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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17
"HALF ASLEEP"

fulfill it without any thought Of whether
I shall get paid for it or no."
Now" she said, 81 must let you know
how poor am. Will you please tofetch
me my box out of my room?'
l was only too glad to obey her. This
seemed to be an opening to complete
confidence between US. Now 1 came to
think Of it, fortune had favored me in
thus throwing us together alone
lifted the small, light box very easily
there could not be many treasures in
it-and carried it back to her, She took
a key out of her pocket and unlocked it
with some difficulty, but she could not
raise the lid without my help. took
care not to offer any assistance until she
asked it.
Yes, there were very few possessions
in that light trunk, but the first glance
showed me blue silk dress and sealskin
jacket and hat. l lifted them out for
her, and after them a pair Of velvet slip
pers, soiled, as If they had been through
muddy roads. l did not utter remark.
Beneath these lay handsome watch and
chain, fine diamond ring and five sover-
eigns lying loose in the box.
''That is all the money / have in the
world she said sadly.
laid the five sovereigns in her small
white hand, and she turned them over,
one after another, with pitiful look on
her face. I felt foolish enough to cry
over them myself.
"Dr. Martin." was her unexpected
question after a long pause, "de you
know what became of my hairr'
"Why?' I asked, looking at her fin
gers running through the short curls we
had left her.
Because that ought to be sold for
something" she said. II am almost glad
you had it cut off. My hairdresser told
me once he would give five guineas for a
head of hair like mine, it was SO long,
and the color was uncommon. Five
guineas would not be half enough to pay
you, though, know"
She spoke SO simply and quietly that
did not attempt to demonstrate with her
about her anxiety to pay me.
''Tardif has it, said; .but of course
he will give it you back again. Shall
sell it for you, NAM 'zelle"
'Oh, that is just what 1 could not ask
you'll" she exclaimed. "You see there is
no one to buy it here, and hope it may
be long time before go away. DOM
know, though; that depends upon wheth
er can dispose Of my things. There Is
my sealskin,. it cost twenty-five guineas
last year, and it ought to be worth some
thing. And my watch-see what nice
one it is. l should like to sell them all
every one. Then I could stay here a.
long as the money lasted"
"How much do you pay hereY / inquir
ed, for she had taken me SO far ints
counsel that I felt justified in asking
that question.
"A pound week." she answered
"a pound a week. I repeated, IL
amazement. Does Tardif know thatY
81 don't think he Does" she said
when l had been here a week I gave
Mrs. Tardif sovereign, thinking per
haps she would give me little out of it
/ am not used to being poor, and | die
not know how much ought to pay. Blu
she kept it all, and came to me every
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17
cult to abbreviate Julia; ia, I had eslles

cult 10 aDDrefthte JullhS Ju, nnQ calleG
her in my rudest schoolboy days. won
dered how high Olivia would stand be-
side me; for had never seen her on her
feet. Julia was not two inches shorter
than myself; a tall, stiff figure, neither
slender enough to be lissome, nor we'll
proportioned enough to be majestic. But
she was very good, and her price was far
above rubies.
visited Sark again in about ten days,
to set Olivia free from my embargo upon
her walking. I allowed her to walk a lit.
tie way along a smooth meadow path,
leaning on my arm; and found that she
was head lower than myself-a beau
tiful height for a woman. That time
Captain Carey had set me down at the
Havre Gosselin, appointing to meet at
the Creux harbor, which was exactly on
the opposite side of the island. In cross
ing over to tia distance of rather more
than mile-I encountered Julia's
friends, Emma and Maria Brouard.
s'You here again, Martini" exclaimed
Emma.
"Yes," answered; captain Carey set
me down at the Havre Gosselin, and is
gone round to meet me at the Creux."
you have been to see that young per-
son p asked Maria.
YES" replied.
"She is very singular young woman" "
she continued; 'we think her stupid. We
cannot make anything of her. But there
is no doubt poor Tardif means to marry
her"
NONSENSE calculated hotly; 81 beg
your pardon, Maria, but give Tardif
credit for sense enough to know his own
| position
had half an hour to wait in the little
harbor, its great cliffs rising all about
me, with only tunnel bored through
| them to form an entrance to the green
island within. My rage had partly fun
ed itself away before the yacht came in
sight.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17

Il
s.owiy' l naneo MN, ana ne qulckened
MS pace ms honest features lghting up
a. IIe sisn' u me.
nuw uo you ma nam zene, doctor! =
"eIe sa., nis ulst eager words.
All rlsht' SAID; sgolng on famously.
narK Is enough to cure any one and any
unlhg OF ltseiI' Iardlf. There Is no air
uhe Ia II. snou,o nor mlnd being little
III ..m nere myseiI. e.
captain Carey Is impatient to be
gone, ne continued. he sent word by
ne .nat you misht oe Visltlns every.
nouse !. :, ene isiaho' you hao Deen away
80 ions'
Not SO very long," | said, testify; .'but
l WIN just run In and say good by, and
tgen l want you 10 Walk with me to the
cfih.
l turned back for last look and last
Wofo. N NO cnance OF learning her secret
now. 1he picture Was as perfect as
when had had the flrst glimpse Of it,
only her face had grown, if possible,
more charming after my renewed scru-
my ny, Oh Il.
snaH send you the hair!' asked Miss
ollivler.
lo De sure, answered. shall
oispose OF II TO aoVantage, put have
nos tiine 10 wait Ior II now
-. ana :! may write letter to you z,
les, was my reply. | was too pleas
eo - express myseif more eloquently.
Gooo-Dy' she said; you are very
goou DOCTOR TO me.
an. ana Iriendrs 1 added.
M. nu AZ, liienu, sne repeated.
o .ne meat lew uays l Walteo Win
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17

When a horses feet are contracting
and pressing on the soft structures of
the foot, pare the feet SO that. the frog
extends quarter of an inch or so be-
low the level of the wall at the heel,
and If much contracted rasp the walls
over the quarters thin and thin the sole
till 1t yields to pressure. especially
along the frog, and let him go barefoot
ed. In month or six weeks be will
get over the tenderness.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17
Care of Asparagus Beds.

The future Of the asparagus bed de-
pends largely on the care given it the
first year after planting. Cultivation
is largely what the bed needs during
this first season, not only for the pur-
pose of keeping town the weeds, but to
keep mulch of loose earth on the sur
face SO that the moisture in the soil
may be retained. OF course, during the
first season quantities of small sprouts
will grow, and the soil should be raked
or cultivated close up to these sprouts,
but care must be taken not to cover the
crown of the plant with the soil. In
some sections the practice is to culti-
yate away from the plants instead of
toward them, but, as rule, this Is not
desirable except In the case of mod
erately wet summer. In dry summer
or during the season when drought is
prevalent, the cultivation between the
rows and the throwing of the soil to-
ward the young plants, assists in keep
ing the growth moist, which Is abso-
lutely essential during this first season.
In the asparagus section of the East it
is the practice of growers to raise
small vegetables between the rows of
asparagus plants the first year, pro-
vided the rows are not less than four
feet apart OF course, when this yeg-'
etable growing is done, the work of cul-
tivating must be largely done with
hand hoes or with small wheel hoe
operated by hand. While care must be
taken to destroy any insects that may
appear, cultivation is the main essen
tial during the first year, and, for that
matter. is quite as necessary during the
second year. the first cutting being
done the third season after the plant
ing, and that only moderately.-Ex-
change.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17
Homemade MIX etrafner.

For a milk strainer take board the
right size to lay nicely over the pan,
bucket or can in which you set the
milk Cut round hole in center lit
tie smaller than the top of can. Place
at each corner small nail which has
the head cut off and fled to a point on
which to hang the cloth. This docs
away with the extra trouble of wash
ing and securing the ordinary strainer,
in which it is necessary to use cloth
in order to insure perfect cleanliness.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17
Honey in the Holy Land.

In Palestine, "the land flowing with
milk and honey" wild bees are very
numerous, especially In the wilderness
Of Judea, and the selling Of their pro-
duce, obtained from crevlces In rocks,
hollows in trees, and elsewhere, is with
many of the inhabitants, a means of
subsistence. Mr.. Roberts, in his "Orfen-
tai Illustrations, remarks that In the
East 'the forests literally flow with
honey. Large combs may be seen hang
ing on the trees as you pass along, full
of honey"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17

Ascum-It seems strange that you
and Popleigh should be such good
and yet neither his wife nor
any Of her relatives ever have good
word for you
Teller-No, they simply hate me. You
see Popleigh insisted on naming his
first born after me. Philadelphia
Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17
Convenient corncrib.


The Country Gentleman presents
sketch of corncrib which is very pop
ular throughout the Middle West. 1t is
so constructed that the wagon may be
drifted between the two parts in which
corn is to be stored, and this central
part comes handy as a place in which
to store small tools or wagons during
the winter. A floor may be laid on
level with the plates, and the attic will
provide large amount of valuable
storage ROOM In boarding up the sides
leave space of about ~ inches be-
tween the boards. This will facilitate
the drying of the corn. Frequently
more slant is given to the outside walls
than is shown in the illustration. This
is somewhat matter of taste. A corn
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17


An appliance much in use by farmers
who grow tobacco for the purpose of
easily getting the punches in the de-
sired position will be found useful for
curing anything that 1t is desired to
swing from the rafters Of the barn.
Figure In the illustration represents a
board FIVE feet long and three or more
inches wide, which rests on the rails
that are fastened to the rafters. This
board should not be fastened, for it is
to be moved along on the rails from
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17
ri. Rrown.Tai1ei Motb.

The brown-tailed moth is proving to
he the worst pest ever introduced in
this neighborhood, writes a Bostonian
to Gardening. Its voracity seems to
be no less than that of its contempor-
airy, the notorious gypsy moth, and 1t is
reputed to have the effect in addition
Of Irritating and poisoning the skin of
those who touch it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17
CHAPTER jyt.-tContiuuedD

CHAPTER l.-(Contlnued.)
We walked home together. We had
good deal to talk of during the evening,
and sat up late. 1t was midnight before
found myself alone in my own room.
l had half forgotten the crumpled paper
In my waistcoat pocket, but now l
smoothed 1t out before me and pondered
over every word. No, there could not be
doubt that it referred to Miss Olivier.
Why should she have strayed from
home? That was the question. What
possible reason could there have been,
strong enough to impef young and deli
cately nurtured girl to run all the risks
and dangers of q fight alone and unpro-
tected?
What ought L to do with this adver-
tisement, thrust, as It would seem, pur-
posely under my notice? What was l to
do with the cluel? | might communicate
at once with M4ssrs. Scott and Brown,
giving them the Information they had ad-
vertised for six months before. l might
sell my knowledge OF Miss Olivier for
fifty pounds. III doing so 1 might render
her a great service, by restoring her to
her proper sphere in society. But the
recollection of Tardif's description of her
as looking terrified and hunted required
vividly to me. The advertisement put
her age as twenty-o one l should not
have judged her SO old myself, especially
since her hair nd d been cut short. I was
n ; prepared to deliver her up until l
knew something more Of both sides of
the question.
Settled-that If j could see Messrs.
Scott and Brown and learn something
about Miss Olliyierps friends, might be
then able to decide whether l would be-
tray her to them. but would not write
Also, that must see her again first, and
once more urge hdr to have confidence
in me. If she would trust me with hel
secret, l woHld be as true to her as g
friend as l meant to be true to Julia.
Having come to these conclusions,
cut the advertisement carefully out o1
the crumpled paper and placed it in my
pocketbook with portraits of my mother
and Julia. Here were mementoes of thu
three women l cared most for in tht
world-my mother first, Julia second, anC
my mysterious patient third.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17

Maud made the worst break last
night ever made in my life.
Mabel-How?
Maud-Broke off my engagement
with Jack Billiwink. His uncle died
this morning and left him independent
ly rich. Hadn't you heard y Chicago
Tribune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17

place to place, as desired. Figure 1
shows the bar with hooks at either end,
on which the bunch of tobacco or other
green is placed. Two ropes connect this
to the framework, figure 8, which hangs
over the five-foot board, figure 2; to
either end Of the top bar of figure 8,
small pulleys are attached, as shown in
the Illustration. Figure 4 represents
the rope by which the appliance is
worked.-Indianapo News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17
LITERARY Chat

Miss Midwood-What has Edwin
Markham written beside .sThe Man
with the Hoe p
Miss Flatbush- Why, don't you
know? How Came to Write The
Man with the Hoe" How 1 Came
Near Not Writing The Man with the
Hoe" How Came to Write How l
Wrote ''The Man with the Hoe" !" etc.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17
Permanent Pasture.

Prof. Roberts, Of the Cornell Expert
ment Station, gives directions for form
ing a permanent pasture, which we con-
dense. Plow now, and SOW with buck
wheat to be plowed under when in
bloom. If part of the land is moist sow
1t with four quarts Of rape seed per
acre, which may be fed down by sheep,
under at same time as buckwheat. If
cost Is not too great sow from ten to
twenty bushels fresh slaked lime per
acre, and then harrow 1t in. After this,
or when seed is sown, use from 100 to
200 pounds per acre of mixture made
from 1000 pounds acid phosphate, 300
pounds dried blood, 200 pounds nitrate
of soda, 5000 pounds muriate of pot
ash. 1--WE should think the above 1900
pounds not too much for ten acres Of
pasture land, and if we'll distributed as
a topdressing on some old pastures it
reseeding if there was good turf
Ed.) For reseeding he advises the fol-
lowing mixtures per acre, sown about
Sept. 1: Red clover seed, six pounds;
alsike clover, five pounds; Kentucky
blue grass, orchard grass, meadow
fescue and red top, 31a pounds each;
timothy, four pounds This is very
good mixture. but for New England we
should put four pounds of white clover
in place of the alsike or add it to the
mixture, and if the pasture was for
dairy purposes, would add four pounds
sweet vernal grass and two pounds tall
oat grass per acre to insure good early
pasturage. The little extra cost would
be quickly repaid.-American Guilt
vator.
Late Hatched Pon1try.
While, of course, the dependence for
winter layers must be placed on the
chicks that are hatched in February,
March and early April, there is no
question but what June and July hatch
ed chicks may be made profitable, pro-
vided they are kept growing at the
greatest possible rate all through the
summer. The present season, owing to
the rainy weather, the early matches
were very poor. and where the hatch
ing was done by the old hens it seemed
almost impossible to get enough hens
in broody condition to do anything
along this line, so that this year, more
than for several years previous, there
will be very many late Matched chicks.
June and July hatched chicks should
have all of the green food they can OBJ.
tain on a good run, fed carefully with
small grains, and, while not being over.
fed, should have food every time they
show any inclination Of being at al
hungry, the plan being to make every
day count in giving them weight an6
strength. This treatment should be en-
forced regardless of the destiny of the
chick. If it is to go into winter quar-
ters to lay at the proper age, it will be
| all the better for the treatment indi
Gated, while if it is to be put on the
market in the early fall, it certainly
would be more profitable to have it Of
good weight.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17
Mistaken Grief.

suitor-Pray. don't cry; assure you
l will love, cherish and protect your
daughter, sir.
Prospective Father-in-law-O, 1t isn't
that; am supporting two sons-in-law
now.-Ohio State Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17
The Best strawberries.

Mr.. j. Il. Hale. of Connecticut, who
is good authority upon peaches and
Strawberries, classes the Marshall,
Sample and Glen Mary as the great
market berries of the new kinds, and
the Nick Dinner, Maximus and Mann
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17
Turned Down.

Iurued DOWN..
SIT is true" said Miss Welloph, that
I have fair income, but have to be
careful of it."
Don't you think" said Mr.. Forchen-
Hunt, .that it would be well to marry
someone who would help you to take"
Pardon me" she interrupted, "but
I'm not prepared to husband my re-
sources in that way" hiladelphia
Press
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17
(To be continued.)
THEY GOT slsMARcK,s CONSENT
But It Was Expressed In Language
Altogether UnconventionaL

But It Was Expressed In Language
Altogether Unconventional.
The difference Of the English royal
family to the opinions of their German
cousins was never better. hit off than
by story which comes from one of the
royal household, who told it to the
writer.
When Lord Archibald Campbell was
about to be engaged to Miss Janet Cal
lender, whom he eventually married, he
dutifully went to his father for his ap-
proval. Delighted, I'm sure" said the
Duke Of Argyll. "She is in every way
desirable Has money, good looks,
brains, accomplishments. But-er-
perhaps you had better let me speak
to Lorne. He may think the Princess
has right to be consulted"
Recognizing the responsibility of
having a royal highness for a sister=in-
law, Lord Archie waited" Lord
Lorne. on being told of the proposed
alliance was agreeable to the young
lady as far as he was concerned, but
thought it only right that the Princess
should be consulted as to who should
enter the family. Now her royal high
ness in her frank, impulsive way said:
"If Archie likes her, she suits me
down to the ground. She is handsome
and clever, and has strong opinions of
her own. All the same think l must
speak to the Queen first"
Which she did. Victoria not only re-
membered Miss Callenders presenta-
ton at court, but graciously approved
Of the match, saying:
However, Louise, think I ought to
consult my German cousins first"
And the Queen wrote to Germany.
The Kaiser remembered meeting Miss
Calender and replied to the Queen ap-
provingly, adding, But will leave
this letter open for a last word. for l
should not care to speak finally until
1 had consulted Bismarck
The Kaiser found Bismarck taking
his ease with rye bread. sausage, beer,
and long pipe, and told him of the
mighty alliance in prospective. When
the Emperor had finished Bismarck
took his long pipe out of his mouth and
replied:
ME? oh, / don't care a d-n."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17

The moon and a woman's heart are
constantly changing-but there's al
ways man In them.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17

Only one letter in hundred means
anything.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17

crib built with the dimensions given
and II feet long will hold about 700
bushels of ears on each side.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17

The early circus catches the small
boys quarter.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-30
HIGHWAYS OF NORWAY.
National Government Maintnir1
Splendid Syrtem of Roads.

When one travels in Norway, he ~
compelled TO adopt primitive means OF
transportation, and that's the charm Of
it, says W. +. Curtis in Chicago Rec
ord-Herald. There are plenty OF rivers
and lakes with damp sheep" upon
them-that's the Norwegian word for
steamboat-but If you want to 20 in any
other direction you must take car
rage: or, IL there are only two OF yOu.
a native cart called 4 stolk iarrc; or, il
you are alone. carrolc, which is n
sort OF sulky. The arrangements are
perfect, and the roads are tiN. Every
thing Is under government supervision
for the comfort and convenience Of
travellers, even the scenery, which is
sublime. You can ride all day without
a jolt for the roads are as hard rs
most Of it, for in our cities the asphalt
pavemcnts generally have plenty of
places that need repair.
1 suppose that when the United
States is a thousand years old we will
have such roads in our country, for
good roads are the growth of cen
turtles and are not constructed by men
in a hurry. Julius CrSar--Or was it
Hannibal?-startcd the good roads
movement in southern Europe, and in
Norway it began in the days of the
vikings. The national government here
took charge of the highways in 1922
and has been extending and improving
them ever since.
1t is generally the rule that the best
their construction is difficult. You can
drive anywhere on our western pra;-
ries, but through the Norwegian noun
tains roadway has to be hewn out Of
the rocks.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-30
ROAD DESTROYERS.
Narrow Tires Most Destructive of
Influences.


1.-THE amount OF money that is being
expended in the building Of improved
roads most certainly calls for special
legislation for their preservation" says
G. A. Spratt, road engineer for Meek
lenburg county, n. c. The greatest
destroyer of roads, stone or earth, is
the narrow tired wagon, with its aXles
of even length. The average width Of
tire Is not over ~ inches, which after Il
few months use Is rounded off to an
inch or less. All that the wagon will
bear is usually put on it II on an i'm
proved road. so we have four wedges,
little blunt, it is true, working away
TO loosen up or grind the bond of the
road, which done, deeper they go. work
ing out larger stones, and the persist
ence with which each wagon follows in
the track of the one preceding is sick
ening to the eye of the road supervisor.
I'm constructing road across a
marsh some three years ago our wag-
ons with four inch tires were going
over nicely with load Of ~ yards of
earth. A light surrey came along, cut
through and had to be helped out
''The cost of repairs to streets and
roads In a few years could be cut down
from 80 to 10 per cent"