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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-18

downy nest you've been lyin' in," says
the large, coarse-looking man, with g
| distinctly aggrieyed air. There's the in
justice of it. You've as much right to
TINS place as / have, when alPs told. And
If l can't get my share"
Sh-!' breathes Mr.. Dysart, softly
| lifting one hand. "And-well, so you
have come back? Pining for the old
country, eh?'
ITO look you up" doggedly. ITO see
whether you were in the grave or out
of it, partner"
"Partner?" repeats Dysart, as if in
gentle Interrogation.
'In crime" roughly, as if angered by
the others tone. That's what they'd
call it, Dysart, at the Old Bailey, or
| whatever court it might come before. I'm
not particular"
'No-no," assents Mr.. Dysart, with
gentle encouragement
Il never blamed you, mind you that.
But lawyers a worriting sort O. var
mint. A man should stick to his word,
seq l, and when the old goy-ner refused
to stick to his, after all his promises to
you, why, if you kept him to it, in spite
! Of him, when he had no longer power
to kick-well, who's to say you were
wrong, eh?"
You are very good; very-sustaining, !"
says Mr.. Dysart, slowly. His tone is,
perhaps, little fainter.
"Ay, that's what l am to them as
stands by me. And you and are in the
same boat, Dysart; never lose sight of
that. don't. I'll back you up as fresh
as though it was only yesterday we'd
agreed on-on-you know what. Ha, ha,
har'
The old man suddenly stiffens himself,
and looks straight at Sedley.
And now what is it you want?" he
asks, tersely, his tone ringing cold and
clear through the room, though very low
Now, 1 like that. I want part O. the
swag. Five thousand pounds" says the
other, coolly.
Five thousand pounds! You must be
mad.'
Not one penny less. My silence is
worth that-and more. Come, don't i'm
agine you can impose on me. l tell you,
L would think as little Of going into that
room out there and telling your nieces
of that first will, as"
''Hush-hush!' says Dysart, in sharp
tone. wild with fear. t'Not another
word, not breath on that subject here
Walls have ears. You know the old ruin
at the end of the far garden? Meet me
there tonight, and 1 shall see if we can
come to terms"
With last word or two he succeeded
in getting Sedley to the door, and there
summons Crunch, who in truth is mar
velously handy.
Crunch! Will you see to Sedley? He
is as old friend of yours as of mine, 1
think" says Mr.. Dysart, in so genial
tone for him that Crunch involuntarily
glances at him. "He is tired, and no
doubt hungry. Make him comfortable in
every way"
Eyes, SIR" says Crunch, respectfully.
She leads Sedley down the passage, and
then, with a muttered word to him that
she should get the keys Of the cellar, runs
back to Dysart, who stands staring after
them with an unfathomable expression in
his eyes.
Your will-Quickr' she says, in a low
tone.
Keep him out of sight. Let no one
see him, or guess at his presence in this
house." whispers Dysart, fercely, after
which he steps back into his room and
slams the door, and locks it behind him
in a frenzied fashion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-18
CHAPTER XVII,

As Mr.. Dysart takes his way slowly
around the house, the sound of running
footsteps coming toward him from a
side walk attracts his attention. 1t is
Crunch, wild-eyed, haggard, her thin
gray locks, unbound through her unusual
haste, flying at each side of her lean, for
bidding face.
More haste, worse speed" says he,
sarcastically. ''1s the house afire, or my
precious nieces dead, that you rush upon
me with such indecorous abandon?'
"Hush," says she, sternly, with a
glance behind her, this is no time for
Dysart," pausing and painting for breath,
that l have seen ghost"
The old man laughs.
BE silent" Kisses the woman savage
ly; cease your gibes, tell you. The
ghost 1 have seen isis"
My worthy father, for example," sus-
gests he, with sneer. No? Well,
come, who, then?"
Michael Sedley" The words fall from
her as though they burn her lips in pass
ing.
The sneer dies from Mr. Dysart's lips );
a dark flush suffuses his face, turning it
almost black for the moment, to fade
presently beneath the ashen hue that
makes him look like corpSe-a corpse
with eyes of fire, He staggers back
against a tree. and his hands catch con-
yulsively at the bark of it.
You are mad, woman!" he says, in a
terrible voice.
'Ay, may be. So 1 say. Mad 1 am,
if it was his ghost l saw. But II | saw
him in the flesh. how then, Dysart? Why,
sane. Well.' with growing excitement,
shall it be mad or sane?"
Mad, mad, madr' shrieks he, furious
ly. "All my life you have been my bane,
my curse, and now, now what is this
news you would tell me? Sedley! Why.
he is dead, woman-dead, l tell you.
Where have you seen him? Speak,
command you," cries he, seizing her arm
and shaking her violently.
''On the avenue. l was there watchinr
Miss Griselda. as you told me to, lest she
should so into the woods again, when he
came slowly toward me through the
trees, prowling about. He's changed.
he's gone to bone deal but I'd know
him still among a thousand. Ay, and
you'll know him. too"
1t is characteristic of the iron nature
Of the man-that rose above all petty
cringings to q miSerly fear-that as he
cutters the presence of the one creature
whom on earth he breads, he does so
with calm yisage and one expression
less. His step is slow, methodical as
usual; his face, gray in its pallor, a very
mask. His brilliant eyes alone betray
the keen life that still fingers in the
gaunt old frame. and they look through
and through the unwelcome visitor with
an unblinking gaze.
YOU" he says, softly, nay smilingly,
extending graceful hand, with a good
deal OF languid Indifference.
Just that" says Sedley, in a tone so
loud and common as to contrast painfully
with the polished accent that had gone
before. Years since we met, mate"
Many" says Mr.. Dyssrt, sinking care
fully into a rickety old chair near him
And yet It seems like yesterday-that
We parted"
Take 1t ike that! it shows what a
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Didn't Relate ANY More.

Miss Paraffine," said Mr.. Golightly,
who wanted to relate another personal
reminiscence, were you much i'm
pressed with that tale l told you re-
Gently concerning the way l detached
myself from the main body of the
British army and threw myself direct
ly in front of the long knives of the
Afghans?''
"Yes, indeed" said Miss Paraf1ine
81 told mamma what a wonderful deed
of bravery it was"
You didn't either" cut in her bright
little brother. You told mamma that
winged with pain, a towards fears
take fight and fools rush in where
wise men fear to tread '"-Indianapo-
lis Sun,
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squares are given and the sum of each
Of it's rows Of figures perpendicularly,
horizontally or diagonally is Is.
Now for the rule. Always write your
numbers consecutively, diagonally, up
ward, to the right. If that direction
carries you outside of the squares,
then go to the opposite end of the row
at which you stand. If you reach a
square that is occupied, or the upper
right hand corner, then drop to the
square below the last one used, and
proceed as before. Begin with 1 in
the upper center square. Now try it.
For Busy Hands.
According to a Chinese legend, says
the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune,
there lived in Canton 200 years before
Christ an artist named Lim-Kao-
Poung, who won an immortal reputa-
ton owing to the fact that he was able
to fashion out of bean pod a boat,
complete with rudder, sails, mast and
all other necessary appurtenances.
Moreover, on the exterior of the boat
were engraved various maxims by
Confucius. For this masterpiece. it is
said, the Emperor Tsi-Fou paid him
1000 taels.
In these days pretty baskets are
made out of hazelnuts and chestnuts,
and heads Of peacocks and parrots are
deity fashioned from the stones of
apricots. 1t is with orange peel, how
ever, that the most attractive, though
not the most durable. work can be
DONE,
With few skillful incisions of the
pen-knife, the eye, nose and lips of a
man or woman can be cut out Of such
peel. and by placing a suitable cap on
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CHAPTER XVI.-(Continued.j

That night is still as death itself, and
the sparkling brilliance of the slow NOV
ing waters contrasts with it in tender
fashion. Strangely attracted by it, Vera
goes forward, moves down the stone
steps that lead to the garden, and with
eager footsteps gains the little pathway,
steep and sudden. that leads to the beach.
Suddenly she draws in her arms, and
a shiver runs through her; she turns her
head-to see Dysart.
You are going to marry Lord Shell
tonT he says, his tone more assertive
than questioning.
1T is an impertinent question" says
Miss Dysart, calmly.
You are disingenuous. If he has not
yet asked you, you know he only waits
the opportunity to do so. When he
does" He checks himself abruptly,
knowing he has gone too far.
A little flame leaps into Vera's eyes.
HAS it occurred to you that l am very
forbearing?" she asks. with a curious
smile. Does it not strike you as very
remarkable that l do not ON my part
question you back again? that l do not
ask you whom you are going to marry?"
He looks as if he was about to make
her an angry rejoinder, but she checks
him.
."No-don't be afraid, I am not going
to put the question" she says, coldly;
land after all, why should ~
do you mean," he goes on, that you
know of someone l want to marry?'
Let there be an end to this hateful
hypocrisy" cries she, turning to him with
a burst of passionate anger. You acted
your part for Griselda this morning most
admirably"
''Vera!" cries he, hoarsely.
She turns as if startled by that impas-
stoned cry, and then, he hardly knows
how it is, he hardly dares remember af
terward, but somehow she is in his arms,
and he is looking down into her frighten-
ed eyes with terrible entreaty in his
own.
'Do you know what you are doing"
he says, his miserable voice scarcely
above a whisper. MY darling, my soul,
have pity More closely his arms bind
her. He bends his face to hers-nearer,
nearer still, and then, suddenly, great
foathing of himself fills him. He draws
back with a sharp shudder. and almost
pushes her from him. Cor he says, We
hemently; and in another moment she
has turned the corner of the winding
stairs, and is gone.
Gone!
With heavy groan he filings himself
face downward on the cool sweet, shift
ing sands, that moon-smitten lie trem-
bling, waiting for the dawn.
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STANCHION.

ward movements to very small limits.
The cut shows the construction. The
upright post turns freely at the base
and at the top. Two iron L pieces hold
the swinging upright at the bottom, ss
shown, while a swinging iron clamp at
the top holds it when shut. With such
a stanchion the cow can move back and
forth but little. but can move the head
about from side to side with great free
dom. while the swing of the stanchion
causes it to "give' little when the
COW is lying down or getting up
Tribune Farmer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-18
Heat in Bee Culture.

While it is possible to do many things
with artificial heat, all attempts to
hasten activity on the part of the bees
by artificial heat have proved failures
more, have been fatal to the colony.
Prominence is given this now in view
of several items going the round of the
press advising the packing of hives in
stable manure to furnish the artificial
heat In experiments brood rearing
was fastened. it Is true, and more bees
hatched but they were weak, and suc-
cumbed to the weather when they left
the hives, and many of the honey gath
erers started out earlier owing to the
artificial heat, and never returned.
The hives should, of course, be packed
with some material so that the bees
will not suffer during the winter, but
all attempts to force them to gather
honey before settled weather will re-
suit in disaster
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-18
A Little HELPER,

A Little Helper.
MY father says Pm a great helper"
Said little Miss Dorothy Gay.
There's just only US and our Bridget,
So have to work ev'ry day.
On Monday help do the washing
By wiping the plates dry and bright,
On Tuesday l help Bridget iron
By folding the towels just right;
On Wednesday help do the mending
By threading the needles up, fast,
And Thursday | help clean the silver
By counting it over at last;
And Friday 1 help with the sweeping
By busting as hard as 1 can,
And Sat'day most do the baking
By buttering every pan;
And Sunday-well, Sunday, my father
Says he doesn't actu'ly know
But he'd break right down in his sermon
At meeting if I didn't gov'
Youths Companion.
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On the Bargain Counter.

A well-known society woman was
taking a drive in the park, says the
New York Times. The coachman was
too lively in his use of the whip, and
nearly ran into another vehicle.
James said the lady, after they
had returned home, you were very
careless to-day. What was your head
given you for if not to use?'
pardon, men," replied James. eff
1 had any head I'd not be workin' for
thirty-fiye dollars a month";"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-18
Feeding Skim Milk,

There is no doubt that skim milk
will bring the greatest returns when
fed to laying hens, provided one can
get twenty cents or more a dozen for
winter eggs, and if one has but few
hogs and many hens the latter should
have the skim milk by all means On
the other hand, it may be fed to hogs
with profit, and if fed with corn meal
will easily be worth twenty cents a
hundredweight. The trouble is that
not one feeder in hundred feeds skim
milk properly. 1t usually goes into the
trough at any time when convenient
and is often mixed with other slop that
Is not so clean, and 1T is made to take
the place of grain to some extent.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-18

Polly was sitting i1 the orchard un-
der the old apple tree. Its pink and
white blossoms were sending her their
sweetest fragrance and the little bob
o-link, as he few aboet sang his sweet
est sang to her.
But for all this, RoIE was not hap
DIV. She knew that very Soon her man.
ma would call her to get ready for
school
"Oh, why did an zone ever think Of
having schoolsw exSsaipled she at last.
81 wish were that pretty little bob-o-
link, with nothing to do but sing and
be happy all the daalong."
Just then a slight noise attracted
Polly's attention, and looking around
she saw a beautiful kf:.iry.
'.Do not fear, little girl; your fairy
mamma heard your wish and has sent
me to tell you that 1t Is granted" she
said kindly.
Then, before Polly had time to think.
the fairy had gone, aud she found her.
self changed into pretty bob-o-link.
She flew into the aIr and down into
the meadow among the sweet clover,
mingling with the rest of her kind, al
ways giving forth the richest music.
The days came and went, but the
little bob-o-link never sighed to return
to her former life. The beautiful
spring changed into summer; the clo-
yer blossoms disappeared; the little
bob-o-link sings her sweet songs no
more.
She has changed her beautiful black
glossy dress into one Of a dusky russell
color.
She has no time now to think of any
thing but eating. She sperches herself
upon the weeds where before she
lighted tinkling forth her sweetest
notes, only to devour their seeds.
Then, becoming tired of the homely
fare around the home, which a short
time since she thought so beautiful and
where she had been SO happy, she flew
away in search of better living. This
she found among the reeds along the
Delaware.
AS she was banqueting among the
reeds one day she heard the loud re-
port of gun, and looked up in time
to see four or five of her companions
fall bleeding to the ground. She was
thoroughly frightened and did not
know what to do or where to go.
Just then Polly rubbed her sleepy
eyes and found that 1ef ana tana was
calling: Get ND. Polly the sun is shin
ing brightly and the1little birds are
singing their sweet morning songs"
Oh, how happy Polly was to find it
had all been a dream.
Il do not think 1 should care to
change places with a bob-o-link, or
even grow to be an ignorant woman
with nothing to think of but eating and
sleeping" she said as she trudged
cheerily to school that bright spring
morning.-Farmer's Union.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-18
Protecting Stable Windows.

AoSSSSAhS 0tdOAC W AhuO"Ss
To ventilate a stable without expos
ing the animals to direct drafts Of air.
take three half-inch boards and arrange
them at the bottom and slides of win
dow. These side boards will cut off any
side drafts and enable one to leave the
window open a considerable space.
Then take another half-inch board and
hinge it to the top of the window cas-
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top the oddity of the countenance Is
remarkably increased. Furthermore,
much fun may be obtained by placing
this head on a handkerchief which
rests on tumbler; for, if one of the
four corners of the handkerchief be
then gently pulled. the head will wag
most comically to one side, and as it
has NO neck the effect produced is most
ludicrous.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-18
PROTECTION FOR STABLE WINDOWS.

ing inside, after boring a number of
holes in it. When the wind is blow.
ing strongly, drop this shutter, after
sliding the window to one side far
enough to admit what air Is desired. In
the strongest blows a small amount of
air only will be forced into the stable,
but always enough to give the animals
supply of pure air.-Indianapolis
News
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-18
Sore Throat in Calves.

Put one ounce turpentine in pail of
boiling water, and hold this under the
animals head for twenty minutes; re-
peat three times a day; also give
teaspeonful of the compound syrup. of
squills at a dose three times a day
in a tablespoonful Of common syrup.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-18
Three-Horse Evener.

To make a good three-horse evener
take two pieces Of hickory or red elm,
or any tough wood one inch thick. six
inches wide and thirty y-eight inches
long. for the main pieces, and hook
with an eye large enough for the CEN
ter bolt to pass through. Then get two
sticks one inch thick, three inches wide
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-18
Care of Sfack.

Feed and management have much to
do with the health as well as thrift
ness of stock. Young and growing ami
mails require feed which will make
bone and muscle rather than fat. Bed
ding literally with some dry material
Will add greatly to the comfort of the
animals during the winter.-Kansas
Farmer
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WarQ, out 1t also
confines the head
so closely that very
little movement of
this is possible,
while the fact that
the stanchion has no
"gfve" in any direc-
tion causes a good
many bumps upon
the animals horns,
ears and shoulders
when it is getting
up or lying down. 1t
is possible to make
use of a stanchion,
however, and yet
have it admit of
considerable move
ment Of the ami
mails head, while
still confning its
forward Or hack
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THREE-HoRsE EyENER,

and eighteen inches long and a single
tree eighteen inches long. A single
tree with an iron pulley will answer for
the middle horse. A short twisted link
chain should pass from the two ends
Of the eveners over the pulley. The
illustration shows the manner Of con-
struction better than can be described.
Iowa Homestead.
Cotton-Seed Meal as a Fertilizer.
The plan Of using cotton seed in vari.
our forms as a fertilizer is not a de-
sirable practice. It is generally adj
mitted that we may add to the soils
fertility by the direct application of
several crops, the legumes. for exam
pie, but In very many cases these crops
could be made to answer a double pur-
pose. This is the case with cotton seed
meal. If fed to the stock in small
quantities together with roughage Of
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Principle of Magic Squares.

FrInC1pIe OF Magic SQuares.
Magic squares of odd numbers in
which the figures added in perpendicu-
lar. horizontal Or diagonal rows make
the same sum are found in books Of
puzzles, but the principles on which
they are based is never given.
There is a principle, and it is ap-
plicable without limit, from one square
to any odd number of squares indefi-
nitely. For illustration, twenty-five
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Cloud.Covered Mountain.

Mount Rewenzori, in equatorial AT
rica, is about 10000 feet high, has
twenty miles of glaciers and is nearly
always cloud covered.
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Cost of Ocean Gables,

The cost of a cable from San Fran
cisco to Honolulu Is put at $3,000.OO0.
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A Humane Stauchiou.

The old-fashioned, rigid stanchion.
consisting of two uprights, keeps an
animal from moving backward or for
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almost any kind. 1t will be beneficial
to the animals and still lose none of its
manurial value. All sorts Of plans may
be tried in soil fertilization, but the fact
still remains that the best results are
obtained, all things considered, When
stock is used in connection with farm
ing. That many dairy farms do not
pay is admitted, but. on the other
hand, there are few farms that are
profitable if stock Is not kept on them.
Regular farming is meant, not truck
raising. Further, and this has been
demonstrated time and again, there is
no farm used for general work that
would not be more profitable If more
stock was added up to the number that
could be supported from the farm.
Soil Culture in Fruit-Growing.
A few years ago there were few
farmers who had any faith In the
efforts of skilled experimenters to in
duce them to conserve the moisture in
the soil by system of shallow cult
walton during the summer. One by
one they tried the plan. many Of them
in desperation during a season Of
drought, until now thousands have
proved its great value. Fruit growers
are becoming interested in the question
and realize that with fruits that absorb
immense quantities Of water from the
soil 1t is absolutely necessary that ev-
erything possible be done to keep in the
soil for the use of the tree during the
summer all that is possible Of the
water that falls during the fall, winter
and spring. Nothing will accomplish
this better than the system of surface
culture during the summer. Then il
this plan is followed by a cover crop
during the winter to be turned under
in the spring, the trees have every in
centive to thrive, provided, Of course,
the soil is properly fertilized.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-18
Dogs in Cold Storage.

Dogs are now being shipped from
Russia to the antarctic regions in a
cold-storage ship. They are worth $3.50
each and must be kept in a cold at
mosphere. This was made necessary
because the dogs are used to a very
low temperature, and the heat of the
tropcs through which they will have
to pass would enervate them and unfit
them for the hard work which is
planned for them. These dogs are
wonderfully well trained. and are
strong and willing to drag heavy
sledges over the snow and ice. Their
diet is dried fish.