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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
About fhe SiIo.

Silage is as valuable in summer as in
winter.
The circular silo made of good hard
wood slaves is cheapest and best.
The silo has come to be as necessary
a part of a dairy farm plant as a corn
crib or haymow.
Thirty pounds day is enough silage
for an average sized Jersey cow. Larger
cattle will eat more.
A cubic foot of silage from the mid
die of medium sized silo will average
about forty-fiye pounds.
For 1872 days, or half year, an aver
age Jersey cow will require about six
tons of silage, allowing for unayoid-
able waste.
Fifteen feet in diameter and thirty
feet deep is a good size. Such a silo
will hold about 200 tons of silage cut in
half inch lengths.
Corn just passing out of roasting ear
stage is the best single material for
silage. Corn and cowpeas are the best
combined materials in cowpea regions.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
CHILDREN,s COLUMN.
A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS
Something that will Interest the Ju-
veni1e Members of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings
Of Many Cute and Cunning Children.

A long time ago, oh, a long time ago,
Things were very much different from
nowadays, you know.
The frog, stead of hopping, with wings
sailed the air;
The lark, on four legs, waddled here, am
bled there;
The dog, too, had wings, and the horse
had a horn,
And went by the very queer name, uni
corn;
And all things were jumbled and mixed
up just So
But that was long time ago, you know,
A very long time ago.
The birds and the beasts held mid-sum.
mer fair,
And all were invited and so all were
there;
And while there in session, to queer
minded bird
A notion quite novel and striking oc-
+ cured
To trade some appendage for that OF
some friend
Might prove great blessing to all in the
end.
Some very great changes thus came about
So
But that was long time ago, you know,
A very long time ago.
The horse got name and the cow god
some horns
(But she had to strike trades with two
unicorns),
The lark lost two legs, but through the
air could now saii.
And the frog had swapped off both his
wings and his tail
The dog ceased to fly, but ne got him 9
bark
To scare off the things that come round
in the dark,
And the changes thus made suited all
high and low
But that was a long time ago, you know
A very long time ago.
Perhaps you imagine this story's not true
But this is the way can prove it to you
When a tadpole grows up to frog, tt
this day
He takes off his tail and throws it away
And nothing is surer to both you and m,
Than that frogs have no wings and cam
fly, so, you see,
All that makes it plain that they traded
you know,
At the bird-and-beast fair long tim,
! ago,
A very long time ago.
Chicago Record.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
DORKIN S NIGHT.


Tue tAeater was full, it was Christmas
night,
And Dorkins was going to play
T. character new to himself and the stage
He'd trod for so many day.
By eight the theater was perfectly JAM
med,
All waiting a pleasant surprise,
For they. knew that they'd laugh till their
sides would ache;
And they longed for the curtain to rise.
The curtain arose, the play soon began,
And eagerly watched each eye
For Dorkins to make his first entrance,
and then
To give him a cheerful hi! hi!
At length he appeared amid loud ap-
plause,
But something was wrong, could see,
Why "Dorkins is playing quite badly to-
night"
The people said, sitting round me,
4 hiss! Yes, it was, saw Dorkins start,
As if stung by serpent,s fang,
And cast beseeching look around
While his head on his breast he did
hang.
"He's drunkv' some one said, and
thought so myself,
For to me it was painful at times
70 see how he'd struggle along with his
part,
And constantly stick in his lines.
At length to the footlights he slowly ap,
preached,
And Ladies and gentlemen" said,
If have not pleased you tonight, my
dear friends,
The faults not the heart, but the head
There's many a time I've made you all
laugh,
When so i'll could scarcely well stand
When every moment was pain to me, yes
If even I'd raise but my hand.
You've hissed me tonight, and think that
I'm drunk"
From his heart came a sob and a moan
iii tell you the reason, I know yor
won't laugh,
I've little one dying at home"
Bobby Newcomb.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01

So-much damp and warm weather as
we have been having may injure some
of the seed corn if it is not well looked
after. It may pay to bring it into the
house and dry it well before freezing
weather comes. If it is thoroughly
dried freezing will not hurt ii, but If it
freezes while damp, it may injure the
terminating power or at least reduce
the vitality SO that it will produce but
n weak stalk
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
Youthful Marriages in AIeiers.

A census was taken lately in Algiers,
and it was found that the youngest
Arab man was II years old, and that
there were very many boys who were
married at Is and IA, while some at 10
years of age had several wives. There
is a youthful Algerian widower of 15,
and divorced husband of the same
age. Girls are still more precocious,
and are sometimes married when only
II years old, though IL is the more
usual age. There are 1S9 widows OF
10, and 1,1T6 Divorces of the same age
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
Berlin a ouiet City.

No other large city is as quiet as Ber.
lin. Railway engines are not allowed
to blow their whistles within the city
limits, and the man whose wagon gear
ing is loose and rattling is subject to q
fine Strongest of all, piano playing is
regulated in. Berlin. Before certain
hour in the day and after a certain hour
in the night, the piano must be silent
in that musical city. Even during play
ing hours a fine is imposed for mere
banging on the piano.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
Justice Waits for an Excursion.

During the course of my career in
the police department have seldom
come across anything more humorous
than a letter recently received at the
detective headquarters" said Captain
of Detectives Lohrer yesterday. I'VE
arrested man wanted in city not 3
hundred miles from here and we wired
the marshal to come at once and get
his prisoner He wrote us letter and
said: please hold - for one week.
There is an excursion to Cleveland then
and l can get cheap rates. Don't forget
to hold him and see about cheap tick
ct to here for my man" cleveland
Leader.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01

blood or fish waste. But 1t is one of the
peculiarities of this meal and of linseed
meal, that when used as food for
mich cows, it increases the milk. i'm
proves its quality, and then returns to
the manure heap almost as much nitro
gen as it had before being digested.
Much the same thing may be said Of
the phosphoric acid in wheat bran, and
in this way they are cheap foods when
properly used.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01

"If were to tell you there are no
seeds in this apple you would believe
me without further proof. would you
notY
Eyes, ma'am," answered the class in
chorus.
well, that is faith" said the teacher.
The next day, in order to test their
recollection of the lesson, she asked:
who can tell me what faith is?"
Il can," promptly answered small
urchin. ''It's an apple what amt got
no seeds i'm
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01


worth Of true modesty.
A blank cartridge will make the most
noise.
1t needs no courage to choose evil in
the face of good.
Fidelity to old truths demands hos
pitality to new ones.
If you would escape all censure, do
not walk with Christ.
When you open your heart to lust,
love will leave your life.
Not man, but the Christ-man, is the
crowning work of creation.
A mans wealth may be measured by
his capacities, not by his coin.
Modern murmurers are bitten with
the fiery serpents Of their own tongues.
There is only one single step from
the level rock over the precipice OF
ruin.
Getting Christ into the people will
solve the problem of getting people into
the church.
When we think to thank God for our
pleasures it will be easier to bless Him
for our burdens.
If men put more sense into their sa.
cred service the world would put more
faith in their sanctity.
1t is mockery to pray that your chill
dren may be gathered home in eternity
while you do nothing to keep them al
home in time.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
Hackney Stallion.

Bell Boy, promising young Hack
ney stallion, with Courier for his sire
and Belle Lyons for his dam, was bred
by DR.. W. S. Webb, Shelburne Farms,
Vermont. He is of rich, dark chestnut
color, a model in conformation and aae
ton. This is his first year in Canada
At the Montreal spring show he re-
ceived first prize; at the Toronto Indus
trial Fair, second prize. He won the
sweepstakes at the London fair, and
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
Hold. Mi1k Pail F;rm1v,

1t is somewhat difficult task to hold
a milk pail between the knees while
filling it with the lacteal fluid, and it is
not always a wise plan to set the pail
on the floor beneath the animals udder,
both for sanitary reasons and because
of the danger of an accidental upset.
Nelson NJ. Jewett, of Riceville, Iowa,
has recently patented the combined
stool and pail holder illustrated below,
with the idea of providing a secure
place for the pail and yet permitting it
to be instantly removed when desired.
The front edge of the stool is cut out in
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
A COMBINATION pA1L-HoLDER.

a semi-circle, and at one side are Sc
cured metallic straps which fasten with
q latch and form with the stool a circu-
lar well into which the pail is lowered.
The milkman may now seat himself on
the stool and draw the latter forward
until the pail is catching the streams Of
milk. This invention should prove use
full when the pail is nearly full, if at no
other time, as the weight is then much
increased and fitting the pail must also
be avoided.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01

But the stone is to be laid carefully so
that it will not fall in, and that the
water will not flow in behind it, and
wash out the foundation. The accom-
panying cut shows hew the stone
should be laid to be safe. AA are two
fat stones placed as shown, one up
right and the other sloping; the rest of
the drain, B, is filed in with small
stones and on top is laid some brush.
Drains have been put in according to
this method and have been found to
work well, better than the square stone
drains
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
DAME URSULA'S GOLD.


no EARLY fifty years ago, in the
I'M city of New York, not far from
what is now called the Battery,
there stood square and gloomy look
ing edifce of stone, then occupied by
an old dame, Ursula Bond. The house
was rapidly crumbling to decay with
age and want of proper care.
Ursula Bond dwelt there in grim
2 loneliness, forcing the beautiful and
artless Leonora, only child of her de-
ceased daughter, to live with her, and
to do all those menial tasks for the per
formance of which all others would
have demanded money.
Leonora was in her seventeenth year,
when, one evening in June as she look
ed from the door ere she should bar,
bolt and lock it for the night, a frank
and manly voice called out from near
heap of old boards where the owner
Of the voice had been watching for
more than an hour:
''Leor
'Histr' whispered the maiden. sIs
1t you, Walter?'
ply as tall and handsome youth of
22 years showed his activity by gain
Ing the side of the maiden by bound
that cleared fully ten feet
'It is lucky for you, dear Walter
said the maiden, "that Dame Ursula is
rot in hearing, or that bold pate of
thine would be greeted with a taste of
her staff.''
"That for her staffv' said Walter, as
he snapped his fingers. "But where is
BheY'
"Writing in the back bedroom"
"Ah, adding up her gains, the old
cross, mean"
''Walter! Remember she is my grand
mother"
81 only wish she was mine," said
Walter. "And If she lives long enough
she will be, won't she?"
'If you behave yourself" replied
Leonora, pretending to refuse the kiss
he gave. But why have you tortured
yourselfY'
'By boarding so near you, eh? said
Walter. Because you must let me re
main in the house all night. This morn
ing as 1 was going to my work pass
ed the open window of an ale shop ani
heard strange voice mention you
name. The voices in the ale shop were
speaking in French, which you know
I, have learned by night study. Well
heard enough to tell me that the
strangers-there were two of them
intend to pay Dame Ursula a visi
some time between midnight ant
dawn, and for no good purpose. s,
here l am to act as your defender"
But you should have told the po
lice"
bah! for the policeT said Waite
Brandon. "Am l not a match for tw,
men who speak bad French?'
But, my dear Walter
But Walter had vanished into tn
house and vanished as quickly as on
of those bats he had mentioned.
Leonora was in great perplexity, We
as she had boundless faith in the dis
cretion of her lover she barred the doc
and hastened to her grandmother
you've been very long in barring tn
door," said the old woman, as she clos
ed her huge ledger, which was to he
what a Bible should have been. q
thought heard the voice of that impr
dent young carpenter, Walter Bra1
dom"
Please, grandmother, let me have
light" said Leonora, who trembled q
the thought of spending that night i
darkness.
"a lightp screamed Dame Ursula
astonished at such extravaganza
"away with you; you will be asking fo
something more to eat next"
That night as the clock IN the ha
struck the dame was aroused fror
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
TrainiucLnw Lan1.

Stone will make an excellent drain
for low, wet land If it is laid carefully.
1t has the advantage of being inde-
structible, and once made the drains
will be permanent. The extra cost of
digging the larger bitches will be more
than repaid by the use of the stone.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
Economy in Profanity.

The English law of libel makes pro-
family money-saVing vice. If you call
man thief, and cannot prove your
assertion, you commit libel. If, how
ever, you garnish your description by
any of the adjectives usually deemed
unfit for publication, any libel action
brought against you will fall through,
for the law says your profanity proves
that you have lost your temper, and,
therefore, you are not actionable for
your words.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
His Only Plan,

ga pretty lot of children you are for
minister to have" exclaimed pastor
whose children were misbehaying at
the dinner table.
'Then why don't you change your
business, papaY asked 4-year-old Mel
lie.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
Amusement for Young Folks.

Amusement for Young Folks.
A piece of glass is supported between
two books by being placed beneath the
covers, and underneath it are put little
figures cut from tissue paper. If the
glass be now rubbed with a piece of
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
STORM Apples in Winter.

The Canada experimental farms
made experiments to ascertain the best
methods of storing apples in winter,
Specimens wrapped in paper kept bet
ter than those not wrapped, and there
were few rotten apples, and they lost
least by evaporation. The ground foor
storeroom did not preserve them as
well as the cellar. A tight package
preserved the fruit best in storeroom
but not in cellar. Per contra, yenti.
lated package did better in cellar than
in storeroom.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
Ton, ,ny,s Reason.

Tommy" said his uncle, "can you
tell me why the enemies of poor st.
Sebastian shot him full of arrows?'
81 reckon cause they didn't have no
guns" replied Tommy.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
The One to- Complain.

Higgins-That dog of yours is making
night hideous, right along. The neigh
bors are all up in arms about him.
Wiggins-I don't blame them, but if
it is bad for them it is worst for me.
The brute keeps me awake as well as
any of them, and have to feed the
dog and pay for his license besides. l
think ought to be the one to complain
If anybody is.-Boston Transcript.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
Confederate Constitution

The original draft of the Confederate
constitution is in the possession of
Longstreet Hull of Athens, Ga. Mr..
Hull is a grandson of Thomas ]. R.
Cobb, chairman of the committee that
drew the document.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
Ordination of a Priest.

A missionary In China thus describes
the ordination ceremony of bonze
priest) of which he was witness: "On
the appointed day the friends and in
vited guests assemble In the pagoda
where the ceremony is to take place
The act of conservation begins with the
removal of all the hair from the head
by close shave. Then as the cere-
mony progresses, little balls made of
sulphur, grease and incense are placed
upon the head and so fastened as not to
roll off. At the proper moment the su-
perior completes the act of consecra-
ton by setting fire to these balls. The
candidates are forbidden either to
move or touch their burning heads.
Some of the poor wretches suffer this
torture stoically, invoking Buddha,
while the majority add their terrible
shrieks of pain to the horrible smell of
burning flesh"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
OUTFIT FOR ELECTRICAL TRICK.

OUTFIT FOR ELECTRICAL TRICK.
flannel the electricity generated will
cause the figures to rise and fall, as If
In the act of dancing.
If cut out, the five pieces here shown
may be formed into large square, and
this square may again be made into
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
Graiu Fertilizers.

In the Southern States there are
many who use cotton seed meal as a
fertilizer to furnish nitrogen, in prefer
ence to using nitrate of soda, or any
other of the fertilizing materials that
.ontain nitrogen, as tankage, dried
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
Cleverly Initiated.

Directly anything becomes a public
need or fad, it is initiated or adulter-
ated. Within few years the curios
and blankets of the Indians, especially
the Navajo tribes, have been much
sought after by those who furnish artis-
tically or value souvenir of the dis
appearing race. The blankets have
been especially sought after as the
crude colors and patterns are what
might be called barbarically artistic
and the colors and material are lasting,
that is, they were. The Navajo has
learned to cheat; his tribe owns mil
lion sheep and instead of using this in
the manufacture of the blankets that
have become famous it is sold and the
f1imsy Germantown bought for home
weaving. In the same way the old en-
during. vegetable dyes are being re-
placed by the analine dyes of COM
merce The red man will find the mar
ket for his bizarre loom products dwin-
ding If once the confidence in their
genuineness Is lost.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
The Apple of Faith.

The teacher was trying to communi-
cate to the juvenile class an idea of
faith, and to better illustrate it she held
up an apple and said:
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01

Many man who gives up his money
freely for foolish whims disputes the
price Of necessities.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
TRUMPET CALLS

Rams Horn Sounds Warming Note
to the Unredeemed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01

II man does his duty to himself he
does his duty to all the world.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01

The old woman who lived in a shoe
is probably the only one who neve,
complained of its being too large.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01
Rough on the Bay State.

Ateacher In civil government had told
his pupils that once in ten years the
State of Massachusetts takes census.
Little James, who is an attentive
scholar. upon being called up to recite,
Cni
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01

o be content with
less is to have less
discomfort. d
A very little child
may open a very
large door into
heaven.
1t is poor relig-
ious exercise bal
ancing on one foot
on the edge of sin.
The modesty OF
true worth is only
eOualled by the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01

"Once in every ten years Massachu-
setts comes to its senses" New York
Tribune
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01

! two others. A good plan to make the
paper thick enough to avoid bending is
to paste them all together on piece of
cardboard before cutting them out.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-01

~ Ro be content with
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-02-27
Notice Of Settlement Of Account

IN TIE COUNTY COURT on Tnu STATE OF ORE
! CoN, FOR BAKER COUNTY
In the matter oi the estate OF Armstcai H Mitchell
deceased;
Notice Is hereby given that the final account of
Clay Peters. administrator. with will annexed
OF the estate OF Armistcai n. Mitchell.
deceased. has been rendered to said court
tor settlement. together with his petition pray
ing that decree he entered tor final distribution of
said estate. and that TUESDAY, the fifth iay oi
March A. d. 1901. At eleven o'clock A. NJ oi said
day has been duly appointed tor the settlement
thereof ani tor the hearing OF the petition oi said
administrator. praying that a decree o' distribution
he entered In said estate. at which time any person
Interested In said estate may appear AMI tile his
ccpiions In writing to said account ut said petitioner
and contest the same.
Dated this 10Th DAY OF January, 1907.
lRA>k GippiS. Clerk.
n. {. Richards, attorney Tor administrator.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-02-27
Petition for Liquor License.

To THH HONORABLE COUNTY CouRI. BAkIR
! COUNTY OREGON
We. the under signed voters ot Baker County. Ore
gon petition your honorable body to grant a license
to q. w. Wegand to sell sprituous. malt AMI vim
ious liquors In less quantities than one gallon. In
Bourne. Baker County. Oregon. tor the period of
six months. dated this goth day OF January Ieoi AMI
your petitioners will ever pray:
{ = kear. WIN Weigani. Gus Anderson. J T. Ma
honey. X d Warnock. y 4 Vanisuren. ID q Branner.
l. Day. Frank Weir. Philip Weir Chas & Hail. I y
Oakes. q kcrns. Charles Bluett. T. u Cook, u y
Main. L l. Albro. e. & Grimm. Fred Fuller, James
Crawford. q ruIney. y Banari. ID Mcnamara,
Steele, Dan FAIRY, Charles HAYNES, AIbcr, Ca.sn.
hon. L Burke Sr, W J Evans. hen q Ross. II X
Ross. L NoIiyke. Henry MeInoti. W & Wales. T. q
kinnerson. Florenz Rigg. u Wall. W Campbell.
{ N Turner.
Notice Is hereby given that the said q W Wegand
will apply to the said county court OF Baker County.
Oregon. TOR the granting OF said license on March
1901. soon thereafter as his petition can be
heard.
q. W. WInGASD.
First publication Jan 20. last Feb AZ. Ioo'l