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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
Green Pea Louse.

The Department of Agriculture has
Issued report on the ravages of the
green pea louise, giving warning that
this insect, one of the most important
of those which have rayaged the crops
of the country during the last two sea-
sons, will widen its range geographi-
cally and increase the amount of de-
struction.
Since its first appearance in May,
1899, at Bridges, Va, its devastation
has steadily increased and 1t has now
become the cause of great loss In the
principal pea growing regions of the
United States. The estimated loss 1t
caused along the Atlantic coast States
| In 1899 is estimated at $3,000,000 and
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
Quality of Potatoes.


The demand for quality Is by no
means confined to fruit, as many farm
ers think. One might say the consumer
has no means of knowing if a certain
variety Of potato is likely to cook up
uiealy or be soggy. and that is true so
far as the appearance of the tuber goes,
but here is the way the consumer treats
the matter: He gets small supply of
potatoes from the grocer and finds
them soggy and tasteless. The next
time he goes to the grocer he tells him
in unmistakable terms that no more
potatoes like the last are wanted. The
grocer in turn lays down the law to the
commission man from whom he buys,
who in turn looks up the source of sup
ply, and either writes the grower that
no more of the variety should be sent
or says nothing and sells them to whom
he can at any price he can. Thus the
producer pays the penalty for not tax
ing quality into consideration in potato
growing. Test varieties in the soil you
intend to use, and know what you are
doing. If the soil is sandy or gravelly
loan and the plot has the proper care,
there is no trouble in producing quail
ity.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
DENTIST DROPS THE FoRcEPs.
indianapolis Man Pulls Teeth wit
Thumb and Finger.

indianapolis Man Pulls Teeth with
Thumb and Finger.
Or. Charles E. Coughlin of Indian
apolis has discarded the forceps ii
pulling teeth and has adopted he prilll-
tive rules of The Chinese by using
nothing except his thumb and index
finger for the purpose. He believes
that the sight of the forceps consti-
tutes the narrowing part of tooth pull
ing, and that many nervous persons
are almost as shocked at the sight of
the instrument as they would be if a
revolver were presented at their heads.
He can take out the most firmly rooted
double tooth in a few seconds, and that
without causing pain, comparatively
speaking.
.sIt Is all done with the thumb and
forefnger of the right hand,' he said,
"and does not require any great
strength, for it is not performed by
main force.
sIn pulling tooth by hand it is first
worked around with gentle motion,
and there is absolutely no violent
wrenching or tngging. In a surprising
ly short time the largest and most
firmly rooted molar will show eyi-
dences of being loosened. The motion
is then continued with an increased
pressure outward from the pivot of the
tooth, as it were, until it seems actu-
ally to come out of its own accord. 1t
is brought out with a final circular
twist, not more violent than the gen
tie working which is required to loos-
| en- it, and it is all over before the pa
tient realizes that his tooth is being
extracted.
st is ridiculeusly easy when you
have got the hang of it. The tooth al.
ways comes out, and my patients tes-
| tify that 1t is comparatively painless
| process, the movement of the tooth be
| ing so gradual as not to produce any
sheck even to the most nervous per
| son.
81 learned the process from Chi
pese practitioner. 1t has been practic
ed by the Chinese from time imme
mortal. Our method seems as crude
and as barbarous to them ais theirs
seems antiquated to us.
| "In many cases we are getting toe
far away from nature with our compli
Gated apparatus and highly scientific
way Of going at things, and | have
| found that extracting teeth by hand il
not only better for the patient, but also
for the practitioner, for man of sym
patlly must necessarily feel some OF
horrors caused by the forceps in al
extremely nervous person. and just tt
the extent that he Is unnerved he IL
Incompetent to perform his duty we'll
New York, Sun.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
Fruit NoteA


Handle fruit as if you were handling
eggs.
1t is the duty of every farmer to plant
fruit trees.
Cut out from the pear tree all limbs
which show blight.
Most fruit growers say that clay soil
is the best for the pear.
Blackberries are profitable berry to
raise for the market
The best sol! for the raspberry is a
rich, well-drained. deep soil.
The number of known species of
plums runs up into the hundreds.
Land that will produce grain and
vegetables will grow blackberries.
Plums should be thinned to about
six inches apart after the June drop.
Plant different kinds of fruit trees, so
as to be sure of a crop of some kind.
Pears and plums are just as hardy as
apples and just as valuable to raise.
Strawberries will grow in every State
in the Union. Have you bed of them?
Fruit trees require to be cultivated
and pruned, but they will repay all
care and attention.
Training raspberries and blackberries
on trellises is recommended by some
| growers
When fruit has been thoroughly
thinned it attains the largest size, great
est beauty and deliciousness Of flavor.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
them in the books he has published. In
one instance he attempts to show that

them in the books he has published. In
one instance he attempts to show that
lower animals have reasoning powers
by citing the actions of couple of
snails that were placed in a walled gar
den. This garden was absolutely de-
void Of vegetation, and the poor snails
began to suffer for want of food. One
of them became i'll. Then the stronger
of the two evidently concluded that
something had to be done 1t seemed
to hold conversation with its sick
companion and hurried away. The
persons watching their actions conclud-
ed the sick snail had been deserted and
left to die. Not so, however. The
strong snail laboriously climbed over
the wall and found a delightful gar
den adjoining, full of green leaves and
plants. Then it turned back, crawled
to its sick friend and talked" with it
again. At last the two started over
the wall, and in time were lost in the
paradise that had been found.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
Denver Post.
Question of Too Much Land.

Question of Too Much Land.
There are lots of land owners in ey-
cry section Of the country who are
land noor They own and control more
land than they can work to advantage.
They hang on to it Ike grim death
until the sheriff comes to their relief
or they are fortunate enough to find
some man who has a sum of money
large enough to pay one-third down
and a bank account good enough to
take the risk of getting the balance to-
gether in one and two years. There
are plenty of large farms throughout
the country which could be made to
pay for themselves within few years
if divided up properly and placed in
the hands of ambitious men who would
appreciate an opportunity to secure and
pay for home of their own.
Another benefit would acrrue from a
change of this kind. The condition of
society would be much benefited. AS a
rule, either in city or country, the best
communities are those in which the
people own their own homes. 1t pre-
vents that floating element from pre-
dominating people who have but lit
tie interest in their surroundings, as
they are here one year and somewhere
else another 1t is fact that values
are higher, the moral tone better and
the people more happy and prosperous
in communities where there are small
farms which are owned by their occu-
pants.-Stockman and Farmer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23

apart the other to hold a 16-foot rack.
Top boards are nailed to the posts.
These are pointed at one end and by
driving through between the two pam
els the rack is lifted from the wagon.
being gradually raised as the wagon
passes along.-Exchange
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23

"This is a topsy-turyy world"
Said little Johnny Greene;
"The way US boys are treated
Is certainly quite mean. -
A fellows hustled off to bed
Before he's sleepy, see!
And he's next morning hustled out
While sleepy as can be-"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
Hari Job.

Carpenter-Well, boy, have you
ground all the tools, as told you,
" bile I've been out?
Boy newly apprenticed)- Yes, mas
ter, all but this ere 'andsaw. An 1
can't quite get the gaps out of It'll
Punch.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
No Lack of Mascots.

s.No," candidly admitted Noah, "the
ark Is not exactly Herreshoff fin-keel,
1 didn't know anything about aIumin-
um when planked her top sides, and
her canvas is not cross-cut, nor does
she carry spinnaker.
But" he added. complacentIy, 1--WE
are right in 1t when it comes to mas
cots!"-Brooklyn Eagle.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
4 Sense of security

doesn't it worry you to have your
husband spend SO much time in the cor
ner store talking politics?'
NO." said the woman with the weary
look in her eyes. 81 know that when
he is talking politics, he isn't letting
anybody sell him bad mining stocks or
gold bricks, or green goods. 1t keeps
his mind occupied, and perhaps it is
better o."-Washington Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
vanquishing the Burdock.

One man claims to have freed his
premises from burdock burrs by keep
ing them moved and cut off all sum-
mer, never permitting them to form
leaves. 1t ended them. Another said
he put very little gasoline on each
plant by the use of small oil can, and
every plant to which the oil was ap-
piled went the way of all the earth.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23

Is fine grained, rich yellow in color,
sweet and rich in flavor. This variety
is one Of the sorts it would pay to grow
alone, that is, not in the corn field,
by anyone who had large herd of cat
tie to feed. Grown alone the yield is
materially increased. = Indianapolis
News
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
Words of Awful Import.

"What would you do if you was to
git convicted of penitentiary Of
fense?' asked Flooding Pete.
s'I'd never serve me term," answered
Meandering Mike.
Maybe you'd have to-
No. De law would lose its grip on
me right dere. As soon as / heard de
judge say imprisonment wit hard Ia
bor' I'd drop dead."-Washington Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
Goiden Cashaw Pumpkin.

The Golden Cashaw pumpkin is one
of the best of the newer sorts, both for
pie-making and for stock-feeding.
When the pumpkin is matured the skin
is golden orange in color. The flesh
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
AGond i,eRnifinn

Teacher-Can you tell me the mean
ing Of the word lazy?
Small Willie-Yes'm. It's what a
fellow is who always wants his little
sister to do things for him.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
SORGHUM as Forage crop.

If sorghum is wanted for fodder, says
Orange Judd Farmer, sow June 10 or
after and let it remain in the field
until the lower blades Lave dried I'D
and the seed has just passed the dough
stage. Cut with mower when the
dew is not on and put into shocks at
once. Build shocks eight feet high and
eight feet in diameter and leave in the
field until wanted. Sorghum put up in
this way will make excellent feed un-
til warm weather next spring. After
that the juice begins to sour and it
must not be used. Some feeders con-
slider one acre of sorghum worth two
acres of ordinary field corn. If an or
binary wheat drill is used for sowing
sorghum seed, stop three of the holes
and leave three open. The crop can be
cultivated once. When cutting time
comes go into the field with a self
binder and cut as oats or millet. The
objection to this method is that in most
of the humid States there is danger of
sorghum spelling under the band. In
Nebraska and Kansas and further west.
where the air is dry, this objection does
not hold. The crop is easier handled
in bundles.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23

81 wonder what the moon Is made
Off" queried little Ethel as she paused
to gaze at the large, round orb.
"It amt made Of nothin'," replied
her 5-year-old brother. .'It's hole in
the sky for God to look through when
he wants to see what's going ON in
town"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23

An easy way to unload a hayrack
without lifting it off is to set four posts
in such manner as to be far enough
apart one way to miss the running
gears Of the wagon and far enough
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
Tit for Tat

mamma" said four-year-old Margie,
I'm not going to invite you to my
wedding when get married.
"Why not, dear?" asked her mother.
Because" replied the little miss,
'you didn't invite me to yours"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
The Wonderful Change in scaddles

How it it Scaddles. who used to be
80 down on war, is anxious to enlist
and go to the Philippines right offw
II don't know, and what makes it
odder is he only got married couple
of months ago, too. Philadelphia
Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
Kites for Fishing.

Kites nave Deen uSeu WIFI great sue
cess as a means to stop partridges ris-
ing and flying from cover where it is
wished to keep them for shooting the
birds will not rise when kites are fly
ing above them, fearing, doubtless, at
tack.
And now the kite has been used for
fishing.
The credit of discovering the possibil-
tiles of'air-line fishing is due to Edward
Horsman, the great kite expert and
manufacturer.
The advantage of fishing from kite
is that the fisherman may stand on the
shore while his bait is dropped far out
at sea; also that timid fish are not
scared by seeing fishing rods or boats
when an airline is used. For kite fish
ing, strong kites are flown, the string
carrying small pulley, through which
the fish line runs. One end Of the fish
line is held by the fisherman on shore;
the other, which is weighted, drops
from the pulley as the ascent is made,
and dips into the sea. At the moment
when a fish snaps at the bait and is
hooked, the fisherman feels the pull on
his line, the kite is quickly hauled in,
and the fish is dragged in at the same
time. Mr.. Horsman has caught many
fine fish in this way.-Pearsen's Mag
azine,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23

The pain Of parting is experienced by
the small boy when his mother at
tempts to comb his hair,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
Pasturing in Sprayed Orchards.

EasIuFlH% IN OpfaycI OrCnarOSs
The statement was recently made in
an agricultural paper that several cases
of swine-killing by pasturing in spray.
ed orchards were on record. There is
certainly some mistake about this, for
the matter has been repeatedly tested.
and it has been found that it would re-
quire the consumption of nearly half a
ton of pasture by an animal for it to
obtain sufficient poison from under
sprayed trees to injure it. Moreover,
swine of all animals are the least af-
fected by poisons of any pasturing ami
mails in orchards that have been spray
ed, provided only spraying has been
done, and there has been no large guam.
tity spilled over small area. In the
latter case animals would be likely to
be made quite sick.-Exchange.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
Points for Growing Girls.

Some one has suggested fifteen things
that every girl can learn before she is
15 years of age. Not every one can
learn to play or sing or paint well
enough to give pleasure to her friends,
but the following accomplishments
are within everybody's reach:
Shut the door and shut it softly.
Keep your own room in tasteful or
der.
Have an hour for rising and rise.
Learn to make bread as well as cake
/. Never let day pass without doing
something to make somebody comfort
able.
Never go about with your shoes un-
buttoned.
Never come to breakfast without a
collar.
Speak clearly enough for everybody
to understand.
Never fdget or hum, SO as to disturb
Never fuss or fret, or fidget-Pitts.
burg Press.
Snail Helped It's Sick Friend.
The great Darwin. who learned sc
much about animals and their ways
tells many wonderful stories about
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
Forgets Where the Place Is,

Small Harry had lost his pencil, and
his mother told him he should have
place for everything and keep every
thing in its place.
81 do, mamma" replied the little fel-
low, "but sometimes forget where the
place is"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23

in 1900 this had reached $40o00 600 BY
the middle Of June. In some farms in
Maryland 80 per cent or more Of the
crop was destroyed. Vigorous efforts
are making to control its spread and
the official bulletin gives detailed de-
scription and means of fighting it
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23
Otherwise with the Poor.

I feel sorry for the rich.'
.sWhy?
when rich man gets counterfeit
quarter he can't remember where he
got his dollar bill broken. ~ Chicago
Record.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23

ING OIu hatI Feuces
In the merry days Of boyhood when We
never knew a care
Greater than the mumps or measles or
mothers cut of hair,
When a sore toe was a treasure and q
stone bruise on the heel
Filled the other boys with envy which
they tried not to conceal,
There were many treasured objects on
the farm we held most dear,
Orchard, fields, the creek we swan in,
and the old spring cold and clear;
Over there the woods of hick'ry and of
oak so deep and dense,
Looming up behind the outlines Of the
old
rail ...
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23

to put plenty Of water on the stone, so
that the heat arising from the friction
will not take out the temper" of the
steel. Hold the blade firmly so that
the stone will grind from the top of the
blade nearly to the edge When the
grinding is done the sides of the blade
should curve IN The blade may then
be said to be hollow ground If the
stone is allowed to grind to the edge
the blade viii become too thin and will
81 siclsss Ell
Now place the blade in a fat position
on milestone and grind with q eircu-
lar motion Treat both sides in this
way till slight fringe appears on the
edge. If the knife does not need grind
ing it can be "whet up In the same
way, with the exception of bearing a
little more strongly near the cutting
edge when rubbing across the stone.
Either water or fine oil may be used
on the stone, which should be kept
clean. Last of all rub the blade care
fully on strop or piece of soft, smooth
leather, which will remove the fine
fringe on the edge and will polish the
blade. In following these directions
you can put an edge on your knife
blade that will require you to be care
full of your fingers. Chicago Record
Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23

On its rails the quail would whistle in
the early summer morn,
Calling to their hiding fellows in the field
of waving corn,
And the meadow larks and robins on the
stakes would sit and sing
Till the forest shades behind them with
their melody would ring.
There the catbird and the jaybird sat
and called each other names,
And the squirrels and the chipmunks
played the chase-and-catch-me
games,
And the garter snake was often in un-
pleasant evidence
In the grasses in the corners Of the
old
+ | rail .sno.
AS we grew to early manhood when we
thought the country girls
In the diadem Of beauty were the very
fairest pearls
Oft from spellin' school or meetin' or the
jolly shuckin' bee
Down the old lane we would wander
with a merry little "she."
On the plea of being tired Gust the coun-
try lover lie).
On a grassy seat we'd linger in the
moonlight, she and I,
And we'd plant future picture touched
with colors most intense
As we sat there in the corner Of the
old
rail
fence.
e norror Dos+
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23

Tne great DdrWHs WuU IedTuVu SO
much about animals and their ways.
tells many wonderful stories about
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23

Looking up, he met Mary Howard's s
large dark eyes fixed rather inquiringly
upon him. She was accompanied by one
of Mr.. Selden's servants, and he felt
sure she was going to visit her sister. OF
course, Ella would tell her all, and what
must Mary think of one who could so
soon repeat his VOWS of love to another.
In all the world there was not an indi-
vidual for whose good opinion Henry Lin
coin cared one-half SO much as for Mary
Howard's; and the thought that he
should now surely lose it maddened him.
The resolution of the morning was for
gotten, and that night a fond father
watched and wept over his inebriate son.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12

Cleburne. Texas, May lo'-Today was
Decoration day. The floral decorations
showed unusual care in preparation aAd
lavish profuslon. Hundreds OF people
spent the day at the Confederate park and
adjoining cemetery. Besides great wrea;ns
and crosses of roses there had been erected
mound shape grave, but -four or i've times
the length. to represent the trenches wnefe
the heroes Of battle were laid after tue
strife had closed, and this was literally
covered and piled with ioyely bouquets,
Around this silent square the throngs gath.
cred and 500 voices took up the strains Of
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12
Boy Scared ! BURGLAR Away.

Bonham, Texas, May 1l.--About O'Clock
last evening burglar entered the residence
of NJ. a. Bridges. All the family were
away from home except Robert, a lad ~
years Of age The Intruder was In u back
room ransackIng a trunk when the boy
heard him and, securing gun, proceeded
to persuade the unweieome visitor 70 dc
part He bred one shot at the cniprlt aud
he Immediately ded The trunk contained
four So bills, two OF which were found near
the back fence. where the fleeing burglar
made his exit
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12

Nearer, My God. to Thee" led by Ma.
Bella Mcleod Smith. After decorating the
different graves In the cemetery all al.
jonrned to the speakers stand, where the
program Of recitauons. old time Southern
songs and addresses was concluded with L
love Toast The weather was most anspi-
cious and the large crowds were well
pleased with the affair.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12
HARDIN is DEAD.
Of the Duelists Suocumbed to
Ill. A...A-

Both Of the Duelists Succumbed to
Their Hurts.
Palestine, Texas May h.-A special In
tornotional and Great Northern car came
ND from oakwoods last night at $40 bearing
. number Of relatives and friends of Hen
aerson Hardin, participant In the Lake sta
lion tragedy. previously reported in The
pos, Hardin breathed his last at 1890
-, ,icbt and the body will be conveyed
- ne home at Oakwoods today. He was a
.,sI, i, captain Black Hardin of Jewett,
eousin ,ha Early day Texans. The differ
emf membsrs q the family have y engaged in
numerous ,.hie In which both Hardin an
ualten LOST their lives in the AFFAIR at Lake