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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
Stone Forest.

A remarkable forest of petrffied trees
called Chalcedony Park can be reach
ed in few hours from Holbrook, Ariz.
The area Of the park is estimated at
hundreds of square miles, and it con-
tains thousands Of tons of agatized
wood. 1t is like a vast lumber camp,
where the lumbermen have thrown
huge logs at random from their sleds,
leaving them to become rain-soaked
and moss-grown. Some of the trunks
are $50 feet long, and they break up in
sections, as if sawed through at inter-
vals.
The bark is of dark red color, as a
rule, but the chips and interior exhibit
Kaleidoscope colors. Amethysts, red
and yellow Jasper, chalcelony Of every
tint, topaz, onyx, carnelian and other
stones abound. The logs, in fact, are
blend of these stones. One Of them,
100 feet long and three to five feet in
diameter, spans narrow canyon, and
is called the Agate Bridge. 1t is chief
ly composed Of jaspers and agates.
AS to the origin Of the petrifications,
it is supposed that in past times the
trees were overwhelmed with volcanic
ashes and hot silicious waters from
geysers. The timber Is analogous to
pine or cedar, and as it decayed the sill
ca dyed with various salts of iron and
manganese in solution took its place.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
Two New bridges for venice.

1t is proposed to erect two great
bridges in Venice-one to connect the
Island of San Michele, which is the
sole cemetery Of Venice. with the city
on the north, and one to connect the
Island of the Guidecca with the city
on the south. The former is an easy
affair, as the water, though a quarter
of mile broad, is shallow. The other
is serious and difficult matter, as the
Guidecca canal is really an arm of the
sea, and the distance at it's narrowest
part is over an eighth of a mile. The
Guidecca canal is also the highway for
all the ships of any size, as it is by it
alone they can reach the docks, which
are at the railway station. But the
Guidecca Island is becoming of import
ance as the manufacturing quarter of
the city. One of the largest -four mills
in Europe is there. It belongs to Sig
nor Stucchi, and he has promised to
subscribe toward the expense of the
bridge 100000 francs, equal to about
f16, 200. Other manufacturers on the
island will probably also offer liberal
donations should the work be deter
mined upon.-Edinburgh Scotsman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02

The temptation to go to the highest
portion Of the roost is too strongly in
bred in the fowls to resist and they will
invariably manage to get to the-top.
Then, in their haste to get down they
fall, head over heels, having no means
Of protection. l have seen fowls at
tempt to fly from perch fully ten feet
from the ground, invariably with the
same results.
The fence can always be built high
enough to keep them in the yard and,
aside from all injury the clipping does.
their beauty is so marred that one
should refrain from such unnecessary
mutilation. A fence four feet high will
keep the Leghorns at home. The cost
of wire is SO moderate that every one
may easily provide a good fence for
the yards without resorting to any cut
ting Of wings.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
Cat that Shed Hot T.ar,.


'sDo animals ever shed tears?'' is a
question frequently asked, but never
satisfactorily answered. Henry Har-
land tells of a cow that wept freely
when separated from her calf. In one
of the large buildings of the city the
other day many people We're witnesses
of a weeping kitten. The wee mite had
strayed into the building and there had
encountered fierce, barking dog of the
fox terrier variety. She had run to es-
cape him into room in which was the
roar of much machinery, had been
shouted at, had had a piece of coal
thrown at her, had been caught by the
nape of her neck and flung to giant,
had been taken up in aa elevator and
had had the tip Of her tail pinched by
some laughing men.
When she finally reached her destina-
tion, quiet spot at the top of the tall
building, she was palpitating mass of
fur more dead than alive, with no fight
left in her and with tears streaming
from her eyes. Indeed, more lachry-
NOSE sight was never seen.
It took a good fifteen minutes of pet
ting and cajolery to induce her to stop
crying, too, and to lift her head. But
finally, like the COW in the story, she
became consoled. Then she washed her
face and forgot her troubles In frivolous
pursuit Of a piece Of paper tied to a
string.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02


igan and Wisconsin also have suffered
from it. Some of the scientists claim
that it is naturally more an enemy of
clover than of peas. An encouraging
feature noted in Canada is that wher-
ever the aphis occurred it was attacked
by parasitic enemies, the most vigorous
Of these being the small orange larvae
Of species of diplosis-minute mag
gots-which suck the juice out of the
body Of the aphis. The brush and cul-
tivator" method of fighting the pea
louise is accepted as the most generally
effective For this 1t is necessary that
the peas be planted in rows, and when
the insects are noticed the vines are
brushed backward and forward with a
good pine switch in front of cultiva-
tor drawn by a single horse. In this
manner the plant lice are covered up
as soon as they fall to the ground, and
large proportion of them are destroy
ed. Peas sown late or on poor ground
sustain most damage. The pea aphis is
shown in the sketch many times en-
larged.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
Zulus of the Railroads.

DO you know what a Zulu Isl" said
an old railroad man. The travelling man
who was waiting for his train smiled
in way that was meant to Indicate
he knew all the species of Zulus that
ever existed, and told the railroad man
about the Africans, called Zulus, who
maintained that continents reputation
for fighting before the Beers stepped
in.
Little was doing in the railroad
mans line just then, SO he listened.
'sWen, they may be Zulus all right
enough" he remarked. ..but they are
not the sort Of Zulus that travel on
railroads. There is the kind that runs
into these yards" and he pointed down
the track, where box car stood.
: A stone pipe protruded through a
hole In the door. The pipe was at an
angle of about 30 degrees. A cloud
of smoke was coming from 1t. Four
blooded horses and man were the oc-
cupants Of that. The man was the
Zulu. Taking care of valuable stock
en- route from one market to another
was his business. He was type of a
class that railroad men on every line
haey named the Zulus. They fit up the
center of the cars for sort Of living
room, and there In the midst of their
animals live as happily as the roads
president who passes them in his pri-
vate car.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Caution Is often tossed TO the winds.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
A Bo, = Com position.

Water is found everywhere, especial
ly when it rains. as it did the other day,
when our cellar was half full. Jane
had to wear her fathers rubber boots
to get the onions for dinner. Onions
make your eyes water. and SO does
horseradish, when you eat too much.
There is good many kinds of water
in the water, soda-water,
holy-water and brine. Water is used
for good many things. Sailors use it
to go to sea on. II there wasn't any
ocean the ships couldn't float and they
would have to stay ashore. Water is a
good thing to fire at boys with squirt
and to catch fish In. My father caught
q big one the other day. and when he
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02


The same feed which is required for
producing one pound of butter will
make two pounds of gain on the steer.
The Minnesota Experiment Station
found that 100 pounds of grain mixture
with an equal amount of hay and roots
fed to four steers produced 24.19
pounds of gain, and an equal amount
of same food fed to four cows pro-
duced 1904 pounds of butter The type
is not Of SO much significance with the
steer as with the dairy cow, for the
reason that steer not of good type
may be a large feeder and good di-
gester and convert all the food taken
over his own maintenance into gain.
while COW not of the dairy type has
the alternative of converting food
either into milk or gain, and she may
choose the latter when the ownei
wants only the former.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
Practical Demonstration.

Teacher-Tommy, what are you doing
to that little boy?
Tommy-Nothing. He wanted tc
know if you take three from five how
many will remain. and took three OF
his apples to show him, and now he
wants them back.
Teacher-Well, why don't you give
them back to him?
Tommy-'Cause then he would forget
how many are left.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
Doing Sum. ON the Ground.

Little 6-year-old Harry, while read
ing chapter of Genesis. paused and
asked his mother il people in those
days used to do sums on the ground
He had been reading the passage which
says: "And the sons of men multiplied
upon the face of the earth"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
Mo1aases from Melons.

D. Hanz, farmer of Georgia, has
discovered a new source of molasses
In the Georgia melon patch. According
to his experiments and calculations,
270 melons will make thirty gallons of
syrup worth SIS. The melons for mar
ket would be worth $5 or $6. This is
important, If true, and it may be true.
The value Of melon molasses must de-
pend on its quality. 1t may be practi-
ca1ly worthless. If the sweet of the
melon can be granulated to produce
sugar, melon sugar may be worth at
tention, but the sweet of melon juice
is so diluted that 1t is not likely to COM
pete with the sugar beet. The sources
OF sugar are many. In the North the
sugar maple is an unfailing source, al
though greately neglected. If the waste
lands on every farm were planted with
sugar naples, or even seeded, and kept
free from cattle, in due time the owner
would have good timber trees and
never-failing source of revenue in
maple sugar. The price Of that article
is high enough to warrant farmers in
setting maple groyes.-Twentieth Cen
tury Farmer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
Handy Husking Horse.

In talking about a husking horse,
why not make one right? Take the
wheels off the corn plow and have an
axle of gas pipe the length desired;
then take two pieces 10 feet long, 1x3,
for sides, made like a wheelbarrow.
Then put uprights feet high in a
slant over the wheels. You can husk
on one end and pile the fodder on the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
A HUsKING HoRsr.

other end. use it for carting fodder
from one shock to the other. l have
hauled five shocks at once on it. 1t
is very handy in winter when feeding
when the ground is frozen to wheel
fodder or straw on.-G. D. Work. In
Ohio Farmer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
Thirteen at Table.

Mrs. Bob, Charles. we can never
sit down with thirteen at table.
Mr.. B.-Pshaw! hope you're not SO
superstitious as that
Mrs. B.-No, of course not; but we
have only twelve dinner plates.-Phila
delphia Bulletin.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
tsENI, MEM, MINI, MO"

Onery. oery, ickery, ann
Fillison, follison, Nicholas, ] ohm.
Queeyy, Quayy, English navy,
Stinklum, Stanklum Buck.
Illery, Nillery, Mexican navy,
Hirabo, Crackaho, tenor o. lazy,
Whisky drinker, American time,
Humbledy, bumbledy, Ilinety-nine.
Others contain no English words at
all, as:
Eni meni, mini, mo,
Crack feni, nj, 70,
Ommanuga, poppatuga,
Rick, hick, hando.
A curious hodge-podge, evidently of
Scotch origin from its allusion to "Go-
wan Gorse," is as follows:
Out in the manor of Gowan Gorse
Up jumped the winding horse,
He can trip and he can trot
And he can play in the mustard pot.
Aye oh, who's below?
Nanny, daddy, dirty Joe.
A winding horse is new manner of
animal. but his accomplishments seem
to be many. Many other rhymes have
no foreign words at all, but are wholly
English. Perhaps they are not sufh-
GENTLY hackneyed or Of great enough
antiquity to be corrupted or is it pos
sible that American children are be-
coming a more distinctly speaking
class? Examples of these are:
One, two, three, four,
Mary at the cupboard door,
Eating pie off a plate,
Five, six, seven, eight.
+ And again:
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
All good children go to heaven
Chicago Record-Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
a Large shtngle Min.

Manchester, N. H., is to have what
it is claimed will be the largest shingle
mill building ever erected. It is nearly
completed and is ITO feet long, with
two wings of $50 feet. all of an aver
ago width of 100 feet, and Eve stories
in height, including basement.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
nnn,t Gin the Winxs.

The clipping of wings is, to say the
least, a cruel practice and often results
in the loss or injury Of our most yalu-
able fowls Is the sensible conclusion Of
q poultry writer in Home and Farm.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02

hauled 1t up 1t was an eel! Nobody
could be saved from drowning if there
wasn't any water to pull them out of.
Water is first-rate to put fires out with.
I love to go to fires and see the men
work at the engines. This is all can
think of about water except the food.
Industrial School Gem.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02

where peas are
grown for-eanner-
les, as Maryland,
Delaware, New Jer-
sey, New York and
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02

'tI'm sure of this" said Fred the wise,
With manly look in his laughing eyes;
"Pll mind my mother every day;
A fellows baby that won't obey"
Apples of Gold.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
Water Before Feeding.

some Of the agricultural columns to
feed the horse before watering him,
but we never had good success in con-
vincing one when he came in from
drive or days work that he should
wait for a drink until after he had
eaten. We never tried very hard be-
cause we thought he knew better than
the writer's of such paragraphs whether
ne was more thirsty than hungry or
not, and we know that while glass of
water tasted good before a meal we did
not care for it after we were through
eating unless the food was too salt
Now we have a report Of an English
experiment In which. one horse was
given four quarts Of oats, and then al
lowed to drink. Soon after he was
killed, and scarcely one quart Of the
oats was found floating in the water
In the stomach, while three quarts had
been washed into the intestines, entire
ly undigested. Another horse was wa
tered before giving him the oats, and
killed after the same lapse of time. All
the oats were found in the stomach,
and the work Of digestion was already
setting in. This may in part account
for the fact we have long known, and
sometimes alluded to, that the grain for
working or fattening animal seems
to do much more good when the larger
part of it is given at the night feeding.
When we fed grain to our mich cows
In summer we gave it only at night,
and we thought 1t better, because they
digested 1t better while at rest; but it
may have been so for no other reason
than that we watered before feeding
at night and after feeding in the morn
Ing. When the hay or cut corn fodder
was wet little and the ground grain
mixed with 1t, us in winter, probably
1t made less difference.-American Cul-
dyator.
Lumpy Jaw.
The malady commonly known as
lumpy jaw is caused by fungous
germ, writes a stockman. It makes
Its growth on weeds and grass of low
land, taking the form of mildew, which
grows up in spores filed with number
less seeds. These are taken into the
animals mouth with grass and food
and there commence their deadly work.
Animals are most readily infected
with these germs when cutting their
teeth, the fungi getting into the in
famed tissue and thence into the blood.
They start an abscess, not necessarily
in the jaw. but generally there. Pus
forms and discharges, drops on the
grass or food eaten by others Of the
herd and, being full of germs, spreads
the disease from one to another. After
| the pasture has been affected with
these germs it should be plowed and
cropped for two or three years. These
germs can be killed in the animals
body by a careful treatment of III
drains Of iodide of potash for a 1000
pound animal, once a day for four
days, then twice a day for four days
and then once day for four days.
Rest one week, and then repeat treat
ment Keep the animal in the barn
all the time, and give iodide of potash
In the drinking water. The above rem
edy will exterminate the disease, but
If the jawbone has become honey
| combed and the teeth loose In the jaw
1t will not take away the lump. All
cattle having the disease should be
kept apart from the rest Of the herd,
not be used.
|
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
CHAPTER XIII.

Raploly the Gays passed on at MOUNT
Holyoke. Autumn faded into winter,
whose icy breath f1oated for time over
the mountain tops, and then melted away
at the approach of spring, which, with
its swelling buds and early flowers, gave
way in its turn to the long bright days of
summer. And now only few weeks re-
mained ere the annual examination at
which Ida was to be graduated.
Neither Rose nor Jenny were to return
the next year, and nothing but Mr.. Lin
coins hrmness and good sense had pre-
vented their being sent for when their
mother first heard that they had failed
to enter the middle class. Mrs. Lincoln's
modification was undoubtedly greatly in
creased from the fact that the despised
Mary had entered in advance of her
daughters Things are coming to pref
ty pass, said she. Yes, pretty pass;
but l might have known better than to
send my children to such school. "
She insisted upon sending for Rose
and Jenny, but ME- Lincoln promptly re-
piled that they should not come home.
Still, as Rose seemed discontented, COM
planning that SO much exercise made her
side. and shoulder ache, and as Jenny
did not wish to remain another year un-
less Mary did, he consented that they
should leave schooi at the close OF the
term' on conoition tnat tney Went some
Wnere else.
shall never make anything OF Hen
ry, said ne, but my daughters shall
receive every advantage, and perhaps one
or the other OF them VIII comfort my old
age.
he had spoken Truly with regard to
Henry, who was studying, or pretending
to study, law In the same ofhce with Billy
bender. But ms Iatner neard no favor
able accounts OF MIN, ana from time to
tlme large Dlls were presented. 30 1t
IS no wonder the disappointed father
sighed, and turned to his daughters for
the comfort his only son refused to give.
For the examination at Mount Hblyoke
great preparations were being yzade
Rose, knowing she was not. to turn,
seemed to think all further effort On her
part unnecessary; and numerous were the
reprimands, to say nothing of the black
marks which she received. Jenny, on the
| contrary, said she wished TO retrieve her
reputation for laziness, and leave behind
good impression SO, never before in
ner Wnoie me nad sne pehayed SO Wen,
I
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
De.crint;on of am E,enbar,

ooh, mammaw exclaimed little Edith
on her return from the show, 81 saw
an elephant and he walks backwards
and eats with his tail.'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02

The new pest. the destructive pea
aphis, has in the last two years infiict-
ed enormous losses In various regions
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02

: Out of the frying-pan Of courtship a
man steps into the fire of matrimony.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
The Weeder.

A writer In the Practical Farmer
says that one of the best farmers in
Minnesota recently declared at his home
institute that the weeder had been
worth 81, 900 to him during the last ten
years. 1t had enabled him to take bet
ter care of his. crops, at less expense
for labor. He told how he and the
hired man would run the cultivators in
corn and potatoes after rain had
packed the ground, and after three
or four hours one of the boys would
follow after with a weeder and his
pony, and at night it made the father al
most ashamed-the boy had done so
much more good than he had. All who
have used weeders have only good to
say of them. They will do the best
work on mellow, clean land. Rubbish
on the surface and stones would inter-
fere with their use. Do not be In Il
hurry to get into the field when 1t is
wet with dew or rain. Wait until the
ground is dry, and then you can cul-
tivate and hoe fifteen or twenty acres
per day. All weeds can be kept in
check by beginning early and going
over the ground every four or five days.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02
taking Mary's hot hands between her

taking Mary's hot hands between her
own.
In few words Mary related her his
tory, omitting her acquaintance with
George Moreland, and commencing at the
night when her mother died. Ida was
warm-hearted and affectionate, and cared
but little whether one were rich OF poor
II she liked them. From the first she had
been interested in Mary, and now wind
ing her arms about her neck, and kissing
away her tears, she promised to love her,
and to be to her as true and faithful a
friend as Jenny. This promise, which
was never broken, was of great benefit to
Mary, drawing to her side many Of the
best girls in school, who soon learned
to love her for herself, and not because
the wealthy Miss Selden seemed SO fond
of her.
Soon after Mary went to Mount Hol-
yoke she had received letter from Billy,
in which he expressed his pleasure that
she was at school, but added that the
fact of her being there interfered great
ly with his plan of educating her him
self. Mothers ill health" said he, "pre-
vented me from doing anything until now,
and just as am in fair way to accom-
plish my object someone else has stepped
in before me. But it is all right, and as
you do not seem to need my services at
present I shall next week leave Mr.. Sell
denis employment, and go into Mr.. Wor-
thington's law Office as clerk, hoping that
when the proper time arrives l shall not
be defeated in another plan which was
FORMED in boyhood, and which has become
the great object of my life"
Mary felt perplexed and troubled.
Billy's letters of late had been more like
those of lover than a brother, and she
could not help guessing the nature Of
"the plan formed in boyhood." She knew
she should never love him except with a
sisters love, and though she could not
tell him so her next letter lacked the tone
of affection with which she was accus-
toned to write, and was on the whole a
rather formal affair. Billy, who readily
perceived the change, attributed it to the
right cause, and from that time his let
ters became far less cheerful than usual.
Mary usually cried over them, wishing
more than once that Billy would trans
fer his affection from herself to Jenny,
and it was for this reason, perhaps, that
without stopping to consider the propri-
ETY. Of the matter, she first asked Jenny
to write to him, and then encouraged her
in answering his notes, which became
gradually longer and longer, until at last
his letters were addressed to Jenny, while
the notes they contained were directed to
Mary!
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-02

"a fellows mother is never mad,
And only sorry if you're bad;
And TIL tell you this: if you're only true,
She'll always forgive you, whate'er you
do.