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The Washington times., 1902-07-22
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Store closes o'clock, Saturdays ex-
cepted.
pARASOLS

At prices that are sure to interest you,
as we have fully made up our mind not
to carry one parasol over The prices
are so low that the assortment cannot
last long. so would advise you to came
early.
Ladies' Pongee Silk Parasols, made Of
the best quality material In r n nP
the newest embroidered de- ~ n
signs; worth si.00-now " HsOV
Ladies' Black and White Stripe, Best
quality Taffeta Silk Para
soils. with long black and G n ~
white bas=a:esi worth $3.50 HI
now -......--...----.- OsOs
Ladies' 2s-inch Silk Gloria Umbrellas
in fine selection of fancy and nOc
plain natural wood handles; 4xJ
worth s1.50-special w
Ladies Taffeta Silk Parasois. best
quality, in black and white stripes. blue
and white stripes; also plain n n ~
blue, white, red, ETC.; worth
Baby Carriage Parasol Covers; A1C
worth I5c.-now. ...--.-............. II
Baby Carriage Parasol Covers; ETC
worth 9sc.-now. w....--.....-......o ~
Baby Carriage Parasol Covers; QSc
worth s1.50.-now. Observation-Disclosures. VI
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09
HOW TO SEND FLOWERS.
IF Carefully Packed They May ]
Sent a Long Distance.

IF Carefully Packed They May Be
Sent Long Distance.
How often, in the blazing city, one
receives a letter from some happy
friend in the midst of the green fields,
which says, 81 wish / could share with
you some of the sweet country flowers
which fill my cool room!'' And, in
deed, country flowers, old-fashioned
country blossoms, are a boon and a
blessing when they come and tell the
city dweller of the cool hooks and
shady roads where they were born.
1t Is quite practicable to send flowers
a long distance If the following rules
are obeyed:
Never use cardboard boxes, but al
ways send flowers in a tin box. Line
it with sheet of damp moss and
above this sheet of florists paper, if
you have it, or tissue paper, taking
care that it fits into the corners and
around the sides. The flowers should
be placed In row after row, until there
is a layer of flowers fitting one into
the other all over the bottom of the
box. Never crowd nor put one layer
on the top of the other. The rows
must be as close together as possi-
BILE; the flower heads of each row
should be on the stems of the row
Immediately preceding it, so that when
the box is finished only flowers are to
be seen, and no stems. They must be
closely packed or they will tumble
about Place on top another sheet of
paper and then damp moss, but do
not press the flowers.
Always gather the flowers in the
evening and then place in water some
hours before they are packed, and in
the dark, so that the flowers may have
time to suck in sufficient water to
keep them fresh. One drop of florists
gum is sometimes put in the middle
of a flower, care being taken that it
does not touch the petal itself. Some
times a little collar of tissue paper
and wool slipped beneath the petals is
a good thing. One of the safest ways
to send delicate flowers, says a writer
in the Washington Star, is to cut Sits
in potatoes and insert the flower stems,
taking care that they are firmly fas-
tened in and supported by little cot
ton or paper. Flowers will keep for
a long time in this way.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09
Good Diet for Gamblers.

On a certain occasion a Monte Carlo
the decorous quiet which usually reigns
in the salon dor was amusingly ruff
fed.
Just about the beginning of play
a gentleman walked up to the tables,
deliberately counted out a lot of bank
notes, in value about $2,4OO, and placed
them on the black.
This somewhat unusual occurrence
of stalking a maximum before the play
for the day had begun naturally at
tracted attention, and bystander re-
marked:
Rather bold play, sir"
WELL" said the player, 81 dreamed
last night that 1 saw this table ex-
actly as it is now, and on the first
coup black won"
The cards being duly cut, the tail
leur proceeded, watched by the on
lockers with unusual interest, to deal
out the cards for the first coup, and
black won.
A suppressed "Ohr' from the BY
ISLANDERS greeted the announcement,
saws the Detroit News-Tribune, and
then from across the table came in
tones of agonized entreaty a lady's
voice:
What did you have for supper last
night? Do tell meS"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09

mediately to our rescue"
Strong as was the trapper's body
and steady as was his nerve, he felt
his whole frame yield, with shudder
when he learned that his companion
was Bertha Lyle, and of the narrow
escape she had had. When she had
hurriedIy told him her history and
the incident of her capture by the In
dians he felt relieved tnat she had
fallen into no worse hands than Old
Egan's.
To take her to his home that night
through the Indian searching party
would be too hazardous. He could
make it alone, but he doubted the
girls ability to climb among the rim
rocks and keep her footing in the
crevasses, although she had shown a
wonderful spirit of GOODNESS and
strength during their recent adven-
ture. The trapper was quick to come
to a conclusion. He decided to go
and get his rifle and secrete his lug
gage, and steal into his home with
the girl the following day, making as
much of the way that night as pos
sible. So leaving her in the cavern
time avoiding the savages who were
skulking among the rimrocks and
making a diligent search of every
nook and corner.
The trapper was not gone more
than two hours, though his course
was roundabout one, and to his
surprise and dismay on his return the
girl was not to be found.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09
The Price of Eggs.

1t may seem strange for poultry
man to interpose any objection to the
high prices that prevailed throughout
the past year for eggs, and yet, in one
respect at least, 1t has not been an
unalloyed blessing. Last spring very
many of us yielded to the temptation
of turning our eggs into ready cash
instead of putting them in an incu-
bator, or under hens. The result is a
very perceptible shortage of fowls.
The indications are that eggs will be
still higher this winter than last year.
The storage houses are short and all
provisions rule high. The wise pOul-
tryman, therefore, will make an extra
effort to produce eggs this winter. He
can do this most successfully by care
full attention to his feelings rations.
Eggs are largely question of diet.
Feed the hen the right kind of food,
and she cannot help but lay 1t is
pretty well established fact that fresh
cut green bone is the cheapest of all
poultry foods, and at the same time,
the greatest egg producer. The man
who wants to produce eggs cannot do
better than to get green bone and
vegetable cutter, and give his hens
the food that makes them lay.-Hunt-
ington Farmers Guide.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09
Progress on the Farm.

There is no progress being made in
any line which is more noticeable than
that being made in agriculture. The
old slipshod, hit-and-go-m miss, back
breaking type of farming is rapidly
giving way before the newer and bet
ter way of doing things. There is
demand for scientific information on
soils, crops, breeding, feeding, an awak-
ening to the value of the improved
breeds of stock of all kinds, a remark
able interest in the farm institute work
and a growing appreciation of the fact
that agriculture offers as wide a field
and as rich returns for a man with
brains and education as any of the So
called professions. Invention has rob-
bed the farm of most of its pitiful
drudgery and made it possible to do
farm work with dispatch, economy and
pleasure.-Farmers' Guide.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09

and placed it to the string of his bow.
Carelessly the white man strolled on.
Nearer and nearer he came.
: Indians in the bitterest warfare pos
sess some policy and some sense OF
reason. The first thought of all
was to shoot the man down and then
rush into the cave-house, secure the
girl and proceed on their journey
But Old Egan reasoned. To kill the
t1apper, who was the friend of every
body, and had not an enemy on the
desert, and who had never crossed
his path before, did not seem to him
exactly right. To rush upon him and
capture him by force and then bind
and leave him so he could not pur-
sue them after they had retaken their
captive was the plan that suggested
itself to him.
But wise plans are often thwarted.
when the frontiersman had ap-
preached little nearer to the left
there was a swish" and he fell to
the ground pierced through the heart
by an arrow. A young warrior near
whom he had approached could rot
resist the temptation and fired the
fatal shot; and quick as he had fred
the shot he rushed upon his victim
with scalping knife in hand
A loud ugh" rose from the Indians
and they rose from behind the rocks
and rushed to the scene of death,
some exulting and some showing
signs of disapproval while old Egan's
face wore a sign of disappointment.
But before they had reached his st lie
the young murderer clinched his vic
oil ivy iri,
a scalping lock about his fingers
Before the knife had touched the
scalp, however, a rife rang out
sharp crack, and then another and
another. The young warrior and a
companion fell full length for their
last fall, and in the midst OF cracking
shots the others sought refuge be-
hind the nearest rocks.
The shots had come from the loop
holes in front of the trapper's home,
and the Indians could plainly see the
dark muzzles of rifles still in the
small openings, and every time that
the slightest exposure was made on
the part of the red men, a puff of
smoke, sharp crack and a whistling
bullet warned them to keep under
cover.
1t had continued thus for more than
an hour when a keen whistle Was
heard from the summit of the rim
rocks in the rear. The dim form cf
a man was seen upon the topmost
rock, rife in hand. He could see
the skulking forms of the Indians
among the rocks beneath him, and
at the same time observe the en-
trance to the cave. He signaled the
beseiged to cease firing and mo-
toned the Indians to depart The
white men withdrew their rifles and
the Indians gladly accepted. the ar
mistice.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09
Old Plow-Point Prove


Don't let the noon hour eat up the
other ten.
Keep a cat for the rat and the pig
may get fat.
Rats in the crib give the teams pains
in the ribs. >
One fat COW is worth a poor coach
and scrubby six.
A big farm sets too many chairs to
the dinner table.
A razorback hog is bad beast to
ride to dinner on.
The corn row will not be straight if
you look behind you.
A little salt on the farm helps to
put salt in the dish.
Elbow-grease and self-denial will
make farmer rich on trial. l.
The best coddling- moth trap has not
been patented. 1t is the jaws of pig.
The farmer that burns much gum
powder will soon find a hole in his
pocketbook.
Waste leads to want, and want leads
to woe; before you start consider which
way to go. 4.
Double the manure pile and you may
double the crop. 1t is better than buy
ing new farm.
If nine-tenths of the dogs tails were
cut off to the ears, the country would
be better off thousaldfold. -
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09
''Look Over the Harness First"

"Look Over the Harness First"
When old Uncle John starts off to town
He looks at the straps with care;
For you never can tell,' says Uncle
John,
What trouble there may be there.
I've saved a runaway many a time
Where worst might "a come to worst
By simply not forgettin' to just
Look over the harness first"
Is there not a lesson that he who starts
To scatter wild oats away
May learn from the plan of Uncle John
Which will stand him in stead some
day?
In setting forth on the long trip where
There's many break and burst,
Make sure, as nearly as mortal may
Look over the harness first
And for him and for her who take the
step
That must lead unto joy or woe
The plan that is followed by Uncle John
Is a good one on which to go.
There are many weary women and men
Who are counting themselves accursed
Because they didn't, before the start,
Look over .he harness first"
For him and for her who have come to
the place
Where the ways appear to part,
The lesson we learn from Uncle John
May well be taken to heart.
The joys they have lost may lie ahead;
Perhaps when the bond is burst
The eyes that are sad may brighten-but
Look over the harness first"
In war and in love there are many de-
feats
Which lead to shame and despair,
That never had come if the buckles and
reinS
Had only been kept in repair.
Whoever you are, if it's glory or gold
Or power for which you thirst,
Try Uncle Johns plan, when it's time to
set out
Look over the harness first"
-Leslie's Weekly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09
Advice to Planters.

Select thrifty young trees in prefer
ence to old or very large ones; the
roots are more tender and fbrous,
they bear transplanting better and are
far more apt to live. They can also
be more easily trimmed and shaped
to any desired form and in the course
older ones in growth. Choose good
rich soil with sufficient slope to the
north or northeast If convenient. Avoid
sandy bottoms or knobs and points.
Prepare the soil thoroughly, laying off
in rows north and south with the plow,
as deeply as possible: it will save half
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09

"A WAN AhASA>' Ill u l l Ii once more
against the candle, rub it between my
hands, pull and smooth it, and-the
muslin is whole; the burnt place has
disappeared.
Solution: 1 have not put the muslin
in the flame Of the candle, but, in its
stead, small piece of white linen that
1 have smuggled in the piece Of muslin.
1 have laid the coin on it and wrapped
it in it. Then l held it in my hand, as
shown in figure, while the piece of mus
lin is inside of my hand, the ends hang
ing down. By burning the small piece
of linen the coin drops out. To repair the
muslin, the performer has to rub it, and
secretly hides the piece of burnt linen
by smuggling it in the hand. Then he
shows the muslin, with no sign of
burnt place.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09
Keeping Seed Potatoes.

American Gardening tells how some
have 1ept their potatoes intended for
seed. Selecting them when digging,
they store them in a dry shed or barn
until the weather gets cold. About the
middle of November they sort them;
rejecting all that show signs Of decay.
They then spread a layer of straw eight
or ten inches thick upon the ground
and place the potatoes on this. The best
results are from mounds about three
feet wide at the base and rising like a
cone to about the same height. This is
covered with straw, and then by layer
of soil from six to eight inches thick.
Before the weather gets too severe
more soil may be added, and when the
ground Is frozen put on more straw or
strawy manure. They seem to winter
much better than in cellars or when put
in mounds or pits as soon as dry.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09
Rows of Long AGO.

The London Academy gives transla-
ton of one of the documents which COM
pose the OXyrhynchus Papyri, just is
sued by the authorities of the Egyptian
Exploration Fund. 1t is a genuine let
ter from boy to his father over sixteen
hundred years ago.
"Theon, to his father, Theon, greeting.
'That was fine thing in you not to
take me with you to the city! If you
won't take me with you another time
to Alexandria, won't write you a let
ter or say good-by to you; and if you go
to Alexandria l won't take your hand
or ever greet you again. That Is what
will happen if you won't take me-
After dwelling longer on the alarm
ing consequences to his own health If
he is left behind again he relaXes, and
confesses:
'It was good in you to send me pres
ents on the day you sailed. Send me
Tyre, l implore you. If you don't, 1 won't
eat, won't drink! So there nowv'
In all ages of the world boys have
been boys. On an Etruscan tomb in
the museum at Rome two warriors are
sculptured, preparing for combat, while
a mischievous little lad, peeping from
behind a corner is tickling the calves
of one of them with a ling straw. The
figures were carved before Christ came
into the world; but the scampish lads
face and trick might be those of any
American boy to-day.
The most pathetic proof that both
children and parents were the same in
every age is found on a tomb in the
Cataccrubs of of st. Agnes near Rome.
The traveller, carrying dinly burning
candle, follows his guides through the
moldy underground passages lined with
human remains laid there to rest CEN
turies ago. In one passage is the door
of tomb, carved with unusual care,
and on it is name and the words:
80 dearest son that ever mother hadr'
That cry from breaking heart comes
down through the ages, and makes the
whole world kin.
Funeral for Cat.
With more pomp and ceremony. per-
T. \ ~
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09
CHAPTER XI.
Two Villains and a New Plot.


All is astir at the stone house. The
employees have returned from the an
nual roundup and the place, which
had borne a deserted appearance for
| the past few weeks, is now all hustle,
and men are seen here and there
feeding the horses, mending brides,
saddles and harness, shoeing horses
and doing everything that is required
about a great stock ranch. Night
comes on and finds them still busy,
but they change their work to the
finishing touches preparatory for the
night and one by one they come and
prepare for supper.
The Lord of The Desert is alone in
his accustomed place. None enter
his quarters except on business and
only his foreman and superintendents
have business with him. for all busi-
ness is transacted through these His
glass sits upon the broad arm of the
old chair, and now and then his hand
@oes mechanically to it, and brings
it mechanically to his lips, and he
swallows draughts therefrom me-
chanically. With mechanical regu-
larity his face grows redder and his
countenance sterner. while his eyes
take on a wilder glare.
A knock at the door and to the re-
sponse of welcome, Dan Follett en-
ters.
How is it," inquiries his Lordship.
"Al is completed" replied the
Frenchman.
Get a glass there and fill it to the
brim," exclaimed Martin Lyle.
Partially emptiying the glass Fol.
lett, seats himself and relates the par
ticulars of the transaction with Old
Egan, drawing forth the woman's s
scalp from his pocket and passing it
over to the Lord of The Desert.
did you see the corpse?" inquired
Lyle.
mo, but I deemed this evidence
sufficient" replied Follett.
"Old Egan is a treacherous old
scoundrel and would deceive us if he
could. but the evidence seems straight
enough"
"Oh, you needn't doubt that" re-
piled Follett, 'the old scoundrel
commit murder, especially when so
many ponies and mules were to be
gained"
buI lHOy VIII never uo ulHl
good" replied Lyle, as he placed the
glass to his lips. 81 have plan,
Fellett, and you are the man to car
ry it out. My men report Egan and
his men camped at the foot of Ash
Butte. You are a pretty fair looking
Indian anyway, and I want you to
leave tomorrow morning for the camp
OF the Warm Springs tribe, lead the
warriors on Old Egan's trail. and take
every animal in his possession"
What about the deed" inquired
Follett, remember this is dangerous
work and it has been a long time
since our accounts have been ad-
justed."
"Tut. tut. man. don't worry about
that. I'll have all that arranged for
you by the time you return. Take
drink. order an early bearkfast and
be off with the rising sun. I shall
depend upon you, Dan, I shall
depend upon YOU
Martin Lyle sat and drank and
thought. For many hours he was
in deep meditation.
with my brother and his daughter
dead and out of my way, nothing can
ever disturb my rights here" ran
through his mind
Dan Follett left with the morning
sun to perform his mission.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09

IN muslin near q
burning candle. But
too bad!- came
a little too near; the
trick has been sue
cessful only in one
way. The coin is free
through t b e influ-
ence Of the heat-but
t h e muslin Is d e :
stroyed. What can
we do to repair the
damage? l hold the
burnt part of the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09
Its Proper Funct ction.

When I was a very small girl, I fell
down one day and of course ran cry
ing to my mother
"If l were you," said mamma, 81
would stop crying and not think any
thing more about it."
But, mamma" said, 81 must think
obout it. Don't you know 1 have a
think thing to think with ?'-Little
Chronicle
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09
Natural History Notes.

Little Genevieve had been to see a
circus parade. and when she got home
her mamma was asking what she saw.
why" said the child, "the elephants
was the funniest things. They hadn't
any feet but just walked on the ends
Of their legs, and they had tails Oh
their faces, too"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09
PODu1aritY of Silos.

Reports from some of the dairy Sec
tions say that silos or silo stock is
coming in by the carload and that the
number in use will be largely increased
this year and in future years. This
feeling in favor of the silo is Increased
by the fact that in many cases those
who feed ensilage are getting at the
creameries credit for more butter fat
and better price for their milk than
those who feed hay and do not expend
any more for grain, though they may
balance their rations little better, and
the good price paid for hay may have
some influence, for dairymen would not
object to having a few tons of hay to
sell and yet be able to keep as many
cows and sell as much milk or butter
as they do when they feed out all of
their hay.-Exchange.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09
A Practical Fruit Drier.

A practical fruit drier that can be
ordered at any tin shop is made of
desired size Of ordinary galvanized iron
with provision for holding several
trays. These trays are made of wood
in the shape of shallow box, open at
the top and the bottom formed of
wooden Stats, to allow the heat to rise.
but sufficiently close so the fruit will
not drop through. For drying corn, cut
from the cob, spread piece Of cheese
cloth over the bottom Of each tray. The
drier is set upon a cook stove.-F1eld
and Farm.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09
A New Corn Husker.

Many attempts have been made to in
vent a machine that will husk the corn
direct from the standing stalk, none of
them particularly successful. Among
the recently patented machines is one
invented by a Nebraska man. By means
of two large spiral coils on either side
of an elevation projecting beyond the
wagon tongue the corn is gathered from
the stalk or from the ground if the ear
happens to be down, and is run into a
husker in the front end of the wagon
box, which deposits the ears in the
wagon and blows the husks through a
pipe to the rear, where they are saved
in bags if desired
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-09
CONVENIENT GATE.

fence and properly braced to hold the
wire taut, and in this opening made
between the posts has been made
semi-circle composed of some >lath
fence, which is staked to the ground
and made fast. One can pass through
the semi-circle and thus keep out any
of the stock that is in the pasture.