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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-07

Mrs. j. NJ. Moore returned last
Wednesday from an extended trip to
the east
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-07

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Biddle enter
tanned few friends at a Thanksgiving
dinner. Those present were: Messrs.
and Mesdames Jessie Vanderhoof, ]. E.
Vanderhoof, Heber Holmes, Ernest
Shaw, Miss A. Vanderhoof and Mr..
Ed JOhanSOn
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-07

Joseph Dederich has started a force
Of men on the new hosting works for
the Honerine company, and says his
Arms big contract will be rushed with
all possible speed
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05
"How Soon We Are Forgot"

A writer in Washington newspaper.
in a column devoted to instructive and
entertaining chat about the capitol, ex-
presses surprise because i'll the base
ment of the building are portraits of
worthy old gentleman" forgotten by
"nine-tenths" Of the visitors to the build
ing, who wonders somewhat why Rich
ard Montgomery, Thomas Miff1in,
Charles Thomson, and Francis Hopkin-
son should find place in the memory
of the painter and on the wall of the
Senate basement. The writer had look
ed in Fiske's History of the United
States" and could not find either Thom-
son or Hopkinson. When he goes to
Quebec he may find the mark to indi-
cate where Montgomery fell while try
ing to capture the citadel and the house
in which he died. At st. PauPs church,
New York, he can find his tomb.
Miffiin he can find as the president of
the congress that received Washing
tons resignation. and Thomson he will
discover to have been regarded as one
of the brightest men of the revolution
ary time: while he has but to look at
the original Declaration of Independ-
ence to see "Fras." Hopkinson's name
one of the best known of all signers be-
cause of the bri]liancy and variety of
his accomplishments. - New York
Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05

there is woolly dog that runs across
the floor clumsily, an elephant moving
its trunk up and down and with mouth
open, and bagatelle board-all are en-
joyed to-day as they were over half
century ago by the then little folks of
the family.
Many children who are not of royal
birth play with costlier toys than these.
The children of Queen Victoria's daugh-
ter, Princess Beatrice of Battenberg,
have playthings that are very plain,
such as gardening tools, scrap books,
common story books and cheap dolls.
When the present Gar of Russia was
a child his playthings were toy forts
and cannon and tin soldiers, picture
books with colored battle scenes. His
chief reading was short stories about
them, and he knew by heart the great
war history of his own country. After
this boy became a Czar and ruled the
whole country he realized how his peo-
pie were suffering on account of taxa
ton necessary to pay the expenses Of
this vast military machine, and he pro-
posed a conference of all the powers of
Europe with view of persuading them
to disband their armies.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05
Only One Jones.

He had never seen a telephone, and
his friend was showing him how it
worked. 1t was in his office. He called
up his house, and the wife came to the
telephone.
"My dear, Mr.. Jones is here, and
have asked him to come up to dinner"
Then he turned to Mr.. Jones and
said:
"Put your ear to that and you'll hear
her answer"
He did, and this was the answer:
"Now, John, told you would never
have that disagreeable wretch in my
house again"
"What was that" spoke out Mr..
Jones. Women are quick. A man
would have simply backed away from
the telephone and said no more. She
took in the situation in a second when
she heard the strange voice, and quick
as fash came back the sweetest kind
Of a voice:
"Why, Mr.. Jones, how do you do? |
thought my husband meant another
Mr.. Jones. Do come up to dinner. l
shall be so glad to see you."-New York
World.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05

The refining of petroleum is an inter-
esting process. The petroleum is put
into tank, under which is a slow fire,
burning the gas from the oil itself. AS
the latter warns up, the vapors pass
through a long pipe, and are cooled in
the process, condensing it into liquid
again.
The first thing that "comes over Is
gas, which is used as a fuel in the
works. Next, the varying grades of
naphtha; next Ghe product becoming
heavier and heavier all the time), the
gasoline grades, then the low-test kero-
senes, then the high-grade kerosenes.
Then comes a long list of heavier oils.
ending with the heaviest and thickest
of lubricants. There is left in the tank
paraffine and a black dense, sticky
substance which is little more than as
phalt. From these bi-products, after
the refining Of oil, are made more than
$50 substances of value, including such
familiar things as dyes, soap, vaselina.
ointments, and chewing gum.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05

red" and raised pair of startled blue
eyes to his face.
30, thank you," she stammered. Yet
never was thank you" said in tone OF
less gratitude.
She-was gone before he could speak,
and caught the car, which was just on
the point of leaving.
All day the blue eyes haunted him.
They came between him and his
writing and danced on the pages Of the
Lancet, although, as he said to himself
severely, he had no time for such Ron
sense. Had he been less devoted, heart
and soul, to his profession it is to be
feared that even his patients might
have found him absent-minded, for ne
failed to see two Of his best friends on
the street and at dinner that evening
was so preoccupied that his mother
worried lest he was working too hard.
DR.. Howard Carston was a rising
young physician with a downtown
office and a fair practice. He cared
almost nothing for society and hereto
fore the brightest eyes that ever shone
would have interested him less than a
cut finger.
Now, in a moment, all was changed.
Chicago is a big city, yet Howard
vowed to himself to find the owner of
those blue eyes. Persistence was one
of his strong points. He never entered
a street car without scanning the face
of every woman in it; he patronized de-
partment stores, which he had formerly
avoided because of their crowds of
women shoppers; and he astonished his
sister by taking her to the theater more
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05
oLD-FAsHIoNED GRANDMOTHER

1t Is to b, Regretted tn She Is Rap
id'y Becom ng 1hing of the ast.
Persons who still cling with some
love to old ways and old fashions will
read with approval Temple Bailey's
dainty little lament over the Passing
of the Grandmother in the Woman's
Home Companion. He says, in part:
''The status of the grandmother of
the past was fixed and immovable
Having once acquired the title she was
allowed no other. Her individuality
as woman, wife and mother was lost,
and she was ever afterward recognized
as one who should set aside all person
al ambition and dedicate herself to
the care of her children's children.
To-day we have few grandmothers
of that type. Secure in the doctrine of
individual rights, the grandmother of
modern times declines to sacrifice her
life to the demands of others. Her
life is her own, she argues; she has
raised her own children, and now is
her time for rest; her daughter must
attend to the rising generation.
But from the children's standpoint
the passing of the grandmother is
calamity. They will read the stories
of the past, and will long for the tender
hearts and willing hands that gave
themselves in service. Perhaps the
hearts are just as tender to-day, but
the hands are engaged in other work,
and childish minds have strange way
of looking for actions rather than
motives. The children want the grand
mother whose kitchen is fairy-land
Of spicy odors and forbidden sweets,
not the grandmother who drives them
to the fine candy-shop and treats them
to chocolates and Scotch kisses. In
their small minds. better is the corn in
the pepper with molasses- taffy made
at home than ice cream and marrons
glace from the confectioner. The mod
ern child may have many advantages.
but he will still envy his ancestors
who in childhood sat and watched the
molasses bubbling, bubbling, as it boil
ed in cauldron, the freight making
Pickering shadows as their grand
mother told them tales of primitive
days, of bears and Indians and wars"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05

times in a month than he had all the
previous year. That young lady was
also surprised and gratif1ed by his
snatching from his professional duties
time to attend teas and receptions, and
by his remarkable interest in social
functions.
blue eyes" had worn gray. So, again
and again, he pursued gray suit and g
felt hat half block, only to find, when
the wearer turned, that her eyes were
not the violets of which he dreamed.
Weeks passed and the memory Of the
eyes was fading into a regret. The
sensible lectures which Howard had
not failed to administer to himself be-
gan to take effect. In the first place, it
was absurd to nope to find those blue
eyes. Were not there several hundred
thousand women in Chicago? Besides,
"Blue eyes" might be miles away. If
found, she might belong to another
man, or she might be anything but
charming.
Howard told himself that ne was a
fool, and determined to forget the eyes.
That was hard to do, but he gave up
his quest.
DR.. Carston's telephone bell rang sud
denly one night, in the small hours. He
had just fallen asleep after nineteen
hour day, but he could not ignore the
ring. The summons was imperative.
A. stranger had called the nearest ply
sician.
pray come" she implored, ''for am
afraid my father will die" The sweet,
girlish tones were eloquent of distress.
Howard dressed himself hastily and
went downstairs. He could scarcely
open the hall door so strong was the
wind.
"a doctor leads dogs Life" he NUT
tered to himself as he went out into
the storm.
The address given him was that of
clearinghouse on the next block-one
to which this was by no means his first
visit. He found Mrs. Madison, the
boarding-house keeper, awaiting him
in the hall.
Il am so glad you've come,', she said.
"Mr. Wharton is awfully sick, and the
poor young lady, his daughter, is most
scared to DEATH"
The patient was so i'll as to OCCUPY
the Doctors entire attention. Mrs. Mad
ison gave him the efficient assistance
which he had learned to expect from
ner in such emergencies. She was ably
seconded by Miss Wharton. whom
Howard scarcely noticed.
The battle was for life. Hours passed
before it was won and the tired but
glad physician was free to go.
"Now your father needs nothing but
rest. Let him sleep as much as possi-
bic, and see that he has cup of Mrs.
Wharton's beef tea when he wakes.
will call this afternoon" he said, look
ing at Mrs. Madison, although he spoke
to Miss Wharton.
Howard went home to refresh him
self with an hours nap, bath, and a
cup Of coffee before his Office hours. At
8 o'clock he visited his new patient and
found him doing well.
"You have saved his life," said Miss
Wharton, in voice tremulous with
gratitude, and she raised her eyes to
DR.. Carston's.
Howard's head swan. He saw again
e crowded street crossing, a waiting
car, and held a slender, girlish form in
his arms.
Miss Wharton's eyes were the violets
OF his dreams.
When Violet Wharton left Chicago
FOR her country home she wore a new
ring, holding twin sapphires.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05

There Should be in every stable a
closet large enough to allow the hang
ing up of all harnesses, whether for car
riage or work teams, and so snugly
made that when the doors are shut the
closet will be nearly alright. The cost
of such closet will be more than re-
paid by the saving of leather from the
fumes of ammonia, If there is a cellar
for manure under the building, and
from the dampness caused by the
breath of animals or in other ways.
Another and smaller closet, or box with
shelves, near the animals, or two-one
for the horses and one for the cattle-in
which to keep currycombs, brushes,
cattle cards, spOnges, hammer and
nails, often needed, and little bottles or
packages of simple remedies that may
be needed for a sick animal, to save
calling veterinarian, or to save the
animal until he can be brought there.
We usually had tincture of aconite,
saltpetre, powdered charcoal and q
bottle of some hniment on hand always.
Then rack in the stables to hold forks,
shovel, hoes and brooms for cleaning
them out, and another in some other
place for forks, rakes and broom, as
well as other things used in feeding.
When there is but one place for each
article. and that is always in its place,
no time is lost in hunting for it, and
there Is less breakage from their being
thrown down, stepped on or run over.
The field tools should have a room or
place separate from those that are used
at the barn nearly every day.-Ameri-
can Cultivator,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05
TRUE HAPPINESS.

The dance and the whirl go on,
And the jealousy and the strife;
And the summer comes and the summer
wanes,
And the sum of it all is Life.
And some would give their kingdom for
love,
And some their kingdom fer gain;
And some would give their earthly all
Just to be young again.
But it's neither the love nor the gain,
Nor the youth that has vanished past;
Nor the sun, nor the dew, nor the heat,
nor the rain,
That brings happiness at last.
1t is only the love of God,
Filling wide the heart of man;
1t is only the lips which gently speak
In the accents of His plan.
1t is only an uplifted face,
And hand that is stretched to all
But somehow the love, and the youth,
and the gain,
Are there without striving at all.
Abby Willis Howes.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05
REvoLUTIONIZED
By an Invention of Prof. Pupin of Co.
lumbia University.

By an Invention of Prof Pupin of CO.
1umbia University.
AS a result of discoveries and in
ventions Of Prof NJ. 1. Pupin, of Co.
lu1bia University, it is probable that
within the lifetime of this generation
the sound of the human voice may be
made to encircle the globe. Ocean teIe-
phoning is feasible, according to the
electrical engineers who have studied
the discoveries Of Prof. Pupin and upon
whose opinion the officials of the Bell
Telephone Company paid Pupin nearly
one-half million in cash for his patents
and royalty Of $4,000 annually dur
ing the life Of the patents.
At present it is possible to talk LOCO
miles by telephone; when Prof Pupin's
system is put into operation there will
be no limit to the distance that one
may talk by wire. 1t consists in taking
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05
Whole Corn in the SiIo.


1t is claimed that when the ensilage
corn is good enough to yield from 20 to
80 bushels of ears to the acre that it is
as much corn as needs to be fed with it,
and the grain ration should be bran,
middlings or oats. When 1t is less than
this, cornmeal should be added. But
something depends upon the dry fodder
used with it. With corn stover or tim
othy hay use more of the gluten or
middlings than when clover hay is used.
With clover hay to. furnish protein,
more corn may be used to supply the
carbonaceous or heating food, while
timothy and corn stover lack the pro-
tein that is found in the middlings, bran
or gluten meal. If the bran is cold or
the cattle are much out of doors, more
corn is required to keep up the heat in
the system and prevent it consuming
Its own fat or the butter fat.-Ex.
change.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05

the elements of impotence in an Or
dinary telephone or telegraph line and
balancing them against each other, so
that their effect Is neutralized and a
clear passage is left for the transmits
sion of electrical waves. Telegraph
companies scout the idea that it is pos
sible to put Pupin's theories into prac-
tical operation. For one thing the cost
is against it. An ordinary telegraph
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05
A Pair of Blue Eyes

00 OWARD put both arms around
iii her, held her close for an instant,
SS and then released her 1t was in
broad daylight, on crowded street cross
ing; they were not related to each other,
and he did not even know her name
1t must be said in his defense that she
was more to blame than he was; in
deed, it would have been a great impo-
likeness, not to say unkindness, on his
part, to have done otherwise. She was
hurrying to catch the car from which
he had just descended. The street was
wet and muddy; she slipped and would
have fallen had he not caught her just
in time. She blushed celestial rosy
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05
Verses of Chill lhood,

At evening, when the lamp is lit,
Around the fire my parents sit;
They sit at home and talk and sing,
And do not play at anything.
Now, with my little gun, crawl,
All in the dark along the wall,
And follow round the forest track,
Away behind the sofa back.
There, in the night, when none can spy,
All in my hunters camp lie,
And play at books that have read
Till it is time to go to bed.
When I am grown to mans estate
shall be very proud and great,
And tell the other girls and boys
Not to meddle with my toys.
Every night my prayers 1 say,
And get my dinner every day;
And every day that I've been good
| get an orange after food.
The child that is not clean and neat,
With lots Of toys and things to eat,
He is naughty child, Pm sure
Or else his dear papa is poor.
r. L. Stevenson, in ga Child's Garde1
of Vorso
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05

essary. When the car comes to down
grade they jump on and ride. One of
these street-car coolies is shown walk
ing behind the car in the picture, while
the boy on the front of the car is sta
toned there to blow a warning trum-
pet and to apply the brakes when nee,
essary. The coolies who work this
unique road are said to be astonishing
specimens of physical development
The fare for round trip over the road,
including the expected tips for the
crew, is 21 cents.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05

AS little lass the Korean girl is
taught all about domestic work, and be-
gins early to assist her mother in max
ing the family clothes. If too young to
paste she can at least hold over the
stove the long iron rod to be used in
pressing seams. The heating of this
rod is the first thing taught little girl.
Later she learns how to paste clothes
together, then to wash and iron them.
Now, this use of paste instead of
thread is custom, so far as know,
practiced only by the Koreans. 1t is
done on account of their mode of iron
ing. To accomplish this difficult feat
they rip their garments to pieces be-
fore putting them in water. After the
washing, garments are laid on smooth
block of wood or stone and are beaten
with ironing sticks. These sticks re-
semble a policeman's club, and each
ironer uses two.
Girls and boys wear their hair hang
ing in two plaits until engaged to be
married, after which the boy fastens
his on top of his head and the girl
L.
Koreans hold marriage in high regard,
and show a married man profound re-
spect, while bachelor is treated by
them with marked contempt. l have
seen men greet a slip of boy wearing
a topknot with ceremonious Difference,
saying to each other: "He is a man;
he is about to be married." while of
much older man, and possibly a richer,
who wears his two plaits, they remark
that "He is a pig. He cannot get a
wife. He will always be a boy"
In the choice of his first bride the
Korean leaves everything to the "go-
between" But all other wives, and a
Korean may have ten, the man makes
his own selection. Women are we'll
treated, and, as rule, live happy, con-
tented lives. They are gentle, attrac-
tive bodies and devoted to their homes.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05
A San Boiler.

A Sap Boiler.
The device for boiling maple sugar
consists Of coils of one-inch pipe, bent
or cut and connected with LIS to set top
of the arch under the sap pan, as shown.
Dotted lines A A A A show where it
may be bent, B union to connect with
feeder, G throttle to regulate feed, D
delivery pipe can be turned down, as
shown by dotted lines, to allow the pan
to be drawn off.
l find this device a great saving of
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05
Feeding Value of Roots.

An exchange says: "In estimating
the feeding value of such crops as beets,
turnips, etc, the value of 100 pounds of
beets is placed at 10 cents, rutabagas at
Is cents and the ordinary turnips at II
cents. This makes these foods cheap
compared with some kinds. and they are
also beneficial outside of their actual
food yalue'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05

Probably the most remarkable street
car line in the world is that between
Atami and Yoshihoma, two coast
towns in the province of lie, Japan.
The line is seven miles long. the rolling
stock consists of single car, and the
motive power is furnished by a couple
of muscular coolies, who actually push
the car along wherever power is nee
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05
Old App1e Trees Need Food.

When you clean up the henhouse
wheel the guano out among the small
fruit and young trees. There is no better
fertilizer under the sun. If you have any
left over wheel it into the orchard. The
old apple trees are as greedy for food,
and more SO, than young trees 1t is
folly of the biggest kind to expect trees
to go on and on bearing heavy loads of
good fruit and starve them. They need
food just as much as you do.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05
Hav and Stock sca,..-

A correspondent tells of farmer who
decided to put in stock scales. While
waiting for them he had an offer for a
lot of cattle at a certain price for the
lot, or at so much per pound. He asked
for time to decide, and when the scales
came be hustled them ipto place and
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05
Books on the Farmstead.

Lots of books should be about the
farmstead, so that the boys and girls
will grow up to be intelligent men and
accomplished women. If they early ac-
qufre taste for good reading it will
save them FROM much foolishness and
the parents often from anxiety. Books
are cheap, and there can be no legal
excuse for farm home not being the
home of useful intelligence.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05

cable to Europe costs from 100000
upward and the proposed telephone ca
BILE would cost much more. This would
prohibit its use for ocean telephoning,
say the telegraph people, as no capital
lists could be found who would advance
funds. However, there is no doubt
that the new discoveries will virtually
revolutionize the telephone system of
the world,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-05

That farmer is fully up to his priv
ileges when he and the matron can
make enough from the poultry, the
small fruits, the truck patch and the
orchard to defray expenses of the table,
clothing and other necessities and
luxuries of a personal nature.
If he does this the staples, horses, cat
tie, sheep and hogs which may be sold
can be used in buying a son and daugh-
ter few acres, etc., to commence life
with, or perchance to build a barn or
mansion. Such farming is profitable,
and within the capabilities of the ma
jority of farmers.