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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31
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MODERNIZING OF FLORENCE.
Artistic and Historic Objections to
Sanitary Improvements.

Artistic and Historic Objections to
Sanitary Improvements.
Florence, usually the sleepiest, hot
test and most Indifferent town in Italy
in the summer, is now actually excited.
When 1 arrived here to-day l found
there was only one word to be heard
in the cafes, improvements" uttered
in such different tones of voice that my
curiosity was aroused, and, despite the
heat, 1 Investigated, with the follow
ing results:
1t seems that the interest shown by
the public all over the peninsula and
even abroad in the question of the ''im-
provement" Of Florence, so as to recon-
cile artistic and historic associations
with the demands of modern require
ments, has induced the Academy of
Arts to invite a gathering for the pre-
sentation of different projects with this
object in view. Certain citizens are
well pleased; certain others cannot con-
tain their disdain "Florence viii be
improved off the face of the earthn'
they exclaim, and certainly the prob
lem is not an easy one: AS it is only
the most bigoted antiquary who would
seriously maintain that the people
should be exposed to disease from want
of sanitary precautions so that the
tourists may continue to look at houses
which Dante and Michael Angelo may
have touched, or which even Glotto
passed, the project Of inducing artists,
archaeologists and those who really
love the past, to express an opinion on
what may be done in the city where
the rigid beauty of medieval art and
the splendor of the renaissance reveal
themselves in so marvellous a connec-
ton is very happy idea. Whether the
city authorities will see their way to
accept such suggestions is far from GER
tain, but from what l saw | should
say public opinion is sufficiently arous-
ed to make itself clearly heard and that
it will be on the side of the preserva-
ton, not the destruction of historic
buildings.
Let me add my own mundane note,
says the writer in the Pail Mall Ga
zette. The Florentine shopman is in
telligent and quite understands that
without his "old stones" the visitors
would cease and he would make an in
innate acquaintance with poverty. He,
at least, may be trusted to keep an eye
on any improvements"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31


The girls who groan at the task of
washing dishes should take heart from
an assertion by bright New Zealand
woman. She says that the reason so
many girls go into the mills and stores
in preference to doing housework is
that more brains. are required in do
nestle work than behind a counter or
at machine Al employer Of wom-
en- stenographers in New York City
says that the girls who know how to
do housework well have made the best
business women.
Members of cookFs Nasscs Will re-
member the- pr Sctical instruction
with they were gwen in all sorts of
things which they probably never
thought bad any connection with cook
ing. In cooking school examination
at Pittsburg last June, these questions
were some Of those asked:
"Why does a fire smoke, and what
can be done to prevent it?' "Why
do fried articles soak grease? "Name
one good cut of beef for soup, one for
boiling, one for roasting" I'm what
order should dishes be washed?"
You can readily see that knowledge
of these points would make a great
difference in household affairs-and
then, knowing this. how can any one
say that more brains are required to
wind silk on factory bobbin or sell
goods behind a counter than to apply
the knowledge suggested by these ques.
tions ?-Minneapol Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31
The Dentists Revenge.

A dentist recently turned the tables
neatly on a nimble-footed thief who
had robbed the dentists wife of her
purse in the street. The husband re-
marked at the time that he should
know the rascal again, and when a few
days afterward the thief called to have
some teeth attended to the dentist
was ready for him. Telling his visitor
that it would be necessary to take a
cast of his mouth, the dentist resorted
to the now obsolete method Of a plas-
ter impression, and having allowed it
to remain in long enough to set hard,
calmly ordered his patient to follow
him to a lawyers office with the view
Of signing confession and making
restitution. The terrified thief had per-
force to comply, after which the dent
list, with the aid of hammer and cold
chisel, delivered him from his awkward
predisament.-The Paris Temps.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31
This in Johnny's face wrinkled with
frowns when he is angry andz-.-In-
dianapolis News.
Early Use of Skates.

To ''necessity's sharp PINCH" not a
desire for amusement, we owe the in
vention of skates and their early use.
Holland is conceded to be the home and
birthplace of skating, and it was un-
doubtedly first practiced there, and in
the far North. In a country of lakes
and canals the necessity of walking
and running on the ice must have been
felt from the earliest days, and, indeed,
they show in Holland bone skates that
were found in one of the mounds on
which Friesland village was built.
The skates were fastened to the feet
by straps passed through holes made in
the bones. A Danish historian men,
tions the sport in 1134. The bone skates
were also the kind first used in En-
gland. Fitzstephen, in his account of
the amusements of the young people on
the ice in London, during the latter
part Of the twelfth century, notes that
it was usual for them to fasten the leg
bones of animals under the soles of
their feet, by tying them around their
ankles and then taking a pole, shod
with iron. into their hands. they pushed
themselves forward by striking against
the ice, and moved with great rapidity.
New York Post.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31

The average cellar in most places is
about the worst place that could be
chosen to keep honey, remarks an ex-
change. For extracted honey choose a
dry place. for comb honey place that
is dry and warm. A place that will not
keep salt dry will not do for honey. It
absorbs moisture as does salt and will
become thin -and in time may sour.
Comb honey in a damp place will at
tract moisture, and finally the cells will
become so full that the honey will
ooze out through the cappings and
weep over the surface. Freezing will
crack the comb. A good place to keep
honey is in the warmest part of the
kitchen, perhaps on the upper shelf Of
the cupboard.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31
Building a Cement Floor.

A cement floor is quite expensive, but
If properly made will last for many
years. By using cheaper grade of ce-
ment than the Portland for the foun-
dation, the expense of the floor will be
much reduced. To make the filling,
take one part Of cement, three parts of
clean, sharp sand, and five parts of
broken stone. Mix the sand and ce-
ment while dry, and mix thoroughly;
then add sufficient water to make a
paste. Work the mixture with hoe
until the sand particles are covered
with the cement. Spread this mixture
on a board platform, then spread the
broken stones over it and mix all un-
til the stones are completely covered
with coating of the cement. The sur
face on which the cement is to be
placed should be graded with a slight
slope toward the gutter, as shown in
the illustration, the plan calling for an
arrangement where the cows stand rear
to rear, the gutter being in the middle.
When the surface is properly graded,
spread the mixture over it to the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31

An exchange says that twenty years
ago there were not twenty-five silos in
America, and now there are at least a
half million. We will not vouch for the
accuracy of their figures, but know that
they increase rapidly each year. To use
an old phrase, they seem to "fill a long
felt want" We are proud to think that
we wrote in their favor more than
twenty years ago, when many other
agricultural writer's were either con-
demning the idea, or had nothing to say
about them. The ideas in regard to the
variety of corn to raise and mode of
growing have changed much in that
time, and while then the larger varie-
ties of Western corn were grown and
sown thickly to get as large a crop as
possible to the acre, with stalks twelve
to fifteen feet high, now the majority
seem to favor the smaller varieties of
field corn, like Longfellow or Compton,
and planting at distances that will tend
to a good growth of ears, which are al
lowed to become nearly matured, if not
quite glazed over before they are cut.
Some even let it become glazed, and
then wet it as put into the silo, and
claim to have good ensilage.-American
Cultivator.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31
A Pony Express.

The pony express of Manayunk, Pa,
has become famous. Joseph II. Maurer,
a hardware dealer af Manayunk, has
seven children, and his oldest boy, lad
of 10, is the boss prcoer of the pony ex-
press, in whose conduct, however, all
the brothers and sisters have some
greater or smaller shs.re.
The pony, a bay, is both fleet and
sturdy. Though not much larger than
mastiff, its capacity for going fast is
only second in marvelousness to it's ca
racity for going far The wagon the
pony draws is the ordinary light hard
ware deEy wagon In miniature. It
is about four feet in height, and its
body is about six. feet long and four
feet wida. Ir1s p1in4ed we'll, s1ld the
paint shines with washing always. The
harness, too, has splendid luster.
while in the smooth coat Of the pony
you may almost see your face. All this
is the good work of the 10-year-old
driver, who is also stableman and
groom.
Some Of Mr.. Maurer's deliveries have
to be made at great distances from the
shop. That is nothing. With two or
three of his brothers and sisters as COM
panions and helpers, the boss of 10
years will drive to Bala, to Overlook,
to Wissahickon, to the Falls of Schuyl-
kill, to Germantown, and even to Fort
Washington, which last is a good ff-
teen miles away
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31
Chance for a Castle.

The following advertisement appears
in a London paper:
"a rock built crenelated castle, buff
feted by the Atlantic surge, at one of
Ihe most romantic and dreaded points
of our ironbound coast, in full view of
the death stone; shipwrecks frequent,
corpses common; three reception and
seven bedrooms; every modern conven-
fence; 10 gs. week-Address," etc.
Persons in need of castle and who
are fond of shipwrecks and corpses
should not overlook this opportunity
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31

The comfort of any living thing
means a. great deal, and If hog Is not
comfortable, he will not do his best.
The real object in keeping hogs is to
make profit out of them. and the hog
that will respond the best to good care
and a variety of feed is the best bog
to have, says the New York FarmeHz
There is no profit in keeping hogs Z
see how much cold and heat thez
stand, or 10 see hesv- king they NJ !.
shut up in a small yard, fed on, dry
corn and filthy water. You can't staEve
a hog into dollars. The nearer we can
come to supplying all the needs of our
hogs. the more pay we will get for our
labor. There cannot be a set of iron
rules laid down, governing the feed and
care of herd of hogs. We must use
our thinking apparatus and keep the
hogs comfortable. A good breeder was
asked, How do you mix your swill?"
He replied, 81 mix it with brains"
We can't make a success unless we
give our business our best thought.
We must study the hog, his wants, and
keep him SO his coat is sleek, with a
nicely tipped ear and two curls in his
tail, contented, happy and comforta-
BILE. -.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31
Sheltering Tools,

The farmer cannot afford to have
good tools and machinery on his farm,
unless he can afford to have buildings
to protect them from the weather, and
he cannot spend an hour or a day more
than in cleaning them up,
overhauling them and making repairs
on them before they are likely to be
wanted again. The plows, harrows and
more expensive machinery left out of
doors this winter will deteriorate in
value more than one-fifth. The loss
would more than pay the interest on
the cost Of a good building to shelter
them In, and in many cases exceed the
taxes on the farm. If they were not
properly cared for when last used, take
one Of these fine days and gather them
up, clean them, oil all the iron work
and paint all the wood work. Never
MIND getting painter to do the job.
Buy can Of ready mixed paint and a
cheap brush. Use any color that you
like, but use 1t freely, not as an orna-
ment, but as preservative Of the wood
as the oil is of the iron. We heard Of
two farmers who owned a harrow in
partnership, and thought it should be
painted, but could not agree on the
color. Finally they compromised, and
one painted his half black, while the
other used yellow ochre. We never
learned which half wore out first.
While overhauling, see that all bolts
and nuts are in nIacp and broken DarfS
Observation-Disclosures Ploughman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31

depth Of at least four inches, and COM
pact it thoroughly. This filling should
be left until partially dried before the
top coat is given. The time for drying
will depend somewhat on the weather.
For the second coat, only the best grade
of cement should be used, mixing one
part of it dry with three parts of good
sand. adding water until a stnf mortar
is obtained. This mixture should then
be spread over the foundation mixture,
and should be about an inch thick. The
gutter should be cemented also, and be
made with the slightly rounding center.
The gutter should slope gradually to
one end of the stable, where a vat
should be placed to hold the liquid
Indianapolis News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31

Sourkrout by the ton is PennsyIva-
mia industry.
Black rot has done great injury in
New York State cabbage fields.
Recent trials indicate that matted
barley is not an economical feed for
work horses.
An alright silo, mature crop and
careful packing are the essentials of
successful ensilage.
A deficient and inferior wheat hapf
vest in France is the report of the,
United States Consul at Rouen. -
Gather, pile and burn the old cucum-'
ber, squash and melon vines and thus
reduce the next crop of beetles
Tobacco dust treatment kills root
aphis of trees. Uncover the roots as
far as they can be traced. cover with
tobacco dust and replace the soil
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31
Fast Walking Horses.

Horse breeders and trainers almost
entirely overlook or neglect one of the
most valuable features in a horse, and
that is fast walking in draft and road
horses, writes a correspondent in Prac-
tical Farmer. This seems never to be
bred for, ard as to training for it, l,
for one, have never seen it done but
once. If the breeder will select fast
walking mare and stallion, the colt will
most likely be fast walker, but no
attention Is now paid to this point
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31

a floor with traps in it running the en-
tire length Of the building, and the
hopper can be replenished from time
to time, as occasion requires. Feed
can be stored here for bad weather. A
door, shown in the illustration, is
where the self-feeder is replenished
from the wagon when the weather is
fina
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31
A Girls Compositiou.

A 6-year-old schoolgirl submitted the
following composition on People:
"People are composed of girls and
boys, also men and women. Boys are
no good till they grow up and get mar
ried. Men who don't get married are
no good, either. Girls are young women
who will be ladies when they graduate.
Woman was made after man, and my
Uncle Bob says she has been after him
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31

Other things being equal, If team will
walk so per cent faster than another
1t will be worth so per cent more. Once
let the public become interested in fast
walkers and the breeding of farm and
draft horses would be conducted with
that end in view. to the great benefit
of all concerned in such stock.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31

Where the snow is liable to drift and
bank up over raspberry canes. break
ing them down, it is a good plan to
group them in punches and tie the tops
of a dozen to twenty canes together
very much as shock of corn fodder Is
tied, using piece of wire. This keeps
them erect, and the weight Of the
snow will come on the whole bunch
rather than on each cane singly. They
usually break so low as to be useless.
To keep them from breaking is the
thing to do.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31

ever since. The Lord looked disap-
pointed after he had made Adam, and
he said to himself: IF at first you don't
succeed, try, try again. So he tried
again and made Eve; then he was satis-
fed. Boys are an awful bother; they
want everything they see except soap.
If l had my way, half the boys in the
world would be girls and the other half
dolls. My ma is a woman and my pa
is man. A woman is a grown-up girl
with children. My pa is such nice
man that l guess he must have been a
girl when he was little boy. That's
all know about people at the present
writing"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31

Ashland so you have given I'D
your summer trip to Wetspot-by-the-
sea?
Tellit-Yes. 1 had to. l had money
enough for expenses, but not enough
for tips.-Baltimore American.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31

"a woman glories in her hair" said
the Sunday school teacher, quoting the
biblical statement. ''Now, who can tell
me what man glories inY'
''In his baldheadedness," replied a
small urchin at the foot of the glass.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31
Com pliment for Mamma.

Mamma" said little Tommy, 'pleas'
get Gown on your hands and knees"
what for, dearY she asked
"Cause," he replied, Il want to draw
an elephant and I've got to have :,
model"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31
To Clean Milk Utensils.

Rinse first with cold water and then
wash thoroughly with hot water and
afterward introduce live steam if pos
sible. If this is not available, keep in
boiling water for eight or ten minutes.
Let them stand in the sun as much as
possible.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31
tuberculosis in Paris

OF the 46,9SS deaths which occurred
in Paris in 1899, as many as 1884 are
attributed to tuberculosis, or more
than one-fourth.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31

Admission Not Free.
Little Margie-Does a body have to
pay to get into heaven?
Little Johnny-Yes; you have to be
good.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31

The Iowa Homestead publishes an
illustration of a self-feeder for cattle
which correspondent of that journal
built. Above the triangular hopper is
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31
What Imagination Is.

Teacher Ito juvenile class)-Can any
Of you tell me what Imagination is?
Small Willie-Yes' m; can.
Teacher-Very well, Willie. What is
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-31

Small Willie-It's what makes you
think bees stinger is seven feet long.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-02-25
~NNE State II patented.
IA AIkkTHE PATENT RECORD.
ASA Baltimore. Nd.
CURATIVE PROPERTIES.

One remarkable thing about Smiths
Green Mountain Renovation is the fact
that it had never been advertised until
1893, the sales of the medicine depending
wholly upon the reputation of its cures,
and in spite Of that fact the business has
extended to nearly every State in the
Union. Considering this fact it seems
truly wonderful that it has become so
widely known. Here in Barre the same
story may be told. 1t has only been adj
vertised incur paper short time, but Il
canvass of the druggists by one of our
reporters, revealed unprecedented results
IA sale not TO be equaled by any pro-
prietary medicine on the market.
This certainly proves the great merit
of this preparation, and only goes toshow
that medicine that will really cure will
become famous in spite of the fact that
it has not been generally advertised 1t
has worked its way to the front ranks by
mouth to mouth advertising and now
since the st. Adams Remedy Co., of st.
Adams, VT, own the proprietary rights.
and have brought the attention OF tn,
public to this great medicine the sale
has been something remarkable, and the
medicine is not only the leader in Barre,
United States. Simply because it cures
For the blood and humors it is unexceled
in it's effects and it is equally valuable
for catarrhal ana rheumatic complaints.
In word, for all the numerous diseases
arising from impure blood, the medicine
has no superior, and as its properties
become further known. Smiths Green
NJ Mntain Renovation will not only get the
credit as the biggest seller in this country,
but better still. the only medicine that
honestly CURES.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-02-25

Born last night, a daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. W. II. Sulham OF NO.
IL First street.
The Barre Supply Co. is moving TO-
day from the basement OF WQrtheh .
block to their new quarters IN tne
Park House block, where Campoell >
restaurant was formerly located.
The fire alarm bell at the Spaulding
school is out of service, and VIII De
till supplies arrive from Bottom.
One OF the leading roles in Fogg 8
Ferry is to be played by Edward f.
Gardiner, who was here last season
with the Chapman. Warren o., ana
who created the yankee role OF "Jen'
kins" in W. W. Lapoint's "Iwo
Nephews.
L. B. Jones has decided to break up
Housekeeping and store his goods
His wife, who has been quite III, IS
not improving very fast aud train
ed nurse will care for her. Mr. Jones
resumes work in one Of the stone
SIltuS llC OIipho ooNS 49,
is receiving more than his share OF
hard luck.
John Brown, father of Hickman
Thomas Brown, is very i'll with the
grip and pleurisy and is Lot expected
to live.
The Misses Edith and Ethel Conner
of Keith Avenue are the guests OF
their brother in Burlington for a
week.
The Beefsteak club will hold it's
next annual meeting at the Universe
list church vestry on Friday evening,
March lst, between 5 81 and 7.3O.
The finest meat cook in the city has
been engaged to prepare the specimens
of beefsteak which the club has col.
ed for this occa-ion Membersh p
10 the club, including supper, 20 cents.
Every one who enjoys choice meat,
properly cooked, should attend this
meeting.