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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
A "rERRIER FIGHT"

stick just under the elbows, as shown.
Each contestant endeavors to push the
other over; but as it requires consider
able attention to keep your balance at
all when in this position, the attack is
no easy matter. sss--z,zys..-.<-.- .--.
> To suddenly give way is a maneuver
almost sure to upset your adversary,
but unfortunately it is very apt to up
set you at the same time, and only after
considerable practice will you be able
to overcome a man in this way. The
pivot, sudden swing to the right or
left, is safer, though not quite as eff
fective. Always remember that the
best terrier fighter invariably makes his
opponent throw himself. Give way at
some unexpected pofnts and unless he is
skillful man he is sure to go over.
Never try a hard push except in the
last extremity, when everything else
has failed.
A terrier fight consists Of three one
minute rounds, with thirty seconds rest
between each round. The one scoring
the largest number Of falls during the
time set is accounted the Winner.-Chi-
cago Record.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22

and fell back on the floor unconscious.
He came back to life, but never was
well after, and he died six weeks aft
erward. Before he went he became
communicative, and the secret of his
wife's death came out. He and his
wife were in a small boat, the last to
leave the sinking vessel, together with
few other passengers and one sailor
The professor, being a man of author
ity and a well-known seaman, was in
charge of the boat. Just as they were
pushing off they saw figure clinging
to the mast just above the water. 1t
was Mrs. Linwoods cousin and former
lover. At this she cried to her hus-
band to put back to the ship and rescue
him, and took on so at his danger that
the demon of jealousy entered her hus-
bands soul, and he swore it would be
impossible to go back, and that to take
another person into the boat would
sink 1t. At that moment the mast dis
appeared, and as it did so the young
man sprang into the sea waving a fare
well to his cousin. Then, with one
look at the professor that he never
forgot to his dying day, Mrs. Lawson
jumped overheard and probably sank
lmmediately-at least, the body could
not be recovered.
Yes, 1t was a strange thing, those
two coming back-if it was them-to
his room; those who have book learn
ing can make it clear, perhaps, but I'm
only an ignorant old woman and don't
understand these deep things; 1 can
only tell it to you just as it happened"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
GUARDED HIS REPUTATION.
Mountaineer Would Not Say He Misse
Deer to Save $25.

Mountaineer Would Not Say He Missed
a Deer to Save $25.
"a business matter took me out West
last fall" said the well-known attor-
ney, who was in a reminiscent mood,
land l took advantage of the opportu-
nifty to make trip into the mountains
for weeks hunting. 1 hired an old
man to act as guide and do the cook
ing and 1 enjoyed myself to the ut
most. The mountains were full of big
game, but the state had lately passed
a law prohibiting the killing of deer,
which was particularly aggravating,
as we were continually running across
them. Now, am a respecter of the
law-unless am retained on the other
side-and 1 found it hard work to re-
frain from shooting at the deer that
presented themselves as if they knew
that they We're free from danger. But
along toward the last our meat ran out
and l told the old man that we would
have to have some fresh meat, even if
we had to kill deer. He agreed with
ME and it wasn't ten minutes later
that deer sprang up ahead of us. l
wasn't prepared for him, but the guide
was, and he made clean miss, much
to his disgust. That was the last deer
that we saw and we returned without
having broken the law. But no soon
er had we arrived at the point where
we had started from than the old man
was arrested for killing a deer, and |
took it upon myself to defend him, as l
knew him to be innocent. | took the
stand in his behalf, and thinking it
best to make clean breast of the mat
ter, admitted that he had shot at
deer, but missed him. Then l put the
old man on the stand to correborate my
testimony.
You admit having shot at the deerr
said when the old man took the stand.
'Thet's what! he answered.
'And you missed him?' continued.
No, stree! he shouted. L killed
him. b'geev
''rhat took the wind out of my sails
and l collapsed, the result being that
the old man was fined $25.
AFTER the trial 1 took him aside and
asked him what he meant by swearing
to lie and convicting himself.
See hyar,' he answered; I've bin
lynn fer twenty years about never
havin' missed deer thet shot at, an
ye don't think thet 1 would ruin my
reputation fer $25, do ?"-Detroit
Free Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
A COUNTRY BREATH.

a hay-load in the city square,
The sweets Of a whole summer fair,
In one rude wagon piled;
The fragrant breath of warm, still rains
The scent of strawberries in green lanes
Faint petals blown from roses wild.
And straightway all the bustling place
Is filled with some enchanted grace.
And tinkling with the notes
OF field larks, and Of silver streams,
OF south winds, murmuring their dream.
Through airy aisles of oats.
My lady in the gilded shop
Let all the tawdry trinkets drop,
And through the magic sees
A doOryard sweet with mint and phlox,
And pink with ruffled hollyhocks,
That nod to belted bees.
The sooty laborer, with a thrill,
Plucks shamrocks on an Irish hill,
A gamin cheers and chaffs;
All busy footsteps pause a bit,
Somewhere is toll by clear skies lit,
A sunburnt world that laughs.
AHu long anu long Ine sweetness Stays
And cheers the crowded, noisy ways,
Like happy news from home,
Till the pale moon and misty stars
Look down as if, by meadow bars,
Their rays touched clover bloom.
But little recks the countryman,
Bound homeward on his empty van,
Along the closing marts,
What store he brought with him to-day,
Or what, within load of hay,
Could touch so many hearts.
Youths Companion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
PECULIAR KIND OF EARTH.

Properties It Possesses that Are Little
Understood by People.
1t Is safe to y that the majority of
people never even heard of the peculiar
kind of earth called loess, yet it is a
most interesting formation and is found
in Europe, the United States and China.
In China it is held responsible for the
vagaries of the Yellow River, which
changes its bed whenever it feels so
disposed. William Startling says of this
peculiar earth:
''Loess, wherever found, is yellow
ish, brownish or grayish earth which is
so soft and friable that it is easily re-
duced to powder between the fingers.
and yet of SO firm a consistency that
when undermined by currents of water
or other disturbing influences it will
stand in perpendicular walls several
hundred feet high. The particles COM
posing the, earth have been, by some
process, reduced to such a minute state
of division that it is asserted that they
can be rubbed into the pores of the skin
and disappear without leaving any con-
siderable residue In China roads are
soon worn into this material, the walls
on either side still retaining their per-
pendicular till in the course of years
there is formed a sunken road perhaps
seventy or eighty feet beneath the level
of the plateau. Often there are sue
cessive cuts which are transformed into
terraces, and houses or villages built
upon them after the manner of cliff
dwellings. Indeed, chambers are fire.
quently excavated deep into the walls,
and even whole suites Of rooms. In
fact, as Richthofen says, the dwellings
vary from simple caves to veritable
loess palaces.
Similar things occur in the loess dis
tricts of the United States. Near
Natchez, in Mississippi, and no doubt
at plenty of other places where the loess
formation prevails, sunken roads NAV
be seen twenty feet or more in depth,
with vertical sides. During the siege
of Vicksburg the people dug themselves
bomb-proof shelters in the loess. In
Nebraska and Kansas dugouts in the
same kind Of soil are not or were not
uncommon. In America and In Europe
its utmost thickness is 100 or 200 feet.
but in China it has a development of
ten times that much"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
BOTH OF THE OLD SCHOOL.
But the Old Gentleman Rather Got I'll
Better of the Old LADY.

But the Old Gentleman Rather Got the
Better of the Old Lady.
There is a wealthy old lady in De
troit, as there probably is in every city
OF any size, who would rather have her
own way than to have her own fortune
doubled. With her is niece, put down
as the prospective heiress, and the
young man whom she wants to marry
went to ask for her hand. He was
promptly Informed by the old lady that
he was useless generally, that he was a
spec1ous hypocrite, that he could not
have the niece, and that if they mar
ried without her consent the girl should
never inherit dollar, relates the Free
Press. Next day the young mans
grandfather called on the tyrannical
aunt and profusely thanked her for
what she had DONE
we are of the old school, you know" :"
he said, suavely. 1--WE have lived to
see a time when wealth has become
all-important, but you and 1 cling to the
sentiment that pride of birth is far bet
ter. know that you do from the fact
of refusing your niece to my grandson.
1t was good of you, and came person
ally to thank you. could never have
been happy again had he married be-
meath him, and he backed from the
room, while she was trying to sputter
forth her overwhelming indignation.
I'll show him. after she had averted
apoplexy, ''the aristocratic old pauper.
Never he happy again, hey? I'll see
that he's not" and her pen flew while
she clustered to herself. Thought l
wouldn't know how to avenge myself,
did he? The conceited old survivor of
a crazy prejudice!'
In answer to the note came the young
man, flushed and expectant. He could
be married to the niece quietly that
evening or give her up forever. OF
course the ceremony came off and the
aunt was enjoying internal ecstacies
over the way she had outwitted the old
gentleman. Later the new nephew
turned to her and innocently remarked:
"Good old granddad told me he was
sure he could get your consent but l
can't conceive how he did it."
They revived her with smelling salts
and helped her to bed. She was still
there in the morning, but sent for the
man servant and said, emphatically:
''If that old Blank dares call here
kick him OUT
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22

is covered with a specially prepared pa
per. AS the plaster is bad conductor
of heat, says the Scientific American,
the temperature inside the Theoretically
sealed receptacle remains constant, be-
ing unaffected by external changes.
The cost of packing is only about two
cents per pound. 1t is used to a great
extent in Australia. Butter has been
sent from Melbourne to Kimberley, In
Africa, and the butter was found to be
In perfectly sound condition. Cases
are now made which hold as much as
800 pounds of butter.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22

Rough-house is the expression used
by the boy Of to-day when he is describ-
ing a general scuffie, and he always
smacks his lips over the word But
rough-house has its disadvantages, as
many sprains and bruises can testify,
and If the same amount of fun may be
had from some less trying amusement,
an amusement, say, which is quite as
energetic and quite as exciting, the boy
of to-day will certainly adopt it in pref
erence to rough-house.
A terrier fight is exciting, and it is
funny-it is also energetic-and victory
depends quite as much upon the skill
OF the fighter as upon his strength.
Furthermore, terrier fight is not bru-
tai. No boy will hurt himself while en-
gagged in this sport. As shown in the
Illustration, two boys are placed facing
each other in the center of room;
hands clasped beneath the knees and a
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
Drove Stage So, 900 Miles.

With record of having travelled a
sufficient number of miles to have taken
him four times around the globe, Da-
vid E. Little, of McConnellsburg, Pa,
has resigned as stage coach driver, after
a service of fifteen years. During these
years Little carried over 1900 passen-
gers across the Cove mountain, among
them some of the distinguished men of
the country. He has crossed the noun
tain in his daily. trips over $500 times,
has driven $4,000 miles, and has lived
in the coach and on the road 1900 days
of ten hours each. In all this time he
has never missed connections with the
trains on the other side of the noun
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
Learning How Not to sneeze.

Sir F. Hastings Doyle in his auto
biography relates how during the sos
Lord Halifax was walking with Lord
Dundas, when the latter suddenly be-
gan to make hideous faces to such a
degree that Lord Halifax became seri-
ously alarmed and gasped out: sShall
run for doctor" Lord Dundas gave
a peremptory mo" as far as he was
able. When he had recovered from his
paroxysm he said: 81 was only in the
agonies of trying not to sneeze. The
awful court etiquette in regard to this
matter has made me really i'll many a
time. Nowadays l cannot, from long
habit, really sneeze, but the sensation
that brings about sneezing simply agon-
ICES me.''
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
Shying Horses.

Horses often have what is called the
vice of shying-that is, of starting sud-
denly at the rustic of leaf or a piece
of paper or at the approach of any OBJ
ject to which they are not accustomed
Clearly this is the remnant of an in
stinct inherited from their wild pro-
genitors in the steppes or prairies,
where the sudden rustling of a leaf
might indicate the presence of a wolf,
and where everything that was
strange was therefore suspicious. 1t is
idle as well as cruel to beat a horse for
shying. That only increases his alarm,
and may easily reduce him to the state
Of terror in which he loses his head en-
tirely. Horses in that state seem to
lose not only their heads, but their per-
ceptive senses, and horse in that con-
dition may dash headlong against a
stone wall. The habit of shying when
once formed is difficult to cure, but it
may be almost always be prevented
by such consistent kindness of treat
ment as to overpower the inherited in
stinct of instant fight from possible
danger in which the habit originates.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22

width of the teeth, no clod over half an
inch in diameter can pass through. This
is as far ahead of the old few-toothed
harrow as the binder is ahead of the
cradle. The frame is made of 2x4's,
and can be made any width desired.
For braces bolt an inch thick plank
across from side to side, and then have
the blacksmith make from wagons tire
a good hook and circular brace As to
draft, l find three horses can take this
tool as easily as two horses can take
double A harrow, and do three times
the amount of pulverizing.-J. S. Nor
rison, in Practical Farmer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22


The breeding of sheep has been carried
on for so many years with SO much
skill and good business judgment, that
there Is not one breed that is not the
best, or that is any better than another,
when the same good care and skill are
expended on the flock. Just at the
present time the Shropshire Is the most
popular Of all the coarse-wool breeds,
In the proportion Of five to three of the
next in order, which is the Lincoln,
then comes the Leicester, Oxford,
Hampshire, Cheviot and Southdown..
Every one Of these sheep is good and
In prominent tests as to their profit as
mutton there is not anything to choose
between them. Every sheep has been
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
Raise Hogs on the Farm.

Every farmer should be hog raiser:
at least to the extent that hog prod.
ucts can be consumed on the farm.
If he can do so, and nearly every one
can, he should also raise some pigs
for market. If his farm is large
enough he should by all means
grow and fatten enough hogs
to fill car, and just as soon as
they are in marketable condition send
them to the packery. On small farms
it may not be convenient to raise many
more than is necessary for home use.
But one or two, or a dozen, or twenty,
as the case may be, put in first-class
condition and sold to people in the town
or country, who will not or do not
raise their own pork will prove profit.
able.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
AsGOod Harrow.

have made new innovation in nv
neighborhood in the shape of ga har.
row, having fifty-eight 5s-inch teeth,
and taking sweep Of nine feet. To
this l hitch three horses. and can 60
over thirteen acres day, putting it in
splendid order, as the teeth are laid of
two inches apart, and counting the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22

can clean the slush out of large ditch
and work the team on bank. The length
of chain can be regulated to suit the
depth of ditch. We used scraper sim
liar to this last autumn on our farm and
found it excellent to clean out slush
and also to dress off overhanging
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
Mr.. Nobody.
1 know a funny little man,

I know funny little man,
AS quiet as mouse,
Who does the mischief that is done
In everybody's house.
There's no one ever sees his face,
And yet we all agree
That every plate we break was cracked
By Mr.. Nobody.
'Tis he who always tears our books
Who leaves the doors ajar;
He pulls the buttons from our shirts
And scatters pins afar.
That squeaking door will always squeak,
For, prithee, don't you see,
We leave the oiling to be done
By Mr.. Nobody?
The finger marks upon the doors
By none of us are made;
We never leave the blinds Enclosed
To let the curtains fade.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22

A bright boy in New York makes a
fairly good living by visiting stores and
offices and sharpening the lead pencils
of lawyers. clerks and other men of
business who have little time to look
after such comparatively trivial affairs
of Office work,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
How He Measured Time.

HO" IAC NHedSuTeu IImes
Teacher-Charles, what Is the short
est day of the year?
Charles (from experience)-The day
your father promises to give you a lick
ing before you go to bed.-Columbus
Dispatch.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
New Package for Butter.

A new use has been found for glass.
1t consists in packing butter in box
made of six sheets Of ordinary window
glass, the edges being covered with
gummed paper. The closed box is
then enyeloped in layer of plaster of
paris a fourth Of an inch thick, and 1t
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
One Election Curiosity.

1t is one of the curiosities of the
Presidential election that the banner
Republican township should be located
in North Carolina. In the Shelton
Laurel township in that State McKin-
ley got 21O votes and Bryan none.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
The CoIors Reversed.

A curious butterfly exists in India.
The male has the left wing yellow and
the right one red; the female has these
colors reversed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
Traffic in Geese at Berlin.

The aggregate wholesale traffic ir
geese at Berlin amounts annually to
nearly 100000.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
Meat Spoiled by Tobacco smo1

An experienced chemist says that
fresh meat in room filled with smoke
of tobacco absorbs nicotine readily and
may become badly tainted.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22

The ink we never spill; the bouts
That lying round you see,
Are not our boots! They all belong
To Mr.. Nobody!
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22

Beauty unadorned may be all right in
some cases, but little dressing always
improves the turkey.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
PRIZE CHEvIoT RAM.

bred by the most skillful English sheep
men, and on this side of the ocean our
people have successfully maintained
the excellence of those sheep which
have been imported. The Shropshire is
mostly chosen to cross on the common
sheep, while the Lincoln comes next
as a popular sheep for this use. For
your locality, perhaps, the Cheviot
would be preferable, because its home
is in the hilly country between England
and Scotland, and it is hardy and will
be easily acclimated. The Illustration
of 1t which is given on this page, is life
like, and exactly represents the animal
as it stands. 1t gives fleece Of good
wool, Is frst-class mutton sheep and
is extremely hardy. Its mutton is high
" considered, but for mutton solely the
Southdown stands and has always
stood first of all sheep. 1t is, however,
to be remembered that the quality of
mutton Is controlled mostly by the
food. The best sheep for any man is
that which he will love the most, and so
we will do the best for.-Montreal Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22

The prudent society belle tries to
make her waist as little as possible.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
A S1ush Scraper.

Slush Scraper.
Where a farmer has a large ditch
running through his farm slush
scraper is Indispensable. This one is
made from two inch plank, sides five
feet long, with one end patterned for
the scraper and tapered to make suita-
BILE handles, as shown in cut The
scraper box should be four feet, wide,
two feet from front to rear of box, and
one foot in depth. These dimensions
will move almost half yard of mud at
each load, and a team will pull it cas-
lily. The top and bottom Of scraper
should be banded with tire iron, which
will make it more rigid and wear bet
ter. Any blacksmith can make the
blade out If an old drag saw blade or
suitable piece of fat steel. This should
be bolted and riveted to the box and
band irons of box and made quite sharp
to cut well. The eyelets shown in il
lustration near the blade are to fasten
log chain into. With this scraper one
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
A Queens Dolls.

The Queen of Roumania was sponsor
for a peculiarly Interesting exhibit that
was lately held in London for the ben
eft of certain charities and hospitals.
She placed on exhibition her famous
collection of dolls dressed in the cos
tunes of various countries. The Queen
Of Holland herself dressed some Dutch
dolls, and, indeed, dollies of every ma
ton, dressed as fine ladies and as peas
ants. were represented. In order that
some distinctive American dolls might
be in the Queens family, the New York
Tribune offered prizes for five typically
American in costume. Four LADY
dolls and one gentleman" doll took
the prizes. The latter prize approx
mately went to a boy, New Jersey
lad, whose doll represented "Uncle
Sam" in gorgeous attire. Of the 9th
ers, one in rich brocade and fine cap
represented Martha Washington, one
was negro nanny in white apron
and brilliant turban, third was Pris-
ella, the Puritan maiden, in simple
frock and hooded cloak, the fourth was
Pocahontas in beaded dress and moe
casins. Altogether the American chill
dren can have no cause to be ashamed
of their exhibit.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-22
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS

Something that Will Interest the Ju-
veniIe Members of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings