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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
Lighter Horses Better.

Farmers who have watched the ease
with which the large draft horses han
die heavy loads on good roads or city
pavements have been led to think that
heavy horse must be the better ami
NAL in all cases, and we see many farm
teams that are far inferior in the
amount of work they can do in blowing
or in drawing load upon soft ground
than a much lighter team would do
easily. Then the heavy horses are
driven over our hilly roads often at a
rate of speed that causes them to pound
the earth SO that the legs give out, and
they are quickly lame. 1t certainly
requires more food to sustain a 1000
pound horse than one weighing from
LOCO to 1,2O0 pounds, and when not
constantly employed drawing heavy
loads the amount of work done by the
heavy horses does not compensate for
the extra cost of maintaining them.
AS farmers will have next spring to buy
horses or many will we advise them to
turn their attention to the smaller
horses from Canada if they can be
found rather than to the Percherons
and Shire horses that have been so pop-
ular lately. They will cost less prices,
cost less to keep, do about as much
work and endure much longer.-Ex-
change.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
Chinese Children's Games.

1t is interesting while American boys
and girls are playing their games and
enjoying their sports to read of the en-
joyment the children of other countries
have. Chinese boys 1and girls, for in
stance, have their games that they play
with just as much enthusiasm as do
their American cousins. One of them is
"the hawk catching young chickens. -
The children stand one behind the 9TH
er, having the largest boy to protect
them from the hawk. The hawk, the
child who, as we say in most games is
s'it,' comes to catch the chickens, but
the line swings back and forth, and the
protector keeps between the brood and
the hawk. Another game is pointing
at the moon or stars The children
form themselves into a ring, with one
of their number blindfolded in the cen
ter. The ring moves around, the play
ers singing. The ring stops and the
boy in the center points. The person
toward whom he points must take his
place blindfolded in the center.
Another game is kicking the mar
ble." The players have two marbles
an inch or more in diameter, one of
which is put upon the ground and
showed with the foot. The other is put
down, and one boy tells the other to
put it certain direction from the 9th
er. If he shoves it so as to hit the
other and still go in the desired direc-
tion he wins double and is entitled to
two kicks. If he simply goes in the po-
sition indicated he wins and is entitled
| to one kick.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
Butter NJ Making,

If the war between milk producers
and contractors drives some of those
who used to make butter quarter of
4 century ago back to trying it again,
many Of them will find that they can
not make butter of the same quality
as they have been buying since they
began to sell their milk, or of such
flavor as they think they used to make.
Their taste has been educated up to a
standard that but few could reach then,
and most Of those only in June and
September. But we think this trouble
is likely to be the cause of the starting
of more cooperative creameries, cheese
factories, and perhaps condensing fac
tories the coming season. And we
fear there are not enough graduates
from our dairy schools to take charge
of them all. When they can be found
they should be given good wages
American Cultivator.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
New Fertilizing Apparatus.

Among all the numerous devices and
schemes to induce plants to grow the
idea which is illustrated below is prob
ably novelty, and it is not unlikely
that 1t will serve its purpose to some
advantage in the forcing of shrubbery,
plants, etc. The inventor is Gardner
M. Sherman, Of Springfield, Mass, and
he claims that the arrangement is not
only of great utility and value in acceI-
Grating the growth of plants by giving
them with the utmost directness the
most suitable fertilizing ingredients
which they are known to require, but
In experimenting, in series modifying or
varying the constituents employed, with
a view to the observation and compari-
son Of the results. The device is a hol-
low, porous receptacle, with a vertical
tube at the top. The device is buried
when the plant is set out, leaving the
end Of the tube exposed above the sur
face of the earth. Then the ingredients
of the fertilizer are mixed and poured
In through the tube, being absorbed
through the porous vessel by the roots
OF the plant. In this manner the roots
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
Sugar Beet Pulp for Cows.

At the Watsonville (Cal) factory su-
gar beet pulp sells all the way from %
to 30 cents per ton. AS it can be held
a long time in the silo and is fed to best
advantage when old, it is available the
entire year. According to notes col
lected by R. A. Pearson, of the dairy
division at Washington, published in a
recent bulletin, the fresh pulp is piled or
placed in a silo. This silo is very crude.
1t also costs very little. The pulp is
very soft when first put in and general
ly settles considerably. Of course the
top layers decay, and after a time the
entire mass is covered with a protecting
layer three to six inches thick. In few
months the individual pieces of beets,
originally two or three inches long and
quite slender, are broken down, and the
material reminds one of cold mush,
grayish brown in color. Three tons of
the fresh pulp make about one ton
when cured,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
RECENT JUDICIAL DECISIONS.

A faction of a political party which
is not and does not claim to be in itself
a distinct political party is, in Weaver
VS.. Toney (Ky.), so L. R. A. 105, denied
the right to have inspectors at an elec-
tion
Information given to detectives in re-
gard to larceny, stating a suspicion,
with reason therefor, that certain
person is a thief, is held in Single
meyer VS.. Wright (Mich.), 80 l. R. A.
129, to be privileged.
Repeal of an ordinance requiring a
license tax for carrying on the business
of real estate agents is held, in Den
ming VS.. Yount (Kan.), so L. R. A. 1O3,
not to operate retrospectively so as to
make valid a contract by such an agent
which was originally invalid because
he had not complied with the ordi-
nance.
Nonresident holder of stock in a cor
poration is held, in Howarth VS.. Lom-
bard (A1ass.) 40 L. r. A. 3O1, to be
bound by the action of the court in ap-
pointing a receiver for the company
and determining the amount necessary
to satisfy the statutory liability of
stockholders for it's debts, and liable
to an action in his own State by a for
eign receiver to whom the statute has
given legal title to the funds to be real
lied from the stockholders.
Killing of a person on railroad track
in open daylight on a straight piece of
road, where he could be seen for $50
yards ahead of the train which struck
him, is held, in Neal VS.. Carolina Cen
tral Railway Company On. c., 40 L. r.
A. 6S4, not to make the railroad COM
pany liable, although the train was
running at a prohibited speed and
without ringing it's bell, as required by
ordinance, or keeping proper lookout,
where up to the moment he was struck
he could have prevented the accident
by stepping off the track.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
"AULD LANG SYNE.'
The Old Song Broke the Crust on a
Grief-HardeneI Heart.

Grief Hardene Heart.
Outin Western forest, where a little
log cabin had stolen bit of ground for
itself in the very shadow of the forest
trees, lady traveller found herself be-
nighted. The dwellers in the cabin
were simple, kind-hearted people, who
had lived so long in their primitive sur,
roundings that they missed neither the
world nor it's conveniences. Everything
looked as if they were contented and
happy, but the visitor, by what seemed
like an accident, learned that one heart
was sad. Ella Higginson tells the story
in the Seattle Times.
After supper the traveller, who had
observed little old-fashioned melo-
deon in one corner of the room, went
over to the instrument and was about
to open it. The action was arrested by
the movement of a young girl, who
came 'hurriedly to the stranger, and
with a look Of fear on her face whis-
pered:
"Oh, you mustn't play! Grandma
don't let us touch the melodeon since
grandpa died. She says music is only
for happy folks
For minute the lady hesitated; then
with a plying glance at the old, bent
figure by the fireplace, she opened the
melodeon, and touching the yellow keys
began to sing in low, sweet voice the
words of "Auld Lang Syne''
Each word as it dropped from her
lips quivered through the silence that
had fallen upon the room. The child
stood beside the visitor, awed and
frightened, but the old white-haired
woman by the fire only leaned forward
and listened.
Presently, as the full meaning of the
simple, tender words stole in upon the
narrow, grief-hardened mind, her
hands began to tremble, her head sank
upon her breast, and tears fell from her
eyes. When the song was finished, she
was sobbing like weary child that in
its sorrow no longer refuses to be COM
forted.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
Smut in Grain.

The treatment of seed grain by dip
ping for about ten minutes in solu-
ton of one pint of formalin in twenty
five gallons of water, to prevent smut,
has proved so effectual and so cheap
that no farmer has an excuse for fail
ing to try it. The above amount should
be enough to treat about fifteen bushels
of seed. or more if after a bushel has
been soaked it is allowed to drip into
another barrel or tub while the next
lot is being soaked The formalin is
not dangerous or disagreeable to
handle, though not safe for animals to
drink. The same treatment is advised
by potatoes to prevent the scab.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
DEATHS VISITS IN SLEEP.
Apoplexy Frequently Attacks Its Vic
tims While They SIumber.

| Apoplexy Frequently Attacks It's Vic
tims While They SIumber.
The frequent occurrence of apoplexy
during sleep was illustrated in the case
of Col. Albert D. Shaw. He had made
a patriotic speech during the evening
and had retired in apparently good
health. In his instance there was q
combination of causes to bring about
the result-a banquet, mental excite
ment, probable indigestion and coin.
cident lowering of vital tone.
In some respects the circumstances
were similar to those attending the de.
mise of Henry George, who was like.
wise stricken after forced efforts on
the platform.
Why the accident in question should
occur at time when all the bodily
functions are seemingly at rest is at
first thought somewhat difficult to ex.
plain. When, however, the arteries OF
the brain become brittle by age the
slightest change of blood pressure is
often enough to precipitate a rupture
of those vessels and cause the escape
-
the substance Of the brain.
High mental tension, being always
associated with congestion, is in itself
an active predisposing cause of apo
plexy. This condition is apt to con-
tinue during more or less troubled
sleep, and with an overtired nervous
system there is less resistance to over
stretching of the cerebral arteries than
during the waking hours. Nature, in
stead of rebounding, simply succumbs
The fullness Of the vessels increases
until the final break occurs.
Generally the effusion of blood is
sufficiently large to be followed by in
stantaneous death, causing one sleep
to pass quietly into the other AS evi-
dence of this peaceful ending, it is
often noticed that the patients are
found as if in natural slumber, COM
fortably lying on the side, with bed
clothes undisturbed and with counte-
nances perfectly calm.-New York Her
aid
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
Corn in Pork.

One of the great problems in profita-
bly, carrying on the hog industry is to
secure the large gains from busheI of
corn that at one time it was thought
impossible, but is uow being proved al
most daily. While ordinary good feed
ing is eight to ten pounds gain, superb
or feeding brings fifteen pounds. We
find the report recently made by C. G.
Neff, of Ohio. that by careful feeding
he made an average on a bunch of 500
hogs of fifteen pounds eight ounces
gain for bushel of corn, and after the
second period a gain of fifteen and
three-quarter pounds per bushel was
made.-American Swineherd.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07

the ground. He is then set out in the
street to take care of himself He
cannot turn over, so he at least re
mains in an upright position. The
basket is very light, so he often works
his way up the street and far away
from home. He will get into the mid
die of the street, so that the donkeys
who take the places of horses and
wagons there must go around him.
This they always do, and it looks queer
to see long line of 'donkeys going out
of their way to go around baby in
the narrow streets of the old Spanish
town.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
The White House,

Why is the Presidents mansion at
Washington, D. c., called the White
House? 1t has been so called for
years and years, and now no one thinks
of using any other name, although
Executive Mansion is the official
term. The name White House is a
reminder of the second war with Eng
land. August "a, 1914, the British
army captured Washington and burned
the public buildings, the Presidents
mansion being among those to suffer.
1t was damaged to some extent, and to
hide the fire stains was painted white,
and white it has been painted every
year or two since. The home of
Washington's mother was called White
House, and this may have suggested
the name, but the fact that the man
sion was so assiduously painted white
after the war of 1872 doubtless brought
the term into popular use.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
Preserving Butter.

When husking corn save a number of
the soft inner husks. Have your but
ter thoroughly washed free from all
milk, worked and salted to taste.
Scald and cool the husks. Make the
butter in long rolls the size of a fat
ear of corn, inclose with the husks,
tie tightly at each end and drop in
brine strong enough to bear an egg.
The brine will not penetrate the but
ter, and when taken out, it will be as
sweet and well favored as fresh but
ter, and cut in half prettily futed on
a plate,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
Burdette,s Idea of Hosnita,itv

Robert Burdette once said: 81 do not
go to my friends house for the meal he
is to give me. can get very good
dinner at hotel for so cents or half
dollar. go to my friends to see him
and to have an hour in his company
I go for certain quality of welcome
that comes from his personality, not
for his food"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
HEADS UP,
Don't kick and whine,
Iuef crOf ~ I;-o

Don't kick and whine,
Just get in line
With the fellows who've grit al
pluck;
Don't frOwn and scowl,
Look glum and growl.
Stop prating about ill luck.
Lift up your head,
Don't seem half dead.
Stop wearing wrinkled face;
Give smiling hope
Sufficient scope,
And joys will come apace.
Out on the man
Whose little span
Is full of grief and gloom,
Always dreary,
Never CHEEKY,
From trundle-bed to tomb.
Give me the chap
Who, whate'er may hap,
Looks up, and is cheerful still.
Who meets a brunt
With smiling front,
And nerve, and vim, and will.
Success.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
Boy Wanted.

A various establishment
Is kept by World, the millionaire.
From errand boy to president,
His clerks are swarming everywhere
Yet every hour (they say it's true),
He's looking for boy or two.
The World himself has lived to learn
The worth of struggle here and there
And in his wise way can discern
The boy who wills to do his share.
From door boy to proprietor,
He knows what each ones fitted for.
The boy is blind who passes by
His dazzling windows any day,
And cannot read, with half an eye,
The sign, boy wanted right away"
But he's the boy that's bound to win,
Who hastens to inquire within.
Normal Instructor.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
Sundower Seeds.

Raising sunf1owers is paying enter,
prise in Russia. The seeds are salted
and regarded fascinating edible. AT
street crossings in all the provinces of
Russia there are stands where peddlers
with big baskets sell the salted product
of the big sunfiower. A good crop of
sunfowers as it stands in the field is
worth $25 an acre.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
How TO Tether a Horse.

Fasten the rope to ankle of front
foot, and horse will never get hind
feet caught in rope, or otherwise hurt
himself. A wide strap to buckle about
ankle is best, as it will not rub or
chafe skin. Have broken quite num-
Der Of horses to stand tethered that
way and never had one get tangled
or hurt. After they get used to be-
ing picketed out they may be fastened
by head or neck.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07

Ih1Idren IN Far.UH spain.
In the Spanish city of Seville there
are no kindergartens or other places
where the busy mother can leave her
little children to be cared for while she
band in his little shop. The baby is
left to care for itself and does so very
well-that is, the baby who has not
learned to walk yet.
1t is placed in a wicker-woven ar
rangement which looks like a basket
turned upside down, and is just high
enough so the baby's feet will touch
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
Se1f.T ee1er for Poultry.

This poultry self-feeder is simple in
construction and may be of any size de-
sired, but for thirty or forty hens it
should be about foot wide, 8 feet long
and ~ feet high. The ends Ia a. should
be cut as shown, then board as wide
as the ends and as long as the feeder
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
Wasted Effort.

Tommy" exclaimed mamma, .T'm
surprised at you. You should always
strive to set your brother good exam
pie.
"Aw, what for?" retorted Tommy;
''he's too small a kid to know anything
about 'rithmetic. c."-Philadelphia Press
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07

and eventually the whole shrub are
stimulated and made to mature rapidly.
1t would seem that even an application
of warm water at intervals would be of
advantage, in that it would warm the
ground and moisten it at the same time,
which could not help but stimulate
plant growth,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
His Length of Service.

Visitor to Country Town (who has
been shown over the church, And how
long has your present vicar been here?
Sexton-Mr. Mole, sir, has been the
incumbrance here, sir, for nigh on forty
years, sir!-London Punch.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
why Girls Cannot Throw straipb

Why Girls Cannot Throw Straight.
The general idea as to why girls can
not throw as well as boys is that they
have not acquired the knack by prac-
tice as their brothers have. Another ex-
planation is given by a medical man,
which tends to show that girls could
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
"CiHdereIla" the First.

Under Article 6S teachers may be ap-
pointed to elementary schools on salts
flying the board that they have at
tained the age of blooming eighteen,
and that they have been vaccinated,
says the London Express. The results
are often humorous to the onlooker,
but unfortunate for the children. An
Article 69 teacher" stood up the other
have our history lesson. We will
take the Queens Of England first, be-
ginning with Cinderella. Find your
place."-Little Chronicle.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
never learn the knack, however much

never learn the knack, however much
they tried.
When a boy throws a stone he
crooks his elbow and reaches back with
his forearm, and in the art of throwing
he works every joint from shoulder to
wrist. The girl throws with her whole
arm rigid, whereas the boys arm is re-
laxed.
The reason of this difference is one of
anatomy; the feminine collarbone is
longer and is set lower than in the case
of male. The long, crooked, awkward
bone interferes with the free use of the
arm. This is the reason that girls can
not throw well.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07

should be nailed horizontally between
the ends as they stand upright and four
inches below the shoulders. Cut the
sides (b b. and nail in position; next
make V-shaped trough as long as the
feeder and invert between the lower
edges of b b to keep the food from run
ming out too much at once. Nall on
strips (c c),-which should be four inches
wide, and put on a cover with hinges.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
Value of Roots for Feed;ng.

According to the tables sent out by
Professor Henry in Foods and Feed
ing" the artichoke is the most valuable
root for feeding, as while it has but
twenty pounds of dry matter in one
hundred pounds, while the potato has
more than twenty-one pounds, it has
more than double the amount of protein
that the potato has. and its feeding val
ue is reckoned at $2.44 per ton. while
potatoes are but $1.66, and are not
equal to parsnips, which are $1.s2. Next
comes the sugar beet at 81 40. the COM
mon beet at $1.3S, rutabagas at S1.22.
fat turnips at $1.16, mangel-wurtzels
at $1.1O, and carrots at the bottom of
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
Not Play To Him

Briggs (taking up book)-Ah! You
have Dryad's play here.
Griggs-What was his play has been
my work. have tried to read it.
Boston Transcript.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07

A woman is very apt to have misgiv-
ings about man who is addicted to tie
free and unlimited coinage of compli-
ments.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07

the list at $1.06. Never having grown
artchokes we have not known much
about their value for feeding. All the
others we have used, and our expert
ence would rank them about as in the
analysis, unless 1t were to change
places with fiat turnips and mangel-
wurtzels.-American Cultivator.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1901-02-14
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