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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-18
REVIVAL OF HORSEBACK RIDING
President Roosevelt's Family Has
Caused II in Washington.

Washington, d. c., Nov. 1S.-The
bride path around the white house lot
thru the monument grounds and over
the Smithsonian way and back again
laid out by the officials in charge OF
public grounds, is no longer scornned
by horsemen who love lively mount
for in his daily explorations about the
town Kermit Roosevelt has discovered,
and one of his favorite pastimes now is
a ride equal to that of John Gilpin over
the once neglected path.
Horseback riding has been revived
since the advent of the presidents fam
lily. and the society girls of Washington,
as well as the young matrons, are look
ing to their mounts with greater care
than ever before. The boys, too, have
the horseback fever. and every boy at
the capital who owns pony spends ev-
cry minute possible out of school riding
horseback
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-18
MRS. RoeINsoN's Will BROKEN
Sensational Hearing Extending Over a
period of Forty DAYS.

Sensational Hearing Extending Over a
Period of Forty Days.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1s.-The contest
oven the will of Mrs. Letitia Robinson
in the Delaware county court at Media
came to an end Saturday. when the
sealed verdict of the jury was opened by
Jndge johnson. The jury held that the
will should be broken on the ground OF
undue influence.
The jury retired last Monday after
room. and twice came into court with the
announcement that they could not agree.
mt were each time sent back by Judge
Johnson, who informed them that all the
evidence available had been adduced.
THE contest continued over period OF
fortv DAYS. and much sensational testi-
mony was given.
I,etitia Robinson. mother of United
states Marshal and former Congress-
man John Robinson, died last Noyem-
Ter. aged so. leaving an estate valued at
$4,000 to Marshal Robinson. her only
surviving son, with whom she had lived
for many years. caveat was filed
against the probating of the will in the
rames OF Anna and Gerald O. III. Rob-
frson. of Cleveland, children of Eccles
Robinson, a younger son of the tesla
trix. who died in 1890. The contest was
made on the ground of undue influence
and irregularity in the execution OF the
will. Eccles Robinson was divorced
from his wife when their children were
IL and IA years Of age, and witnesses
stated that after the separation he never
recognized them in any way
The real estate left by Mrs. Robinson
is located principally in Pittsburg and
Allegheny.
The jury found that the signature Of
Letitia Robinson attached to the will
was genuine; that the will was properly
executed BY the testatrix; that Letitia
Robinson was OF sound mind when the
testament was signed, but that she ar
fixed her signature to the document be-
cause of undue influence exerted by
John B. Robinson.
A Counsel for Mr.. Robinson immediately
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-18
Now Position for Hobsor

Washington, Nov. 16.-Naval Con
structor Richmond P. Robson has beer
detached from duty in the bureau OF
construction and repair and detailed To
duty In connection with the manage
nent of the government naval exhibit al
The Charleston exposition, South Caro-
lima.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-18


"My wife used sew
eral bottles of S. S. S.
as a blood purifier and
to tone up a weak and
enaciated system, with
very marked effect by
way of improvement.
eve regard 1t o
great tonic and blood
purifier. ~. +. DUFr,
Princeton, Mo.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-18
No External
Symptoms

The blood may be in bad condition,
yet with no external signs, no skin
eruption or sores to indicate it. The
symptoms in such cases being variable
appetite, poor digestion, an indescribable
weakness and nervousness, loss of flesh
and general rundown condition of the
system clearly showing the blood has
lost its nutritive qualities, has become thin
and watery. It is in just such cases that
S. S. S. has done some OF its quickest and
most effective work by building up the
blood and supplying the elements lacking
~, ,,.al-e r. sfrouey and VIGOROUS
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26
KNOW HOW TO ADVERTISE.
Chinese Tradesmen and Doctors Have
Mastered the Art.

Chinese Tradesmen and Doctors Have
Mastered the Art.
The advertising columns in Chinese
newspapers are characteristic of a
peculiar people-verbose, grandilo-
quent and childish. Here is how Tilted
lover advertises his broken heart to the
world:
Il cannot control my wrath and bit
terness. My loved one has, it is plain,
been enticed away by this rascaPs de-
ceit. How, l wonder, can mere
tailor's dummy like this succeed in win
ming her? Surely he has not law or JUS
tice before his eyes. 1t is on this
account that I am advertising"
A mother writes to son who has run
away from home:
'If you delay longer and do not return
l cannot, cannot bear it, and shall sure
ly seek an end to my life, and then you
will stand in peril of death by thunder.
am now at my last gasp, and the
family has suffered from insults most
grievious. If you come, no matter how,
everything is sure to be arranged.
have thought of a plan by which your
father may still be kept in ignorance.
My life or death hangs on the issue of
these few days. Only 1 pray that all
good people everywhere will spread
this message abroad, SO that the right
person may hear of it. So will they
lay up for themselves boundless store
of secret merit"
Quacks in China advertise in more
beauteous language than their kind in
America. One such lad" runs:
zone recipe has come down to us
from a physician of the Ming dynasty
A certain mandarin was journeying in
the hill country when he saw a woman
passing southwark over the mountains,
as though flying. In her hand she held
a stick, and she was pursuing an old
fellow of 100 years. The mandarin
asked: why do you beat that old
man?' She answered: He is my grand.
son, for 1 am 500 years old and he is
ia. He will not purify himself by tax.
ing his medicine, and so am beating
him. The mandarin alighted from his
horse and knelt down and did obeis-
ance to her, saying: Give me, 1 pray
you, this drug, that may hand it down
to posterity for the salvation of man,
kind Hence it got it's name-'Fairy
Recipe for Lengthening Life Take II
for five days and the body will feel
light; take it for ten days and your
spirits will become brisk; for twenty
days and the voice will be strong and
clear and the hands and feet supple
for one year and white hairs will be.
come black again and you move as
though flying. Take it constantly and
all troubles will vanish, and you will
pass along life without growing old
Two dollars bottle"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26
Holding Back Peach Buds.

The old theory Of mulching in winter
with snow and ice to delay blooming in
spring has been thoroughly exploded,
says Farm and Field. Inside of lumber
camps built in winter of certain kinds
of logs sprouts Of considerable length
are stimulated into growth by the
warmth of the camp fire, while the out
er sides of the logs are still frozen.
Florists force lilacs into growth In win
ter by drawing branches of dormant
llacs into forcing houses through the
wall. All parts of the twigs that re-
ceive warmth begin growth, while the
rest of the plant is frozen. Twigs, of
early Towering plants like the peach
may be forced Into bloom in winter by
cutting them and putting them in a
vase Of water in a warm, sunny room.
These facts corroborated by other in
vestigations indicate that the starting
of dormant buds into growth is due to
the warmth they receive and is prac-
tica1ly Independent of root action. The
twigs contain sufficient stored-up food
material to promote considerable
growth before the roots and developing
leaves are called into use.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26
| KISSED THE COOK.

I kissed the cook. All, me! She was di-
vine
Cheeks peachy, dark-brown eyes, lips red
as wine;
Long apron with a bow,
A cap as white as snow,
By far too tempting, SO | kissed the cook.
I kissed the cook, this angel from the
skies,
And yet l did not take her by surprise.
Twas mean, l will allow,
But if you'll make the VOW
To keep it, I'll tell you how l kissed the
cook.
1 kissed the cook. Poor, helpless little
The chance so good could not let it pass.
Her hands were in the dough,
She dare not spoil, you know,
My Sunday suit, and SO | kissed the cook.
l kissed the cook. l might have been
more strong,
But then | guess it wasn't very wrong,
For just tween you and me,
The cooks my wife, is she;
So I'd right, you see, to kiss the cook.
Selected.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26
Poultry and Potatoes.

Last spring, as an experiment, 1
planted my poultry yard, containing
one-fourth of an acre, to potatoes. 1
have just dug fifty bushels of fine pota-
toes from this quarter acre. | did moth
ing but plant and dig the potatoes; the
hens did the rest-kept off the bugs,
kept the ground free from weeds, fertil-
lied the crop and kept the ground in
fine condition, so that didn't need to
cultivate. The yield is double that on
land adjoining, and the potatoes are
entirely free from scab. Seventy-fiye
hens occupied the quarter acre. When
the potatoes were planted, few whole
potatoes were thrown into the yard for
the fowls, so that they had no need to
dig out the seed potatoes. l think 100
hens could care for an acre of potatoes
to their mutual benefit.-F. N. Clark. in
Farm Poultry.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26

kin to the King of Kings.
A man must be greater than his work.
Deeds are the only measure of our
days.
The superhuman in God cannot be in
human.
1t is mockery to wear the Cross you
do not bear.
The church that upholds the world
cannot uplift it.
The devil never misses the church
business meeting.
God will not build His temple out of
the DEVILS bricks.
The Sunday prayer book will not hide
the daily card-pack.
The thinner the wine of wisdom the
faster it will run out.
You cannot do right unless you are
willing to suffer wrong.
The wrath of God is like that of the
sunlight with darkness or dirt.
If the Gospel is impracticable here
then Heaven is impossible there.
They who live on public opinion will
probably die Of popular opprobrium.
1t is not part of the divine economy
to give dime where dollar is due.
Christ cannot be followed by leaps
and bounds, but rather step by step.
Christ would not shield you from
storm, but he can save you from wreck
1t is often impossible to both appease
the conscience and to please the crowd
1t is sad when we are not ON good
enough terms with God to call Him
Father.
He who resolves to be better, expect.
ing to fail. surely he shall not be dis
appointed.
He who is crowned by his con-
science cares not if he is condemned by
the crowd.
God often has to weaken our bodies
to make US see how dependent we are
upon Him.
The spendthrift who is always spend
ing upon himself is as selfish and means
as the miser
The man who places the highest
things first will be the first to get the
highest place.
1t is always easier to obey when
Christ says "come up" than when He
says "come down."
1t is folly to ask for your pains as
long as you continue to make your
couch on the DEVILS thorn bush.
God will reward some according to
the sheaves they bear and some accord
ing to the seed they have scattered.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26
When and How to Plant Ann1es.

When and How to Plant Apples.
Realizing that the apple orchard is a
more or less permanent investment we
must take cautious steps in laying its
foundation, says Ohio Farmer. First,
we want suitable land on the hills, with
any exposure except to the east. Land
free from stumps and stones and not
too steep is best. New land is not best
as there will be too many stumps and
roots and the borers that work on forest
trees are liable to work on the apple
trees. Some hoed crop should be grown
on the land the year before planting so
that 1t will be in fine mellow condition.
like to have the rows as straight as a
line If it can be done, but if not, follow
the curves of the hill. Dig holes large
enough to plant the trees without
cramplng the roots. Where the land Is
level or nearly so, some take the turn
ing ploW and plow out three or four fur
rows, set the trees in line, pull dirt over
roots and fill up furrow with plow.
Plant two or three-year-old trees. l like
good. thrifty, medium-sized two-year-
old tree, branched two and one-half or
three feet from the ground All bruised
or broken roots should be pruned off
and the top cut back about one-half.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26
Little Girl that Grew Up.

Little Girl that Grew Up.
She was sitting up straight in straight
backed chair,
There wasn't snarl in her shining hair,
There wasn't speck on her dainty dress,
And her rosy face was full of distress.
When drew near to this maiden fair
She suddenly rumpled her shining hair,
And, dropping down sin a heap on the
floor,
Uplifted her voice in wall most sore.
'Now. what is the matter. my pretty
maid?'
''I'm all grown up" she dolefully said.
'And I'm lonesome, as lonesome, as lones
can be,
For Humpty-Dumpty and Riddle-Me-
Rec.
"There's Little Boy Blue, who used to
creep
Under our haystack and fall asleep.
He isn't my friend since mother dear
Did up my hair in this twist so queer.
"And the Dog and the Fiddle, they left
me, too,
When the baby into a woman grew,
The Dish has hidden away with the
Spoon,
And the Cow has stayed at the back of
the Moon!
"The Little-Old- Woman Who -Swept-the-
Sky
Is caught in her cobwebs high and dry,
And Jack and his Beanstalk l cannot
Since began to improve my mind.
Il wouldn't be scared, not single mite,
If the Bugaboo 1 should meet tonight.
The Bogy Man I'd be glad to see,
But they'll never-no, never-come back
to me!
81 watched in the garden last night at
dark
A fairy favor to find; but, bark!
My mother is calling-don't you hear?
Young ladies don't sit on the floor, my
DEAR"
Zion Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26

Don't let your drinking fountains
freeze up.
Keep plenty of fresh water where
your fowls can get it.
Shut up your hen houses on these cold
nights.
Now is the time to buy your cockerels
for spring.
Feed plenty of meat scraps If Won
want to get lots of eggs.
1t is a good plan to whitewash your
hen house early in the spring.
Keep the lice off your fowls and they
will keep healthy.
Don't let the roup get the start Of YOU
Whenever your fowls begin to sneeze
you should give them some olive oil and
kerosene oil, or burn pine tar in your
houses. Roup is often caused by the
birds taking cold.
When your fowls have frosted combs
you should take one pint sweet oil, one
pint crude oil and one pint camphor and
rub this on night and morning for two
or three mornings and they will be well,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26
Lice on Young Animals.

Years ago we heard a farmer ask an
other what he should use to kill the lice
on his calves. "Well," said the old
man, ''a little grease will drive them
Off" How shall l use it?' was the
next query. eff you can put it under
the skin it will be the best way" was
the answer. and as the calves were
very lean the reply was as good as could
have been made. 1t is a fact that fat
calves or other young animals are sell
dom lousy, and if they get so the YER
min do not seem to be very long lived.
We have not seen lice on anything but
poultry for many years, and hope the
time may come when they will be BAN
ished from the poultry yard. But re-
member that good feed, good care and
cleanliness are the things that those
pests will not thrive upon.-American
Cultivator.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26
Not a Suitable Reference.

"Of course you quite understand that
shall call upon Mrs. Whittier for your
character" remarked Mrs. Taggetly to
the girl she has just engaged.
Certainly m'm," replied the girl, cal
though 1 would rather you didn't, for
Mrs. Whittier is so eccentric that she
is not always to be relied upon"
"In what way is she eccentric?"
"She insists that her husband is quite
a model father and husband, and that
her children have never caused her a
moments anxiety"
Him, not much in that"
'@Then she says that she is perfectly
content with one new dress and one
new hat each season."
Him, she is eccentric, thenI'
"And, finally, she has never attended
bargain sale, and says that the only
things sold at them are the women who
buyw
"Oh, the woman's mad! 1 shan't
trouble her for your character; you can
come In when you likev'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26
Secondhand Watch.


He was evidently a foreigner, and he
walked into one Of the big jewelry
houses on F street and asked for a
watch. 81 would be pleased to exam
inc some secondhand Watches" he
said to the clerk who advanced to meet
him.
"This isn't pawnshop," observed
the clerk. haughtily.
'No?'' observed the man inqulrfngly
"but you have watches" and he point.
ed to the great showcases full of hand.
some watches.
Certainly" replied the clerk. "Fin.
est stock of watches in the city. How
much do you want to pay for watch !?
'How mooch?" asked the stranger
'Mooch as he is worth so that he suits
me. l have said that desire a second
hand watch, a good one that shall keeI
the time.'
"See here, sir, you are off your base
We don't keep secondhand goods. YOU
will have to hunt elsewhere for second
hand watches"
The strangers eyes opened wide
But you have him there, and there anG
therev' he said, as he began to gestic
ulate. Il have said secondhand
watches" spelling it as though to make
it palmer, 'and they are here, every
where, yet you say you have them not
do not comprehend you"
"Well, 1 do you," replied the clerl
sheepishly, as he quickly got behind
the counter. "Just little mix up. NJ
harm done 1 hope. Certainly we have
watches with second hands. All oul
watches have second hands. W.
handle no Others" And the stranger
got his secondhand" watch for which
he laid down a fifty dollar bill.-Wash
ington Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26
Worms in Horses,

Give two ounces of turpentine in one
half pint of raw linseed oil at dose
three times a day before feeding for
two days, then give one quart of raw
linseed oil at dose as a physic. Feed
four quarts Of oats at feed three times
day and fifteen pounds of good hay in
twenty-four hours. Put on a muzzle to
keep him from eating his bedding.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26

"You can get back this way" ita
mother said, and showed it the way.
But when the baby tried to leap it fell
on it's back. Then the mother marked
out lines on the ground, on which II
was to practice hopping, and it got
along beautifully so long as the mother
was there every moment, to say, How
wonderful you hop!'
"Now teach me to hop up" said the
little lark, meaning that it wanted to
fly, and the mother tried to do it in
vain. She could soar up, up, very brave
ly, but she could not explain how she
did it.
"Wait till the sun comes out after the
rain" she said, half-rememb bering.
What is sun? What is ramp the
little bird asked. "If you cannot teach
me to fly teach me to sing"
when the sun comes out after the
rain," the mother replied, then you
will know how to sing"
The rain came and glued the little
birds wings together.
81 shall never be able to fly or singv'
1t walled.
Then, of sudden, it had to blink its
eyes. for a glorious light had spread
over the world, catching every leaf and
twig and blade of grass in tears, and
putting smile into every tear. The
baby birds breast swelled, it did not
know why; it futtered from the ground,
it did not know why.
"The sun has come out after the
rainw it trilled. THANK you, sun!
Thank you! thank you! Oh, mother!
Did you hear me? I can sing!"
Then it doated up, up, calling, ''rhank
you! thank you! thank your to the sun.
"Oh, mother, do you see me fly? 1 am
1yingw
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26
The Broadening Corn Re1t-

Probably the production of corn has
been increased in North America by
the development of early maturing va
rieties during the past twenty-five years
more than it has increased in all the
rest of the world from all other infu-
ences. The corn belt has broadened
hundreds of miles by this means, and
the end is not yet.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26
Packing Butter for Family u.e.

In packing butter for family use work
into rolls, lay in large stone jar, cover
with brine strong enough to float an
egg, put level teaspoonful of saItpeter
and pound of white sugar to each two
gallons of brine; then put a weight on
butter to keep it under brine.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26
Boy of the Nayy.


He has served as a landsman in the
United States Navy for nearly year,
and Joseph Home Hauler, of Newtown,
Pa, boy hero in the Philippines, is
apparently by no means tired of the life
he is leading on the other side of the
globe, if the interesting and cheerful
letters he writes home are true ex-
preston of his thoughts.
Joseph is barely 15 years old, and
now completes his first years service
under ''Old Glory" Joe is a landsman
on the Castine. and writes that most
of the fighting occurs in the interior of
the islands, the insurgents being afraid
to come near the coast. 1t takes two
months for his letters to reach home.
In his last letter he tells of his expert
ences in firing four-inch gun four
times at target practice. He says the
noise sounds like boiler explosion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26
Sure PrhOf

"This won't do" exclaimed Mr.. Pham.
liman; here it's after midnight and
that young man and Maude are still in
the parlor."
How do you know?'' inquired Mrs.
Phamliman.
Because l don't hear a sound down
ere."-Philadelphia Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26
Amending Shakspeare,

Her Escort-Ise awful fond OBJ music,
specially dance music.
Miss Snowf1ake-So's 1. Doan' day
say dat music am de food OBJ lub?
ut am de very CHECKING an watah-
million of lub."-Puck.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26

In fifteen years-1SS5 to 19OO-Italy
spent on her fleet 100000, and yet
the Italian navy does not come up to
half the strength and efficiency of the
German fleet, on which during the same
period of years $29S, 100000 was ex-
pended.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26
Good Spraying Apparatus.

The barrel pump is considered by the
Vermont station the most generally use
full spraying apparatus yet devised and
representing the least possible outlay.
Such pump is suited to spraying all
other crops and fruit trees, as we'll as
potatoes. For work in the potato field
there are two chief ways of using the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26

pute, and very few regard its feeding
value as they should. With improved
machinery for preparing it for feeding
there should be more thought given to
utilizing fodder, which can be made q
good substitute for hay.-NationaI
StOckman
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-26
Teaching a Young Lark

J. NJ. Barrie, the noted Scottish story
writer. tells in Scribner's Magazine how
young lark got its first lesson:
A baby lark had got out Of its nest
sideways. fall of foot only, but a
dreadful drop for baby.