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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
o. my way. So hand over your two
chiIIin,s, and faIrr mann. Latter.

O. my way. So hand over your two.
shillin's and take your letter"
The poor woman told him she had no
money. To be held up in this heartless
aid insulting way was bitter hurt
to bear. Her grief was deeper than
her resentment but she was too proud
to let the cruel fellow see her weep.
Il will get you good dinner" she
said, "and feed your horse, and give
you a pair of nice long stockings"
1t was a humiliation to plead with
Tom Turner. but she could do no less.
Money or nothin'," he says. And he
put the letter in his pocket and rode
away.
Grandmother went into the house
and sat down and cried; and her chill
dren, clinging about her, cried, too.
During her long months of waiting. at
odd hours she had spun, and woven
cloth, and sewed garments. and knit
ted woolen stockings for Johns win
ter comfort. trusting to find some way
to send them to him. Now tine messen-
ger had come and gone who could at
least have carried word, and he had
refused even to give her her hus-
bands letter.
"Ma, God knows what the bad man
did," sobbed one Of the little ones. HE
knows what nice things you've made
for pa, and He'll send good man next
time"
The baby's thought relieved the
mothers despair, and the three lonely
hearts prayed and waited anxiously
for the ''next time;" and, sure enough.
before winter came they saw the same
white horse galloping toward the
house. Hes brought the letter backv'
they all cried out together, for they
believed the rider to be the same man.
Grandmother rushed from the door
with all her children. The horseman
| held out the same letter, and as he
gravely put it into her hands she
glanced up to his face and screamed for
joy.
John! 1t is your
1t did not take her husband long to
tell the rest of the story. Tom Turner
| had returned to headquarters, and one
night, made talkative by an extra ra
ton of rum, he had Dragged how he
"got even" with an old sweetheart who
Tilted him. His exploit reached the
ears of his commanding officer, who
took away his commission and put my
grandfather in his place. The new
| post rider had brought his own lettel
| to his wife. 1t was the first rural free
delivery in Mansfield town.-Youth's
/ COMPANION.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
HAssAN's PRovERe.

King Hassan, well beloved, was wont to
say,
When aught went wrong, or any labor
failed:
Tomorrow, friends, will be another
dayw
And in that faith he slept, and SO
prevaipd.
Long live this proverb! While the world
shall roll
To-morrows fresh shall rise from out
the night,
And new-baptize the indomitable soul
With courage for its never-ending fight
No one, say, is conquer'd till he yields
And yield he need not while, like mist
from glass.
God wipes the stain Of life's old battle
fields
From every morning that he brings tc
pass.
New day, new hope, new courage! Lee
this be,
o soul, thy cheerful creed. What's yes
terday,
With all its shards and wrack and griei
to thee?
Forget it, then-here lies the victor'i
way.
Christian Endeavor World.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
all the world as if she had stepped out

all the world as If she had stepped out
of Chinese picture, pays, calls and
receives visits as regularly as any other
woman of her station She attends the
theater with him and frequents public
places. His 8-year-old boy plays with
American youngsters and is getting
an American education He goes to
the public schools and beats all the
other children in their studies.
Minister Wu has been in the highest
sense an ambassador to the American
people Not since the time when James
Russell Lowell found his way, to the
hearts of the people of England and
gave to our cousins across the sea a
taste of the culture and refinement of
American life, Of which they had hith-
erto had crude conception, has any
diplomatic representative of any gov
ernment fulfilled quite the same kind
of mission that has fallen to the lot
Of Minister WI during his residence in
the United States.
Up to the time of the arrival of Min
lister WI, China was an undiscovered
country. American public opinion in
its conception of the Chinese character
wavered between the cynicism of Bret
Harte and the brutality of Dennis
Kearney. The 'heathen Chinee" was
either person of subtle intellect to be
avoided, or an obnoxious interloper to
be stoned and spat upon. It has been
the fortune Of Minister WI to convey
to the American people an entirely new
idea Of his countrymen In his own
personality he has contributed a new
type, which, through his actions and
utterances, the American people are
about ready to accept as the true type
of nationality hitherto inadequately
understood.
Minister WI is 90 years old and re
ceived his education In England, where
he was admitted to the bar. He was
the first Chinese lawyer, ever admitted
to practice before the English bar il
Hong Kong.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
COOKING CORN FOR WINTER.
How Nebraska Farmers Prepare Their Crops
Table of the Consumer in Many States

chimes. These machines remove every
particle of silk and cobs. Some people
might throw the cobs away, but the
canning factory manager says nay. He
thinks 1t better to rick them up and
charge 20 cents a load for them, and he
doesn't have any difficulty in getting
1t, either.
Leaving the silkers, the corn is car
ried to the canning machines. Here
sweetened water and salt, the only
condiments used, are added to the corn.
No chemicals enter into the process. it
is said. After the corn has been sweet
ened and salted 1t is distributed into
automatic filling machines. The solder
ing machines are also automatic. Ev-
cry can Is inspected and all defective
soldering is returned for repairs. The
cans are next placed in cooking re-
pressure Of Is pounds and 250 degrees
Of heat for nearly two hours, the time
varying somewhat owing to the condi-
ton of the corn. From the retorts the
cans 60 to the cooling vats. which are
filed with running water. Half an
hour In the vats, and the cans are sent
to the warehouse, where they are piled
up in rows reaching to the ceiling. None
of the corn is packed for shipment
short Of two weeks after 1t has beer
placed in the warehouse, thus giving
time for all imperfections to develop
Labels are put in place by an automat
ie machine.
Many Of the Nebraska canning fac
tories operate their own electric light
plants, and there is a mechanical pro
cess by which the machinery-every
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
When the stork Comes to Holland

When the Stork Comes to Holland.
In some of the towns of Holland, es-
pecially those which in past time suf-
fered much from Spanish invaders un-
der King Philip IL, there is prevailing
the strange custom of announcing the
birth of child by hanging to the
front door rapper or knocker called
''klopper," enveloped in linen, lace or
CLOTH This usage, which is still OBJ
served, particularly by the patrician
families, is said to derive it's origin
from a Spanish ordinance according
to which soldiers seeking quarters
were forbidden to be billeted at houses
where newly born children had arriv-
ed. A half-wrapped up "klopper' an
nounces the birth of girl one wholly
enyeloped that of a boy. Modern fash
ion demanded costly lace, which in
some cases is Inherited from genera
tion to generation, and again the lace;
to be employed to be wound round. the
mothers wedding bouquet is often used
for this purpose. A rapper's head,
shield, denotes the birth of a son; one
half red and half white, that Of a
daughter.
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onlx rhinr 70 no.


81 am satisfied, your honor" said the
prosecuting attorney, "that the prisoner
really did not know the pistol was
loaded"
"Yet he pointed it at his friend?" sug-
gested the judge.
"Yes." I
"And pulled the triggerT'
'Yes"
"And the friend is now carrying his
arm in sling in consequence"
YES"
Well" said the judge, sit was entire
ly unintentional. do not see how we
can very well send him to the peniten-
tiary; but it seems to me we ought to
have very little difficulty in putting him
in an idiot asylum."-Chicago Evening
Post.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
MAKES $40, 900 A DAY.
Senator Clark Said to Get That Incom
from His Copper Mines.

Senator Clark Said to Get That Income
from His Copper Mines.
William Quigley, known familiarly
among his numerous friends as Colo
nel," formerly resident of Cleveland
but now of Chicago, is at the Hollen-
den. AS his friends express it, Colo
nel' Quigley makes money so easily
that it looks simple, yet at the same
time he is one of the most approach
able men in the world.
Colonel Quigley turned his conver
sation onto the marvellous success and
wealth of Senator Clark, the copper
king, in the lobby of the hotel the 9th
er night.
"a good-size-up of Senator Clark, /"
said Mr.. Quigley, sis obtained when it
is truthfully stated that he is man
who not only laughs at great trusts,
out simply snaps his fingers in their
faces. The powerful copper trust,
known as the Amalgamated Copper
Company, would like very much to get
Senator Clark and his vast interests
under their control. This man, how
ever, not only repudiates all advances,
but hurls back defiance.
HE rolls in wealth that it would be
folly to try to compute, and cares alb
solutely nothing for any man. His
copper mines are the most wonderful
in the United States, besides which the
famous Calumet and Hecla mines fade
almost into insignifcance, and they net
him an income of easily $4,000 day.
He purchased this tract of land around
Jerome, Ari, after it had been passed
Up as a poor investment by number
Of mining experts.
tsIt has since developed to be liter
ally mountain Of copper. The working
shafts are now down over 600 feet, and
diamond drill sent into the earth
shows that the copper extends to dis
tance Of over 1900 feet.
"There is no Jerome mining stock or
the market, for Senator Clark owns the
| whole thing-mines, machinery, ware
| houses, and has his own railway. His
possessions are enormous, and he is
truly a great rival of Rockefeller and
the Standard Oil Company, as far as
| wealth is concerned.
| Speaking about the value of the
mines at Jerome, Senator Clark was
approached in New York with refer
ence to purchasing the Arizona claims
His, reply was s1O,000,00O, but it is
doubtful If he would sell the mines fol
anywhere near that figure. re."-Cievelant
Plain Dealer <
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01

ings consist of husking shed, can and
box house, kitchen or cook room, en-
gine and warehouse, besides numerous
minor hooks and corners, all under roof
and covering nearly two acres. A 40
horse power engine makes the wheels
60 around. The water consumption
during the busy season amounts to
nearly 100000 gallons per week. Corn
Is bought by the ton under contract
with farmers. An ordinarily well equip
ped canning establishment will handle
from IT'S to 200 tons of corn per day.
The output of the average factory for
1900 was 100000 cans Of two pounds
each.
The corn Is delivered by farmers just
as 1t grows on the stalks-no husking.
1t is dumped into the sheds where
from 200 to 300 boys and men are en-
ployed in husking. These workers re-
ceive 212 cents per bushel Wages run
all the way from 80 cents to So per day
on this job-all contingent upon the
skill of the huskers. After the corn is
husked, it is thrown on tables, on each
side of which stand from twenty to
forty women, whose duty 1t is to trim
out all of the bad spots. Having been
"culled," the corn is dumped into an
elevator trough which is lifted by an
endless chain system. It goes to the
top Of the building, where it is passed
through the cutting machines, of which
wellequipped factory Is supposed tc
have from eight to ten. Forty-five
bushels per hour is the capacity of eacf
Of these machines. Two women are re
Quired as operators for each machine
Iron troughs lead the corn to anothel
department known as the silking ma
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
AN oLD-TIME POSTAL DELIVERY
The Long Delayed Letter Brought Joy
to Granimother's Heart.

The Long Delayed Letter Brought Joy
to Gran1mother's Heart.
The arrival Of the first batch of let
ters after the establishment of rural
free delivery in Mansfield, Conn, re-
called to an aged lady of that town
postal incident remembered in her
family for a hundred and twenty years.
''My mother always cried when she
told the story" she said.
When my mother was a little girl
the narrator went onto have ones
letters regularly brought and handed
in at the door would have seemed a
miracle of privilege; and to get them
without paying postage would have
been another. Mails were so slow and
uncertain that the safe arrival of an
expected letter by any means was an
event in a country family, with the
postoffice miles away.
Sometimes the delivery was helped
along by volunteer carriers "a. farmer
going home from the grist mill, a
housewife returning from market town
with her bargains of lamp oil, West In
dian molasses and green tea, or even a
passing peddler with his load of tin
ware and corn brooms. In the old war
time the army had post riders, but
they were few and far between.
My grandfather was a soldier of the
Revolution, and grandmother kept the
home fire burning here, and, provided
for their three children as well as she
| could while he was at the front. All
summer she had heard no word of him,
and when, one autumn day, man in
military cloak rode to the door on a
white horse her heart beat quick.
"Does Ruth Fuller live here" he
says, holding thick letter in his hand
Eyes, am Ruth Fuller" and grand.
mother reached eagerly for the letter
for she saw the address in her hus
bands handwriting.
'The postage is two shillin's.n
Grandmother's countenance fell
There wasn't SO much money in the
house.
'sGuess you don't know me- % remark
ed the man, opening his cape and tip
4 ping back his cooked hat, but still hold
ing the letter. She knew him then
an enemy capable Of mean revenge.
"Ah, yes, you remember Tom Tur
ner, and how he asked you to marry
| him, and you give him No. thankee,
and took John Fuller. I wasn't goot
enough to marry ye, but I'm good
enough now to bring We letters from
the man that did; and I'm good enough
to charge We a steep price for goin' ou1
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01

erature and customs. He reads the
newspapers religiously and has an in
innate acquaintance with the topics Of
the day. He Is fond Of travel and likes
to meet all kinds Of people. He sees
everybody who calls to see him at the
legation no matter how unimportant
the person or trihing the errand.
Physically, heis of medium height and
medium build and clothed with mus
cles worthy of an athlete. There are
few women who would not envy him
the perfect teeth, white, hard and
small, which he displays as often as he
smiles. He is graceful in his move
ments and carries himself always with
dignity that is enhanced by his flow
ing robes of silk. His manner of life
to all outward appearances is that of
any well-born American. There is
hardly an oriental suggestion in the
furnishings Of his Washington home.
Madame WI. whom he married twenty
years ago in China and who looks for
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
Comets of a Century.

During the nineteenth century 2s5
new comets were discovered, as
against sixty-two-in the eighteenth. cen
tury. The nineteenth century also be-
held a greater number of large and
brilliant comets than did its predeces-
sor. The finest of these We're the COM
cts of 1871. 1S43, 1858, 1881 and 1882.
In the year 1900 only one. periodical
comet was known, Halley's; now many
are known. of which at least seventeen
have been seen at more than one return
of perihelion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
SUPPOSE WE SMILE.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
THE COMIC PAPERS.
Pleasant Incidents Occurring the
World Over-Sayingst that Are Cheer
full to Old or Young-Funny Selec-
tious that Everybody Will Enjoy.

NO." said Mr.. Fosdick. decidedly,
II tell you once for all. my daughter,
that 1 cannot think of letting you mar
ry that young man. Why, he's nothing
but poor farmer"
Poor farmer, papa?" repeated Miss
Fosdick. 81 guess you don't know that
Reuben has ten acres of fine potatoes
ready for the market"
Heavens! You don't say! l with
draw my objections. My dear child.
you will be rich beyond the dreams of
nvarice."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
broken-hearted, but with a bride. Her
name. however. was not Sue.
MINISTER W. TING-FANG.
sagaclous Celestial He1ds a Foremo.

sagacious Celestial He1ds a Foremost
Rank Among Diplomats. .-
The Chinese minister to the United
States, WI Ting-Fang, is the most ex-
traordinary person who ever came to
US out of the east, says writer in
Ainslee's Magazine. He is one Of the
Individuals rare in any country, whose
intelligence is universal in its range.
He is man of the world in all that
the phrase implies. There is no com
pany of men or women among whom
he would not be at home. His mind
plays easily and swiftly. He is quick
Of apprehension and speedy in re-
sponse. Sagacious, witty, astute, dis
cerning and catholic in sympathy, his
aim has been to learn the ways of the
country and adapt himself to them. He
is an untiring student of American lit
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01

part of it that actually comes in con-
tact with the corn-is scrubbed by
steam every night.
In many respects, the tomato canning
process is similar to that Of corn, the
chief difference, of course, being that
in canning tomatoes, machinery for
pairing takes the place of the silking
and husking process. .-.s
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
Hidden Powers.

81 am perfectly amazed at Miss Bar
lows brilliant conversation" said Mer-
ritt to Ricketts,.
But 1 thought you had known her
for yearsT said Ricketts,.
at is true that we have belonged to
the same club for years, but l have
never heard her talk"
Impossible! What sort of club
was it?"
whist club"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01

Nebraska leads many of the older
States in the canning factory industry
Corn is the chief product, but the to-
mato output is by no means an insig-
nificant factor in local commerce, and
other vegetables receive attention as
well. The process is practically the
same everywhere. The cannery build
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01

A dozen loaves, and each like lead,
Fell down upon the bakers head;
And it appeared, from what he said,
That he was somewhat under bred.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
An Emergency Mnster

Mrs. Dash-Mrs. Rash's friends didn't
come.
Mrs. Cash-Dear me! Her ice cream
and cake were a dead loss on her
hands
Mrs. Dash-No, indeed. She rushed
around in her own neighborhood and
invited lot of people she hadn't
asked.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01

Mrs. uburbanite-J ohm, think we
should have burglar alarms in the
house, and then if any one tried to
break in they would go off.
Mr.. Suburbanite-Yes m wake the
baby.-Boston Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01

OnanCe TOT VenVGanC4s
Slimson (angrily)-I have sent the edi-
tor Of the Hightone Magazine forty-two
of my poems, and he has returned every
one of them.
Friend-Don't send him any more He
might get mad.
Suppose he should? What could he
doY
your real name."-New York Weekly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
Ignorance Is Bliss.

First Horse-Bfll Sorrel is awfully
proud of his new hat.
Second Horse-It's enough to make a
horse laugh, isn't it? The poor fool Inn
AGNES it's real Panama.-Puck.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01

Percy-I don't see how you keep so
blamed cheerful and contented
Guy-Easy enough; don't waste
time or vitality thinking about the peo-
pie who have more of this worlds fav-
ors than l have.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
Protection from Hail.

The plan Of protecting vineyards
from the ravages of hailstorms seems
to have been successful in part only, If
at all, in France and Italy. Some ex-
periments have been made in both
countries, but the inference drawn up
to this time seems to be that whole
parks Of artillery containing many
guns of large calfber will be needed II
reasonable security against hail is to
be insured. And it is not altogether
certain as yet that even If hundreds OF
sixteen-inch guns were to be discharg
ed at short intervals the protection
would be complete. The bombardment
Of the heavens cannot yet be considered
effectual.
The cart naturally precedes the horse
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01

She-When marry 1 hope my hus-
band will shuttle off this mortal coil
without unnecessary delay. want to
be dashing young widow.
He-How cruel Of you to talk like
that. E,o-.s .,
She-Oh, don't you care. You'll not,
be at the head of the funeral process
sion.-Chicago News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
auicker Way.

Bobbs-Did your uncle make his for
tune in Northern Pacific?
Nobbs-No. He used to drive an ice
wagon.-Baltimore American.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
Wouldn't Get Licked So Often.

Mamma (who has just whipped Bob
by)-You know, Bobby, love you, and
when whip you do it for your own
good.
Bobby (crying)-Well, IL wish you
didn't Cboo hoo) think so much of me.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01

Now in the wind her Gainsborough,
Plume-laden, wildly flaps.
Unhandy hats, It's plain to see.
Are often handicaps.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
Dear Boy.

isn't young Mr.. Dolley dear little
thing" asked Miss Dude
Eyes, he's such womanly man." re-
piled Miss Frocks.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01

She makes bright spot on this dismal
sphere. -S-s-,-t-% a..
Who wears the red waist that she had
last year.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01

Blinks-I hear you are about to start
new paper. What are you going to
call it?
Jinks-I had thought seriously of.
calling it the Bugle.
Blinks-Good! Just the thing If you
have fully made up your mind to blow
yourself.-Chicago News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
The Usual Thing.

BriggsI suppose, now that you've
got back from your vacation, you will
take good long rest.
Griggs-That's the worst of it.
spent so much money that I've got to
work harder than ever
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
Her Barometer.

"How kin you tell de age OBJ ,
chickenw
by de teef."
go long, chickens doan' hab teef."
"But | has,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
Well Foundel.

"Keene insists that if he had only
gone into it he could have made name
for himself in diplomacy
''on what grounds does he base his
claims?''
He says he has kept his wife and his
sister on speaking terms ever since he
was married"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01

An old eolored woman was taking
on" yesterday afternoon over the death
of her baby as she was going from the
church to the hack which was to take
her to the cemetery. A white woman,
who knew her, happened to be passing
and said, sympathetically: (Which
one of your children is dead, Aunt
EIiza?" ssThe one In the hearse,' .
moaned the negress.