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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-17
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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-17

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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-17
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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-17
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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-17

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SIOUX CITY PRO CO, yl2-3. 1902
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28

has a hard time of it, and the fellow
who loads grain on the ship down at
the elevator is inclined to quarrel be-
cause of the heat he is forced to en-
dure. The painter on the outside of
the building may grumble, too. But
these fellows do not know anything
about hot places. If they want the
really warm thing, let them crawl into
the show window in the month of Au-
gust, when the sun is heating the ther-
mometer up to a good degree in the
shade.
''In the first place, we have to close
ourselves up in these places while ar
ranging displays for the merchants. If
we did not keep the windows behind us
closed the place would fill up with flies,
and the flies would speck the front
fly in, for one fly will do enough dam
age, and, so far as the general effect is
concerned, we might as well let in a
perfect swarm. You have no idea what
the effect of dozen fly specks will be
on clean, glossy, well-polished show
window. The result Of it all is that the
man who arranges the things in the
show window on hot days must close
himself in so he can't get a breath of
air. The case Is practically alright,
and really it is sometimes hard to
breathe. In the meantime the sun is
beating down On the awning and the
glass is taking up the glare from the
street and there YOU are
"Hotr' exclaimed the window dresser.
according to the New Orleans Times
Democrat. 1.-THE man who complains
of the biting chaff while loading a ship
with grain no doubt suffers a great
deal, but he does not really know what
it is to be warm. Same way with the
engineer, the painter and others. Hades
may surprise these fellows, but the
place will be no surprise to the man
who has spent his life arranging show
window displays in the summer time"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28
GESTURES AND SALUTATlONS.

Certain gestures are absolutely iden-
tilted with certain feelings. To shake
ones fist is to threaten; to hold up ones
finger is to warn. To indicate thought
we place the tips of the fingers on the
forehead; to show concentrated atten-
ton we apply the whole hand. To rub
the hands is everywhere a sign of joy,
and to clap them a sign of enthusiasm.
1t would be easy to multiply examples.
Affirmation, negation, repulsion, are all
indicated by motions that everyone un-
derstands.
1t is the same, in quite as great a
degree, with nationalities, in spite of
the original diversity of the races that
make them up. The mimetic character
results at once from race, from history
and from climate.
The gesture of the Englishman is
fierce and harsh; he speaks briefly,
brusquely; he is cold, positive, forceful.
His salutation is cold and accentuated,
but his handshake is loyal. The ges-
ture Of Germany is heavy, good-hu-
mored and always ungraceful. Many
of the Slav people are unwilling to look
one in the face, and they have a false
gesture.
The Spaniard and the Portuguese, al
though dwelling in southern land,
gesticulate little; their language is
Shythmic, slow, solemn; they are grave,
, their salutation is a little theatrical.
The Italian is lively, mobile, intelli-
gent, gay; his language is harmonious,
sonorous, warm and luminous, like his
country's sky. The salutation Of the
Italian is quick and full of feeling, his
gesture colored and exaggerated.-Lon-
don Answers.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28
FALLACY OF A FACE
RANFIELD holds that the be-

RANFIELD holds that the be-
ginning of his courtship was
" unique; but that may be Gran
fields one-sided view. 1t was the night
of the hunt ball; and he leaned against
n pillar in the dancing room. AT no
time a dancing man, on this occasion
he was excessively bored; he was out of
sorts. the band was too loud; the crush
was too great. He thought regretfully
of his fine library fire and shiveringly
of the long drive home.
After five minutes of abstraction
man touched him on the shoulder.
"Hullo, Cranfield!' he said. Been
looking for you. Counting on you to
see that Lady Marche dances"
The speaker darted into the crowd
and Cranfield returned to his thoughts.
He fixed his eyeglass into his eye and
glanced slowly around.
Some men are so beastly optimis
tic" he said in his own mind.
AT the end of the room he had caught
a distorted glimpse of Lady Marche.
He gazed at her for a space; then
his ewes wandered and his ideas came
to a sudden halt Round about him he
saw preoccupation settled upon groups
of men: he saw heads turned toward
the door. Following a very human i'm
pulse he turned his own in the same
direction. He was not inquisitive, but
the desire to know is quite as infec-
tious as disease.
In brief space the crowd about the
entrance parted and his curiosity melt
ed before another feeling-a feeling as
rapid, If infinitely more strong. He
closed his eyes; then he readjusted his
glass.
1t was Creighton-Tommy Creighton
and his wife. He watched them move
slowly up the room, and as they moved
he felt, rather than heard: the admira-
tion that hummed in their wake. He
took long look; then he leant back
against the pillar, seeking to realize eX-
actly where he stood.
He had seen her before-once before.
That point alone wrought self-distrust.
He had called one day with Bisher-
thrope and she had given them tea. His
verdict had been, Extremely pretty,
sarcastic and trifie cold" He re-
called the criticism with a guilty pang,
and wondered whether it could be the
dress. But he had never guessed a
riddle In his life.
He screwed in his eyeglass and leant
still further back. He saw Creighton
introduce four men. Then his control
gave way. He forced an opening in
the crowd; but when he reached her
side and scope his voice had tone that
even to him was new.
May l have the pleasure?"
She looked up with just the faintest
surprise. Then her eyes fell on the fac
ing of his red coat. and she smiled-the
friendliest and most perfect smile hs
had ever seen. He realized with shame
that he had never known till then tha
hazel eyes had shadows and reflections
and positively shone with light
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28
New Use for Bees.

Down on Long Island the farmers
have discovered that persons suffering
from rheumatism and sciatica can OBJ
tain relief by allowing honey bees to
sting the affected parts. This is very
unpleasant process and entirely unnec-
essary. The poison of the bee sting is
chiefly formic acid. This acid is also
found in stinging nettles, in ants and
some varieties of the caterpillars.
There is no dif1iulty in preparing for
mic acid, and it would seem that ply
sicians might find it advantageous to
experiment with 1t as remedy for
rheumatic troubles-either in acid form
or in formates. Certainly some means
can be devised of introducing it into the
circulation less painful than allowing
bees to sting rheumatic sufferer by
wholesale.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28

by side with American wheat from
the vast farms of the northern plains.
The remarkable progress of textile
manufactures in the Orient means that
their production Of rice will decrease,
for every acre turned to the cultiVa-
ton of fiber means one less for rice.
Last wear the United States produced
300 100000 pounds of cleaned rice and
imported 2G5,0O0,OO0 pounds. To our
market has been added Porto Rico,
with an annual demand for 73,O00,00O
hounds; Cuba, for 1OO, O,00O.O00, and the
Philippines for l35,OOO,OUO. This gives
a total present and prospective market
of 725, 100000 pounds. 1t is thought to
be time that steps were taken to salts
fy this market if the United States is
going to remain commercially indepen-
dent.
If it means all this for the country at
large, it means even more for the
South. The paramount demand in this
region, writes Texas correspondent,
has been for some small grain crop
which would furnish food for the peo-
pie, a generous surplus for export, and
leave the plantation with abundant
and nutritious bi-products for the
maintenance of stock. Cotton will lot
do this. the sole by-product being too
valuable to keep on the farm. Corn
stalks lose too much of their value be
fore they are fit for fodder, and this
is not wheat country.
And SO it is up to rice. and here is
what one can do with 100 acres. the
amount one man can cultivate with
out assistance. 1t costs from SS to $12
an acre to raise an average crop, which
can be sold at profit of from $50 to
$50 an acre. There is by-product of
at least 100 tons of straw. superior to
native prairie hay, and 25 tons of bran.
On this 100 head of stock can be win
tered comfortably.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28

nearly all Of the 10000 square miles in
the coast rice belt will be available. A
new 1O,OOO-acre rice farm in Harris
County, Texas, on the line of the South
ern Pacific Railroad, is being equipped
with electric pumps, and others will
follow as soon as power stations can
be erected.
What the success of this new indus
try means to the United States most
northerners do not realize. No longer
will the country be dependent on the
crops of Japan, China, Siam and India
for this important foodstuff. In ten
years more American rice will force it's
way into the markets of Europe, side
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28

Bridget, who came to this country
last year, has limited vocabulary, and,
while she is learning fast, some of the
words and expressions that she has ac-
quired do not always fit, her ear not
having been accurate in getting the
right term. Thus the other day she
said to her mistress: -
MAN, shall 1 fix that Kansas back
duck for dinnerT'
Again, Bridget was telling tale of a
missing friend in this city, when she
exclaimed: -
"Do you know 1 believe when Katie
turns up she'll be found in the Potash
Fieldr'
While at work on Friday a tremen-
dous blast near by in the subway rat.
tied the dishes in the kitchen and the
girl cried out:
''There goes that rapid transom
again."
A good maEF town men devote near
ly all of Saturday to waiting to get
shaved
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28
The American Iron "Plant."

The Englishman was being properly
surprised at the rapidity with which
the sky scraper was going up.
"Deah mev' he exclaimed, lit seems
as if your buildings grow as rapidly
as your maize"
YES" replied the Westerner, un-
blushingly, land the process of raising
them is much the same"
"Fawncy! Won't you explain fur
ther?"
We'll, you see, we just get an iron
plant, put it in the ground, have the
street sprinklers water it, and in a
month or six weeks the sky scraper is
full grown"
And, taking another breath, the cou-
sin from over seas managed to believe
it.-Memphis Commercial-Appeal
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28
The sneezewood Tree.

Among it's many curious products
South Africa includes the ''sneeze-
wood" tree, which takes it's name from
the fact that one cannot cut it with a
saw without sneezing, as the fine dust
has exactly the effect of snuff. Even in
planning the wood it will sometimes
cause sneezing. No insect, worm, or bar
nacle will touch it. 1t is very bitter
to the taste, and when placed in water
it will sink The color is light brown,
and the grain very close and hard. For
dock work, piers, or jetties it is use
full timber, lasting long while under
water.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28

in that pursuit it becomes evident that
the pastime is a dangerous one. Just
why so many persons take the risk.
with the record of fatal accidents
around them, is puzzling. One would
think that a person with competence
upon which to live happily and with
peaceful home surroundings should
know enough to fight shy Of such need
less dangers, but instead many such
persons court the risk and think they
cannot attain the height of happiness
unless they have climbed some danger
Gus peak, misstep on which may mean
death or permanent injury. Such action
seems to us a piece of reckless daring
for which we can discover no excuse.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28

me, one day soon after you'd come
back from your honeymoon. Don't
make me feel quite an outsider"
His tone was ludicrous, but his face
was woefully perplexed.
She watched him curiously. Then an
eXpression-just the dawning of smile
stole into her eyes. She clasped her
hands and the smile crept very slowly
from her eyes to her mouth.
How deliciousr' she said. "How
perfectly delicious! How absurdr'
Cranfield was fidgeting with his pro-
gram. At her words he suddenly tore it
in two.
She glanced at him, and there was a
glow like freight in her eyes.
81 don't think" she said deliberately,
"that l ever gave you any tea. I'm not
Daisy, you know. I'm Daisy's sister.
We are horribly alike, and l always
keep forgetting. Please forgive me
it's been all my fault
Her glance suddenly fell.
The swish of the dancers and the
throb of the waltz came to Cranfeld:
they were the accompaniment to his
tangling thoughts.
"But you came with Tommy" he
said obstinately.
"Of course in Daisy's place. Daisy
had headache"
He passed his hand across his eyes,
brushing away many things. Then for
the first time that night he smiled.
might I-?" He halted. might
I|Y
Their eyes met.
He suddenly bent near; so near that
his breath touched her cheek.
"Migh L? Just to level things"
Her head dropped, and the color rush
ed into her face. Her answer, when it
came, was a whisper-one Of those in
audibly mysteries that are never really
placed To this day Cranfeld insists
, it was "yes," but Mrs. Cranfield is
quite persistently determined that it
was ''no''-New York News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28
Willow Growing.

A nice little side issue possible to a
farmer who has a small stream run
ming through his place is willow grow
ing. There Is a constant, and If any
thing increasing, demand for basket
willows, and in many locations the
bushes can be grown with little or no
expense OF trouble. Men who have
gone into 1t, however, on very small
scale as a trial, have generally found
it so profitable that they have devoted
some thought to its details, and have
become extensive willow producers.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28
SHOW WINDOWS WARM PLACES.

Artist Who Dresses Them Says They
Beat Anything In Torridity.
"One of the hottest places 1 know
anything about" said the dry goods
clerk, as he wiped the sweat from his
brow. sis in the show window of a
building facing toward the east, after
the early mornings sun has been pour
ing over the tops of the buildings across
the street for some time. Talk about
bake ovens and other warm places.
Well, they are not so warm. The engi-
neer in the sugar refinery thinks he
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28
SOLVED SERVANT pRoelEM.
Former Slave Came to the Rescue OF
His Mistress.

Former Slave Came to the Rescue OF
His Mistress.
.tOur Luther is a jewel" exclaimed
one of Washington's leading society
women while calling one afternoon
last week. ''And l just hate to think
what would become of us without I'm
Gle Martin. When my father sold the
old homestead the servants were scat
tered around in the family, and Uncle
Martin was sent to me. He was faith
er's oldest slave, and never left our
family. / am the old mans favorite.
and for this reason he asked to go to
me, and you may believe me, it is to
Uncle Martin that owe my sanity.
My husband and have been mar
ried ten years. The first five l spent
in looking for cooks, and then dis
charging them after their trial week.
The servant problem put me ON th4
verge of nervous collapse. hat.
reached such pitch that I could stahd
1t no longer. 1 not only talked fsei
wants all day, but 1 dreamed 81 them
the few hours 1 did manage to SLEEP
The whole atmosphere was filed wit,
bad cooks and worse dinners. AT each
new burst of complaint from my hus-
band / would go off and cry myself
sick. That was all I could do, for.
strange as it may seem, 1 didn't know
enough about kitchen matters to make
tea or coffee. Well, it was exactly at
this state of affairs that Uncle Martin
came, and, bless him, he immediate
H. - +Dl- obi ,pff fIn<a
culinary affairs, to run that depart
ment in his own way and charge us SO
much a week for board. l didn't even
wait to consult my husband, SO afraid
was l that Martin might regret his
bargain and change his mind by dinner
time, so right then and there Martin
and I closed the deal.
''That was the end of all my trou-
bles. We give Martin stated sum
each week, out of which he provides
for the table. He does the market
ing, cooking and serving himself, and
everything is beautiful.
| 'Of course, we are liberal with him.
He has always been in the family, and
l naturally feel greatly attached to
/
cessions made to him. Now, when we
have dinner parties 1 always allow
SO much extra a plate, and when we
have guests visiting in the home we
give him so much extra a day, and
really 1 never feel imposed upon. To
escape all the fret and worry of look
ing after things is sufficient reward
for me. Now and then l have heard
the other servants speculating as to
the size of Uncle Martins bank ac-
count. My husband investigated, and
found that the old man had com.
Portable sum on deposit, but we both
decided, after long talk on the sub
ject, that our plan of living is by far
the best, and we even think we have
saved money by it's adoption. Wash.
ington Post.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28

this sort of publicity. In 1877 Col. Pope
organized the Pope Manufacturing
Company, which started a year later
with an output of fifty wheels. Now the
company employs a capital of upward
of $50, 700 900, covers ten acres of floor
age in it's factory at Hartford, Conn.,.
and besides an army of skilled mechan-
les engaged the services of 1000 selling
agents. Col Pope gained his title in
the War of the Rebellion, entering the
service as private at the age of is
years and receiving his discharge with
the rank of lieutenant colonel He
served under Burnside, Grant and Sher-
man
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28
HE is CAPTAIN, SHE STEERS.

1t was a random rhymer,
Blithe-hearted as the May,
Who plucked the Towering climber
Along the river way;
1t was the ferryman's daughter,
With gypsy rose and tan,
Who ferried DER the water
This straying minstrel man.
Her hair had purple tintings
Above her seashell ear;
Her eyes had starry glintings,
Her laugh was lyric clear.
He listened and he fingered
His tryst was one with falthJ
Till eve, the ry-fngered,
Had shut days sunset gate.
Thus oft thy met thereafter,
At last no more to part,
For love (or was it laughterD
Had shared the rhymer's heart.
And now upon life's ocean
The twain together float;
He's captain-that's his notion!
But she still steers the boat!
-Lippincott's.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28

ped with electric pumps, and the ques-
ton of irrigation-the only one which
causes any trouble to rice growers
will be solved.
Experts say that the present rice ter
ritory of half million acres will be
doubled within year, and the new
plan, which. by the way, has passed
the experimental stage, means that
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28
No Such Luck.

"I see that a pugilist was killed re-
Gently in slugging match"
s.Well, that is not defense of the
sport"
''Well should say not. You see"
"You see we can hope for the same
happy result all the time."-Baltimore
Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28

the officials of the
A m e r lean Bicycle
Company and "fath-
err of the industry.
The cessation Of
advertising k i | e j
the bicycle business,
and the way to re-
vive it Is to resume
that same import
ant matter" says
Col. Pope. In one
year the latter ex-
n-na nnn
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28
Twickenham Ferry.

w tNACuhdHk
"A-hoy! and Ohio! and it's who's for the
ferry?"
CThe briar's in bud and the suns going
DOWN. ;
"And I'll row We so quick and I'll row We
so steady,
And it's but penny to Twickenham
Town" ..,..
The ferryman's slim and the ferryman's
young,
With just a soft tang in the turn of his
tongue; -
And he's fresh as a pippin and brown as
berry,
And tits but penny to Twickenham
Town.
"A-hoy! and Ohio and it's I'm for the
ferry"
CThe briar's in bud, and the suns going
DOWN,
"And it's late as it is and I haven't a
penny
Oh! how can I get me to Twickenham
TOWN."
She'd rose in her bonnet and oh! she
looked sweet
As the little pink flower that grows in the
wheat, .
Withs her cheeks like a rose and her lips
ITS sure but you're welcome to Twick-
enham Town.
"A-hoy! and Ohio! You're too late for
the ferry
(The briar's in bud and the suns going
DOWN,
And he's not rowing quick and he's not
rowing steady;
1t seems quite a journey to Twicken-
ham Town.
'A-hoy! and O-how you may call as you
will;
The young moon is rising o'er Petersham
Hill;
And, with love like a rose in the stern of
the wherry, e..
There's danger in crossing to Twickcn-
ham Town. =
-Theophile Marzials. e.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28
Inst a Trial,

$50 you are really going to marry"
said the first Chicago girl.
Yes" replied the other. 81 thought
I would for a while. e."-Philadelphia
Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28
Fatal Alpine Climbing.

Climbing the Alps may be a very
pleasurab1e experience, but when it is
recalled that during the present year
sixty-three persons have lost their lives
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28
ouite an Influential Feature.

Fuddy-Money isn't the only thing.
Duddy-No, but it is the only thing
that will buy most of the other things.
Boston Transcript.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28
FAILURE TO ADVERTISE

Killed the Bicycle Business, Says the
"Father" of the Industry.
One man who believes that business
success is dependent upon advertising
is Col. A. A. Pope, prominent among
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28

Give away twenty-five dollars, and
you will be abused because you do not
make it fifty.