-S w. Chambers, in American
Cultivator.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
Sheep for Special Places.

As regards the sheep, it is true that
for every breed there is one especial
place in which it does its best. Even.
the marsh has it's special breed suited
to its damp soil and coarse herbage.-
Sheep Breeder.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
Children Buried Under. bridges.

Indian Engineering, published in Cal
cutta, says that the kidnapping of chill
dren to bury under the foundations of
railway bridges, which has often caused
trouble in India, has spread to China,
and bridge is now rarely built in that
country without the disappearance OF
several children from the neighbor-
hood.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
Built with Tooth hpicks.

Built with Tooth picks.
With few toothpicks and piece of
wax great many objects can be form
ed, chairs, sofas, tables, houses and
many other objects that it is fun for
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20

the children to plan out for themselves.
By breaking some of the toothpicks in
two it will be found that a far greater
number of articles can be made.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20

In the Palais des Industries Diverses,
at the Paris Exposition, there was
wonderful alcove where all the French,
as well as visiting foreign, children
shouted with delight, and could scarce
iy be pulled away.
For there one saw st. Nicholas him.
self, setting off on his Christmas
-ounds with his big sledge loaded down
with toys and gifts. The gray but
merry old saint was in full dress, and
held the ribbons of such team of
ponies as boys and girls dreamed of,
but never before seen. The gorgeous
magnificence of that wilderness of
French toys on the sledge quite dazzled
the eyes of the gaping youngsters who
as possible to such delightful treasures.
Hard by, too, there was house, a
children's Christmas house, furnished
altogether with toys. We may conclude
that it was st. Nicholas residence, and
that he was just driving away on his
gladsome mission.
And what were the toys, these mar
yeIous, Partisan toys? Everything that
one can think Of: Glittering beribboned
drums that beat; guns, with bayonets,
that shot; cannons that went bang! dolls
that walked, cried and said "PapaY'
and "Mammar' elephants that swung
their trunks, shuffied forward and
trumpeted; tigers and lions that growl-
ed and gnashed their teeth; little pigs
that came running forward, squealing
for food; goats that bleated, and lower
ing their heads butted at dogs that
barked; dear little pussy cats that
mewed in the most natural manner:
bunny rabbits that popped up out of
burrows, raised their ears and looked
all about them, chewing little mouth
full of grass all the while; wonderful
bears that got up on their hind legs,
wagged their heads, rolled their eyes,
and extending their paws offered to
hug you.
No wonder the children shouted, for
even the grown-up visitors gathered
about in great crowd, and one could
see by the Fuckers in their faces that
they were greatly amused.
A little way off there was a kind
of broad counter, where a French girl
stood all day long, winding up these
bears, goats, elephants, rabbits, cats
and pigs, and settisy them going. As
fast as they ran down she wound them
again, and so kept up an animated kind
of circus performance all along the
counter. The squealing and the growl-
ing and the trumpeting and mewing
constantly attracted a laughing throng.
Indeed, the girl who wound them up
was the only one there who looked
bored. l tried to ask her if it were not
a little tiresome winding up pigs and
elephants all day long, and seeing to it
that they didn't run off the counter.
She did not quite understand me, my
French was so imperfect, and gave a
little hopeless shrug as if my sympathy
wasn't worth the trouble of compre-
hending it.-Youth's Companion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20
FOB. LITTLE FOLKS.
A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN
TEREST TO THEM.

Something that Will Interest the Ju-
yeniIe Members of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20

A dry sermon is excusable on We,
Sabbath.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-20

A woman's wrongs are OF more im.
portance than her rights.