Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-14
How To Make Traps.

How To Make Traps.
In Gibson's Camp Life in the Woods
and the Tricks Of Trapping" published
some years ago, the following effective
traps that can be easily made are de-
scribed:
A mouse trap may be made with a
bowl and a knife blade. Put piece
of cheese on the end of the blade Of
table knife. Lift one edge Of the bowl
and put the knife, standing on its edge,
under it, allowing the bait to be about
an inch and a half beneath the bowl.
The odor Of cheese will attract the
mouse and he will find his way under
the edge of the bowl, and very slight
nibble will tip the blade and the bowl
will fall over on the prisoner.
A thimble may be used in place Of
the knife. Force the cheese into the
thimble and put the thimble under the
bowl with the open end inward, allow
ing about half the length Of the thim-
BILE to project out Of 1t. The mouse, In
trying to get the cheese out Of the
thimble, will cause the bowl to fall.
If the thimble be too small to allow
the mouse to pass under the edge of the
bowl, put a piece of pastboard or fiat
chip under the thimble.
To make a fly trap, take a tumbler
and half fill it with strong sOapsuds.
Cut a circle Of stiff paper which will
exactly fit into the top Of the glass,
and in the center of the paper cut a
hole half an inch in diameter. A slice
of bread may be used in place of the
stiff paper. Smear the under side OF
the disk with molasses before insert
ing. Flies will find their way down
ward through the hole, and once below
the paper their doom is sealed. In
their efforts to escape they will fall
into the soapsuds and speedily perish.
By setting a number Of such traps in a
room it will soon be rid Of the pests.
What a Boy Can Do.
These are some Of the things boy can
do:
He can shout so loud the air turns blue;
He can make all sounds of beast and bird,
And a thousand more they never heard.
He can crow or cackle, chirp or cluck,
| Till he fools the rooster, hen or duck,
He can mock the dog, or lamb, or COW,
And the cat herself can't beat his
meow"
He has sounds that are ruff1ed, striped OF
plain;
He can thunder by like railway train,
| Stop at the stations breath, and then,
| Apply the steam and be off again.
! He has all of his powers in such com
mand,
He can turn right into full brass band
With all of the instruments ever played,
| And march away as a street parade.
You can tell that boy is very Ill
If he's wide wake and is keeping still;
But earth would be-God bles thei1
| noise!-
| A dull old place If there were no boys.
Christian Endeavor World.
| Wisdom of a Stork.
| On a tree close to house, within .
short distance Of the river or canal
there was a stork's nest, with youn,
ones. The roof of the house caugh
fire one day, and though the flames die
not actually reach the tree, the hea
became scorching. So the mother storl
flew down to the water, got into it an,
drenched her breast; then, returning
to her young, she spread the mass o
cool, wet feathers all over them. Thi
she repeated over and over again, fly
ing to the river, going down into tn
water, and returning, her plumag
frenched with wet And thus the mes
=, was saved, and the tender nesting
were preserved alive until the fire ha1
been got under control and all wa