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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01

YOU. As it says, I cay: "You are the
murderer of your partner, Mr.. Lacroix,
and his remains will now be found Sc
curely locked, whence you can't remove
them, under that fallen WALL"
His jaw dropped, and his great body
trembled for moment, then as with a
sudden impulse of fury he made as if
he would crunch me with bearish
hug, when Birley came between US.
"Come, Manuel, none of that. As
I told you, yeu'e not yet done with law
and Lancashire. You'd better 60
home, or go to our experiments"
"Fool." he cried, still glaring at me.
'Idiot! What scrap of proof have you
of the ridiculous charge you maker"
'r'or one thing l have proof that Mr..
Lacroix, before he went to you at the
works, called here to see his old
uncle.'
"soh! Has the old idiot found his
tongue at last them"
We we all amazed, Steinhardt as
much as any, at the electrical effect of
this upon the old man. 1 had casually
noticed throughout the scene that he
had eagerly though painfully listened.
I was smitten with fright, as if / saw a
dead man rise to his feet, when he now
rose at once to his full towering height
"a height which could not have con-
ceived he possessed as he reclined hud-
died in his cllair-and, quivering with
strove to give utterance.
This he could not do, but with light
ming gesture he pointed with out
:rm to the door. Steinhardt
stood and stared open-eyed, when he
made as if he would himself compel
him to go.
"Go, "Manuel; go, manH' urged
Birley, holding the door open.
Steinhardt went without word, and
the old man fell back in his chair-and
was soon rigid in death.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01
High Quality Strawberry,

For large berries of high quality Mar
shall, William Belt and Sample are
valuable, but for market berries, where
quality is desired, Excelsior for early,
followed by Warfeld, Haverland,
Clyde, Sample, William Belt and Bu-
bach, will, with good culture, give de-
sirable results. Some of the newer
sorts are promising, but need further
trial. Senator Dunlap, Rough Elder,
Empress and Parsons Beauty are all
berries Of much promise, but every
grower should carefully select such va
rieties as are suited to his methods Of
culture and Michigan
Station Bulletin.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01
WHAT TAILORs' RECORDS SHOW
It Appears from Them There Has Been
Physical Decline.

It Appears from Them There Has Been
a Physical Decline.
"The tailor who spends his life III
taking measurements could probably
tell an interesting story about the de-
cline physically of men and women"
said a man who takes deep interest
IN physical culture and other processes
tending to arrest deteriorating condi
tions. 81 doubt If the measurements
taken by tailors will show many per-
feet men and women. Too many men
are wearing II collars and too many
women are short on waist dimensions.
81 was glancing through Fourman's
book a few days ago and l was struck
by the dimensions agreed upon by the
best and most authentic authorities for
physical perfection in both men and
women. Take the measurements, for
instance, of the perfectly proportioned
man, with height of 6 feet 21a inches;
girth of chest, 46 inches; girth of waist,
3S inches; length of upper leg, 173
inches; length of lower leg, 141h inches;
larger girth of thigh, 221a inches; girth
Of calf, 16 inches; length Of arm, 26
inches; and weight. 100 pounds. Go to
come up to this standard. l imagine
that one would spend much time before
finding the perfect physical conditions
in conjunction in a single man.
'"The fact of the business is that these
proportions are the result of idealistic
theorizing A man would be perfect,
indeed, physically, who could even
show a reasonable approximation of
this standard. Our tailors' records
would probably disappoint us badly,
and we would likely become confirmed
believers in the doctrine Of physical de-
generacy in so far as members of our
sex are concerned.
"Man has ben dwindling somewhat
even in the range of ones own memory.
One need not go to the tailor's nor to
the vast wealth of statistics which have
been compiled by persons who take a
peculiar interest in mans physical
aspect. One Is conscious of being
smaller than ones father, and less %
bust, and lacking in that hardness of
temperament found in the sire and
grandsire. Yet the tailor's record will
probably show few isolated instances
where men have preserved the proper
tfons in the physical measurements of
the perfect man.
"And this, after ALL" continued the
advocate Of physical culture, according
to the New Orleans Times-Herald, 'is j
the goal toward which physical culture
is drifting. 1t is not so much question
of larger men in stature, but rather a
question of men more perfectly bal
anced physically-men whose parts will
at least the equilibrium
found in the perfect measurements of
the physical culture doctrinaire. If one
must weigh 100 pounds, and stand up
to height of over six feet, one may as
well give up on the start. But one may
at least approximate the ideal proper
tions, and this is what physical culture
proposes to do"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01
DeIicacy of Smell.

Very careful experiments have lately
been made to test the delicacy of the
sense of smell in human beings. A
series of solutions of five different sub
stances was prepared, each series being
so arranged that every solution was of
half the strength of the preceding one.
These series were extended by success
sive dilutions till it was impossible to
detect the odors. The order of the bot
ties containing these solutions was COM
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01
sCALY LEG ON FOWLS.

dull knife. If bleeding results, soak
the legs a, little while longer.
Prepare an ointment of two drachms
Of balsam Of Peru, mixed with two
ounces of vaseline and apply this after
the scales have been removed. The
ointment should be applied by spread
ing it on a cloth and bandaging the
legs of the fowls. Renew every two
days until a cur, is effected.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01
A Young Kidd.

A Young Kidd.
1 think I'll be a pirate,
And sail the pillows blue,
And gayly brag of the dread black flag,
With nothing else to do.
A pocket full of yellow gold,
Swords, guns and pistols manifold
Oh, yes! I'll be pirate bold,
And I'll find a berth for you.
Wen not be like those pirates,
Preparing for fight,
Who stamp and swear to raise your hair;
OF course that isn't right.
Wen have no swearers in our crew,
Although We'll fight for booty, too,
And run our foes with our rapiers
through.
When they do not die of fright.
st, Nicholas. :
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01
Thin Rind Sow.

Won first premium at Kentucky State
Fair in 1897; also sweepstakes premium
IN aged herd at Natchez, Miss, 1897
1898. Property of James s. Kiger, Ma
plebrook Farm, Charlestown, Ind.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01
Spread of Civilization,

The first TagalogEnglish and Eng
lish-Tagalog dictionary has just been
completed. 1t is the work of DIR.
Stomple of New York, who worked on
the Tagalog grammar before our war
with Spain.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01

round iron, fatten-
ed at ends and bent
at an angle to fit
the upright pieces, a
and b. The up
right, a, is 2x4x2S
inches; base, b, is
2x4x1S inches; lev
er, c, 1x4x40 inches.
while the latch. d.
is 1x1ax14 inches.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01

the moment he sees or hears an enemy
he changes his attitude and darts
away, breasting the water at great
rate.
Moreover, 1t is a singular fact that
not only water rats, but all other rats
and mice which live near the water,
are splendid swimmers and, thanks to
their SKILL are frequently enabled to
escape from their enemies.
1t was not easy to obtain good photo
graphs of swimming water rats, but
they were obtained at last.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01

The iron brace is of h-inch round iron
and IS inches long. The cut shows it.
self as to how it is made.-C. e.
Likens. in Iowa Homestead.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01

No farmer should intrust the trim
ming of his trees to an inexperienced
serson. More harm Is done by tree
butchers than by leaving the trees IN
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01
Good Wagon Jack.

My Wagon Jack is made entirely Of
oak. except the pins and brace, which
are of iron. The brace is of b-inch
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01
1ufertility of Epps.

One of the best plans of avoiding in
fertility of eggs, If it be really due to
the forcing of eggs during the winter,
is to have number of selected fowls
that are kept solely for the purpose of
supplying the eggs that are to be hatch
ed. While this plan would entail con-
siderable labor and separate pen, it
would also enable poultry y-raisers to
utilize the valuable two and three-year-
old hens that are not equal to the task
of heavy winter laying.
1t is advocated by some authorities
that more heavy grain and less in the
way of mashes be fed to laying hens,
the claim being that the vitality of the
bird can be kept up longer by this
method
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01

touched. To saw or limbs, right and
left, without regard to the nature Of the
tree or its symmetry. and to simply cut
away limbs that are In the way, should
not be practiced. The trimming or
pruning of tree requires skill and
judgment.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01
The Stable Floor.

Undoubtedly the most convenient
floor of stable is of cement. The
ideal floor is made of cement, with
movable plank floors for the stalls. In
localities where the soil is of clayey
nature the natural soil will make a
very satisfactory floor If the stalls are
fioored with plank and plank cutters
are provided for the manure. Such
floor makes an excellent temporary ar
rangement, and cement can be pur-
chased and laid as time and funds villa
permit.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01
The Mare at FoaIine Time.

Much Of the success that should at.
tend breeding depends upon the
care and attention bestowed upon the
mare toward and at foaling time. as
then not only are her own health and
safety at stake. but the welfare of her
progeny is also a matter for serious
consideration. 1t is therefore necessary
that extra preca utions be adopted and
intelligent observation maintained in
order that mare and foal may pass
through this critical period in the most
satisfactory manned.-Prof. George
Fleming.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01
Pure Bred Cattle in Iowa.

Iowa not only has the reputation of
being the greatest agricultural State
in the Union, but that it leads as we'll
In the production Of fine cattle. In the
breeding of shorthorns it stands first,
and the sale of these cattle clearly
shows that the business is on a good
paying basis. The average of the sales
of Iowa shorthorns the last year has
been from $500 to $725 head, with the
majority of sales ranging from $500
to $500 head. The breeders of Here
ford cattle in Iowa enjoy good
healthy trade in their favorites, breed
ing about one-tenth of all the Hereford
cattle in the United States, and repre-
sented by over three hundred breeders,
two hundred of whom are members of
the association. Thus Iowa stands
fourth in the production and sale of
Hereford cattle, and the prices obtained
at the public sales averaged from 5000
to $500 a head. Although there are
ten times as many shorthorns in the
United States, and three times as many
Herefords as Aberdeen-Angus, yet the
farmers and breeders of Iowa are
reaching out for the latter kind. and
Iowa stands first in the breeding of
Angus cattle, having nearly three hun
dred breeders raising one-third of all
the Angus cattle in the United States,
showing a growth and increase within
the State of 800 per cent in the last Ten
years. Epitomist
Watch the Hogs Carefully.
A hog that does not care for it's corn
is an object of suspicion. 1t should
at once be separated from the herd.
Both the sick pig and the herd, which
are as yet apparently well, should be
thoroughly disinfected - themselves
and their yards, nests and feeding
troughs-and put on laxative, cool
ing diet On a failure of the off-its-
feed pig to recover at once, or the ap-
pearance of further disorders in the
herd, resort Immediately to stringent
measures to cure hog .cholera-for the
chances are that your herd has this
fatal disease.
We are convinced that every farm
on which swine are kept should be
provided with a dipping tank for
swine, in order to keep the stock free
from lice and skin disease by an occa-
sional dipping. and especially to dis
infect the hogs in case of threatened
outbreak of cholera. The dipping tank
is a comparatively cheap appliance
Nebraska Farmer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01

Tommy Knew What He Was Doing.
"Why did you pray so loud for 4
bicycle, Tommie" asked his sister.
"God isn't deaf''
"No," replied 5-year-old Tomnlie,
"but papa can't hear very WELL"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01
How a Water Rat Swims.

HOW q Water Kat SW1mss
In Germany a close study Is being
made of the manner in which various
animals swim, and pictures have been
made to show how the water rat
swims, both when he is at his ease and
when an enemy is pursuing him.
While he Is looking for prey and
scents danger, this willy little animal
goes through the water leisurely. but
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01
A Short Story.

just Snort one, Uncle vance,
weenty, teenty, short one!" coaxed the
children And Uncle Vance laughed.
well, then, just short one, chicks"
he said. 'Once there was a short boy
who wore very short trousers indeed.
He belonged to the Short family, and
He went short distance to school, and,
dear me, how fond he was of his pretty.
short teacher! expect that was be
cause she gave him short lessons and
held only short sessions Of school
Shorty liked short things-you see 1t
ran in the Short family-unless it was
something to eat. He didn't like short
pieces of shortcake. He was very fond
O. shortcake. Sometimes he couldn't
tell which he liked best-that or his
pretty, short teacher.
"One day, a short time after this
short story opens, something happened.
Little Shorty missed a word in his
spelling-class. He couldn't spell short.
All the other short boys laughed, but
Shorty cried.
You must stay in at recess, 1 am
afraid, the teacher said, shortly. Short
boys must study their lessons. There is
no short cut to knowledge.'
Poor little Shorty! He was short
stop ON the baseball nine, and they
were short of substitutes. What would
they do without hims There was a
short shower, and then shortly it clear
ed off.
"T won't cry SHORTY said. I'll learn
to spell short. ] guess that's the short
est way out and itwas. So the trouble
was short-hved, for Shorty was not
short-witted. That was not one Of his
shortcomings. In short, he could spell
even short word If he set about it. So
in short order he was out 'short-stop
ping grounder from the Shortest Boy
Of ALPS bat. 1t takes a boy who is not
know, and Shorty could run as easily
as a deer. But he was short-sighted-
that was a drawback.
when Shorty got home from school
that night, Grandmother Short was
just shortening batch of doughnuts,
and Mamma Short was giving Big Sis
ter Short her Lesson in shorthand. There
was nobody to amuse him, so he decid-
ed to go upstairs and amuse the Short
baby. He sang a short-meter hymn
and danced a short-waisted rag dolly in
short dresses up and down and round
about until somebody-eitherh he or the
Short baby or the short-waisted dolly
was short of breath. And that is the
end of my short story" said Uncle
Vance.
The children clapped their hands with
delight The oldest child said it was
splendid "short story"
eyes," the tiniest one said, gravely;
"and then it was such a nice long ore,
Companion.
VIZ
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01

pletely d1sarranged, and the test con-
sisted in the attempt to classify them
by the sense of smell alone. An equal
number Of male and female observers
were selected from the best apothe-
carries shops, and each was required to
arrange the bottles. The males Were
able to detect the smell of the nitrate of
amyl In the solution of one part to 1885,
600 of water, and the females were able
to detect it in the solution of one part
to 311 900 of water. The oil Of winter
green was detected in about the same
proportion and to the same extent of
dilution. There was, therefore, very
great preponderance in favor Of the
males as to the sensitiveness and dis
elimination of the sense Of smell. This
is certainly an astounding fact, ex-
claims the Gentleman's Magazine.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01
Skin OFF a Letter.

AGICGTe
One day little 3-year-old Stella's aunt
received a letter and while reading it
the envelope dropped to the floor. Stella
picked it up and gravely said as she
handed it to her: "Auntie, here's the
skin off your letter."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01
Papa Found Ont.

OuCs
Little Bobbie-I opened my drum the
other day to see where the noise came
from.
Little Ellis-Did you find out?
Little Bobbie-Pa found it out-then
the noise came from me.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-01
Do IL YnurseIf.

The boy who will make success in
life is not the one who is continually
asking another to do his tasks for him.
The boy who. as boy, wants contin-
ued assistance, will continue to want
assistance when he has reached mans
estate.
He who attains success Is he who Las
sufficient push, energy and pride to do
for himself everything that he is capa-
BILE of doing. 1t Is we'll never to ask
for assistance until such assistance Is
absolutely necessary.
The National tribune., 1902-10-02

SUBSCRIBERS ADVERTISING COLUMNS.

The price of this advertising has been
fixed at 5 cents a word, which is very
low rate. You reach a quarter-million
readers and will often get hundreds Of re-
plies from a single ad.
All the world deals now through the
mails or by express or freight. Try it
yourself.
Write us the substance of what you
want to say, and we will arrange it in the
fewest possible words.
Regimental historians and Secretaries
of Survivors Associations will find these
columns very useful.
Direct letter to Adv. Dept, National
Tribune. Washington. D. C.
The National tribune., 1902-10-02
A BOOK ABOUT CALIFORNIA,
It is Easy and Inexpensive to Go There Now
That the Railroads Have Reducsd
Their Ticket ysres.

During the winter months, while those in
most parts OF the country are suffering from
extreme cold and disagreeabIe weather, Call
fornia, the land OF sunshine. is radiant with
fruits and flowers, and everything that 10
green and beautiful.
Formerly a trip to California was an ex.
pensive luxury, but now that the railroads
have very greatly reduced the price Of tick
cts, and particularly since we have intro
duced the Personally Conducted Excursion"
idea. you can go to California in q comfort
able through car by the choicest route and
for very moderate sum.
Is 1t worth while to fight through the win
ter at home when you can 10 easily 20
where the perfect climate will keep you
strong and vigorous? The saving In doctors
bills likely will pay for a California trip
Send six cents in postage for our hand
some little book about California. 1t Il in
tensely interesting and Is beautifully illus
trated. Address p. s. Eustis, Passenger
Traffic Manager, Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Ry. Co., Chicago.
The National tribune., 1902-10-02
ssyu,HE PREACHER REGIMENT 7sD ILL

SSTVNHE PREACHER KEfIMENT," I'D I'LL
l. nOis Volunteers.-" During the Summer of
1854 Colonel Jacquess detached from his command
by special order of President Lincoln. and performed
the hazardous, intelligent and important mission to
Richmond, which IL part of every history of the war
He obtained persona! interview with the Confederate
President during which he eXtorted from that astute
cLietan the significant declaration that terms Of
peace would be considered short Of absolute recognition
of independence" Chapter VIII of the regimenta
history all the points, and that these state
mentssuggest The interview ITSELF and all the attend
ant circumstances and varied experience connected
Herewith. fully set forth. The chapter which
treats of the Fall campaign in Tennessee Is repiete in
the minut9 and details of the service rendered by OPP
dyckes Brigade at Duck River, Spring Hill and Frank
lin. The hundred pages allotted to this chapter
contain many vivid descriptions of the stirring
and incidents of that memorable eventu and in some
respects uneluailed campaign The history Is printed
on supercaandered paper contains nearly 100
q Illustrations and porits: IL substantially bound In
cloth: gold letters exterior Price 500. Address,
nclosing bank draft office, express money
der W. IL Newlin, Historian, $50 Illinois voInnf ers,
Springfield, Ill,
The National tribune., 1902-10-02
DEsT PILLs-IR YOU HAVE CONSTIPATION

DEST PILLS.-IF YOU HAVE CONSTIPATION
ID indigestion, or liver trouble, send Is cents and
will mail you box of Best Pills." with guarantee
that If they not perfectly satisfactory to you
turn them, and will forward your money. Since my
them have gained many regular customers to my
drugstore through recommending BEST Pills" to
them, finding the pills to do as said. Why bould
they not do the work just satisfactory In all parts of
the country they do In this where they made?
AL ask Is trial, and know you will use them until
cured. They do not contain any mercury preparation
and Will not grippe or Ackel the most delicate stomach
Very small and easy to take. Put up 10 in box for
Is cents Made and sold only by J. P. Rothermel,
Druggist and ApOthecary, Lewistown, Pa
The National tribune., 1902-10-02

I1oR SALE ONLY.-2ss ACRE OSAGE RIVER
Il .otiom well improved farm, for sale, at 155 per
All in cultivation Good buildings. -Four miles
from Warsaw, County-seat Of Benton County, Mo.
Rents for $3.50. It's o. K, and bargain. No waste
land. All fenced; three nne wells. No overflow.
Refer to No 907-I also have l0acro improved tim
bsr farm; onehaf in cultivation: balance fine timber
pasture. Log house and stable Fine well All fenced.
No. 206. I also have good 40-scre improved timber
farm; one-half In cultivation. Good frame buildings;
on County road. Some fruit trees. = acres fenced
Good. It's fnelhog and poultry ranch. Price $50.
Refer to No. 2o4 @ G. Hare, Real Estate Agent,
Lincoln, Mo.
The National tribune., 1902-10-02

A HEAlACHE RELIEVER-NO MATTER
"A nom what cause, we guarantee complete relief
by the Of harmless headache tablets within Is
minutes AFTER the st d0se lone tablet has been TAKEN
Rarely Il second dose required, except In very OBJ
stinats cases Prce Is cents box. E b. Helwig,
Canal Dover, Ohio.
The National tribune., 1902-10-02

IHARM FOR SALE OF ia ACRES, SEVEN
acres timbeH about 80 acres hay and pasture land;
balance all Under cultivation. with good crops this
year,-corn, oats, hax,-and about % acres sOWu In
wheat this Fall Sixteen miles northwest Of Iort
SCOTT; four miles fsom railroad half mile from post
Office church and school Good black soil; yellow clay
subsoil Two acres bearing orchard. Ali fenced and
cross fen4d. Ono Of the finest farms In Bourbon ca,
KansaS fFor Particular, apply - y. O Williamson,