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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30

1t will soon be time to start the now
ing machines at work, and possibly
many have done so already, although
the grass has not matured as early as
it does in some seasons. 1t is a satis-
faction to watch the grass fall before
the rapidly playing knives, and to feel
that the horses are doing the work so
much faster and better than it used to
be done by hand labor. How we used
to sweat and swelter in haying time,
and how often we used to need to
quench our thirst as we came to the
end of the swath, some with water and
some with more potent beverages. Now
the man on the machine does not per-
spire as much, or need to drink as Of
ten, and we fear that he sometimes for
gets that the animals which are doing
the hard labor for him also need to
quench their thirst more frequently
than they would if quietly standing in
well-ventilated stable. They should
not be expected to keep busily at work
for more than five hours at time, and
they will do that much more comfort
ably if they are given a half-pailful of
water about twice in that time. Take
a cask and bucket along to the field If
the watering place is not handy, and
offer them water occasionally.-Massa
chusetts Ploughman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30

Painting Farm Buildings.
Some one mas said that paint and
putty are like charity, they cover up
multitude Of SINS" or faults would
have been better word, as not all
faults deserve to be called sins. When
the spring rains are over, and the wood
Is dry. but before the flies get plenty,
lis good time to paint farm buildings,
carts and tools. 1t is not necessary
to have a skilled painter to do all this If
economy is to be studied. The ready
mixed paints, properly used, will last
as long, look as well, and preserve the
wood as well as those mixed by the
painter, and any hired man or smart
boy can soon learn to spread them, not
as well as the man who learned the
trade, but well enough to cover the
buildings. When we first tried such a
job we received these directions which
helped us much: "Keep the paint well
mixed. do not get too much on the
brush, and carry the hand steadily in
straight line" Begin on something
or some old building where looks is not
very important, and,a considerable i'm
provement will be seen in the workman
ship after even days practice, and
when second coat is put on 1t should
be smooth enough to hide the defects
of the first attempt. Most of the ready
mixed paints are improved by the addi-
ton of little more oil and turpentine,
at least toward the bottom Of the can,
as but few will keep them sufficiently
well stirred.-American Cultivator.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
THIS IS THss DEPARTMENT OF
TIVE PAPER.



Kite-fying is one Of the best outdoor
amusements that a boy could have; in
deed, we know good many men that
enjoy it as much as they did when
they were young. The writer of this
paragraph is one of them. There is a
fascination about It that is not easily
described. City boys have little chance
to indulge in the sport, except when
they go to the country or the seashore.
during vacation, but those that live in
the suburbs, or In places where they
may conveniently reach the open fields,
ought all to have their kites.
Fancy designs of all kinds are sold in
the shops, but If boy wishes to have
all the fun that there is in the sport he
ought to make his own kite. Besides,
it will give him better service.
The accompanying cut shows how a
good flyer may be made. Out of some
straight-grained, light wood-cedar pre-.
ferred-make four sticks, about one.
eighth of an inch in thickness. Let
two of them be % Inches in length;
one 171a inches, and the other 13A
inches. Place them as shown in the
picture, and tack them firmly where
they cross. Cut little notches at the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
A SEVERE TEST.
Barbaric Sweethearts Must Be Heroic
to Be Worth Having.

Barbaric Sweethearts Must Be Heroic
to Be Worth Having.
Among the Arabs of Upper Egypt
the youth who proposes to a girl must
submit to whipping at the hands of
all her male relatives; and, says dry
narrator, ''if he wishes to be consid-
cred worth~ having, he must receive
the chastisement, which is sometimes
exceedingly severe, with an expression
Of enjoyment"
Not infrequently it is the maiden her
self who imposes the test. The Saka.
lava girls of Madagascar make their
lovers stand at a short distance from
a clever spear thrower and catch be
tween the arm and side every spear
thrown at them. If the youth dds
plays fear or fails to catch the spear,
he is ignominiously rejected, but if
there be no fiinching and the spears
are caught he is at once proclaimed an
accepted lover" -
Worse than this is the trial enforced
upon their suitors by the Dongolowee
girls. When in doubt as to the respec
tive merits of two rivals, the young
lady fastens sharply pointed knife
to each elbow; then, seating herself
between her lovers. she drives the
blades slowly into their thighs, and the
hero who takes the greatest length OF
steel without murmur wins the bride
Maj. Mitchell, in his Expeditions
into the Interior of Eastern Australia,
says of the natives on the River Darl
ing, that all their ideas of fighting are
associated with the possession of gins
or wives, and that after battle the
wives 'do not always follow their fu
gitive husbands from the field, but fire
quently go over, as matter of course
to the victors.' y None but the brave
deserve the fair" is a maxim well un
derstood of most barbaric races
Chambers Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
Farm Notes.

Don't begrudge robin few cherries.
neglect.
Anybody can raise strawberries
with spoon.
An ounce of cultivation is worth q
pound of manure.
Berries well picked and packed are
well received in market.
Do not let the wheat and rye get
dead ripe before harvesting.
Even a nice, refined girl may have a
rough chap on her hands.
Do your pears crack? The remedy is
to spray with Bordeaux mixture. Do
1t now.
Just as like as not your lima bean
poles are too long. II makes the vines
tired to climb so high. *
Spray the CRAFTS just put in; often
they do not start off well on account
of fungi, which Bordeaux mixture will
cure.
Don't wait until your plants are bad
ly injured by plant lice before apply
ing the kerosene emulsion or tobacco
water.
For late sugar corn for the table,
plant the last week of June or in July
up to the Fourth. Such late corn al
ways meets ready sale in market.
gorers should be hunted for. Gum
exuding at the root of peach trees is u
sure sign of their presence Dig them
out with a knife. or kill them with
piece of wire.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30


ends of the sticks, and put a string
around the whole frame. making it
taut and tying it SO that it will not slip.
Now cut out a piece of very thin
manila paper-tissue paper would do,
but thin manila is more seryiceable-
one inch larger, all around, than the
frame, and paste the edge over the
string. Make a small hole In the end
Of the sticks at A, B, C, D, e and F,
and put in string loosely from A to
f, from B to e, and from G to D. Make
a string loop from e to F, to which the
tail of the kite is to be attached. The
strings must come through to the paper
side Of the kite, not the stick side.
The cord by which you are to fly the
kite should be attached where the
strings cross each other. do this with
loose knot enclosing all the strings.
For the tail, use strip of muslin
about one inch in width, and fifteen
feet in length and attach ten bobs
made of paper rolled up. II the kite
should dive, add more tail until it sails
steadily.
Use fine, but strong, cord for the fiy-
ing, and don't attempt it In high
wind. Kites always fly better in a
moderate wind.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
AN Ineenious Annaratus.

A motor has been designed in France
which may be attached to the front of
any vehicle and driven like horse. It
is provided with reins for steering and
stopping the machine. "A pull on either
rein turns the apparatus in the CORE
spending direction, while a steady pull
on both reins slows down the motor and
applies the brake. There is also Sec
ondary pair of reins for bringing the
vehicle to standstill. But the most
extraordinary motor in the world Is
that being erected by a French doctor,
In which he intends, with two students,
to make a trip round the world It will
contain two sleeping apartments, a
large work-room, and four large tanks
for storing oil. 1t will unquestionably
be the largest motor ever built.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
Ruxinp Worn.out Farms.

Nine men out Of ten who have passed
through the struggles of handling a
worn-out farm, paying interest on
mortgage and getting from it living
for family, would certainly advise
the young farmer against taking such
a farm. Except in rare cases, the best
profits from farming come from the
small farm so manipulated that each
foot of ground yields the largest possi-
BILE results, and, many times, more than
one crop. With this sort of farming
there can be concentration of capital,
energy and materials not possible with
one who feels it necessary to buy a
worn-out farm.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
Onion Dance.


Have you ever heard of an "onion
dance" That is the name of curious
festival held every year in the City
of Berne, Switzerland. 1t takes place
after the great market day, when
thousands of pounds of onions are
bought and sold.
On the Sunday preceding the market
day the onions remain in the street,
covered with cloths of every descrip-
tion, and early Monday morning the
sale begins. For two days every one
you meet has at least one string Of
onions.
A few days later comes the dances.
Every saloon and hall is decorated.
and the young peasants, girls and lads,
come to town and make merry. Every
hall is crowded with jostling threng
of ruddy-faced peasants, and dancing
is kept up till the small hours of the
morning.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
"polly,. Name.n

Speaking Of dolls, by the way, the
"Dorothys" of to-day may be surprised
to know that their beautiful name was
once SO common among children in
nearly every household that it came
to mean merely 'baby," and that this
was the way its nickname Dolly
happened to be applied to the wooden
puppets that all children played with
In those old days.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30

The front is hinged, and during the day
is used as feeding board for both the
chicks and the mother hen. At night,
and when cold and stormy, the front is
closed over the Stats and fastened with
button. In the top front of the coop
holes are bored, which provide ample
ventilation. The form of the house
may be as the builder wills, although
the shape shown is less expensive than
the gable roof, and If matched boards
are used, as advised, will be quite as
water-tight.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
Overba.auced.

Miss Swagger-Exponents of physi-
cal culture tell us that we should not
incline the upper part of our bodies
forward in walking.
Miss Swelldom-I know. but it's sim
ply impossible to stand erect while
they wear these hang-oyer-in-fron
hats.-Ohio State Journal
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
A Smooth Answer.

He-Do you think you really need q
new dress now?
She-You don't know anything about
it. / wish / had known before 1 mar
ried you what stupid you are.
He-You might have guessed 1t easily
when | offered to marry you.-Pick-
Me-Up.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
to siphon water this height is valve at
A TO close and hold wa fer. in nine while


A to close and hold water in pipe while
filling. This valve is similar to the
lower valve in a suction pump; just fits
in a three-quarter-inch coupling, and
admits full stream when open.
The lower end at B is handled as
feed pipe from storage tank. with a
float valve. Have plug, G, outside, to
connect with hose. At the top have
a short piece of pipe bent down at
either side of the tee, E, e, to insure
D being the highest point in the pipe
from well to trough. At the upper hole
at D have a piece of pipe, G, say three
feet long, with good-sized holes at F, F.
Have the pipe inclosed as the core to
chamber G, L; chamber made Of heavy
copper soldered to pipe above and be-
low F, F. Have pipe threads protrud-
Ing at II so as to connect three-quar
ter-inch steam valve S. This is safer
and more convenient than plug. Have
bit of threaded pipe screwed into top
of valve, 7, with enough threads, say
one inch, protruding to screw on fun
mel, r. Our chamber is three feet of
three-inch pipe connected by graduates
at 81 and D, but they are not kept ex-
cept at the large plumbing shops and
the chamber Is not as l would like.
The chamber should hold three or four
gallons and then the siphon will run
for two weeks or more with one filling.
To fill siphon, close valve B first,
then fill funnel, R; next open valve S
and weight of water in pipe will close
valve A. You cannot pump air out at
valve s or B. Siphon runs about four
gallons per minute with 61a feet head
below water level, with valve B wide
open.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30

There is 6-year-old boy In Califor-
mia who can outhunt many a man. The
plucky youngster is Austin Otis. His
home is In the wooded hills about Is
miles back of Cozadero. where his faith
er owns some 5000 acres Of land. The
boy has lived among the hills all his
life. He went hunting recently with
no companion but half-breed fox
hound. Within two hours he had kill
ed young buck weighing 65 pounds.
He can bring down deer with as
clean and pretty a shot as can any
veteran hunter in the country. He
has keen eye and stout heart.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30

necessary TO plow up fields " here they
have destroyed all the grass, and even
then 1t is difficult to destroy the grub.
But we have seen it stated that the
beetle, though 1t flies mostly by night,
is'a leaf-eating insect, and where the
trees are sprayed with arsenites many
of them are killed. AS one of their fa-
yorite foods is the leaf of the hickory
tree, that should be sprayed regularly
each year.-American Cultivator.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
Mi1k from Farrow Cows.

The milk of cows that have long
passed the season of greatest produc-
ton, which is soon after farrowing, is
much richer in butter fats than that
which the same cows give soon after
dropping their calves, says an ex-
change. II they had not been bred, the
milk also usually contains more of the
albuminoids also. For this reason 1t is
harder to digest, and, as cows milk Is
at best unsuited to the stomach Of a
young infant, that from new milk
cows, where procurable, is always to
be preferred. The milk of the cow is
too rich in fats, causing the infant to
throw it up soon after taking guam
tity. 1t may be improved by diluting
it with warm water made quite sweet
with pure sugar. Even farrow cows
milk thus prepared may be used with
safety If the infant is obliged to suck
IT through tube, through which it can
only get small amount at time.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
The white Grub.

The white grub, which often in a dry
season eats Off the roots of the grass
and corn, and will eat almost any root
which is not too hard, Is the larva of
what is known as the June beetlepin
and farther South as the May beetle
It often is SO abundant as to make it
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
sine. For Farm Hor.ea.

Farm horses should go barefooted
until there is necessity for shoeing
to preserve the hoof. Like farm. boys,
they should wear no shoes except on
special occasions until they are about
IA years old. Many horses can serve
lifetime on the farm without being
shod.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
Coon FOR YOUNG Ch.cks.


In raising young chicks half the bat
tie is in keeping them well protected
from damp weather, and yet giving
them an abundance Of air for proper
ventilation. The coop illustrated has
been thoroughly tested. 1t is built of
matched boards, and raised two inches
from the ground by mailing cleats two
inches thick around the bottom edges.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
Not Enough Men.

''Sayr cried the first 'longshoreman,
"ain't We got any better sense than to
be smokin' while we're handling these
kegs O. powder? Don't We know there
was an explosion last week that blowed
up dozen men?"
"Faith," replied Cassidy, "that cud
never happen here"
'.Why not?'
'Bekase there's only two av us work
in here" Philadelphia Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
Original.

Fond Mother-our John is certainly
original.
Fond Father Why?
Fond Mother-He,s writing gradu-
ating speech about Abraham Lincoln
Ohio State Journal
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30

Mr.. Thirtiwun-The jokes the funny
men perpetrate nowadays are nothing
like those that delighted me when I
was boy.
Mr.. Fortiwun-Wait till you're lit
tie older. They're now using the ones
that delighted my boyhood. And, by
the way, don't say 'perpetrate." "Per-
petuate" is the word.-Philadelphia
Press,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
Tommy,s Com plant.

Sunday School Teacher-What do we
learn from the story of Samson?
Tommy (mournfully smoothing his
ragged locks That it doesn't pay ter
have women folks cut feller's hair.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
Self.Taurhf.

Learning the cornet, is he9 Who's
his teacher?''
HE has none. He's his ewn tooter. .
Philadelphia Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
BY mary J, HOLMES

"Sweetened with brown sugar, amt
it?" said Rose, slipping little of the tea.
In great distress the good old lady re-
piled that she was out of white sugar,
but some folks loved brown just as well.
ugh! Take it away" said Rose. 1T
makes me sick, and don't believe / can
eat another mite;;" but, in spite of her be-
lief, the food rapidly disappeared, while
she alternately made fun of the little
silver spoons, her grandmother's bridal
gift, and found fault because the jelly
was not put in porcelain jars instead Of
the old blue earthen teaeup, tied over
with a piece Of paper!
Until a late hour that night did Rose
keep the whole household on the alert,
doing the thousand useless things which
her nervous fancy prompted. First the
front door, usually secured with bit of
whittle-shingle, must be nailed, "or some
body would break in" Next the windows,
which in the rising wind began to rattle,
must be made fast with divers knives,
scissors, combs and keys; and, lastly, the
old clock must be stopped, for Rose was
not accustomed to it's striking. and it
would keep her awake.
Dear mev' said the tired old grand
mother, when at about midnight she re-
paired to her own cozy little bedroom,
show fidgety she is. l should of s'posed
that livin' in the city so, she'd got used
to noises"
In day or so Mr.. Lincoln and Jenny
went back to Boston, bearing with them
long list of articles which Rose must
and would have. AS they were leaving
the house Mrs. Rowland brought out her
black leathern wallet, and, forcing two
ten-dollar bills into Jenny's hand, whis-
pered, "Take it to pay for them things.
Your pa has need enough for his money,
and this is some I've earned along knit
ting and selling butter. At first thought
would get new chamber carpet, but
the old one answers my turn very well,
so take it and buy Rose everything she
wants."
All this time the thankless girl upstairs
was fretting and muttering about her
grandmother's stinginess in not having a
better carpet "than the old, faded thing,
which looked as if manufactured before
the foodr'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
Picture TitIes.. Il

sHsssEz PICTURE 1fttG8s t-7s y 2
Can you guess the title of the book
am thinking Of?
In Imagination see a picture of it;
1 see long, sandy stretch of shore,
the waves dashing up against the rocks
and hear the song of a robin. The
merry laugh of a. fisherman's son is
borne to me from the distance. Out in
the water a boat is anchored and the
crew are casting their nets over the
side. So my picture fades.
Can you tell me the name of my
story?
why, you say. Robinson crusoe, of
course!
Now viii picture another title for
YOU. These are two books. One is
sequel to the other.
see schoolroom. The sun is shin
ing on the floor and on the desks,
showing many a cut and scratch. Seat.
ed at the desks are many little boys
and girls learning how to spell CAT.
cat, and DOG, dog. Some day, thinks
their teacher, these little boys and
girls will be men and women. but they
win still carry the CAT and DOG
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30

The balance of trade is not always a
political platform scale.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
with them and win say categorical and

Now, what are the titles of my
books?
Right: Little Men" and Little
Women"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-30
R.,,.b,. F.-,r sinbou.

A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
describes siphon which he made him.
self, Of three-quarter-inch galvanized
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-04-04
Sc NA/LANZ.

On Easter Monday will be held La
Marionett theater and grand free dance
at Lettenberger's hall
On April Mike Brey took possession
of l.. s. Schneiders Saloon.
John Chloupek and Issac Cratic pas
sed through our village on their election
trip.
At the caucus held last Thursday foI
the town of Eaton, Louis Hammel was
nominated for Treasurer on the 4th bal.
lot aud Fred Kapplng for Assessor OF
the 9Th ballot both men had to 90 throgh
a big fight before they could reach the
majority.
The auction Of Lou is Schneider will
take place April 9th ON which he will
sell all Of his goods.
John Koenig bought the blacksmith
by Aug Rabe to be used for stable anG
buggy she'd.
Cheap John closed his store and left
for Sheboygan He is all right.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-04-04
AID OVER r1ANlTOWOC COUNTY

August Cochenet has disposed OF his
farm to w. Shedivy.
Fabian Cretton has purchased the sa-
loon Of Charles Iimmerhackel who will
leave for Sheboygan where he will con
duct similar business.
A farmer from the north of here pass
ed through the village with a dead six
legged calf which he was taking to Two
Rivers for sale. The animal had four
hind legs and otherwise was well shap-
ed. 1t had been living for several days
before it died.
p. Miller of Sheboygan has purchased
the farm of Mike Caspar and has al
ready taken possession. His family will
follow him here in few days.
Chas. Levenhagen will give Il ball at
the Opera House on Sunday, April p.
a warm rain and the annual run of
fish will begin mp the river. Then the
villagers will be -oothed to sleep by the
sweet voices breaking the evening air
with the cry suckers. -
The following officers were elected ut
the town election Chairman Herman
Stein; supervisors, VIM. Werner. Jos.
Stangel; clerk, C. Plockelman; asses scr,
Winand Bedbur treasure, JOS. Skubal
These were re2ular nominees except
Bedbur who stumped it against Thomas