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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
(To be Contlnued.)
OBEYED ORDERS AND WON
Incident of the Civil War That Shows the Value
. of Unquestionins Discipline.

AS an illustration of the idea of obe-
dience and discipline inculcated in the
West Point cadets, James Barnes tells
a story full of significance, says the
Chicago Chronicle. During the war in
the sixties young officer cnce reported
to volunteer brigadier that he had Or
ders from division headquarters to take
a battery that held the top of sweep
ing slope on the front of the Confeder-
ate line, the shells from which were
playing havoc with the Union infantry
that we've deploying through wooded
ravine.
"What!" exclaimed the volunteer
brigadier, "are you going to try to take
those guns with cavalry? Impossible! |!
You can't do it,"
ooh, yes, / can, SIR" was the reply g;
"I've got the orders in my pocket"
This West Pointer did not doubt in
the least what he was going to do, nor
his capcaity, and, strange to say, he
did it, for, advancing at charge sud-
denly from the wood arcoss the open
ground he took the battery in the flank
before they could change effectually
the position of the guns, and he brought
them back with him.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Nitrogen for Sweet Corn.

The New Jersey Experiment Station
has been for three years testing diff
erent forms and amounts of nitrogen
Gus fertilizer for sweet corn. The first
group of plants had either nitrate of
soda $50 pounds per acre. sulphate Of
ammonia 120 pounds per acre, or dried
blood two hundred pounds per acre.
Each was calculated to furnish the
same amount of nitrogen. On second
group these amounts were multiplied
by %, and ON a third group by 2l1a.
The three years test has shown an in
crease of 23.3 to 40.2 per cent. The
yield was largest where the most nj
trogen was applied. The returns for
sulphate Of ammonia for three years
was $1266. for dried blood. 1896, and
for nitrate of soda 5000 per acre. and
as the average cost of fertilizer was
81 per acre. they think it pays to sup
ply the nitrogen. On cabbages they
found the best results from dried
blood. about 27O pounds per acre.
though 200 pounds of nitrate of soda
was nearly equal in results. The aver
age increased value of the crops was
over $50 per acre. They seemed to
act about alike in fastening the earli-
ness of the crop.-New England Home
stead.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Summer Do1lhouses.


Summer days are ideal ones for doll
houses. Set in cool spot under the
trees, on days too warm to admit OF
active play, they make. the happiest
of all occupations for little girls. The
Mothers Journal tells how to make
the priettiest kind of play-houses out
of boxes. The boxes are open in
front, of course Tall boxes have a
shelf half way up, dividing them into
first and second stories, and then there
are partitions through, the center,
making two rooms on each floor. A
stairway leads from the first floor to
the second; the walls are papered, the
floors stained, rugs laid. and shades
and lace curtains placed at the Win
dows. The bedrooms have the neat
est and whitest of beds, dressing ta-
bles, bureaus and washstands. with
cretonne and muslin bureau scarfs, pin
cushion and toilet articles all COM
plete. In the parlor are piano, center
table, chairs and sofa and a complete
set of cooking utensils hangs over the
kitchen stove. There are pictures on
all the walls.
Such dollhouse costs good deal in
time and labor, but little in money.
A common goods box serves as the
foundation, and a papa or big brother
who is handy with tools can put in
stairs, shelves and partitions without
trouble, and until she has started on
it the mother or big sister will not
know how the fascination of copying a
house in miniature grows on one.
A dolls schoolhouse,5 with desks and
blackboards, is among endless varia-
tions that can be planned. Countless
original features will suggest them
selves to an original mind. Almost
every piece of furniture to be found
in grown up house can be purchased
in doll miniature for few cents, and
now that SO many big brothers do
bench work and learn to operate cir
cular saws in manual training classes
they can be pressedinto the doll cabinet
business. Another way to make small
girls happy for the summer is to let
them set up housekeeping in a piano
box, with furniture half way between
grown up belongings and doll things
There is an inexhaustible interest to
the juvenile mind, both masculine and
feminine, but particularly the latter, in
playing house." and the variations the
children can introduce upon this theme
are legion.
Grown ups can even catch the fever
when they are pure of heart and un.
conventional in mind; witness the long
ings of Elizabeth to have a little cot.
tage out in the park just big enough
for her and one of the babies to gel
into, where they might go and stay all
night, and have the other two babies
come and take tea with them.-NeW
York Tribune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02

the price of products, particularly but
ter, and are banking the future of the
dairy interests along these lines as be-
ing very promising. The best intent
of the oleo bill is the suppression of
fraud, and it is doubtful whether
prices advance as much as some seem
to think. Yet a national law forcing
bogus butter to sell for just what it is
must exert a salutary influence on the
market for butter. Dairymen should
keep up the high standard of the pure
product and see that the oleo bill is
strictly enforced.-Farm and Home.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Don't Sow Seed by Hand,

The sowing of seed by hand is not
an economical method, as more seed
is required than when a drill is used.
and there is a larger return from the
drill, owing to better covering of the
seed and greater uniformity of depth.
The drill has been improved to high
degree of efficiency, and some have
fertilizer attachments. In all expert
ments made to determine the compar-
atiye value of the drill and hand seed
ing a less quantity of seed. carefully
drilled in, yielded more bushels per
acre, in proportion to seed used. than
seeding by hand.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
The COrn-Fed Hog.

When the time comes that the cook
prefers cottonseed oil to lard for house.
hold use, we shall expect to see what
is called the bacon hog, with two
streaks of lean to one of fat, take the
place and sell for as good price in
our markets as the cOrn-fed animals.
We do not mean that it will be nee
essary to go back to the animals that
weighed four hundred or five hundred
pounds when slaughtered, because
feeders have learned that they can be
fattened at 175 to 225 pounds, be well
fattened, too, but the thin-backed
scant- manned and peak-nosed tribe do
not find favor among our marketmen,
however we'll they may be liked by
the aristocracy of Epgland.-American
CultiVatOr.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Floating Farms.

The Russian Government is attempt
ing to familiarize it's peasants with the
modern methods of agriculture and has
imported for this purpose many Amer
lean harvesters, reapers, mowers and
cleaners. 1t also devised the novel
scheme Of the floating farm.
These floating farms are prepared far
up on the frozen river shores. They
consist of barges hundreds of feet long
covered deeply with earth and then laid
out as model farms. When the ice
breaks, the barges drift down to warm
er climes and seed and grain grow as
if on land.
Houses for the professors of agri-
culture are built on the barge and also
quarters for the crew Of sailor-farmers
The great decks are laid out in speci-
men beds and in every available spot
are working models of beehives.
When the barge stops at village the
church bell is rung and the people led
by the mayor visit the farm. Illustrat-
ed lectures are given, new plants and
new methods of growing old plants are
shown and often gifts Of seed for ex'
perimental purposes are made.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
A Change Needed.

Fowls will often do well on a small
place for several years and then fall
off and become Improbable just as the
owner thinks he has learned it all. The
usual reason is either that the stock
has become run out by too much con-
up some of the things about the place
which they need. They have killed
out the grass. used up all the sharp
gravel or perhaps the soil has become
infested with disease or the coops with
lice Remedy is to note conditions,
supply what is needed and introduce
fresh stock.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Shade for Chicks.

There are thousands of chicks hatch
ed late in the season that need pro-
lection from the suns rays to enable
them to make proper growth during
the summer. The coop illustrated may
be used, or any coop of plan best
suited to the ideas of the poultry rails
er; any of them may be protected by
an arrangement such as shown. What
ever the form of the coop. the shed
which is to furnish shade should be
built on the slant shown. so that any
rain which falls on it may be shed.
To make this roof, a frame should be
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02

form Hlaue 10
husk fodder on. |
find it very simple
a n d convenient.
T a Ike two Gin.
boards, C C. 4 ft.
long. for .cleats.
Space them so they
will pass between
the t w o center
croSspieces under
the wagon box.
Nail four boards 2
ft. long on end Of
cleats. as shown in
the cut. This makes
tha DlatfOrm on
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Long Trip to Buy Stock,

The Drover's Journal tells of a man
who came from New Plymouth, New
Zealand, to Syracuse N. Y, a distance
of nine thousand miles. to purchase a
herd of Holstein cattle. He bought
eleven head. eight heifers and three
bulls, which he will take home with
him. This will be the second herd Of
Holsteins ever imported into New
Zealand.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Expected a Monte Cristo.

Senator Clark, of Montana, has been a
distinct disappointment to society at
the capital. 1t was predicted when he
was elected to the Senate that he would
be a veritable Count of Monte CristO:
that Aladdin-like banquets would be
given at his house, and he would play
the role at balls where corner lots,
steam yachts and automobiles would
be given away as souvenirs. On the
contrary, the King of Butte" has lived
the life of an anchoret since he took his
seat in Congress. He accepts few in
vitations and invites few people to his
house. Now and then he. gives dinner,
but it is in no way remarkable or dis
tinguished from other dinners. The
viands, wine, service and cigars are
good, but no better than what his poorer
colleagues offer.
There is a rumor, however, that all
this is to be changed, and gossip has it
that Senator Clark will buy, the whole
square, one corner of which, the site
where Castle Stewart formerly stood,
he now owns. Upon this handsome
property, it is said, Senator Clark will
build a palace, which in appearance,
size and splendor will excel the Letter,
Patterson and Wadsworth mansions,
that stand near it. Decorators will come
from Europe to adorn this house, the
palaces and castles of the Old World
will be ransacked to furnish it, and it's
walls will be hung with the master
pieces of all ages. Once installed in this
splendid home, Senator Clark, it is an
nounced, will do all and more than was
expected of him in the beginning, and
millions will be spent for the entertain
ment and delectation of the fashion,
ables in Vanity Fair.-Washington Cor
respondence New York Tribune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02

whole moral atmosphere of the room
and had started gloomy day pleasant
for five people.
"He is always so," said his mother.
when l spoke to her about it afterwards;
lust so sunny and kind and ready all
the time. l suppose there are more
brilliant boys in the world than mine,
but none with a kinder heart or sweet
er temper, l am sure of that."-Our
Dumb Animals.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
HARRY BROOKS,

write orders. This picture is from a
photograph taken by her father.
Harry Brooks is the 14-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Brooks, of near
Hinton, Ky. He successfully passed
the teachers examination and made
an excellent record, reaching a gen.
eral average of rs, which but for the
age limit would entitle him to a sec
ond-class county certificate. He is con-
sidered an extraordinarily bright boy.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Motor PlOw.

The Agricultural World of London.
England. says that DR.. Gatling. invent
or of the Gatling gun. has invented a
plow to be operated by a gasoline mo-
tor. He claims that it can be run at a
cost of So per day, so that it will do
the work of thirty men and eighty
horses. He proposes to, make it a
feature of the st. Louis Exposition.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Grain and Dairy Farming.

An important difference between
dairy farming and grain farming is
the amount of the farm that is sold
with the product that is of the fertility
of the farm. The man who sells a ton
of wheat sells in it about 81 worth Of
fertilizing elements, and if he does not
buy something to replace them his
farm is so much poorer. The dairy
man who sells ton of butter has sold
but fifty cents worth of fertilizing ma
terial. and if he is good dairyman, he
has probably added much more than
that. or twenty times that to the value
of the farm in the bran. oil meal, cot
ton seed or other food that he pur-
chased while feeding his cows for max
ing that ton of butter. 1t is in. this
way that the dairyman's farm is con-
tinually growing more productive, and
if he does not make much from his
dairy, he should from the crops that
he can grow on his much enriched soil.
American CultivatOr.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Two Bright Children.

The above is an excellent picture of
little Eta Gooch, of Waynesburg, Ky.
Though she is only years old, she is
capable telegraph operator. In less
than six months she learned to send
and receive messages, and she is now
able to report trains and receive and
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Conductor Scored.

Conductor-Let me see-did I get
your ticket?
Smart Passenger-Yes, sir; you took
it up at Montjavo and punched -- ou.
of it.
Conductor-I beg your pardon, sir;
but it isn't customary on local tickets
to punch out the passengers destina-
ton.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
What Elijah Did.

"Well, boys" said the Sunday school
teacher, addressing the juvenile class.
what can you tell me about Elijah?"
"He was the feller what turned his
horseless chariot into an airship," re-
piled the small boy at the foot.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02

side of wagon box, as shown in the
figure. Slide cleats under wagon box.
as indicated in the illustration. far
mer having this arrangement may husk
corn all day with ease.-Nelson Savage,
in Farm and Home.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
RIG FOR FODDER.

which to lay fodder. Take a piece Of
hard wood. b, in. wide and y in.
thick. long enough to reach from one
crosspiece to the other, bolt this to
the under side of two center cross
pieces Of wagon box. This can be done
by taking the nuts Of the braces on
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
PLow SHOE.

away an old boot or shoe. all but the
sole and toe, for a runner. The good
appearance of a lane or roadway
should not be spoiled by plow marks
it looks as if the farmer didn't care
EpitomiSt.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Effect of the OIeo Bill.

Some dairymen are inclined to be-
lieve that the passage of the oleo bill
means a permanent heavy advance in
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Rantism Didn't Take,

"Were you ever baptized?' asked the
Sunday school teacher Of a little girl
pupil.
Eyes, maam," she replied. 1.-TWO
times.'
"How did that happen" asked the
teacher.
"Cause it didn't take the first time -
was the reply.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
The Retort Courteous.

Bad Boy-"Hey, dere. kid; don't yer
wanter play ball wild us?"
Good Boy-"No. thank you. My
mamma said must not play with bad
hoUS
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Rio for Corn Huskers.

Rig for Corn Huskers.
For the benefit Of those who have
corn to husk, l send a sketch of plat
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02

"What for, dear?" asked the old lady.
"'Cause want to draw elephant" D."
replied the youthful artist.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02

Bad Boy-"Aw. come off de perch.
Youse can't make US any worse dan
we is. See?'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
Care of Poultry House.

Nine out of ten poultry houses re-
main uncleaned during the summer
except for the removal of the drop
pings. if the houses are occupied. AS
result the lice greatly increase in num-
ber. and are responsible for the slow
growth made by many of the chickens
during the summer.
There is no reason why the houses
should not be fumigated during the
summer almost as regularly as during
the winter. and the labor involved Is
really not so great. An abundance OF
whitewash and some carbolic acid will
usually do all necessary to rid the
houses of lice, provided it is applied so
that all cracks and crevices are reach
ed. Nest boxes should be removed and
new ones substituted unless the old
ones can be thoroughly cleansed.
Roosts should come down so that the
disenfectant may be placed in all the
cracks; in short, the house should be
thoroughly cleansed, and that several
times during the summer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02

Not Comp1im entary to Grandma
"Grandma," said little 5-year-old
Tommy, with slate pencil in hand,
please get down on your hands and
~
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02
A PEOw Shoe,

The good farmer does not throw the
plow on it's side and drag it from one
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02

built of light lumber and the corner
stakes driven firmly into the ground.
The top may be covered with light
cornstalks, hay, straw or burlap; in
fact, with almost anything that will
not draw heat, and which will be fair
Iy weather-proof.
Such an arrangement as shown will
be of great benefit to the chicks, for
it will give them a cool and shady
place after a run on the range. A
number of these shades may be made
at very small cost, so that there is no
excuse for going without such a pro-
lection for the. coops.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-02

field to another.
He will make a
wooden runner,
as shown in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-22
Noxious Summer Drinks,
From the Chicago Chronicle


Beware the colored summer drink" is
the advice given by a chemist and the
thirsty summer girl Of the near future
would do well to heed. This scientific per-
son declares that all colored drinks con-
tain dyes that are injurious to the system
Out of Twenty-Five samples which he ex-
amined, nineteen contained noxious dyes
Now, the great popularity of summer
drinks lies largely in the fact that they are
attractively colored and catch the eve
Of the unsuspicious young person, who
seeks not only thirst quencher, but an
attra drink as we'll There
fore the chemists announcement will not
be any too welcome, though doubtless the
note of warning sounded from a chemical
watch tower will have certain effect in
governing choice of drinks. 1t may fairly
be assumed, however that the summer girl
will not long be at her wits end to employ
a substitute for the loss of the liquid hap
piness heretofore served in colored potions
1t is believed that it will have a tendency
to increase the great popularity of the
lighter beers and of the seductively sweet
sarsaparilla. The saltwater fountains
will doubtless offer an array of new and
uncolored drinks to offset the feeling of
alarm which the general intelligence spread
by the chemical analysis has aroused.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-22
knowledge and Information.



A great many people mistake information
for knowledge. What a man most needs is
not that he may be possessed of an &C
cumulation Of facts, but that he may know
where to look for the facts when he wants
them. We all know the unpleasant individ-
ual who is continually seeking information
You show him about your city, and he
asks, How many miles of street railway
have you in your city," What is the price
of ice here this summer" How many
churches are there here?" How long has
that building been standing?' etc, ad nau-
seam. You don't know, and wonder why he
wants to. You know where you can find
out, and that is enough for you.
And then there is that equally disagree
able person who actually seems to be a
tank of facts He has more information
than anything else and delights in asking
you most extraordinary questions. When
you confess your ignorance he will look
upon you with pity and exclam, What,
don't you know and then tell you, when
you don't want to know at ALL For exam
pie, he is much surprised because you don't
know how long the Amazon river is. He
permits you, nay, insists that you should
guess. only that he may the better humiii-
ate you. His brain Is so incumbered with
facts that 1t is almost useless. Life is too
short for man to try to constitute himself
library OF UNIVERSAL knowledge when the
reservoirs of such knowledge are ready 10
hand when 1t is needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-22

chine. The regulations of the club We're
considered to be another piece of damning
evidence. and still worse Were the jerseys
and colorS of the club which showed a
complete organization, even to uniform.
After long deliberation, the culprit was
sent to the higher police authorities in
STEAMBOAT. who went through a second long
examination, and came to the conclusion
that the empire had been saved from disin-
tegration by the early discovery of a great
plot. They dispa tched the whole matter to
be examined into at Yildiz. So the young
man, the foot ball, the rules and the sweat
ers and kickers were all solemrly taken to
the palace, and a special commission took
the matter in hand After much careful
thought and examination of the evidence
IT was decided that there might be nothing
in 1t. but 1t must not be done again. Ac-
cordlngly, the young man was appointed
vice consul at Teheran and bundled off the
same day. This may appear perfectly in
credible, but it is absolutely true