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

1t is not an easy matter for one not
having had some years of experience in
poultry raising to feed the laying hens
during the winter proftably. Corn cuts
too large a figure in the winter food of
poultry. 1t is valuable food beyond all
question, but it is fed too literally when
eggs are wanted. An almost perfect
food for laying hens is clover hay, but
of course they can not eat enough of
this to give them the food quantity
needed. The best way to feed clover
hay is to have it chopped fine and then
scattered on the floor in small quanti-
ties for the hens to eat of it as they
will. This is better than mixing it with
the grain or the soft foods. Of grains
if one has supply of corn, wheat and
oats with which to alternate, these
with the clover hay, bone meal and ami
NAL food once a week will keep the
hens in good laying condition. Quanti-
ties and times and methods of using
the several grains are best worked out
by the feeder according to the needs
of his flock and his location. In cold
sections more corn will be necessary
than in warmer locations.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
Keeping APP es in Winter.

If large quantities of fruit are to be
kept there is no way equal to the mod
ern cold storage process, but this is ex-
pensive. Oftentimes, however, one has
a few barrels Of fine fruit designed for
home use or to keep for select trade,
and these may be kept in good shape
by either of the following methods.
Only the finest and most perfect speci-
mems are used in either case: Take
good barrels, and in the bottom of each
place oats an inch deep. Then wrap
each apple in newspaper and pack
layer on the oats, not permitting the
apples to touch. Then put in another
layer of oats, and on this a layer of
apples, as before. Continue this until
the barrel is full The other method
is simply to omit the oats and pack the
appIes in the same way, after wrapping
each specimen in oiled or waXed pa
per. In either case the barrels must be
kept in an even temperature, where it Is
cool but above the freezing point.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
The Memoranda of a Mouse,

First Day-HaNe Deen very DuSy LnlS
week, engineering. On Monday l made
an opening into the kitchen of No. IA,
inst by the pantry door,-a very good
situation, as so many fragments are
dropped there.
Yesterday was muh surprised to find
nv little hole filled up with bits of
glass. The servants evidently could
not have known who made that hole,
or why it was there,-a foolish mistake,
which a little thought might have pre-
vented.
To-day l bored a hole in a more con-
spicuous place. and ran in and out sew
eral times just to show the maids that
| had bored it, and that it was of use.
| know they saw me, yet the poor,
dense. ignorant creatures have made
the same mistake over again.
Second Day-Have taken up my quar-
ters in one of the dining-rOOm walls.
The people here are more enlightened.
Have lust visited them. l was graft
fed by the respect shown me. All in
the room jumped on chairs, and watch
ed nv movements attentively. l have
heard of people bowling low to those
whom they esteem, but 1 have never
heard before of people exalting them
selves on chairs. l confess that l was
pleased.
Third Day-Io-day visited the din
| ing-room again; there was a man there
He threw shoe just where L was, and
it hit the tip of my tail,-quite by acci-
dent. l know; but it was funny that the
thing should have come just on my tail
Told this to Grizzle. and she laughed
strangely. That mouse has a keen
sense of humor,-almost too keen.
Fourth Day-This morning found 6
piece of bread and butter, painted g
beautiful blue just opposite my hole
One of the family has evidently pre-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
SONS OF FOREIGN PARENTS.

New York and New Jersey Have a
Minority of s lch Citizens.
DESPITE the fact that there are whole
counties in each State where the Tor
eign element" is very small, the census
reports show that in New York and
New Jersey alike majority of the men
who have reached the age of u were
either born abroad or are the sons OF
parents who were not natives, and so
in a great proportion of cases were
brought up under foreign Influences In
New York males of voting age who
were born in other countries constitute
about 3S per cent Of all men who nave
reached the age of p, and those whose
parents were of foreign birth swell the
total of the two classes to above G2 per
cent. In New Jersey the corresponding
figures are nearly 36 per cent and
more than 55. 1t follows that if all such
aliens had been naturalized the two
classes together would be a majority OF
the electorate. In point of fact, how
ever, less than So per cent of the for
eign-born males i'll New York are natu-
rallied, and in New Jersey only about
55 per cent.
Most people will be agreeably sur
prised to learn that the ratio of illit-
eracy among this element is compare
tiyely small. Of men who were born
abroad, but have lived in this country
the five years necessary for naturaliza-
ton and have been made voters, the
number who cannot read or write was
less than Z per cent in either New York
or New Jersey. Even among those
aliens who have only ''taken out first
papers," which may be done as soon
as the newcomer lands in this country
the illiterates did not much exceed 1:
per cent. in either State. The contrast
is very marked with the native whites
of North Carolina, State which has
almost no foreigners. Nineteen per cent
of them-practically one out of every
five white men Of voting age in 'the
| old North State"-cannOt read or write
New York Evening Post.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07

and thin. spectral figure standing in the
gloom within. but delaying to cross the
moldering doorsll as long as l remained
in sight. In another minute Pierre had
rushed back for me. and dragged me
away with all his boyish strength AMI
energy.
Madame" he said, in angry remon-
STRANGE, you are disobeying Monsieur lie
Cure"
But who lives there?" l asked.
"They are very wicked people," he an
swered emphatically; mo one goes near
them, except Monsieur lie Cure. They
became wicked before my time, and
Monsieur lie Cure has forbidden US to
speak of them with rancour. so we do
not speak of them at-all.''
Who were these pariahs, whose name
even was banished from every tongue?
A few days after this. the whole COM
munity was thrown into a tumult by the
news that their cure was about to I'm
dertake the perils of voyage to Eng
land. and would be absent a whole fort
night He said it was to obtain some
information as to the English system of
drainage in agricultural districts, which
might make their own valley more
healthy and less liable to fever. But it
struck ME that he was about to make
some inquiries concerning my husband.
and perhaps about Minima, whose desc
late position had touched him deeply. l
ventured to tell him what danger might
arise to me if any clue to my hiding place
fell into Richard Fosters hands.
The afternoon of that day was unusu-
ally sultry and oppressive. The blue OF
the SKY was almost livid. l was weary
with a long walk in the morning, AMI
after our midday meal | stole away
from mademoiselle and Minima and be-
took myself to the cool shelter of the
church.
sat down upon a bench just within
the door. There was a faint scent ye1
of the incense which had been burned al
the mass celebrated before the cure
departure. leaned my head against the
wall and closed my eyes, with pleasant
sense Of sleep coming softly towards me
when suddenly hand was laid upon my
arm, with a firm, silent grip.
(To be continued.)
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
A Ration for sheen.

Where there is fair supply of mixed
clover and timothy hay on hand, it is
comparatively easy to carry flock of
sheep through the winter at light ex-
pense, provided they are in good shape
when they are put into winter quar-
ters. With all the clover and timothy
they desire grain ration of pound
a day, made up of two parts of wheat,
one part bran and one part oats, with
a handful of oil meal, will keep them
in splendid shape, even the breeding
ewes. Enough roots should be obtain
ed to give them an occasional feeding
of them. If the supply of hay is short,
corn stover may be substituted for
roughage but if this is done it may be
necessary, with some sheep, to increase
the grain ration slightly. The ration
as given will be found very satisfac-
tory by feeders whose crop of corn is
limited bat who have a fair supply of
hay and corn stover, and can buy the
gr9in2 mentioned at fairly low IL ice
Exchange.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
Pope on Woman's Clothes.

The Pope has recently manifested a
preference in regard to ladies apparel
over and above the strict regulation IN
regard to ladies who are received by
the holy father at the Vatican. A niece
of the Pope was about to be married,
and her distinguished relative took SO
great an interest in her trousseau as to
stipulate that the young lady should
only have white, blue or black gowns,
adding that these were the three col
ors most becoming to young girls.
"Grav and brown remarked his
Holiness, are only suitable Tor OLD
women, and do not like any other col
ors."
Possibly the Pope prescribed white
because it is the symbol of purity, blue
because it is the color dedicated to the
Virgin Mary, and black because 1t Is
the time-honored hue of dress for out
door wear for Spain and ltaly.-Lon'
don Pail Mall Gazette.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07

as plainly as he could. But Dotty
thought that was slow way to play
ball. She stood baby up on the car
pet, and then she gave the ball great
kick with her little foot, and what do
you think happened? Why, Dotty kick
ed so hard that over she went on her
back, and the ball flew so high it struck
baby in his little breast and over he
went too!
They were both good little dears, and
did not cry, nor did baby feel cross at
Dotty because she kicked the ball so
hard, but they rolled the ball after
that.-Nursery Days.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07

1t was in Boston that the first ad-
ministration of ether for anaesthetizing
the patient under the surgeons knife,
and a Boston physician, DR.. w. b. Hid
den. has perfected an appliance with
which the surgeon operating secures
the full effects of ether and chloroform
without any waste, while the insensible
subject breathes in the same amount Of
pure air with each inspiration as
though not using the anaesthetic. The
blood is thus kept oxidized, and the pa
tient is left in the best possible condl-
tion for reaction and recovery.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
American Poultry,

Mr.. Lewis Wright, of England, who
has been, if he is not now, called one Of
the highest authorities Oh poultry breed,
ing and growing that ever put pen to
paper, says that the American breeds
are better than the much-praised Eng
lish Orpington breeds, originated a few
wears ago by Mr. Cook, of England. He
also pronounces the American breeds
as bred here better than the same
breeds when bred in England. There
they incline to the Cochin type in all
the American breeds, more cushion,
fluff and feathers than American bred
birds. which detracts from their utility,
though the English think it adds to
their beauty.-EXchange.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
aI,babetica1 Aiders,

Annette is aiding Alice in her first at
tempt at Art,
Ben is buying blue. balloons for BABY
Belle and Bart.
Constance comes IN carriage to carry
crippled Clare,
Dorelle is dressing dainty dolls for Doro-
thy and Dayre
Ewes embroidering 4r-muffs for Eben-
ezer's ears,
Faith is fondling freflul lilo till she for
gets her fears.
Grace is giving ginsefbread to good
Grandmother tlry,
Hugh is helping HirHu and his harvest
ers make hay
Idalina's ironing fo- lfez, who is i'll,
Jean is making JAM snd jelly just for
Jack and Jill. !
Kesiah King is knitting for little Kitty
korn.
Louise is lacing Lettsss lovely linen lawn.
Maud is mixing me5islne for Mother
Little Man."
Ned is plucking noseSays for Nora, Nat
and Nan.
Olaf's opening oystes-for old Miss oliAs
Ollie,
Paul is painting pictures q patier'
Princess Polly.
Queenie Quincy's quilting for quiet Mr4
Quivers,
Reginald is reading "Rab' to rag
Robbie Rivers
Sallie's smiling sweGtly, though sr
ing such smare,
Tom is telling Ted a tale aEeerta zen
ing tart.
Una's planting pansies in Uncle Uubany
urn.
Vida's making valentines for little Viole|
Verne.
Will is whiting whistles for winsonil
Walter Wayne,
Xenias helping launch the Xebec, chris
tening her Xayne.
Yorke is holding yellow yarn for Mrs
Yorick Yette,
Zenobia plays the either to please ne
:: Aunt Zulette.
Serving lads, and lasses these, will
helpers all; :.
oh, what happiness is brought by sad
rifces small!
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07

that the rope is around the shock aoout
twenty inches from the ground. A
slight pull of the horse win bring over
the shock. With a boy to lead the
horse and handy hitch to the rope
you can average shock minute aIi
have it in much better shape for husk:
ing than when torn down by hand.
You can in this way pull over days
husking while the dew is on, and the
fodder will be damper for husking than
if left standing till wanted. 1t will be
another advantage to you If you are
careful to pull over your shocks so that
you can face the wind while husking,
letting the wind blow the fodder to you
and not away-Ohio Farmer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07

pared this pretty little gift for me,-a
delicate attention. I could not bear to
spoil the pretty eolored part, so just
nibbled off few white crumbs on one
side.
Fifth Day-I have had great shock.
was telling my friend Grizzle about
the bread and butter. and she said, in
her sneering tone of vote:
..And pray how muh of it have you
eaten?"
I told her how I did not like to spoil
its beauty.
"a very good thing for you,' she said,
s'for your pretty piece of bread and but
ter is poisoned .
.I don't believe you,'' 1 said; but
did believe her.
'The next thing will be cat" she
cried after me, as l departed.
I went home. She was right-the
next thing was a cat. / heard it new
ing Immediately ON my return-the
wretch! The bread and butter was
gone. Happy thought! Perhaps puss
had eaten it.
/ packed up, and am now one of the
colonists next door."-Little Folks.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
Why the PLAY Was Grand.

They were matinee girls, evidently, or
ut least one of them was, and they
were discussing the new play of an ac-
tor whose statuesque proportions have
been generously revealed in the part
we have grown used to see him in.
Did you like the play:' asked the
girl in brown.
1T was simply grand" replied the
girl in blue. Didn't you go?"
NO" said the other. somebody
told me it was a modern play and that
he wore high boots and riding breeches.
What did he wear!'
"Somebody told you wrong" said the
girl in blue. He didn't wear boots
a tall. He was just too lovely for
words. He wore-well, they were just
the same as they wear in The Sign of
the Cross only another color"
The girl in brown looked regretful
sit must have been a fine play she
said.
1T was perfectly grand repeated
the girl in blue-Washington Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
Draft Horses Popu1ar.

The draft horse now enjoys the high
est prosperity and greatest popularity
of any breed Of horses among the
American farmers. The prejudice
against the draft horse being too big
has given place to the universal desire
to raise them as large as possible and
farmers generally want to raise draft
horses for the market, and they have
learned that the big draft mares and
Young geldings make the best farm
teams, and as fast as they mature the
markets take them at good prices
Live Stock Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07

farmers Weights and points are the
same as for Barred Plymouth Rocks,
but the plumage should be an even
shade of golden buff. Golden Wyan-
dottes are newcomers and very popu-
lar The bluffs are probably the most
numerous anG best liked of the Co
chin family. Buff Leghorns, COM
paratively new but very popular varie-
ty, have taken a foremost position
solely on their merits.-EXchange
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
The Sneed of the Blood.

1t has been calculated that, assuming
the human heart to beat siNty-nine
times a minute at ordinary heart pres
sure. the blood goes at the rate of POI
wards in a minute, or seven miles a
dav, and 81. $50 miles year If man
81 wears of age could have one single
corpuscle floating in his blood all his
life it would have travelled in that time
over :. $50 600 miles.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07

Subjecting colts and horses to hard
ships and exposure for the purpose Of
hardening them and giving them a re-
sistant constitution, says Farm and
Ranch. is wisdom of the same kind as
that exhibited by the idiot who would
leave fine piece of machinery exposed
to the elements so that it may be en-
abled to run under adverse conditions.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07

are a comparative
ly new variety,
but one which has
come rapidly to
the front on its
own merits. Beau
ty and utility COM
bine to make these
Il fine general
DurDoSp fowl for
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
EouaIto the Occasion.

Iiyeried Menial-"Me lud. the car
riage waits Without
His Lordship-Without what?
without horses, me lud; It's an au
tomobile. Bits.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
Hint on Corn husking.

Use a horse to pull over your corn
shocks. Take a rope about eighteen
feet long, attach one end to the single
tree, carry the other end around the
shock and fasten to singletree also. See
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
Historic British Resiments.

The names of no fewer than l0o bat,
ties are emblaZoned on the banners Of
the various regiments which form the
British army.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07


of the East, considerable money has
been made from potatoes this season,
one man marketing 1000 barrels from
little over twenty-five acres at an aver
age of So a barrel. Such cases are, OF
course unusual and due to the high
prices incident to a short crop. The
yield, too, is out of the common and
secured by the following treatment of
the soil: AS a foundation for the big
crop of potatoes a field in sod is select
ed, heavily manured, plowed under and
planted to corn, which is faithfully cul-
tivated until waist high. The following
spring the ground is plowed deeply,
which brings up the rotted sod, which
is fined by the use of a cutting harrow
and drag harrows until it is in shape
for the seed potatoes. Potato planters
are used, the seed being dropped four
teen inches apart in the row with the
rows three feet apart. After planting
the plot is narrowed, and then cultiva-
ton begins and is kept up thoroughly
until the plants meet across the row.
the cultivation being done as close to
the row as possible at each operation.
Thorough soil preparation and constant
and thorough summer cultivation are
the secrets of success in potato grow
ng.-Indianapolis News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07


The common white butterfly seen
in cabbage fields is an Imported
insect and very destructive. says
the Orange Judd Farmer. Inc
adult female insect is shown in the IL
lustration. @The eggs are laid upon
cabbage and allied plants, producing
the well-known green cabbage worm.
After feeding for a time the worm
leaves the plant, changes to a chry-
sails, from which the adult emerges
shortly afterward There are several
bcoods each season.
Attempts have been made to destroy
these pests by the cultivation OF
contagious disease, which has been
found to attack the worms. This rem
edy, however, has not been successfui
and other means must be followed for
it's destruction Hand picking the
worms. although tedious, is an effec-
tive remedy on small areas. Insect
powder, known also as pyrethrum, or
buhaeL1m be mixed with six or
- nnlk of four and busted
>shOuld be applied
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
Buff Breeds of Fowls,

The buff fowls of various breeds
seem to be one of the poultry fashions
of the present Buff Plymouth Rocks
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
Fish of the Nile,

The Nile is noted for the variety of-its
fish. An expedition sent by the British
Museum brought home 2,2OO specimens.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
Ne.er Refuses Charity.

Charles Broadway Rouse, the blind
millionaire merchant of New York, is a
philanthropist and has given away
large sums of money, writes William Il.
Curtis in the Chicago Record. He al
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
Playing Ball with Ba by.

-Itswas the baby's ball-a nice one f
a baby, just right; too big for him to g
it: into; his mouth and suck it, but a
soft:and round and Sc cuaeze-y; and I'll
right size for great :ful, beause VI
rolled across the floor il cox
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07

Sometimes a man is judged by his ap
nearance and sometimes by his disap
pearance.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07

Brown, came to see him, and baby 60
his ball, and said "Roll-y, roll-y, please"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
One day the

itself away in corner
could toddle after il
himself. without ma
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-07
week. 1t is not injurious

about once week. 1t is not injurious,
to human beings.
In some places hot water has been
used to good advantage. 1t can be
applied at temperature of about $50
degrees without injuring the plant, and
is sure death co the worms where it
reaches them. Paris green is perhaps
the simplest ans best remedy.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-27
INTERIOR OF HoFkIRcHE.
{ (Innsbruck.)

ried in triumph through the streets of
Innsbruck.
But the day of Hofer's power was
short one, as Napoleon finally sepa-
rated the Tyrol from Austria, and
Hofer was forced to fly from his
country He was at length captured
and executed at Mantua, where the
bells are still tolled ON the anniver-
sary of his death.
The broadest and busiest street of
the town is named after Maria The
resa, and leads northward from the
Triumphal Arch until it seems to stop
at the foot of the mountain range
which shadows it so heavily.
From Innsbruck there are many de-
llghtful 'Ausfiuege," or flights out of
town." as the Germans say. One of
the most interesting is to the Castle
Ambras, celebrated as the home of
the Archduke Ferdinand ii. and his
wife. Philippine Welser. The marriage
of the archduke to a Greman woman
of the middle class was an unusual
and romantic one.
Philippine Welser was born in 1927,
in the old town of Augsburg, and re-
ceived the simple education which
was considered suitable to her station.
While paying a visit in Bresnic she
met the archduke, whose habits
were democratic, and after a short
acquaintance, was secretly married to
him. Some time after the king was
prevailed upon to pardon his sons
imprudent marriage, but insisted upon
secrecy, and took the Austro-Hun-
garian succession from his son and
the sons heirs.
The marriage was afterward sane.